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2017 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 3-JULY 16, 2017 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

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DAY THREE – FEATURED MATCHES

BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) First meeting

FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #72) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Svitolina leads 1-0

[6] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #58) Series tied 1-1

[8] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #9) vs. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #93) First meeting

QIANG WANG (CHN #55) vs. [10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) Williams leads 1-0

MADISON BRENGLE (USA #95) vs. [11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) Brengle leads 2-1

[13] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #13) vs. [Q] FRANÇOISE ABANDA (CAN #142) First meeting

[15] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #16) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #683) Azarenka leads 7-0

CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #86) vs. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18) Keys leads 2-1 (1-1 at main draw, tour level)

[WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102) vs. [18] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) Sevastova leads 1-0

WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN | Jul 03 - Jul 16, 2017 | $18,382,278 | GRAND SLAM

MATCH NOTES

BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2)

Head to Head: First meeting

BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA

97

69

30-05-1996 (21)

$106,476

$256,597

0 / 0

1 / 2

4-5 / 8-13

0-3 / 1-6

1-1 / 2-5

SIMONA HALEP

2

2

27-09-1991 (25)

$2,940,062

$18,400,850

1 / 15

0 / 0

12-6

27-8 / 263-131

11-5 / 77-42

4-3 / 30-44

WTA RANKING

ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

WIMBLEDON W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

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

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

YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) *

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


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

1-0

3-1 / 22-12 1-1 / 1-1

1-2 / 1-3

0-0 / 0-0

1-1 / 1-2

8-3 / 71-56

2-1 / 24-36

1-0 / 23-10

* Updated entering 2017 Wimbledon 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97)

R128: d. [WC] LAURA ROBSON (GBR #189) 6-4,6-2 (1h5)

[2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2)

R128: d. [Q] MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #129) 6-4,6-1 (1h13)

vs.

Total games: 17

Won/lost: 12-5

Sets won/lost: 2-0

Total time on court: 1h13

Average time on court: 1h13

Average rank of opponent: 129

Total games: 18

Won/lost: 12-6

Sets won/lost: 2-0




BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA

2015

R1* L - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #163) 6-2 6-1

SIMONA HALEP

2016

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 7-5 7-6(2)

R16 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3

R3 W - KIKI BERTENS (NED #28) 6-4 6-3

R2 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #111) 6-1 6-1

R1 W - ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #40) 6-4 6-1

WIMBLEDON Tournament History * Qualifying match

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Haddad Maia:

• Making Wimbledon debut; fell in qualifying in 2015

• In 1r defeated No.189 Robson for first Grand Slam main draw win

• Faces No.2 Halep today; highest ranked played ever faced was No.12 V.Williams in 2r at 2017 Miami (l. in straight sets)

• In only main draw grass court tune‐up event, fell 1r at Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Rogers). Since Roland Garros, also reached

SF on clay at WTA 125K Series at Bol (l. Krunic) and last week fell in qualifying at Eastbourne

• Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Vesnina). Broke into Top 100 for first time following 2017

Roland Garros at No.94

• Reached QF at Prague (as qualifier, l. Kr.Pliskova). Other highlight of clay court season was winning eighth ITF title of career

at $100k ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (d. Teichmann in F)

• Fell 1r at Bogotá (as qualifier, l. Cepede Royg) and in qualifying for Monterrey and Stuttgart

• As wildcard, reached 2r at Miami (l. V.Williams)

• In February, won $25k ITF/Clare‐AUS (d. No.269 Vondrousova in F)

• Other 2017 appearances on ITF Circuit, came at $25k ITF/Perth‐AUS (l. Vondrousova in 2r) and $25k ITF/Perth 2‐AUS (l.

Mrdeza)

• Ended 2016 at No.211, down from career‐best finish No.198 in 2015; currently ranked No.97 (July 3, 2017)

• Finished 2016 with strong performances on ITF Circuit, winning back‐to‐back titles at $50k ITF/Scottsdale, AZ‐USA (d. Ahn

in F) and $50k ITF/Waco, TX‐USA (d. Min in F). Also R‐Up finish at $25 ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula 9‐ITA and two other SF


MATCH NOTES

2015

R1 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #106) 5-7 6-4 6-3

2014

SF L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 7-6(5) 6-2

QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #19) 6-4 6-0

R16 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #72) 6-3 6-0

R3 W - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #71) 6-4 6-1

R2 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #170) 6-3 4-6 6-4

R1 W - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #88) 6-2 6-2

2013

R2 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 1-6 6-0

R1 W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #73) 6-2 3-6 6-3

2012

R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #28) 3-6 6-1 6-2

2011

R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #25) 3-6 6-2 6-1

R1 W - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI (SRB #50) 6-1 6-2

2010

R2* L - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #142) 6-4 6-1

R1* W - YULIA FEDOSSOVA (FRA #272) 6-7(8) 7-6(2) 6-2


finishes

• Fell 1r on three WTA main draw appearances, at Rio (l. Cirstea), Miami (l. Pereira) and Rio Florianopolis (l. Savchuk) –

gained entry to all three tournaments as WC

• Wimbledon 2017 is only 14th tour‐level main draw of career. Best performance was QF at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (l. eventual

champion Errani) and 2017 Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova)

• No.1‐ranked Brazilian and only one in Top 300

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Québec City (l. El Tabakh)

• Introduced to tennis by mother aged five

• Born in Rio de Janeiro, but now lives in Sao Paulo. Moved alone to southern Brazil at 13 to concentrate on junior tennis

career

• Favorite surface is clay

• Coached by Martin Gande. Previously worked with Larri Passos (coach of three‐time Roland Garros winner Gustavo

Kuerten)

Halep:

• Making seventh main draw appearance at Wimbledon (eighth overall). Achieved best result in 2014 when she advanced to

SF (l. Bouchard); reached QF in 2016 (l. Kerber)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two‐time Slam finalist, having finished runner‐up at

Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s, having led 64 30 with game point)

• At US Open, best result to date is reaching SF in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta), while at the Australian Open

advanced to QF in 2014 (l. eventual R‐Up Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Makarova)

• Owns 12‐6 record in Grand Slam 2r matches (2‐2 at Wimbledon). Most recent 2r loss at a major came at 2015 Roland

Garros (l. Lucic Baroni)

• Faces No. 97 Haddad Maia today in their first meeting; loss would be worst by ranking since upset by No.118 Vesnina at

2016 Doha

• Coming off QF run at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki in 3s), where she had a chance to claim the World No.1 ranking – needed to

do better than the incumbent Kerber, who also fell in QF

• Also would have ascended to top spot had she beaten Ostapenko in Paris final; despite loss, returned to previous

career‐high rank of No.2, a position she first ascended to on August 11, 2014 and most recently held the week beginning

January 18, 2016

• One of four players who could be WTA World No.1 ranking after this Wimbledon fortnight, along with Kerber, Ka.Pliskova

and Svitolina – Halep needs to reach at least SF and see other results go her way

• Struggled w/right ankle injury in lead up to Roland Garros after a fall in first set of Rome final

• Victory over Ka.Pliskova in SF at Roland Garros improved overall record vs. Top 5 to 8‐23, with previous wins coming

against No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1

S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal) and No.5 A.Radwanska (2016

Cincinnati)

• Entered Paris after reaching finals in consecutive weeks – firstly defending Madrid title (d. Mladenovic in F) and then

finishing R‐Up at Rome (l. Svitolina in F)

• Record in career singles finals now stands at 15‐10; owns one career grass court title, won at 2013 ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (d.

Flipkens in F)

• 2017 Mutua Madrid Open crown was also third WTA Premier Mandatory title, having also won at 2015 Indian Wells and

2016 Madrid

• Posted SF showing at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) – marked first SF of season

• Claimed wins over Konta and Watson during Romania’s 3‐2 Fed Cup World Group II play‐off victory over Great Britain in

April. Lost dead doubles rubber w/Niculescu vs. Rae/Robson

• Reached QF at 2017 Miami (l. eventual champion Konta) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) after skipping Middle East

Swing due to a left knee injury – same injury that forced withdrawal from QF vs. Vikhlyantseva at St Petersburg

• Made 1r exit at Australian Open for second successive year (l. Rogers in 2017, l. Zhang in 2016, who was 0‐14 at Grand

Slams entering match and ranked No.133 at the time)

• Opened 2017 season at Shenzhen, with 2r exit (d. Jankovic in 1r, l. eventual champion Siniakova)

• Spent pre‐season training with coach Darren Cahill in Adelaide

• Posted third straight Top 5 season finish in 2016, at No.4, down from career‐high No.2 in 2015. Season‐ending ranking had

improved eight years in a row until 2016

• 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F for second title at Premier Mandatory level, after 2015

Indian Wells), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F)

• Went on a 13‐match winning streak thanks to titles at Bucharest (five wins) and Montréal (five wins) and SF run at

Cincinnati (three wins). Was second‐longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16)

• Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at Montréal (w/Niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

• Qualified for WTA Finals in Singapore for the third time, going 1‐2 in round‐robin play – d. Keys, l. Kerber and Cibulkova;

did not progress to SF

• Other notable results in 2016 included reaching SF at Sydney (l. Kuznetsova), Cincinnati (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

and back‐to‐back QF at Indian Wells (l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky)

• At the other Slams in 2016, made R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stosur) and posted QF runs at Wimbledon (l. eventual R‐Up

Kerber) and US Open (l. S.Williams)

• Went 6‐7 vs. Top 10 opponents in 2016, wins being over No.9 Kvitova (Fed Cup), No.9 Keys (Wimbledon and Wuhan), No.2

Kerber (Montreal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) and No.7 Keys (WTA Finals Singapore)

• Record vs. World No.1 players is 1‐10, win coming at 2014 WTA Finals Singapore vs. S.Williams (RR stage)

• Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to as high as No.2 in the world, winning seven titles in

this period

• Became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making Top 10 debut week of January 27,

2014; now highest‐ranked Romanian woman ever

• Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014‐17

• Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita


MATCH NOTES

FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #72) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 1-0

2014 HARD O SF ELINA SVITOLINA 118 mins3-6 6-1 6-4 BAKU

FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE

72

56

23-06-1980 (37)

$231,840

$11,055,795

1 / 8

0 / 7

12-12 / 464-382

2-2 / 144-110

0-4 / 96-98

ELINA SVITOLINA

5

3

12-09-1994 (22)

$1,835,906

$5,943,968

4 / 8

0 / 2

3-4

37-8 / 166-103

12-6 / 54-32

6-3 / 37-23

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











18-16

2-1 / 6-9 2-2 / 39-40

1-3 / 68-160

0-2 / 29-99

1-2 / 35-36

7-3 / 27-50

6-3 / 15-27

3-0 / 14-18



FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #72)

R128: d. MANDY MINELLA (LUX #82) 6-1,6-1 (0h53)

[4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

R128: d. ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #56) 7-5,7-6(8) (1h53)

vs.

Total games: 25

Won/lost: 14-11

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 14

Won/lost: 12-2

Sets won/lost: 2-0




FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE

2016

R2 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 6-1 6-1

R1 W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #66) 7-6(7) 6-4

2015

R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #19) 6-2 5-7 6-1

2014

R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #11) 7-6(6) 6-4

ELINA SVITOLINA

2016

R2 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #96) 6-2 3-6 6-4

R1 W - NAOMI BROADY (GBR #83) 6-2 6-3

2015

R2 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #61) 7-6(3) 6-3

R1 W - MISAKI DOI (JPN #94) 3-6 6-3 6-2




MATCH NOTES

2013

R1 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-1 6-2

2012

R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) 4-6 7-5 6-1

R3 W - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #31) 6-0 6-4

R2 W - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #148) 6-4 6-4

R1 W - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #97) 2-6 6-4 6-4

2011

R3 L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #80) 3-6 6-4 11-9

R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #55) 7-5 6-3

R1 W - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #45) 6-4 1-6 6-3

2010

R1 L - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #56) 6-7(0) 7-5 6-1

2009

QF L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-2

R16 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #23) 6-2 7-6(1)

R3 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 7-6(5) 6-0

R2 W - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #91) 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

R1 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #21) 4-6 6-4 6-4

2008


R1 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #64) 6-3 5-7 10-8

2007

R2 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #60) 6-4 2-6 6-4

R1 W - ANNE KREMER (LUX #118) 5-7 6-4 6-3

2006

R1 L - MELANIE SOUTH (GBR #305) 3-6 6-3 6-4

2005

R1 L - KRISTINA BRANDI (PUR #70) 6-3 3-6 9-7

2004

R2 L - TATIANA GOLOVIN (FRA #54) 6-1 6-0

R1 W - MYRIAM CASANOVA (SUI #74) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3

2003

R3 L - SHINOBU ASAGOE (JPN #81) 7-5 6-2

R2 W - AMANDA COETZER (RSA #15) 4-6 7-5 6-4

R1 W - SEDA NOORLANDER (NED #126) 6-2 6-2

2002

R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - PETRA MANDULA (HUN #86) 6-4 6-3

2001

R2 L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #4) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - MARISSA GOULD (USA #95) 2-6 6-1 6-2

2000

R1* L - GRETA ARN (HUN #171) 7-6(2) 6-1

2014

R1 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #95) 6-4 6-1

2013

R1 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #15) 6-3 7-5

2012

R1* L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #114) 6-3 6-0


Schiavone:

• Making 17th consecutive main draw appearance at Wimbledon (and 18th overall). This is tied for the second‐most main

draw appearances of all players in the draw (w/ S.Williams) and behind V.Williams (20)

• Best result here is reaching QF in 2009 (l. Dementieva); also reached R16 in 2012 (l. Kvitova)

• 2010 Roland Garros champion (d. Stosur in F) and finished runner‐up there in 2011 (l. Li). Title run in 2010 was the only

time in the Open Era the women’s singles Roland Garros title had not been won by a Top 10 seed

• At 37 years, is the second‐oldest player in the main draw (after V.Williams, who is six days older)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 67th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – second most appearances among active players,

behind V.Williams (74) and ahead of S.Williams (66), and joint‐third with Navratilova in the Open Era (also Frazier—71)

• Bowed out in qualifying at 2016 Australian Open, snapping her run of 61 successive Grand Slam main draw appearances

(one short of the women’s record, 62, held by Ai Sugiyama)

• Is one of nine active players to have won more than 100 Grand Slam main draw matches (105‐65 entering Wimbledon 2r)

• Is 31‐12 in 2r matches at Grand Slams, most recently falling at 2016 Wimbledon to Halep

• Faces No.5 Svitolina today. Is 10‐63 vs. Top 5 players, including 0‐2 in 2017; match‐ups this year coming against No.5

Muguruza at Roland Garros and Kerber at Monterrey. Last win over a Top 5 player came against No.5 Stosur at 2011 Fed

Cup

• Entering 2017 Wimbledon 2r, has 18 main draw wins at the All England Club, the fewest of all four Grand Slams (Australian

Open ‐ 19, Roland Garros ‐ 40, US Open ‐ 28)

• At 2011 Australian Open played longest‐recorded women’s singles match in Grand Slam history: d. Kuznetsova 16‐14 in 3s

in a match lasting 4 hours, 44 mins

• Played two grass court tournaments leading up to 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r at Mallorca (l. Kr.Pliskova) and 1r at

Eastbourne (l. Peng)

• 2017 clay court campaign highlighted by eighth career title, at Bogotá (d. No.20 Bertens in QF, Arruabarrena in F) and R‐Up

finish at Rabat (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F)

• Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza). Only other outing on clay was 1r exit at Madrid (l. Larsson)

• Began 2017 season with qualifying defeat at Brisbane, before 1r exits at Hobart (l. Fett) and Australian Open (l. Boserup)

• Also fell 1r at Taipei City (l. Jakupovic), Acapulco (l. Puig), Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. Chirico) and Monterrey (l. Kerber).

Exited Miami during qualifying

• Posted 16th non‐consecutive Top 100 season in 2016, at No.91 – after ending 2015 at No.121

• 2016 season highlighted by winning seventh singles title of career (and sixth on clay) at 2016 Rio de Janeiro (d. Rogers in F).

It was her first title since 2013 Marrakech; now 8‐12 in singles finals

• Other singles highlights in 2016 were QF efforts at Katowice (l. eventual champion Cibulkova) and Nanchang (l. Ozaki)

• Lost first eight WTA singles finals contested before triumphing at 2007 Bad Gastein (d. Meusburger) in ninth. Owns a 7‐11

record in singles finals

• Owns 7‐9 record in doubles finals, most recently winning 2009 Tokyo [PPO] (w/Kleybanova). Runner‐up at 2008 Roland

Garros (w/Dellacqua)

• Former Italian No.1; currently the nation’s No.2, after Vinci (as of July 3, 2017)

• Qualified for WTA Finals‐Doha in singles in 2010; reached SF in doubles in 2006 at WTA Finals‐Madrid

• Member of Italian Fed Cup Team that won titles in 2006, 2009‐10; Italian Olympic Team 2004, 2008, 2012

• Currently without a coach

Svitolina:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (and sixth appearance overall)

Has reached the 2r for the third time – also fell at this stage in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova)

Other results at Wimbledon were 1r exits in 2013 (l. eventual champion Bartoli) and 2014 (l. Doi); fell in qualifying in 2012

2017 Wimbledon marks 20th Grand Slam main draw appearance, with best results coming at Roland Garros where she

reached QF in 2015 (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 (l. Halep after holding mp in second set tie‐break)

Elsewhere, has made 3r at the Australian Open (2014‐15, 2017) and US Open (2015‐16)

Enters fortnight of 2017 Wimbledon on a career‐high of No.5 (first posted week of June 12, 2017)

Seeded No.4 this fortnight – her highest seeding at a Slam (up from No.5 at 2017 Roland Garros)

One of two Ukrainians through to 2r (also Tsurenko)

In Grand Slam 2r matches, has 8‐6 record, with losses coming at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Lepchenko), 2013 US Open (l.

McHale), 2014 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), Wimbledon 2015 (l. Dellacqua), 2016 Australian Open (l. Osaka) and 2016

Wimbledon (l. Shvedova)

Faces No.72 Schiavone today; has lost three times to players ranked outside Top 50 in 2017, against No.158 Mattek‐Sands

(Miami), No.68 S.Zheng (Madrid) and No.102 Giorgi (Birmingham)

Owns the joint‐most match wins on WTA tour in 2017 (37‐8 record) along with Mladenovic (37‐14) and Pliskova (37‐9)

Has a 5‐1 record vs. Top 5 players this season, and 10‐13 overall in career, defeating No.4 Halep and No.3 Ka.Pliskova

(2017 Rome), No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.1 Kerber (2016

Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai) and No.4

Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati)

Owns 15‐27 lifetime record vs. Top 10 players, defeating No.4 Halep, No.7 Muguruza and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Rome),

No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1

Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016

Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014

Cincinnati)

Enters 2017 Wimbledon after falling 2r in only grass court tune‐up event at Birmingham (l. Giorgi); win against Watson in

Birmingham 1r was only her fifth on grass in her career, previously defeating Nara and Flipkens at 2014 's‐Hertogenbosch,

Doi at 2015 Wimbledon and Broady at 2016 Wimbledon

Prior to QF run at 2017 Roland Garros, won fourth WTA singles title of 2017 at Rome (d. Halep in F). Defeated three Top 10

players en route to Rome title – No.3 Ka.Pliskova, No.7 Muguruza (via ret.) and No.4 Halep in final

Currently sits at No.3 on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard (July 3, 2017) – the Top 8 singles and doubles teams

qualify for the WTA Finals in October

In addition to Rome title, also won titles this season at Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F) and Istanbul (d.

Mertens in F) – leads the tour for most titles won in 2017 (4)

Posted 1r exit at Madrid (l. Zheng)

Opened clay season representing Ukraine in Fed Cup loss to Germany, going 1‐1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges)

During Sunshine Double hard court swing, made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) and posted opening match loss at

Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.158 Mattek‐Sands)

Loss to Muguruza ended 15‐match winning streak, the longest winning streak since Azarenka’s 16 matches in 2016,

spanning Indian Wells to Rome last spring

At Kuala Lumpur, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Hibino w/lower‐leg injury

In February, made her Top 10 debut by capturing Dubai title (d. Wozniacki in F), becoming the first Ukrainian player to

achieve the feat. Now owns a 8‐2 record in singles finals

Lifted title in Taipei (d. Peng in F); in February followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine’s Fed Cup win over

Australia (vs. Barty and Gavrilova)

Prior to Dubai, all five career singles titles were won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a

WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei

Began 2017 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber

en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the past year: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016

Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to

defeat a top‐ranked player

Reached the 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season

Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition,

post‐US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)

Reached three finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals

at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova)

Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)

Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012‐2017. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016

Currently working with Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and

Gabriel Urpi

Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016


MATCH NOTES

[6] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #58)

Head to Head: 1-1

2017 GRASS O F DONNA VEKIC 150 mins2-6 7-6(3) 7-5 NOTTINGHAM

2016 HARD O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 84 mins6-2 6-3 CINCINNATI

JOHANNA KONTA

7

7

17-05-1991 (26)

$1,873,561

$5,079,390

2 / 3

0 / 0

30-9 / 96-56

6-6 / 20-27

3-5 / 20-11

DONNA VEKIC

58

44

28-06-1996 (21)

$268,469

$1,375,843

1 / 2

0 / 0

2-3

13-13 / 55-70

3-2 / 20-18

4-6 / 16-13

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











2-5

6-1 / 12-7 9-2 / 24-17

7-2 / 23-15

3-1 / 13-8

3-0 / 10-6

1-3 / 2-17

1-2 / 2-7

1-2 / 2-3



[6] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7)

R128: d. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #113) 6-2,6-2 (1h4)

DONNA VEKIC (CRO #58)

R128: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #66) 6-7(6),6-4,6-1 (2h15)

vs.

