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PREVIEW NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN NEW YORK, NY, USA | AUGUST 22-28, 2020 | USD $2,250,829 PREMIER 5

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WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – QUICK FACTS

SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 330,000 900 Runner-Up 172,019 585 Semifinalist 85,000 350 Quarterfinalist 43,000 190 Round of 16 22,000 105 Round of 32 14,200 60 Round of 56 9,000 1

MAIN DRAW QUICK-HITS

Singles wildcards: Kim Clijsters (BEL), Catherine McNally (USA), Naomi Osaka (JPN), Sloane Stephens (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) Youngest singles player: Cori Gauff, 16 years old (March 13, 2004) Oldest singles player: Venus Williams, 40 years old (June 17, 1980)

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN RECENT HONOR ROLL

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 2019 [16] Madison Keys (USA #18) [WC] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #153) 7-5 7-6(5) Hradecka/Klepac 2018 Kiki Bertens (BEL #17) [1] Simona Halep (ROU #1) 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2 Hradecka/Makarova 2017 [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #6) [2] Simona Halep (ROU #2) 6-1 6-0 Chan/Hingis 2016 [15] Karolina Pliskova (CZE #17) [2] Angelique Kerber (GER #2) 6-3 6-1 Mirza/Strycova 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [3] Simona Halep (ROU #3) 6-3 7-6(5) Chan/Chan

Main draw dates: Saturday - Friday, August 22-28, 2020 Singles Final: Friday, August 28, 2pm Doubles Final: Friday, August 28, NB 4pm Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Status: WTA Premier 5 event Staging: Tournament’s 17th year Draw sizes: 56 singles / 32 doubles teams / 48 singles qualifying Surface: Hard / Outdoors Total prize money: USD $2,250,829 Tennis Ball: Wilson US Open – Regular Duty

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TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS • Preparations for the US Open continue this week, with 12 of the world’s Top 20 heading to New York for

the 17th edition of the Western & Southern Open, including Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Sofia Kenin

• Also in the draw is reigning champion, Madison Keys, who last year ended the run of No.153 ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final to lift the biggest title of her career. Other former winners in the draw are Serena Williams, Karolina Pliskova, Victoria Azarenka and Kim Clijsters

• There are several standout first-round match-ups this year, highlighted by the clashes between former World No.1 Clijsters and the in-form Jennifer Brady, as well as Cori Gauff’s meeting with No.13 seed Maria Sakkari

• The bottom half of the draw has the potential for further intrigue down the line, with the winner of Gauff and Sakkari in line to meet No.3 seed Serena Williams in the third round. Meanwhile, Australian Open champion and No.2 seed Kenin finds herself in a quarter that also includes Keys, Sloane Stephens, Azarenka and Elena Rybakina

• After a surprise quarterfinal exit last week at Lexington, Serena Williams attempts to return to winning ways at an event where she has triumphed twice before (in 2014 and 2015). Williams is 318-52 when competing on US soil, with 22 of these wins coming at the Western & Southern Open – only Jelena Jankovic has posted more victories at the tournament:

PLAYER WIN LOSSJelena Jankovic (SRB) 24 8

Serena Williams (USA) 22 5Simona Halep (ROU) 21 8

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 15 9

• In WTA history, only 27 women have won 20 or more titles in their career. This week’s draw includes five ofthose players – Serena Williams (No.5, 73 titles), Venus Williams (No.11, 49 titles), Clijsters (No.14, 41titles), Petra Kvitova (T-No.20, 27 titles) and Azarenka (T-No.26, 20 titles)

• Contrastingly, eight players – Marie Bouzkova, Danielle Collins, Ons Jabeur, Veronika Kudermetova,Catherine McNally, Bernarda Pera, Iga Swiatek and Ajla Tomljanovic – are all seeking their first careertitle this week

• One to Watch – Jennifer Brady. The big-serving 25-year-old arrives in New York fresh from a maiden WTAtitle run at Lexington. During this run to the trophy, Brady was broken just three times, beating, amongothers Cori Gauff, to improve her win-loss record in 2020 to 17-5

TOURNAMENT STATS Youngest main draw participant: Caroline Wozniacki, 2005 – 15y, 11d Oldest main draw participant: Venus Williams, 2020 – 40y, 66 d (previously Kimiko Date, 2010, 39y, 325d) Youngest champion: Anna Chakvetadze, 2007 – 20y, 138d Oldest champion: Serena Williams, 2015 – 33y, 333d Unseeded champions: Vera Zvonareva (2006), Kiki Bertens (2018) Best result by a qualifier: Bethanie Mattek-sands (2005 SF), Akgul Amanmuradova (2007 SF) Best results by a wildcard: Maria Sharapova (2011 WON)



COUNTRY AND REGION BREAKDOWN

Excluding qualifiers, a total of 19 countries and regions are represented in the main draw::

Australia (1) Ajla Tomljanovic Belarus (2) Victoria Azarenka, Aryna Sabalenka Belgium (3) Kim Clijsters, Elise Mertens, Alison Van Uytvanck China (1) Zhang Shuai Croatia (1) Donna Vekic Czech Republic (6) Marie Bouzkova, Petra Kvitova, Karolina Muchova, Karolina Pliskova, Katerina Siniakova,

Marketa Vondrousova Estonia (1) Anett Kontaveit France (3) Alizé Cornet, Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic Greece (1) Maria Sakkari Great Britain (2) Johanna Konta, Heather Watson Japan (1) Naomi Osaka Kazakhstan (2) Yulia Putintseva, Elena Rybakina Latvia (1) Anastasija Sevastova Poland (2) Magda Linette, Iga Swiatek Russia (2) Ekaterina Alexandrova, Veronika Kudermetova Sweden (1) Rebecca Peterson Tunisia (1) Ons Jabeur Ukraine (1) Dayana Yastremska United States (12) Amanda Anisimova, Jennifer Brady, Danielle Collins, Cori Gauff, Sofia Kenin, Madison Keys,

Catherine McNally, Bernarda Pera, Alison Riske, Sloane Stephens, Serena Williams, Venus Williams

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

• As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.

• Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play.

• WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities.

• Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongoing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer.

• “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, among others.

• In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants.

• For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sammet [email protected]




2020 WTA TOUR FINALS Week of Level Tournament Singles Final Doubles Final January 6 Premier Brisbane, AUS [2] Pliskova d. [8] Keys 64 46 75 Hsieh/Strycova d. Barty/Bertens 36 76(7) 108 Int. Shenzhen, CHN [5] Alexandrova d. [7] Rybakina 62 64 Krejcikova/Siniakova d. Duan/Zheng 62 36 104 Int. Auckland, NZL [1] Williams d. Pegula 63 64 Muhammad/Townsend d. Williams/Wozniacki 64 64

January 13 Premier Adelaide, AUS [1] Barty d. Yastremska 62 75 Melichar/Xu d. Dabrowski/Jurak 26 75 105 Int. Hobart, AUS [3] Rybakina d. [4] Zhang 76(7) 63 Kichenok/Mirza d. Peng/Zhang 64 64

January 20 GS Melbourne, AUS [14] Kenin d. Muguruza 46 62 62 Babos/Mladenovic d. Hsieh/Strycova 62 61

February 10 Premier St. P’burg, RUS [2] Bertens d. [8] Rybakina 61 63 Aoyama/Shibahara d. Christian/Guarachi 46 60 103 Int. Hua Hin, THA [5] Linette d. [Q] Kung 63 62 Rodionova/Sanders d. Haas/Perez 63 63

February 17 Premier Dubai, UAE [1] Halep d. Rybakina 36 63 76(5) Hsieh/Strycova d. Krejcikova/Zheng 76 36 105

February 24 Premier Doha, QAT [9] Sabalenka d. [8] Kvitova 63 63 Hsieh/Strycova d. Dabrowski/Ostapenko 62 57 102 Int. Acapulco, MEX [7] Watson d. [Q] Fernandez 64 67(8) 61 Krawczyk/Olmos d. Bondarenko/Fichman 63 76(5)

March 2 Int. Lyon, FRA [1] Kenin d. Friedsam 62 46 64 Paar/Wachaczyk d. Pattinama Kerkh./Schoofs 75 64 Int. Monterrey, MEX [1] Svitolina d. [9] Bouzkova 75 46 64 Bondarenko/Fichman d. Kato/Wang 46 63 107

August 3 Int. Palermo, ITA Ferro d. [4] Kontaveit 62 75 Rus/Zidansek d. Cocciaretto/Trevisan 75 75

August 10 Int. Prague, CZE [1] Halep d. [3] Mertens 62 75 Hradecka/Pliskova d. Niculescu/Olaru 62 62 Int. Lexington, USA Brady d. Teichmann 63 64 Carter/Stefani/Bouzkova/Teichmann 61 75

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

• One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) • Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) • Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) • Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up); Sofia

Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W) • Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) • Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) • Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) • Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 144, Garbiñe Muguruza – 122, Kristyna Pliskova – 110 • Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) • Match win leaders: Rybakina – 21, Muguruza – 16, Kenin – 15, Halep – 15, Mertens -15 • Most three-set matches played (10): Elena Rybakina (9-1 record), Garbiñe Muguruza (7-3) • Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) • Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) • Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart, QF) • Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland, SF) • Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki

Bertens – all at Australian Open)



SEASON & CAREER PRIZE MONEY LEADERS

PLAYER SINGLES DOUBLES 2020 TOTAL Sofia Kenin (USA) $2,966,286 $45,757 $3,012,043 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) $1,603,605 - $1,603,605 Simona Halep (ROU) $1,464,783 $4,811 $1,469,594 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) $1,040,588 $38,314 $1,078,902 Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) $768,728 $51,005 $820,493 Petra Kvitova (CZE) $765,741 - $771,741 Elena Rybakina (KAZ) $740,968 $13,164 $754,132 Ons Jabeur (TUN) $473,146 $21,477 $494,623 Anett Kontaveit (EST) $474,226 $16,644 $490,890 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) $475,306 $9,865 $485,171

PLAYER CAREER TOTAL Serena Williams (USA) $92,720,122 Venus Williams (USA) $41,808,806 Maria Sharapova (RUS) $38,777,962 Simona Halep (ROU) $36,577,615 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) $35,233,415 Petra Kvitova (CZE) $31,838,378 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) $30,360,105 Angelique Kerber (GER) $29,526,500 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) $27,683,807 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) $25,389,852

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ALPHABETIC PLAYER LIST

PLAYER NAME NAT AGE RANK DATE YTD CARCAREER @ TRN

W / LYEAR-TO-DATEPRIZE W / L

CAREERPRIZEW / LPRIZE

CAREER HGH TITLESRANK SEED8/17/2020

2,046,602RUS 25 25 2/17/202016929111 12 5/ / /373,38118,875 1 1ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA 27

1,691,915USA 18 21 10/21/2019418012 5 3/ / /129,46529,530 0 1ANISIMOVA, AMANDA 28

30,360,105BLR 31 1 1/30/2012200506511 0 2/ / /4,600559,820 0 20AZARENKA, VICTORIA 59

811,854CZE 22 47 3/9/202012524100 11 7/ / /123,846 0 0BOUZKOVA, MARIE 48

2,402,719USA 25 40 8/17/202015121811 17 5/ / /393,25937,100 1 1BRADY, JENNIFER 40

W 24,461,695BEL 37 1 8/11/200312952318 0 2/ / /19,355391,585 0 41CLIJSTERS, KIM 9999

2,567,747USA 26 23 1/28/20199214210 6 3/ / /185,9698,100 0 0COLLINS, DANIELLE 53

7,313,913FRA 30 11 2/16/200936044874 8 5/ / /122,64096,585 0 6CORNET, ALIZÉ 60

10,331,911FRA 26 4 9/10/201826333253 4 6/ / /131,450100,251 0 7GARCIA, CAROLINE 49

812,990USA 16 49 2/24/2020224500 7 3/ / /260,978 0 1GAUFF, CORI 50

2,126,436TUN 25 39 3/2/202017428710 13 6/ / /494,6238,300 0 0JABEUR, ONS 39

5,930,775USA 21 4 3/9/202011620514 15 5/ / /3,012,043142,385 2 5KENIN, SOFIA 4 2

12,357,972USA 25 7 10/10/2016154284513 6 2/ / /266,706672,748 0 5KEYS, MADISON 13 7

9,462,367GBR 29 4 7/17/201723138043 3 5/ / /108,003113,023 0 3KONTA, JOHANNA 15 8

4,489,651EST 24 14 4/1/201915730134 13 5/ / /490,89077,038 0 1KONTAVEIT, ANETT 20 12

1,369,581RUS 23 38 2/3/202015422911 10 9/ / /174,27518,060 0 0KUDERMETOVA, VERONIKA 41

31,838,378CZE 30 2 10/31/201123653989 12 3/ / /765,191332,195 0 27KVITOVA, PETRA 12 6

2,503,427POL 28 33 2/17/202026736210 8 5/ / /138,56816,910 1 2LINETTE, MAGDA 35

W 486,015USA 18 105 9/9/2019416910 9 7/ / /140,56720,473 0 0MCNALLY, CATHERINE 124

6,293,979BEL 24 12 11/26/201816630524 15 7/ / /337,334124,263 0 5MERTENS, ELISE 22 14

11,401,224FRA 27 10 10/23/201729133654 6 7/ / /412,721151,457 0 1MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA 43

1,563,001CZE 24 21 11/4/20199920600 2 4/ / /147,610 0 1MUCHOVA, KAROLINA 26

W 14,617,235JPN 22 1 1/28/201913322222 5 3/ / /199,75673,990 0 5OSAKA, NAOMI 10 4

1,289,616USA 25 59 3/2/202016229010 7 6/ / /112,85711,600 0 0PERA, BERNARDA 61

1,538,064SWE 25 43 10/21/201914425923 2 5/ / /75,52845,510 0 2PETERSON, REBECCA 46

19,997,689CZE 28 1 7/17/2017292535412 8 3/ / /485,171799,565 1 16PLISKOVA, KAROLINA 3 1

4,169,113KAZ 25 27 2/6/201722829142 12 7/ / /210,62657,535 0 1PUTINTSEVA, YULIA 33

4,865,799USA 30 18 11/4/201929137241 5 4/ / /313,23760,718 0 2RISKE, ALISON 19 11

1,198,876KAZ 21 17 2/24/20206816200 21 4/ / /754,1323,090 1 2RYBAKINA, ELENA 17 9

6,385,119BLR 22 9 2/4/201911721926 13 6/ / /820,493171,273 1 6SABALENKA, ARYNA 11 5

3,092,122GRE 25 20 2/24/202021631624 9 7/ / /336,03884,775 0 1SAKKARI, MARIA 21 13

7,410,704LAT 30 11 10/15/201823941732 1 7/ / /123,71970,728 0 4SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA 44

5,870,348CZE 24 31 10/22/201817224730 7 7/ / /220,42445,976 0 2SINIAKOVA, KATERINA 55

W 15,274,615USA 27 3 7/16/2018202294814 1 6/ / /93,593303,385 0 6STEPHENS, SLOANE 37

909,148POL 19 48 2/3/20202810111 5 2/ / /233,95915,600 0 0SWIATEK, IGA 51

3,046,712AUS 27 39 4/1/201922430511 5 7/ / /180,12019,348 0 0TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA 57

2,799,438BEL 26 37 8/13/201821231000 7 7/ / /132,3895,762 0 4VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON 58

4,237,202CRO 24 19 11/4/201919726633 6 6/ / /189,80667,413 0 2VEKIC, DONNA 24 15

3,197,044CZE 21 14 7/1/20196216010 3 6/ / /141,4648,100 0 1VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA 18 10

3,754,705GBR 28 38 1/19/201524631510 13 6/ / /153,19015,982 1 4WATSON, HEATHER 52

92,720,122USA 38 1 7/8/2002145836522 10 3/ / /176,3061,274,505 1 73WILLIAMS, SERENA 9 3

W 41,808,806USA 40 1 2/25/2002252812611 1 4/ / /72,268227,300 0 49WILLIAMS, VENUS 65

1,875,142UKR 20 21 1/20/20207814111 10 6/ / /247,56515,600 0 3YASTREMSKA, DAYANA 25 16

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ALPHABETIC PLAYER LIST

PLAYER NAME NAT AGE RANK DATE YTD CARCAREER @ TRN

W / LYEAR-TO-DATEPRIZE W / L

CAREERPRIZEW / LPRIZE

CAREER HGH TITLESRANK SEED8/17/2020

6,442,955CHN 31 23 11/14/201632847931 8 5/ / /195,63338,545 0 2ZHANG, SHUAI 36

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MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN NEW YORK, NY, USA | AUGUST 22-28, 2020 | USD $2,250,829 PREMIER 5


WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – DAY ONE

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #27) vs. [9] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #17)

[13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21) vs. CORI GAUFF (USA #50)

[WC] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #65) vs. [16] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25)

[15] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

[11] ALISON RISKE (USA #19) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28)

Alexandrova leads 1-0 Alexandrova won when the players met in January’s Shenzhen final… Rybakina contesting just

second WTA main draw in US… Alexandrova owns four Top 20 wins

First meeting Gauff coming off SF showing at Lexington… Sakkari made QF at Cincinnati in 2019… Gauff is the

youngest of 16 Americans in the main draw this week

First meeting Williams lost to sister Serena in second round at Lexington… Yastremska fell in QF at Palermo

before heading to US… Williams is one of four players in the draw to own 20 or more career titles

Vekic leads 2-0 Vekic triumphed in straight sets when the pair met at this tournament in 2019… Azarenka beat Serena to lift 2013 Cincinnati title… Vekic fell to No.157 Cocciaretto in Palermo a few weeks ago

First meeting Riske won when the two met at UTR Pro Match Series event in May… Anisimova is the highest-ranked teenager on tour… Riske has lost past seven tour-level encounters with fellow Americans






NEW YORK - UNITED STATES, NY | Aug 21 - Aug 28, 2020 | $2,250,829 | PREMIER 5

MATCH NOTES

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #27) vs. [9] ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #17)

Head to Head: EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA leads 1-0

2020 HARD O F EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 73 mins6-2 6-4 SHENZHEN

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA

27

11

15-11-1994 (25)

$373,381

$2,046,602

1 / 1

0 / 1

12-5 / 60-57

5-1 / 20-21

1-1 / 10-16

ELENA RYBAKINA 17

5

17-06-1999 (21)

$754,132

$1,198,876

1 / 2

0 / 0

0-0

21-4 / 47-17

9-1 / 17-5

6-4 / 13-8

1-1

21-4 / 35-12 11-3 / 46-32

1-1 / 8-4 2-0 / 4-2

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

NEW YORK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *

0-2 / 2-10 2-3 / 4-4

0-2 / 4-14 4-3 / 6-6

YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) *


YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-5 1-2 / 1-3

* Updated entering 2020 Western & Southern Open 1r

Rnd Result Duration

NEW YORK Tournament Performance - 2020 "-Q" Qualifying match

NEW YORK Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA

2019

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) R2 3-6 7-5 6-4

2017

L - BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #80) R2-Q 6-3 7-6(3)

ELENA RYBAKINA

2019

R1-Q L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #486) 6-3 6-2

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ALEXANDROVA:

Western & Southern Open

Making second main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open (third overall); last year fell 2r (l. Halep, having

led 6-3 2-0)

Faces Rybakina in 1r today; broke the Kazakh No.1 six times to triumph in the final at Shenzhen this January and lift her

maiden WTA title

Owns four career Top 20 wins, over No.10 Ostapenko (2018 Seoul), No.13 Wozniacki (2019 Indian Wells), No.13 Bencic

(2019 Eastbourne) and No.5 Halep (2019 Beijing)

Best result of career on US soil was a 3r run at 2019 Indian Wells (d. No.13 Wozniacki in 2r, l. Bencic)

Currently top-ranked of seven Russians in Top 100; sits at No.27, two places off career high (set on February 17, 2020)

Since returning to the court in recent weeks, fell 2r at Palermo (l. Ferro) and 1r at Prague (l. Tsurenko)

During the tour’s hiatus, played several exhibition events in Prague alongside, among others, Ka.Pliskova and

Vondrousova

Season

Opened 2020 season by winning first tour-level WTA singles title at Shenzhen (d. Rybakina in F, having dispatched seeds

Wang (QF) and Muguruza (SF) along the way)

Extended winning streak to seven by advancing to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – was seeded for the first time at a

major (No.25)

Won both singles rubbers (d. Bogdan and Ruse) as Russia beat Romania in Cluj-Napoca to reach next year’s Fed Cup by

BNP Paribas Finals

In February reached maiden Premier-level SF at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Anisimova); rose to

career-high ranking of No.25 after St. Petersburg run (February 17, 2020)

Career Milestones

Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2019, at No.35 (up from No.93 the year prior)

Registered 30 tour-level match wins during 2019, in which she reached SF at Budapest, Seoul and Linz and made QF at

St. Petersburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Eastbourne and Moscow. Also advanced to 3r at a major for the first time, at Roland

Garros

Made Top 50 debut after QF run at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (June 17, 2019)

Other highlights in 2019 included upset of No.5 Halep en route to R16 at Beijing – the first win of her career over a Top 5

player – and 3r showing at Roland Garros

Won first WTA doubles title at 2019 Budapest (w/Zvonareva)

Reached maiden WTA final at 2018 Linz (l. Giorgi). Other notable results in 2018 were QF run at Seoul (d. No.10

Ostapenko en route for her first career Top 10 win) and lifted WTA 125K Series title at Limoges for second time

Made Top 100 debut at No.93 after winning title at $60K ITF/Shenzhen-CHN (March 20, 2017)

Won WTA 125K Series title at Limoges in 2016 (d. Garcia in F). Also in 2016 reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her way

through qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r)

Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2016 Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi)

Contested qualifying for the first time at a WTA-level tournament at 2014 Bad Gastein

Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2011

Grand Slam History

Contested 14th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open; matched best Grand Slam result to date by reaching 3r

(d. Teichmann and Krejcikova, l. Kvitova)

Also reached 3r at 2019 Roland Garros (d. Buzarnescu and Stosur, l. Bolsova)

Made Grand Slam debut at 2016 Wimbledon – defeated No.23 seed Ivanovic before falling to Friedsam in 2r

Competed in all four majors for the first time in career in 2017, falling in 1r at Australian Open (l. compatriot Makarova) and

Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Muguruza) and advancing to 2r at Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l.

Garcia)

Personal

Coached by Vojtech Flegl and her father, Evgeny Alexandrov, who both travel with her

Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Spain. Now trains in

Prague, Czech Republic

Favorite surface is hard and admires Serena Williams

RYBAKINA:


Making main draw debut at Western & Southern Open, having previously fallen at first hurdle in qualifying in 2019

Faces Alexandrova in 1r today; lost to then-No.34 Alexandrova in Shenzhen final this January – her only loss to a player

outside Top 10 in 2020

Has reached QF or better at seven of past nine tournaments, with most recent 1r exit coming at 2019 Guangzhou (ret. vs.

Siniakova w/left thigh injury)

Contesting just second WTA main draw in the US, having previously fallen 1r at 2019 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova)

Leads the WTA this season for matches won (21), final appearances (four), aces (144) and three-set victories (nine)

Playing on a career high ranking of No.17 (first achieved on February 24, 2020 – following R-Up finish at Dubai)

Season

In final tournament prior to tour’s hiatus, withdrew w/abductor strain prior to 3r match vs. No.1 Barty at Doha

Earlier in February was R-Up at Dubai (l. Halep); en route, upset No.7 Kenin and No.3 Ka.Pliskova to score third and

fourth career wins over Top 10 players

Was also R-Up at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens) – first final appearance at a Premier-level tournament; made Top 20 debut at

No.19 following run in Russia (February 17)

Recorded career-best run at a Grand Slam by advancing to 3r at the Australian Open (l. Barty) – posted back-to-back

victories at a major for the first time after two straight sets victories over Pera in 1r and Minnen in 2r

Opened 2020 season with back-to-back final runs, first reaching the championship match at Shenzhen

(l. Alexandrova) before claiming a second career title at Hobart (d. S.Zhang in F)

Career

Finished 2019 season at No.37 to record first Top 50 finish of her career, up from 2018’s final ranking of No.191

During a breakout 2019 season, lifted maiden WTA singles title at Bucharest (d. Tig in F). Also advanced to second career

final at Nanchang (l. Peterson) and made SF appearances at Luxembourg (l. Goerges) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Bertens)

Additionally, made QF runs at Istanbul (l. Strycova), Wuhan (l. Sabalenka) and Linz (l. Ostapenko)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Siniakova). Also fell 1r at 2019 US

Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova)

On the ITF Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three occasions; back-to-back at $25k Moscow-RUS and $25k Kazan-RUS

and at $60k ITF/Launceston-AUS. Now holds four singles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and clinching title at $15k

ITF/Kazan-RUS

First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 St. Petersburg. Has since added three more: No.6 Halep (2019 Wuhan),

No.7 Kenin and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (both 2020 Dubai)

Ended 2017 ranked No.425, improving 191 spots from 2016 (finished at No.616)

Holds four singles and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r)

Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR in 2014

Grand Slam History

Contested her third career Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, going on to reach 3r at this level for the first

time (l. Barty) 

Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Siniakova)

Also made 1r exit at 2019 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muchova)

Contested qualifying at Wimbledon in 2019

As a junior, reached two Grand Slam SFs at 2017 Australian Open and Roland Garros

Personal

Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior

Coached by Stefano Vukov; previous coaches included Andrei Cheshnokov (Elena Vesnina’s former coach)

and Evgenia Kulikovskaya

Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year Award

Started playing tennis aged five


MATCH NOTES

[13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21) vs. CORI GAUFF (USA #50)

Head to Head: First meeting

MARIA SAKKARI

21 15

25-07-1995 (25) $336,038

$3,092,122

0 / 1 0 / 0

9-7 / 81-82 3-5 / 26-34 5-0 / 24-14

CORI GAUFF 50 30

13-03-2004 (16) $260,977 $812,990

0 / 1 0 / 2 0-0

7-3 / 18-8 3-2 / 9-2 3-0 / 6-0

4-2

7-3 / 15-7 9-6 / 46-53 0-2 / 7-7 0-0 / 0-0

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-2 / 8-12 1-0 / 2-2 2-5 / 15-31 2-1 / 3-3





Rnd Result Duration

"-Q" Qualifying match


MARIA SAKKARI

2019

L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) QF 5-7 6-2 6-0

2018

L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30) R2 6-1 6-3

2016

L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #62) R1-Q 6-4 6-3


from

SAKKARI:


• Making third main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open – on two previous outings, enjoyed QF run last year

(l. Barty) and fell 2r in 2018 (l. Kontaveit)

• Posted two Top 10 wins en route to last eight in 2019, upsetting No.6 Kvitova (2r) and No.9 Sabalenka (3r)

• Also fell in 2016 qualifying

• Faces Gauff in opening match today for first career meeting – only previous meeting with American opposition in 2020

was a straight set victory over No.11 Keys in 3r at Australian Open

• Contesting Western & Southern Open ranked No.21, one spot of career-high of No.20 (first achieved February 24, 2020)

• Has reached two finals in career, one of which came here on US soil – R-Up finish at 2018 San Jose (l. Buzarnescu)

• During 2019 North American hard court swing, made SF at San Jose (l. eventual champion Zhang Saisai), fell 1r at

Toronto (l. Riske) then made QF at Cincinnati (l. Barty) and 3r at US Open (l. Barty)

Season

• Returned to competitive action following tour’s hiatus at Palermo in early August, falling in 1r (l. Kr.Pliskova)

• Was No.3 seed in Palermo – her joint-highest seeding at a WTA event (also during SF run at 2018 Seoul)

• Prior to this, made 3r at Doha (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and fell 1r at Dubai (l. Sabalenka again, in 3s)

• Posted SF run at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Rybakina) – her first SF since 2019 San Jose in August

• Made the R16 at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – her best result at the majors – to become the first Greek woman to reach

this stage at a Grand Slam since Eleni Daniilidou at 2004 Wimbledon

• Made 2r at Adelaide (l. Vekic) after a 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Osaka)

Career Milestones

• Broke into Top 20 on February 24, 2020

• Finished 2019 at No.23 – the best year-end finish of her career (up from No.41 in 2018)

• Season highlight was winning maiden WTA title at Rabat, recovering from a set and break down to defeat Konta in final

• Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Barty), Wimbledon (l. Svitolina) and US Open (l. Barty)

• Closed out season by qualifying for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for first time in career (fell in RR stage)

• 2018 season highlights included reaching her first tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring first career Top 5

win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) and Seoul (l.Bertens)

• Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 Wuhan Open

• Since then has posted a further seven Top 10 wins, against No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome), No.6 Bertens (2019

Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka (both

at 2019 Cincinnati), and No.5 Bencic (2020 St. Petersburg)

• Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017

• Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the time, achieved her

then best win-by-ranking defeating No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo

• Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

Grand Slam History

• Contested 17th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she recorded her career-best result by reaching

R16 to become the first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Grand Slam since Eleni Daniilidou at 2004 Wimbledon

• By reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2005

Wimbledon (l. Pennetta)

• At 2016 Australian Open, by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a

main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open

• Has made 3r at Wimbledon (2017 and 2019), Roland Garros (2018) and US Open (2017 and 2019)

Personal

• Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two years

• Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player

• Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much

• Currently coached by Tom Hill

GAUFF:


• Making Western & Southern Open debut today, having never contested the event’s main or qualifying draws

• This is also her first time playing a WTA Premier 5 event

• One of 16 American women in the singles main draw

• One of five teenagers in the singles field - also Anisimova (18), McNally (18), Swiatek (19) and L.Fernandez (17)

• Faces No.21 Sakkari today in opening match for pair’s first meeting – a win would be the fourth-best rankings-wise of her

career, following defeats of No.4 Osaka (2020 Australian Open), No.8 Bertens (2019 Linz) and No.11 Sabalenka (2020

Lexington)

• Winner will player either Putintseva or Zhang

• Last 1r exit came at 2019 Luxembourg (l. Blinkova)

• Contesting this week ranked No.50, one spot of career-high ranking of No.49 (posted February 24, 2020)

• Also competing in doubles this week with McNally (against Watson/Linette in 1r)

