WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK | AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 | $57,238,700 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wimbledon.com | @Wimbledon | facebook.com/wimbledon WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte, Catherine Sneddon, Chase Altieri ([email protected]) US OPEN - QUARTERFINALS (BOTTOM HALF) [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [16] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) TALE OF THE TAPE 29 GS APP 24 GS QF 6 APP 6 GS 0 TITLES 0 WTA 13 TITLES 3 HARD MD 184 WINS 101 GS MD 56 WINS 38 Svitolina leads 4-0 Svitolina is looking to become the first Ukrainian woman to advance to the SF of the US Open...Konta is bidding to become just the sixth active player to reach SF stage at all four majors [8] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) vs. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18) TALE OF THE TAPE 73 GS APP 21 GS QF 52 APP 1 GS 23 TITLES 0 WTA 72 TITLES 2 HARD MD 504 WINS 73 GS MD 347 WINS 19 First meeting Serena is 38-13 in QF Slam matches, including 12-3 at US Open; has not fallen at this stage since 2004 (l. Capriati)...Wang is one of only two players in bottom half of draw yet to drop a set (also Svitolina) and is the first Chinese woman to reach the QF at US Open since S.Peng’s SF run in 2014 (l. Wozniacki) WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK | AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 | $57,238,700 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wimbledon.com | @Wimbledon | facebook.com/wimbledon WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte, Catherine Sneddon, Chase Altieri ([email protected]) US OPEN - QUARTERFINALS (BOTTOM HALF) THE ELITE EIGHT PLAYER USO YTD CAREER YTD CAREER YTD CAREER NAME W/L* W/L* W/L* PRIZE $ PRIZE $ TITLES TITLES [5] Elina Svitolina 15-7 27-15 253-139 $2,016,896 $15,125,521 0 13 [8] Serena Williams 99-12 23-5 815-137 $2,410,515 $90,643,816 0 72 [16] Johanna Konta 11-6 36-14 164-100 $1,673,945 $8,854,364 0 3 [18] Wang Qiang 9-5 19-14 94-86 $754,882 $3,788,574 0 2 *Includes 2019 US Open CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS - BY ROUND REACHED PLAYER NAME R128 R64 R32 R16 QF* SF F W TOTAL* [5] Elina Svitolina 6 6 7 4 5 1 0 0 29 [8] Serena Williams 1 2 9 9 15 5 9 23 73 [16] Johanna Konta 11 5 0 2 3 3 0 0 24 [18] Wang Qiang 9 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 21 *Includes 2019 US Open CAREER QUARTERFINAL RECORDS - GRAND SLAMS PLAYER QF SF FINALS NAME W-L W-L W-L [5] Elina Svitolina 1-4 0-1 0-0 [8] Serena Williams 37-14 32-5 23-9 [16] Johanna Konta 3-2 0-3 0-0 [18] Wang Qiang 0-0 0-0 0-0 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING UPDATES WAVING HER FLAG Entering the 2019 US Open, three players had the Johanna Konta is just one of six British women in the chance to overtake reigning World No.1 Naomi Osaka Open Era to have advanced to the semifinal stage of a atop the WTA Rankings: Simona Halep, Karolina Plis- major. The other five to have done so are Ann Jones, kova and Ashleigh Barty. Virginia Wade, Winnie Shaw, Sue Barker and Jo Durie. With all four now eliminated, Barty will climb back into Konta is bidding to become the fourth Brit in the Open the top spot following the US Open due to Osaka being Era to reach the final four at the US Open, alongside unable to defend her title from last year. Pliskova will rise Durie, Wade and Jones. to No.2 unless Elina Svitolina wins the title. Svitolina will move to World No.3 with her SF showing. Belinda Bencic will return to the Top 10 with a SF visit; could also reach the Top 10 by QF advancement but depends on other results. Johanna Konta needs to reach the final to ensure a re- turn to the Top 10, but also has a slight chance to re-enter the elite bracket (depending on other results) with a SF or QF showing. The winner of Serena Williams and Qiang Wang has a chance to enter the Top 10, with the loser most likely finishing at No.12. Donna Vekic will reach a career-high ranking of No.22 with her QF advancement, and make her Top 20 debut at THE SWISS MISS around No.15 with a SF appearance. With her Round of 16 upset over reigning World No.1 Additionally, Sloane Stephens will drop out of the Top 