Total games: 30

Won/lost: 18-12

Sets won/lost: 2-1




Total games: 16

Won/lost: 12-4

Sets won/lost: 2-0




JOHANNA KONTA

2016

R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #48) 6-3 1-6 6-1

R1 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #36) 6-1 7-5

2015

R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-2

DONNA VEKIC

2016

R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #8) 7-6(3) 6-4

2015

R2* L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #162) 2-6 6-4 6-1

R1* W - MISA EGUCHI (JPN #142) 7-6(3) 6-2



Konta:

Making sixth appearance at Wimbledon, and third as a direct entry having received wildcards on three occasions.

Has matched her previous best result here by reaching 2r – also in 2016 (l. Bouchard)

One of two British women, along with Watson, to reach 2r from five in the starting field (also Boulter, Broady and

Robson). They are each looking to become the first British woman to win the title since Virginia Wade 40 years ago

(d. Betty Stove in F)

2017 Wimbledon marks 15th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result came with historic run to SF at

2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park

since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open

In 1r on Monday here in SW19, avenged loss suffered at the hands of Hsieh in 1r at Roland Garros

Owns a 4‐2 record in Grand Slam 2r matches, most recently falling at this stage last year at Wimbledon

Played three grass court events in lead‐up to Wimbledon, reaching first final of career on the surface at Nottingham

(as top seed, l. Vekic in F) before falling 2r at Birmingham (l. Vandeweghe) and SF for second year in a row at home

event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury

during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match

against Kerber was second of day, after she defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16

With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at

1979 Boston

Overall record vs. Top 5 now stands at 4‐6, previous wins coming over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3

A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney and No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami

Owns a 13‐8 record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.8 Makarova (2015 Eastbourne), No.9 Muguruza (2015

US Open), No.2 Halep (2015 Wuhan), No.10 V.Williams (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Vinci (2016 Rome), No.7

V.Williams (2016 Stanford), No.10 Kuznetsova (2016 Rio Olympics), No.8 Suárez Navarro (2016 Wuhan), No.6

Ka.Pliskova (2016 Beijing), No.9 Keys (2016 Beijing), No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Sydney), No.5 Halep (2017 Miami) and

No.1 Kerber (2017 Eastbourne)

Reached a career‐high ranking of No.6 on May 8, 2017, which made her the highest ranked British woman since the

week of April 16, 1984 when Jo Durie was ranked No.5


MATCH NOTES

2014

R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-4 3-6 6-4

2013

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #14) 6-2 7-5

2012

R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #32) 6-7(4) 6-2 10-8

2014

R2 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #566) 6-4 6-4

R1 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #21) 6-4 4-6 6-4

2013

R1 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #196) 6-3 6-1


Best showing of this year’s clay court season was R16 run at Rome (l. V.Williams)

Opened clay court season in Great Britain’s Fed Cup World Group II play‐off defeat against Romania (d. Cirstea, l.

Halep) on clay in Constanta

Went on to post opening match loss at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Sevastova) and 1r exit at Madrid (l. Siegemund).

Owns just four WTA main draw wins on clay in career, coming at 2016 Rome (d. Larsson and Vinci), 2017 Stuttgart

(d. Osaka) and 2017 Rome (d. Putintseva)

Earlier this year won third – and most prestigious – WTA tournament of her career at Premier Mandatory level

Miami (d. Wozniacki in F)

Miami title was second of 2017, after Sydney. Is one of four players this year to win at least two titles, along with

Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne) and Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai,

Istanbul, Rome). Is now 3‐2 in WTA singles finals, following 2017 Nottingham

Made 3r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before falling to No.25 Garcia in

third set tie‐break)

Withdrew from Dubai w/foot injury. In February also helped Britain defeat Portugal, Latvia, Turkey and Croatia to

reach the Fed Cup World Group II promotional play‐off. Alongside Watson came from a set down in the decisive

doubles against Croatia

Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), following SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016

(l. Kerber)

Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw

debut (d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983

Opened 2017 season with SF effort at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova)

Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10; previous best season finish was No.47 in 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2‐0 in round‐robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina)

Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a

match

Advanced to QF or better at 10 events in 2016

Reached career‐first Premier Mandatory level final at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), previous best efforts at this

level being R16 at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and QF at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka)

By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – 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). Became 119th woman to

break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

Advanced to 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, and first British woman to win the

tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics; reached QF in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), 2r in

doubles (w/Watson, l. Chan/Chan) and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/J.Murray, l. eventual gold medalists

Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

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

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier,

l. 1r)

Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after‐school care program

Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012

Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

Currently coached by Wim Fissette, having parted ways with longtime coach Esteban Carril at end of 2016 season

Hitting partner is Andrew Fitzpatrick

Vekic:

Making fourth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (fifth overall). Through to 2r for the second time, having reached

this stage in 2014 (l. Zvonareva)

2017 Wimbledon marks 16th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result came with 3r run at 2015 Roland

Garros (l. Ivanovic); at the other Slams, has reached 2r at Australian Open on two occasions (2013, 2017) and at US

Open once (2013), as well as at Wimbledon

Playing 2017 Wimbledon on a ranking of No.58, just one place off her career‐high of No.57, set the week of June 26,

2017

This year’s grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. Konta, her

opponent today at Wimbledon, in final. Until this title run, had not posted back‐to‐back main draw wins since

September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent)

Heading into today’s match against No.7 Konta has two Top 10 wins to her name – as well as defeating then‐No.8

Konta in Nottingham final, defeated then‐No.10 Cibulkova in final at 2014 Kuala Lumpur to capture her first WTA

singles title. Other Top 25 wins have been over No.24 Cirstea (2013 Birmingham), No.21 Vinci (2014 Wimbledon) and

No.25 Ivanovic (2016 Cincinnati)

Other grass results this season have included 1r exits at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR (l. Loeb) and Birmingham (l. Riske)

Has successfully won through qualifying at four tour‐level events in 2017, from six attempts (has played 14 main draws

overall)

Clay season ended with 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Zhang). Reached 2r at Madrid (as qualifier, l. Doi); successfully

qualified at Rome (l. Garcia in 1r) and fell in qualifying at Prague

On this year’s Sunshine Double, reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. Halep) and fell 1r at Miami (as qualifier, l. Wang)

Also reached 2r at Monterrey (l. Cornet) and 2r indoors at Biel (l. Kr. Pliskova)

In other early season results, fell in 2r at St Petersburg (as LL, l. Cibulkova) and also at Budapest (l. Goerges) and

Australian Open (l. Wozniacki). Her 1r win in Melbourne was first Grand Slam main draw victory since reaching 3r at

2015 Roland Garros

Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (as wildcard, l. Muhammed) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. Gavrilova)

Ended 2016 ranked No.101. Posted best year‐end finish in 2014, at No.84

Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh. Also reached QF at

WTA 125K event at Limoges

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

and Zhang at Tianjin

2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l. Hibino) and QF at Baku

When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs10mos, 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 Tamira Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner‐up on grass at 2013

Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2017 Nottingham, owns a 2‐3 record in singles

finals

Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013

On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title

Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012‐15, 2017

Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track/hurdles) and father, Igor (goalkeeper)

Currently coached by Nick Horvat; physical coach is Dario Novak

Previously coached by David Felgate. Has also worked with former Roland Garros champion and Croatian Fed Cup

captain Iva Majoli


MATCH NOTES

[8] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #9) vs. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #93)


DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA

9

28

06-05-1989 (28)

$524,785

$11,399,709

0 / 8

1 / 1

15-14 / 337-237

6-8 / 109-92

4-2 / 79-57

JENNIFER BRADY

93

89

12-04-1995 (22)

$267,338

$439,625

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-0

4-8 / 6-12

1-2 / 2-3

2-2 / 2-2

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











17-9

1-0 / 1-0 1-3 / 33-20

1-1 / 62-94

0-1 / 34-55

1-5 / 26-26

1-2 / 1-3

0-0 / 0-0

0-1 / 0-1



[8] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #9)

R128: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #90) 6-3,3-6,9-7 (2h45)

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #93)

R128: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #125) 6-3,6-1 (0h57)

vs.

Total games: 16

Won/lost: 12-4

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 34

Won/lost: 18-16

Sets won/lost: 2-1




DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA

2016

QF L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #50) 6-2 6-2

R16 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-3 5-7 9-7

R3 W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #48) 6-4 6-3

R2 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #56) 6-3 6-2

R1 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #53) 7-5 6-3

JENNIFER BRADY

2016

R1* L - JULIA BOSERUP (USA #225) 6-2 6-2



Cibulkova:

Making 10th main draw appearance at Wimbledon (11th overall). Two‐time quarterfinalist, in 2011 (l. Sharapova) and

2016 (l. Vesnina)

2017 Wimbledon marks 39th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result across the majors came with

runner‐up finish at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li). Defeated four seeds en route to final at Melbourne Park, including

No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska to become first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand

Slam singles final

At Roland Garros, advanced to SF in 2009 (l. eventual R‐Up Safina) and QF in 2012 (l. Stosur), while at US Open,

reached QF in 2010 (l. Wozniacki)


MATCH NOTES

2015

R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #72) 7-5 6-0

2014

R3 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #23) 6-4 6-2

R2 W - ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #89) 3-6 6-3 8-6

R1 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #117) 6-1 6-2

2013

R3 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #11) 6-1 6-4

R2 W - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #75) 6-0 6-1

R1 W - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #174) 6-4 4-6 6-4

2012

R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #31) 6-4 6-1

2011

QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) 6-1 6-1

R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5

R3 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) 6-4 1-6 6-3

R2 W - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #59) 6-1 6-2

R1 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #91) 3-6 6-3 8-6

2010


R2 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #101) 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 7-5

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 7-6(5) 6-4

2009

R3 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #37) 7-5 4-6 6-4

R2 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #71) 6-2 6-4

R1 W - JULIE COIN (FRA #65) 6-4 3-6 6-3

2008

R1 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #133) 6-4 6-3

2007

R1* L - ANDA PERIANU (ROU #221) 7-6(8) 1-6 10-8


Here at Wimbledon, to reach 2r defeated Petkovic in a match that lasted 2hr45mins, converting on sixth match point.

Owns a 23‐6 record in Grand Slam 2r matches (6‐0 at Wimbledon)

Entered Wimbledon on a four‐match losing streak; after R16 runs at both Indian Wells (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Miami

(l. Safarova) posted a 2‐6 win‐loss record, three of last four losses being to players ranked outside Top 100

Went 0‐3 on grass in lead‐up to 2017 Wimbledon, falling 1r at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Lottner, ranked No.161) and

Birmingham (l. Safarova, having held two match points) and dropping 2r opener at Eastbourne (l. Watson, ranked

No.126)

Won first WTA doubles title of career at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (w/Flipkens)

Clay season ended with 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Jabeur, ranked No.114). Also fell in 2r at Madrid (l. Dodin) and

Rome (after 1r bye, l. Makarova)

Posted new career‐high ranking week of April 24, 2017 at No.4; playing 2017 Wimbledon at No.9

Middle East swing results included 2r defeat in Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Makarova) and SF run at Doha (l. to Ka.Pliskova)

the previous week; win over Stosur in Doha QF was 400th career match win (all levels)

In February, posted SF run at St Petersburg (l. Putintseva)

Reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. Makarova in 3s)

Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. eventual runner‐up Cornet); made 2r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

Is 1‐1 against Top 20 opponents in 2017, defeating No.16 Vesnina in QF at St Petersburg in February

Posted first Top 10 season of career in 2016, finishing at No.5

Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined for four months

with a left Achilles problem, with ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016

Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1‐2 in group stage before

defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in SF and World No.1 Kerber in final

At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first player to win

WTA Finals on debut since Kvitova in 2011

Won career‐high 53 matches in 2016 (previous best was 42 matches in 2011)

Won a WTA‐leading four singles titles in 2016 – qualified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. Golubic in F)

after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at

Acapulco (l. Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco; overall is 8‐10 in singles finals

Other notable results in 2016 season included SF runs at Hobart (l. eventual R‐Up Bouchard) and Stanford (l. Konta)

Withdrew from Rio Olympics in singles and doubles (w/left calf injury)

Owns 34 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight coming in 2016) including three over reigning World No.1s: Wozniacki

at 2011 Wimbledon, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals

Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami)

Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main draw debut at 2006 Istanbul

In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak

catch‐cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who

have fallen on tough times

Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava in July 2016, after Wimbledon

Coached by Matej Liptak

Brady:

Making main draw debut at Wimbledon, having fallen in qualifying in 2016

2017 Wimbledon marks third main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, after 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland

Garros

In January this year, won through qualifying at 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, eventually losing to Lucic‐Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at

the Australian Open in Open Era

Also 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)

Prior to 2017 Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open (2014‐16), Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon

(2016)

Against No.9 Cibulkova today at the All England Club is looking for first Top 10 win of career

Played just one tune‐up on grass before Wimbledon – reached QF at $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR (l. Maria)

Fell 1r on tournament debut at 2017 Roland Garros – l. No.14 Mladenovic, taking record vs. Top 20 opponents to 1‐3

having defeated No.18 Vesnina at 2017 Australian Open and taken losses to No.20 Svitolina at 2016 Montréal and

No.17 Strycova at 2017 Stuttgart

Did not win a main draw match on clay this year, suffering defeats in qualifying for Rome and Madrid and in 1r at

Strasbourg (l. Garcia), Stuttgart (as lucky loser, l. Strycova) and Charleston (l. Barthel)

Also fell at first hurdle at Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Townsend), Indian Wells (l. Rogers) – her first tournament at

Premier Mandatory level – and Miami (l. Flipkens)

Began 2017 season by falling in qualifying at Brisbane (l. Schiavone) and Sydney (l. McHale)

Reached career‐high ranking of No.75 on April 10, 2017, having broken into Top 100 for first time following Australian

Open run

Currently the US No.12 of 13 women in current Top 100 (week of July 3, 2017)

2017 Wimbledon marks just 13th tour‐level main draw. First four appearances came in 2016: Rio de Janeiro (as

qualifier, l. Hercog in 1r), Stanford (l. Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. Svitolina in 1r) and Guangzhou (l. Konjuh in

QF)

Prior to 2017 Australian Open posted first and only WTA main draw wins at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and

Kovinic)

On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles (most recently at $25k ITF/El Paso‐USA in 2015) and four doubles titles

Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in 2013. Completed

sophomore year of studies before turning professional in 2015

Trained during the 2017‐17 off‐season at the new USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida

Started playing tennis at age seven; tennis idols growing up were Justine Henin and Lleyton Hewitt

Coached by Roger Anderson; fitness trainer is Satoshi Ochi


MATCH NOTES

QIANG WANG (CHN #55) vs. [10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11)

Head to Head: VENUS WILLIAMS leads 1-0

2017 CLAY O R1 VENUS WILLIAMS 101 mins6-4 7-6(3) ROLAND GARROS

QIANG WANG

55

32

14-01-1992 (25)

$333,354

$1,184,771

0 / 0

0 / 0

15-11 / 29-43

5-4 / 10-16

3-3 / 6-4

VENUS WILLIAMS

11

8

17-06-1980 (37)

$2,088,888

$36,520,636

0 / 49

0 / 22

82-14

21-7 / 741-214

4-4 / 162-103

9-1 / 124-87

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-2

1-0 / 87-18 1-0 / 1-3

1-4 / 2-11

0-3 / 1-7

0-1 / 1-2

3-4 / 224-137

3-2 / 130-94

3-0 / 69-14



QIANG WANG (CHN #55)

R128: d. KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #111) 6-3,6-4 (1h6)

[10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11)

R128: d. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #54) 7-6(7),6-4 (1h39)

vs.

Total games: 23

Won/lost: 13-10

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 19

Won/lost: 12-7

Sets won/lost: 2-0




QIANG WANG

2016

R1 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #56) 2-6 6-3 6-4

2015

R1 L - RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #123) 6-4 6-4

VENUS WILLIAMS

2016

SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 6-4 6-4

QF W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #96) 7-6(5) 6-2

R16 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) 7-6(3) 6-4

R3 W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #33) 7-5 4-6 10-8

R2 W - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #115) 7-5 4-6 6-3




MATCH NOTES

R1 W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #112) 7-6(3) 6-4

2015


R3 W - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #82) 6-3 6-2

R2 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #95) 7-6(5) 6-4

R1 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #36) 6-0 6-0

2014

R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 5-7 7-6(2) 7-5

R2 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #41) 7-6(4) 6-1

R1 W - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #56) 6-4 4-6 6-2

2012

R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #79) 6-1 6-3

2011

R16 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #33) 6-2 6-3

R3 W - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #76) 6-0 6-2

R2 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #57) 6-7(6) 6-3 8-6

R1 W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #97) 6-3 6-1

2010

QF L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #82) 6-2 6-3

R16 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #92) 6-4 7-6(5)

R3 W - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #27) 6-4 6-2

R2 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #67) 6-0 6-4

R1 W - ROSSANA DE LOS RÍOS (PAR #91) 6-3 6-2

2009

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #2) 7-6(3) 6-2

SF W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #1) 6-1 6-0

QF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #14) 6-1 6-2

R16 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 6-1 0-1

R3 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #34) 6-0 6-4

R2 W - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #73) 6-3 6-2

R1 W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #97) 6-3 6-2

2008

F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 7-5 6-4

SF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) 6-1 7-6(3)

QF W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #60) 6-4 6-3



R2 W - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #92) 7-5 6-2

R1 W - NAOMI CAVADAY (GBR #197) 7-6(5) 6-1



MATCH NOTES

2007

F W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #19) 6-4 6-1

SF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #6) 6-2 6-4

QF W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #5) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-1 6-3

R3 W - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #71) 6-2 3-6 7-5

R2 W - HANA SROMOVA (CZE #170) 6-2 6-2

R1 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #59) 2-6 6-3 7-5

2006

R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #29) 7-6(8) 4-6 6-4

R2 W - LISA RAYMOND (USA #84) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2

R1 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #103) 6-1 6-0

2005

F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #1) 4-6 7-6(4) 9-7

SF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 7-6(2) 6-1

QF W - MARY PIERCE (FRA #14) 6-0 7-6(10)

R16 W - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #85) 6-0 6-2

R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #28) 7-5 6-3

R2 W - NICOLE PRATT (AUS #121) 7-5 6-3

R1 W - EVA BIRNEROVA (CZE #111) 6-2 6-4

2004

R2 L - KAROLINA SPREM (CRO #30) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

R1 W - MARIE-GAYANAY MIKAELIAN (SUI #106) 6-3 6-0

2003

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 4-6 6-4 6-2

SF W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #2) 4-6 6-3 6-1

QF W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #5) 6-2 2-6 6-1

R16 W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #17) 6-1 6-2

R3 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #27) 6-1 6-2

R2 W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #42) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - STANISLAVA HROZENSKA (SVK #194) 6-2 6-2

2002


SF W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #6) 6-3 6-2

QF W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #48) 6-2 6-0

R16 W - LISA RAYMOND (USA #35) 6-1 6-2

R3 W - MAUREEN DRAKE (CAN #110) 5-7 6-2 6-1

R2 W - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #54) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - JANE O'DONOGHUE (GBR #344) 6-1 6-1


Wang:

Making third appearance at Wimbledon; through to 2r for the first time after 1r losses in 2015‐16

2017 Wimbledon marks 12th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam

Looking to reach 3r at a Slam for the first time, having fallen in 2r on five occasions: at 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua),

2015 US Open (l. Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2016

US Open (l. Shvedova)

One of six Chinese women in starting field at 2017 Wimbledon (also Duan, Han, Peng, Zhang and Zheng)


MATCH NOTES

2001

F W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #9) 6-1 3-6 6-0

SF W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #3) 6-2 6-7(1) 6-1

QF W - NATHALIE TAUZIAT (FRA #10) 7-5 6-1


R3 W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #29) 6-2 6-2


R1 W - SHINOBU ASAGOE (JPN #62) 6-2 6-3

2000

F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-3 7-6(3)

SF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-2 7-6(3)

QF W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 4-6 6-4

R16 W - SABINE APPELMANS (BEL #27) 6-4 6-4

R3 W - NATHALIE DECHY (FRA #24) 6-0 7-6(4)

R2 W - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #20) 6-1 6-4

R1 W - KVETA PESCHKE (CZE #41) 6-3 6-1

1999

QF L - STEFFI GRAF (GER #3) 6-2 3-6 6-4

R16 W - ANNA KOURNIKOVA (RUS #17) 3-6 6-3 6-2

R3 W - SARAH PITKOWSKI-MALCOR (FRA #36) 6-1 6-1

R2 W - ELENA TATARKOVA (UKR #54) 6-3 6-4

R1 W - MIRIAM OREMANS (NED #55) 6-1 7-5

1998

QF L - JANA NOVOTNA (CZE #3) 7-5 7-6(2)


R3 W - CHANDA RUBIN (USA #55) 6-3 6-4

R2 W - BARBARA SCHETT (AUT #30) 6-1 6-2

R1 W - JANA NEJEDLY (CAN #98) 6-3 6-3

1997

R1 L - MAGDALENA GRZYBOWSKA (POL #91) 4-6 6-2 6-4


Plays No.11 V.Williams today, a reprise of their recent 1r meeting at Roland Garros, won by Williams. Owns 2‐11

career record against Top 20 players, with wins coming against No.10 Wozniacki (2013 Kuala Lumpur) and No.15

Vesnina (2017 Rome)

Has lost her past four encounters with American players, against Davis (2017 Doha), Min (2016 Dalian), Brady

(2016 Cincinnati) and V.Williams (2017 Roland Garros) Most recent win over a US player came over Stephens in 1r

of 2016 Australian Open

Did not play a grass court event before Wimbledon qualifying last week

During this year’s clay season made 2r showings at Strasbourg (l. Rogers) and Rome (as qualifier, l. Barthel);

reached career‐high No.50 following Rome run

At Madrid, advanced to R16 (l. Kuznetsova) – her best performance at a Premier Mandatory tournament. In

opening clay tournament of 2017 made 2r at Prague (l. Giorgi)

Won biggest title of career in April, at WTA 125K Series event in Zhengzhou (d. Peng in F)

During the Sunshine Double, fell 2r at both Indian Wells (l. Svitolina) and Miami (l. A.Radwanska)

In February, followed qualifying exit at Doha by reaching back‐to‐back QF at Premier‐level Dubai (l. Sevastova) and

International‐level Kuala Lumpur (l. Han)

Opened 2017 season with a QF run at Shenzhen (l. Giorgi), before falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Lucic‐Baroni)

Ended 2016 at No.70 – her career best year‐end ranking and second Top 100 finish (also in 2014 at No.100)

2016 highlights included QF runs at Shenzhen (l. A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki)

and WTA 125k Series event at Dalian (l. Min)

Reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova)

Represented China at Rio Olympics – l. Kuznetsova in 1r in three sets

In 2016, posted a 14‐1 record between March–May on the ITF Circuit, winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou‐CHN and $100k

ITF/Shenzhen‐CHN, and finishing runner‐up at $75k ITF/Gifu‐JPN

Currently the No.3 of five Chinese women ranked in Top 100 (as of July 3, 2017)

Member of Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012‐2016

On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main draw debut at 2012 Baku

Won Chinese U/16 Championships in 2006 and U/18 Championships in 2007

Began playing tennis aged nine as a way to keep fit

Favorite surface is hardcourt; favorite tournament is US Open

Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player

Admires Zheng Jie

Coached by Peter McNamara

V.Williams:

Making 20th appearance at Wimbledon (most among active players); at 37 years of age, is the oldest woman in

the starting field at this year’s Championships

Owns a 57‐7 record in Grand Slam 2r matches (16‐1 at Wimbledon, falling to Sprem in 2004)

2017 Wimbledon marks 75th Grand Slam main draw appearance – the Open Era record, ahead of Frazier (71),

Navratilova (67), Schiavone (67) and S.Williams (66)

Her 252‐66 Grand Slam record is second only to Serena’s (316‐43) among active players, and places her fifth on

the Open Era list also behind Navratilova, Evert and Graf

By taking to the court today against Wang will surpass Serena for most main draw matches played at the All

England Club among active players – 97 (owns 82‐14 win‐loss record, compared to Serena’s 86‐10). In Open Era,

only Navratilova (120‐14) and Evert (96‐15) played and won here more times

Is a seven‐time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: 2000 (d. Davenport in F), 2001 (d.