Season

• Coming off SF run at Lexington last week (l. eventual champion Brady). Defeated No.11 Sabalenka in 2r, which at 2h

50m, was the longest of her career – five minutes longer than her win over Hercog at 2019 Wimbledon

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus, reached 2r at Auckland (l. Siegemund) and R16 at Australian Open (d. V.Williams and No.4

Osaka, l. eventual champion Kenin in 3s)

• At 15 years, 326 days was the youngest player to compete in the main draw at Melbourne Park since Marta Kostyuk in

2018 (15 years, 214 days)

• Defeat of No.4 Osaka in 3r in Australian saw her become the youngest woman to beat a Top 5 opponent at WTA level

since Capriati (15y163d) defeated No.3 Sabatini in QF of 1991 US Open

• In doubles this year, reached SF in doubles at Auckland (w/McNally, l. eventual champions Mugammad/Townsend) and

QF at Australian Open (w/McNally, l. eventual champions Babos/Mladenovic)

Career Milestones

• Enjoyed breakout season in 2019, highlighted by maiden WTA singles title at Linz (as lucky loser, d. Ostapenko in F) -

earned her first Top 10 win en route to title over No.8 Bertens in QF

• At 15y 214d, her title run in Linz made her youngest to win a WTA tour-level title since Vaidisova (15y177d) won Tashkent

in 2004

• Also claimed maiden WTA doubles titles at Washington, DC (w/McNally, d. Sanchez/Stollar in F) and Luxembourg

(w/McNally, d. Christian/Guarachi in F)

• By winning the doubles title at Washington, DC at 15 yrs, 144 days, became the youngest player to win a doubles title

since May 1995 (Martina Hingis won Hamburg at 14 yrs, 219 days)

• Reached R16 at 2019 Wimbledon on Grand Slam main draw debut (l. eventual champion Halep) - followed with 3r

showing at US Open (as WC, l. Osaka)

• Finished 2019 season ranked No.69, having started the year ranked No.685

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2019 Miami (as WC, l. Kasatkina in 2r)

• Made ITF debut in May 2018 as a qualifier into the $25K ITF/Osprey, FL—USA, where she won her first professional

match (as qualifier, l. Stewart in R16)

• Finished 2018 season with a WTA ranking of No.875

• Former junior World No.1 (July 2018)

Grand Slam History

• Contested third Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• On Grand Slam main draw debut, became first 15-year-old to reach R16 at Wimbledon – and also appear on Centre Court

– since Hingis in 1996 (l. eventual champion Halep)

• In 1r, defeated No.44 Venus Williams to become the youngest player (15y123d at end of tournament) to win a main draw

match at Wimbledon since Capriati (15y100d) reached SF in 1991; and youngest at all Slams since Kournikova (15y93d)

advanced to R16 at 1996 US Open (l. Graf)

• Also competed at 2019 US Open (as WC, l. then-No.1 Osaka in 3r). Became the youngest player to reach last 32 at

Flushing Meadows since Kournikova’s R16 run in 1996

• Posted best Slam result with R16 run at 2020 Australian Open (d. V.Williams and No.4 Osaka, l. eventual champion Kenin

in 3s)

• At 15 years, 326 days was the youngest player to compete in the main draw at Melbourne Park since Marta Kostyuk in

2018 (15 years, 214 days)

• Defeat of No.4 Osaka in 3r saw her become the youngest woman to beat a Top 5 opponent at WTA level since Capriati

(15y163d) defeated No.3 Sabatini in QF of 1991 US Open

• Previously fell in singles qualifying at 2018 US Open (1r) and 2019 Roland Garros (2r)

• Reached QF in women’s doubles at 2020 Australian Open (w/McNally). Advanced to 3r in women’s doubles at 2019 US

Open (w/McNally). Fell 1r in women’s doubles at 2019 Roland Garros (as WC, w/Bencheikh)

• Reached 2r of mixed doubles at 2018 US Open (as WC, w/Eubanks)

• Won girls’ singles title at Roland Garros in 2018 (d. McNally); youngest to win the title since Hingis1993

• Won US Open girls’ doubles title in 2018 (w/McNally)

• Reached US Open girls’ singles final in 2017, aged 13 – youngest finalist in history (l. Anisimova)

Personal

• Began playing tennis at age 7

• Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Florida to pursue tennis. Main residence is in Delray Beach, Florida

• Currently coached by her father Corey Gauff (played basketball for Georgia State University) and is part of ‘Team

Mouratoglou’ along with rising male players Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexei Popyrin, Rudi Molleker and Jason Tseng – has

trained at Mouratoglou Academy in France since age of 10

• Mother, Candi was a track and field athlete at Florida State University. Has two younger brothers, Cody and Cameron

• Favorite subject at school is literature

• Cites Serena Williams as the reason she plays tennis and also admires Venus

• Signed first multi-year sponsorships in 2018 with New Balance, Head and Barilla, an Italian food company known for its

pasta


MATCH NOTES

[WC] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #65) vs. [16] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25)


VENUS WILLIAMS

65 265

17-06-1980 (40) $72,268

$41,808,806

0 / 49 0 / 22

1-4 / 795-251 0-3 / 185-116 0-2 / 135-97

DAYANA YASTREMSKA 25 17

15-05-2000 (20) $247,565

$1,875,142

0 / 3 0 / 0 1-1

10-6 / 53-38 0-3 / 7-19

2-2 / 11-12

11-6

8-5 / 41-26 1-4 / 481-150 0-0 / 73-16 1-0 / 3-2

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-1 / 136-106 1-2 / 2-8 0-1 / 236-153 4-3 / 11-14




* Updated entering Western & Southern Open 1r

Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration

NEW YORK Tournament History

VENUS WILLIAMS

2019

L - MADISON KEYS (USA #18) QF 6-2 6-3

2017

L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #48) R2 6-3 2-6 6-2

2015

L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #9) R2 W/O

2014

L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #17) R1 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4

2013

L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #23) R2 6-2 5-7 6-2

DAYANA YASTREMSKA

2019

R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2


from

V.WILLIAMS:


• Making eighth appearance at the Western and Southern Open, as wildcard; best result came in 2012 when she was an

unseeded semifinalist (d. No.10 Errani and No.6 Stosur, l. Li)

• Advanced to the QF here last year (d. Davis, Bertens and Vekic, l. eventual champion, Keys)

• Faces No.25 Yastremska in 1r; in terms of ranking, a win today would be her best since upsetting No.5 Bertens at last

year’s Western & Southern Open

• At 40, is the oldest player to ever play the Western & Southern Open (previously Date – 39y 325d)

• In addition to QF run here, last summer made 2r at US Open and fell 1r at San Jose and Toronto

• Among active players, sits in second place for career hard court titles – 31, trailing only Serena (47)

• Bidding for 50th career title this week. Lifted last trophy at 2016 Kaohsiung (d. Doi in F)

• One of four players in this week’s draw to have won 20 or more titles in their career – S.Williams (No.5, 73 titles),

V.Williams (No.11, 49 titles), Kvitova (T-No.20, 27 titles) and Azarenka (T-No.26, 20 titles)

Season

Coming off 2r showing at Lexington; snapped four-match losing streak with victory over fellow former No.1 Azarenka in 1r,

before falling to sister Serena in 2r in what was the 31st career meeting between the sisters

The win over Azarenka marked her first main draw win of 2020, having fallen in the opening round this year at the

Australian Open (l. Gauff), Acapulco (l. Juvan) and Monterrey (l. Schmiedlova)

Slipped to No.67 on March 9 – her lowest position since occupying No.72 spot on July 30, 2012

Career Highlights

Ended 2019 ranked No.53, down from No.40 in 2018

Reached four QFs across 2019, including Auckland (l. eventual R-Up Andreescu), Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kerber),

Birmingham (l. eventual champion Barty) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys)

Scored her best win of the season at Indian Wells, ousting No.3 Kvitova in 3s. Also defeated defending champion and

then-ranked No.5 in Cincinnati

Also made R16 at Miami (l. Halep) and Rome (l. Konta)

Season highlights in 2018 were SF run at Indian Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF effort at

Miami (l. Collins)

Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past $40 million – S.Williams ($92 million) is the only other player to pass

this milestone


MATCH NOTES

2012

L - NA LI (CHN #9) SF 7-5 3-6 6-1

2009

L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) R16 7-6(2) 6-4

Teamed up in Fed Cup for Serena’s first competitive match back since giving birth in September 2017 (played dead

doubles rubber, l. Kerkhove/Schuurs)

Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki) – the oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the

season finale

Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) – only player in 2017 to

reach two Grand Slam finals

Shortly after her 37th birthday, returned to Top 10 by reaching 2017 Wimbledon final, becoming (at the time) the third

oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and

Martina Navratilova (December 26, 1994 – 38 years, 75 days); also surpassed by 37-year-old Serena in February 2019

2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is sixth-oldest player to win a

WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Serena Williams (38) at

2020 Auckland, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá

With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles)

At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major

since 2010 US Open

At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock)

Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy

Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012

Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena,

at Sydney, Beijing and London

Spent 11 weeks at World No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles

rankings for eight weeks in 2010

Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world

No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets

Grand Slam History

2020 Australian Open marked 85th Grand Slam main draw appearance, the most in the Open Era

Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: 2000-01 2005 and 2007-08. Also won US

Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F)

In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997,

2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017)

The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era

history, followed by Navratilova 1975-94

Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon

In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimelstob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998

Personal

Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits

Chief Brand Officer of Asutra, a self-care line

In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East

Coached by Eric Hechtman, Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt at end of 2018

YASTREMSKA:


Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open; fell 2r here on debut last year (d No. 19 Wozniacki, l. WC

Kuznetsova)

Faces No.65 V.Williams in 1r today; only loss to a player ranked outside Top 50 in 2020 came at hands of No.89 Giorgi a

few weeks ago at Palermo

Winner faces either Pera or Watson in 2r, with No.4 seed Osaka potentially waiting in 3r

Enters tournament ranked No.25, four spots off career-high ranking of No.21, which she set the week of January 20

following R-Up finish at Adelaide

Highlights of last summer’s North American hard court swing were 3r runs at US Open (l. Svitolina) and Toronto (l. Kenin)

Season

In first even of tour’s resumption, made QF career WTA QF at Palermo (l. Giorgi, having held 2MP in second set)

Highlight of opening months of season reaching first Premier-level SF and then F at Adelaide (l. Barty in F). Posted three

Top 20 wins en route, over No.18 Kerber, No.20 Vekic and No.12 Sabalenka

Also made 3r at Doha (d. No.5 Kenin, l. Muguruza) and 2r at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki). Fell 1r at Brisbane (l.

Bertens) and Dubai (l. Kudermetova)

In February, won all three singles rubbers to help Ukraine see off Estonia, Croatia and Bulgaria to earn a trip to Japan for

the rescheduled Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Play-offs for a place in the 2022 Qualifiers

Career Highlights

Posted second Top 100 and first Top 30 season finish in 2019, at No.22

Captured two WTA singles titles in 2019 at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in F after trailing 5-2 in third set) and Strasbourg (d.

Garcia after saving 1mp)

Advanced to QF at 2019 Wuhan, where she recorded maiden Top 5 win against No.2 Ka.Pliskova in R16 (l. Kvitova), and

made Grand Slam breakthrough with R16 run at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Zhang)

Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2019, going 1-1 in RR stage (d. No.20 Vekic, l. eventual R-Up Bertens) and

reached maiden doubles final, at Beijing (w/Ostapenko, l. Kenin/Mattek-Sands)

Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, winning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F)

Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and Charleston (as LL, l.

Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier,

l. S.Zheng)

Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 (week of July

16,2018)

Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA and reached two more finals in 2018•Posted first Top 200 season in

2017, at No.189 – rose more than 200 places during the year

Won first WTA main draw match and reached first tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former World No.9 Petkovic en

route (l. Cepelova)

Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istanbul (l. Hibino in 1r)

Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015

In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world

On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three doubles titles

Grand Slam History

Contested sixth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

Advanced to second week of a major for the first time at 2019 Wimbledon, falling to S.Zhang in R16

Reached 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Svitolina) and 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams)

Made 1r exit at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro) in first appearance in Paris

Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. Potapova)

Personal

Currently coached Sascha Bajin (former coach of Naomi Osaka and Kristina Mladenovic). Previously coached by Olivier

Jeunehomme

Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year

Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine

Trained as a junior in Istanbul, at Koza WOS


MATCH NOTES

[15] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

Head to Head: DONNA VEKIC leads 2-0

2019 HARD O R2 DONNA VEKIC 83 mins 6-2 7-5 CINCINNATI 2019 HARD O R16 DONNA VEKIC 85 mins 6-4 6-3 SAN JOSE

DONNA VEKIC

24 44

28-06-1996 (24) $189,806

$4,237,202

0 / 2 0 / 0

6-6 / 130-132 2-1 / 35-46 0-0 / 27-35

VICTORIA AZARENKA 59 -

31-07-1989 (31) $4,600

$30,360,105

0 / 20 0 / 8 11-5

0-2 / 451-180 0-0 / 85-62 0-0 / 66-44

3-3

0-2 / 309-108 5-5 / 89-95 1-0 / 9-10 0-0 / 46-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 7-21 0-0 / 67-72 0-0 / 10-40 0-0 / 120-100





Rnd Result Duration



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VEKIC:


• Making fourth main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (seventh overall) and first as a seed (No.15)

• Advanced to 3r for the first time last year at Cincinnati (l. V.Williams), which is her best career result at a Premier 5 event

• Also posted a 2r run in 2016 (as qualifier, d. Ivanovic, l. Konta)

• Lone Croatian competing in the main draw at this year’s event

• Faces 2013 champion Azarenka for the second straight year at Western & Southern Open. Both their previous meetings

came in last summer’s North American hard court season and she both won in straight sets

• Has lost twice to players ranked outside Top 50 in 2020, against No.56 Swiatek at Australian Open and No.157 Cocciaretto

at Palermo

• Enjoyed productive summer hard court season in 2019; in addition to 3r showing here, made SF at San Jose and QF at US

Open

Season

• Coming off 2r showing at Palermo two weeks ago. Beat Rus to become the first WTA main draw winner since the tour’s

resumption, then was upset by 19-year-old No.157 Cocciaretto

• Fell in 1r at Doha (l. Swiatek) before the tour was shutdown due to COVID-19

• As last year’s runner-up, reached 2r at St. Petersburg (l. Alexandrova)

• Reached 3r at Australian Open (d. Sharapova in 1r, l. Swiatek)

• Advanced to QF at Adelaide (l. Yastremska)

• Began 2020 campaign with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Putintseva)


MATCH NOTES


DONNA VEKIC

2019

L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #65) R16 2-6 6-3 6-3

2018

L - ANA BOGDAN (ROU #78) R2-Q 6-3 6-2

2017

L - NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #64) R1 6-3 2-6 6-3

2016

L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13) R2 6-2 6-3

2014

L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #61) R1-Q 6-3 6-3

2013

L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #228) R1-Q 6-2 4-6 6-4

VICTORIA AZARENKA

2019

R2 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #26) 6-2 7-5

2018

R2 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #5) 6-4 7-5

2015

R16 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #34) 1-6 3-0

2013

F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 2-6 6-2 7-6(6)

2010

R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #62) 2-6 7-6(6) 6-2

2009

R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #5) 7-5 7-6(4)


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Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.19 for career-best year-end finish (up from No.34 in 2018). Broke into Top 20 for the first time on

October 21, 2019

• Produced career best Grand Slam result at 2019 US Open, where she reached QF (l. Bencic)

• Also in 2019, reached biggest final of career at Premier-level St. Petersburg (l. Bertens). Posted best win of career by

ranking –and third over a Top 5 opponent –with defeat of No.2 Kvitova en route to St. Petersburg QF, bettering victories

over No.4 Stephens at 2018 Wimbledon and No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]

• Grass court season saw her reach final at Nottingham (l. Garcia in third-set tie-break)

• Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, however fell in RR stage

• Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering 31 tour-level wins. Season highlighted by R-Up finish at

Washington, DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham

• Also in 2018 made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo [PPO] and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon

(l. Goerges)

• Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top 50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign ranked No.54

• Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 Konta. Until this title

run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent)

• Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY

• Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and

Zhang at Tianjin

• Highlights in 2015 included reaching final at Tashkent (l.Hibino) and QF at Baku • When she won first career singles title at

2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania

King)

• Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest

WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l.

Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2019 St. Petersburg and 2019 Nottingham, owns a 2-6 record in

singles finals

• Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 Has won five ITF Circuit singles and one doubles title

• Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, 2019

Grand Slam History • Played 26th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• At 2019 US Open, posted her best Slam result by reaching QF (l. Bencic)

• Has also reached R16 at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Goerges) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Konta)

• At Australian Open, best result was this year’s 3r run (l. Swiatek)

Personal

• Currently working with Nikola Horvat, having split with coach Torben Beltz during the tour’s hiatus in 2020. Dario Novak is

also part of coaching team

• Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper)

• Speaks Croatian, English and Italian

• Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive

AZARENKA:


• Making her seventh appearance at the Western & Southern Open as a former champion in 2013 (d. S.Williams in F)

• One of five former champions in the draw – also Keys (2019), Ka.Pliskova (2016), S.Williams (2014-15) and Zvonareva

(2006)

• Other notable results here include two 3r showings in 2009 (l. Jankovic) and 2015 (l. Pavlyuchenkova via ret. w/left thigh

injury)

• One of seven Grand Slam champions in the field – also S.Williams, V.Williams, Kvitova, Osaka, Stephens and Kenin

• One of two Belarusian players represented in this week’s main draw – also Sabalenka

• Teams up with reigning Australian Open champion Kenin to play doubles this week; also a past winner in 2013 (w/Kirilenko)

• Opens up her 2020 Western & Southern Open campaign against No.15 seed Vekic. Has been winless in singles since her

loss to the Croatian in 2r at last year’s event

• Bidding for her first singles victory since defeating then-No.12 Bencic in 1r at 2019 Cincinnati (via ret. w/left foot injury). Last

completed-match victory came over Giorgi at 2019 Toronto 1r

• Currently ranked No.59; contested last year’s Western & Southern Open ranked No.40 – her highest ranking as a mother

(No.38) was achieved in July, 2019

• One of three mothers in the field – also S.Williams and Zvonareva

• Nineteen of 20 career titles have come on hard (fifth among active players), most recently picking up three in 2016

(Brisbane, Indian Wells and Miami)

• Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago (July 31); there are 10 players who are 30 or older in this year’s field.

Season

• Competing in her second WTA event of 2020 at Lexington last week, lost to V.Williams in 1r (now trails 2-6 in their

head-to-head record)

• Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Zidansek)

• Did not contest any events in Australia due to personal reasons

Career Milestones • Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where she fell to Sabalenka in 1r however reached the doubles final w/Barty (l.

Mertens/Sabalenka)

• Highlight of 2019 season was reaching 37th career singles final at Monterrey (d. No.5 Kerber in SF before falling to

Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg injury). Also reached QF stage on three occasions – Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit

via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• On February 2, 2019 returned to Top 50 for first time following the birth of her child, Leo

• Highlights of 2018 season included SF at Miami (l. Stephens) and QF at San Jose and Tokyo

• Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child in December 2016

• Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tournament contested

was 2016 Roland Garros (1r)

• Followed this up with R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play any tournaments after Wimbledon due to

personal reasons

• Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy

mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami –

third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005

• 2016 Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career (20-17 record in finals)

• Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu)

and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)

• Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries

• Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l. Kvitova

in 2011 final in Istanbul)

• Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks

• Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches

in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1

• Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 London Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata

• ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

Grand Slam History • 2019 US Open marked 49th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam.

• Owns a 127-46 record in Grand Slam play – fourth most wins among active players, only behind S.Williams, V.Williams and

Kuznetsova. (walkover handed to Pennetta in 2r at 2016 Wimbledon does not count on win-loss record)

• Two-time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and again in 2013 (d. Li in F)

• Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams in three sets, on both occasions)

• Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while her best result at Roland Garros has also been a SF appearance in

2013

• Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina), 2011 Australian

Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US Open (w/Barty)

• Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most

recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)

• Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005

Personal

• Currently without a full-time coach. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce

• Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016

• Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s name is Fedor and older brother is Max


MATCH NOTES

[11] ALISON RISKE (USA #19) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28)


ALISON RISKE

19 39

03-07-1990 (30) $313,237

$4,865,799

0 / 2 0 / 0

5-4 / 147-155 2-3 / 54-65 2-4 / 41-54

AMANDA ANISIMOVA 28 69

31-08-2001 (18) $131,765

$1,691,915

0 / 1 0 / 0 2-1

5-3 / 39-23 1-2 / 8-13 1-1 / 8-3

1-4

5-3 / 25-17 5-4 / 87-96 0-0 / 12-8 0-0 / 3-4

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-2 / 9-30 1-1 / 3-7 0-2 / 21-54 1-1 / 5-10





Rnd Result Duration



ALISON RISKE

2019

L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #97) R1 6-3 7-6(4)

2018

L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #36) R1-Q 2-6 7-5 6-2

2017

L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) R1 6-2 6-0

2016

L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #10) R2 3-6 6-3 6-1

2015

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) R1 6-2 4-6 6-0

AMANDA ANISIMOVA

2018

R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-4 6-4


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RISKE:


• Making her fifth main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open

• In four previous outings, has only posted one main draw win during 2016’s 2r showing (d. Flink, l. Kuznetsova)

• Posted 1r exits in 2015 (l. Svitolina), 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2019 (l. Sharapova) and fell in qualifying four times, in 2010, 2013-14 and 2018


• Faces Anisimova in 1r today; winner will face either Brady or qualifier Pegula (the opening round’s only other all-American encounter)

• Has lost her last seven main draw matches against fellow Americans – last win came over Brengle at 2017 Tokyo [Japan Open]. In that time, lost to Vandeweghe (2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch), Kratzer (2018 San Jose), Vickery (2019 Monterrey), S.Williams (2019 Wimbledon), Gibbs (2019 Osaka), Kenin (2019 Zhuhai) and Brady (2020 Doha)

• Bidding to avoid third successive opening match loss, having lost openers at Dubai (l. Jabeur) and Doha (l. Brady) prior to the Tour’s hiatus

• In addition to 1r exit at Cincinnati, during last year’s North American hard court season, made 2r at US Open (l. Ostapenko) and Toronto (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Best career result on home soil was SF run at 2016 Stanford (l. V.Williams)

• Contesting this week ranked No.19, one spot off career-high ranking of No.18 (achieved November 4, 2019)

Season

• During Middle Eastern swing, fell 1r at Dubai (l. Jabeur) and Doha (l. Brady)

• Posted best result at Australian Open, reaching R16 (l. Barty)

• Opened season with QF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)


MATCH NOTES

2014

L - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #125) R1-Q 6-3 6-4

2013

L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #91) R2-Q 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2

2010

L - VANIA KING (USA #81) R1-Q 7-6(6) 6-2


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Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 at career-high ranking of No.18, posted on November 4, 2019 – up from 2018 year-end ranking of No.63 with previous career-best finish being No.41 in 2016. Spending seventh consecutive year inside the Top 100

• In a breakout 2019 campaign, achieved best result in Grand Slam play to date by advancing to QF at Wimbledon, ousting World No.1 Barty to notch biggest win of her career before being halted by eventual runner-up S.Williams

• Additionally, lifted second career WTA singles title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Bertens in F after saving 5mp) and finished runner-up at Shenzhen (l. Sabalenka) and Wuhan (l. Sabalenka). Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for first time in career (fell in RR stage)

• Highlights in 2018 include runner-up at Nürnberg (l. to Larsson), reaching 3r at 2018 Miami(l. Y.Wang on third set tie-break), and advancing to QF at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe), Mallorca (l. Stosur) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Pliskova). Also won eighth ITF Circuit singles title at $100k Surbiton (d. Perrin in F)

• In 2017, finished R-Up at Shenzhen (d. No.3 A.Radwanska, l. Siniakova). Also part of Fed Cup winning USA team and reached QF at Nürnberg and 3r at Australian Open and Wimbledon

• Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without dropping a set (d. Bencic in F)

• Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96)

• Reached first WTA SF at 2010 Birmingham (as qualifier, l. Sharapova)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston

• Winner of nine singles and one doubles title on ITF Women’s Circuit

Grand Slam History

• Played her 32nd Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Best Grand Slam result was QF run at 2019 Wimbledon (d. No.1 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams)

• Also produced R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) and 2020 Australian Open (l. Barty)

• Has also reached 3r at Australian Open in 2017 (l. Cirstea) and 2014 (l. Kerber), and at Wimbledon on three previous occasions (2013-14, 2017)

• Made 2r on debut at Roland Garros in 2014 but is yet to go further in Paris

Personal

• Coached by Billy Heiser

• Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University in summer 2009, but after good results and finding financial backing decided to pursue tennis full time and turned pro two weeks before classes were due to begin

• If hadn’t been a tennis player, would have pursued medicine

• Parents, Albert and Carol, are retired. Earlier in career was coached by her sister, Sarah McGlamery; also has a brother, Daniel

• Married Stephen Amritraj in Alison’s hometown of Pittsburgh after 2019 Wimbledon

ANISIMOVA:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open, having also made 3r in 2018 (as WC, l. Svitolina)

• Faces No.19 Riske in 1r today; owns five career Top 20 wins, over No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Australian Open), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros) and No.7 Svitolina (2020 Doha)

• Has lost her last two matches against fellow Americans, to Brady at 2019 Beijing and S.Williams at 2020 Auckland

• Was edged out by Riske on a third-set tie-break during May’s UTR Pro Match Series in West Palm Beach, FL (also played Collins and Tomljanovic during event)

• Only contested one event during the 2019 North American hard court swing, reaching the QF at San Jose – her best career result on home soil

• Currently ranked No.28 – at 18-years-old is the highest-ranked teenager in the WTA Top 100 (also No.50 Gauff, No.51 Swiatek and No.85 Potapova)

• One of the five teenagers in the draw - also Gauff (16), McNally (18), Swiatek (19) and L.Fernandez (17)

Season

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus, last event played was Doha, where she withdrew prior to 3r match vs. Kuznetsova (w/gastrointestinal illness)

• Upset No.7 Svitolina in 2r ay Doha to record her first Top 10 win of the season and third overall, also No.9 Kvitova at 2018 Indian Wells and No.3 Halep at 2019 Roland Garros

• Made 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Diyas) and Dubai (l. Strycova, having led 3-1 in third set)

• Kicked off 2020 campaign by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) – her first time reaching the final four of a tournament since 2019 Roland Garros (l. Barty)

Career Milestones

• Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the youngest American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 Indian Wells (17y 169d)

• Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yastremska). Other standout performances included SF run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) born in 2000s to advance to this stage of a major – QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 appearance at Australian Open – at 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days)

• Scored maiden win over a Top 5 player during 2019 Roland Garros, upsetting No.3 and defending champion Halep in QF

• Made Top 100 debut at No.95 on September 17, 2018, after reaching first WTA final at Hiroshima (as qualifier, l. Hsieh)

• Also in 2018, upset No.9 Kvitova to become the joint-youngest player to reach R16 at Indian Wells, along with Majoli, who made SF in 1994 (both aged 16 years, 199 days)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Miami (l. Townsend in 3s), with Grand Slam bow coming at 2017 Roland Garros. Also in 2017, reached four ITF Circuit finals, winning $60k ITF/Sacramento, CA-USA and finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Curtiba-BRA, $80k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA and $60k ITF/Dothan, AL-USA

• In juniors, won US Open girls’ singles in 2017 and was R-Up at 2016 Roland Garros

• Reached No.2 in junior world rankings

Grand Slam History

• Has played in six Grand Slam main draws, most recently 2020 Australian Open

• Produced best Slam showing at 2019 Roland Garros, becoming the first player born in 2000s – man or woman – to reach a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion Barty)

• Best previous result was a R16 run at 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova)

• At 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at Melbourne Park since Vaidisova in 2006 (16 yrs 281 days), and across all Slams since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days)

• Also the youngest American to reach this stage of a Slam since S.Williams at 1998 Roland Garros (16y 254d) and at Australian Open since Capriati in 1993

• Fell 1r on Slam main draw debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as WC, l. Nara, having led 6-3 4-2)

• Suffered 1r exit at 2018 US Open (l. Townsend); fell in qualifying in 2016 and 2017


Personal

• Coached by Jaime Cortez and Andis Juska, while fitness trainer is Yutaka Nakamura

• Mother is Olga and father is Konstantin (deceased), both parents were born and raised in Moscow; sister Maria Anisimova-Egee played tennis at University of Pennsylvania and now lives in New York

• Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age of 3




WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – DAY TWO

[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. [LL] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68)

[Q] LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #67) vs. [10] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #18)

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

[WC] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #37) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #49)

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41)

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

Kontaveit leads 1-0 Kontaveit won when the two met at 2017 Wimbledon… Kasatkina bidding for 25th career Top 20

win… Kontaveit coming off runner-up finish at Palermo

Vondrousova leads 1-0 Vondrousova won in two tight sets when the pair clashed at 2019 Indian Wells… Siegemund looking for first Top 20 win since 2018… Vondrousova fell early on tour’s return in Palermo

Kenin leads 2-0 (not including qualifiers) Kenin won two meetings in 2019, although Cornet did triumph when they met in qualifying at 2018

Cincinnati… Cornet aiming for first Top 5 win since 2018… Kenin made Cincinnati SF in 2019

Garcia leads 2-1 Garcia won their most recent match, at 2018 Rome… Stephens made Cincinnati SF as a wildcard in

2017… Winner will meet Azarenka in second round

Pliskova leads 1-0 Pliskova beat the Russian en route to 2018 Stuttgart title… Kudermetova owns one Top 5 win in

her career… Pliskova lifted Cincinnati title in 2016

First meeting Brady and Pegula are two of the 16 Americans in the main draw this week… Pegula bidding for

second Top 50 win of the season… Brady fresh from dominant title run at Lexington







MATCH NOTES

[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. [LL] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68)

Head to Head: ANETT KONTAVEIT leads 1-0

2017 GRASS O R2 ANETT KONTAVEIT 55 mins 6-3 6-2 WIMBLEDON

ANETT KONTAVEIT

20 9

24-12-1995 (24) $490,890

$4,489,651

0 / 1 0 / 0

13-6 / 116-94 5-2 / 42-31 2-3 / 30-31

DARIA KASATKINA 68 72

07-05-1997 (23) $109,453

$6,189,906

0 / 2 0 / 1 2-4

4-7 / 130-101 3-4 / 49-36 0-0 / 24-21

4-3

4-6 / 85-69 9-5 / 70-61 0-0 / 11-10 0-0 / 10-9

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






2-2 / 11-18 0-1 / 12-22 2-4 / 18-31 0-3 / 24-40





Rnd Result Duration



ANETT KONTAVEIT

2019


2018

L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #17) R16 6-3 2-6 6-3

2017

L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #13) R1 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3

2016

L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #58) R1-Q 6-4 2-6 6-3

DARIA KASATKINA

2019

R2 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #18) 6-4 6-1

2018

R1 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #51) 4-6 6-4 6-3

2017

R2 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #17) 6-2 6-1

2016

R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #74) 6-1 6-1


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KONTAVEIT:


• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for fourth time (fifth overall); reached 3r in both 2018 (l. eventual champion

Bertens) and 2019 (l. Barty – having led 5-3 in final set)

• Faces LL Kasatkina in 1r today; owns 7-1 record against players outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat coming against

No.53 Ferro in the Palermo final a few weeks ago

• Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 Miami (l. eventual champion Barty)

• During last year’s North American hard court swing, made 3r at Toronto (l. Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati (l. Barty) and US Open

• Is currently ninth on the 2020 prize money list

• Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her time off to refining her gardening skills back home; while on the

court, last month defeated Ostapenko to help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition in Tallinn

Season

• Coming off R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5

• In Middle East, advanced to QF at Dubai (l. No.15 Martic) and fell 2r at Doha (l. eventual champion Sabalenka)

• Won all four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one win of victory over

Ukraine in the promotional play-off

• Made Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching maiden major QF at Australian Open (l. Halep), became the first Estonian to

make the last eight at Australian Open

• Kicked off 2020 season by reaching 2r in Brisbane (l. Bertens) and falling 1r in Adelaide (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final two months of the

season w/viral illness

• Reached her fifth career final in 2019 at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova). Also in 2019, advanced to her first Premier Mandatory SF at

Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), which propelled her to a career high ranking of No.14 (April 1, 2019)

• In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw wins – the first time she

had registered 30 or more wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings

• Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF showings at Rome

(l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year-end finish inside Top

50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100

• Won first career singles title at 2017 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l.

Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens)

• Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017)

• Also advanced to QF at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, and Rome, where

she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r

• In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100

• One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100

• Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152

• Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r)

• Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010

• Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva en route

Grand Slam History

• Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by becoming the first

Estonian to reach QF there, and also the first Estonian to reach a Grand Slam QF since Kanepi at 2017 US Open

• Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) – only seventh

qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16

• Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens)

• Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. Wozniacki), 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 (l. Muchova)

• R-Up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Crawford)

Personal

• Coached by Nigel Sears

• Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia

• Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other Estonian

coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn

KASATKINA:


• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for fifth time; best result were 2r showings in 2017 and 2019 (l. Keys on both

occasions)

• Lost to McHale in final round of qualifying but was granted LL spot when Clijsters withdrew w/abdominal injury

• Faces No.20 Kontaveit in 1r today; aiming for her 25th career Top 20 victory with a win today – is 0-3 this season, having lost

to No.7 Bencic (Adelaide), No.11 Keys (Australian Open) and No.16 Muguruza (Doha); her last win over a Top 20 player

came at 2019 Beijing (d. No.14 Sabalenka)

• One of five Russians in the starting line-up this week, along with Alexandrova, Kalinskaya, Kudermetova and Zvonareva; four

Russians have won this title – Zvonareva (2006), Chakvetadze (2007), Petrova (2008) and Sharapova (2011)

• Best previous results on US soil were title run at 2017 Charleston and R-Up finish at 2018 Indian Wells

• During 2019 North American hard court season, fell 2r at San Jose (l. Svitolina), Toronto (l. eventual champion Andreescu)

and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys); also made 1r exit at US Open (l. Konta)

Season

• Returned to tour with 1r exit at Palermo (l. Paolini)

• In final tournament before tennis’ hiatus, reached SF at Lyon (l. Friedsam) – her first WTA SF since Moscow title run in

October 2018

• Only other main draw win this season came during 2r showing in season opener at Auckland (d. Suárez Navarro, l.

Anisimova)

• Fell 1r at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Bencic), Australian Open (l. Keys), St. Petersburg (l. Alexandrova) and Doha (as qualifier, l.

Muguruza), while contested qualifying at Doha

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 season at No.69, down from No.10 in 2018, having gone 12-21 across the season, with best result a QF run at

Premier Mandatory China Open (l. Wozniacki)

• Ended 2018 season by catering her second WTA singles title at Moscow [Kremlin Cup]. Recovered from a set and 6-2 4-1

down to defeat Jabeur in final; is now 2-3 in WTA singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above

• Reached biggest final of career at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Osaka) and was also R-Up at Dubai (l. Svitolina)

• Captured the joint-most wins over Top 5 players (five) in 2018, along with Bertens and Stephens, including upset of No.1

Wozniacki during SF run at St. Petersburg – having also beaten Kerber at 2017 Sydney, is one of five players in WTA history

to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, joining V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and

Kuznetsova (2)

• Was one of eight players to reach QF or better at two or more Grand Slams in 2018 (Wimbledon and Roland Garros)

• 2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager

Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

• Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at 2017 –

at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova)

• Ended 2016 as the highest-ranked teenager

• 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l.

Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held match points), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l.

Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

• Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro in

QF)

• Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015

• QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at a WTA-level tournament

• Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina)

• Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking career total to seven

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

Grand Slam History

• Contested 18th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Best results at the majors were QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion

Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi)

• Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual

champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

• In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy

Personal

• Coached by Carlos Martínez, while brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii is fitness trainer; formerly worked with Philippe Dehaes and

Vladimir Platenik

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

• Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC


MATCH NOTES

[Q] LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #67) vs. [10] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #18)

Head to Head: MARKETA VONDROUSOVA leads 1-0

2019 HARD O R1 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 113 mins 6-4 7-6(6) INDIAN WELLS

LAURA SIEGEMUND

67 47

04-03-1988 (32) $145,905

$2,568,896

0 / 2 0 / 5

8-5 / 79-78 2-1 / 27-26 0-0 / 11-22

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 18 97

28-06-1999 (21) $141,464

$3,197,044

0 / 1 0 / 0 0-1

3-6 / 56-39 0-5 / 10-22 0-0 / 17-10

0-0

3-5 / 31-20 4-3 / 25-39 0-0 / 1-6 0-0 / 2-0

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-3 / 9-12 0-1 / 2-9 0-3 / 12-25 0-1 / 9-11





Rnd Result Duration



MARKETA VONDROUSOVA

2018

R1 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) 6-3 7-5


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SIEGEMUND:


• Making debut at Western & Southern Open having seen off Kozlova and Dolehide in qualifying

• Faces No.18 Vondrousova in 1r today; aiming for first Top 20 win since beating No.12 Kasatkina at 2018 Beijing

• Playing doubles this week w/Rybakina (face Carter/Stefani in 1r)

• Best result of career on US soil both came at Charleston, where she reached SF in 2017 and QF in 2016; also made QF

at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells this March

• During 2019 North American hard court season, fell 1r at Bronx (as LL, l. Buzarnescu) and made 2r at US Open (l.

Kenin)

• During the tour’s hiatus, played a series of exhibition events, predominately in Germany, posting a 14-4 record

Season

• On tour’s return, made 2r at both Palermo (l. Kontaveit) and Prague (l. Sorribes Tormo)

• Posted 2r showing at Doha (l. Barty). Also reached QF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells (l. Zvonareva)

• Won both singles rubbers (d. Ce and Pereira) to help Germany beat Brazil 4-0 to reach the inaugural Fed Cup Finals

• Opened season with QF at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) then 2r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.73, up from No.117 in 2018. Highlight was SF run at Bucharest (l. Tig) and QF showings at

Hiroshima (l. Kudermetova) and Luxembourg (l. Rybakina)

• Returned to Top 100 for first time in 12 months on April 8, 2019

• In doubles, won fifth title, at 2019 Guangzhou (w/Peng)

• Struggled for form following her comeback from injury in 2018; on home soil, reached back-to-back ITF finals in

Germany, winning at $25k ITF/Bad Saulgau-GER and finishing runner-up at $60k ITF/Hechingen-GER

• At tour level in 2018, made QF in summer at Bucharest and Moscow [River Cup]

• Promising 2017 season derailed by long-term right knee injury, sustained at Nürnberg in May (ret. vs. Krejcikova).

Despite missing second half of season, posted third Top 100 year-end finish (at No.69)

• Won first Premier-level title of career on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Mladenovic in F). Scored three wins over Top 10

opponents en route to title, defeating No.9 Kuznetsova, No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.5 Halep

• All three career WTA finals have come on clay, at Stuttgart in 2016 (R-Up) and 2017 (won) and at Bastad in 2016 (won)

• In 2016, enjoyed tour-level breakthrough. Posted a 14-3 win-loss record between 2016 Wimbledon and US Open,

winning maiden singles title at Bastad (d. Siniakova in F)

• Also in 2016, reached first career final as qualifier at 2016 Stuttgart, where she advanced to final as a qualifier (l.

Kerber). Made SF at Bucharest (l. Sevastova) on clay, before advancing to QF at Rio Olympics (l. eventual gold medalist

Puig) and 3r at the US Open (l. V.Williams)

• Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.27 on August 29, 2016

• Entering 2016, had posted just six tour-level main draw wins in career. By comparison, had 30 main draw wins in 2016

• 2015 season highlights included reaching first WTA QF on clay at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Pereira) and

second QF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Voegele)

• Owns five WTA doubles titles: 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Muhammad), 2015 Florianopolis (w/Beck), 2015 Luxembourg

(w/Barthel), 2018 Moscow (w/Panova) and 2019 Guangzhou (w/Peng); runner-up at 2015 Marrakech (w/Zanevska),

2016 Mallorca (w/Friedsam) and 2018 New Haven (w/Hsieh)

• Played first pro events of career on ITF Circuit in 2002. Owns winner of 12 singles and 20 doubles titles at this level

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2003 Leipzig and finally main draw debut seven years later at 2010 Bastad

Grand Slam History


• Grand Slam main draw debut came at 2015 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova in 1r)

• Has twice appeared in Grand Slam 3r, at 2016 Australian Open (l. Beck) and 2016 US Open (l. V.Williams)

• Fallen 1r at Roland Garros in 2016 and 2018, and Wimbledon in 2015 and 2016

• Won 2016 US Open mixed doubles title w/Pavic

Personal

• Coached by Antonio Zucca

• Born in Stuttgart area, but spent parts of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ages 4-7) and Jakarta, Indonesia (ages

9-10)

• Father, Harro is an engineer; mother is Brigitta, sister is Satu and brother is Arlen

• Studied at the Fern Uni Hagen in Germany for a BA Science Psychology and hopes to become a psychologist later in life

VONDROUSOVA:


• Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open. Fell 1r on previous appearance in 2018 (l. Barty)

• Missed last year’s tournament – and entire summer hard court season – due to left wrist injury

• Faces No. 67 Siegemund in 1r today; beat the German en route to SF at 2019 Indian Wells – her joint-best run on US

soil (also made SF at 2019 Miami); has suffered four losses against players outside Top 50 this year

• One of six Czechs to contest this year’s main draw (also Bouzkova, Kvitova, Muchova, Ka.Pliskova and Siniakova)

• During June and July, played a series of exhibitions against, among others, Bencic, Kvitova and Strycova

Season

• Suffered 1r exit at Palermo (l. Juvan – was two points from victory in second set and has now lost all five three-set

matches played in 2020)

• Before tour’s hiatus, made 2r at Dubai (l. Brady) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Zheng)

• Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Kuznetsova) and St. Petersburg (l. Tomljanovic)

• In January, made positive return from six-month layoff w/left wrist injury to reach QF at Adelaide (l. eventual champion

Barty)

Career Milestones

• Enjoyed break-out season in 2019, reaching three finals across the year and making Top 20 debut

• Finished R-Up at Budapest (l. Van Uytvanck) and Istanbul (l. Martic) before reaching championship match at Roland

Garros (l. Barty); did not drop a set en route to final in Paris

• Posted first win of career over a Top 2 player in 2019, defeating No.2 Halep at Indian Wells and then Rome

• Forced to end 2019 season down early due to left wrist injury – did not play again following 1r exit at Wimbledon

• At 2018 US Open, became the first teenager to reach the R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2016 (Konjuh, QF – 18) and

the youngest Czech player to advance to this stage in New York since 2005 (Vaidisova, R16 – 16)

• Was the biggest ranking mover on tour in 2017, from No.376 to No.67 (309 places)

• Made WTA breakthrough by winning International-level title at 2017 Biel/Bienne (d. Kontaveit in F). At No.233, was the

lowest-ranked title winner in 2017 and aged 17 years, 293 days was the youngest since Konjuh (17 years, 169 days) at

2015 Nottingham

• Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/Bellis, l. eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu)

• Advanced to 2r on tour-level debut at 2016 Prague – as wildcard

• On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles and four doubles titles

• Made professional debut at 2014 $100k ITF/Prague-CZE (d. Suk, l. Brengle in 2r)

• Ranked junior No.1 in 2015

Grand Slam History

• Contested 11th and most recent major at 2020 Australian Open

• Breakthrough came during R-Up finish at 2019 Roland Garros; ranked No.38, was joint-third lowest-ranked woman to

reach Roland Garros final, and aged 19, was first teenager to reach title match there since Ivanovic in 2007

• Previous best result at the majors was reaching R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Tsurenko). Was youngest Czech player to

reach R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2005 (Nicole Vaidisova, R16 at 16yrs, 140 days)

• Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros, where she advanced to 2r. Has also reached 2r at 2018 and 2019

Australian Opens

• Fell 1r on debut at Wimbledon in 2017

• Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/Bellis, l. eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu)

• In juniors won doubles at Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2015 (both w/Kolodziejova). In singles, was semifinalist

at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon

Personal

• Coached by former ATP Pro Jan Hernych. Fitness trainer is Michal Vagner

• Mother, Jindriska Anderlova, played volleyball in the top Czech league

• Born in Skolov but moved to Prague alone at age 15 to train full-time

• Chose tennis over soccer as she prefers the individual nature of the sport

• Describes herself as quiet and calm


MATCH NOTES

ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60) vs. [2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

Head to Head: SOFIA KENIN leads 2-0 (not including qualifying)

2019 HARD O R16 SOFIA KENIN 84 mins 6-4 6-2 ZHENGZHOU 2019 HARD O SF SOFIA KENIN 79 mins 6-2 6-4 HOBART

ALIZÉ CORNET

60 58

22-01-1990 (30) $122,640

$7,313,913

0 / 6 0 / 3

7-5 / 310-297 4-1 / 103-99 0-1 / 62-61

SOFIA KENIN 4 1

14-11-1998 (21) $3,012,043 $5,930,775

2 / 5 0 / 2 4-1

15-5 / 84-49 6-3 / 32-22 7-5 / 24-15

5-7

15-5 / 68-35 7-5 / 185-178 1-0 / 28-17 1-0 / 3-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 19-48 1-1 / 8-14 1-1 / 41-103 1-2 / 15-23





ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60)

R64: d. CATHERINE MCNALLY (USA #124) 6-0,6-4 (1h27)

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[2] SOFIA KENIN (USA #4)

R64: BYE


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CORNET:


• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for eighth time (10th overall), where she is through to 2r for fifth time

• Fell at this hurdle in 2013 (d. No.14 Ivanovic, l. Ryabrikova), 2016 (as qualifier, d. Bertens, l. Suárez Navarro), 2017 (d.

Bellis, l. Cibulkova) and 2018 (as qualifier, d. No.11 Ostapenko, l. Makarova)

• Made a flying start to defeat WC McNally in 1r on Saturday, dropping just 10 points in the opening set

• Faces No.4 Kenin in 2r today; has lost their past two encounters, but did beat the American in 2018 Cincinnati qualifying

• Last Top 5 win came over No.4 Kerber at 2018 Montréal. Best win this season was over No.15 Martic at Auckland

• Best career result in the US are SF runs at Amelia Island, Charleston and New Haven in 2008 and Washington DC in 2013

• During the tour’s break, played a series of exhibitions against, among others, Mladenovic, Pavlyuchenkova and Ferro,

compiling an 8-6 record

Season

• Reached 2r at Lyon (l. Giorgi) and St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Sakkari)

• Followed this with 2r showings at Hobart (l. eventual champion Rybakina) and then Australian Open (l. Vekic)

• Began season with QF performance at Auckland (l. eventual R-Up Pegula)


MATCH NOTES


ALIZÉ CORNET

2019

L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #87) R1-Q 7-6(5) 6-3

2018

L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #49) R2 6-2 6-0

2017

L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #11) R2 6-1 6-4

2016

L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) R2 6-2 1-0

2015

L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #28) R1 6-4 6-4

2014

L - MADISON KEYS (USA #28) R1 6-2 6-4

2013

L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #33) R2 3-6 7-5 7-5

2011

L - SOFIA ARVIDSSON (SWE #58) R1-Q 6-1 6-3

2009

L - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #59) R1 6-3 6-2

SOFIA KENIN

2019

SF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #18) 7-5 6-4

2018

R2-Q L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #33) 6-1 6-3

2017

R2-Q L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #96) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3

2016

R1-Q L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #61) 6-1 6-2


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Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 ranked No.60 - had previously enjoyed seven consecutive Top 50 finishes

• Highlight of 2019 was reaching Lausanne final (l. Ferro as the defending champion) – has reached at least one WTA final in

six of last seven seasons; now 6-7 in WTA singles finals

• Part of victorious Fed Cup squad for France who defeated Australia in Perth 3-2 to be crown 2019 champions (did not play)

• In 2018, won sixth career title at Gstaad (d. Minella in F), and reached two further QFs at Brisbane and Charleston

• Other five career titles came at 2008 Budapest, 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Strasbourg, 2014 Katowice and 2016 Hobart;

owns 6-7 career record in finals

• Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first time since May 2009;

dropped out of Top 20 again after 2015 Dubai

• Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 S. Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Wuhan via ret.),

No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid); wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat

the American in three straight meetings since Henin in 2007

• Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria

• Three-time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Kong (w/Shvedova)

• Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008-17, 2019; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016

Grand Slam History

• At 2020 Australian Open, played 53rd consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest streak among active

players. However, among active players also has the most overall major appearances (56 including 2020 Australian Open)

without reaching a quarterfinal

• Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15-year-old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l. Mauresmo)

• Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner-up

Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia)

• Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007-08, 2013-14)

• Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

Personal

• Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent)

• Sponsors include BMW, Babolat and Lotto

• Currently coached by Sandra Zaniewska. Worked with Pierre Bouteyre in 2019

KENIN:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (fifth overall), having made SF last year (l. Keys)

• During last year’s run upset No.7 Svitolina and No.1 Osaka (via ret. w/left knee injury) – had also beaten then-No.1 Barty

the previous week at Toronto, marking the first time since October 2001 a player defeated No.1-ranked opponents in

consecutive weeks: Davenport d. Hingis (Filderstadt SF) and Capriati (Zurich SF)

• Broke into Top 20 for the first time following 2019 Cincinnati

• After 1r bye, faces No.60 Cornet in 2r today; beat the Frenchwoman en route to maiden WTA title, at 2019 Hobart

• Lost only two previous matches of career that followed 1r byes, at 2019 Miami (l. Andreescu) and 2020 Doha (l.

Yastremska)

• Last defeat to a player outside Top 50 came against No.75 Davis at 2019 Washington DC

• Bidding for 16th win of the season today, entering this week only Rybakina (21) and Muguruza (16) have posted more

• During last year’s US Open Series, also made SF at Toronto, 3r at US Open and 2r at Washington DC

• Four of five career titles have come on hard, at Hobart and Guangzhou in 2019 and the Australian Open and Lyon in 2020;

in 2019, posted a tour-leading 38 hard court wins (level with Barty)

• During the tour’s break, played the Credit One Bank Invitational with Keys and Riske, as well for the Philadelphia Freedoms

in World Team Tennis

• One of two players to win multiple titles this year (Lyon, Australian Open) - also Halep (Prague and Dubai)

• Also playing doubles this week (w/Azarenka, faces Muchova/Sevastova in 1r)

Season

• Won final tournament prior to tour’s hiatus, at Lyon (d. Friedsam in F) to improve career record in singles finals to 5-1; rose

to career-high No.4 in the following week (March 9, 2020)

• In Fed Cup action for the USA, went 1-1 in singles (d. Sevastova, l. Ostapenko) before winning the deciding doubles rubber

w/Mattek-Sands – USA beat Latvia 3-2 to qualify for the finals

• Made her Top 10 debut at No.7 and US No.1 on February 3 following Australian Open triumph

• Won maiden Grand-Slam in Melbourne defeating two-time major champion Muguruza to become the youngest champion

(21y, 80d) at Australian Open since Sharapova (20y, 283d) in 2008

• Kicked off season 2r showings at Brisbane (l. Osaka) and Adelaide (l. Collins)

Career Milestones

• Produced breakthrough 2019 campaign, collecting three singles titles, enjoying a career-best Grand Slam performance,

qualifying for both WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai and WTA Finals (as alternate, played one match) and making a Top 20 debut

• Finished the year as US No.2 (behind No.9 S.Williams) and leader in hard court wins (38-tied w/Barty)

• Registered back-to-back SF runs at Cincinnati and Toronto, subsequently leading to Top 20 debut on August 19, 2019

• During this run, defeated No.1 Barty (Toronto) and No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati), to become first player since October 2001 to

defeat reigning World No.1s in consecutive weeks (Davenport); also became youngest American to defeat reigning No.1 in

eight years (McHale)

• Advanced to R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams), becoming first American to defeat Serena at the

majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF

• Also in 2019, won first, second and third WTA singles titles at Hobart (d. Schmiedlova in F), Mallorca (d. Bencic in F) and

Guangzhou (d. Stosur in F). Picked up first two doubles titles, too, at Auckland (w/Bouchard) and Beijing (w/Mattek-Sands)

• Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018 and Top 50 on October 8, 2018

• Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the season at Québec

City

• Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the Czech Republic in November 2018

• In 2017, won the US Open Wild Card Challenge, reaching the third round (l. Sharapova) and posting career first Top 50 win

over No.34 Davis

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard (l. Duque-Mariño in 1r)

• Owns four ITF singles titles and two doubles titles

• Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2013, climbing to No.2 in ITF World Junior Rankings

• Represented the USA at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Masters, both held in China

Grand Slam History

• Won maiden major at 2020 Australian Open (d. Muguruza in F) to become the 16th active Grand Slam champion

• Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty); in 3r became first

American to defeat S.Williams at the majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF

• Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National

Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño

• Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Repeated

feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and again in 2019 (l. Keys)

• Made 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2018-19

Personal

• Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida,

where she was home-schooled

• Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lorenzo Cava; trains at ProWorld Academy in Delray Beach, Florida

• Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017)

• If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer

• Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams and Grigor Dimitrov

• Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan

• Likes rap music, especially Drake • Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Hershey’s on top


MATCH NOTES

[WC] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #37) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #49)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 2-1

2018 CLAY O R16 CAROLINE GARCIA 93 mins6-1 7-6(7) ROME 2014 GRASS O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS 74 mins6-2 6-4 EASTBOURNE 2014 HARD I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-3 6-2 FED CUP WEEK 2 -

PLAYOFFS

SLOANE STEPHENS

37 258

20-03-1993 (27) $93,593

$15,274,615

0 / 6 0 / 0

1-6 / 221-156 1-3 / 71-53 1-0 / 60-29

CAROLINE GARCIA 49 99

16-10-1993 (26) $131,450

$10,331,911

0 / 7 0 / 6 3-5

4-6 / 218-175 3-3 / 76-62 1-1 / 57-54

14-8

4-6 / 131-115 1-6 / 142-105 0-2 / 19-9 2-1 / 21-18

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 17-35 0-0 / 16-40 0-0 / 36-58 0-0 / 32-67






from

STEPHENS:


Making ninth appearance at the Western & Southern Open, as a wildcard; best result came in 2017 when she reached SF

(as WC, l. Halep)

Has advanced to 3r at this tournament on seven of her previous eight appearances; the only year she failed to do so was

in 2011 when she fell 1r (l. Errani)

One of seven Grand Slam champions in the draw – also Azarenka, Kenin, Kvitova, Osaka, S.Williams and V.Williams

Owns 84-55 record on home soil and has won four of her six career titles in the United States at 2015 Washington DC,

2016 Charleston, 2017 US Open and 2018 Miami

Faces fellow former Top 10 player, and current No.49 Garcia today in 1r – bidding to record first Top 50 win since

defeating No.41 Linette at 2019 Beijing

Is one of 16 American women to contest the main draw this week (also Anisimova, Bellis, Brady, Collins, Gauff, Kenin,

Keys, Li, McHale, McNally, Pegula, Pera, Riske and S.Williams and V.Williams)

During last year's North American hard court season, made 3r at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova), lost openers at

Toronto (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Bouzkova); also suffered 1r exit at both Washington DC (l. Peterson) and US Open (l.

qualifier Kalinskaya)

Owns five losses to players outside the Top 100 this year (listed in Season section below)

During the tour's hiatus, played in World Team Tennis and an exhibition event in Charleston

Also plays doubles this week (w/Keys, l. Dolehide/Brady in 1r)


MATCH NOTES


SLOANE STEPHENS

2019

L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) R16 6-1 6-2

2018

L - ELISE MERTENS (BEL #14) R16 7-6(8) 6-2

2017

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) SF 6-2 6-1

2015

L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #9) R16 2-6 6-4 6-1

2014

L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) R16 7-6(4) 6-4

2013

L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #15) R16 3-6 7-5 7-5

2012

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R16 6-1 4-6 6-4

2011

L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #38) R1 6-1 7-5

CAROLINE GARCIA

2019

R1 L - IGA SWIATEK (POL #55) 7-6(1) 6-1

2018

R16 L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #34) 6-4 3-6 7-5

2017

R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #18) 4-6 6-4 6-4

2016

R1 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #47) 7-5 6-3

2015

R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) 6-0 6-3

2014

R1-Q L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #121) 6-4 6-3

2013

R1-Q L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #72) 3-6 6-3 6-3


from

Season

Coming off a 1r loss to 17-year-old qualifier, No.120 Fernandez at Lexington – also lost last match before hiatus to the

young Canadian in 2r at Monterrey

Success over fellow American, No.497 Navarro, in 1r at Monterrey was first match win of the season

Lost 1r at opening four event of the year at Brisbane (l. No.129 Samsonova), Adelaide (l. No.201 Rodionova), Australian

Open (l. Zhang) and Acapulco (l. No.270 Zarazua)

Career Highlights

Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; campaign was highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) and QF at

Roland Garros (l. Konta)

Also made R16 at Sydney (l. Putintseva), Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Acapulco (l. Haddad Maia), Cincinnati (l.

to Kuznetsova), Osaka (l. Giorgi) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to date, at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July 16, 2018

Season highlights in 2018 included capturing first Premier Mandatory title at Miami – subsequently made Top 10 debut at

No.9. Also reached her second Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros and posted R-Up finishes at Montréal and WTA Finals

Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth unseeded player to win a major in

the Open Era

Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Returned to action at Wimbledon after 11 months on sidelines w/foot

injury (had surgery in the January)

After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open title run, including back-to-back SF at Toronto and

Cincinnati

Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final

contested at 2015 Washington, DC

At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38

and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012

Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013

Grand Slam History

Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is

second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded player to

advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion

Best result across other Slams was R-Up finish at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep)

Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in

QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka)

Also just the second American (after Davenport) to beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play

Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l.

eventual champion Bartoli)

Personal

Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an NFL player

in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Shawn Farrell

Aged 11, relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before

moving to Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy

Recently reunited with former long-term coach Kamau Murray; formerly coached by Sven Groenefeld and Nick Saviano

On April 29, 2019 announced engagement to Toronto FC soccer star Jozy Altidore

GARCIA:


Contesting the Western & Southern Open main draw for the sixth time (eighth overall)

Advanced to 3r during maiden main draw appearance in 2015 (d. No.4 Kvitova, l. Svitolina) and again in 2018 (d.

Azarenka, l. Sabalenka)

Faces No.37 Stephens in 1r today, her first Top 50 opponent of the season (before this, the highest ranked opponent was

defeat to No.58 Ferro at St. Petersburg); most recent Top 50 win came over No.43 Kasatkina at 2019 Wuhan

Winner will meet Azarenka in 2r

During 2019 North American hard court swing, suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Swiatek) and US

Open (l. Jabeur)

Best results of career on US soil were QF appearances at New Haven in 2015 and 2018

Season

Prior to the tour’s hiatus made QF at Lyon (l. Van Uytvanck)

Also suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Ferro) and Doha (l. Pera)

Opened season with 2r showings at Auckland (l. Bouchard) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur) and 1r exit at Hobart (l.

