WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES BEIJING, CHINA | SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 6, 2019 | $8,285,274 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.chinaopen.com.cn | @ChinaOpen | facebook.com/ChinaOpen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte ([email protected]), Teyva Sammet ([email protected]) CHINA OPEN - FINAL [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) Series tied 1-1 (at main draw level) Osaka won the pair’s only previous main draw hard court meeting, upsetting the home favorite at 2018 Australian Open... Barty is appearing in her fifth final of the season... Osaka has struck a tournament- leading 35 aces... Barty saved a match point during her dramatic SF win over Bertens A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER BEIJING W/L YTD W/L CAREER YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER W/L* TITLES [1] Ashleigh Barty 4-1 52-10 236-88 6,119,017 11,333,402 3 6 [4] Naomi Osaka 9-2 38-11 215-130 4,340,017 11,969,214 2 4 * all levels (including ITF Circuit and qualifying) FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST BEIJING RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [1] Ashleigh Barty Final (1): 2019 2019 Birmingham (WON) 6-4 [4] Naomi Osaka Final (1): 2019, SF (1): 2018 2019 Osaka (WON) 4-2 SERVING NOTICE GOING THE DISTANCE Naomi Osaka and Ashleigh Barty have struck a com- Neither of today’s finalists have any qualms about long bined total of 66 aces en route to the final, consolidating matches. Ashleigh Barty has been pushed to three sets their places near the summit of this year’s aces leader- in all bar one of her encounters here, including saving a board: match point in a tense semifinal win over Kiki Bertens. PLAYER ACES MATCHES Naomi Osaka has gone the distance in only one of her KAROLINA PLISKOVA 474 63 five matches in the Chinese capital - coming from a break down in the second and third sets to end Bianca Andree- KIKI BERTENS 411 70 scu’s 17-match unbeaten run - improving her impressive ASHLEIGH BARTY 371 58 winning percentage in three-set matches this season: NAOMI OSAKA 347 49 MOST THREE-SET WINS PLAYER WON LOST WIN % The two finalist are among five players to win 80% or KAROLINA PLISKOVA 18 11 62.1 more of their service games this week: ASHLEIGH BARTY 17 4 81 PLAYER % SERV. GAMES WON SEASON AVE. BELINDA BENCIC 17 8 68 ASHLEIGH BARTY 88.9 79.5 SOFIA KENIN 17 11 60.7 PETRA KVITOVA 84.8 80 PETRA MARTIC 16 3 84.2 NAOMI OSAKA 84.3 77.4 HSIEH SU-WEI 16 9 64 POLONA HERCOG 80.5 69.6 JOHANNA KONTA 15 3 83.3 WANG YAFAN 80 63.8 NAOMI OSAKA 15 3 83.3 MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) Head to Head: Series tied 1-1 (not including qualifying matches) 2018 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O SF ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 6-4 65 mins NAOMI OSAKA 2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 6-4 6-2 73 mins ASHLEIGH BARTY NAOMI OSAKA 1 WTA RANKING 4 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 5 24-04-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1997 (21) $6,125,322 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,340,017 $11,333,402 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $11,969,214 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 6 2 / 4 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 9 0 / 0 BEIJING W-L (MD) * 4-1 9-2 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 52-10 / 136-59 38-11 / 118-70 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 17-4 / 41-17 15-3 / 30-18 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 8-5 / 21-15 9-4 / 22-19 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 33-7 / 86-37 28-7 / 89-48 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 12-6 2-0 / 6-5 2-1 / 4-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 3-7 8-4 / 13-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-1 / 9-19 15-6 / 29-34 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-3 / 23-31 * Updated entering 2019 Beijing F ROAD TO THE FINAL [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) SF: d. [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) 6-3,3-6,7-6(7) (2h19) SF: d. [16] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #19) 6-4,6-2 (1h24) QF: d. [7] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) 4-6,6-4,6-3 (2h08) QF: d. [5] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #6) 5-7,6-3,6-4 (2h14) R16: d. SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) 6-3,6-7(5),6-2 (2h32) R16: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #24) 6-4,6-0 (1h13) R32: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #38) 6-4,6-2 (1h15) R32: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #85) 6-2,6-0 (0h58) R64: BYE R64: d. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #76) 6-3,7-6(5) (1h31) Total games: 108 Total games: 101 Won/lost: 62-46 Won/lost: 66-35 Sets won/lost: 8-3 Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 8h14 Total time on court: 7h20 Average time on court: 2h04 Average time on court: 1h28 Average rank of opponent: 23 Average rank of opponent: 42 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES BEIJING - CHINA | Sep 28 - Oct 06, 2019 | $8,285,274 | PREMIER MANDATORY BEIJING Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ASHLEIGH BARTY NAOMI OSAKA 2017 2018 R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #3) 6-4 6-2 SF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #20) 6-4 6-4 2017 R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) 6-2 7-5 2016 R1-Q L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #114) 6-2 6-1 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from ASHLEIGH NAOMI BARTY VS OSAKA BEIJING BEIJING • Making second appearance at China Open • Making third main draw appearance at Beijing (fourth • Fell 2r in 2017 (l. Svitolina, after opening round per- overall) formance bye following R-Up finish at Wuhan) • Last year, as No.8 seed reached SF (d. No.10 Go- • Withdrew from last year’s event w/right arm injury erges in R16, l. Sevastova) • After reaching SF last week in Wuhan, received an • Defeated Pegula in straight sets in 1r to improve her opening round performance bye (also Kvitova, Sa- record against American opposition in 2019 to 3-2 balenka and Riske), then won the final five games of • Dropped just six points on serve during dominant 2r the match to beat Putintseva in 2r on Tuesday win over qualifier Petkovic • Won all 15 service games to knock out the last Chi- • Reeled off the final 10 games of the match to beat nese woman in the draw, S.Zheng, in R16 recent Wuhan finalist Riske in R16 • Came from a break down in the final set to beat No.7 • In QF, came from a break down in the second and Kvitova in QF and score her first Top-10 win since third sets to halt No.6 Andreescu’s unbeaten streak, April (d. No.10 Sabalenka in Fed Cup) dating back to R16 at Miami in March, at 17 • In SF, saved 1mp in final set tie-break to edge past • Now owns four Top 10 wins in 2019, with the pre- No.8 Bertens vious three coming during Australian Open title run • Has hit 31 aces this week (ranks second, behind (No.7 Svitolina, No.8 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Kvitova) Osaka on 35) taking her season total to 371 - third • Saved all seven break points during SF triumph over most on tour (behind Ka.Pliskova - 474 - and Bertens defending champion Wozniacki - 411) • Has hit a tournament-leading 35 aces this week to • Her ace count this week has helped her win 48 of 54 increase her season total to 347 - the fourth-most service games (88.9%) - the highest success rate of on tour behind Ka.Pliskova (474), Bertens (411) and any player in the tournament - by contrast, her num- Barty (371) ber for the entire season stands at 79.5% (third best • Faces No.1 Barty in today’s final; having won her last on tour, behind S.Williams and Kvitova) tournament, is appearing in back-to-back finals for • Faces Osaka in today’s final. Bidding for a WTA-lead- the second time in her career (also US Open - WON ing 53rd win of the 2019 season (Ka.Pliskova sits in - and Tokyo - R-Up - in 2018) second place with 50) • Career record against reigning World No.1s stands at • Currently spending her 11th non-consecutive week 1-3; beat Halep (2018 Indian Wells) and was defeat- as World No.1 ed by Ka.Pliskova (2017 Toronto) and Halep (2018 • One of 12 Grand Slam singles champions in Beijing Australian Open and 2018 Rome) • First singles player to qualify for Shiseido WTA Finals • On Friday was announced as the fifth qualifier for the Shenzhen following US Open Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen • Went 8-3 in last year’s Asian swing; won Zhuhai, • In addition to SF showing at this event, during last reached SF at Wuhan and fell in 2r at Tokyo [PPO] year’s Asian swing also finished R-Up at Tokyo and fell in RR at WTA Finals in Singapore SEASON SEASON • Coming off SF showing at Wuhan (l.