Henin in F), 2005 (d. Davenport in F), 2007 (d. Bartoli in F) and 2008 (d. S. Williams in F); also won US Open twice

(2000‐01)

In addition, an eight‐time Grand Slam R‐Up across all four majors: Wimbledon (2002‐03 and 2009), US Open (1997,

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

Successfully defended the Wimbledon title twice: 2000‐2001 and 2007‐08

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

in F)

2017 Australian Open final vs. sister Serena marked first Slam title bout in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon

– l. S.Williams). In the Open Era, no player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final – Mauresmo

waited seven years between finishing runner‐up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open. Also,

at 36 years of age, became the oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era

Title match at 2017 Australian Open between Venus and Serena was the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam

final match‐up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and

Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

Coming off R16 effort at 2017 Roland Garros – has now reached at least R16 at five successive Slams since 2016

Roland Garros (R16), 2016 Wimbledon (SF), 2016 US Open (R16), 2017 Australian Open (R‐Up); last posted this

number of uninterrupted R16 appearances between 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open

Arrived in Paris after contesting two clay events in lead‐up to Roland Garros, losing opening match at Charleston

(after 1r bye, l. Siegemund) and reaching QF at Rome (l. Muguruza)

Defeat of No.6 Konta in Rome R16 was first clay win over a higher‐ranked opponent since Rome 2012

During this year’s Sunshine double advanced to SF at Miami (l. eventual champion Konta), in what was her 18th

appearance there

Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Miami semifinals. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10

in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (38 years, 75 days)

Defeated World No.1 Kerber in Miami QF, to improve lifetime record vs. No.1s to 15‐22 (also eight wins vs. Hingis,

two wins vs. Davenport, one win vs. Safina, one win vs. Jankovic, two wins vs. Serena). Prior to defeat of Kerber,

last victory over a reigning World No.1 was at 2014 Montréal (d. Serena in SF)

At 36 years and 9 months, is the oldest player in the Open Era to defeat a World No.1 ranked player; previous

record holder was Navratilova at 36 years and 4 months (1993 Paris Indoors, d. Seles in F)

Also enjoyed QF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina). Before this had lost opening match at her last

five WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments, at 2015 Madrid (l. Azarenka), 2015 Beijing (l. Ivanovic), 2016 Indian

Wells (l. Nara), 2016 Miami (l. Vesnina) and 2016 Beijing (l. Peng)

Made 2r exit at St Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion Mladenovic)

Embarked on historic run to Australian Open singles final in January (l. S.Williams)

Opened 2017 season at Auckland – defeated New Zealand wildcard Jade Lewis in 1r before conceding w/o to

Osaka in 2r, citing right arm injury

Ended 2016 at No.17, down from No.7 in 2015, for 15th non‐consecutive Top 20 finish; record includes six Top 5

year‐end finishes

2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th career

singles final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fifth‐oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean King (39) at

1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoors] and Francesca

Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá

Currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles). Of her 49 titles, five have come on

grass – all at Wimbledon

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. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l. eventual

R‐Up Ka.Pliskova)

Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/S.Williams, l. eventual bronze

medalists Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

In 2015, returned to Top 10 following 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai triumph for first time since March 2011. At 35

years of age, was the oldest player to rank in Top 10 since 38‐year‐old Navratilova in December 1994 (whose run

ended on January 1, 1995)

Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); has 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 (now Stanford) in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before

falling to then‐world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets

Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt


MATCH NOTES

MADISON BRENGLE (USA #95) vs. [11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

Head to Head: MADISON BRENGLE leads 2-1

2016 HARD O R1 PETRA KVITOVA 72 mins6-3 6-3 TOKYO

2016 HARD O R16 MADISON BRENGLE 121 mins0-6 7-6(1) 6-3 DUBAI

2015 CLAY I R16 MADISON BRENGLE 96 mins6-3 7-6(2) STUTTGART

MADISON BRENGLE

95

64

03-04-1990 (27)

$239,930

$1,862,186

0 / 0

0 / 0

8-11 / 55-75

5-3 / 19-21

3-2 / 15-12

PETRA KVITOVA

12

68

08-03-1990 (27)

$230,291

$23,121,987

1 / 20

0 / 0

30-7

7-1 / 340-163

1-0 / 102-66

1-2 / 67-46

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-2

6-0 / 47-15 1-1 / 6-6

1-1 / 4-24

1-1 / 3-10

0-1 / 7-8

1-0 / 81-74

0-0 / 43-45

1-0 / 39-12



MADISON BRENGLE (USA #95)

R128: d. RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #104) 6-3,6-3 (1h06)

[11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

R128: d. JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #53) 6-3,6-4 (1h24)

vs.

Total games: 19

Won/lost: 12-7

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 18

Won/lost: 12-6

Sets won/lost: 2-0




MADISON BRENGLE

2016

R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #93) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3

2015

R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 6-0 6-0

PETRA KVITOVA

2016

R2 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) 7-5 7-6(5)

R1 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #85) 6-0 6-4




MATCH NOTES

2014

R3* L - TEREZA SMITKOVA (CZE #175) 6-3 3-6 6-1

R2* W - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #137) 6-4 7-6(2)

R1* W - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #93) 6-2 3-6 6-4

2013

R1* L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #210) 6-3 1-6 6-4

2012

R1* L - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #116) 6-3 6-4

2011

R1* L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #133) 3-6 6-1 6-4

2010

R2* L - GRETA ARN (HUN #136) 6-1 7-6(3)

R1* W - KSENIA PALKINA (KGZ #251) 6-2 6-1

2009

R3* L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #101) 6-0 6-3

R2* W - KATHRIN WOERLE-SCHELLER (GER #151) 6-4 6-3

R1* W - STÉPHANIE COHEN-ALORO (FRA #166) 7-6(2) 7-6(2)

2015

R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #30) 3-6 7-5 6-4

R2 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #57) 6-2 6-0


2014

F W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 6-3 6-0

SF W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #23) 7-6(6) 6-1

QF W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #43) 6-1 7-5

R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-3 6-2

R3 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #31) 5-7 7-6(2) 7-5

R2 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #59) 6-2 6-0

R1 W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #118) 6-3 6-0

2013

QF L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #20) 4-6 6-3 6-4


R3 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #27) 6-3 2-6 6-3

R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #55) W/O

R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #108) 6-1 5-7 6-4

2012

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-3 7-5

R16 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #26) 4-6 7-5 6-1

R3 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #53) 6-1 6-0

R2 W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #101) 6-0 6-4


2011

F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) 6-3 6-4

SF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #5) 6-1 3-6 6-2

QF W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #33) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

R16 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #19) 6-0 6-2

R3 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #29) 6-3 6-3


R1 W - ALEXA GLATCH (USA #173) 6-2 6-2

2010

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(5) 6-2

QF W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #80) 4-6 7-6(8) 8-6

R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #4) 6-2 6-0

R3 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #11) 7-5 6-0

R2 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #24) 6-4 2-6 6-2


2009

R1 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #59) 6-4 6-4

2008

R1 L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #67) 6-4 0-6 6-4


Brengle:

Making third Wimbledon appearance and has reached 2r for first time

Fell 1r in 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2016 (l. Nara). Lost in qualifying 2009‐14

Is appearing in her 16th career Slam at 2017 Wimbledon. Best performance was R16 run at 2015 Australian Open (l. Keys).

Reached 3r at 2015 US Open (l. Kontaveit) and at 2017 Roland Garros made 2r (l. Bacsinszky)

In 1r saw off Hogenkamp in just over an hour

Faces No.12 Kvitova today; owns 4‐24 record against Top 20 players, most recently beating No.2 S.Williams at 2017

Auckland

Record in 2r at the majors stands at 3‐2, most recently at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky)

Prepared for Wimbledon by reaching QF at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. eventual champion Rybarikova) and falling 1r at

's‐Hertogenbosch

On clay, reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Stosur). Prior to this,

won ninth and 10th career titles on ITF Circuit, at $60k ITF/Charleston‐SC, USA and $60k ITF/Charlottesville‐VA, USA (both

on clay)

Suffered 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Podoroska) and 2r exits at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova), Indian Wells (l. Vinci) and Acapulco (l.

Ostapenko)

Middle East Swing results include back‐to‐back 1r exits at Doha (as qualifier, l. Garcia) and Dubai (l. Doi)

Fell in 1r at 2017 Australian Open (l. compatriot Riske)

Started 2017 at Auckland, advancing to 3r (l. 1r opponent here Ostapenko); defeated No.2 S.Williams en route; owns a 3‐9

record against Top 10 opponents, other wins coming against No.8 Kvitova at 2016 Dubai and No.4 Kvitova at 2015

Stuttgart

Ended 2016 at No.75 – third consecutive Top 100 finish

2016 season is highlighted by SF appearance at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. eventual champion Vandeweghe) and QF showing at

Dubai (l. eventual champion Errani)

2016 ‘s‐Hertogenbosch was third tour‐level SF of career (also finalist at 2015 Hobart; semifinalist at 2015 Stuttgart)

Other notable 2016 results include a 3r appearance at the Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber) and R16 at

Eastbourne (l. Vesnina)

Ended 2015 at No.40 for career best year‐end finish (up from No.90 in 2014)

Enjoyed breakthrough start to 2015, reaching first WTA singles final at Hobart (as qualifier, l.Watson), followed by R16 run

at Australian Open – left Australia with a 14‐3 record

Reached first SF at Premier‐level at 2015 Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kerber); posted first Top 5 win of career over

No.4 Kvitova in 2r. Did not make cut on original entry list but gained admittance due to player withdrawals

Following SF run at 2015 Stuttgart, lost 1r at her next eight tournaments – Prague (l. Strycova), Madrid (l. S.Williams),

Rome (l. Keys), Strasbourg (l. Tomljanovic), Roland Garros (l. Stosur), Eastbourne (l. Hercog), Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and

Washington DC (l. Begu); broke losing streak at Toronto (d. Zhao in 1r)

Reached two QFs in 2015, at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. Tomljanovic) and Linz (l. Larsson)

1r win over Zheng Saisai at 2015 US Open ‐ at three hours, 20 minutes ‐ set a new record for longest women’s match at the

US Open since the introduction of the tiebreak in 1970. Record was surpassed by Konta vs. Muguruza later in same

tournament, which took three hours, 23 minutes

Achieved career‐high ranking of No.35 on 4 May 2015

Currently the US No.14 ranked woman of 17 in Top 100 (as at March 20, 2017)

Reached first WTA QF at 2014 Linz; as qualifier, advanced when Begu retired in second set of 1r match and received

walkover from Ivanovic in 2r

Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Australian Open (as WC)

Played first tour event at 2005 US Open, falling 1r of qualifying (as WC)

Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Allentown, PA‐USA in 2004; won first of seven ITF singles titles in 2005

Coached by mother Gaby Brengle and Julie Coin

Kvitova:

Making 10th main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Is a two‐time champion here, lifting the trophy in 2011 (d. Sharapova

in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F)

Other notable results at the All England Club include a SF run in 2010 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), and QFs in 2012 (l.

eventual champion S.Williams) and 2013 (l. Flipkens)

With 2011 victory, was the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016

Roland Garros and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros)

One of two former Wimbledon champions in the draw (also V.Williams)

2017 Wimbledon marks 36th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slams results include

two SF showings at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF

at 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva)

In 1r saw off No.53 Larsson. Faces another player ranked outside Top 50, Brengle, today; has lost two of their three career

meetings, although won the most recent of these, last year at Tokyo [PPO]

Record in Grand Slam 2r matches stands at 23‐5, falling at this stage in her most recent Slam, 2017 Roland Garros (l.

Mattek‐Sands)

Playing in third event of 2017 – required extensive surgery on left hand after a knife attack in her home on December 20,

2016; remains subject of a police investigation in Czech Republic

Withdrew from Eastbourne last week due to abdominal injury

In second tournament of season, clinched 20th singles title at Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Is now joint‐fifth – with 20 – on

the list of among active players for most title wins, behind S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49), Sharapova (35), Wozniacki (25),

and tied with Azarenka and A.Radwanska

2017 Birmingham marked her first final on grass since winning Wimbledon in 2014. Record in tour‐level singles finals now

stands at 20‐7

Has won at least one title every year on tour since 2011; only S.Williams (since 2007) has a longer active streak (Wozniacki

has won a title every year since 2008, but is yet to capture one in 2017)

Defeated fellow Czechs Smitkova (1r) and Safarova in SF en route to Birmingham title – is currently now on a 22‐match win

streak vs. fellow Czechs, and overall is 27‐3 in tour‐level main draw matches against her countrywomen. Her only losses

have come to Hradecka (2012 Madrid), Strycova (2011 Indian Wells) and Benesova (2010 Barcelona)

Birmingham was her 27th tour‐level singles final, moving her joint‐eighth on the list among active players:

PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL SINGLES FINALS

1) Serena Williams 92

2) Venus Williams 81

3) Maria Sharapova 58

4) Caroline Wozniacki 45

5) Svetlana Kuznetsova 40

=6) Victoria Azarenka 36

=6) Jelena Jankovic 36

7) Agnieszka Radwanska 28

=8) Patty Schnyder 27

=8) Petra Kvitova 27

9) Angelique Kerber 26

Made 2017 season debut at Roland Garros (d. Boserup in 1r, l. Mattek‐Sands in 2r)

During time away from tennis this year, enrolled in a communications and social media course at the University of Jan

Amos Komensky. Also enjoyed time with her family and school friends, spent time in Monaco, trained at Club La Santa in

Lanzarote twice and played chess with her coach Jiri

Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes

Won two WTA singles titles last season (2016), at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d.

Svitolina in F)

Defeated five Top 20 players en route to the 2016 Wuhan title: No.18 Svitolina (2r), No.1 Kerber (R16), No.13 Konta (QF),

No.5 Halep (SF) and No.12 Cibulkova (F). Defeat of Kerber at Wuhan improved career record vs. reigning No.1s to 4‐4. Wins

have come over Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid ‐ ending the American’s

27‐match winning streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan)

Also finished R‐Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F). Record in WTA singles finals stands at 20‐7

Was part of Czech Republic team to defend Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia, d. Mladenovic, then

teamed w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out

of the last six years, and three‐in‐a‐row, although saw their reign ended by USA in the 2017 semifinals

Contested Rio Olympics at beginning of August 2016, winning the bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal

play‐off)

2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New

Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament

title three times

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 match wins from ascending to No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months)

Lost status as top‐ranked Czech to Ka.Pliskova in mid‐August for the first time since 2011

A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport

Parents, Jiri and Pavla, plus her brothers, Jiri and Libor attended first match here at Roland Garros

Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open.

Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016

Fitness trainer is David Vydra


MATCH NOTES

[13] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #13) vs. [Q] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #142)


JELENA OSTAPENKO

13

5

08-06-1997 (20)

$2,678,597

$3,612,891

1 / 1

2 / 2

26-12 / 52-42

12-6 / 20-17

4-4 / 12-7

FRANCOISE ABANDA

142

170

05-02-1997 (20)

$96,621

$275,105

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-0

2-1 / 6-14

0-0 / 1-4

0-0 / 1-4

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











2-2

1-0 / 1-0 2-1 / 7-6

4-4 / 7-13

1-4 / 3-6

0-1 / 3-4

0-1 / 0-5

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0



[13] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #13)

R128: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #89) 6-0,1-6,6-3 (1h19)

[Q] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #142)

R128: d. KURUMI NARA (JPN #94) 6-2,6-4 (1h24)

vs.

Total games: 18

Won/lost: 12-6

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 22

Won/lost: 13-9

Sets won/lost: 2-1




JELENA OSTAPENKO FRANCOISE ABANDA

2016

R1 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #28) 6-3 6-2

2015

R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #38) 6-4 7-5




Ostapenko:

Making third consecutive main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Through to 2r for the second time, after debut in

2015, when she scored her career first Top 10 win of career over No.9 Suárez Navarro in 1r (l. Mladenovic); fell 1r in

2016 (l. Bertens)

Defeated Sasnovich in topsy‐turvy three sets on Monday evening

Owns a 2‐2 record in Grand Slam 2r matches; suffered 1r exits at all four majors in 2016

Faces No.142 Abanda today at the All England Club. Last loss to a player ranked outside Top 100 was to No.127

Sorribes Tormo at 2016 Linz (October)

Won first tour‐level singles title and Grand Slam trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first Latvian

player to win a major title; was also first from her country to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam;

previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros

Prior to 2017 Roland Garros, deepest runs at a Grand Slam by a Latvian‐born woman were QF appearances by

Savchenko‐Neiland (1988 US Open; 1994 Wimbledon) and Sevastova (2016 US Open)

The last woman to win her debut tour‐level title at a Grand Slam was Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d.

Walsh in F); the last player to win their debut title at Roland Garros was Gustavo Kuerten, who lifted the title on June

8, 1997 – the day Ostapenko was born

Became the first unseeded player, and lowest‐ranked player to win Roland Garros in the Open Era

At 20‐years‐old, was youngest player to reach a Grand Slam final since 19‐year‐old Wozniacki at 2009 US Open (l.

Clijsters). With the title in Paris, made the fewest number of Grand Slam main draw appearances before winning

debut Slam title since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was 7th appearance)

With the title in Paris, made the fewest number of Grand Slam main draw appearances (eight) before winning debut

Slam title since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was seventh appearance)

2017 Wimbledon marks ninth Grand Slam main draw appearance. Prior to victory at 2017 Roland Garros, previous

best result at a major was reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

At US Open has reached 2r in 2015 (l. Errani)

Won junior Wimbledon singles title in 2014 (d. Kristina Schmiedlova in F), is one of nine former junior champions in

the starting field this fortnight (also Flipkens, Bondarenko, A.Radwanska, Wozniacki, Robson, Kr.Pliskova, Barty,

Bouchard and Potapova)

Contesting 2017 Wimbledon at World No.13, making her Top 20 debut after run in Paris – up 35 ranking positions

from start of Roland Garros (No.47)

Is only the third player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (after Kvitova, at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, and

Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros)


MATCH NOTES


Is the seventh player born in the 1990s to reach a Grand Slam singles final overall – in addition to champions Kvitova

and Muguruza, also Wozniacki (2009, 2014 US Open), Halep (2014 Roland Garros), Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon) and

Ka.Pliskova (2016 US Open), who all finished as R‐Up

Defeated No.12 Wozniacki and No.4 Halep en route to Roland Garros title. Record vs. Top 20 opponents is now 7‐13,

other wins coming over No.9 Suárez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon, which was first Grand Slam main draw match), No.8

Kvitova (2016 Doha), No.11 Kvitova (2016 Birmingham), No.12 Wozniacki (2017 Charleston) and No.11 Wozniacki

(2017 Prague)

Win over No.4 Halep in Paris marked career first Top 5 win (1‐4 overall record), with losses coming against No.5

Cibulkova (2017 Indian Wells), No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open), No.4 A.Radwanska (2016 New Haven) and

No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome)

Nearly doubled career prize money earnings by winning the title in Paris – entered tournament with USD $1.2 million

in prize money, and earned a paycheck of approx. USD $1.18 million

In only grass court event entering 2017 Wimbledon, fell R16 at Eastbourne (l. Konta)

Aside from Roland Garros performance, European clay court season highlighted by SF run at Prague (l. eventual R‐Up

Kr.Pliskova) – defeating No.11 Wozniacki and No.33 Konjuh en route. Fell 1r at Stuttgart (as qualifier, l. Vandeweghe).