Cabrera)

Career Highlights

Highlights of 2019 included capturing her seventh career WTA singles title at Nottingham and finishing R-Up at Strasbourg

(l. Yastremska); now owns 7-3 record in singles finals

Member of French Fed Cup team that won the 2019 final vs. Australia, teaming up with Mladenovic to win the decisive

doubles runner against Barty/Stosur. Also took part in the team that advanced to 2016 Fed Cup final vs. Czech Republic

Fell out of the Top 20 on March 18, 2019 after holding her position there since August 14, 2017

In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid

Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018

Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back in 2017 – maiden Premier 5 and Premier Mandatory titles. As

a result, qualified for WTA Finals, having been ranked No.30 on the Race leaderboard in May 2017

Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final

Made Top 10 debut at No.9 following Beijing title (October 9, 2017)

Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 (48-22 record, two titles)

Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles since Mauresmo in

2006 (l. Henin in F)

Lifted second and third career titles in 2016, at Strasbourg and Mallorca, and represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in

singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/Mladenovic)

Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (l. Osaka in F)

Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic

Lifted maiden WTA title at Bogotá in 2014

Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in France in 2007

Grand Slam History

Played 32nd Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best Grand Slam singles result to date

Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)

Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. Kvitova) and 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro)

In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic)

In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Slams

Personal

Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia; Mother is Marylene

Played many sports when she was younger and chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most

Enjoys reading and spending time with family

Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex and Sothys beauty products


MATCH NOTES

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2018 CLAY I R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 99 mins7-6(4) 6-3 STUTTGART

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

3 10

21-03-1992 (28) $485,171

$19,997,689

1 / 16 0 / 5

8-3 / 317-162 3-1 / 103-59 2-5 / 64-69

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 41 41

24-04-1997 (23) $174,275

$1,369,581

0 / 0 0 / 1 2-1

6-8 / 39-34 4-4 / 18-12 5-1 / 14-9

12-4

6-7 / 21-21 8-3 / 227-109 1-0 / 31-20 0-0 / 7-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-0 / 32-39 0-2 / 2-3 3-1 / 62-72 0-3 / 3-7




* Updated entering Western & Southern Open 2r

[1] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

R64: BYE


VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41)

R64: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #57) 5-7,6-3,7-5 (2h46)


KAROLINA PLISKOVA

2019

L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) QF 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3

VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA

2019

R2 L - REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #74) 2-6 7-5 6-2


from

PLISKOVA:


Making sixth main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (ninth overall) where she is one of five former

champions in the field, lifting the trophy in 2016 (d. Kerber in F) – other former winners in the draw are Zvonareva,

S.Williams, Azarenka and Keys

After 1r bye, faces No. 41 Kudermetova today for their first meeting on hard. Won only other previous encounter, en route

to 2018 Stuttgart title

In most recent appearance on tour, lost to a player outside Top 40, No.44 Jabeur, in 3r at Doha

Including triumph here, owns 10 career WTA singles titles on hard (eighth most on the surface among active players); is

also a former US Open R-Up in 2016

During last year’s North American hard-court season, made QF at Toronto and Cincinnati, and R16 at US Open

During the tour's hiatus, played several exhibition events in Czech Republic, alongside players including Alexandrova,

Strycova and Siniakova

Season

Prior to hiatus, made QF at Dubai (l. Rybakina) before suffering 3r exit at Doha (l. Jabeur)

Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Began 2020 by defending Brisbane title (d. Keys in F) – first successful title defense and has now won at least one WTA

title for eight consecutive seasons; now owns 16-12 record in WTA singles finals

Brisbane marked first event working with new coach Daniel Vallverdu


MATCH NOTES

2018

L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #34) R2 2-6 6-3 7-5

2017

L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) SF 6-3 6-2

2016

W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) F 6-3 6-1

2015

L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #25) R16 6-2 3-6 7-5

2014

L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #81) R1-Q 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(4)

2013

L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #50) R2-Q 7-5 6-2

2012

L - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #124) R2-Q 6-3 6-2

Career Highlights

Finished 2019 ranked No.2 for career-best year-end finish

Lifted a Tour-leading four titles across the season (tied with Barty), at Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne and Zhengzhou

Dropped 19 games across five matches during Eastbourne title win (d. Kerber in F) – most efficient title run in 2019

Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets

Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match

points to beat S.Williams in QF

Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter

Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row

Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d.

Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F)

At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland

Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty

in R16, l. S.Williams)

Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual

champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments

Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman

to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on

July 10, 1978 while representing USA)

Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F)

Owns 15-12 record in singles finals, having won having titles on all three surfaces

Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz,

with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside

Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)

Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014 Seoul (d.

Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi)

Made professional debut on ITF circuit in 2006

Grand Slam History

Contested 31st career Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in R16, QF, SF and

title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Halep)

Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and 2019 (l. Muchova)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r)

Personal

Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club

Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title

Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon

Currently coached by Daniel Vallverdu and Olga Savchuk, and previously coached by Conchita Martínez, Rennae Stubbs,

Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza

Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes,

including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic

KUDERMETOVA:


Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open; fell 2r here last year (as qualifier, d. Pera, l. Peterson)

In 1r on Saturday, prevailed in 66-minute deciding set to see off Tomljanovic

Faces No.3 Pliskova in 2r today. Owns three career wins over Top 20 ranked players, against No.13 Wozniacki at

2019 Roland Garros, No.10 Bencic at 2019 Wuhan and No.4 Svitolina at 2019 Moscow

Competing in doubles this week with Blinkova. Will face Belgian duo Flipkens/Van Uytvanck in 1r

One of five Russian women contesting the main draw this week, (also Alexandrova, Kalinskaya, Kasatkina and

Zvonareva)

Season

Coming off 1r exit at Prague (l. Bouchard)

Before hiatus, made 2r at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Bertens), Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Doha (l. Bencic)

Represented Russia in Fed Cup qualifying vs. Romania in February, falling to Bogdan and Cristian in both singles

rubbers

Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Sorribes Tormo)

Posted SF run at Hobart (l. S.Zhang) after opening 2020 season by losing in final round of qualifying at Brisbane

Career Highlights

Ended 2019 ranked No.41 for career-best year-end ranking, rising from No.115 at the end of 2018

Played main draw at all four majors for first time in 2019, posting a career-best Grand Slam run to the 3r at Roland

Garros, upsetting Wozniacki in 1r (l. Kanepi in 3r)

Other 2019 highlights included SF finishes at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Riske), Hiroshima (l. Doi) and

Tianjin (l. Watson). Picked up the biggest title of career at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F)

Posted first two Top 10 wins of career in final weeks of 2019, defeating No.10 Bencic at Wuhan and No.4 Svitolina at

Moscow

Won career first WTA doubles title at 2019 Wuhan with Duan (d. Mertens/Sabalenka in F); also R-Up at Charleston

(w/Khromacheva) and Lugano (w/Voskoboeva) in 2019

Won biggest singles title of career at WTA 125K Series event at 2019 Guadalajara (d. Bouzkova in F)

Made Top 100 debut at No.98 following 2019 St Petersburg, where she reached 2r as LL (week of February 4, 2019)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2018 Stuttgart, reaching 2r (d. No.25 Suarez Navarro, l. eventual champion

Ka.Pliskova)

Posted two QF runs in 2018, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Krunic) and Gstaad (l. Bouchard)

Won two doubles titles in 2018 at WTA 125k Series events, at Mumbai (w/Dzalamidze) and Limoges (w/Voskoboeva).

Also has titles at this level from Taipei in 2016 (w/Dzalamidze) and 2017 (w/Sabalenka)

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Moscow

Contested first Tour-level match representing Russia in Fed Cup action in 2014 vs. Australia (l. Stosur)

On ITF Circuit, owns four singles titles and 16 doubles titles

Grand Slam History

Contested fifth Grand Slam main drawn at 2020 Australian Open

Played in the main draw at all four majors for the first time in 2019

Best result so far at the Slams came with 3r run at Roland Garros (d. Wozniacki in 1r, l. Kanepi)

Made 2r at 2019 US Open and fell 1r at 2019-20 Australian Open and 2019 US Open

Personal

Coached by husband Sergey Demekhin, former coach of Vera Zvonareva

Teenage sister, Polina, is on the junior circuit and contested Australian Open girls’ singles last January

Born in Kazan, Russia. Based in Moscow and trains at CSKA club

Off the court, has a passion for cooking and her specialty is roasted chicken with potatoes and garlic


MATCH NOTES

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)


JENNIFER BRADY

40 13

12-04-1995 (25) $393,259

$2,402,719

1 / 1 0 / 0

11-5 / 43-51 4-0 / 16-15 4-2 / 11-16

JESSICA PEGULA 83 57

24-02-1994 (26) $114,756

$1,023,444

0 / 1 0 / 0 0-1

5-3 / 27-31 2-0 / 10-9 0-1 / 9-8

1-1

5-3 / 19-17 11-5 / 34-33 2-1 / 3-5 0-1 / 2-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






2-3 / 2-10 0-1 / 0-4 5-3 / 10-15 0-1 / 2-6





Rnd Result Duration



JENNIFER BRADY

2019

L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #30) R2 7-6(9) 6-3

2018

L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #85) R2-Q 6-3 6-2

2017

L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #65) R2-Q 7-6(7) 6-3

2016

L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #41) R2-Q 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3

2015

L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #73) R1-Q 6-1 6-3

JESSICA PEGULA

2019

R1 L - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #80) 7-5 6-4

2016

R1-Q L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #38) 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3


from

BRADY:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open; made 2r in 2019 (as qualifier, d. Jabeur, l. Hsieh)

• Before that, lost in qualifying for four consecutive years from 2015-18


• Fresh off winning her maiden WTA title without dropping a set at Lexington last week, now sitting at her career-high

ranking of No.40; by contrast, ranked No.70 at 2019 Cincinnati

• Initially set to play four-time Grand Slam champion Clijsters in 1r before the Belgian withdrew due to an abdominal injury;

now faces qualifier Pegula in the opening match, with winner will facing Anisimova in 2r

• Has won her last four main draw matches against fellow Americans, over Anisimova (2019 Beijing), Keys (2019 Beijing),

Riske (2020 Doha) and Gauff (2020 Lexington)

• During 2019 North American hard court swing, made 2r through qualifying at Toronto (l. Halep in 3s) and Cincinnati (l.

Hsieh), fell 1r at Washington DC (l. Kenin) and US Open (l. Sasnovich)

• Best result on US soil before 2020 Lexington was R16 run at 2017 US Open; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series

event at Indian Wells in 2019 (l. Golubic)

• Also contesting in doubles this week with Dolehide (d. Keys/Stephens in 1r)

Season • Coming off the title run at Lexington last week, defeated Teichmann in F - did not drop a set and broken just three times all

week; with her first WTA title, made Top 40 debut on Monday (Aug.17, 2020) at No.40

• Prior to the tour’s resumption, performed well at a series of exhibitions and World Team Tennis matches in the US, posting

a 12-7 record including wins over Grand Slam champions Azarenka and Stephens

• In final event before tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur)

• Enjoyed one of her career-best weeks at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF at a Premier level defeating

three Top 20 opponents in No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza before falling to eventual champion

Halep – victory over No.6 Svitolina in 1r marked second Top 10 win of career

• Results helped her reach then career high ranking of No.45 (February 24, 2020)

• Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but progressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/Strycova). Then suffered 1r

exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova)

• In opening event of the season, came through qualifying before going on to reach QF at Brisbane (l. Kvitova) – scored first

career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards

Career Milestones • Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights included SF run at

Nottingham (l. eventual champion Garcia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), Indian Wells (l. Barty) and

Beijing (l. Andreescu)

• Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64). Best results included reaching SFs at

$100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño), 2r showing at Indian Wells (l.

Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit)

• Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first WTA career SF at

2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova)

• Made R16 at 2017 Australian Open and US Open, which remains her best Grand Slam result to date

• Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic)

• Made first four main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in 1r), Stanford (l.

Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. Svitolina in 1r)

• Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. Falconi in 1r)

• On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four doubles titles

• Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN-USA (l. 1r)

Grand Slam History


• Made debut at all four Slams in 2017; prior to 2017 Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open (2014-16), Roland

Garros (2016) and Wimbledon (2016)

• Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and went on to become first major debutante to reach R16 at a Slam

since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r,

losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era

• Also became just sixth player to make R16 on Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams (1998), Suárez Navarro

(2009), Bouchard (2014), Gasparyan and Konta (2016)

• Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and made 2r at Roland Garros (2018-19) and Wimbledon (2017-18)

Personal

• Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013 and part of 2014

team that won NCAA Division 1 Women’s tennis National Championship. Completed sophomore year of studies before

turning professional in 2015

• Recently hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at end of 2019, spent offseason training in Germany for first time

• Mother's name is Elizabeth; father's name is Patrick; has twin sister, Jessica

PEGULA:


• Making second main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open – last year, lost to Diyas in the final round of

qualifying but entered as LL, then beaten by the Kazakh again in 1r


• In qualifying this year, defeated Gracheva and Samsonova


• Faces fellow countrywoman Brady (No.40) today, bidding for her second Top 50 win of the season (d. No.39 Wozniacki at

Auckland) and the seventh of her career

• Has lost her last three main draw matches against fellow Americans this year, to Bellis at Lexington, Townsend at

Australian Open and S.Williams at Auckland (F)

• During 2019 North American hard court season, won her first WTA title at Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F); then fell 1r at

Cincinnati (l. Diyas) and US Open (l. Cornet)

• Best result on US soil before 2019 Washington DC was SF run at 2016 Washington DC; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K

Series event at Newport Beach in 2019 (l. Andreescu)

• Contesting in doubles this week with Rogers as wildcards (face Mladenovic/Tomljanovic in 1r)

https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325836/varvara-gracheva


Season

• Coming off 2r showing at Lexington last week (l. Bellis)

• Before the hiatus, made main draw debut at Australian Open (l. Townsend in 1r)

• Started 2020 season with a run to Auckland final (d. Wozniacki in SF, l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 at No.76 for her first ever career Top 100 finish, up from No.125 in 2018

• Won her first WTA title at 2019 Citi Open in Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F) to reach a career high ranking of No. 55

• Also in 2019, made main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty in 1r) and Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu in

1r) as well as Miami Open as a qualifier (l. Konta in 1r)

• Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-up as a qualifier at Quebec City (l. Parmentier in F), recording SF finish at

Houston 125K (l. S.Peng) and reaching QF or better at 10 ITF events

• Won doubles title w/Manasse at 2018 Houston 125K (d. Krawczyk/Olmos in F)

• Did not play between January and August 2017 after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF events for the rest of

the year, winning two doubles titles with Townsend

• Played a mixture of WTA and ITF events in 2016 with highlight coming at Washington DC, where she defeated No.14

Stosur for first Top 20 win of career on her way to a SF finish (l. Davis)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut as qualifier at 2015 US Open (d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova in 2r)

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian Wells

Grand Slam History

• Contested sixth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, fell in 1r (l. Townsend)

• Sole Grand Slam main draw win came over Van Uytvanck at 2015 US Open, where she made her Grand Slam main draw

debut (l. Cibulkova in 2r)

• Posted three 1r exits at Grand Slam events in 2019 - beaten by eventual champion Barty at Roland Garros, Buzarnescu

at Wimbledon and Cornet at US Open

• Advanced through qualifying at 2016 US Open, before lost to No.4 A.Radwanska in 1r

• Has fallen in qualifying for a total of 12 times – at US Open (2011-12, 2017-18), Wimbledon (2013, 2015-16), Roland

Garros (2013, 2015-16) and Australian Open (2013, 2016)

• In doubles, reached 3r at 2011 US Open (w/Townsend) and 2019 Roland Garros (w/Krawczyk)

Personal

• Coached by David Witt, formerly with Michael Joyce

• Father owns Buffalo Bills NFL and Buffalo Sabres NHL teams

• Owns her own skincare company called 'Ready 24'

• Passionate about new charity with her fiancé called A Lending Paw




WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – DAY THREE [Q] ARANTXA RUS (NED #72) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) vs. ONS JABEUR (TUN #39)

[4/WC] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26)

[Q] CICI BELLIS (USA #249) vs. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11)

AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

S.Williams leads 1-0 Williams won in straight sets when they met at 2018 Wimbledon… Rus bidding to win consecutive

matches at a Premier event for the first time… Serena was Cincinnati champion in 2014-15

First meeting Jabeur looking for her fourth Top 20 win of the season… Keys returns to the Western & Southern

Open as the defending champion… Jabeur coming off QF run at Lexington

First meeting Osaka one of two Top 10 players left in draw… Muchova aiming for second career Top 10 win, with

first coming over.Pliskova at 2019 Wimbledon… Osaka made Cincinnati QF in 12 months ago

First meeting Sabalenka made Cincinnati SF on debut in 2018… Bellis one of the 16 Americans in starting field

this week… Sabalenka lifted her sixth career title at Doha prior to tennis’ hiatus

First meeting Anisimova is the sole teenager out of five to advance to the second round… Pegula bidding for third Top 50 win of the season… Anisimova is the highest-ranked teenager in the WTA Top 100

First meeting Kvitova twice reached SF at Cincinnati… Bouzkova bidding for sixth Top 20 win of career… Kvitova

playing first match since tour’s resumption


















Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W) • Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) • Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) • Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) • Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 149, Garbiñe Muguruza – 122, Kristyna Pliskova – 110 • Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) • Match win leaders: Rybakina – 21, Muguruza – 16, Mertens -16 • Most three-set matches played (10): Elena Rybakina (9-1 record), Garbiñe Muguruza (7-3) • Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) • Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) • Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart, QF) • Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland, SF) • Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki




MATCH NOTES

[Q] ARANTXA RUS (NED #72) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 1-0

2018 GRASS O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 88 mins 7-5 6-3 WIMBLEDON

ARANTXA RUS

72 28

13-12-1990 (29) $129,643

$1,569,642

0 / 0 1 / 2

6-7 / 49-93 1-2 / 21-26 0-1 / 8-16

SERENA WILLIAMS 9 23

26-09-1981 (38) $176,306

$92,720,122

1 / 73 0 / 23 22-5

10-3 / 827-141 3-3 / 164-63 3-3 / 110-55

1-0

10-3 / 516-87 5-3 / 15-39 0-0 / 3-2 1-0 / 69-13

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-1 / 2-8 0-0 / 175-72 0-3 / 2-16 0-0 / 306-98





[Q] ARANTXA RUS (NED #72)

R2-Q: d. NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #88) 6-4,6-3 (1h17)

R1-Q: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #113) 7-5,4-6,6-1 (2h13)

R64: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #58) 6-2,6-3 (1h26)


[3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

R64: BYE


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RUS:


• Making her main draw debut at the Western & Southern Open, and second overall appearance, having fallen in 2012

qualifying

• Came through two rounds of qualifying to reach main draw – defeated Voegele on Thursday and Stojanovic on Friday

• In opening match on Sunday, defeated Van Uytvanck in straight sets – this was her first ever main draw win at a WTA

Premier event

• Faces No.9 S.Williams today – a win would be the third best of her career, with two Top 5 wins to her name – over No.2

Clijsters at 2011 Roland Garros and No.5 Stosur at 2012 Wimbledon

• Fell to S.Williams in only other meeting, at 2018 Wimbledon

• Second time facing Top 10 opposition this season, falling to No.7 Svitolina at Monterrey

Season

• Returned to action following the hiatus at Palermo earlier this month – fell in opening singles match (l. Vekic) however won

second WTA doubles title (w/Zidansek). Had finished R-Up at Palermo in 2019 (w/Gorgodze)

• Coming off 2r showing at Prague (d. Pavlyuchenkova, l. Frech). Defeat of No.30 Pavlyuchenkova was third Top 50 win this

season – also No.43 Linette (Australian Open) and No.45 Peterson (Monterrey)

• Prior to tennis’ hiatus in March, enjoyed deepest run of her career at a tour-event by reaching SF at Monterrey (l. eventual

champion Svitolina). Prior to this, fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Hibino)


MATCH NOTES


ARANTXA RUS

2012

L - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #92) R1-Q 3-6 7-5 6-0

SERENA WILLIAMS

2018

R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 6-3 2-6 6-3

2015

F W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) 6-3 7-6(5)

2014

F W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #11) 6-4 6-1

2013

F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 2-6 6-2 7-6(6)

2012

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-4 6-4

2011

R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) W/O

2009

R16 L - SYBILLE BAMMER (AUT #29) 7-5 6-4

2006

SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #50) 6-2 6-3


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• Kicked off 2020 season by falling in Hobart qualifying before 2r showing at Australian Open (d. Linette – her first Grand

Slam main draw win since 3r run at 2012 Wimbledon – l. Peng)

• After Australian Open (February 3), returned to Top 80 for the first time since March 2013; career-high ranking is No.61

(August 13, 2012)

• Also this year enjoyed R-Up finish at $60K ITF/Andrezieux-Boutheon-FRA

Career Milestones

• In 2019, won 10 singles titles on ITF circuit and ended the year ranked No.103. In total, played 98 matches in 2019

(including qualifying and ITF level tournaments)

• Highlights of 2018 were a QF run at Istanbul (l. Sakkari) and a couple of R-Up finishes on ITF Circuit; form was rewarded

with return to Top 100 on June 11, 2018 after qualifying for Roland Garros – first Grand Slam main draw appearances since

2013

• Ended 2017 ranked No.160 (up from No.174 in 2016). Reached QF on home soil at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vikhlyantseva)

and was R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei (l. Bencic). On ITF Circuit, won 13th and 14th career titles at $25K

ITF/Middelburg-NED and $25K ITF/Hua Hin-THA

• In doubles, won first career WTA title at 2017 Bastad (w/Lemoine, d. Irigoyen/Krejcikova in F)

• Played full seasons in 2015 and 2016 (clawed way back into Top 200 by season’s end, at No.174) but was absent from

Grand Slam action altogether during these two years

• Struggled with results from 2013, at one point losing 17 matches in a row at WTA level before reaching QF at Bad Gastein.

Dropped to No.160 by end of 2013 and was ranked outside Top 200 at end of 2014 and 2015

• Has reached one WTA SF, at 2020 Monterrey, and a further six QF – at 2008 Guangzhou, 2010 Estoril, 2013 Bad Gastein,

2017 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2018 Istanbul and 2019 Palermo

• Played first two WTA main draws at 2007 and 2008 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (fell 1r both times)

• Cracked Top 100 on April 4, 2011 and finished season at No.84; duly reached career-high ranking of No.61 on August 13,

2012 and finished that year at No.68 – her second Top 100 finish

• Former world No.1-ranked junior and 2008 Australian Open girls’ singles champion and R-Up in doubles (w/Kerkhove)

• Member of Dutch Fed Cup Team, 2010-11, 2013-18, 2020; nominated for a Fed Cup Heart Award in 2015 when she helped

Netherlands progress to World Group for first time since 1998

Grand Slam History

• Best major result to date has come at Roland Garros where she reached R16 in 2012 and 3r in 2011 (d. No.2 Clijsters in 2r,

for career-best win). Also reached 3r at 2012 Wimbledon

• At Australian Open, has reached 2r twice (2011 and 2020) and made 2r at US Open in 2011

Personal

• Coached by Julian Alonso • Began playing at age 5 when sister took her to local tennis club

• Enjoys shopping, movies, seeing friends

• Not named after Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (parents just liked the name)

S.WILLIAMS:


• Making her ninth appearance at the Western & Southern Open

• Back-to-back champion here in 2014 (d. Ivanovic in F) and 2015 (d. Halep in F), the only woman to win multiple singles

titles at the tournament

• Also reached final in 2013 (l. Azarenka). Made SF on debut in 2006 (l. Zvonareva) and made QF in 2012 (l. Kerber)

• After 1r bye, opens campaign vs. Rus today - has never lost opening match here at Western & Southern Open, however

has lost in the 2r twice – 2011 (conceded w/o to Stocur) and 2018 (l. Kvitova)

• Owns 22-5 record at Western & Southern Open – only Jankovic has posted more victories here (24)

• Has 318-52 record when competing on home soil and has won 27 of her titles in the United States

• At age 38, is the second oldest player in the main draw, only younger than her sister Venus at 40 years old

• The oldest champion in tournament history: 2015 (33y, 333d)

• Faces No.72 Rus today, a loss would see her defeated by two players ranked outside the Top 50 in the same year for the

first time since 2012 (l. No.111 Razzano at Roland Garros, l. No.56 Makarova at Australian Open) and fourth in total (also

2005, 2007 and 2009)

Season

• Returned to tennis at Lexington earlier this month, reaching the QF (l. Rogers)

• Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meeting - leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on hard courts and 8-5 on

US soil)

• Despite three set loss to Rogers, still has the best winning percentage among active players excludes 2020 Western &

Southern Open results):

PLAYER WINNING %

Serena Williams (USA) 72.6 (164-63)

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 70.0 (49-21)

Simona Halep (ROU) 66.9 (115-57)

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 66.7 (42-21)

Naomi Osaka (JPN) 66.1 (39-20)

• With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Williams vs. V.Williams represented the highest combined age in a match

since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days

• Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72

Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros

• Lexington was her 168th QF, making it this far in 73.8% of the tournaments she has played – the best percentage among

active players, ahead of Clijsters (65.6%)

• In last tournament before hiatus, fell 3r at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in

singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova)

• Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in

2017– also finished R-Up in doubles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25

• Defeat over Anisimova in SF was currently the shortest completed match of the year at 44min with a score of 6-1,6-1

• Also this year, fell 3r at Australian Open (Wang Qiang)

Career Milestones • Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US Open (l. Andreescu)

• Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Andreescu w/back injury)

• With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert (154),

Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92)

• All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US Open – came in consecutive tournaments

• Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2)

• Other highlights last season were reaching QF at Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to contest Mixed

Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r)

• Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1

• Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return to Tour following

birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 Indian Wells

• Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two events all season, and both in January. Broke streak of 10 consecutive

Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) – third-most behind Navratilova (20)

and Evert (19) – including five as the year-end No.1

• Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013.

Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332

• Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186

weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991)

• Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilova (18)

• Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics

• Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros –

third pair to do so (also Navratilova/Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold

medals: 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London

• Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Williams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles

simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters)

• Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013

Personal • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mouratoglou; hitting partner is

Jarmere Jenkins

• Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017

• Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in November 2017 in New Orleans

• Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018


MATCH NOTES

[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) vs. ONS JABEUR (TUN #39)


MADISON KEYS

13 26

17-02-1995 (25) $266,706

$12,357,972

0 / 5 0 / 0

6-2 / 213-123 1-1 / 53-52 1-0 / 54-45

ONS JABEUR 39 12

28-08-1994 (25) $494,623

$2,126,436

0 / 0 0 / 0 1-1

12-6 / 51-67 6-3 / 17-27 2-4 / 13-22

13-5

12-6 / 38-51 6-2 / 131-84 2-0 / 20-18 0-1 / 5-4

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 18-31 1-1 / 4-7 1-1 / 37-49 3-3 / 8-15





[7] MADISON KEYS (USA #13)

R64: BYE


ONS JABEUR (TUN #39)

R64: d. [Q] LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #111) 0-6,6-4,6-3 (1h55)


MADISON KEYS

2019

W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) F 7-5 7-6(5)

ONS JABEUR

2019

R1 L - JENNIFER BRADY (USA #70) 6-2 6-2


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KEYS:


• Making seventh appearance at Western & Southern Open, and returning in 2020 as defending champion

• Last year, dropped only two sets as she romped to the title, defeating Muguruza, V.Wiliams and Halep en route to the

final, before overcoming wild card Kuznetsova

• It was the biggest title of her career, and afterwards returned to Top 10 for first time since week of June 25, 2018

• In the Open Era, only S.Williams has successfully defended the Western & Southern Open title, in 2014-15

• Has never successfully defended any of her previous four titles –2014 Eastbourne (fell 2r in 2015), 2016 Birmingham (did

not play in 2017), 2017 Stanford (did not play in 2018), 2019 Charleston (event not held in 2020)

• Other key results here include QF run in 2018 (l. Sabalenka) and reaching R16 in 2017 (l. Muguruza)

• After 1r bye, faces No.39 Jabeur for the first time – last loss to a player outside Top 30 was against S.Zheng at 2020

Zhuhai

• Contested doubles this week (w/Stephens, l. Dolehide/Brady in 1r)

Season

• Kicked off 2020 season by reaching tenth Tour-level final, finishing R-Up to Ka.Plisova at Brisbane

• Record in finals now stands at 5-5

• Only other event contested this year was Australian Open, reaching 3r (l. Sakkari)

Career Highlights

• Lifted biggest title of career during 2019 season at WTA Premier-5 level Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in F); afterwards returned to

Top 10 for first time since week of June 25, 2018

• Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. Barty). One of three Americans to make last eight (also Anisimova and Stephens) - the first

time since 2004 (Capriati, S.Williams and V.Williams)

• Also in 2019, produced R16 showings at Australian Open and US Open (l. Svitolina on both occasions) as well as picking up

first title on clay at Charleston (d. Wozniacki in F)

• Season highlights in 2018 were SF at US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka), Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and QF at

Australian Open (l. Kerber)


MATCH NOTES

2018

L - ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #34) QF 6-3 6-4

2017

L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) R16 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)

2015

L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #25) R2 7-6(4) 6-4

2014

L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) R2 6-1 3-6 6-3

2012

L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #26) R1 6-3 6-3


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• Reached first Grand Slam final in 2017 in New York, losing out to Stephens in 10th all-American US Open final in the

Open Era. At 22, became the youngest Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozniacki lost to Clijsters in 2009

• Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), as youngest player in the year-end Top 25

• Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th player to reach the elite bracket since computer rankings were

introduced. Became first American to make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999

• Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on October 10, 2016

• Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going 1-2 in round robin play

• Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova)

• Owns seven career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016

Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svitolina (2017 US Open), No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) and No.4 Halep (2019 Cincinnati)

• Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went 1-1 in round robin stage on all three appearances); advanced to SF

stage in 2018 however withdrew before match due to a left knee injury

• Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015

• Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); also youngest

American to win a title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok

• Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh youngest

player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994

Grand Slam History

• Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up finish to Stephens. Deepest run prior to that was breakthrough SF run at

Australian Open in 2015 when she defeated No.18 V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route (l. eventual champion

S.Williams)

• Became just the third American teenager since 1995 to reach SF at the Australian Open – also Chanda Rubin (1996, SF)

and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF)

• Prior to 2015 had not passed 3r at a major

• Achieved best result at Roland Garros with SF run in 2018 (l. Stephens) – has reached at least QF at all four majors,

including Wimbledon in 2015

• Was one of just two players to reach the SFs or better at two of the four Slams in 2018 (also Kerber – SF Australian Open,

Won Wimbledon)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to compete at Flushing

Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008)

Personal

• Coached by Ola Malmqvist. Previously with Juan “Nacho” Todero; fitness coach is Rodney Marshall

• Past coaches: Jim Madrigal, Jesse Levine, Thomas Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay Davenport and David Taylor

• Ambassador for Evian and FearlesslyGIRL

• Was the architect behind Kinder Girl World Day recently on May 21, created in the “hope of replacing some of the toxicity

we often see online with messages of kindness”