10 Naomi Osaka, Belinda Bencic now owns a four-match after the US Open. active win streak vs. World No.1s. Bianca Andreescu must reach QF stage to have a The Swiss Miss joins an elite grouping of 10 other active chance of her Top 10 debut (with just 4r will be overtaken players to have compiled at least four wins vs. a World by Serena or Wang) and would depend on Konta, Vekic No.1. and Mertens results. She is the first player to do so since fellow US Open quar- Elise Mertens will reach the Top 25 with QF and could terfinalistElina Svitolina produced a remarkable 6-match possibly break the Top 20 with a SF visit. win streak spanning from 2016-18. will climb into the Top 85 by reaching Taylor Townsend PLAYER W L MATCHES the Round of 16 and could go as high as No.65 with a SERENA 17 12 29 visit to the quarterfinals. VENUS 15 24 39 KUZNETSOVA 7 20 27 With her Round of 16 visit, Kristie Ahn has ensured her SHARAPOVA 7 17 24 Top 100 debut. SVITOLINA 6 3 9 CIBULKOVA 5 13 18 KVITOVA 5 4 9 BENCIC 4 1 4 WOZNIACKI 4 7 11 ZVONAREVA 4 7 11 MUGURUZA 4 3 7 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES MAJOR MASTERY CHASING HISTORY Throughout her career, Serena Williams has advanced With Serena Williams’ Round of 16 win over Petra to the QF or better at 71.2% of the Slams she has played; Martic, she eclipsed her 99th career victory at the US the next best QF strike rate belongs to Venus Williams Open - a personal best win total record for her across the (46.4%) and Maria Sharapova (43.9%). Slams, bettering her success at Wimbledon (98): Serena, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, is the only A QF win would consequently put her at the centenial player remaining among the quarterfinalists to have a mark of 100 match wins at the US Open. Just one win major title to her name. off tying the all-time US Open wins record held by Chris Evert (101): Additionally, due to results thus far, we are guaranteed to have a brand new Grand Slam finalist. Either Be- US OPEN MOST WINS ALL-TIME linda Bencic, Donna Vekic, Bianca Andreescu, Taylor 101 Chris Evert Townsend or Elise Mertens will play for the US Open title >99 Serena Williams on Saturday. 89 Martina Navratilova 79 Venus Williams* 73 Stefanie Graf A TELLING TREND... *Venus includes R128 win at USO19 Serena Williams has lost in the US Open final on three >Serena’s 99 wins equals most at a Slam for her (also occasions including 2018 agianst Naomi Osaka (also Wimbledon) 2001, 2011) - each previous time she lost in the final she would then go on to win the title the following year (2002, 2012) GOING THE DISTANCE This year’s Round of 16 had a strong representation from the players on tour who have the most wins in three-set matches this season. Below is the three-set match wins Top 10 list, with 7 out of the Top 10 having advanced to the Round of 16 in New York this year: 1. Pliskova – 17-11 (60.7%) 2. Bencic – 16-7 (69.6%) 3. Konta – 15-3 (83.3%) 4. Osaka – 14-3 (82.4%) 5. Halep – 14-7 (66.7%) SPREADING THE LOVE 6. Kenin – 13-9 (59.1%) 7. Martic – 13-2 (86.7%) Through the first three Slams of 2019, there have been 8. Andreescu – 12-3 (80%) (plays tonight) three different champions: Naomi Osaka (Australian 9. Barty – 12-4 (75%) Open), Ashleigh Barty (Roland Garros) and Simona 10. Hsieh – 12-8 (60%) Halep (Wimbledon). With all three now eliminated from the 2019 US Open this means there will be four different Grand Slam champions in the same season for the third ON THIS DAY... year in a row. September 3, 1975 - 18-year-old Martina Navratilova, competing in her third US Open, defeats 33-year-old This is only the fifth time in the Open Era that there Margaret Court, competing in her 11th and final US Open, have been four different Slam winners in a season in 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s quarterfinals. Navratilova goes on consecutive years - also 1977-78, 1998-99, 2004-05 and to win 18 major singles titles, while Court concludes her 2017-18. career with 24 major singles titles. It also marks the first time ever in the Open Era that September 3, 1990 - 21-year-old Steffi Graf needs only there are four different Slam winners in a season in three 53 minutes to end 14-year-old Jennifer Capriati’s first US consecutive years (2017-19?).