Advanced to 2r at Rome (l. No.7 Muguruza)

Earlier this spring on green clay in Charleston, reached first final at a WTA event since 2016 Doha. Fell to then fellow

19‐year‐old Kasatkina in 2017 Charleston final; was the first unseeded Charleston final since 2002 (Majoli d. Schnyder)

and the first all‐teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Before making a run to the finals at Charleston, made 2r appearance at Indian Wells (l. Cibulkova) and 1r exit at Miami

(l. Brengle)

In February, posted back‐to‐back 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at Acapulco

(d. eventual champion Tsurenko)

Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis via ret. w/viral illness) and 3r at

2017 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova – served for match twice)

In doubles this season, won first and second career titles, at St Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo)

Ended 2016 ranked No.44 for her first Top 50 year‐end finish (and second consecutive Top 100)

2016 season highlight was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 1‐3 in WTA singles finals, after also

finishing R‐Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) and 2017 Charleston (l. Kasatkina)

Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha

Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur)

Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second‐highest

year‐end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles

Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013‐17; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

Highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, before Sevastova (as of July 3, 2017)

Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko

Half‐brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now)

Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard

Speaks Russian, Latvian and English

Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis – Ostapenko watched his Gulbis’ QF match here at Roland Garros

from his box in 2014

Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

Currently working with WTA player Anabel Medina Garrigues

Abanda:

Making tournament debut at Wimbledon; reached SF of girls’ singles in 2012 (l. Svitolina)

Won her way through qualifying with defeats of Kalinskaya, Kudryavtseva and Zhu; defeated Nara in 1r on Monday to

set up today’s clash with former junior rival Ostapenko

Faces No.13 Ostapenko today; following defeat by No.12 Wozniacki at 2017 Roland Garros is 0‐5 in her career to date

vs. Top 20 opponents – also l. No.12 Cibulkova (2014 Montréal), No.19 V.Williams (2014 Québec City), No.16 Petkovic

(2015 Toronto) and No.20 Svitolina (2016 Montréal)

Although this is their first professional meeting, Abanda defeated Ostapenko both times they played in the juniors,

including 1r at 2014 Roland Garros girls’ singles

2017 Wimbledon is the 12th tour level main draw tournament of her career and just second outside North America

(after 2017 Roland Garros); previous appearances came at Washington, DC (2014, 2016), Montréal (2014, 2016), US

Open (2014), Miami (2015), Toronto (2015) and Québec City (2014, 2015, 2016)

Only other Grand Slam main draw appearances came at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Lisicki in 1r) and 2017 Roland

Garros (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki in 2r). Fell in qualifying at Australian Open (2015, 2017) and US Open (2016)

Is 0‐1 in Grand Slam 2r matches

Grass court preparation for 2017 Wimbledon saw a QF run at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. Dzalamidze)

Also made her debut at Roland Garros this year, as a qualifier, advancing to 2r for first time at a Slam (d.

Andrianjafitrimo, l. Wozniacki)

Heading into Roland Garros made QF showing at $60k ITF/Charleston, SC‐USA (l. No.609 Liu)

Only other clay court appearance in 2017 was qualifying loss at Bogotá

Best win by ranking came this April against No.31 Putintseva during Canada’s 3‐2 Fed Cup World Group play‐off win

over Kazakhstan in April

Registered two wins in opening three months of 2017, falling in qualifying at Auckland, Australian Open, Acapulco,

Indian Wells and Miami

Finished 2016 ranked No.163 – her best year‐end ranking to date – and up from No.384 in 2015

Made three WTA main draw appearances in 2016 (all as a wild card), reaching 2r at Montréal (l. Svitolina) and Québec

City (l. Pegula) and 1r at Washington, DC (l. Arconada). Also fell in final round of qualifying at US Open

On the ITF Circuit, won the second and third titles of her career at $25k ITF/Irapuato‐MEX and $25k ITF/Redding,

CA‐USA

Other ITF Circuit title came in January 2014 at $25k ITF/Port St Lucie, FL‐USA; also owns two doubles titles at this level

Currently the Canadian No.2 behind Bouchard. Set career‐high rank of No.139 on June 19, 2017

Made Fed Cup debut for Canada in February 2015, falling to Ka.Pliskova in World Group 1r, but posted then‐best

career win over No.33 Begu of Romania in World Group play‐offs in April 2015

Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Washington, DC (as WC, l. King in 1r)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Lisicki in 1r)

Missed majority of 2013 season with a shoulder injury

Played first WTA event of career at 2012 Montréal, falling in final round of qualifying

Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Granby‐CAN in 2012 (l. Bouchard in 2r)

Junior highlights include reaching SF at 2012 Wimbledon and 2014 Roland Garros; rose as high as No.4 in the world

Began playing tennis at age seven after her elder sister Élisabeth began playing two years earlier; Élisabeth also played

tennis professionally and is a student at Barry University

Member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montréal since 2009

Favorite surface is grass

Her parents, Blaise Abanda and Cicle Assono Ahibena, are from Cameroon

Admires Serena and Venus Williams

Currently without a full‐time coach, but working here at Wimbledon with Canadian Fed Cup captain Sylvain Bruneau


MATCH NOTES

[15] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #16) vs. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #683)

Head to Head: VICTORIA AZARENKA leads 7-0

2016 HARD O R1 VICTORIA AZARENKA 87 mins6-2 6-0 BRISBANE

2014 HARD O R3 VICTORIA AZARENKA 57 mins6-1 6-1 US OPEN

2013 CLAY O R1 VICTORIA AZARENKA 78 mins6-1 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2013 HARD O R16 VICTORIA AZARENKA 57 mins6-1 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2012 HARD O R16 VICTORIA AZARENKA 93 mins6-3 6-3 BEIJING

2009 HARD O R3 VICTORIA AZARENKA 107 mins6-3 7-5 INDIAN WELLS

2007 HARD O SF VICTORIA AZARENKA N/A6-4 6-2 TASHKENT

ELENA VESNINA

16

12

01-08-1986 (30)

$1,826,935

$10,774,142

1 / 3

1 / 16

18-15 / 247-239

8-5 / 87-73

2-6 / 49-59

VICTORIA AZARENKA

683

509

31-07-1989 (27)

$3,400

$28,247,843

0 / 20

0 / 6

27-9

2-1 / 410-147

2-0 / 76-51

1-0 / 60-38

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











17-11

2-1 / 40-16 2-1 / 32-22

3-2 / 39-75

2-2 / 11-42

5-0 / 21-18

0-0 / 110-83

0-0 / 63-60

0-0 / 44-12



[15] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #16)

R128: d. [Q] ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #116) 6-4,5-7,6-2 (2h5)

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #683)

R128: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #40) 3-6,6-2,6-1 (1h45)

vs.

Total games: 24

Won/lost: 15-9

Sets won/lost: 2-1




Total games: 30

Won/lost: 17-13

Sets won/lost: 2-1




ELENA VESNINA

2016

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 6-0

VICTORIA AZARENKA

2015

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 3-6 6-2 6-3




MATCH NOTES

QF W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #18) 6-2 6-2


R3 W - JULIA BOSERUP (USA #225) 7-5 7-5

R2 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #38) 7-5 6-3

R1 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #110) 7-5 6-2

2015


2014

R2 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #43) 6-4 6-2

R1 W - PATRICIA MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT #74) 6-0 6-4

2013



2012

R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-2 6-1

R1 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #58) 6-1 6-3

2011

R2 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-1 7-6(5)

R1 W - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #90) 6-4 6-3

2010


2009

R16 L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) 6-1 6-3

R3 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #13) 7-5 4-6 6-4

R2 W - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #49) 6-3 6-4


2008

R2 L - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #108) 6-1 7-6(0)

R1 W - NURIA LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP #88) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4

2007

R3 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-1 6-3

R2 W - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #43) 6-1 6-2

R1 W - OLGA PUCHKOVA (RUS #32) 6-1 6-3

2006

R2 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #34) 6-4 3-6 6-3

R1 W - MARÍA SÁNCHEZ LORENZO (ESP #75) 2-6 6-4 6-3


R3 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #38) 6-4 6-4

R2 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #96) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #145) 6-2 6-1

2014

R2 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI (SRB #45) 6-3 3-6 7-5


2013

R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #166) W/O

R1 W - MARIA JOAO KOEHLER (POR #106) 6-1 6-2

2012

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-3 7-6(6)

QF W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #37) 6-3 7-6(4)


R3 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #178) 6-3 6-3

R2 W - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #87) 6-2 6-0

R1 W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #78) 6-1 6-4

2011

SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-1 3-6 6-2

QF W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #80) 6-3 6-1


R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #23) 6-3 3-6 6-2

R2 W - IVETA MELZER (CZE #53) 6-0 6-3

R1 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #66) 6-4 3-2

2010

R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #62) 7-5 6-0



2009


R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #10) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3

R3 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 7-6(2) 6-3

R2 W - RALUCA OLARU (ROU #75) 6-0 6-0

R1 W - SEVERINE BELTRAME (FRA #95) 6-2

2008

R3 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #18) 7-6(11) 7-6(4)


R1 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #41) 6-1 6-1

2007

R3 L - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #10) 6-4 6-2

R2 W - TATHIANA GARBIN (ITA #23) 6-1 6-3

R1 W - JELENA KOSTANIC TOSIC (CRO #86) 6-3 6-1

2006



Vesnina:

• Making 12th main draw appearance at Wimbledon

• Achieved career‐best Grand Slam result by reaching SF in 2016 (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Ranked No.50 at the

time, was the 19th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam SF since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand Slam with 32 seeds)

• Previously at Wimbledon had advanced to R16 in 2009 (l. Dementieva)

• Two‐time Wimbledon doubles runner‐up, in 2010 (w/Zvonareva, l. King/Shvedova) and 2015 (w/Makarova, l. Hingis/Mirza)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 46th Grand Slam main draw appearance. At Australian Open has reached R16 twice, in 2006 (l.

Petrova) and 2013 (l. eventual champion Azarenka), reached 3r at Roland Garros in 2015 and 2017, and made 2r at US

Open in 2016

• Entered 2016 Wimbledon ranked No.50 – returns this year ranked No.16 and seeded No.15

• One of 18 thirtysomethings to start the singles draw – 10 have progressed into 2r

• One of 4 Russian women to advance to 2r here in All England Club (also Kasatkina, Kuznetsova and Makarova) – 11 started

the main draw

• Defeated one of her fellow Russians Blinkova in 1r

• Owns a 12‐14 record in Slam 2r matches, most recent loss at this stage coming at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Rogers)

• Faces Azarenka today; has lost all seven of their previous matches, failing to win a set in any of them

• Coming off R16 exit in first grass court event of 2017 at Eastbourne (l. No.6 Wozniacki). Record vs. Top 10 players now

11‐42, posting two of these wins in 2017: No.2 Kerber and No.8 Kuznetsova (both at Indian Wells)

• Made 3r run at Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), which equaled best result in Paris (also advanced to that stage in 2015 (l.

Makarova)). Was seeded No.14 in Paris, her joint‐highest seeding at a Slam (also 2017 Australian Open)

• Entered 2017 Roland Garros on a four‐match losing streak – fell 2r in Stuttgart (l. Suárez Navarro), then 1r at Madrid (l.

Begu), Rome (l. Wang) and Strasbourg (l. Giorgi)

• Opened clay court season at Charleston, losing opening match (after 1r bye, l. Stollar – was R‐Up there in 2016)

• North American hard court swing saw her capture first WTA Premier Mandatory title at Indian Wells (d. Kuznetsova in F).

Rose to new career‐high of No.13 with title (week of March 20, 2017)

• At 31, was fourth‐oldest player to win Indian Wells title. In R16, posted best win‐by‐ranking of career with defeat of No.2

Kerber

• After Indian Wells, lost opening match at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic)

• Fell 3r at Dubai (l. Konjuh) and lost 2r at Doha (l. Davis)

• Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back 1r exits, at Brisbane (l. eventual finalist Cornet) and Sydney (l. Vandeweghe, ret.

w/low back injury)

• Recovered by reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. No.116 Brady) and then QF at St Petersburg (l. Cibulkova)

• Finished 2016 ranked No.16, up from No.111 at the end of 2015 (first year‐end finish outside the Top 100 in 10 years)

• 2016 season highlight was reaching final at Charleston (l. Stephens in F) and winning gold medal in doubles at 2016 Rio

Olympics (w/Makarova, d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F). Team also won Montréal and WTA Finals Singapore in 2016

• Reached QF at 2016 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) to return to Top 100 (from No.118). Upset No.4 Halep in 2r; was first Top 10

victory since defeated No.6 Li Na during title run at 2013 Eastbourne

• Went 28‐17 in singles main draw matches in 2016, most wins since 2013 (30‐20)

• Went 3‐2 in 2016 vs. Top 10 opponents – this was the first time in her career she achieved three Top 10 wins in a single

season

• Owns three WTA singles titles, two coming from the 2013 season (Hobart and Eastbourne), and also 2017 Indian Wells. A

R‐Up on seven further occasions – most recently 2016 Charleston (l. Stephens). Owns a 3‐7 record in singles finals (was 0‐6

in singles finals before winning first title at 2013 Hobart)

• Has enjoyed great success in doubles w/Makarova – the team have won two Grand Slam doubles titles (2013 Roland

Garros and 2014 US Open, and are six‐time Slam runners‐up), the gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 WTA

Finals

• Is a six‐time Grand Slam doubles runner‐up and 2016 mixed doubles champion (w/Soares)

• Made WTA debut at 2003 Moscow

• Husband is Pavel Tabuntsov (married November 2015)

• Coached by father, Sergey Vesnin

Azarenka:

Making 11th appearance at Wimbledon. Two time semifinalist, reaching final four in 2011 (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

and 2012 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Also advanced to QF in 2009 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams); reached 3r

three times – 2007 (l. Vaidisova), 2008 (l. Petrova) and 2010 (l. Kvitova)

2017 Wimbledon marks 42nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, and first since 2016 Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp in

1r w/right knee injury); duly missed 2016 Wimbledon due to injury and during recovery discovered she was pregnant

(announced in mid‐July)

Is a two‐time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open is 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 both times in 3s)

Best results at Roland Garros have been QF appearances in 2009 and 2011

Came from a set down to defeat Bellis in 1r on Monday evening

Faces No.16 Vesnina today; owns 110‐83 record against Top 20 players, most recently beating another Russian, No,19

Kuznetsova, in the final of 2016 Indian Wells

Owns a 32‐2 record in Grand Slam 2r matches, with losses coming at US Open in 2010 (ret. vs. Dulko w/heat illness), and

Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Jovanovski). Also withdrew w/knee injury prior to 2r match against Pennetta at 2013 Wimbledon

One of three Belarusians to start the women's draw; Sabalenka alos reached 2r (plays Witthoeft today), while Sasnovich

fell to Ostapenko in 1r on Monday

Returned to tennis at Mallorca earlier this month after giving birth to first child, Leo, in December. In first match of

comeback, against Ozaki, came within two points of defeat, eventually winning 63 46 76(7). Lost to Konjuh in 2r in straight

sets

Mallorca was first match since 2016 Roland Garros

Playing 2017 Wimbledon using her Special Ranking of No.6

Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season. 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 (l. Knapp)

Superb first half of 2016 season highlighted by completing the ‘Sunshine Double’ – won Miami for the third time (d.

Kuznetsova in F), having won Indian Wells for the second time two weeks earlier (d. S.Williams in F). Became only the third

player to win both Indian Wells and Miami in the same year, after Graf (1994, 1996) and Clijsters (2005)

At 2016 Indian Wells became first player to defeat S.Williams in four finals (their head‐to‐head record in finals reads 5‐4 in

favor of Serena)

2016 Miami triumph marked 20th career WTA singles title. Now owns a 20‐16 record in finals; is sixth among active players

for appearances in finals

After Miami, broke back into Top 5 (at No.5) on the WTA Rankings for the first time since 26 May 2014

Also won Brisbane in 2016 (d. Kerber in F) and reached QF at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber)

Owns 3‐9 record vs. World No.1s, with wins coming over S.Williams at 2009 Miami, 2013 Cincinnati and 2016 Indian Wells.

Losses were to Safina (2009 Roland Garros), Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells) and S.Williams (2010 Australian Open, 2013

Rome, 2013 US Open, 2013 Brisbane, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros, 2015 Wimbledon)

Played just 14 tournaments in 2015, following return from a foot injury in 2014. Furthermore, 2015 US swing was

hampered by a left thigh injury, which saw her withdraw from Washington, DC and retire vs. Pavlyuchenkova in 3r match

at Cincinnati

Reached one WTA final in 2015, at Doha (l. Safarova) and finished year ranked No.22

Has achieved five Top 10 season finishes – including three Top 5 finishes (2011‐13, and year‐end No.1 in 2012)

Spent 51 weeks at No.1 on the WTA Rankings, first ascending to the top ranking after winning the 2012 Australian Open

Has qualified for WTA Finals on five occasions; runner‐up at Istanbul in 2011 (l. Kvitova in F)

Coached by Michael Joyce


MATCH NOTES

CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #86) vs. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18)

Head to Head: MADISON KEYS leads 2-1 (1-1 at tour level)

2016 HARD I R1 MADISON KEYS 80 mins6-3 6-4 LINZ

2014 HARD I R1 CAMILA GIORGI N/A6-2 6-1 FED CUP WEEK 1

2012 HARD O QF MADISON KEYS N/A3-6 6-4 6-4 ITF/NEW BRAUNFELS

CAMILA GIORGI

86

76

30-12-1991 (25)

$178,296

$2,228,934

0 / 1

0 / 0

12-9 / 96-94

8-1 / 35-31

4-6 / 27-25

MADISON KEYS

18

122

17-02-1995 (22)

$227,791

$5,464,336

0 / 2

0 / 0

12-4

5-6 / 138-88

0-4 / 36-35

0-0 / 33-33

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











9-6

1-0 / 26-7 4-2 / 21-14

3-1 / 21-31

2-0 / 8-11

1-0 / 4-6

0-1 / 23-37

0-0 / 10-23

0-1 / 12-14



CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #86)

R128: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #41) 5-7,6-4,6-4 (2h27)

[17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18)

R128: d. NAO HIBINO (JPN #92) 6-4,6-2 (1h06)

vs.

Total games: 18

Won/lost: 12-6

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 32

Won/lost: 17-15

Sets won/lost: 2-1




CAMILA GIORGI

2016

R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #2) 6-2 5-7 6-4

2015

R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) 6-2 6-2

R2 W - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #85) 6-0 7-6(5)

MADISON KEYS

2016

R16 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3

R3 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #61) 6-4 5-7 6-2

R2 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #51) 6-4 4-6 6-3

R1 W - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #42) 6-3 6-1



Giorgi:

• Making seventh consecutive main draw appearance at Wimbledon

• Best result is reaching R16 in 2012 (as qualifier, l. eventual R‐Up A.Radwanska), which is her joint‐best result at a Slam

(also R16 at 2013 US Open). Reached 3r here in 2013 (l. eventual champion Bartoli) and 2015 (l. Wozniacki)

• Contesting the main draw of a Grand Slam for the 22nd time in her career. Aside from R16 runs at Wimbledon and US

Open, best performances were 3r at 2015 Australian Open and 2r at Roland Garros 2014‐16

• Made tour‐level debut at Wimbledon in 2011 (as qualifier, l. Pironkova in 1r)

• One of four Italian women contesting 2017 Wimbledon main draw (also Errani, Schiavone and Vinci). Schiavone is the

only other to reach 2r

• Enjoyed the only Grand Slam seeding of her career at All England Club in 2015 (as No.31)

• Defeated No.41 Cornet in 1r on Monday in a match lasting nearly two and a half hours

• Owns 5‐6 record in Slam 2r matches

• Faces No.18 Keys today; Keys leads head‐to‐head 2‐1 (last meeting at 2016 Linz, Keys won in straight sets)

• Owns 21‐31 record against Top 20; is 3‐1 in 2017, with wins coming over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (Prague), No.15 Vesnina

(Strasbourg) and No.5 Svitolina (Birmingham)

• Coming off QF run at Birmingham as a qualifier (ret. w/left thigh injury against eventual runner‐up Barty, trailing 5‐2)

• Posted 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Dodin)


MATCH NOTES

R1 W - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #77) 7-6(4) 6-3

2014

R2 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #44) 7-5 6-2

R1 W - ALEXANDRA CADANTU (ROU #83) 6-1 7-6(5)

2013


R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #23) 7-6(7) 7-6(6)

R1 W - SAMANTHA MURRAY (GBR #235) 6-3 6-4

2012


R3 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #20) 6-3 7-6(6)

R2 W - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #73) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #17) 6-4 6-3

R3* W - ALEXA GLATCH (USA #154) 7-6(5) 6-2

R2* W - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #124) 6-1 6-4

R1* W - EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR #403) 6-3 6-3

2011


R3* W - LINDSAY LEE-WATERS (USA #241) 6-1 6-4

R2* W - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #130) 2-6 7-5 6-3

R1* W - SAMANTHA MURRAY (GBR #618) 6-1 6-3

2015

QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3


R3 W - TATJANA MARIA (GER #78) 6-4 6-4

R2 W - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #109) 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #104) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4

2014

R3 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #65) 7-6(7) 6-6

R2 W - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #32) 7-5 6-7(3) 6-2


2013

R3 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 7-5 4-6 6-3


R1 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #56) 6-3 7-5

2012

R2* L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #105) 5-7 7-5 6-3

R1* W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #166) 6-1 6-3


• 2017 Wimbledon marks just 12th tournament of the season, having struggled w/back injury throughout the year

• Opened season with strong SF run at Shenzhen (l. Riske), though followed this up with 1r exit at Australian Open (l.