JABEUR:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open this week; suffered 1r exit last year (l. Brady)

• Recovered from dropping first set in under half an hour to defeat Fernandez in 1r on Sunday

• Squares off against No.13 Keys today – looking to record her fourth Top 20 win of the season having already defeated

No.13 Konta (Australian Open), No.18 Riske (Dubai) and No.3 Pliskova (Doha)

• In January she became the first Arab woman to make a QF at a Slam. In February she became first Arab woman to make

the QF stage of Doha. And consequently, became the highest ranked Arab woman in history at No.39

• Was voted January’s WTA Breakthrough Player of the Month

Season

• Coming of QF run in Lexington (l. Gauff)

• Prior to tennis’ hiatus in March, advanced to Doha QF (d. No.3 Ka.Pliskova in R16, l. Kvitova)

• Fell in an epic 3s battle with Halep in Dubai in R16 (def. Riske in 1r)

• Made Top 50 debut at career high No.45 after breakthrough performance in Melbourne

• Reached maiden Grand Slam QF at Australian Open to become the first Arab woman to reach that stage at a major (l.

eventual champion Kenin)

• Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. Q.Wang) and 2r showing at Hobart (as qualifier, l. Muguruza)

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.77, while during season posted ranking of No.51 (September 9, 2019)

• Season highlights were matching best result at the Slams with 3r run at US Open (matching 2017 Roland Garros and now

2020 Australian Open) and SF appearances at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) and Tianjin (l. Peterson)

• In 2018, defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA final at

2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to advance beyond QF at a

WTA tournament (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level)

• Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest

• Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Moscow and No.7

Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016

• Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at Doha (as WC) and Olympics

• Became first North African woman to win a junior Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having also reached the final

in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F)

• On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title

• Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Menzah-TUN

Grand Slam History

• Played her 13th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Deepest run at a major was advancing to QF at 2020 Australian Open, making history by becoming the first Arab woman

to reach the final eight of a Grand Slam (l. eventual champion Kenin)

• Prior to 2020 Australian Open, best Slam runs were 3r runs at 2017 Roland Garros and 2019 US Open; in Paris became

first Arab woman to reach 3r at a major and first lucky loser to contest 3r of a Slam since Kasatkina at 2015 US Open, and

first at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, at 1993 US Open, was most recent lucky loser to reach Slam R16

• Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Roland Garros,

Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wimbledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros

• Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova)

• In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina)

Personal

• Coached by Issam Jellali

• Started playing tennis at age 3

• Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian and a former professional fencer; also her fitness coach

• Speaks Arabic, English and French

• Away from court enjoys playing and watching football

• In London in December 2019, was honoured at the Arab Women of the Year ceremony for her achievements in the sport

so far

• Big fan of Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo


MATCH NOTES

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26)


NAOMI OSAKA

10 45

16-10-1997 (22) $199,756

$14,617,235

0 / 5 0 / 0

5-3 / 125-73 3-1 / 35-19 1-3 / 24-22

KAROLINA MUCHOVA 26 126

21-08-1996 (24) $147,610

$1,563,001

0 / 1 0 / 0 1-0

3-4 / 33-19 1-1 / 11-8 1-0 / 8-4

2-2

3-4 / 23-15 5-2 / 96-50 0-0 / 7-5 0-0 / 1-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 12-20 0-1 / 1-7 2-1 / 27-32 0-2 / 6-11





[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10)

R64: BYE


KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26)

R64: d. [Q] ANN LI (USA #133) 6-4,6-4 (1h18)


NAOMI OSAKA

2019

L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #22) QF 6-4 1-6 2-0


from

OSAKA:


• Making third main draw appearance here, and fourth appearance overall

• Fell 1r in 2018 (l. Sakkari) and made QF in 2019 (l. Kenin via ret.). Fell in 2016 qualifying

• Enters the draw on a wild card – last year’s wild card Kuznetsova went all the way to the final (l. Keys)

• After 1r bye, opens campaign vs. No.26 Muchova today, their first meeting

• Has fallen to players Muchova’s rank or lower at last two events – No.67 Gauff at Australian Open and No.78 Sorribes

Tormo at Fed Cup

• Along with No.9 Williams is one of just two Top 10 players still in the draw

Season

• Playing first Tour-level event since 3r exit at Australian Open (as defending champion, l. Gauff)

• Prior to Melbourne, reached SF at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Also represented Japan in Fed Cup action vs. Spain in February (l. Sorribes Tormo)

• Was on a 14-match win streak prior to Brisbane SF loss, starting with back-to-back titles at 2019 Osaka and Beijing, as well as

a win over Kvitova in the RR stage in Shenzhen before withdrawing due to a right shoulder injury

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 ranked No.3 for career-best season-ending finish

• Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach World No.1 ranking

following the tournament

• In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and Beijing (d. Barty in F);

now owns 5-2 record in WTA singles finals. Defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final for second career victory over world No.1

(also beat Halep at 2018 Indian Wells)

• Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up from No.68 in 2017

• Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open

(d. S.Williams in F)

• En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Ka.Pliskova and

Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16

• Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon

and US Open


MATCH NOTES

2018

L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #31) R1 6-3 7-6(8)

2016

L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #47) R2-Q 6-4 6-2


from

• Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending

champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win

• Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached

QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open

• Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first

WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18

Petkovic in 2r

• Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski)

Grand Slam History


• Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Williams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F)

• Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open

followed by Roland Garros)

• Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appearance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open and Australian

Open back-to-back

• In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam since Sugiyama at

1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197,

122d)

• Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 (l. Siniakova), and

Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) and 2018 (l. Kerber)

Personal

• Began working with Wim Fisette at beginning of 2020 season. Previous coaches include Sascha Bajin and Jermaine

Jenkins

• Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer)

• Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old

• Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster Wowow, Nissin, Nissan, ANA Airlines, Shiseido and bareMinerals

• Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in New York City before moving to Japan where

he lived for 13 years

• Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays professional tennis

MUCHOVA:


• Making tournament debut at Western & Southern Open

• Scored opening win over USA’s Li on Saturday

• Faces No.10 Osaka today - owns one career Top 10 win, over No.3 Ka.Pliskova during last year’s Wimbledon QF run

• Last faced Top 10 opposition in the form of No.6 Bertens at 2020 Doha (lost in straight sets)

• Bidding for back-to-back wins for the first time this season

• Making main draw debut at a Premier 5 event

• Also plays doubles this week with Sevastova (faces Azarenka/Kenin in 1r)

Season

• Western & Southern Open marks her first event since the hiatus

• Last event contested was Doha, making 2r (l. Bertens). Suffered 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova)

• Reached 2r for first time at Australian Open (l. Bellis)

• Opened season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Riske)

Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 season in rich vein of form, winning 18 of last 24 matches, including winning maiden WTA title at Seoul (d.

Linette in F), SFs at Zhuhai (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and maiden major QF at

Wimbledon (l. Svitolina)

• Rose to career-high ranking of No.21 on November 4, 2019

• Other highlights of breakthrough 2019 season were R-Up finish on home soil at Prague (l. Teichmann) and QF at Doha (l.

Svitolina) and the Bronx (l. Linette)

• Ended 2018 ranked No.145, her first Top 200 season (up from her previous best of No.208 in 2016)

• 2018 season highlight was making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r)

• Also contested WTA qualifying in 2018 at Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Luxembourg

• Reached three ITF Circuit finals in 2018, including back-to-back finals at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER (I. Dart) and $60k

ITF/Croissy-Beauborg-FRA (I. Blinkova)

• Also reached the final at $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE (I. Ferro)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as qualifier, I. Hon). Also contested qualifying at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Tokyo

[Japan Open] and finished R-Up at one ITF Circuit event

• Won second career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and posted 39-18 win-loss record; at tour-level fell in qualifying at US Open

• On ITF Circuit has won two titles in singles and one in doubles

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2013

Grand Slam History

• Contested sixth Grand Slam main draw of her career at 2020 Australian Open

• Earned career best result with QF appearance at 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.20 Kontaveit and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en

route (I. Svitolina) Reached 3r at 2018 US Open in her main draw debut at the majors (as qualifier, I. Barty in 3r) and 2019

(I. R-Up S.Williams)

• Fell 2r at 2019 Roland Garros and 2020 Australian Open

• Earned USDS156,000 in prize money during 2018 Flushing Meadows run, more than doubling her career total

• Previously fell in qualifying at US Open in 2016, and Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2018

Personal

• Born in city of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, but moved to train in Prague this year

• Started playing tennis at aged seven with dad, a former professional footballer in Czech Republic

• Roger Federer was tennis idol growing up

• Coached by Emil Miske


MATCH NOTES

[Q] CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #249) vs. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11)


CATHERINE BELLIS

249 67

08-04-1999 (21) $144,266

$1,234,065

0 / 0 0 / 0

6-4 / 39-33 2-1 / 14-11 3-1 / 10-7

ARYNA SABALENKA 11 7

05-05-1998 (22) $820,493

$6,385,119

1 / 6 0 / 3 6-2

13-6 / 110-58 5-2 / 41-22 2-5 / 22-23

1-1

12-5 / 90-38 6-4 / 28-26 1-1 / 5-4 3-1 / 9-8

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 3-6 1-2 / 12-12 0-1 / 8-10 3-2 / 24-17





[Q] CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #249)

R2-Q: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #121) 4-6,6-4,6-1 (1h50)

R1-Q: d. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #82) 6-3,7-6(4) (1h40)

R64: d. OCEANE DODIN (FRA #118) 6-2,3-6,7-6(1) (2h00)


[5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11)

R64: BYE


from

BELLIS:


• Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open

• Advanced through two rounds of qualifying to reach main draw – defeated Brengle on Thursday and Bonaventure on

Friday

• Struck seven aces to defeat Dodin and advance to 2r for the first time at this tournament

• Faces No.11 Sabalenka today – looking to score ninth Top 20 win of her career. Most recent Top 20 wins came

back-to-back against No.14 Keys and No.5 Ka.Pliskova at 2018 Doha

• Best result on US soil was SF run at 2017 Stanford (l. Vandeweghe); also lifted the title at a WTA 125K Series event at

Honolulu in 2016 (d. No.23 Zhang in F)

• Is one of 16 American women to contest the main draw this week

Season

• Coming off QF run at Lexington (l. Teichmann) – first time reaching final eight since 2018

• Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (d. No.22 Muchova in 2r, l. Mertens)

• Opened 2020 season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. Pegula) and 2r exit at Hobart (l. Kudermetova)

Career Highlights

• Has recently suffered from right elbow and wrist injuries, which kept her off Tour for 18 months. Following 1r loss at 2018

Miami (l. Azarenka), did not play again until November 2019, at the WTA 125k Series even in Houston

• Ranking dropped as low as No. 860 in Dec. 2019

• Prior to injury, posted strong QF run at 2018 Doha (as qualifier, d. defending champion Ka.Pliskova in 3r, l. Halep)

followed by a 2r exit in Dubai at the hands of No.2 Muguruza

• Finished 2017 ranked No.60 for career-best year-end finish (up from No.90 in 2016)

• Posted career-high ranking of No.35 on August 14, 2017

• Named 2017 Newcomer of the Year in the annual WTA Player Awards

• Stand-out results in 2017 included SF run on home soil at Stanford (l. eventual runner-up Vandeweghe, in QF dropped

only two games against world No.14 Kvitova to earn fourth Top 20 win) and SF at Mallorca (l. Goerges)

• Also advanced to QF at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) and Rabat (l. Bacsinszky)


MATCH NOTES


CATHERINE BELLIS

2017

L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #45) R1 7-6(5) 3-6 6-2

ARYNA SABALENKA

2019

R16 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #33) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4

2018

SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) 6-3 6-4

2017

R2-Q L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #50) 2-6 6-4 6-1


from

• Win over No.6 A.Radwanska in 3r at 2017 Dubai marked first Top 10 win of career. Became the youngest player to defeat

a Top 10 opponent since 2014 US Open (Bencic d. No.7 Kerber and No.10 Jankovic) and the youngest American to do so

since 2009 Wimbledon (Oudin d. No.6 Jankovic).

• Missed Australian swing in 2017 with hip injury

• Ended 2016 at No,90 after a 15-match win streak brought titles at $50k ITF/Saguenay-CAN, $50k ITF/Toronto-CAN and

WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (d. No.23 Zhang in F); made Top 100 debut on November 7, 2016

• Reached career-first tour-level QF at 2016 Stanford (l. V.Williams)

• Ended 2015 at World No.248. Season highlight was reaching 3r at Miami (l. World No.1 S.Williams). Also granted wildcard

into Stanford, falling 1r (l. Doi); broke Top 100 on November 7, 2016

• 2014 ITF Junior World Champion; received award at ITF World Champions’ Dinner held during 2015 Roland Garros

• Made tour debut at $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe, CA-USA in March 2014

• Won notable junior titles in 2014, including the 50th Coffee Bowl, USTA International Spring Championships, Easter Bowl

and 55° Trofeo Bonfiglio. Won USTA Girls’ 18s National Championship to secure 2014 US Open wildcard

• Winner of six singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History

• 2020 Australian Open marked seventh Grand Slam main draw appearance - debut at 2014 US Open (d. No.13 Cibulkova

in 1r, l. Diyas in 2r). Became youngest Grand Slam main draw participant since Cornet at 2005 Roland Garros (15 years,

133 days), and youngest main draw participant at US Open since 2004, when both Karatantcheva (15 years, 34 days) and

Vaidisova (15 years, 141 days) qualified

• Since then has reached 3r at US Open (2016, l. eventual champion Kerber), Roland Garros (2017, l. Wozniacki) and now

2020 Australian Open, and fell 1r at Wimbledon (2017, l. Azarenka) and Australian Open (2018, l. Bertens)

• By reaching 3r at Roland Garros in 2017, became the third American since turn of 21st century to reach this stage in Paris

before turning 19 (also Harkleroad, 2003, and Townsend, 2014)

• In doubles, reached QFs at 2017 Wimbledon (w/Vondrousova, l. Chan/Niculescu)

Personal

• Coached by Tom Gutteridge

• Likes to be known as ‘CiCi’

• Born in San Francisco and resides in Atherton, CA. Was home schooled and is an only child

• Turned professional after 2016 US Open, forgoing the opportunity to attend Stanford University on a tennis scholarship

• Has been helped by Chris Evert under US Tennis Association mentoring program

SABALENKA:


• Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open and third appearance overall

• Advanced to SF on maiden run here in 2018 (l. Halep) and R16 in 2019 (l. Sakkari)

• After 1r bye, faces qualifier Bellis in 2r action

• Has lost to players ranked outside the Top 30 on three occasions in 2020: l. No.66 Kr.Pliskova (Shenzhen), No.54 Suárez

Navarro (Australian Open) and No.53 Gauff (Lexington)

• Best results on US soil include lifting silverware at 2018 New Haven and securing three doubles titles last year at Indian

Wells, Miami and US Open (all w/Mertens)

• Is No.1 seed in doubles w/Mertens this week – face Guarachi/Krawczyk in 2r on Tuesday

Season

• Prior to tennis’ hiatus in March, lifted sixth career title at Doha (d. Kvitova in F)

• Made QF run at Dubai (l. eventual champion Halep in 3s), winning back-to-back matches for the second time this season,

following a SF run at Adelaide (l. Yastremska)

• Represented Belarus in Fed Cup play-off victory vs. the Netherlands. Teamed up with Sasnovich in doubles to seal the

victory (d. Bertens/Schuurs on a third-set tie-break). In singles, defeated Rus and fell to Bertens

• Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro)

• Posted SF run at Adelaide (l. Yastremska). Upset No.4 Halep in QF at Adelaide to score fifth Top 5 win of her career,

having previously beaten No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Montréal), No.5 Garcia (2018 Cincinnati), No.5 Kvitova (2018 US Open)

and No.1 Barty (2019 Wuhan)

• Opened 2020 campaign with 2r exit at Shenzhen as the defending champion (d. Gasparyan, l. Kr.Pliskova)

Career Highlights

• Ended as World No.11 for the second straight year in 2019 after capturing three WTA singles titles at Shenzhen (d. Riske

in F), Wuhan (d. Riske in F) and Zhuhai (d. Bertens in F)

• Became first player to successfully defend Wuhan title (d. Kontaveit in 2018 F). Also finished runner-up in doubles with

Mertens in 2019 (l. Duan/Kudermetova in F)

• During summer hard court season made R-Up finish at San Jose (l. S.Zheng)

• Made Top 10 debut on January 28, 2019 following 3r run at 2019 Australian Open

• Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at US Open (w/Mertens, d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Earlier in the season, the pair

claimed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by winning back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) and Miami (d.

Stosur/Zhang in F)

• Qualified for WTA Finals Shenzhen (w/Mertens), going 1-2 in the round robin stage

• Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in

F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings

• Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs

and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open

• Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at

Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at

2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko)

• Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as

side lost to USA

• Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk

• Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic)

• Owns three WTA doubles titles – all coming alongside Mertens during 2019 season (Indian Wells, Miami and US Open)

• In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155

• WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat

• Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012

Grand Slam History

• Contested milestone 10th career Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s)

• Best singles showing at Australian Open was 3r run in 2019 (l. Anisimova)

• First Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.

Witthoeft)

• Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and

2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu)

• Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros

• Won career first Grand Slam title of any kind, in doubles at 2019 US Open (w/Mertens) – pair defeated Azarenka/Barty in

final

Personal

• Recently split from coach Dmitry Tursunov

• Started playing aged six as an accident when father drove by local tennis courts

• Voted 2018 WTA Newcomer of the Year by international media

• Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo


MATCH NOTES

AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)


AMANDA ANISIMOVA

28 69

31-08-2001 (18) $131,765

$1,691,915

0 / 1 0 / 0

6-3 / 40-23 1-2 / 8-13 1-1 / 8-3


24-02-1994 (26) $114,756

$1,023,444

0 / 1 0 / 0 1-1

6-3 / 28-31 2-0 / 10-9 1-1 / 10-8

3-1

6-3 / 20-17 6-3 / 26-17 0-0 / 3-4 0-1 / 2-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 3-7 0-1 / 0-4 2-1 / 6-10 0-1 / 2-6





AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28)

R64: d. [11] ALISON RISKE (USA #19) 6-3,6-3 (1h10)


[Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

R2-Q: d. LUDMILLA SAMSONOVA (ITA #120) 6-3,3-6,6-2 (1h41)

R1-Q: d. VARVARA GRACHEVA (RUS #102) 7-5,7-6(8) (1h49)

R64: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) 7-6(5),6-4 (1h46)


from

ANISIMOVA:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open, having also made 3r in 2018 (as WC, l. Svitolina)

• Defeated No.19 Riske on Sunday to record sixth Top 20 win – also No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Sabalenka

(2019 Australian Open), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros) and No.7 Svitolina

(2020 Doha)

• Faces fellow American Pegula in 2r today – one of two 2r match-ups between compatriots (also Bouzkova vs. Kvitova)

• Only contested one event during the 2019 North American hard court swing, reaching the QF at San Jose – her best

career result on home soil

• Currently ranked No.28 – at 18-years-old is the highest-ranked teenager in the WTA Top 100 (also No.50 Gauff, No.51

Swiatek and No.85 Potapova)

• One of the five teenagers in the main draw - also Gauff (16), McNally (18), Swiatek (19) and L.Fernandez (17)

Season

• Prior to the Tour’s hiatus, last event played was Doha, where she withdrew prior to 3r match vs. Kuznetsova

(w/gastrointestinal illness)

• Upset No.7 Svitolina in 2r ay Doha to record her first Top 10 win of the season and third overall, also No.9 Kvitova at 2018

Indian Wells and No.3 Halep at 2019 Roland Garros

• Made 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Diyas) and Dubai (l. Strycova, having led 3-1 in third set)

• Kicked off 2020 campaign by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams) – her first time reaching the final

four of a tournament since 2019 Roland Garros (l. Barty)

Career Milestones

• Highlight of 2019 season was winning maiden title at Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the youngest American to

win a title since S.Williams at 1999 Indian Wells (17y 169d)

• Finished 2019 ranked No.24 – the youngest of three teenagers in the Top 50 (also Andreescu and Yastremska). Other

standout performances included SF run at Roland Garros – first player (man or woman) born in 2000s to advance to this

stage of a major – QF showings at Mallorca and San Jose, and R16 appearance at Australian Open – at 17 years and five

months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at a Slam since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days)

• Scored maiden win over a Top 5 player during 2019 Roland Garros, upsetting No.3 and defending champion Halep in QF

• Made Top 100 debut at No.95 on September 17, 2018, after reaching first WTA final at Hiroshima (as qualifier, l. Hsieh)


MATCH NOTES


AMANDA ANISIMOVA

2018

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) R16 6-4 6-4

JESSICA PEGULA

2019


2016



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• Also in 2018, upset No.9 Kvitova to become the joint-youngest player to reach R16 at Indian Wells, along with Majoli, who

made SF in 1994 (both aged 16 years, 199 days)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Miami (l. Townsend in 3s), with Grand Slam bow coming at 2017 Roland Garros.

Also in 2017, reached four ITF Circuit finals, winning $60k ITF/Sacramento, CA-USA and finishing R-Up at $25k

ITF/Curtiba-BRA, $80k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA and $60k ITF/Dothan, AL-USA


• Reached No.2 in junior world rankings

Grand Slam History

• Has played in six Grand Slam main draws, most recently 2020 Australian Open

• Produced best Slam showing at 2019 Roland Garros, becoming the first player born in 2000s – man or woman – to reach

a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion Barty)

• Best previous result was a R16 run at 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova)

• At 17 years and five months old, was the youngest player to reach R16 at Melbourne Park since Vaidisova in 2006 (16 yrs

281 days), and across all Slams since Paszek at 2007 US Open (16 yrs 277 days)

• Also the youngest American to reach this stage of a Slam since S.Williams at 1998 Roland Garros (16y 254d) and at

Australian Open since Capriati in 1993

• Fell 1r on Slam main draw debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as WC, l. Nara, having led 6-3 4-2)

• Suffered 1r exit at 2018 US Open (l. Townsend); fell in qualifying in 2016 and 2017


Personal

• Coached by Jaime Cortez and Andis Juska, while fitness trainer is Yutaka Nakamura

• Mother is Olga and father is Konstantin (deceased), both parents were born and raised in Moscow; sister Maria

Anisimova-Egee played tennis at University of Pennsylvania and now lives in New York

• Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age of 3

PEGULA:


• Making second main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open – last year, lost to Diyas in the final round of

qualifying but entered as LL, then beaten by the Kazakh again in 1r


• In qualifying this year, defeated Gracheva and Samsonova

• Defeated fellow countrywoman Brady in 1r

• Squares off against No.28 Anisimova in 2r today - bidding for her third Top 50 win of the season after recording a win

against No.40 Brady on Sunday and against No.39 Wozniacki earlier this year at Auckland; would be the eighth of her

career

• Has lost her last three main draw matches against fellow Americans this year, to Bellis at Lexington, Townsend at

Australian Open and S.Williams at Auckland (F)





• Best result on US soil before 2019 Washington DC was SF run at 2016 Washington DC; also finished R-Up at WTA 125K

Series event at Newport Beach in 2019 (l. Andreescu)

• Contesting in doubles this week with Rogers as wildcards (face Mladenovic/Tomljanovic in 1r)


Season

• Coming off 2r showing at Lexington last week (l. Bellis)



Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 at No.76 for her first ever career Top 100 finish, up from No.125 in 2018


• Also in 2019, made main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty in 1r) and Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu in

1r) as well as Miami Open as a qualifier (l. Konta in 1r)




• Did not play between January and August 2017 after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF events for the rest of

the year, winning two doubles titles with Townsend




• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian Wells

Grand Slam History


• Sole Grand Slam main draw win came over Van Uytvanck at 2015 US Open, where she made her Grand Slam main draw

debut (l. Cibulkova in 2r)

• Posted three 1r exits at Grand Slam events in 2019 - beaten by eventual champion Barty at Roland Garros, Buzarnescu at

Wimbledon and Cornet at US Open





Personal

• Coached by David Witt, formerly with Michael Joyce





MATCH NOTES

MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48) vs. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)


MARIE BOUZKOVA

48 48

21-07-1998 (22) $123,846 $811,854

0 / 0 0 / 0

7-6 / 17-22 0-3 / 2-8 0-1 / 1-1

PETRA KVITOVA 12 6

08-03-1990 (30) $771,741

$31,838,378

0 / 27 0 / 0 9-8

12-3 / 447-208 6-1 / 134-88 3-2 / 90-65

1-0

12-3 / 301-147 7-6 / 16-18 0-0 / 1-1 0-0 / 45-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-2 / 3-4 1-1 / 56-57 2-3 / 5-7 1-3 / 109-96





MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48)

R64: d. ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #117) 6-1,7-5 (1h28)


[6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

R64: BYE


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BOUZKOVA: Western & Southern Open

• Making debut appearance at Western & Southern Open – one of 11 main draw debutantes in draw this week, five of which

have reached 2r (also Muchova, Rus, Siegemund and Teichmann)

• In 1r, won nine of her 10 service games to see off qualifier Kalinskaya

• Faces No.12 Kvitova in 2r today – one of two match-ups between compatriots at this stage (also Anisimova vs. Pegula)

• Owns five Top 20 wins in career, over No.4 Halep (2019 Toronto), No.8 Stephens (2019 Toronto) and No.3 Svitolina (2019

Guangzhou), No.16 Konta (2020 Monterrey) and No.15 Konta (2020 Lexington)

• Playing doubles w/Teichmann here (face Pegula/Rogers in 1r today); were R-Up last week at Lexington (l. Carter/Stefani)

Season

• Last week reached fourth tour-level QF of her career, at Lexington (l. eventual champion Brady); previously made this stage

at 2019 Toronto (SF), 2019 Guangzhou (QF) and 2020 Monterrey (R-Up); also reached maiden WTA doubles final

(w/Teichmann, l. Carter/Stefani)

• Before tour’s hiatus, reached first career WTA final at Monterrey finishing R-Up to Svitolina – reached career-high ranking of

No.47 following the tournament (March 9, 2020). Also fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Maria)

• Lost in 1r of first three WTA tournaments of 2020 – at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. Keys), Hobart (l. Bellis) and Australian Open

(l. Osaka) – before reaching QF at ITF $100k Nicholasville, KY (l. Abanda) in February


MATCH NOTES


PETRA KVITOVA

2019

R2 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #33) 6-4 2-6 6-3

2018

SF L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #17) 3-6 6-4 6-2

2017

R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #151) 6-2 6-3

2015

R2 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #39) 7-5 4-6 6-2

2014

R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #39) 6-2 7-6(2)

2013

R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) 3-6 6-2 6-3

2012

SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-1 2-6 6-4

2011

R16 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #11) 6-3 6-3

2009

R1-Q L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #138) 7-6(4) 6-4


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Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.57 for career-best year-end finish and first inside the Top 100

• Standout performance of 2019 season was a SF run in her first Premier 5 appearance at Toronto (as qualifier, l. S.Williams

in 3s)

• Also in 2019, made QF at Guangzhou and was R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara. Lifted 12th and biggest title

of career on ITF Circuit, at $80K Nur-Sultan-KAZ (d. Kostic in F); broke into the Top 100 for the first time at No.92 following

the tournament (on July 22)

• Scored first three career Top 10 wins in 2019, against No.8 Stephens and No.4 Halep via ret. w/left leg injury (both

Toronto), and No.3 Svitolina (Guangzhou)

• Won first Slam main draw match during 2r showing at Wimbledon (as LL, d. Barthel, l. Sakkari)

• Highlights of 2018 season were 2r showing at Québec City (as qualifier, l. Lepchenko) and qualifying for first Grand Slam at

US Open (l. Bogdan in 1r)

• Also in 2018, fell 1r at Monterrey, in qualifying at Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Acapulco, Lugano, Stuttgart

and Prague, while on ITF Circuit, won one title at $25k Irapuato-MEX and reached four further SF

• Has won 12 titles in singles and one in doubles on ITF Circuit

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 Acapulco (as wildcard, l. Karatantcheva)

• Professional debut was opening round loss in qualifying at 2013 Katowice

Grand Slam History

• Contested fifth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she fell in 1r (l. defending champion Osaka)

• Best result at majors was 2r showing at 2019 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Barthel, l. Sakkari)

• Made 1r exit on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 US Open (as qualifier, l. Bogdan). Also suffered 1r defeat at 2019

Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Andreescu)

• Girls’ singles champion at 2014 US Open (d. Kalinina in F)

Personal

• Coached by Cristian Requeni

• Studying Business Administration online at Indiana University East

• Began playing tennis at club owned by her parents in Prague then moved to Florida at age 10 – initially trained at Bollietieri

Academy for two years, continued to work with her dad and then Requeni from 2014

• Has famously played with the same type of giant water bottle courtside for more than 10 years

KVITOVA:


• Making ninth main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (10th overall), with best result SF showings in 2012 (l.

Kerber) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Bertens)

• During 2018 run also scored second career win over S.Williams in 2r

• After 1r bye, faces compatriot Bouzkova in 2r today; has won six of her past seven matches with fellow Czechs – sole

defeat coming against Ka.Pliskova at 2018 WTA Finals

• Contested two tournaments during 2019 North American hard court season, falling 2r at both Cincinnati and US Open (l.