Bacsinszky). Fell in qualifying at Doha before losing 1r at Indian Wells (l. Larsson)

• Reached QF at Biel (l. Sasnovich), fell in qualifying at Stuttgart, made QF at Prague (l. eventual champion Barthel) and

2r exit at Strasbourg (l. Barty)

• During QF run at Prague, defeated No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 1r to record best win rankings‐wise of career

• Ended 2016 ranked No.83, highlight being R‐Up finish at Katowice in April (l. Cibulkova) – her third consecutive year

finishing R‐Up at the event. Was defeated by Schmiedlova in 2015, and Cornet in 2014– having held match points.

Also held match points in final at 2014 Linz, which she lost to Ka.Pliskova. Has a 1‐4 record in WTA singles finals

• Scored back‐to‐back main draw wins only five times across 2016

• Finished 2015 season with best year‐end ranking to date (No.34), up one place from No.35 in 2014. Season

highlighted by winning her first WTA singles title at 's‐Hertogenbosch (d. Bencic in F)

• Served most double faults of any player on tour in 2015 – 458 in 46 matches

• Reached career‐high ranking of No.30 on July 27, 2015

• Had never reached WTA QF prior to 2014; reached QF or better at seven events during that season

• Played first career professional tournament at 2006 ITF/Baku‐AZE

• Member of Italian Fed Cup Team, 2014‐16

• Favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank

• Coached by father, Sergio Giorgi

Keys:

Making fifth main draw WImbledon appearance (sixth overall) – best result is reaching QF in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska). Made

R16 in 2016 (l. Halep), and 3r showings in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2014 (l. Shvedova via ret.). Fell in qualifying in 2012

2017 Wimbledon marks 20th Grand Slam main draw appearance, with best result across the majors coming with SF run at

Australian Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Having never previously passed 3r at any major, 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)

At Roland Garros, made R16 in 2016 (l. Bertens) and at US Open, made R16 in 2015 (l. S.Williams) and 2016 (l. Wozniacki)

Last season was one of only four players to reach at least R16 across the Slams (also A.Radwanska, Suárez Navarro and

S.Williams)

Did not play any grass court events in lead up to 2017 Wimbledon – last tournament contested was Roland Garros (l.

Martic in 2r). Withdrew from defense of Birmingham title w/left wrist injury

Faces No.86 Giorgi today; all six of her losses in 2017 have come to lower‐ranked players, including four outside Top 50:

No.72 Arruabarrena (Miami), No.52 Rogers (Charleston), No.53 Doi (Madrid) and No.290 Martic (Roland Garros)

Record at 2r of Grand Slams stands at 11‐5. Losses at this stage came at 2011 US Open (l. Safarova), 2013 Roland Garros (l.

Puig), 2014 Australian Open (l. Zheng), 2014 US Open (l. Krunic), and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Martic)

Wimbledon marks just her seventh tournament of 2017, after Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome and Roland

Garros. Missed opening two months of this year after undergoing left‐wrist surgery during off‐season; also withdrew from

Stuttgart due to the same injury

In 1r at 2017 Roland Garros, defeated Barty to snap four‐match losing streak, following 3r loss at Miami (l. Arruabarrena),

opening match loss at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Rogers), and 1r exits at Madrid (l. Doi) and Rome (l. Gavrilova)

2017 Charleston was second tournament as No.1 seed (also 2015 Strasbourg)

Reached 3r at Miami (l. Arruabarrena). Slipped out of Top 10 for the first time since July 2016 following Miami exit, before

returning the following week. Following Madrid, fell out of WTA Top 10 again – currently sits at No.18 (as at July 3, 2017)

In first tournament of 2017 season at Indian Wells lost in R16 to Wozniacki

Finished 2016 by qualifying for WTA Finals Singapore (l. RR) after breakthrough season, highlighted by title at Birmingham

and Top 10 debut on June 20. Peaked in rankings at No.7 (week of October 10, 2016)

First American to make her Top 10 debut since Serena Williams in April, 1999; became 118th different player to achieve a

Top 10 ranking since the WTA Rankings were introduced on November 3, 1975 – 27 of those have been Americans. For the

first time since September 2005 there were three Americans in the WTA Top 10 (also S.Williams and V.Williams)

Won second career singles title at 2016 Birmingham (d. Strycova in F) in June ‐ both titles have come on grass (also 2014

Eastbourne)

Also a finalist on two occasions in 2016 – at Rome (l. S.Williams) and Montréal (l. Halep); owns a 2‐3 record in WTA singles

finals

Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Beijing (her first Premier Mandatory SF, l. Konta) and Linz (w/o vs. Golubic).

Scored fourth‐place finish at Rio Olympics (l. Kerber in SF, then l. Kvitova in bronze medal match), and advanced to QFs at

Miami (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l. Halep)

Lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents stands at 3‐17. Wins have come over No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova

(2015 Australian Open) and No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome)

Went 6‐7 record against Top 10 players in 2016, with wins against No.9 Vinci (Miami), No.9 Kvitova, No.4 Muguruza

(Rome), No.6 V.Williams (Montreal), No.7 Kuznetsova (Beijing) and No.8 Cibulkova (WTA Finals). Overall record vs. Top 10

players stands at 10‐23

Recorded first Top 20 year‐end finish in 2015 (at No.18)

Outside of the Slams, highlights in 2015 included finishing runner‐up at Charleston (l. Kerber). Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite

Trophy in Zhuhai, going 1‐1 in group stage (l. V.Williams; d. Zheng)

Was second‐youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur) and became youngest

American to win a singles title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok)

Made WTA debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach, reaching 2r (d. Kudryavtseva, l. Petrova) when she was 14; was

seventh‐youngest player to win a WTA main draw match, and youngest since Martina Hingis in 1994

Earlier this year unveiled as Evian’s first American brand ambassador. Prior to 2016 US Open was unveiled as ambassador

for FearlesslyGIRL, an organization dedicated to empowering young women and their schools and communities

Currently coached by Lindsay Davenport and Dieter Kindlmann. Hitting partner is Pirmin Hänle. Previously coached by

Jesse Levine and Thomas Hogstedt


MATCH NOTES

[WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102) vs. [18] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19)

Head to Head: ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA leads 1-0

2013 HARD O R16 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 146 mins7-6(4) 4-6 6-2 PATTAYA CITY

HEATHER WATSON

102

65

19-05-1992 (25)

$216,601

$2,484,047

0 / 3

0 / 3

10-9 / 90-113

5-4 / 35-47

2-5 / 22-31

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA

19

13

13-04-1990 (27)

$815,288

$2,412,203

1 / 2

0 / 0

1-4

24-14 / 91-83

6-4 / 27-25

4-6 / 24-20

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











6-7

6-1 / 10-9 5-3 / 24-26

2-4 / 7-34

1-3 / 2-17

1-1 / 10-6

4-5 / 10-26

2-3 / 5-12

1-2 / 4-6



[WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102)

R128: d. MARYNA ZANEVSKA (UKR #119) 6-1,7-6(5) (1h29)

[18] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19)

R128: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #43) 6-1,7-6(3) (1h25)

vs.

Total games: 20

Won/lost: 13-7

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 20

Won/lost: 13-7

Sets won/lost: 2-0




HEATHER WATSON

2016

R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #43) 3-6 6-0 12-10

2015



R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #33) 1-6 6-3 8-6

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA

2016

R1 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #111) 7-6(7) 6-4

2011


2010

R1 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #16) 6-4 6-3



Watson:

• Making eighth appearance at Wimbledon. Has advanced to 3r on two occasions: in 2012 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015

(defeated Hantuchova in 2r, l. S.Williams 62 46 75 – was two points from victory when she served for the match at

5‐4 in final set). Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Kerber) and fell 1r on four occasions

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 26th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Aside from two 3r runs here at the All England

Club, reached 3r at 2013 Australian Open – these are her best Slam results of career to date

• Defeated No. 119 Zanevska in 1r; 2r record across majors is 3‐7 (2‐1 at Wimbledon)

• Faces No.19 Sevastova today; record vs Top 20 opponents is 7‐34 (most recently defeated No.17 Pavlyuchenkova at

2017 Eastbourne R16)

• Coming off SF run at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki). Earned her second career Top 10 win this week over No.9 Cibulkova

in 2r. First win over a Top 10 player came against No.8 A.Radwanska at 2015 Indian Wells – lifetime record now

stands at 2‐17

• Improved to No.102 in the rankings following Eastbourne, recapturing British No.2 spot from Broady (No.109)

• 2017 Eastbourne marked the first time in tournament’s history that two British women reached SF stage (also Konta);

also marked first time in nearly 32 years that two Brits are through to SF of a WTA event – Jo Durie and Anabel Croft

both fell in SF at 1985 Brighton

• Prior to 2017 Eastbourne, had posted only two wins over Top 50 players in 2017: vs. No.21 Stosur at Australian Open,

No.45 Makarova at Monterrey. Tripled this total with wins over No.34 Tsurenko in 1r, No.9 Cibulkova in 2r, No.17

Pavlyuchenkova in R16 and No.23 Strycova in QF

• Fell 1r at Birmingham (as WC, l. Svitolina) and 1r exit at Nottingham (as WC, l. Riske)

• Began grass court campaign with R‐Up finish at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR (l. Rybarikova in F); was her seventh career

final on ITF Circuit and first since 2014 $100k ITF/Prague‐CZE


MATCH NOTES

2014

R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-2 5-7 6-1

R1 W - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #53) 6-3 6-2

2013

R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #52) 6-3 7-5

2012


R2 W - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #100) 6-1 6-4


2011

R1 L - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #70) 2-6 6-4 6-4

2010

R1 L - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #139) 6-4 1-6 6-3

2009

R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #73) 6-3 7-6(5)

R3* W - DARYA KUSTOVA (BLR #165) 6-0 6-1

R2* W - KSENIA PALKINA (KGZ #174) 6-3 6-1

R1* W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #140) 6-0 4-6 6-3

2008

R1* L - VESNA DOLONC (SRB #135) 6-2 6-4


• Lost in final round of qualifying for Roland Garros (d. Komardina, Smitkova, l. Hogenkamp)

• Other clay court appearances came at $100k ITF/Trnava‐SVK (QF) and $100k ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (2r) and

qualifying loss at Prague

• Lost both singles rubbers (vs. Begu and Halep) during Great Britain’s 3‐2 Fed Cup World Group II Play‐Off defeat on

clay in Romania

• Prior to Eastbourne only back‐to‐back main draw wins in 2017 came during QF showing at Monterrey (d. Stojanovic

and Makarova, l. Kerber)

• Fell 35 places after Monterrey, dropping from No.73 to No.108 (week of March 6, 2017), as title‐winning points from

2016 Monterrey dropped off. Was first time out of Top 100 in WTA Rankings since May 2014 (at No.112)

• Exited Biel in 1r (l. eventual R‐Up Kontaveit) and Miami (l. Tig). Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. Konta – record vs.

countrywomen is now 2‐2, defeating Smith (2010 Eastbourne qualifying) and Baltacha (2012 Birmingham), and losing

to Keothavong (2012 Doha qualifying))

• Made 2r exit at Acapulco (l. eventual R‐Up Mladenovic)

• Represented Great Britain in Fed Cup World Group II tie vs. Croatia in February, going 1‐0 in singles (d. Vekic) before

teaming w/Konta to win decisive doubles rubber vs. Konjuh/Jurak

• Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Brady), which was 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Defeat of home favourite

and No.21 Stosur in 1r was best win‐by‐ranking since overcoming No.18 Errani in 2016 Rome

• Opened 2017 season by teaming with Dan Evans to represent Great Britain at Hopman Cup

• Ended 2016 at No.77 for fifth non‐consecutive Top 100 finish. Best year‐end finish came in 2012 (No.49)

• Season highlights were landing third WTA singles title at Monterrey (d. Flipkens in F) and winning first Grand Slam

title in mixed doubles at Wimbledon (w/Kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld)

• Other titles came at 2012 Osaka and 2015 Hobart. Is now a perfect 3‐0 in WTA singles finals

• Other notable results were reaching R16 at Miami (l. Halep) and QF run at Hobart (as defending champion, l. Larsson)

• Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/Konta, l.

H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles (w/A.Murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza)

• Made 1r exit at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Beck, despite holding three match points in deciding set)

• 2015 highlight was winning Hobart title without dropping a set (d. Brengle in F). Achieved career‐high ranking of

No.38 following the victory

• Lost status as British No.1 during 2015 Wuhan (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) – countrywoman Konta progressed to QF to

overtake her

• Best result across the Grand Slams are 3r showings at 2013 Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska) and Wimbledon in 2012

(l. eventual R‐Up A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams, having been two points from victory)

• In 2014, earned first Top 20 victories of career by defeating No.12 Pennetta (2014 Eastbourne) and No.12 Cibulkova

(2014 Montreal)

• A three‐time doubles champion: 2012 Stanford (w/Erakovic), 2012 Dallas (w/Erakovic) and 2014 Baku (w/Panova)

• Missed two months in 2013 due to glandular fever (from Miami to Roland Garros). Struggled throughout 2014 with

continuing right rib injury

• With 2012 Osaka singles title, became first British woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988

• Made WTA debut at 2010 Miami (as WC, l. Pironkova in 1r); recorded first WTA main draw victory at 2010

Eastbourne, reaching 2r (as qualifier, d. Wozniak, l. eventual runner‐up Azarenka)

• Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2011‐17 and Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

• Won US Open junior singles title in 2009

• Coached by John Laffnie de Jager. Still occasionally works with Diego Veronelli. Worked with Judy Murray during 2016

Australian swing

Sevastova:

• Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon; advanced beyond 1r here for the first time after defeating No.43

Putintseva on Monday

• Has fallen 1r at Wimbledon on all other outings, in 2009 (as qualifier, l. K. Bondarenko), 2010 (l. Henin) , 2011 (l.

Lisicki) and 2016 (Schiavone)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 18th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Posted best result with QF run at 2016 US Open (l.

Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta (R16) en route. Became first Latvian to reach Grand Slam

QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at 1994 Wimbledon. Savchenko also

reached the 1988 US Open QF, representing the USSR

• At other Slams, has reached R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki)

• 2017 Roland Garros was the first time a Latvian woman reached 3r at Roland Garros in the Open Era (also eventual

champion Ostapenko). Latvian‐born Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 whilst representing the USSR

• Plays No.102 Watson today in their second career meeting, having won the first at 2013 Pattaya City; owns 5‐7 record

against British players, most recently beating Konta at 2017 Stuttgart

• Owns a 4‐4 record in Grand Slam 2r matches, losing at US Open in 2009 (l. Kuznetsova), US Open in 2010 (l.

Kuznetsova), Australian Open in 2016 (l. Ivanovic) and Roland Garros in 2016 (l. Knapp)

• Contesting 2017 Wimbledon at No.19, one spot off career‐high ranking of No.18– achieved after SF run at Madrid

(May 15, 2017)

• At 2017 Roland Garros fell to No.290 Martic in 3r (her worst loss by ranking since No.379 Townsend at 2016 Indian

Wells)

• Enjoyed a good clay court swing prior to Paris upset, reaching first Premier Mandatory‐level SF at Madrid (l. eventual

champion Halep). Best previous showing at that level was QF at 2010 Beijing (l. Li)

• Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r at Madrid – her joint‐best career win by ranking, having defeated No.3 Muguruza at

2016 US Open

• Also advanced to consecutive QF at Charleston (l. Siegemund) and Stuttgart (l. Halep). Fell 2r at Rome (l.

Pavlyuchenkova)

• Suffered opening match defeats at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) and Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Davis)

• In February reached SF at Dubai (l. Wozniacki), which was her first SF on tour since summer of 2016 (Bucharest, R‐Up,

l. Halep)

• Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova)

• Began 2017 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers). Advanced to 3r at Australian Open

(l. No.7 seed Muguruza)

• In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/Minella); pair lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk

• Finished 2016 at a career‐best No.35; previous best season finish came in 2010 at No.45

• 2016 season highlights were reaching second and third WTA singles final, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and

Bucharest (l. Halep in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras

(d. Parra Santonja in F). In 2010, won career‐first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in

17 years (Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady)

• Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back‐related – but

returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed

• During break from tennis studied leisure management

• Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros

• On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles

• Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005‐06, 2008‐10

• Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher)

• Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15

• Aggressive baseliner; favorite surfaces are hard and clay; favorite shot is backhand

• Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German

• Trains and resides in Vienna

• Coached by Ronald Schmidt




DAY TWO – FEATURED MATCHES

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) vs. [Q] IRINA FALCONI (USA #247) Kerber leads 1-0

[3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #80) Series tied 1-1 (Pliskova leads 1-0 at main draw, tour level)

TIMEA BABOS (HUN #42) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) First meeting

[Q] ONS JABEUR (TUN #106) vs. [7] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) First meeting

[9] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) vs. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #67) Radwanska leads 7-2

[12] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #14) vs. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #83) Mladenovic leads 1-0

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #75) vs. [14] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #15) First meeting

[WC] KATIE BOULTER (GBR #238) vs. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #60) First meeting


MATCH NOTES

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) vs. [Q] IRINA FALCONI (USA #247)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 1-0

2013 HARD O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 68 mins6-2 6-3 WASHINGTON, DC

ANGELIQUE KERBER

1

15

18-01-1988 (29)

$731,213

$20,052,997

0 / 10

0 / 0

21-14 / 345-196

7-3 / 99-74

2-3 / 63-46

IRINA FALCONI

247

187

04-05-1990 (27)

$102,443

$1,543,709

0 / 1

0 / 0

0-4

2-6 / 41-67

1-3 / 17-15

0-1 / 8-6

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











20-9

0-0 / 4-7 2-1 / 49-21

0-8 / 71-93

0-1 / 30-49

2-1 / 29-17

0-0 / 1-14

0-0 / 0-10

1-0 / 3-4


ANGELIQUE KERBER

2016

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-5 6-3

SF W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-4 6-4

QF W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 7-5 7-6(2)

R16 W - MISAKI DOI (JPN #49) 6-3 6-1

R3 W - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #109) 7-6(11) 6-1


R1 W - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #283) 6-2 6-2

2015

R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 7-6(12) 1-6 6-2

R2 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #42) 7-5 6-2

R1 W - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #53) 6-0 6-0

IRINA FALCONI

2016

R1 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #153) 4-6 6-3 10-8

2015

R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-4 4-6 6-1

2014

R3* L - ANDREEA MITU (ROU #213) 6-2 6-7(0) 6-2

R2* W - RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #182) 6-4 6-4

R1* W - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #128) 2-6 6-1 7-5

2013

R3* L - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #145) 6-4 6-4

R2* W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #103) 6-1 2-0

R1* W - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #204) 6-2 6-1

2012

R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 6-1 6-4



Kerber:

Making 10th main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Runner‐up in 2016 (l. S.Williams); reached SF in 2012 (l.

A.Radwanska) and QF in 2014 (l. Bouchard)

2017 Wimbledon marks 39th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016

Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F)

At 2016 Australian Open became first German to win a Grand Slam singles title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d.

Hingis in F). Just the fourth player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur;

since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros)

Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open

(Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left‐handed player to win a Grand Slam singles title

since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon


MATCH NOTES

2014

QF L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4


R2 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #60) 6-2 5-7 6-1


2013

R2 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #46) 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3


2012

SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-3 6-4

QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #15) 6-3 6-7(7) 7-5

R16 W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #47) 6-1 6-1

R3 W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #32) 6-2 6-3


R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #68) 6-4 6-1

2011

R1 L - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #254) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3

2010

R3 L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #92) 6-3 7-5

R2 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #15) 3-6 6-3 6-4

R1 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #111) 6-4 6-1

2009

R2* L - NAOMI CAVADAY (GBR #287) 6-0 3-6 7-5

R1* W - YULIANA FEDAK (UKR #159) 6-2 7-6(4)

2008

R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #158) 6-3 2-6 7-5

2007

R1 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #7) 7-5 6-3

2011

R1 L - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #122) 6-2 6-2

R3* W - JUNRI NAMIGATA (JPN #132) 6-3 6-2

R2* W - ELENA BOGDAN (ROU #187) 6-2 6-2

R1* W - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #180) 6-3 6-0


Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to hold

WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were

introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997)

Became fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after

Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997)

Roland Garros remains the only Grand Slam where she has yet to reach the final

Owns a 25‐13 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, most recently falling in 1r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Makarova)

At 2017 Wimbledon is top seed at a Grand Slam for the third time in career. The last time the top seed lost 1r at

Wimbledon was 2001 (Hingis)

Enjoying her third stint atop the WTA Rankings – weeks of Wimbledon represent her 33rd and 34th non‐consecutive

week as No.1 (which is 12th most weeks, all time)

World No.1 ranking is on the line this fortnight at Wimbledon. A finalist here last year, is defending 1300 points and

needs to reach the final again to have a chance of retaining the top spot. Simona Halep could potentially reach No.1

by reaching the SF, but Karolina Pliskova is best placed and could secure the top ranking in the early rounds if Kerber

and Halep make premature exits:

Coming off QF run at Eastbourne (l. Konta). After 1r bye, defeated Kr.Pliskova in 2r after coming within two points of

defeat in third set. Win ended a three‐match losing streak, stretching back to Madrid

Withdrew from Birmingham w/left thigh injury

Opened 2017 WTA clay court season at Stuttgart – as two‐time defending champion, lost opening match (after 1r

bye, l. Mladenovic). Reached 3r at Madrid (forced to retire vs. Bouchard w/left thigh injury) and lost 2r opener at

Rome (after 1r bye, l. Kontaveit)

Loss to qualifier and No.68 Kontaveit at Rome was worst loss‐by‐ranking for 18 months, falling to No.72 Zheng at

2016 Doha

In April, represented Germany in Fed Cup win vs. Ukraine, going 1‐1 in singles (d. Tsurenko, l. Svitolina) to advance

World Group in 2018, and reached 26th tour‐level final of career at 2017 Monterrey (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F). Record

in finals now stands at 10‐16

Posted solid results during Sunshine Double, reaching R16 at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and QF at

Miami (l. V.Williams)

Having lost World No.1 ranking to S.Williams after 2017 Australian Open, reclaimed the top spot after fortnight of

Indian Wells due to S.Williams’s withdrawal w/left knee injury

Points

1R

10

2R

70

3R

130

4R

240

QF

430

SF

780

R‐UP

1300

WIN

2000

PLISKOVA 6795 6855 6915 7025 7215 7565 8085 8785

HALEP 6250 6310 6370 6480 6670 7020 7540 8240

KERBER 5745 5805 5865 5975 6165 6515 7035 7735

During Middle Eastern swing, lost opening match at Doha (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina) before strong SF run at Dubai (l.

eventual champion Svitolina)

As defending champion, reached R16 at 2017 Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe)

Began 2017 season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and 2r exit at Sydney (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina)

Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F)

and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R‐Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the

WTA rankings

Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20

million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so

After 2016 US Open, aged 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by

Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001

Secured the 2016 year‐end World No.1 ranking – only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German

woman to do so after Graf (eight times)

Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion

2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63‐18

Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12‐3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4

Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed

Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep

(Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open)

Reached a career‐best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first

two majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F)

2016 Stuttgart marked first time she had successfully defended a title in her career; the first German (and seventh

player overall) to do so in Stuttgart

Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round‐robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first

German to reach final at the season‐ending championships since Graf won title in 1996

Other runner‐up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (l.

Puig, won silver medal)

Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs.

eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep)

Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l.

Muguruza), 3r at Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka)

Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all

surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green)

Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of

Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez

Coached by Torben Beltz

Falconi:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (seventh overall). Looking to win her first main draw match here

at the All England Club, having fallen in 1r on debut in 2011 (as qualifier, l. Dubois), 2012 (l. Azarenka), 2015 (l.

Ka.Pliskova) and 2016 (l. Erakovic). Fell in final round of qualifying on two occasions, 2013‐14

Last year, played Wimbledon on a ranking of No.72. This year, working her way back from injuries sustained in 2016,

she is contesting the event at No.247 by winning through three rounds of qualifying – d. Moore, Kostova and

Duque‐Marino

Ended 2016 season at US Open (l. Buyukakcay in 1r) due to surgery to remove extra bone from big toe on right foot;

in fact played just six events after Nürnberg (May), where she suffered an ankle sprain

2017 Wimbledon marks 20th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best results to date are reaching 3r at 2011 US

Open (l. Lisicki) and 2015 Roland Garros (l. Goerges)

Owns a 9‐10 record in Grand Slam 1r matches

Playing first event since losing 1r of qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Martic)

Prior to Roland Garros, sole foray on red clay this season was at Bogotá – as defending champion, l. Jakupovic in 1r

On this year’s Sunshine Double, fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Jankovic) and in qualifying at Miami

Also made 1r exit at Kuala Lumpur (l. eventual champion Barty)

Best results of 2017 season to date have been 2r efforts at Australian Open (l. Gibbs) and Budapest (l. Witthoeft)

Also so far in 2017, fell 1r at Sydney (as qualifier, l. Duan) and in qualifying at Brisbane; continues to play periodically

at ITF level, and after Australian Open reached 2r at $100k ITF/Midland‐USA

At the Dow Tennis Classic in Midland, was presented with the inaugural Martha Ries Memorial Ethics & Service

Award for role in Ecuador Earthquake Relief efforts (raised $25,000); Martha Ries, who passed away in 2016, was

Dow Corning’s Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (and WTA player Kayla Day’s aunt)

Posted third non‐consecutive Top 100 season finish in 2016, at No.99

2016 season highlighted by winning first WTA singles title at Bogotá in April (d. Soler‐Espinosa in F); until that result,

had not won back‐to‐back WTA main draw matches since 2015 Roland Garros (span of 10 months)

Prior to Bogotá triumph, best results of career were SF at 2011 Washington, DC (l. Petrova) and QF at 2012

Birmingham (l. Oudin)

Soon after Bogotá win, achieved new career‐high ranking of No.63 (week of May 23, 2016)

Owns one Top 20 win, defeating No.11 Cibulkova at 2011 US Open

Heading into today’s match against World No.1 Kerber has faced Top 10 ranked players on 10 occasions, going 0‐10

to date: l. No.1 Wozniacki (2011 Charleston and 2011 Copenhagen), No.5 Schiavone (2011 Brussels), No.6 Stosur

(2012 Indian Wells and 2012 Roland Garros), No.2 Azarenka (2012 Wimbledon), No.9 Kerber (2013 Washington),

No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Miami), No.5 Muguruza (2015 Beijing) and No.7 Kvitova (2016 Miami)

Three‐time WTA doubles runner‐up, at 2012 Washington, DC (w/Scheepers), 2012 Dallas (w/Dekmeijere) and 2015

Bogotá (w/Rogers)

Made tour‐level main draw debut at 2010 US Open; first tour‐level qualifying match was at 2009 US Open qualifying

On ITF Circuit, has won five singles and three doubles titles

Cracked Top 100 on August 1, 2011 and Top 75 after reaching 3r at 2011 US Open

In 2014, elected to WTA Players’ Council and currently serves in the 21+ Ranking Category

Completed business administration degree with Indiana University East in 2016

Played two seasons as an All‐American at Georgia Tech, where she was the Yellow Jackets’ No.1 player; then turned

pro in 2010; 2010 ACC Player of the Year; turned pro after her collegiate season in May 2010

Coached by Jorge Todero


MATCH NOTES

[3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #80)

Head to Head: 1-1

2015 HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 60 mins7-5 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2009 HARD O R16 EVGENIYA RODINA 6-4 6-2 ITF/ATHENS-GRE

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

3

1

21-03-1992 (25)

$2,073,311

$9,006,037

3 / 9

0 / 5

36-9 / 191-110

8-4 / 60-36

7-6 / 41-42

EVGENIYA RODINA

80

70

04-02-1989 (28)

$154,488

$1,475,022

0 / 0

0 / 0

5-4

4-11 / 51-74

0-1 / 13-16

2-2 / 18-8

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











4-5

2-1 / 9-7 4-0 / 22-11

10-4 / 37-49

5-2 / 17-25

0-0 / 15-15

0-2 / 0-13

0-0 / 0-6

0-1 / 3-4

* Updated entering Wimbledon 1r

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

2016

R2 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #49) 7-6(5) 6-3

R1 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #46) 6-2 0-6 8-6

2015

R2 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #47) 7-6(5) 6-4

R1 W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #69) 6-4 4-6 6-1

2014


R1 W - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #47) 6-7(4) 6-4 10-8

2013

R2 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #141) 7-6(7) 6-1


EVGENIYA RODINA

2016


R1 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #41) 6-3 7-5

2015


R1 W - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #9,999) 6-4 6-4

2011

R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #21) 6-4 6-2

R1 W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #93) 6-3 7-5

2010

R2* L - BEATRIZ GARCÍA VIDAGANY (ESP #165) 6-4 6-2

R1* W - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #150) 6-4 6-2



Ka.Pliskova:

Making sixth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (seventh overall). Has moved through to 2r on each of her past four

outings (2013‐16) but is yet to go further. Fell 1r on main draw debut in 2012 (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and in qualifying

in 2010


Heading into Wimbledon, owns joint‐most match wins on tour in 2017, with a 36‐9 win‐loss record; Svitolina was 36‐8

before winning her 1r match against Barty on Monday, while Mladenovic was 36‐14 (also plays 1r on Tuesday)

Faces No.80 Rodina today; worst loss‐by‐ranking this year was to No.99 Giorgi in Prague

Has delivered a tour‐leading 286 aces this season (from 43 matches), heading into Wimbledon (as at July 3, 2017)

Playing at Wimbledon at a career‐high No.3, first achieved after QF run at 2017 Australian Open (week of January 30,

2017). Has a chance to seize the WTA World No.1 ranking this fortnight, especially if her rivals Kerber and Halep make

early exits:

2017 Wimbledon marks 21st Grand Slam main draw appearance

Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut 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). Defeat of

No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career‐best victory, and ended the American’s 186‐week reign at the top of

the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Furthermore,

defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament


MATCH NOTES

2012

R1 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #59) 6-2 6-2

R3* W - YURIKA SEMA (JPN #207) 6-4 6-1

R2* W - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #150) 6-4 3-6 6-3

R1* W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #163) 6-3 6-3

2010

R1* L - JUNRI NAMIGATA (JPN #190) 6-2 4-6 14-12

2009

R2* L - DARYA KUSTOVA (BLR #165) 1-6 6-3 6-4

R1* W - YULIA FEDOSSOVA (FRA #175) 7-5 6-1

2008

R3 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #8) 6-4 6-3

R2 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #46) 6-1 7-6(0)

R1 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #28) 0-6 6-2 6-4

2007

R2* L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #156) 6-1 6-2

R1* W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #112) 6-3 7-5


Points

1R

10

2R

70

3R

130

4R

240

QF

430

SF

780

R‐UP

1300

WIN

2000

PLISKOVA 6795 6855 6915 7025 7215 7565 8085 8785

HALEP 6250 6310 6370 6480 6670 7020 7540 8240

KERBER 5745 5805 5865 5975 6165 6515 7035 7735

Prior to 2016 US Open, was sole Top 20 player still to pass 3r at a major. Became sixth player born in 1990s to reach

major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, Muguruza and Wozniacki), since joined by Ostapenko

At Australian Open, best result came with QF run earlier this year (l. Lucic‐Baroni) while in 2017 she has also achieved

best result at Roland Garros, advancing to SF last month (l. Halep)

Heads to Wimbledon having captured third title of 2017 and ninth of career at Eastbourne – defeated Wozniacki in F,

having finished runner‐up to Cibulkova in 2016. First Czech to win Eastbourne since Novotna in 1998 (went on to win

Wimbledon title)

Now 9‐10 in career singles finals, having won having earlier titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and

hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha)

Granted a walkover from Konta in Eastbourne SF (due to thoracic spine injury)

Defeated No.8 Kuznetsova in QF at Eastbourne and No.6 Wozniacki in F to improve record vs. Top 10 opponents to 5‐2

this season – other wins coming over No.7 Muguruza (Fed Cup Week I), No.5 Cibulkova (Doha) and No.7 Muguruza

(Indian Wells)

Owns a 5‐15 career record vs. Top 5 players, with wins against No.3 Halep (2016 Fed Cup), No.3 Muguruza and No.2

Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 S.Williams (2016 US Open) and most recently No.5 Cibulkova (2017 Doha)

With her win at Eastbourne, moved to first place on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard – the Top 8 singles

players and doubles teams qualify for the WTA Finals in October

Prior to Eastbourne, withdrew from Birmingham with an elbow injury

Before Roland Garros, advanced to QF at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Posted 400th career match win (all

levels) with R16 defeat of Bacsinszky there

Other 2017 clay court season results included reaching QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund); suffered 1r

exit at home event in Prague (l. Giorgi) and 2r loss at Madrid (l. Sevastova)

During the Sunshine Double reached back‐to‐back SF at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results

matched her best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016)

Early season highlights in 2017 included winning titles at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F) and Doha (d. Wozniacki in F)

In other results this season, suffered opening match loss at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Mladenovic)

In February, led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group I tie in Ostrava, going 2‐0 in singles (d.

Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

Enjoyed a career‐best season in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015)

Qualified for season‐ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1‐2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also

contested the doubles competition (w/Goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic

Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1‐1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before

teaming w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the Cup in five

out of the last six years, and three‐in‐a‐row

Captured fifth career 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

Currently the No.1 Czech player – claimed status as country’s top‐ranked player for first time in August 2016,

overtaking Kvitova

Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R‐Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women

ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova)

Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after

Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova

Nominated for 2016 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated in 2014 for WTA Most Improved

Coached by David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova

Rodina:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (eighth overall). Achieved best result in 2008 when she advanced to

3r (l. Chakvetadze), and has reached 2r on last three appearances (2011, 2015‐16). Fell in qualifying on three occasions

(2007, 2009‐10)

2017 Wimbledon marks 19th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Run to 3r at 2008 Wimbledon remains best result

to date; has reached 2r at both Australian Open (2011) and US Open (2015‐16), but yet to pass 1r at Roland Garros on

four main draw outings

One of four mothers in the singles starting field at 2017 Wimbledon, along with Victoria Azarenka, Kateryna

Bondarenko and Tatjana Maria

Heading into today’s match against No.3 Ka.Pliskova is 0‐6 against Top 10 opponents and 0‐13 vs. Top 20. Best win of

season to date was over No.44 McHale in 1r at Indian Wells and in 2016 posted a win on grass over No.24 Jankovic at

2016 ‘s‐Hertogenbosch

Played four grass court events in lead‐up to 2017 Wimbledon. Reach QF at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR (l. Rybarikova), QF

at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Konjuh), fell 1r at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. Allertova) and reached SF at $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR

(l. Maria)

Clay season ended with 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Mattek‐Sands)

Fell 1r at Prague (l. Stosur) and Nürnberg (l. Lepchenko) and fell in qualifying at Stuttgart and Madrid

In April, reached 2r indoors at Biel (l. Kontaveit) and fell 1r on green clay at Charleston (l. K.Bondarenko)

Fell in qualifying at Miami but reached 2r at Indian Wells – entered main draw as Lucky Loser S.Williams’ withdrawal

(w/left knee injury). Had lost in final qualifying round to Barthel

1r win over McHale at Indian Wells was first main draw match win of season after four 1r losses, which came at

Shenzhen (l. Wang), Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Taipei City (l. Svitolina) and Budapest (l. Korpatsch). Also fell

in Sydney and Doha qualifying during this period

Ended 2016 on a ranking of No.104, down from No.84 in 2015 (best season finish of career to date)

2016 season highlight was QF run at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch in June (l. eventual champion Vandeweghe), which also marked

first main draw wins of 2016

Closed out 2016 with strong showings at WTA 125k events, winning title in Taipei (d. Chang in F) and reaching SF in

Honolulu (l. Zhang). In doubles, reached first tour‐level final at Bastad (w/Beck, l. Arruabarrena/ Knoll in F)

Highlights on 2015 season included SF run at Tashkent (l. Vekic) and QF at Pattaya City (l. Tomljanovic) and Baku (l.

Gasparyan)

Ended 2015 season with SF showing at WTA 125K event in Taipei

At No.80 (week of July 3, 2017) is currently the Russian No.8 of eight women in Top 100

Career‐best ranking is No.74 (February 28, 2011)

Coach and husband is Denis Shteyngart; they have a daughter, Anna, born in November 2012 (Evgeniya returned to

tour in August 2013)

Has won 14 ITF singles titles and six ITF doubles titles

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2004 and made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Tashkent, advancing to QF


MATCH NOTES

TIMEA BABOS (HUN #42) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6)


TIMEA BABOS

42

75

10-05-1993 (24)

$443,606

$3,436,441

1 / 2

2 / 12

9-17 / 84-110

3-9 / 31-42

3-5 / 27-37

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

6

4

11-07-1990 (26)

$1,661,887

$23,748,063

0 / 25

0 / 2

19-10

35-13 / 507-214

9-6 / 127-71

3-4 / 79-69

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











3-5

4-1 / 45-21 0-3 / 9-17

0-3 / 6-32

0-1 / 0-14

2-3 / 5-12

7-6 / 115-95

6-3 / 50-62

4-0 / 52-24

* Updated entering Wimbledon 1r

TIMEA BABOS

2016

R2 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) 6-2 6-3

R1 W - KATIE SWAN (GBR #437) 6-2 6-3

2015


R1 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #162) 7-6(4) 6-3

2014

R1 L - NAOMI BROADY (GBR #163) 2-6 7-6(7) 6-0

2013


2012

R2 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #20) 6-4 6-7(3) 9-7

R1 W - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #123) 6-4 4-6 6-3

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2016

R1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #14) 7-5 6-4

2015

R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-4 6-4

R3 W - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #32) 6-2 6-2

R2 W - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #83) 6-1 7-6(6)

R1 W - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #66) 7-5 6-0

2014


R3 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #189) 6-3 6-0


R1 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #78) 6-3 6-0



Babos:

• Making sixth appearance at Wimbledon. Has advanced to 2r on three occasions, on debut in 2012 (l. Petrova), 2015 (l.

eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 (l. Vandeweghe)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 20th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Reached 3r at a major for the first time in her career at

2016 US Open (l. Halep); aside from three 2r efforts at Wimbledon, has also reached 2r at the Australian Open and Roland

Garros, both in 2016

• Two‐time Grand Slam doubles runner‐up, at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Mladenovic, l. Errani/Vinci) and 2016 Wimbledon

(w/Shvedova, l. S.Williams/V.Williams)

• Heading into today’s match against No.6 Wozniacki is 0‐14 in her career against Top 10 opponents and is 0‐8 vs. Top 5

players in career. Losses came to No.1 S.Williams (2015 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2015 Guangzhou), No.5 Muguruza (2016

Doha), No.3 Kerber (2016 Miami), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Stuttgart), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Halep (2016 US

Open) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Madrid)


MATCH NOTES

2013

R2 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #196) 6-2 6-2

R1 W - ESTRELLA CABEZA CANDELA (ESP #101) 6-0 6-2

2012

R1 L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #37) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-4

2011

R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #24) 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5

R3 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #28) 6-3 6-2

R2 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #96) 6-1 6-3

R1 W - ARANTXA PARRA SANTONJA (ESP #105) 6-2 6-1

2010



R2 W - KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #89) 6-4 6-3


2009


R3 W - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #20) 6-2 6-2

R2 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #59) 6-0 6-4

R1 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #142) 5-7 6-3 6-1

2008



R1 W - EVA HRDINOVA (CZE #183) 6-2 7-5

2007

R2 L - MARA SANTANGELO (ITA #29) 6-0 7-6(4)

R1 W - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #130) 7-5 6-2

2006

R1* L - MIHO SAEKI (JPN #170) 3-6 6-2 6-3


• Highest ranked opponent beaten in career to date is No.11 Cibulkova at 2016 Cincinnati (R16)

• Heading into 1r at 2017 Wimbledon is looking to end eight‐match losing streak that goes back to April; has won matches at

just three of 18 tournaments contested so far this year (9‐17 win‐loss record)

• Played three grass court events ahead of Wimbledon, falling 1r at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Rus), Mallorca (Kr.Pliskova) and

Eastbourne (l. Mertens)

• Clay season brought 1r exits at Istanbul (d. Perrin in 1r, l. Buyukakcay), Rabat (l. eventual champion Schiavone), Madrid (l.

Kerber), Rome (l. Bacsinszky) and Roland Garros (l. Cornet)

• In April, reached QF on hard courts at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Pavlyuchenkova) before falling 1r at Biel (l. Rodina)

• Sunshine Double results include 3r appearance at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 2r exit at Miami (l.

Parmentier). 2017 Indian Wells marked first time seeded at a Premier Mandatory events – at No.25

• In February, won second WTA singles title of career on home soil at Budapest (d. Safarova in F). Now 2‐2 in singles finals,

other title coming in only fourth tour‐level event at 2012 Monterrey (d. Cadantu in F)

• Began 2017 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Stojanovic), Sydney (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open (l. Gibbs), St Petersburg

(l. Vinci) and Doha (l. Zhang)

• Represented Hungary in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group 1 competition vs. Croatia in February; went 2‐0 in singles with wins

over Konjuh and Herdzelas

• Also in 2017, won 11th and 12th doubles titles of career at Sydney (w/Pavlyuchenkova, d. top seeds Mirza/Strycova in F)

and Rabat (w/Hlavackova, d. Stijanovic/Zanevska in F) and finished R‐Up (w/Hlavackova) at Madrid (l. Chan/Hingis). Now

owns 12‐9 record in doubles finals

• Finished 2016 ranked No.26 – just one spot shy of her career‐high ranking of No.25 (September 19, 2016) – marks her fifth

consecutive season within the Top 100

• Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai; fell in round robin stage (0‐2) to No.18 Bacsinszky and No.28 S.Zhang

• Reached third singles final of career at 2016 Florianopolis (l. Begu in F). Other 2016 highlights included SF appearances at

Shenzhen (l. Riske) and Rabat, and QF runs at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Vinci), Katowice (l. Ostapenko),

Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Moscow (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova)

• Qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals in doubles w/Shvedova – fell in 1r (l. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova); also qualified for 2015

WTA Finals w/Mladenovic ‐ pair exited at RR stage

• 2015 season was highlighted by a runner‐up finish at Marrakech (l. Svitolina in F), winning the WTA 125K Series event in

Taipei (d. Doi in F), and three doubles titles, at Dubai, Marrackech and Rome (all w/Mladenovic)

• Is only Hungarian woman ranked in the current Top 100 – next highest is No.140 Dalma Galfi (as of July 3, 2017)

• Received WC into first WTA event of career at 2010 Budapest (l. Bacsinszky in 1r)

• On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and 10 doubles titles

• Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2011‐15 and 2017; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

• In juniors, was three‐time doubles Grand Slam champion (2010 Roland Garros/Wimbledon/US Open – all w/Sloane

Stephens) and two‐time runner‐up (2009 Roland Garros, 2010 Australian Open)

• Coached by Thomas Drouet

Wozniacki:

Making 11th main draw appearance at Wimbledon (12th overall). Only Grand Slam where she has failed to reach at

least QF; has reached R16 on five occasions, but is yet to go further: 2009 (l. Lisick), 2010 (l. Kvitova), 2011 (l.