No.88 Petkovic – her last defeat to a player outside Top 40)

• Owns 17 career titles on hard courts – the fifth most among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams, Clijsters and

Azarenka)

• During tour’s hiatus, contested a series of exhibitions in Czech Republic and Germany, playing Svitolina, Bertens,

Sevastova, Vondrousova and Muchova

Season

• In final tournament before tennis’ hiatus, finished R-Up at Doha (l. Sabalenka) to slip to 27-10 in WTA finals; upset Barty in

SF to score sixth career win over a reigning World No.1 over Barty in the SF – also Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki

(2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid), Kerber (2016 Wuhan) and Wozniacki (2018 Doha)

• Advanced to QF at St Petersburg (withdrew prior to match vs. Alexandrova w/illness)

• Fell to World No.1 Barty in QF at Australian Open

• Opened season at Brisbane, reaching SF (l. R-Up Keys) before withdrawing from Adelaide w/fatigue

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.7 for second consecutive year ending in Top 10 and seventh time in her career

• Captured 26th and 27th career titles in 2019 at Sydney (d. Barty) and Stuttgart (d. Kontaveit)

• Reached title bout at 2019 Australian Open for third career Grand Slam final appearance – result boosted her to World No.2,

matching her career high ranking

• Also in 2019, qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen for seventh time (went 0-3 in group play)

• Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu

in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish,

and first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017)

• Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in

2015

• Including 2019, has won at least one title every year dating back to 2011

• Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on

December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand

• Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and

equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams)

• Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai

• Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off)

• Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on

her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F)

• At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months)

• Among active players, owns the most wins in indoor hardcourt events (77)

• Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018

• Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

Grand Slam History

• Played marked 45th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Winner of two major singles titles: 2011 Wimbledon (d. Sharapova) and 2014 Wimbledon (d. Bouchard)

• Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep,

Osaka, Barty and Kenin)

• Best result at Melbourne Park came with runner-up finish in 2019 – becoming first Czech woman to reach the final at

Melbourne Park since Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d.

Navratilova)

• Other Grand Slam highlights include reaching SF at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual

champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

Personal

• Won the 2019 Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award, as voted by her WTA peers for the eighth time in career

• A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport

• Current coach is Jiri Vanek, while fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger

• Parents are Jiri and Pavla




WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – DAY FOUR

[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) vs. [Q] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #270)

[13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48)

[4/WC] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. [16] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25)

ONS JABEUR (TUN #39) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90)

First meeting Zvonareva is one of four Russians to lift this title… Konta won 82.4% of service points during

second-round victory… Zvonareva bidding for 77th Top 20 win

First meeting Williams playing Greek opposition for first time in eight years… Sakkari looking to reach fifth

career QF on US soil… Williams win over Rus in previous round was longest match since 2012

First meeting Kontaveit has made third round for the third year in a row… Bouzkova was within two points of

defeat before battling back to upset Kvitova… Kontaveit aiming to reach 20th career QF

First meeting Osaka is one of two Top 10 players to reach third round… Yastremska is youngest player left in

the draw… Osaka hit 12 aces to overcome Muchova in previous round

First meeting (at tour level) McHale won when the two met in qualifying at 2017 Doha… Jabeur upset defending champion

Keys in previous round… McHale is one of three qualifiers left in the draw

















• One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3) • Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington) • Lowest-ranked player to triumph: Heather Watson (No.69, Acapulco) • Multiple finals: Elena Rybakina: 4 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up);

Sofia Kenin: 2 (Australian Open, W, Lyon, W); Simona Halep (Dubai, W, Prague, W) • Maiden titles (2): Ekaterina Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Jennifer Brady (Lexington) • Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d) • Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d) • Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 149, Garbiñe Muguruza – 122, Kristyna Pliskova – 110 • Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF) • Match win leaders: Rybakina – 21, Mertens – 17, Muguruza – 16 • Most three-set matches played (10): Elena Rybakina (9-1 record), Garbiñe Muguruza (7-3) • Most doubles titles (3): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha) • Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Leonie Kung (Hua Hin), Leylah Fernandez (Acapulco) • Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart, QF) • Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland, SF) • Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki




MATCH NOTES

[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) vs. [Q] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #270)


JOHANNA KONTA

15 133

17-05-1991 (29) $108,003

$9,462,367

0 / 3 0 / 0

4-5 / 168-106 1-1 / 44-43 2-1 / 37-30

VERA ZVONAREVA 270 124

07-09-1984 (35) $35,723

$14,267,444

0 / 12 0 / 9 16-5

3-2 / 449-237 1-1 / 113-83 0-0 / 75-67

4-4

3-2 / 296-156 4-5 / 105-61 0-0 / 13-13 0-0 / 36-12

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 21-22 0-0 / 32-81 0-0 / 38-36 0-0 / 76-117





[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15)

R32: d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #79) 6-2,6-0 (1h03)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND

[Q] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #270)

R2-Q: d. ASTRA SHARMA (AUS #126) 6-4,6-2 (1h14)

R1-Q: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #92) 6-2,6-2 (1h10)

R32: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #67) 6-1,6-1 (1h09)

R64: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #35) 1-6,6-3,6-1 (1h45)

Total games: 14 Won/lost: 12-2 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h03 Average time on court: 1h03 Average rank of opponent: 79

Total games: 37^ Won/lost: 25-12^ Sets won/lost: 4-1^ Total time on court: 2h54^ Average time on court: 1h27^ Average rank of opponent: 51^ ^Not including qualifying matches


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KONTA: Western & Southern Open

• Playing Western & Southern Open for a fifth time; best result was 2017’s QF run (d. Bertens and Cibulkova, l. Halep)

• After 1r bye this year, delivered a dominant performance to swat aside qualifier Flipkens in 2r, dropping just seven points in

a 24-minute second set; won 28 of 34 service points (82.4%), up 19.9% of her season percentage entering the tournament

• Faces another qualifier, World No.270 Zvonareva in 3r; lost to No.289 Jodie Burrage during the Battle of the Brits exhibition

event in July, although last loss on tour to a player outside Top 250 came at hands of No.276 Katerina Stewart at $50k

ITF/Dothan, AL-USA in 2015

• Fell to qualifier Peterson in 1r at Western & Southern Open 12 months ago

• Last summer, also suffered 1r exit at Toronto (l. Yastremska) before returning to form with a run to QF at US Open (d. No.3

Ka.Pliskova, l. Svitolina)

• Best career result on US soil came in 2017 when she landed biggest title of career at Premier Mandatory Miami (d.

Wozniacki in F)

Season

• Suffered 1r defeat last week at Lexington (l. Bouzkova)

• Before tour’s hiatus, ended losing streak by advancing to SF at Monterrey (l. Bouzkova)

• Returned to Europe in February to make 2r exit at St. Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Dodin)

• Opened campaign by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Strycova) and Australian Open (l. Jabeur)

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 campaign at No.12 (up from No.39 in 2018), despite not playing after US Open due to knee injury

• Last season was highlighted by historic run at Roland Garros; recording first ever main draw win in Paris before becoming

the first British woman to reach SF since Jo Durie’s run to the same stage in 1983, eventually falling to Vondrousova

• Re-entered Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for first time since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50)


MATCH NOTES


JOHANNA KONTA

2019

L - REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #74) R1 6-3 3-6 7-5

2018


2017

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) QF 6-4 7-6(1)

2016

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #5) R16 6-7(1) 6-4 6-0

VERA ZVONAREVA

2011

SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #7) 2-6 6-3 6-3

2010

R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #18) 6-4 6-3

2009

R16 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #27) 7-6(6) 0-6 7-6(5)

2006

F W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #26) 6-2 6-4

2005

R16 L - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #72) 6-3 6-2

2004

F L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4) 6-3 6-2


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• Other highlights in 2019 included QF run at Wimbledon (d. No.9 Stephens and No.6 Kvitova; l. Strycova) and US Open (l.

Svitolina), R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set and a break)

• Highlights in 2018 included a second successive R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) and SF at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l.

eventual champion Kasatkina)

• Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. A. Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of career at Miami (d.

Wozniacki in F)

• At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. eventual R-Up

V.Williams)

• Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home

event of Eastbourne – QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber was first by a British woman over a reigning No.1 since Barker d.

Evert at 1979 Boston

• Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

• Was the non-playing alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8

• By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – becoming the first British woman to feature in the elite

group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker)

• Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a

Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009

• Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13,

1986, with Durie at No.20)

• Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

• Made tour-level main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen

Grand Slam History

• Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Australian Open (l.

eventual champion Kerber); became first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in

December 1977, and at anySlam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open

• Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since

Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova)

• One of eight active players to reach a major SF on hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova,

Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams

• Also advanced to QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), Wimbledon in 2019 (l. Strycova) and US

Open in 2019

Personal

• Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older

sister is Eva (works in fashion)

• Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955

• Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse at end of 2018

• Currently working with Thomas Hogstedt, formerly worked with Dimitri Zavialoff, Michael Joyce and Wim Fissette

ZVONAREVA:


• Making seventh appearance at Western & Southern Open and first since 2011; champion here in 2006 (d. Srebotnik in F)

and finished R-Up in 2004 (l. Davenport)

• Is one of four Russians have won this title – also Chakvetadze (2007), Petrova (2008) and Sharapova (2011)

• Beat Kovinic and Sharma in qualifying last week; is one of three qualifiers to reach 3r (also McHale and Pegula) – best

previous result by a qualifier here were SF runs by Mattek-Sands (2005) and Amanmuradova (2007)

• Followed this up by upsetting Linette in 1r and Siegemund in 2r to record back-to-back tour-level wins for the first time since

SF run at 2019 St. Petersburg

• Now owns 16 main draw wins at the Western & Southern Open – only one player in this year’s draw has more, fellow

mother on tour S.Williams (23)

• Faces No.15 Konta in 3r today; owns 76 Top 20 wins in her career, most recently upsetting No.16 Goerges and No.12

Kasatkina at 2019 St. Petersburg

• Bidding to reach the third QF at Premier level or above since she returned to the tour in 2017 - also at 2019 St. Petersburg

(SF) and 2018 Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (QF)

• Is one of four thirtysomethings to reach 3r (also Azarenka, Cornet and S.Williams)

• Owns a fine record on US soil, winning four titles (2004-05 Memphis, 2006 Cincinnati and 2009 Indian Wells) as well as

finishing R-Up a further six times, including at 2010 US Open

• Playing doubles this week w/Alexandrova (face No.3 seeds Peschk/Schuurs in 2r later today on Court 12)

Season

• Coming off 1r exit last week at Lexington (as WC, l. Pegula); reached SF in doubles (w/Blinkova)

• Continued return to form with SF showing at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells in early March (d. Stosur, Siniakova

and Siegemund before withdrawing w/right hip injury)

• In February, made 2r at Doha (as WC, d. Hsieh, l. Zheng) and contested qualifying at St. Petersburg

• Returned to tour after eight-month break due to wrist injury in February with 2r showing at $25k ITF/Trnava-SVK

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.141 after a promising start to season was ended prematurely by wrist injury – during time away from

court commentated for Russian TV

• Highlights in 2019 were SF runs at Shenzhen (l. Riske via ret. w/left hip injury) and St. Petersburg (d. No.16 Goerges and

No.12 Kasatkina, l. Vekic). Also won ninth career WTA doubles title, at Budapest (w/Alexandrova) – now owns 9-6 career

record in doubles finals

• Broke back into Top 100 after Shenzhen (January 7, 2019), making it as high as No.76 following St. Petersburg run

(February 4, 2019)

• Finished 2018 season ranked No.123 (up from No.204 in 2017)

• At 2018 Wimbledon, overcame three rounds of qualifying to enter her first Grand Slam main draw in over three years, falling

to eventual champion Kerber in 1r. Previous main draw appearance at a major was 2015 Australian Open (l. eventual

champion S.Williams in 2r)

• Enjoyed doubles success in 2018, winning seventh and eighth career titles, at St. Petersburg (w/Bacsinszky) and Moscow

[River Cup] (w/Potapova)

• Returned to the tour in 2017 following a two-year hiatus, finishing with a year-end ranking of No.204

• Comeback season was highlighted by title at $15k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY, runner-up finish at WTA 125K Series event at

Dalian (l. Kozlova) and a SF run at Tashkent (l. eventual champion K.Bondarenko)

• Prior to her return to tour, last played in 2015 – highlighted by QF appearances at Shenzhen and Pattaya City

• A 2013 shoulder injury sidelined her for a year and a half prior to returning for another injury-stricken season in 2014 - best

result was 3r finish at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Diyas)

• Has won 12 career WTA singles titles (most recent 2011 Baku); biggest title to date is 2009 Indian Wells

• Finished ranked in Top 10 four consecutive years (2008-2011), including a year-end No.2 ranking in 2010 – became fifth

Russian to rank in Top 2 in October 2010 and held No.2 for 14 weeks (Oct. 25, 2010 to Jan. 30, 2011)

• Has four wins vs. World No.1s: Maria Sharapova (2007 Indian Wells), Jelena Jankovic (2008 WTA Championships) and

Caroline Wozniacki, twice (2011 Doha and WTA Championships)

• Participated at WTA Championships six times in career (2004, 2008-11; includes 2009 as alternate); reached final in 2009

(l. V.Williams)

• Has won seven doubles titles, including 2009 Indian Wells (w/Azarenka), completing singles-doubles sweep. Most recently

lifted 2018 St. Petersburg doubles trophy (w/Bacsinszky)

• Missed second half of 2005 season with left ankle injury; missed four months of 2007 with left wrist injury; also missed two

months in 2009 due to a right ankle injury; had surgery to remove scar tissue in November 2009

• Represented Russia in Olympics twice: 2008 Beijing (replaced Sharapova, won singles bronze) and 2012 London

Grand Slam History

• Most recent of 43 Grand Slam main draw appearances was 1r exit at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Boslova)

• Reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals in 2010 as runner-up at both Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and US Open (l. Clijsters)

• At 2010 Wimbledon, became third Russian to reach Wimbledon final (Morozova, Sharapova) and second lowest-ranked

finalist (No.21). At the time, only three players (Tauziat, Garrison and Schiavone) had played more majors before reaching

first final

• Is a two-time semifinalist at Australian Open (2009 and 2011) and advanced to first-career major QF at 2003 Roland Garros

• In doubles, she has won four Grand Slam titles, with two coming in women’s doubles, the first one at the 2006 US Open

(w/Dechy), and the other at 2012 Australian Open (w/Kuznetsova). Her other two came in mixed doubles at 2004 US Open

(w/B.Bryan) and 2006 Wimbledon (w/Ram)

Personal

• Coached by Sam Sumyk

• Mother, Natalia, was an Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey (introduced her to tennis at age 6)

• Graduated from Russian State Academy of Physical Education and earned second degree in international economic

relations at Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow

• Works with International Rett Syndrome Foundation to increase awareness and raise funds for research (Rett Syndrome is

a nervous system disorder that leads to developmental reversals)

• In 2008, participated in UNESCO Regional Conference “Political Involvement of Women in the Caucasus” to contribute to

the idea of giving women equal chances in life

• Got married in 2016 to Aleksandr Kucher and gave birth to her first child


MATCH NOTES

[13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21) vs. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)


MARIA SAKKARI

21 15

25-07-1995 (25) $336,038

$3,092,122

0 / 1 0 / 0

11-7 / 83-82 3-5 / 26-34 6-0 / 25-14

SERENA WILLIAMS 9 23

26-09-1981 (38) $176,306

$92,720,122

1 / 73 0 / 23 23-5

11-3 / 828-141 4-3 / 165-63 5-3 / 112-55

6-2

11-3 / 517-87 11-6 / 48-53 0-2 / 7-7 2-0 / 70-13

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-2 / 8-12 0-0 / 175-72 2-5 / 15-31 0-0 / 306-98





[13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21)

R32: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #33) 6-4,7-6(9) (1h43)

R64: d. CORO GAUFF (USA #50) 6-1,6-3 (1h05)


[3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

R32: d. ARANTXA RUS (NED #72) 7-6(6),3-6,7-6 (2h48)

R64: BYE




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SAKKARI:



(l. Barty) and reached 2r in 2018 (l. Kontaveit)


• Has served impressively this week, winning 18 of her 19 service games across wins over Gauff in 1r and Putintseva in 2r

• Faces No.9 S.Williams in 3r; owns eight career Top 10 wins, including two at this tournament last year –No.6 Kvitova (2r)

and No.9 Sabalenka (3r)

• Bidding to reach 14th career WTA QF and fifth in the US – previously reached last eight at 2018 San Jose (R-Up), 2019

Charleston (QF), 2019 San Jose (SF) and 2019 Charleston (QF)


• Will be seeded No.15 at upcoming US Open; previously, highest seeding at a major was No.22 at 2020 Australian Open

Season







• Fell 2r at Adelaide (l. Vekic) after a 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Osaka)


MATCH NOTES


MARIA SAKKARI

2019

L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) QF 5-7 6-2 6-0

2018

L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30) R2 6-1 6-3

2016

L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #62) R1-Q 6-4 6-3

SERENA WILLIAMS

2018

R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 6-3 2-6 6-3

2015

F W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) 6-3 7-6(5)

2014

F W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #11) 6-4 6-1

2013

F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 2-6 6-2 7-6(6)

2012

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-4 6-4

2011

R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) W/O

2009

R16 L - SYBILLE BAMMER (AUT #29) 7-5 6-4

2006

SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #50) 6-2 6-3


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Career Milestones






• 2018 season highlights included reaching her first tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring first career Top 5 win

after defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) and Seoul (l.Bertens)



Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka (both at

2019 Cincinnati), and No.5 Bencic (2020 St. Petersburg)






Grand Slam History





• At 2016 Australian Open, by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main

draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open


Personal





S.WILLIAMS:


• Making her ninth appearance at the Western & Southern Open

• Back-to-back champion here in 2014 (d. Ivanovic in F) and 2015 (d. Halep in F), the only woman to win multiple singles

titles at the tournament. Is the oldest champion in tournament history (2015 – 33y, 333d)

• Also reached final in 2013 (l. Azarenka). Made SF on debut in 2006 (l. eventual champion Zvonareva) and made QF in

2012 (l. Kerber)

• After 1r bye, came within two points of defeat against Rus in 2r on Monday, eventually prevailing in 2h48m – her longest

match since losing to Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros in 3h3m

• Has the best winning percentage in three-set matches among active players:

PLAYER WINNING %

Serena Williams (USA) 72.4 (165-63)

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 70.0 (49-21) Simona Halep (ROU) 66.9 (115-57)

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 67.2 (43-21) Naomi Osaka (JPN) 66.7 (40-20)

• Now owns 23-5 record at Western & Southern Open – only Jankovic has posted more victories here (24)

• Faces Sakkari in 3r today; last match against a Greek player on tour was 2r win over Daniilidou at 2012 Western &

Southern Open

• Bidding to reach 169th QF; has made last eight in 73.8% of the tournaments she has played in her career – the best

percentage among active players, ahead of Clijsters (65.6%)

• Has 319-52 record when competing on home soil and has won 27 of her titles in the United States

• Along with No.10 Osaka is one of two Top 10 players left in the draw

• At age 38, is the oldest of four thirtysomethings to reach 3r (also Azarenka, Cornet and Zvonareva)

Season

• Returned to action at Lexington earlier this month, reaching the QF (l. Rogers)

• Faced sister Venus in 2r in what was their 31st meeting – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on hard courts and 8-5

on US soil)

• With a combined age of 79 years, 19 days, S.Williams vs. V.Williams represented the highest combined age in a match

since 2004 Charleston when Martina Navratilova (47) faced Amy Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79 years, 28 days

• Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72

Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros

• In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going

1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova)

• Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in

2017– also finished R-Up in doubles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25

• Defeat over Anisimova in SF was currently the shortest completed match of the year at 44min with a score of 6-1,6-1

• Also this year, fell 3r at Australian Open (Wang Qiang)

Career Milestones

• Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US Open (l.

Andreescu)

• Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Andreescu w/back injury)

• With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert

(154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92)

• All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US Open – came in consecutive tournaments

• Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2)

• Other highlights last season were reaching QF at Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to contest Mixed

Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r)

• Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1

• Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return to Tour following

birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 Indian Wells

• Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two events all season, and both in January. Broke streak of 10

consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) – third-most behind

Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – including five as the year-end No.1

• Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18,

2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332

• Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186

weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991)

• Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilova (18)

• Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics

• Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros –

third pair to do so (also Navratilova/Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold

medals: 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London

• Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Williams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles

simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters)

• Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013

Personal • Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mouratoglou; hitting partner

is Jarmere Jenkins

• Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017

• Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in November 2017 in New Orleans

• Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018


MATCH NOTES

[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48)


ANETT KONTAVEIT

20 9

24-12-1995 (24) $490,890

$4,489,651

0 / 1 0 / 0

15-6 / 118-94 5-2 / 42-31 2-3 / 30-31

MARIE BOUZKOVA 48 48

21-07-1998 (22) $123,846 $811,854

0 / 0 0 / 0 2-0

8-6 / 18-22 1-3 / 3-8 0-1 / 1-1

6-3

8-6 / 17-18 11-5 / 72-61 0-0 / 11-10 1-0 / 2-1

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






2-2 / 11-18 0-2 / 3-4 2-4 / 18-31 3-3 / 6-7





[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20)

R32: d. JIL BELEN TEICHMANN (SUI #54) 6-3,6-4 (1h10)

R64: d. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68) 6-3,6-1 (0h56)


MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48)

R32: d. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) 2-6,7-5,6-2 (2h25)

R64: d. ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #117) 6-1,7-5 (1h28)




ANETT KONTAVEIT

2019



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KONTAVEIT:


• Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for fourth time (fifth overall); where she is through to 3r for third time – also

made this stage in 2018 (l. eventual champion Bertens) and 2019 (l. Barty – having led 5-3 in final set)

• Saw off LL Kasatkina in 1r and Lexington R-Up Teichmann in 2r, dropping serve just once in each match; owns 9-1 record

against players outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat coming against No.53 Ferro in the Palermo final a few weeks ago

• Faces Bouzkova in 3r, bidding to reach 20th WTA QF of her career and fourth of 2020

• Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), while also made Grand Slam

breakthrough with R16 showing at 2015 US Open (as qualifier, l. V.Williams)


• Entering the tournament, sat at ninth place currently on the 2020 prize money list

• Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her time off to refining her gardening skills back home; while on the

court, last month defeated Ostapenko to help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition in Tallinn

Season

• Coming off R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5


• Won all four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one win of victory

over Ukraine in the promotional play-off




Career Milestones

• Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final two months of the




• In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw wins – the first time

she had registered 30 or more wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings


MATCH NOTES

2018

L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #17) R16 6-3 2-6 6-3

2017

L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #13) R1 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3

2016

L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #58) R1-Q 6-4 2-6 6-3


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• Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF showings at

Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year-end finish inside

Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100














Grand Slam History

• Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by becoming the first







Personal

• Coached by Nigel Sears


• Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other

Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn

BOUZKOVA:


• Making debut appearance at Western & Southern Open – is the last remaining of 11 main draw debutantes in draw

• In 1r, won nine of her 10 service games to see off qualifier Kalinskaya

• Came within three points of defeat before battling back to stun No.12 Kvitova in 2r, in a match which saw the use of the

WTA’s Heat Rule – now owns six Top 20 wins in career, having previously upset No.4 Halep (2019 Toronto), No.8

Stephens (2019 Toronto) and No.3 Svitolina (2019 Guangzhou), No.16 Konta (2020 Monterrey) and No.15 Konta (2020

Lexington)

• Faces another in the shape of No.20 Kontaveit in 3r today, bidding to reach fifth WTA QF of her career – previously made

last eight at 2019 Toronto (SF), 2019 Guangzhou (QF), 2020 Monterrey (R-Up) and 2020 Lexington (QF)

• Retired w/cramping during 1r doubles match here w/Teichmann against Pegula/Rogers on Monday

Season

• Last week reached fourth tour-level QF of her career, at Lexington (l. eventual champion Brady); previously made this stage

at 2019 Toronto (SF), 2019 Guangzhou (QF) and 2020 Monterrey (R-Up); also reached maiden WTA doubles final

(w/Teichmann, l. Carter/Stefani)

• Before tour’s hiatus, reached first career WTA final at Monterrey finishing R-Up to Svitolina – reached career-high ranking of

No.47 following the tournament (March 9, 2020). Also fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Maria)

• Lost in 1r of first three WTA tournaments of 2020 – at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. Keys), Hobart (l. Bellis) and Australian Open

(l. Osaka) – before reaching QF at ITF $100k Nicholasville, KY (l. Abanda) in February

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.57 for career-best year-end finish and first inside the Top 100

• Standout performance of 2019 season was a SF run in her first Premier 5 appearance at Toronto (as qualifier, l. S.Williams

in 3s)

• Also in 2019, made QF at Guangzhou and was R-Up at WTA 125K Series event at Guadalajara. Lifted 12th and biggest title

of career on ITF Circuit, at $80K Nur-Sultan-KAZ (d. Kostic in F); broke into the Top 100 for the first time at No.92 following

the tournament (on July 22)

• Scored first three career Top 10 wins in 2019, against No.8 Stephens and No.4 Halep via ret. w/left leg injury (both

Toronto), and No.3 Svitolina (Guangzhou)

• Won first Slam main draw match during 2r showing at Wimbledon (as LL, d. Barthel, l. Sakkari)

• Highlights of 2018 season were 2r showing at Québec City (as qualifier, l. Lepchenko) and qualifying for first Grand Slam at

US Open (l. Bogdan in 1r)

• Also in 2018, fell 1r at Monterrey, in qualifying at Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Acapulco, Lugano, Stuttgart

and Prague, while on ITF Circuit, won one title at $25k Irapuato-MEX and reached four further SF

• Has won 12 titles in singles and one in doubles on ITF Circuit

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 Acapulco (as wildcard, l. Karatantcheva)

• Professional debut was opening round loss in qualifying at 2013 Katowice

Grand Slam History

• Contested fifth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she fell in 1r (l. defending champion Osaka)

• Best result at majors was 2r showing at 2019 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Barthel, l. Sakkari)

• Made 1r exit on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 US Open (as qualifier, l. Bogdan). Also suffered 1r defeat at 2019

Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Andreescu)

• Girls’ singles champion at 2014 US Open (d. Kalinina in F)

Personal

• Coached by Cristian Requeni

• Studying Business Administration online at Indiana University East

• Began playing tennis at club owned by her parents in Prague then moved to Florida at age 10 – initially trained at Bollietieri

Academy for two years, continued to work with her dad and then Requeni from 2014

• Has famously played with the same type of giant water bottle courtside for more than 10 years


MATCH NOTES

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. [16] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25)


NAOMI OSAKA

10 45

16-10-1997 (22) $199,756

$14,617,235

0 / 5 0 / 0

6-3 / 126-73 4-1 / 36-19 1-4 / 24-23

DAYANA YASTREMSKA 25 17

15-05-2000 (20) $247,565

$1,875,142

0 / 3 0 / 0 3-1

12-6 / 55-38 2-3 / 9-19

3-2 / 12-12

3-2

10-5 / 43-26 6-2 / 97-50 0-0 / 7-5 1-0 / 3-2

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 12-20 1-2 / 2-8 2-1 / 27-32 4-3 / 11-14






R32: d. KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #26) 6-7(5),6-4,6-2 (2h33)

R64: BYE


[16] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25)

R32: d. BERNARDA PERA (USA #61) 7-6(5),4-6,6-3 (2h07)

R64: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #65) 5-7,6-2,7-5 (2h36)




NAOMI OSAKA

2019


DAYANA YASTREMSKA

2019

R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #153) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2


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OSAKA:


• Making third main draw appearance here (fourth overall) where her best result was last year’s QF run (l. Kenin via ret.

w/left knee injury)

• Enters the draw as a wildcard – last year’s wildcard Kuznetsova went all the way to the final (l. Keys), while the best result

by a wildcard came in 2011 when Sharapova won the title


• After 1r bye, fended off a challenge from No.26 Muchova, rebounding from the loss of first set and hitting 12 aces to claim

victory in 2h33m – her second-longest match of the season (after 2h51m SF loss to Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane)

• Among the 16 seeds at Western & Southern Open, seven were playing for the first time since the tour’s resumption – the

other six (Kenin, Keys, Kvitova, Ka.Pliskova, Riske and Rybakina) all fell in their opening match

• Faces No.25 Yastremska in 3r today; owns a 4-1 record against Top 30 players this year so far – apart from win over

Muchova here, the other four encounters all came at Brisbane

• Bidding to reach second QF of the season

• Last summer, her title defense ended in R16 at the US Open (l. Bencic for the third time in a row in 2019). Before that,

made back-to-back QFs in Toronto (l. S.Williams) and Cincinnati

Season




• Was on a 14-match win streak prior to Brisbane SF loss – the longest of her career – starting with back-to-back titles at

2019 Osaka and Beijing, as well as a win over Kvitova in the RR stage in Shenzhen before withdrawing due to a right

shoulder injury

Career Milestones








MATCH NOTES

2018


2016



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and US Open







Petkovic in 2r


Grand Slam History






Open back-to-back



122d)



Personal


Jenkins







YASTREMSKA:


• Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open; fell 2r here on debut last year (d. No.19 Wozniacki, l. WC

Kuznetsova)

• In a match with a 20-year age difference, came back from a set down to defeat V.Williams in 1r, then recovered from a

slow start to battle past Pera in another tight three-setter in 2r – entering this week had not won a three-set match since

2019 US Open

• At 20, is youngest player left in the draw

• Faces No.10 Osaka in 3r; owns one Top 10 win this year (d. No.5 Kenin at Doha) and two in total, having also upset No.2

Ka.Pliskova at 2019 Wuhan

• Aiming to reach QF at a Premier event or higher for the third time in her career – two previous appearances came at 2020

Adelaide and 2019 Wuhan

• Enters tournament ranked No.25, four spots off career-high ranking of No.21, which she set the week of January 20

following R-Up finish at Adelaide

• Highlights of last summer’s North American hard court swing were 3r runs at US Open (l. Svitolina) and Toronto (l. Kenin)

Season

• In first even of tour’s resumption, made QF career WTA QF at Palermo (l. Giorgi, having held 2MP in second set)

• Highlight of opening months of season reaching first Premier-level SF and then F at Adelaide (l. Barty in F). Posted three

Top 20 wins en route, over No.18 Kerber, No.20 Vekic and No.12 Sabalenka

• Also made 3r at Doha (d. No.5 Kenin, l. Muguruza) and 2r at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki). Fell 1r at Brisbane (l.

Bertens) and Dubai (l. Kudermetova)

• In February, won all three singles rubbers to help Ukraine see off Estonia, Croatia and Bulgaria to earn a trip to Japan for

the rescheduled Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Play-offs for a place in the 2022 Qualifiers

Career Highlights

• Posted second Top 100 and first Top 30 season finish in 2019, at No.22

• Captured two WTA singles titles in 2019 at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in F after trailing 5-2 in third set) and Strasbourg (d.