Cibulkova), 2014 (l. Strycova) and 2015 (l. Muguruza)

One of 10 former Wimbledon junior champions in the field (2006)

2017 Wimbledon marks 41st main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Streak of 36 consecutive Slam appearances

ended in Paris in 2016, when she withdrew pre‐tournament w/right ankle injury – her first missed major since

making Grand Slam debut at Paris in 2007

Is a two‐time Grand Slam runner‐up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l.

S.Williams)

At Australian Open, reached SF in 2013 (l. Li, having held match point), while at Roland Garros she is a two‐time

quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and again this year (l. eventual champion Ostapenko)

Owns a 34‐6 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, most recently exiting in 1r here at the All England Club last year (l.

Kuznetsova)

Ranked No.45 at the time, was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t

seeded at a Grand Slam

Coming off runner‐up finish at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), where she is a former champion (2009 – d. Razzano in F)

and three‐time semifinalist (2013‐15)

Now 0‐4 in finals in 2017, having also finished runner‐up at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova), Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Miami (l.

Konta)

Including 2017 Eastbourne, owns 25‐21 record in career singles finals. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and

Sharapova (58) are the only active players to have appeared in more finals

Has posted a 6‐3 record against Top 10 players so far in 2017, defeating No.6 A.Radwanska (Doha), No.9 Keys (Indian

Wells), No.6 Muguruza (Miami), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (Miami), No.9 Kuznetsova (Roland Garros) and No.2 Halep

(Eastbourne)

Prior to Roland Garros, forced to retire in 1r match vs. Rogers at Strasbourg (w/lower back injury). Same problem

forced her to withdraw from Rome the week prior

Other clay results this season included QF at Charleston (l. eventual R‐Up Ostapenko), 2r at Prague (l. Ostapenko)

and 2r at Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro)

After 2017 Madrid, returned to Top 10 (at No.10) in rankings for first time since September 2015 (when she was

No.6, week of Toray Pan Pacific Open). Dropped out again a week later, but returned to the elite bracket after

Roland Garros and is playing 2017 Wimbledon at No.6

Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in Miami SF. Before this, most recent win over a Top 3‐ranked player was against then‐No.3

Halep at 2015 Stuttgart. Has now reached the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments,

having previously won Beijing (2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner‐up at Madrid (2009) and Indian

Wells (2010, 2013)

Also on this year’s Sunshine Double, reached QF at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic)

Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova)

Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets

Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year‐end ranking since 2007 (No.64) –

having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery;

defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber

In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong

(d. Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)

Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg

Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one

point enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)

Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)

Missed entire clay season in 2016 w/right ankle injury

Returned to action following two‐and‐a‐half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making

comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l.

Svitolina)

Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was

longest active streak)

Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011

Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams ‐ 72, V.Williams ‐ 49 and Sharapova ‐ 35) for singles titles (25)

– 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was

previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

By reaching 2017 Miami final became just the eighth player to reach $23 million in career prize money – currently

eighth on the all‐time list

Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth

programs

Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched

the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to

provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight

USANA Ambassadors on the WTA

Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and

Victoria Azarenka)


MATCH NOTES

[Q] ONS JABEUR (TUN #106) vs. [7] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8)


ONS JABEUR

106

63

28-08-1994 (22)

$198,695

$510,245

0 / 0

0 / 0

8-6 / 14-26

2-3 / 2-14

1-3 / 2-8

SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA

8

9

27-06-1985 (32)

$1,508,747

$23,365,748

0 / 17

0 / 16

26-13

25-11 / 567-282

8-5 / 186-116

10-2 / 117-95

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-0

2-1 / 44-23 0-1 / 0-2

1-1 / 1-4

1-0 / 1-1

0-0 / 1-0

3-6 / 127-160

1-2 / 56-95

1-0 / 39-20


6-4,6-0 W - ASIA MUHAMMAD (USA #132) *R3 60 mins

7-6(11),6-3 W - LUKSIKA KUMKHUM (THA #170) *R2 60 mins

6-3,7-6(1) W - SOFYA ZHUK (RUS #208) *R1 60 mins

WIMBLEDON Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match

ONS JABEUR

2016

R1* L - EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #223) 6-3 6-3

2014

R3* L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #121) 6-1 3-6 7-5

R2* W - EKATERINA BYCHKOVA (RUS #157) 7-6(4) 6-4

R1* W - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #296) 6-1 3-0

2013

R1* L - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #157) 2-6 6-4 6-3

SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA

2016


R3 W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #22) 6-7(1) 6-2 8-6

R2 W - TARA MOORE (GBR #227) 6-1 2-6 6-3


2015

R2 L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #134) 3-6 6-3 6-4


2014

R1 L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #102) 3-6 6-3 6-1

2012

R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #36) 6-2 6-3




MATCH NOTES

2011

R3 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #19) 4-6 6-3 6-4

R2 W - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #39) 6-0 6-2

R1 W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #83) 3-6 6-3 6-4

2010

R2 L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #74) 6-4 2-6 6-4

R1 W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #93) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4

2009


R2 W - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #78) 6-1 6-3

R1 W - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #715) 6-3 7-6(1)

2008


R3 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #109) 6-2 6-4


R1 W - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #124) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3

2007

QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #31) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #54) 6-3 6-2

R3 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #35) 6-2 6-3

R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #116) 7-6(2) 6-4

R1 W - JULIA VAKULENKO (UKR #41) 4-6 6-4 6-3

2006

R3 L - NA LI (CHN #30) 3-6 6-2 6-3

R2 W - KVETA PESCHKE (CZE #41) 4-6 6-1 6-4


2005

QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #1) 7-6(1) 6-3

R16 W - MAGDALENA MALEEVA (BUL #43) 6-4 6-3

R3 W - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #33) 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2

R2 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #75) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4

R1 W - REBECCA LLEWELLYN (GBR #434) 6-0 6-1

2004

R1 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #118) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4

2003

QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #3) 6-2 6-2

R16 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #91) 6-1 2-6 7-5

R3 W - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #48) 6-1 6-2

R2 W - YOON JEONG CHO (KOR #46) 7-6(1) 6-4

R1 W - BEA BIELIK (USA #169) 6-1 6-3

2002

R2* L - ELENA TATARKOVA (UKR #173) 5-7 6-4 6-2

R1* W - HELEN CROOK (GBR #348) 2-6 6-4 6-1


Jabeur:

Making main draw debut at Wimbledon. Previously fell in qualifying in 2013 (l. Kudryavtseva), 2014 (l. Paszek) and 2016 (l.

Alexandrova)

Faces No.8 Kuznetsova today in first meeting; 1‐1 against Top 10 opponents, win coming over No.7 Cibulkova at 2017

Roland Garros

Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Petkovic) and has made two additional main draw

appearances, at 2015 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky in 3r); has fallen in

qualifying at 10 other Slams (Roland Garros in 2012 and 2014‐15, Wimbledon in 2013‐14 and 2016, US Open in 2013 and

2015‐16 and Australian Open in 2017)

At 2017 Roland Garros, became 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

In Paris last month, also become first Arab woman to reach 3r of a Grand Slam 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 the

most recent lucky loser to reach R16 at a major

Continues to play a mix of WTA and ITF Circuit events

In build‐up to Roland Garros, made 2r exit at $100k ITF/Trnava 2‐SVK (l. Alexandrova) and qualifying exit at Rabat (l.

Sadikovic)

Reached SF at $80k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach‐USA (l. Govortsova) before made 2r at $60k ITF/Dothan‐USA (l. Haas)

Began 2017 clay court season by advancing to first WTA Premier‐level R16 at Charleston in April (as qualifier, l. Sevastova)

In March, reached SF at $60k ITF/Zhuhai‐CHN (l. Zheng) and QF at $60k ITF/Shenzhen‐CHN (l. Alexandrova)

Middle East swing results included 2r run at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Wang) after a qualifying exit at Doha (l. McHale)

Defeated No.22 Pavlyuchenkova at 2017 Dubai to record best career‐win to date (until 2017 Roland Garros upset of No.7

Cibulkova). Previous best career‐win came at 2013 Baku (d. No.37 Jovanovski in 2r), where she reached her first tour‐level

QF

Began 2017 season with 2r effort at Shenzhen (as qualifier, l. Stojanovic), a qualifying exit at Australian Open (l. Zhu) and

QF showing at Taipei City (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Svitolina)

Ended 2016 at No.193 for third non‐consecutive Top 200 finish (up from No.210 in 2015)

2016 highlights included scoring eighth, ninth and 10th ITF Circuit titles at $25K ITF/Daytona Beach‐USA, $25k

ITF/Sunrise‐USA and $50k ITF/Tunis‐TUN, respectively

In main draw play in 2016, made two 1r exits at Rabat (l. Sorribes Tormo) and Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Minella)

Fell in WTA qualifying on five occasions in 2016: Katowice (l. Golubic), Wimbledon (l. Alexandrova), Bastad (l.

Soler‐Espínosa), US Open (l. Duan) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. Jang)

Participated in the second staging of the WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore in 2015 alongside the WTA Finals –

went 1‐2 in round‐robin stage

Played first WTA main draws in 2012

Owns 10 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Tunisia in 2008

Started playing tennis at age 3

Coached here in Paris by Mislav Hizak

Kuznetsova:

Making 14th main draw appearance at Wimbledon, and 15th appearance overall

Best result at the All England Club is making the QF stage three times: 2003 (l. Henin), 2005 (l. Davenport) and 2007 (l.

eventual champion V.Williams)

Doubles R‐Up here in 2005 (w/Mauresmo, l. Black/Huber)

Last year, reached R16 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) for the first time since 2008 (l. A.Radwanska)

2017 Wimbledon marks 59th Grand Slam main draw appearance, which is the seventh most among active players

Is a two‐time Grand Slam champion, at 2004 US Open (d. Dementieva in F) and 2009 Roland Garros (d. Safina in F). Also a

two‐time Grand Slam finalists, at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. Henin) and 2007 US Open (l. Henin). Has made QF stage at

Australian Open on three occasions

During 2009 Roland Garros triumph, defeated No.2 S.Williams in QF and No.1 Safina in F – one of only nine players to

defeat the World No.1 and No.2 at the same Grand Slam, and the most recent to do so

One of only nine active players to have won more than 100 Grand Slam singles matches (147‐56). Only S.Williams,

V.Williams and Sharapova have won more matches at the majors

At 2011 Australian Open, played her part in setting the record for the longest women's match at a Slam, eventually

succumbing to Schiavone in 4 hours and 44 minutes

Entering 2017 Wimbledon, career prize money stands at over US$23 million – only eight players have earned more

One of 11 Russian women to begin 2017 Wimbledon main draw

Turned 32 last week, one of 18 thirtysomethings in the draw

Coming off QF at Eastbourne (l. to eventual champion Ka. Pliskova in three sets)

2017 clay season culminated in run to R16 at Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki), which was preceded by strong SF run at Madrid

(l. eventual R‐Up Mladenovic) and making R16 at Rome (l. Gavrilova)

Opened clay court swing with 2r showing at Stuttgart (d. Bertens, l. eventual champion Siegemund)

Advanced to R16 at 2017 Miami (l. V.Williams)

2017 Indian Wells marked her 40th career final (l. Vesnina in F), the fifth most among active players (behind S.Williams –

92, V.Williams – 81, Sharapova – 58, and Wozniacki – 46). Rose to No.7 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Indian Wells final;

currently No.8 (July 03, 2017)

Made QF run at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R‐Up Putintseva). Was forced to withdraw from Doha and Dubai w/abdominal

injury

Enjoyed run to R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Opened 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. Muguruza). Posted 2r exit at Sydney (as defending champion, l.

Pavlyuchenkova)

Secured her 600th match win (all levels) at 2017 Brisbane (1r, d. Chirico) – is one of seven active players to reach the

milestone, along with V.Williams, S.Williams, Jankovic, Schnyder, Schiavone and Sharapova. Currently sits 14th on all‐time

list for match wins

Made sixth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, where she qualified for SF for the first time (l. Cibulkova); in five previous

appearances (2004, 2006‐09), had never progressed beyond group stage. Her gap of six years between WTA Finals (2009

to 2016) was most since Capriati and Frazier’s seven year gaps (both from 1992‐2000)

Defeat of Gavrilova in final at 2016 Moscow secured place at WTA Finals – entered tournament on a wildcard, knowing she

would only qualify for Singapore should she successfully defend the title she won in 2015. After 1r bye, defeated Cornet

(2r), Babos (QF) and Svitolina (SF) before emphatic 6‐2 6‐1 victory against Gavrilova in F

Defeat of No.3 A.Radwanska and No.5 Ka.Pliskova at WTA Finals improved record vs. Top 5 opponents to 5‐4 in 2016, with

other wins against No.2 Halep (Sydney), No.1 S.Williams (Miami) and No.4 A.Radwanska (Wuhan)

Including defeats of A.Radwanska and Ka.Pliskova in Singapore, won 22 three‐set matches in 2016, the most on the WTA

for the season, and most for three years (Kvitova, 25 in 2013)

Won two singles titles in 2016, at Sydney (d. Puig in F) and Moscow (d. Gavrilova in F). Also finished R‐Up at Miami (l.

Azarenka in F). Record in WTA singles finals now stands at 17‐23

In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Muguruza) and Wimbledon (l. eventual

champion S.Williams) and 2r at Australian Open (l. K.Bondarenko) and US Open (l. Wozniacki)

Wimbledon result saw her return to the Top 10 (at No.10) for first time since May 2010

Advanced to 3r at Rio Olympics (l. Konta). Also competed in doubles w/Kasatkina (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in 3r)

Owns seven wins over reigning world No.1s (7‐20 record), most recently defeating S.Williams at 2016 Miami.

Defeated Mauresmo, Safina and Henin twice each when they were No.1; one of only two players (also S.Williams) to beat

Henin twice when she was No.1

Her 16 career doubles titles (most recently 2013 Moscow w/Stosur) includes two Grand Slam titles, both at the Australian

Open – in 2005 (w/Molik) and 2012 (w/Zvonareva)

One of five Russians to rank in Top 2 (also Myskina, Sharapova, Zvonareva, Safina); had chance to become No.1 by winning

2008 Roland Garros (fell two matches short with SF loss to Safina); also achieved career‐high No.3 in doubles (June 7,

2004)

Ranked continuously in Top 20 from March 1, 2004 to July 11, 2010 (including over four years ranked continuously in Top

10 – April 2006 to June 2010)

Russian Fed Cup Team, 2004, 2007‐12, 2015‐16; Russian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008, 2016

Coached by Carlos Martínez


MATCH NOTES

[9] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) vs. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #67)

Head to Head: AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA leads 7-2

2016 HARD O R16 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 81 mins6-3 6-3 INDIAN WELLS

2015 GRASS O R16 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 103 mins7-5 6-4 WIMBLEDON

2014 CLAY O QF JELENA JANKOVIC 106 mins6-4 6-4 ROME

2014 HARD O QF AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 153 mins7-5 2-6 6-4 INDIAN WELLS

2012 HARD O R2 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 97 mins6-2 7-5 TOKYO

2012 HARD O R3 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 98 mins6-3 7-5 US OPEN

2012 HARD O SF AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 103 mins6-2 2-6 6-0 DUBAI

2011 HARD O R16 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 114 mins2-6 6-4 6-0 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC

2008 CLAY O R16 JELENA JANKOVIC 128 mins6-3 7-6(3) ROLAND GARROS

AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA

10

40

06-03-1989 (28)

$405,306

$26,345,212

0 / 20

0 / 2

11-10 / 489-220

3-2 / 100-92

2-3 / 64-61

JELENA JANKOVIC

67

108

28-02-1985 (32)

$269,153

$18,970,288

0 / 15

0 / 2

21-13

5-15 / 556-335

2-7 / 147-154

1-3 / 103-94

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











39-11

0-2 / 51-31 0-1 / 58-25

1-2 / 103-119

0-1 / 47-81

0-1 / 37-26

0-5 / 111-151

0-3 / 50-96

0-1 / 49-22


AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA

2016

R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #18) 6-3 5-7 9-7

R3 W - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #114) 6-3 6-1

R2 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #103) 6-2 4-6 9-7

R1 W - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #97) 6-2 6-1

JELENA JANKOVIC

2016

R2 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #153) 4-6 7-6(1) 8-6


2015


R3 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) 3-6 7-5 6-4

R2 W - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #101) 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3




MATCH NOTES

2015

SF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-2 3-6 6-3

QF W - MADISON KEYS (USA #21) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3

R16 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #30) 7-5 6-4

R3 W - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #61) 6-1 6-4


R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #52) 6-3 6-2

2014

R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #22) 6-3 6-0

R3 W - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #102) 6-2 6-0

R2 W - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #36) 6-4 6-0

R1 W - ANDREEA MITU (ROU #213) 6-2 6-1

2013

SF L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-4 2-6 9-7

QF W - NA LI (CHN #6) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2

R16 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #72) 4-6 6-3 6-3

R3 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #52) 7-5 4-6 6-3

R2 W - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #98) 6-1 6-3

R1 W - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #116) 6-1 6-1

2012


SF W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) 6-3 6-4

QF W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #19) 7-5 4-6 7-5

R16 W - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #145) 6-2 6-3


R2 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #79) 6-2 6-1


2011

R2 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #81) 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

R1 W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #101) 6-0 3-0

2010

R16 L - NA LI (CHN #12) 6-3 6-2

R3 W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #34) 6-3 6-1

R2 W - ALBERTA BRIANTI (ITA #75) 6-2 6-0

R1 W - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #70) 6-3 6-3

2009

QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #3) 6-1 6-2

R16 W - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #124) 6-4 7-5

R3 W - NA LI (CHN #18) 6-4 7-5

R2 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #36) 6-2 6-7(6) 9-7


R1 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #89) 6-4 3-6 10-8

2014

R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #42) 6-3 6-2

2013

R2 L - VESNA DOLONC (SRB #97) 7-5 6-2

R1 W - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #137) 6-2 7-5

2012

R1 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #47) 6-2 6-4

2011

R1 L - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #76) 5-7 6-4 6-3

2010

R16 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #21) 6-1 3-0

R3 W - ALONA BONDARENKO (UKR #30) 6-0 6-3

R2 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #60) 4-6 6-2 6-4

R1 W - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #234) 6-3 7-6(5)

2009

R3 L - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #124) 6-7(8) 7-5 6-2


R1 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #93) 6-4 7-6(0)

2008

R16 L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #60) 6-3 6-2

R3 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #30) 2-6 6-4 6-2


R1 W - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #113) 6-3 6-2

2007

R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #19) 3-6 7-5 6-3

R3 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #25) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-2

R2 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #105) 6-1 6-1


2006

R16 L - ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #11) 6-4 7-6(5)

R3 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) 7-6(8) 4-6 6-4

R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #88) 6-2 4-6 6-4

R1 W - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #48) 6-3 6-4

2005

R3 L - ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #10) 6-0 5-7 10-8

R2 W - MARIANA DIAZ-OLIVA (ARG #73) 6-3 7-5

R1 W - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #39) 6-4 6-2

2004

R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #60) 3-6 6-1 6-4

2003

R1* L - ANDREEA EHRITT-VANC (ROU #165) 6-1 3-6 6-4


A.Radwanska

Making 12th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon. Best result here is R‐Up finish in 2012 (l. S.Williams in F in 3s)

Other notable results at the All England Club include SF runs in 2013 (l. Lisicki) and 2015 (l. Muguruza), QF showings in

2008 (l. S.Williams) and 2009 (l. V.Williams) and R16 in 2006 (l. Clijsters), 2010 (l. Li), 2014 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l.

Cibulkova)

Made 3r exit in 2007 (l. Kuznetsova) and 2r exit in 2011 (l. Cetkovska)

2017 Wimbledon marks 45th consecutive main draw appearance, which is the third longest streak among active players

after Jankovic (55) and Pironkova (47). Has not missed a major since making Grand Slam debut at 2006 Wimbledon

Became Poland’s first Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era by reaching title match here in 2012 (Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was

runner‐up in three Grand Slam finals in the 1930s)

At Australian Open, has reached SF twice, in 2014 (l. eventual R‐Up Cibulkova) and 2016 (l. eventual R‐Up S.Williams), at

Roland Garros has advanced to QF once in 2013 (l. Errani), and at US Open has reached R16 on five occasions in 2007‐08,

2012‐13 and 2016

Entering 2017 Wimbledon, one of nine active players to record more than 100 Grand Slam main draw match wins

(117‐44). Only S.Williams (316), V.Williams (251), Sharapova (183), Kuznetsova (147) and Azarenka (118) have more wins

than her

Seeded No.9 this fortnight – her lowest seeding at a Slam since 2015 US Open (No.15)

2005 Wimbledon girls’ singles champion; nine additional former junior Wimbledon champions are competing this week

(also Barty, Bondarenko, Bouchard, Flipkens, Ostapenko, Potapova, Kr.Pliskova, Robson and Wozniacki)

Faces Jankovic today; has won seven of their nine career meetings, including in R16 at the All England Club two years ago

Owns a 41‐3 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, losses at this stage coming at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Santangelo), 2009


MATCH NOTES

2008


R16 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-4 1-6 7-5


R2 W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #65) 6-1 6-3


2007


R2 W - MARTINA MÜLLER (GER #34) 6-1 4-0


2006

R16 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #2) 6-2 6-2

R3 W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #164) 6-3 6-2

R2 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #83) 7-5 7-6(5)



Australian Open (l. K.Bondarenko) and 2015 Roland Garros (l. Beck)

Is bidding to win 59th main draw win on grass – V.Williams is the only player in the draw this fortnight with more wins on

the surface (87)

Coming off 2r exit at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Davis)

Reached 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Cornet); contested one clay court event leading into Paris, falling 1r at Stuttgart (l.