Garcia after saving 1mp)

• Advanced to QF at 2019 Wuhan, where she recorded maiden Top 5 win against No.2 Ka.Pliskova in R16 (l. Kvitova), and

made Grand Slam breakthrough with R16 run at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Zhang)

• Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2019, going 1-1 in RR stage (d. No.20 Vekic, l. eventual R-Up Bertens) and

reached maiden doubles final, at Beijing (w/Ostapenko, l. Kenin/Mattek-Sands)

• Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, winning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F)

• Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic), 2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and Charleston (as LL, l.

Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier,

l. S.Zheng)

• Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 (week of July 16,

2018)

• Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA and reached two more finals in 2018•Posted first Top 200 season in

2017, at No.189 – rose more than 200 places during the year

• Won first WTA main draw match and reached first tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former World No.9 Petkovic en

route (l. Cepelova)

• Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istanbul (l. Hibino in 1r)

• Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015

• In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world

• On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three doubles titles

Grand Slam History

• Contested sixth Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Advanced to second week of a major for the first time at 2019 Wimbledon, falling to S.Zhang in R16

• Reached 3r at 2019 US Open (l. Svitolina) and 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams)

• Made 1r exit at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro) in first appearance in Paris

• Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. Potapova)

Personal

• Currently coached Sascha Bajin (former coach of Naomi Osaka and Kristina Mladenovic). Previously coached by Olivier

Jeunehomme

• Nominated for 2019 WTA Newcomer of the Year

• Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine

• Trained as a junior in Istanbul, at Koza WOS


MATCH NOTES

ONS JABEUR (TUN #39) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90)


ONS JABEUR

39 12

28-08-1994 (25) $494,623

$2,126,436

0 / 0 0 / 0

13-6 / 52-67 6-3 / 17-27 2-4 / 13-22

CHRISTINA MCHALE 90 113

11-05-1992 (28) $93,518

$4,187,527

0 / 1 0 / 2 8-6

5-4 / 168-195 2-2 / 71-75 1-0 / 36-47

2-1

5-4 / 112-121 13-6 / 39-51 0-1 / 5-4 0-0 / 13-13

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 4-7 0-1 / 6-33 4-3 / 9-15 0-3 / 16-67






R32: d. [7] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) 6-4,6-1 (1h00)

R64: d. LEYLAY FERNENDEZ (CAN #111) 0-6,6-4,6-3 (1h55)


[Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90)

R2-Q: d. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68) 6-3,7-5 (1h33)

R1-Q: d. USUE MAITANE ARCONADA (USA #140) 6-2,2-6,6-4 (2h05)

R32: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #27) 6-1,7-6(8) (1h22)

R64: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #51) 6-2,6-4 (1h23)


Total games: 38^ Won/lost: 25-13^ Sets won/lost: 4-0^ Total time on court: 2h45^ Average time on court: 1h23^ Average rank of opponent: 39^ ^Not including qualifying matches


from

JABEUR:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open this week; suffered 1r exit last year (as qualifier, l.

Brady)


• Scored her fourth Top 20 win of the season on Monday as she dispatched No.13 Keys. Also this season has beaten


• Keys was also defending champion here – it was the second year in a row the defending champion lost their opening

match – 2018 champion Bertens fell to V.Williams after 1r bye 12 months ago

• Faces McHale in 3r today – a win would see her progress to her third QF in a row (after Doha and Lexington), and fourth

of the season (also Australian Open), from only seven events contested

• Last season, she did not reach her first QF until June (at Eastbourne, SF), and made the QFs just twice overall (also

Tianjin, SF)

• This is her seventh main draw match against an American this season, going 4-2 in the previous six

• She is also undefeated against qualifiers in 2020, defeating Siniakova (Qatar) and Govortsova (Lexington). Her most

recent loss to a qualifier came at the 2019 Western & Southern Open (l. Brady)


MATCH NOTES


ONS JABEUR

2019

L - JENNIFER BRADY (USA #70) R1 6-2 6-2

CHRISTINA MCHALE

2018

R2-Q L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #120) 6-3 2-6 6-2

2017

R1-Q L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #87) 1-6 6-3 6-2

2016

R2 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #38) 2-6 6-3 6-4

2015

R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #31) 5-7 6-3 6-2

2014

R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #11) 6-4 6-0

2013

R1-Q L - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #55) 6-0 6-4

2012

R1 L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #40) 3-6 6-3 3-0

2011

R16 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #27) 6-3 6-3

2010

R16 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #7) 6-1 6-1


from

• Contesting 2020 Western & Southern Open on a career-high ranking of No.39, first posted on March 3, 2020 – the highest

ranking ever for an Arab woman. This was as result of becoming the first Arab woman to make a QF at a Slam and the

first Arab woman to make the QF stage of Doha


Season

• Coming off QF run in Lexington (l. Gauff)

• Prior to tennis’ hiatus in March, advanced to Doha QF (d. No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 3r, l. Kvitova)

• Fell 2r at Dubai (l. Halep – held 1MP in third-set tie-break)

• Made Top 50 debut at No.45 after breakthrough performance in Melbourne




Career Milestones



2020 Australian Open) and SF appearances at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) and Tianjin (l. eventual champion

Peterson)





• Owns four Top 10 victories, over No.7 Cibulkova (2017 Roland Garros), No.1 Halep (2018 Beijing), No.8 Stephens (2018

Moscow) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 Doha)

• Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016






Grand Slam History











Personal







so far

• Fan of Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo

MCHALE:


• Making her seventh main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (10th overall)

• Has matched her best result here by reaching 3r, having also made this stage in 2010 (d. No.21 Petrova, l. Clijsters) and

2011 (l. Petrova)

• Defeated World No.1 Wozniacki en route to 3r in 2011, her sole win over a reigning World No.1

• Posted 2r efforts here in 2014 (l. Ivanovic) and 2016 (l. Doi), and fell 1r in 2012 (l. Scheepers) and 2015 (as qualifier, l.

Giorgi)

• Came through two rounds of qualifying to reach main draw, defeating Arconada (Thursday) and Kasatkina (Friday)

• In main draw, broke nine times across straight-set wins over Swiatek in 1r and Alexandrova in 2r

• In terms of ranking, win over No.27 Alexandrova was her best since upsetting No.19 Sevastova at 2019 Wuhan

• Faces Jabeur today; the two have never met in a WTA main draw, although beat the Tunisian in qualifying at 2017 Doha

• Bidding to reach her second QF of 2020, having previously made the last eight at Acapulco

• One of three Americans to make the 3r (also Pegula and S.Williams) and four qualifiers (also Pegula and Zvonareva) –

best result by a qualifier at Western & Southern Open were SF runs by Mattek-Sands in 2005 and Amanmuradova in 2007

• During the tour’s break this year, played World Team Tennis for the San Diego Aviators

Season

• In last event contested prior to the tour’s hiatus, fell 2r at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Haas).

Also at this level in 2020, made QF at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (l. Voegele)

• Highlight of the year to date was QF run at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Watson) – first WTA QF since 2017 Tianjin (l.

Errani) and first back-to-back wins at tour level since 2019 Indian Wells

• Opened the season with 2r showing at Auckland (l. eventual champion S.Williams), then fell in 1r at both Hobart (as

qualifier, l. Mertens) and the Australian Open (l. Martic)

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 season ranked No.85 – her eighth Top 100 season in the past nine years – with the highlights of her

campaign a fourth ITF Circuit title at $80K Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA and a 3r run at Indian Wells. In doubles was R-Up at

Hiroshima (w/Savinykh)

• Ended 2018 ranked No.155 for first year-end finish outside Top 100 since 2010. Best result was 3r showing at Miami (d.

No.24 Strycova in 2r, l. Muguruza)

• In 2017 posted SF runs at Acapulco and Tokyo [Japan Open] and QF at Tianjin

• Posted third non-consecutive Top 50 season in 2016 (first since 2012), at No.45. Won a career-best 26 main draw

matches in 2016 and won first WTA singles title of career at Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Siniakova in F). Now 1-1 in tour-level

finals, having been runner-up at 2014 Acapulco (l. Cibulkova)

• The 2016 season also brought first two career WTA doubles titles, at Hobart (w/Han) and Tianjin (w/Peng)

• Enjoyed breakout year in 2012 when she became youngest member of US Olympic tennis team (four days younger than

Ryan Harrison); also reached 3r of three straight Slams (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon)

• Achieved career-best ranking of No.24 the week of August 20, 2012, but contracted mononucleosis and dropped out of the

Top 100 on August 12, 2013 (to No.115), before finishing the year at No.68

• Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on September 12 the same year

• Owns six wins against Top 10 players including three against the Top 5 – d. No.1 Wozniacki at 2011 Cincinnati, No.3

Kvitova at 2012 Indian Wells and No.4 Muguruza at 2016 Indian Wells

• Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 New Haven and made main draw debut at 2009 Australian Open (both as WC);

recorded first tour-level match win at 2009 US Open (in second tour-level main draw)

Grand Slam History

• Appeared in 38th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open

• Made 3r runs at 2012 Wimbledon, 2012 Australian Open, and 2012 Roland Garros

• Best showing at US Open is 2r in 2011, 2013 and 2017; yet to reach R16 at any of the majors

Personal

• Coached by Peter Lucassen

• Lived in Hong Kong from age three to eight after father’s job was relocated

• Older sister Lauren played college tennis and is now married to ATP player Ryan Harrison and works in broadcast media




WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – QUARTERFINALS

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) vs. [13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21)

[4/WC] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. [12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20)

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59) vs. ONS JABEUR (TUN #39)





First meeting Pegula is making her maiden QF appearance at a Premier-level event… Mertens bidding to

improve 2-0 record against American players this season… Pegula is one of the 16 Americans in the main draw this week

Konta leads 2-1 Konta won 82.4% of service points during second-round victory… Sakkari has now defeated

seven of the current Top 10… Today marks the pairs first meeting on hard courts

Osaka leads 3-0 Osaka is the only Top 10 player to reach the final eight… Kontaveit advances to QF for the first

time at this tournament… Osaka leads the pack in aces this week with 20 under her belt

First meeting Azarenka aiming to book first SF since April 2019… Jabeur upset defending champion Keys in

second round… Azarenka has yet to drop a set this week







MATCH NOTES

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22) vs. [Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

Head to Head: 0-0

ELISE MERTENS 22 14

17-11-1995 (24) $337,334

$6,293,979

0 / 5 0 / 9

18-7 / 134-79 5-3 / 40-29 3-2 / 26-30


24-02-1994 (26) $114,756

$1,023,444

0 / 1 0 / 0 3-1

8-3 / 30-31 3-0 / 11-9 1-1 / 10-8

7-2

8-3 / 22-17 14-5 / 82-49 2-0 / 14-3 0-1 / 2-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-2 / 6-17 0-1 / 0-4 0-3 / 13-37 1-1 / 3-6




* Updated entering 2020 Western & Southern Open QF

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22)

R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41) 6-2,6-3 (1h27)

R32: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #43) 6-1,6-7(5),6-3 (2h18)

R64: d. REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #46) 6-0,6-2 (0h59)

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

[Q] JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83)

R2-Q: d. LUDMILLA SAMSONOVA (ITA #120) 6-3,3-6,6-2 (1h41)

R1-Q: d. VARVARA GRACHEVA (RUS #102) 7-5,7-6(8) (1h49)

R16: d. [5] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11) 6-2,2-6,6-3 (2h06)

R32: d. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #28) 7-5,6-2 (1h19)

R64: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #40) 7-6(5),6-4 (1h46)




from

MERTENS:


• Making third main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (and fourth appearance overall)

• Is through to the QF stage for the second time, having also made this stage in 2018 (l. Kvitova). Defeated No.3 Stephens

in R16 that year

• Posted 2r result in 2019 (l. Svitolina) and fell in 2017 qualifying

• 2020 Western & Southern campaign has been relatively trouble-free thus far – dropped only two games in 1r defeat of

Peterson, overcame Mladenovic in 2r in three sets, before dispatching Kudermetova – fresh from a win over No.1 seed

Ka.Pliskova – in R16

• Faces American qualifier Pegula in today’s QF match – currently 2-0 against American players this season, having

defeated Bellis en route to Australian Open R16 and McHale en route to Hobart QF

• Top Seed in doubles w/Sabalenka this week – face Hradecka/Klepac in QF

Season

• Returned to the WTA Tour at the first possible opportunity, contesting Palermo (fell 1r, l. Sasnovich)

• Bounced back the following week at Prague, where she finished R-Up to Halep. Is now 5-2 in WTA singles finals

• Earlier this year, followed QF runs at Shenzhen (l. Rybakina) and Hobart (l. Watson – 3h 33m match is the longest so far

in 2020), with R16 showing at Australian Open (l. Halep) and 2r exits at Dubai (l. Sabalenka) and Doha (l. Putintseva)

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.17 for second consecutive Top 20 finish

• Singles highlight was winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final) –has 5-2 record in finals. Also beat

No.8 Bertens and No.6 Kerber in Doha, doubling career total Top 10 wins to six

• Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon for the first

time (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title (l. eventual champion Sakkari)

• Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2020 - won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d.

Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to-back titles at


MATCH NOTES


ELISE MERTENS

2019


2018

L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) QF 7-5 5-7 6-3

2017


JESSICA PEGULA

2019


2016



from

Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang)

• Team qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (went 1-2 in RR)

• Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their

name last year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3)

• Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki),

going on to post 46 main draw match wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) registered

more. By contrast, prior to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career

• In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/Schuurs)

• Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season

highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F)

• Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

• Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic)

• Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – also 2017

Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Schuurs),

2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs), 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka)

• Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying)

• Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

Grand Slam History

• In 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki),

• Advanced to QF at 2020 US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon for

the first time (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title (l. eventual champion Sakkari)

• Has reached R16 at both Roland Garros (2018) and Wimbledon (2019)


Azarenka/Barty in F).

Personal

• Working once again with former coach Robbe Ceyssens having parted ways with David Taylor last March

• Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy

PEGULA

Western & Southern Open • Making second main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open, and is through to the quarterfinals for the first

time

• On debut main draw appearance last year, lost to Diyas in the final round of qualifying but entered as LL, then beaten by

the Kazakh again in 1r


• Came through qualifying this year to reach main draw, defeating Gracheva and Samsonova

• Defeated fellow countrywoman Brady in 1r, who was coming off a Lexington title run earlier this month

• Posted another confident win over rising star Anisimova in 2r. Had previously lost her last three main draw matches

against fellow Americans this year, to Bellis at Lexington, Townsend at Australian Open and S.Williams at Auckland (F)

• In R16 match vs. Sabalenka, struck just 10 unforced errors over three sets and withstood 43 winners from her opponent

• Defeat of No.11 Sabalenka is the best win rankings-wise of her career, and her third Top 20 win of her career. Also

defeated No.14 Stosur at 2016 Washington DC and No.12 Sevastova at 2019 Charleston

• Her match today vs. Mertens is her first QF appearance at a WTA Premier event



• Best result on US soil before 2019 Washington DC was SF run at 2016 Washington DC; also finished R-Up at WTA

125K Series event at Newport Beach in 2019 (l. Andreescu)

• Contesting in doubles this week with Rogers as wildcards – defeated Aoyama/Shibahara to face Kuzmova/Swiatek for a

spot in SF

• Was one of 16 American women in the singles main draw

Season • Coming off 2r showing at Lexington last week (l. Bellis)



Career Milestones • Finished 2019 at No.76 for her first ever career Top 100 finish, up from No.125 in 2018


• Also in 2019, made main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty in 1r) and Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu

in 1r) as well as Miami Open as a qualifier (l. Konta in 1r)




• Did not play between January and August 2017 after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF events for the rest

of the year, winning two doubles titles with Townsend




• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian Wells Grand Slam

History


• Sole Grand Slam main draw win came over Van Uytvanck at 2015 US Open, where she made her Grand Slam main

draw debut (l. Cibulkova in 2r)

• Posted three 1r exits at Grand Slam events in 2019 - beaten by eventual champion Barty at Roland Garros, Buzarnescu

at Wimbledon and Cornet at US Open





Personal • Coached by David Witt, formerly with Michael Joyce



MATCH NOTES

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. [12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 3-0

2019 CLAY I SF ANETT KONTAVEIT W/O STUTTGART 2018 HARD O R16 NAOMI OSAKA 91 mins 6-2 7-6(5) DUBAI 2016 HARD O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 54 mins 6-0 6-2 TOKYO INTERNATIONAL

2015 GRASS O SF NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 SURBITON

NAOMI OSAKA 10 45

16-10-1997 (22) $199,756

$14,617,235

0 / 5 0 / 0

7-3 / 127-73 4-1 / 36-19 1-4 / 24-23

ANETT KONTAVEIT 20 9

24-12-1995 (24) $490,890

$4,489,651

0 / 1 0 / 0 7-3

16-6 / 119-94 5-2 / 42-31 2-3 / 30-31

4-2

12-5 / 73-61 7-2 / 98-50 0-0 / 7-5 0-0 / 11-10

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 12-20 2-2 / 11-18 2-1 / 27-32 2-4 / 18-31






R16: d. [16] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #25) 6-3,6-1 (1h10)


R64: BYE


[12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20)

R16: d. MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #48) 6-3,6-3 (1h19)

R32: d. JIL BELEN TEICHMANN (SUI #54) 6-3,6-4 (1h10)

R64: d. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #68) 6-3,6-1 (0h56)




from

OSAKA:


• Making third main draw appearance here (fourth overall) where her best result was last year’s QF run (l. Kenin via ret.

w/left knee injury)

• Enters the draw as a wildcard – last year’s wildcard Kuznetsova went all the way to the final (l. Keys), while the best result

by a wildcard came in 2011 when Sharapova won the title


• After 1r bye, fended off a challenge from No.26 Muchova, rebounding from the loss of first set and hitting 12 aces to claim

victory in 2h33m – her second-longest match of the season (after 2h51m SF loss to Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane)



• Struck eight aces and needed just 69 minutes to overpower No.25 Yastremska in 3r action on Tuesday

• Faces No.20 Kontaveit in today’s QF match; owns a 5-1 record against Top 30 players this year so far – apart from wins

over Muchova and Yastremska here, the other four encounters all came at Brisbane

• Bidding to reach second SF of the season



Season






shoulder injury

Career Milestones



MATCH NOTES


NAOMI OSAKA

2019


2018


2016


ANETT KONTAVEIT

2019

R16 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) 4-6 7-5 7-5

2018

R16 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #17) 6-3 2-6 6-3

2017

R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #13) 1-6 7-6(2) 6-3

2016

R1-Q L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #58) 6-4 2-6 6-3


from













and US Open







Petkovic in 2r


Grand Slam History






Open back-to-back



122d)



Personal


Jenkins







KONTAVEIT:

Western & Southern Open • Playing main draw at Western & Southern Open for fourth time in her career, and has registered her best result here by

reaching the QF in 2020

• Had previously made the R16 twice, in 2018 (l. eventual champion Bertens) and 2019 (l. Barty – having led 5-3 in final set)

• Lost 1r in 2017 (l. Kvitova) and fell in 2016 qualifying

• Saw off LL Kasatkina in 1r and Lexington R-Up Teichmann in 2r, dropping serve just once in each match; owns 9-1 record

against players outside Top 50 in 2020, with sole defeat coming against No.53 Ferro in the Palermo final a few weeks ago

• Defeated Bouzkova in straight sets to reach QF – the 20th WTA QF of her career, and fourth of 2020

• Reached QF stage or better three times across 17 events last season – whereas this season has reached four from seven

tournaments

• Takes on No.10 Osaka in today’s match – looking to record her third Top 10 scalp this season, having already defeated

No.7 Bencic (Australian Open) and No.4 Svitolina (Fed Cup)

• Yet to drop a set at the Western & Southern Open this week

• Best previous result on US soil was SF run at 2019 Miami (l. eventual champion Barty), while also made Grand Slam

breakthrough with R16 showing at 2015 US Open (as qualifier, l. V.Williams)


• Entering the tournament, sat at ninth place currently on the 2020 prize money list

• Over the last few months, the Estonian has used her time off to refining her gardening skills back home; while on thecourt,

last month defeated Ostapenko to help Estonia beat Latvia in the Merko Cup exhibition in Tallinn

Season • Coming off R-Up finish at Palermo (d. No.15 Martic in SF, l. Ferro); career record in finals is now 1-5


• Won all four singles rubbers on Fed Cup duty (including over No.4 Svitolina), leading Estonia to within one win of victory

over Ukraine in the promotional play-off




Career Milestones • Finished 2019 ranked No.26 – her second straight Top 30 finish (No.21 in 2018) – despite missing final two months of the




• In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw wins – the first time

she had registered 30 or more wins in a season – finishing No.21 in the rankings

• Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF showings at

Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year-end finish inside

Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100














Grand Slam History • Played landmark 20th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Australian Open, where she made history by becoming the first







Personal • Coached by Nigel Sears


• Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other

Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn


MATCH NOTES

ONS JABEUR (TUN #39) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

Head to Head: 0-0

ONS JABEUR 39 12

28-08-1994 (25) $494,623

$2,126,436

0 / 0 0 / 0

14-6 / 53-67 6-3 / 17-27 2-4 / 13-22

VICTORIA AZARENKA 59

9,999 31-07-1989 (31)

$4,600 $30,360,105

0 / 20 0 / 8 14-5

3-2 / 454-180 0-0 / 85-62 1-0 / 67-44

3-1

3-2 / 312-108 14-6 / 40-51 0-1 / 5-4 0-0 / 46-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 4-7 0-0 / 67-72 4-3 / 9-15 0-0 / 120-100






R16: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #90) 6-3,6-0 (1h15)

R32: d. [7] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) 6-4,6-1 (1h00)

R64: d. [Q] LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (CAN #111) 0-6,6-4,6-3 (1h55)


VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

R16: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #60) 6-4,7-5 (2h01)

R32: d. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #49) 6-2,7-6(8) (1h49)

R64: d. [15] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #24) 6-2,6-3 (1h11)




from

JABEUR:


• Making second main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open this week; suffered 1r exit last year (as qualifier, l.

Brady)


• Scored her fourth Top 20 win of the season on Monday as she dispatched No.13 Keys. Also this season has beaten


• Keys was also defending champion here – it was the second year in a row the defending champion lost their opening

match – 2018 champion Bertens fell to V.Williams after 1r bye 12 months ago

• Saw off McHale in 3r to progress to her third QF in a row (after Doha and Lexington), and fourth of the season (also

Australian Open), from only seven events contested

• Also improved record against Americans this season to 5-2

• Faces Azarenka for the first time in her career in today’s QF

• Aiming to reach her first SF of the 2020 season; last season, advanced to SF at Eastbourne and Tianjin

• Undefeated against qualifiers in 2020, defeating Fernandez in 1r this week as well as Siniakova at Qatar and Govortsova

at Lexington. Her most recent loss to a qualifier came at the 2019 Western & Southern Open (l. Brady)

• Contesting 2020 Western & Southern Open on a career-high ranking of No.39, first posted on March 3, 2020 – the highest

ranking ever for an Arab woman. This was as result of becoming the first Arab woman to make a QF at a Slam and the

first Arab woman to make the QF stage of Doha


Season

• Coming off QF run in Lexington (l. Gauff)

• Prior to tennis’ hiatus in March, advanced to Doha QF (d. No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 3r, l. Kvitova)


MATCH NOTES


ONS JABEUR

2019

L - JENNIFER BRADY (USA #70) R1 6-2 6-2

VICTORIA AZARENKA

2019


2018


2015


2013


2010


2009



from

• Fell 2r at Dubai (l. Halep – held 1MP in third-set tie-break)

• Made Top 50 debut at No.45 after breakthrough performance in Melbourne




Career Milestones



2020 Australian Open) and SF appearances at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) and Tianjin (l. eventual champion

Peterson)





• Owns four Top 10 victories, over No.7 Cibulkova (2017 Roland Garros), No.1 Halep (2018 Beijing), No.8 Stephens (2018

Moscow) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 Doha)

• Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016






Grand Slam History











Personal







so far

• Fan of Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo

AZARENKA:



• One of five former champions to contest the main draw - also Keys (2019), Ka.Pliskova (2016), S.Williams (2014-15) and

Zvonareva (2006)

• Other notable results here include two 3r showings in 2009 (l. Jankovic) and 2015 (l. Pavlyuchenkova via ret. w/left thigh injury)

• Teams up with reigning Australian Open champion Kenin to play doubles this week; also a past winner in 2013 (w/Kirilenko)

• Defeated No.15 seed Vekic to open up her 2020 Western & Southern Open campaign. Had been winless in singles since her


• Triumph over Vekic marked her first singles victory since defeating then-No.12 Bencic in 1r at 2019 Cincinnati (via ret. w/left

foot injury). Last completed-match victory came over Giorgi at 2019 Toronto 1r

• Fired 20 winners to just eight unforced errors to defeat Garcia in 2r on Monday

• Struck Cornet out in 3r to improve her record against the Frenchwoman to an impeccable 7-0

• Faces an in-form Jabeur today – aiming to book her first SF appearance since 2019 Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F)

• Currently ranked No.59; contested last year’s Western & Southern Open ranked No.40 – her highest ranking as a mother

(No.38) was achieved in July 2019


• Nineteen of 20 career titles have come on hard (fifth among active players), most recently picking up three in 2016 (Brisbane,

Indian Wells and Miami)

• Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago (July 31); there are 10 players who are 30 or older in this year’s field

Season





Career Milestones

• Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where she fell to Sabalenka in 1r however reached the doubles final w/Barty (l.

Mertens/Sabalenka)

• Highlight of 2019 season was reaching 37th career singles final at Monterrey (d. No.5 Kerber in SF before falling to Muguruza

in F via ret. w/leg injury). Also reached QF stage on three occasions – Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and

Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova)




• Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tournament contested was

2016 Roland Garros (1r)


personal reasons


mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami –

third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005


• Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu)

and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)


• Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l. Kvitova in

2011 final in Istanbul)


• Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in

2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1




Grand Slam History

• 2019 US Open marked 49th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam.

• Owns a 127-46 record in Grand Slam play – fourth most wins among active players, only behind S.Williams, V.Williams and

Kuznetsova. (walkover handed to Pennetta in 2r at 2016 Wimbledon does not count on win-loss record)



• Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while her best result at Roland Garros has also been a SF appearance in 2013

• Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina), 2011 Australian

Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US Open (w/Barty)


• recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)


Personal





MATCH NOTES

[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) vs. [13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 2-1

2019 GRASS O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 97 mins 6-4 7-6(4) EASTBOURNE 2019 CLAY O F MARIA SAKKARI 117 mins 2-6 6-4 6-1 RABAT 2017 GRASS O R3 JOHANNA KONTA 76 mins 6-4 6-1 WIMBLEDON

JOHANNA KONTA 15 133

17-05-1991 (29) $108,003

$9,462,367

0 / 3 0 / 0

5-5 / 169-106 1-1 / 44-43 2-1 / 37-30

MARIA SAKKARI 21 15

25-07-1995 (25) $336,038

$3,092,122

0 / 1 0 / 0 7-2

12-7 / 84-82 4-5 / 27-34 7-0 / 26-14

5-4

12-6 / 49-53 5-5 / 106-61 0-0 / 13-13 0-2 / 7-7

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 21-22 2-2 / 9-12 0-0 / 38-36 3-5 / 16-31




* Updated entering Western & Southern Open QF


R16: d. VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #270) 6-4,6-2 (1h21)


R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE QF

[13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21)

R16: d. [3] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9) 5-7,7-6(5),6-1 (2h17)

R32: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #33) 6-4,7-6(9) (1h43)

R64: d. ( #50) 6-1,6-3 (1h05)




from

KONTA:


• Playing Western & Southern Open for a fifth time, and has matched best result here with QF run in 2020, having also made

this stage in 2017 (d. Bertens and Cibulkova, l. Halep)

• After 1r bye this year, delivered a dominant performance to swat aside qualifier Flipkens in 2r, dropping just seven points in

a 24-minute second set; won 28 of 34 service points (82.4%), up 19.9% of her season percentage entering the tournament

• Produced another assured display against a qualifier to defeat No.270 Zvonareva in R16; last loss on tour to a player

outside Top 250 came at hands of No.276 Katerina Stewart at $50k ITF/Dothan, AL-USA in 2015

• Having defeated two qualifiers this year at Western & Southern Open, fell to qualifier Peterson in 1r at Western & Southern

Open 12 months ago

• Is through to her second QF of 2020 (after SF run at Monterrey in March)

• Faces No. 21 Sakkari today in first QF at WTA Premier 5 level since 2019 Rome, where she reached the final (l.

Ka.Pliskova); has 2-1 record over the Greek

• Last summer, also suffered 1r exit at Toronto (l. Yastremska) before returning to form with a run to QF at US Open (d. No.3

Ka.Pliskova, l. Svitolina)


Wozniacki in F)

Season

• Suffered 1r defeat at Lexington (l. Bouzkova)




Career Milestones






MATCH NOTES


JOHANNA KONTA

2019


2018


2017


2016


MARIA SAKKARI

2019

QF L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) 5-7 6-2 6-0

2018

R2 L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30) 6-1 6-3

2016

R1-Q L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #62) 6-4 6-3






Wozniacki in F)


V.Williams)














Grand Slam History




• Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since

Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova)



• Also advanced to QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), Wimbledon in 2019 (l. Strycova) and US

Open in 2019

Personal






SAKKARI:



(l. Barty) and reached 2r in 2018 (l. Kontaveit)


• Has served impressively this week, winning 18 of her 19 service games across wins over Gauff in 1r and Putintseva in 2r

• Rallied from a set down to shock No.9 S.Williams in 3r on Tuesday; has now beaten seven players in the current Top 10 –

she has never faced Halep or Andreescu, but has lost to Kenin twice

• Is now through to 14th career WTA QF and fifth in the US – previously reached last eight at 2018 San Jose (R-Up), 2019

Charleston (QF), 2019 San Jose (SF) and 2019 Charleston (QF)

• Faces No.15 Konta in QF today; has a 1-2 record vs. the Brit, though this is the first time the pair have met on hard


• Will be seeded No.15 at upcoming US Open; previously, highest seeding at a major was No.22 at 2020 Australian Open

Season







• Fell 2r at Adelaide (l. Vekic) after a 1r exit at Brisbane (l. Osaka)

Career Milestones






• 2018 season highlights included reaching her first tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring first career Top 5 win

after defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) and Seoul (l.Bertens)



Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka (both at

2019 Cincinnati), and No.5 Bencic (2020 St. Petersburg)






Grand Slam History





• At 2016 Australian Open, by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main

draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open


Personal








WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – SEMIFINALS

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22) vs. [4/WC] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10)

[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER RANK AGE NAT

W&S OPEN (MD) W/L*

SEASON (MD) W/L*

CAREER W/L*

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER TITLES

[4] Naomi Osaka 10 22 JPN 5-2 8-3 225-133 14,617,235 5 [8] Johanna Konta 15 29 GBR 6-4 6-5 383-231 9,462,367 3

[14] Elise Mertens 22 24 BEL 8-2 19-7 309-166 6,293,979 5

Victoria Azarenka 59 31 BLR 15-5 4-2 510-200 30,360,105 20 *Includes current tournament / ^ Does not include current tournament

SEMIFINAL RECORDS PLAYER

BEST W&S OPEN RESULT

LAST FINAL REACHED (final result)

CAREER SF W/L*

CAREER F W/L*

[4] Naomi Osaka SF (1): 2020 2019 Beijing (WON) 7-4 5-2 [8] Johanna Konta SF (1): 2020 2019 Rome (R-Up) 8-7 3-5

[14] Elise Mertens SF (1): 2020 2020 Prague (R-Up) 7-6 5-2

Victoria Azarenka WON (1): 2013 2019 Monterrey (R-Up) 37-19 20-17 *Not including walkovers

Series tied 1-1 Osaka beat the Belgian in SF en route to Pan Pacific Open title last year… Mertens has won 19

matches in 2020, the second-most on tour… Osaka has struck 29 aces so far this week

Konta leads 2-1 Konta won their most recent meeting at 2018 Montréal… Azarenka appearing in 58th career SF…

Konta has won all 25 service games this week







MATCH NOTES

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22) vs. [4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10)

Head to Head: Series tied 1-1

2019 HARD O SF NAOMI OSAKA 60 mins 6-4 6-1 OSAKA 2017 HARD O R1 ELISE MERTENS 114 mins 6-4 1-6 6-4 WUHAN

ELISE MERTENS

22 14

17-11-1995 (24) $337,334

$6,293,979

0 / 5 0 / 9

19-7 / 135-79 5-3 / 40-29 3-2 / 26-30

NAOMI OSAKA 10 45

16-10-1997 (22) $199,756

$14,617,235

0 / 5 0 / 0 5-2

8-3 / 128-73 5-1 / 37-19 1-4 / 24-23

8-2

8-2 / 99-50 15-5 / 83-49 2-0 / 14-3 0-0 / 7-5

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-2 / 6-17 1-1 / 12-20 0-3 / 13-37 3-1 / 28-32




* Updated entering 2020 Western & Southern Open SF

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22)

QF: d. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #83) 6-1,6-3 (1h04)

R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #41) 6-2,6-3 (1h27)

R32: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #43) 6-1,6-7(5),6-3 (2h18)

R64: d. REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #46) 6-0,6-2 (0h59)

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS


QF: d. [12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) 4-6,6-2,7-5 (1h53)



R64: BYE




from

MERTENS:


• Making third main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (and fourth overall), where she is through to SF for the

first time

• Previous best result was reaching QF stage in 2018 (d. No.3 Stephens in 3r, l. Kvitova)

• Posted 2r showing in 2019 (l. Svitolina) and fell in 2017 qualifying

• Made a flying start to 2020 Western & Southern campaign, dropping just seven points in the opening set as she swept

past 1r opponent Peterson

• After battling past Mladenovic in 2r, then saw off No.1 seed Ka.Pliskova’s conqueror, Kudermetova, in 3r and the last

remaining qualifier Pegula in QF

• Has served supremely this week, winning 35 of 37 games on her own delivery (94.4% - up on her season average of

77.1%)

• Results this week have improved her 2020 record to 19-7 – only Rybakina (21-5) has posted more wins this season

• Faces No.10 Osaka in today’s SF; six career Top 10 wins came over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r (2017 Beijing), No.4

Svitolina (2018 Australian Open), No.3 Stephens (2018 Cincinnati), and No.3 Halep, No.6 Kerber and No.8 Bertens (all

at 2019 Doha)

• Contesting 14th WTA SF of career and third in the US; win-loss record at this juncture is 7-6, including SF defeats

stateside at 2017 New Haven (l. Cibulkova) and 2018 San Jose (l. Buzarnescu)

• During last year’s summer hard court season fell 2r at San Jose (after 1r bye, l. Ahn), Toronto (l. S.Williams) and

Cincinnati (l. Svitolina) before bouncing back to reach US Open QF for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu);

also won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F)

• Thanks to results this week, is projected to return to Top 20 in the new rankings at No.18. Can move to No.17 by

reaching the final and No.15 with the title

• Seeded No.16 at next week’s US Open where she faces Siegemund in 1r on Tuesday

• Was seeded No.1 in doubles w/Sabalenka this week – withdrew prior to QF against Hradecka/Klepac w/left leg injury


MATCH NOTES


ELISE MERTENS

2019


2018

L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) QF 7-5 5-7 6-3

2017


NAOMI OSAKA

2019

QF L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #22) 6-4 1-6 2-0

2018

R1 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #31) 6-3 7-6(8)

2016

R2-Q L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #47) 6-4 6-2


from

Season

• Fell 1r in the first week of the tour’s return at Palermo (l. Sasnovich)

• Bounced back the following week at Prague, where she finished R-Up (l. Halep). Is now 5-2 in WTA singles finals

• Began the season with QF runs at Shenzhen (l. Rybakina) and Hobart (l. Watson – 3h 33m match is the longest so far in

2020) and R16 showing at Australian Open (l. Halep)

• In February made 2r exit in defense of Doha title (l. Putintseva) and also fell at this stage the previous week at Dubai (l.

Sabalenka)

Career Milestones

• Ended 2019 ranked No.17 for second consecutive Top 20 finish

• Singles highlight was winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final). Also beat No.8 Bertens and No.6

Kerber in Doha, doubling career total of Top 10 wins to six

• Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon for the first

time (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title (l. eventual champion Sakkari)


Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to-back titles at

Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang)

• Team qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen (went 1-2 in RR)

• Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their

name that year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3)

• Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki),

going on to post 46 main draw match wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) registered

more. By contrast, prior to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career

• In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/Schuurs)

• Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season

highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F)

• Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

• Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic)

• Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – also 2017

Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Schuurs),

2018 Wuhan (w/Schuurs), 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and 2019 US Open (w/Sabalenka)

• Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying)

• Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

Grand Slam History

• Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki),

• In 2020, reached QF at 2020 US Open (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon (l. Strycova,

having led 6-4 5-2) – the deepest run of her career at both tournaments

• Has also reached R16 at Roland Garros in 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F)

Personal

• Working once again with former coach Robbe Ceyssens having recently worked with both David Taylor and Dieter

Kindlmann

• Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy

• Mother is Liliane Barbe (teaches languages and history); father is Guido Mertens (makes furniture for churches). Was

home schooled, enjoyed studying languages

• Loves animals and has lots of pets at home, four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, chickens, cranes)

OSAKA:


• Making third main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (fourth overall) where her best previous result was last

year’s QF run (l. Kenin via ret. w/left knee injury)

• Enters the draw as a wildcard – last year’s wildcard Kuznetsova went all the way to the final (l. Keys), while the best ever

result by a wildcard came in 2011 when Sharapova won the title

• Is the only Top 10 player this week to make it past 3r

• After 1r bye, fended off a challenge from No.26 Muchova, hitting 12 aces to eventually claim victory in 2h33m – her

second-longest match of the season (after 2h51m SF loss to Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane)

• Won all eight service games during comfortable 3r win over Yastremska on Tuesday, then withstood a late rally to

eventually see off Kontaveit in QF

• Has struck a tournament-leading 29 aces this week, taking her season total to 96 (the fifth-most on tour)

• Faces Mertens in today’s SF; beat the Belgian in the final four during last year’s title run at Osaka

• Contesting 13th WTA SF of her career; owns 7-5 record at this stage





• Can rise to No.9 by reaching the final and No.8 by lifting the title

• At next weeks US Open is seeded No.4 and will face Doi in 1r on Monday

Season






shoulder injury

Career Milestones














and US Open







Petkovic in 2r


Grand Slam History






Open back-to-back



122d)



Personal


Jenkins






Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays professional tennis


MATCH NOTES

[8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 2-1

2018 HARD O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 83 mins 6-3 6-1 MONTREAL 2016 HARD O QF VICTORIA AZARENKA 97 mins 6-4 6-2 MIAMI 2015 HARD O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 60 mins 6-4 1-0 WUHAN

JOHANNA KONTA

15 133

17-05-1991 (29) $108,003

$9,462,367

0 / 3 0 / 0

6-5 / 170-106 1-1 / 44-43 2-1 / 37-30


9,999 31-07-1989 (31)

$4,600 $30,360,105

0 / 20 0 / 8 15-5

4-2 / 455-180 0-0 / 85-62 2-0 / 68-44

6-4

4-2 / 313-108 6-5 / 107-61 0-0 / 13-13 0-0 / 46-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






0-0 / 21-22 0-0 / 67-72 0-0 / 38-36 0-0 / 120-100




* Updated entering 2020 Western & Southern Open SF


QF: d. [13] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #21) 6-4,6-3 (1h32)

R16: d. VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #270) 6-4,6-2 (1h21)


R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS


QF: d. ONS JABEUR (TUN #39) 7-6(9),6-2 (1h44)







from

KONTA: Western & Southern Open

• Playing Western & Southern Open for a fifth time, where she is through to SF for the first time

• Previous best result was QF run in 2017 (d. Bertens and Cibulkova, l. Halep)

• After 1r bye this year, delivered a dominant performance to swat aside qualifier Flipkens in 2r, losing just seven points in a

24-minute second set and winning 28 of 34 service points (82.4%) across the entire match

• Produced further impressive serving displays against another qualifier Zvonareva in 3r and Sakkari in QF; is yet to drop

serve this week, winning a tournament-leading 77.8% of points on her own delivery – up on her season average of 65.5%

• Is into her second SF of 2020 (also SF run at Monterrey in March). Career record in SF matches is 8-7 (4-4 on hard)

• Faces No.59 Azarenka in SF today; three of her five defeats in 2020 have been at the hands of players ranked outside

Top 50 – No.78 Jabeur (Australian Open), No.159 Dodin (St. Petersburg) and No.57 Bouzkova (Monterrey)

• Has dropped the fewest number of games among the four semifinalists and spent nearly three hours less on court than

Azarenka this week

• Last summer, suffered 1r exits at Toronto (l. Yastremska) and Cincinnati (l. qualifier Peterson) before returning to form

with a run to QF at US Open (d. No.3 Ka.Pliskova, l. Svitolina)


Wozniacki in F). Also lifted maiden WTA title at 2016 Stanford

• Projected to rise to No.13 by reaching SF and could go as high as No.11 by lifting title

• Seed No.9 at next week’s US Open where she will face British No.2 Watson in 1r on Tuesday

Season

• Suffered 1r defeat at Lexington (l. Bouzkova)





MATCH NOTES


JOHANNA KONTA

2019


2018


2017


2016


VICTORIA AZARENKA

2019


2018


2015


2013


2010


2009



from

Career Milestones










Wozniacki in F)


V.Williams)














Grand Slam History




• Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four

since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova)



• Also advanced to QF at 2017 Australian Open, 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open

Personal






AZARENKA:



• The last remaining of five former champions in the starting field - also Keys (2019), Ka.Pliskova (2016), S.Williams

(2014-15) and Zvonareva (2006)


injury)

• Was seeded No.6 w/Kenin in doubles this week (l. Blinkova/Kudermetova in 2r); lifted doubles title at Cincinnati in 2013

(w/Kirilenko)

• Upset No.15 seed Vekic to open up her 2020 Western & Southern Open campaign. Had been winless in singles since her


• Triumph over Vekic marked her first singles victory since defeating then-No.12 Bencic in 1r at 2019 Cincinnati (via ret.

w/left foot injury). Last completed-match victory had been over Giorgi at 2019 Toronto 1r

• Fired 20 winners to just eight unforced errors to defeat Garcia in 2r on Monday, then ousted Cornet in 3r to improve her

record against the Frenchwoman to an impeccable 7-0

• Fended off four set points to take a 70-minute opener during QF win over Jabeur. The straight-set win secured her a first

SF appearance since 2019 Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F) and 58th of her career – only six active players have appeared in

more: PLAYER SFs

Serena Williams (USA) 123 Venus Williams (USA) 116

Kim Clijsters (BEL) 85 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 72

Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 60 Angelique Kerber (GER) 59 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 58

• Faces No.15 Konta in today’s SF; beat the Brit en route to her most recent singles title, at 2016 Miami

• Last win over a Top 20 player in a completed match came against No.6 Svitolina at 2019 Rome (also beat No.12 Bencic

via ret. at 2019 Cincinnati)

• Record in SF matches stands at 37-19 (27-13 on hard)

• Currently ranked No.59 and bidding to become the lowest-ranked champion in the tournament’s history; contested last

year’s Western & Southern Open ranked No.40 – her highest ranking as a mother (No.38) was achieved in July 2019

• Her progress this week has ensured she will return to Top 50 at No.45. Will go to No.35 by reaching the final and No.27

should she lift the title


• Nineteen of 20 career titles have come on hard (fifth among active players), most recently picking up three in 2016

(Brisbane, Indian Wells and Miami)

• Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago (July 31); there are 10 players who are 30 or older in this year’s field

• Will face Haas on Tuesday in 1r of next week’s US Open

Season





Career Milestones

• Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where she fell to Sabalenka in 1r however reached the doubles final w/Barty

(l. Mertens/Sabalenka)










personal reasons


mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami

– third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005


• Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l.

Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)


• Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l.

Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul)







Grand Slam History


• Owns a 127-46 record in Grand Slam play – fourth most wins among active players, only behind S.Williams, V.Williams

and Kuznetsova. (walkover handed to Pennetta in 2r at 2016 Wimbledon does not count on win-loss record)




2013

• Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina), 2011

Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US Open (w/Barty)




Personal




Head-to-Heads

There are no head to heads

MERTENS, ELISE vs AZARENKA, VICTORIA

Scoresrank seed

rank seedTournament NameYear

OSAKA, NAOMI vs AZARENKA, VICTORIA OSAKA, NAOMI 2 - 1

WinnerSurface I-O Round

2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R32 AZARENKA, VICTORIA 16 14 127 * 6-1 6-1 2018 ROME CLAY O R64 OSAKA, NAOMI 21 * 84 * 6-0 6-3 2019 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R64 OSAKA, NAOMI 1 1 43 * 4-6 7-5 6-3

Scoresrank seed


MERTENS, ELISE vs KONTA, JOHANNA KONTA, JOHANNA 2 - 1


2018 MIAMI HARD O R32 KONTA, JOHANNA 14 11 21 22 6-2 6-1 2018 SAN JOSE HARD O Q MERTENS, ELISE 15 4 48 * 7-6(4) 6-3 2018 MOSCOW HARD I R32 KONTA, JOHANNA 44 * 16 7 6-3 7-5

Scoresrank seed


OSAKA, NAOMI vs KONTA, JOHANNA KONTA, JOHANNA 3 - 0


2015 US OPEN HARD O Q R64 KONTA, JOHANNA 97 3 202 * 6-4 6-4 2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R64 KONTA, JOHANNA 9 9 48 * 6-4 6-2 2017 STUTTGART CLAY I R32 KONTA, JOHANNA 7 6 46 * 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1

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Elise Mertens made a name for herself on the WTA Tour after capturing her first WTA

singles and doubles titles in 2017, lifting the singles trophy at Hobart and doubles at

Guangzhou. The Belgian jumped from World No.120 to No.35 from the end of 2016 to

the close of the 2017 season.

Mertens improved on her success in 2018, successfully defending her title at Hobart

and capturing two additional titles at Lugano and Rabat. She reached her first Grand

Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open to break into the Top 20 for the first time

in her career, peaking at No.12 later that year. In 2019, Mertens lifted her fifth – and

biggest singles title of her career - at Doha.

The young Belgian is also an accomplished doubles player, landing nine titles including

2019 Indian Wells, Miami and the US Open, and qualified for the WTA Finals in 2018

(w/Schuurs) and 2019 (w/Sabalenka).

Away from the court, Elise enjoys learning languages (speaks English, Dutch/Flemish

and French) and is an animal lover – she has four dogs and a variety of birds as pets

(pheasants, peacocks, chickens, cranes).

ELISE

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Achieved career high singles ranking of No.12 on November 26, 2018

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Naomi Osaka is firmly at the forefront of the youth movement on the WTA Tour. With

five titles to her name, including two Grand Slams, the 21-year-old has proven she has

the game and the firepower to handle the big stages.

The 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion captured her first career title at

Indian Wells and made waves around the globe when she stunned Serena Williams to

lift her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open. Osaka became the first ever Japanese

player – man or woman – to win a major singles title.

After making her debut appearance at the WTA Finals in Singapore, Osaka began the

2019 season with a bang – she lifted her second straight major trophy at the

Australian Open and ascended to the top of the rankings, becoming Asia’s first ever

WTA World No.1. She rounded off her 2019 campaign by lifting back-to-back titles at

the Pan Pacific Open in Osaka and the China Open, securing her second straight WTA

Finals qualifications and a career-high year-end ranking of World No.3.

Osaka’s success has resulted in numerous sponsorship deals, most notably with top

Japanese brands – Nissan and Citizen.

NAOMI


First Japanese player – man or woman – to win a Grand Slam singles title at 2018 US Open

Became first ever WTA World No.1 from Asia following second Grand Slam title at 2019 Australian Open

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016

2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion

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Johanna Konta advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2016 Australian

Open and hasn’t looked back since. In July 2016, the Brit won her first career

singles title at Stanford, defeating Venus Williams in the final and followed that

up with her first Premier-Mandatory final in Beijing that same year.

2017 saw Konta win two more titles – at Sydney, where she spent the formative

years of her life – and at the Miami Open, her biggest career title to date. All eyes

were on Konta at 2017 Wimbledon when she became the first British woman to

reach the semifinals at the All England Club since Virginia Wade in 1978, securing

herself a Top 5 debut in the process. After her outstanding season, she was also

nominated for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.

Konta, who lives and trains in London, is an aggressive baseliner who dictates

play with her groundstrokes and depth of shots. A member of the WTA Player

Council, Johanna is one of the most eloquent and thoughtful players on Tour.

Away from the court she enjoys baking and cooking as well as doting on her

family, especially her young nephew.

JOHANNA


Reached semifinals at home Grand Slam at 2017 Wimbledon – first British woman since 1978

Serves on the WTA Player’s Council as a representative for Top 20 players

First British woman to be ranked in the world’s Top 5 since 1984

Winner of 2016 WTA Most Improved Player

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A member of the game’s elite since her teens, Victoria Azarenka achieved a lifelong

goal when she captured her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2012. Age

22, the Belarusian duly ascended to WTA World No.1, finished the season in the top

spot and all up spent 51 weeks there – eleventh most, all time.

Having celebrated her 30th birthday in 2019, Azarenka owns 20 tour singles titles

including a successful defense of her Australian Open crown in 2013 and six Premier

Mandatory wins – highlighted by back-to-back triumphs at Indian Wells and Miami in

2016, when she became just the third woman to achieve the so-called Sunshine

Double.

Soon after, Azarenka announced she was pregnant and her son, Leo, was born on

December 19 that year. She returned to tennis in the summer of 2017, posting a

strong run to the fourth round at Wimbledon and since then has worked hard to re-

establish herself on the rankings.

In recent years Azarenka has also embraced a leadership role as a member of the

WTA Player Council – in particular, her voice of experience made her an articulate

advocate for reform of the rules applied to players returning to the circuit following

childbirth or injury.

VICTORIA


Two-time Australian Open singles champion, two-time US Open runner-up, two-time mixed doubles champion and two-time Olympic medalist

One of the WTA’s high-profile touring moms

Enjoys supporting charity initiatives, particularly giving back to the youth

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WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN – FINAL

[4/WC] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS

PLAYER RANK AGE NAT W&S OPEN (MD) W/L*

SEASON (MD) W/L*

CAREER W/L*

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER TITLES

[4] Naomi Osaka 10 22 JPN 6-2 9-3 226-133 14,617,235 5 Victoria Azarenka 59 31 BLR 16-5 5-2 511-200 30,360,105 20

*Includes current tournament / ^ Does not include current tournament

FINAL RECORDS PLAYER

BEST W&S OPEN RESULT

LAST FINAL REACHED (final result)

CAREER F W/L*

[4] Naomi Osaka F (1): 2020 2019 Beijing (WON) 5-2 Victoria Azarenka WON (1): 2013 2019 Monterrey (R-Up) 20-17

*Not including walkovers

Osaka leads 2-1

Osaka triumped in their most recent encounter at 2019 Roland Garros… Azarenka is a former champion, having captured the title here in 2013… Holding a 5-2 record in WTA finals, Osaka is looking to score her fourth straight championship match win… Azarenka is looking to lift her 21st

career title and first since 2016







MATCH NOTES

[4] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #10) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #59)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 2-1

2019 CLAY O R2 NAOMI OSAKA 170 mins 4-6 7-5 6-3 ROLAND GARROS 2018 CLAY O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 74 mins 6-0 6-3 ROME 2016 HARD O R3 VICTORIA AZARENKA 56 mins 6-1 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

NAOMI OSAKA 10 45

16-10-1997 (22) $199,756

$14,617,235

0 / 5 0 / 0

9-3 / 129-73 5-1 / 37-19 2-4 / 25-23


9,999 31-07-1989 (31)

$4,600 $30,360,105

0 / 20 0 / 8 16-5

5-2 / 456-180 1-0 / 86-62 2-0 / 68-44

6-2

5-2 / 314-108 9-2 / 100-50 0-0 / 7-5 0-0 / 46-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



NEW YORK W-L (MD) *






1-1 / 12-20 0-0 / 67-72 3-1 / 28-32 1-0 / 121-100




* Updated entering 2020 Western & Southern Open final


SF: d. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #22) 6-2,7-6(5) (2h01)

QF: d. [12] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) 4-6,6-2,7-5 (1h53)



R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE FINAL


SF: d. [8] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #15) 4-6,6-4,6-1 (2h18)

QF: d. ONS JABEUR (TUN #39) 7-6(9),6-2 (1h44)







from

OSAKA:


• Making third main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open (fourth overall) where her best previous result was last

year’s QF run (l. Kenin via ret. w/left knee injury)

• Enters the draw as a wildcard – last year wildcard Kuznetsova also went all the way to the final (l. Keys), while the best

ever result by a wildcard came in 2011 when Sharapova won the title

• Is the only Top 10 player this week to make it past 3r

• After 1r bye, fended off a challenge from No.26 Muchova in 2r, hitting 12 aces to eventually claim victory in 2h33m – her

second-longest match of the season (after 2h51m SF loss to Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane)

• Won all eight service games during comfortable 3r win over Yastremska on Tuesday, then withstood a late rally to

eventually see off Kontaveit in QF

• Came from 4-2 down to win an 84-minute second set against Mertens in SF

• Has struck a tournament-leading 33 aces this week, taking her season total to 100 (the fourth-most on tour)

• Faces Azarenka in today’s final; recovered from 6-4 4-2 down to beat the Belarusian in their most recent encounter at

2019 Roland Garros

• Contesting eighth WTA final; owns 5-2 record in finals, winning the past three (last year in Australian Open, Osaka and

Beijing)





• Is projected to rise to No.9 by reaching the final and No.8 by lifting the title

• At next week’s US Open is seeded No.4 and will face Doi in 1r on Monday


MATCH NOTES


NAOMI OSAKA

2019


2018


2016


VICTORIA AZARENKA

2019


2018


2015


2013


2010


2009



from

Season




• Was on a 14-match win streak prior to Brisbane SF loss – longest of her career – starting with back-to-back titles at 2019

Osaka and Beijing, as well as a win over Kvitova in the RR at Shenzhen before withdrawing due to a right shoulder injury

Career Milestones














and US Open







Petkovic in 2r


Grand Slam History






Open back-to-back



122d)



Personal


Jenkins






Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also plays professional tennis

AZARENKA:



• The last remaining of five former champions in the starting field - also Keys (2019), Ka.Pliskova (2016), S.Williams

(2014-15) and Zvonareva (2006)


injury)

• Was seeded No.6 w/Kenin in doubles this week (l. Blinkova/Kudermetova in 2r); lifted doubles title at Cincinnati in 2013

(w/Kirilenko)

• Upset No.15 seed Vekic to open up her 2020 Western & Southern Open campaign. Had been winless in singles since her


• Triumph over Vekic marked her first singles victory since defeating then-No.12 Bencic in 1r at 2019 Cincinnati (via ret.

w/left foot injury). Last completed-match victory had been over Giorgi at 2019 Toronto 1r

• Fired 20 winners to just eight unforced errors to defeat Garcia in 2r on Monday, then ousted Cornet in 3r to improve her

record against the Frenchwoman to an impeccable 7-0

• Fended off four set points to take a 70-minute opening set during QF win over Jabeur. The straight-set win secured her a

first SF appearance since 2019 Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F) and 58th of her career – only six active players have

appeared in more: PLAYER SFs

Serena Williams (USA) 123 Venus Williams (USA) 116

Kim Clijsters (BEL) 85 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 72

Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 60 Angelique Kerber (GER) 59 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 58

• Became the first player this week to break Konta’s serve – doing so five times – to triumph in Friday’s SF; also beat the

Briton en route to her most recent singles title, at 2016 Miami

• Upset of No.15 Konta was first win over a Top 20 player in a completed match since seeing off No.6 Svitolina at 2019

Rome (also beat No.12 Bencic via ret. at 2019 Cincinnati)

• Faces No.10 Osaka in today’s final, bidding to lift 21st career singles title and 20th on hard – only three active players

have won more silverware on the surface:

PLAYER HARD COURT TITLES Serena Williams (USA) 47 Venus Williams (USA) 31 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 31 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 19 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 17

• Win-loss record in finals stands at 20-17 (19-10 on hard); most recent silverware came in 2016 when she won Brisbane,

Indian Wells and Miami

• Currently ranked No.59 and bidding to become the lowest-ranked champion in the tournament’s history; contested last

year’s Western & Southern Open ranked No.40 – her highest ranking as a mother (No.38) was achieved in July 2019

• Her progress here has ensured she will return to Top 50 at No.35 and could go as high as No.27 should she lift the title


• Celebrated 31st birthday a few weeks ago (July 31); bidding to be just the third thirtysomething to win this title (also Li –

2012 and S.Williams – 2014-15)

• In Thursday’s US Open draw was paired in 1r with Haas, whom she will play on Tuesday

Season





Career Milestones

• Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where she fell to Sabalenka in 1r however reached the doubles final w/Barty

(l. Mertens/Sabalenka)










personal reasons


mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami

– third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005


• Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l.

Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)


• Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l.

Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul)







Grand Slam History


• Owns a 127-46 record in Grand Slam play – fourth most wins among active players, only behind S.Williams, V.Williams

and Kuznetsova. (walkover handed to Pennetta in 2r at 2016 Wimbledon does not count on win-loss record)




2013

• Four-time Grand Slam doubles finalist, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina), 2011

Australian Open (w/Kirilenko) and 2019 US Open (w/Barty)




Personal




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STORYLINES

Naomi Osaka is firmly at the forefront of the youth movement on the WTA Tour. With

five titles to her name, including two Grand Slams, the 21-year-old has proven she has

the game and the firepower to handle the big stages.

The 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion captured her first career title at

Indian Wells and made waves around the globe when she stunned Serena Williams to

lift her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open. Osaka became the first ever Japanese

player – man or woman – to win a major singles title.

After making her debut appearance at the WTA Finals in Singapore, Osaka began the

2019 season with a bang – she lifted her second straight major trophy at the

Australian Open and ascended to the top of the rankings, becoming Asia’s first ever

WTA World No.1. She rounded off her 2019 campaign by lifting back-to-back titles at

the Pan Pacific Open in Osaka and the China Open, securing her second straight WTA

Finals qualifications and a career-high year-end ranking of World No.3.

Osaka’s success has resulted in numerous sponsorship deals, most notably with top

Japanese brands – Nissan and Citizen.

NAOMI


First Japanese player – man or woman – to win a Grand Slam singles title at 2018 US Open

Became first ever WTA World No.1 from Asia following second Grand Slam title at 2019 Australian Open

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016

2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion

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A member of the game’s elite since her teens, Victoria Azarenka achieved a lifelong

goal when she captured her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2012. Age

22, the Belarusian duly ascended to WTA World No.1, finished the season in the top

spot and all up spent 51 weeks there – eleventh most, all time.

Having celebrated her 31st birthday in 2020, Azarenka owns 20 tour singles titles

including a successful defense of her Australian Open crown in 2013 and six Premier

Mandatory wins – highlighted by back-to-back triumphs at Indian Wells and Miami in

2016, when she became just the third woman to achieve the so-called Sunshine

Double.

Soon after, Azarenka announced she was pregnant and her son, Leo, was born on

December 19 that year. She returned to tennis in the summer of 2017, posting a

strong run to the fourth round at Wimbledon and since then has worked hard to re-

establish herself on the rankings.

In recent years Azarenka has also embraced a leadership role as a member of the

WTA Player Council – in particular, her voice of experience made her an articulate

advocate for reform of the rules applied to players returning to the circuit following

childbirth or injury.

VICTORIA


Two-time Australian Open singles champion, two-time US Open runner-up,

two-time mixed doubles champion and two-time Olympic medalist

One of the WTA’s high-profile touring moms

Enjoys supporting charity initiatives, particularly giving back to the youth

@vika7

1.3M followers

@VictoriaAzarenka

1.4M followers

@vichka35

618K followers

BLRAZARENKA

NIKE

YONEX

As of August 28, 2020


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