Makarova); withdrew from Madrid and Rome w/right foot injury

Posted 3r exits at Indian Wells (l. Peng) and Miami (l. Lucic‐Baroni)

Had early losses at both Doha (after 1r bye, l. Wozniacki in 2r) and Dubai (l. Bellis in 3r)

Began season with QF run in Shenzhen (as defending champion, l. Riske) and R‐Up finish at Sydney (l. Konta)

Made 2r exit at 2017 Australian Open (l. Lucic‐Baroni) – earliest exit in Melbourne since 2009 (1r); ranking dropped from

No.3 to No.6 – first time outside Top 5 since October 2015

Finished 2016 in the Top 10 for the sixth straight year – the longest active streak; achieved a career high year‐end ranking

of No.3

Won three titles in 2016, one of six players to win a hat‐trick of titles (also Azarenka, Cibulkova, Kerber, Halep and

Stephens) – triumphed at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), New Haven (d. Svitolina in F) and Beijing (d. Konta in F)

Qualified for 2016 WTA Finals Singapore (as defending champion, d. No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Muguruza in round robin

play, l. No.1 Kerber in SF)

Win at 2016 New Haven was the second‐most efficient title run of 2016, dropping only 20 games (best was Azarenka at

Brisbane – 17 games)

Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion Suárez Navarro), Indian Wells (l. eventual

R‐Up S.Williams), Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) and Tokyo [PPO] (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

In 2016 Grand Slam play, reached SF at Australian Open (l. eventual R‐Up S.Williams) and R16 at Roland Garros (l.

Pironkova), Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova 9‐7 in deciding set) and US Open (l. Konjuh)

One of just four players who reached R16 or better at all Grand Slams last year (also Keys, Suárez Navarro and S.Williams)

Represented Poland at 2016 Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Zheng) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Kubot, l. Begu/Tecau)

First Polish woman to win a WTA singles title (2007 Stockholm); rank in Top 10 (after 2008 Wimbledon); and defeat a

World No.1 player (Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney)

Owns a 1‐16 record vs. World No.1s, sole win coming over Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney. Losses were to Henin (2007

Eastbourne and Zurich), Safina (2009 Stuttgart), Wozniacki (2011 Stuttgart), Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Indian Wells, 2012

Stuttgart, 2012 Madrid and 2013 Doha), S.Williams (2013 Miami, 2013 Toronto, 2013 Beijing, 2013 WTA Finals, 2016

Australian Open, 2016 Indian Wells) and Kerber (2016 WTA Finals)

Won the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Kvitova in F) after going 1‐2 in round robin play

Career prize money stands at more than US$25 million – the fifth WTA player to have reached the mark

At No.10, is the top‐ranked Polish woman in Top 100, ahead of Linette (week of July 3, 2017)

Won WTA Fan Favorite Award in 2016, the sixth straight year she has topped the public vote

Coached by Tomasz Wiktorowski

Jankovic:

Making 14th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon. Best result is reaching R16 on five occasions, in 2006 (l.

Myskina), 2007 (l. Bartloi), 2008 (l. Tanasugarn), 2010 (l. Zvonareva) and 2015 (l. A.Radwanska)

Won mixed doubles title at All England Club with Jamie Murray in 2007

Contesting her 56th Grand Slam main draw, and 55th consecutive Grand Slam main draw, the longest streak among

active players (followed by Pironkova with 47)

Her 55 consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearances is also the third‐best record in the Open Era (Sugiyama holds

the record, with 62)

Best result at a Grand Slam was R‐Up finish at 2008 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has reached SF at Roland Garros three

times (2007‐08, 2010), and at the Australian Open reached SF in 2008

Owns a 44‐11 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, and 113‐55 record across all the Slams – one of nine active players to

record over 100 Grand Slam main draw wins (also S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Azarenka,

Radwanska, Schiavone and Schnyder)

One of 18 thirtysomethings contesting 2017 Wimbledon main draw

Began grass court season with 1r exits at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Krejsova) and Mallorca (l. Garcia). In Mallorca finished

R‐Up in doubles w/Sevastova (conceded walkover to Hingis/Y.Chan due to Sevastova’s left thigh injury)

Also knocked out 1r at Roland Garros (l. Hogenkamp), Madrid (l. Cibulkova) and Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova). Only wins on

clay came at Charleston (d. Alexandrova, l. Stosur in 2r) and Rome (d. Riske, l. Goerges in 2r)

Faces No.10 A.Radwanska today at All England Club; owns a 50‐96 record against Top 10 players (0‐3 in 2017), most

recent win coming over No.10 Kerber at 2015 Antwerp

Suffered 1r loss at Miami – l. Shvedova 46 64 76(3) after holding mp at 54. Match against Shvedova was her 1,000th

as a professional – only nine other players have reached this milestone (also Navratilova – 1,661, Evert – 1,448, Wade

– 1,168, Sánchez Vicario – 1,054, Schiavone – 1,075, Martínez – 1,036, Foretz – 1,035, Graf – 1,015 and Schnyder –

1,015)

At Indian Wells reached 2r. Defeated Falconi in 1r – first main draw win since 2017 Australian Open – losing 2r to

V.Williams 16 76(5) 61 after holding 3mp

Fell 1r at Taipei City (l. Nara), Doha (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Dubai (l. Barthel). 2017 Doha marked first

time playing qualifying in more than 12 years, since 2004 Filderstadt

Began 2017 with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Halep) and Hobart (l. Niculescu). At Australian Open advanced to 3r (l.

Kuznetsova)

Finished 2016 at No.55 – her first time finishing outside the Top 30 since 2003 (at No.85)

Last season’s highlight was reaching final at Guangzhou (as defending champion, l. Tsurenko). Owns 15‐21 career

record in WTA finals, with eight titles coming on hardcourts

On grass, reached three finals: 2005 Birmingham (R‐Up), 2007 's‐Hertogenbosch (R‐Up) and 2012 Birmingham (R‐Up)

Reached two further SF in 2016, at Mallorca (l. Sevastova) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki)

Broke the US$18 million career prize money mark in 2015, becoming the 15th woman to do so

Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, but fell in group stages

Achieved her 600th career win (all levels) at 2015 Guangzhou; at the time was only third active player to achieve the

feat, behind Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Since joined by Maria Sharapova at 2016 Australian Open and

Svetlana Kuznetsova at 2017 Brisbane and Schiavone at 2017 Bogotá

Has two WTA doubles titles – 2006 Birmingham (w/Li) and 2013 Toronto (w/Srebotnik)

Former World No.1 (spent 18 weeks in top spot in 2008 and was the year‐end No.1) who owns a 3‐16 record vs.

No.1‐ranked opponents; five Top 10 season finishes overall, and eight Top 20 finishes

At 2010 Rome became the seventh player to defeat both Serena and Venus Williams at the same tournament

Has played 20+ tour‐level main draw events in 14 straight years. Wimbledon is 15th tournament of 2017

Currently working with brother Marco Jankovic


MATCH NOTES

[12] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #14) vs. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #83)

Head to Head: KRISTINA MLADENOVIC leads 1-0

2015 CLAY O R1 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 123 mins6-2 4-6 6-1 STRASBOURG

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC

14

6

14-05-1993 (24)

$1,731,602

$6,590,073

1 / 1

0 / 16

36-14 / 144-133

11-4 / 45-45

8-7 / 43-33

PAULINE PARMENTIER

83

89

31-01-1986 (31)

$286,415

$2,576,314

0 / 2

0 / 0

3-8

10-14 / 90-149

3-4 / 25-42

2-7 / 21-25

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











2-5

0-1 / 3-13 5-3 / 22-16

7-5 / 23-41

5-2 / 11-17

2-1 / 8-10

0-3 / 4-28

0-2 / 0-13

2-1 / 8-12


KRISTINA MLADENOVIC

2016

R1 L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #98) 6-3 6-3

2015

R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #24) 6-4 6-4

R2 W - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #147) 6-4 7-5

R1 W - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #60) 6-2 6-1

2014

R1 L - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #72) 7-6(4) 6-4

2013

R1 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) 7-6(5) 6-3

PAULINE PARMENTIER

2016

R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #114) 6-3 7-5

2015

R1 L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #85) 6-4 6-2

2014

R1* L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #149) 6-2 3-6 6-4

2013

R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #76) 6-3 6-2

2012

R1 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #52) 6-4 6-1

2011

R2 L - KSENIA PERVAK (RUS #89) 6-2 1-6 6-3




Mladenovic:

• Making sixth appearance at Wimbledon. Best result here is reaching 3r in 2015 (l. Azarenka). Made 1r exits on all other

appearances, including debut in 2012 (as qualifier, l. Cepelova), 2013 (l. Sharapova), 2014 (l. Diyas) and 2016 (l. Sasnovich)

• In doubles, finished R‐Up at 2014 Wimbledon w/Babos (l. Errani/Vinci in F)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks 27th Grand Slam main draw – matched best result at the majors by reaching QF at 2017 Roland

Garros (l. Bacsinszky), having also reached this stage at 2015 US Open (l. eventual R‐Up Vinci); reached 3r at 2016

Australian Open (l. Gavrilova)

• Defeated No.5 and defending champion Muguruza in Paris – win was sixth win over a Top 5 player in career (6‐7 overall

record), other wins coming over No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017

Dubai) No.4 Halep (2017 Indian Wells) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart)

• Defeat of Muguruza was also 25th Grand Slam main draw win of career (25‐26 overall record)

• Won debut Grand Slam doubles title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) – were first

French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed

• Ranked No.14 entering Wimbledon fortnight. Posted a career‐high ranking of No.12, after QF finish at s’Hertogenbosch

(week of June 19, 2017)

• Faces compatriot Parmentier today; career record against fellow Frenchwomen is 13‐10 (at all levels)

• Has 36 match wins in 2017 – only Svitolina (37) has more. In contrast, recorded 31 victories across entire 2016 season

• In grass court tune‐up events, reached QFs at s’Hertogenbosch (l. Tsurenko) and Birmingham (l. eventual champion

Kvitova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. Kuznetsova)

• Successful clay court season culminated in QF run at Roland Garros. Also reached first final at WTA Premier Mandatory

level at 2017 Madrid (l. Halep in F), bettering previous best effort of SF at Indian Wells earlier in season

• Madrid was fourth WTA singles final of 2017 – also St Petersburg (Champion), Acapulco (R‐Up) and Stuttgart (R‐Up). Is 1‐6


MATCH NOTES

2012


R3* W - MISAKI DOI (JPN #105) 4-6 6-4 6-4

R2* W - DINAH PFIZENMAIER (GER #140) 6-3 6-4

R1* W - ANNA FITZPATRICK (GBR #493) 6-3 4-6 6-2

2010

R1 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #24) 7-5 6-4

2009


R1 W - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #130) 6-4 1-6 6-3

2008

R2 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #43) 1-6 6-2 6-3


2006

R1* L - MARÍA EMILIA SALERNI (ARG #115) 6-4 6-0


in WTA singles finals

• At Stuttgart, lost title match to Siegemund. Defeated World No.2 Kerber en route to final – her first win over the German

and joint‐best career result by ranking (also defeated No.2 Li at 2014 Roland Garros). Made 1r exit at Rome (l. Goerges) in

only other clay court appearance this season

• Represented France in Fed Cup win over Spain in April’s World Group play‐off, going 2‐0 in singles (d. Sorribes‐Tormo,

Soler‐Epsinosa)

• Suffered opening match defeat at 2017 Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tig)

• Posted SF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and No.13

Wozniacki

• 2017 Indian Wells result saw her break into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to become

new French No.1

• Entered Miami after reaching second WTA final of 2017, finishing R‐Up finish at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko)

• Captured first career title at St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F); also defeated No.11 V.Williams in 2r. Passed $5 million

career prize money mark by winning title

• Followed this by going 1‐1 in France’s Fed Cup loss to Switzerland

• Reached 3r at Dubai (upset No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in 2r, l. Wang)

• Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back 1r exits at Hobart (l. eventual champion Mertens) and Australian Open (l. Konjuh).

• In doubles, reached SF w/Garcia in Melbourne (l. eventual R‐Up Hlavackova/Peng) – has now reached the SF or better at

all four majors

• Ended 2016 ranked No.42, down from career‐best year‐end finish of No.29 in 2015

• Reached second and third WTA singles finals in 2016, at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki).

Other previous career final was R‐Up finish at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur)

• Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final vs. Czech Republic in 2016 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston (d. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova), Stuttgart (d. Hingis/Mirza), Madrid (d.

Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (Makarova/Vesnina). In addition, also finished runners‐up at Sydney, Dubai, US Open and

Beijing (all w/Garcia). Team qualified for WTA Finals Singapore, losing in SF. By winning the tournament, could have

become joint‐World No.1s

• Also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore in doubles w/Babos. Went 1‐2 in RR stage and failed to progress

• Overall has won 16 WTA doubles titles (16‐11 record in finals). At Grand Slams won 2016 Roland Garros (w/Garcia) and

finished R‐Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos) and 2016 US Open (w/Garcia)

• Won mixed doubles titles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished runner‐up at 2013 Roland Garros

and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor)

• Prior to defeat of Halep at 2015 Birmingham, all previous Top 10 wins of career had come in France: No.2 Li (2014 Roland

Garros), No.10 Halep (2014 Paris [Indoors]), No.6 Kvitova (2013 Paris [Indoors]) and No.6 Bouchard (2015 Roland Garros)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007

• Currently without a coach

Parmentier:

• Making ninth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (11th overall)

• Only wins here came when reaching 2r in 2008 (l. Dellacqua), 2009 (l. Kuznetsova) and 2011 (l. Pervak)

• Best showing across all Slams was R16 run at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), also reached 3r on home soil in 2016 (l.

Bacsinszky) and at 2012 US Open (l. Kvitova). At Australian Open reached 2r in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and at Wimbledon

reached 2r in 2008‐09 and 2011

• Owns a 17‐20 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, falling at this stage at the All England Club on five occasions

• One of five French women in the 2017 Wimbledon main draw (also Cornet, Dodin, Garcia and Mladenovic)

• Faces No.14 Mladenovic today. Owns five Top 20 wins (4‐28 lifetime record at tour level), defeating No.14 Szavay (2008

Bad Gastein), No.12 Lisicki (2012 Strasbourg), No.20 Vinci (2014 Roland Garros), No.16 Petkovic (2014 Luxembourg) and

No.19 Svitolina (2015 WTA 125k Limoges)

• Made 1r exits in both pre‐Wimbledon grass court tournaments, at Mallorca (l. Cepelova) and $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR (l.

Rodina), winning only two games on both occasions

• Reached 2r at Roland Garros, defeating Khromacheva before losing to Witthoeft

• Failed to win a main draw match in her other three clay court tournaments in 2017: Rabat (l. Mertens), Madrid (as

qualifier, l. Siniakova) and Strasbourg (l. Brengle). Did win her singles rubber (vs. Sorribes Tormo) during France’s 4‐0 Fed

Cup play‐off win over Spain on clay in April

• Best result of the season so far was reaching QF at Acapulco (l. Lucic‐Baroni), which marked first back‐to‐back wins of

2017. Followed this by scoring equal‐best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory event, reaching 3r at both Indian Wells (l.

Kerber) and Miami (l. eventual champion Konta)

• Posted highest ranking since September 2008 following Miami Open, reaching No.55 (week of April 3, 2017). Career‐high

ranking is No.40, achieved in July 2008

• Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Auckland (l. S.Williams) and Hobart (l. Voskoboeva), before making 2r at Australian

Open (l. Vandeweghe)

• In February, lost singles rubber (to Bencic) representing France in Fed Cup vs. Switzerland and made 2r at Budapest (l.

Sasnovich)

• Ended 2016 at No.73, up from No.116 in 2015

• Season highlights in 2016 included reaching SF at Katowice (l. eventual champion Cibulkova) and QFs at Monterrey (as

qualifier, l. Garcia), Rabat (l. Babos), Bucharest (l. King) and Strasbourg (l. eventual runner‐up Lucic‐Baroni)

• Owns two career singles titles: 2007 Tashkent (d. Azarenka in F) and 2008 Bad Gastein (d. Hradecka in F)

• In doubles, finished R‐Up at 2011 Dallas (w/Cornet, l. Brianti/Cirstea in F)

• On ITF Circuit, owns 10 singles and three doubles titles

• Made Top 100 debut in September 2007 (after US Open); Top 50 debut in February 2008 (after Viña del Mar)

• Made tour‐level main draw debut at 2005 Roland Garros (l. Benesova in 1r)

• French Fed Cup Team, 2010‐13 and 2015, 2017. French Olympic Team, 2008


MATCH NOTES

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #75) vs. [14] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #15)


EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA

75

60

15-11-1994 (22)

$158,610

$341,282

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-5 / 4-8

1-2 / 1-4

0-0 / 2-1

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA

15

10

08-10-1993 (23)

$1,045,054

$11,128,219

0 / 3

0 / 5

8-4

23-13 / 157-93

11-4 / 57-40

3-7 / 26-35

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-1

3-2 / 17-12 0-0 / 1-1

0-1 / 0-1

0-1 / 0-1

0-1 / 0-1

4-5 / 42-42

2-2 / 21-23

1-0 / 12-10


EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA

2016

R2 L - ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #57) 6-4 7-6(1)


R3* W - HARRIET DART (GBR #446) 2-6 7-5 13-11

R2* W - STEPHANIE VOGT (LIE #274) 6-4 4-6 14-12

R1* W - ONS JABEUR (TUN #181) 6-3 6-3

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA

2016

R2 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #124) 6-3 6-2

R1 W - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #67) 6-2 5-7 6-4

2015

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-4

SF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-2 3-6 6-3

QF W - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #15) 7-5 6-3


R3 W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #10) 7-6(12) 1-6 6-2



2014

R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #51) 6-3 3-6 7-5



Alexandrova:

• Making second appearance here at Wimbledon

• On debut in 2016, came through qualifying to reach 2r (l. Friedsam)

• 2017 Wimbledon marks fourth Grand Slam main draw appearance; previous Grand Slam appearances came at 2016

Wimbledon – defeated No.23 seed Ivanovic before falling to Friedsam in 2r –2017 Australian Open (l. compatriot

Makarova in 1r) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova in 2r). Lost in qualifying for 2016 US Open

• One of 11 Russians competing in the singles draw at the All England Club (also Blinkova, Kasatkina, Khromacheva,

Kuznetsova, Makarova, Pavlyuchenkova, Potapova, Rodina, Vesnina and Vikhlyantseva)

• Rose to career‐high No.75 in the rankings this week (July 3, 2017)

• Owns a 2‐1 record in 1r matches at the majors

• Faces No.15 Muguruza today; lost only previous meeting against Top 20 player, against No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Roland

Garros

• Highest‐ranked opponent beaten to date is No.22 Safarova – defeated the Czech at $100k ITF/Prague‐CZE in 2014

• Has played only two previous tournaments on grass; as a qualifier, made 2r at 2016 Wimbledon, and reached SF (l. Begu)

last week at $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR

• At Roland Garros reached Grand Slam 2r for second time in career (also 2016 Wimbledon), upsetting Siniakova in 1r before

falling to No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 3s; yet to win two consecutive tour‐level main draw matches

• In lead‐up to Paris, reached SF at $100k ITF/Trnava‐SVK and made qualifying exits at Madrid (l. Pironkova) and Prague (l.

Haddad Maia)

• Began clay court season at Charleston in April (l. Jankovic in 1r); followed up with 1r exit at Bogotá (l. Errani)

• Won back‐to‐back titles on the ITF Circuit – the sixth and seventh of career – this spring, at $60k ITF/Shenzhen‐CHN (d.

Sabalenka in F) and $60k ITF/Coissy‐Beaubourg‐FRA (d. Hogenkamp in F)

• In February, fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg and Doha before making a 1r exit at Budapest (l. Vekic)

• Only other WTA main draw appearance in 2017 came at Australian Open (on debut, l. Makarova). Started 2017 season at

Shenzhen and Hobart (fell in qualifying at both)

• Ended 2016 at career‐best year‐end ranking (No.133) – her first Top 200 finish

• 2016 highlight was winning WTA 125K Series title at Limoges (d. No.24 Garcia in F). Made WTA main draw debut at

Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R‐Up Giorgi in 2r)


MATCH NOTES

2013

R2 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #27) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4


2012

R2* L - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #189) 6-4 6-2

R1* W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #176) 6-3 6-0


• Also reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her way through qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23

seed Ivanovic in 1r, l. Friedsam) and Québec City (l. Martincova)

• Entered 2016 Wimbledon with $59,070 career prize money, doubling this total with her run

• Rest of year was spent on ITF Circuit and attempting to qualify at WTA events (Prague, US Open, Tashkent, Linz and

Moscow)

• First WTA‐level appearance came at 2014 Bad Gastein – fell in qualifying

• Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2011

• Posted Top 300 season finishes in 2014 (No.256) and 2015 (No.269) on the WTA rankings

• On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles titles

• Coached by her father, Evgeny Alexandrova and Petr Kralert, who both travel with her

• Mother is Julia Alexandrova; has a sister, Anna and brother, Jury

• Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and now trains in Prague, Czech Republic

• Describes game style as “aggressive” and favorite shot is forehand

• Prefers hardcourts

• Admires Serena Williams

• Began playing tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Spain

• Graduated from high school in 2012

Speaks Russian, Czech and English

Muguruza:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (and sixth appearance overall). In 2015, reached first Grand Slam final

of career here at the All England Club, losing the title match to S.Williams. Defeated four Top 20 opponents en route to

final: No.10 Kerber (3r), No.5 Wozniacki (R16), No.15 Bacsinszky (QF) and No.13 A.Radwanksa (SF)

Became first Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any

Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce). Was just fifth player (now seven after

Ka.Pliskova at 2016 US Open and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros) born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final

In other appearances here at SW19, reached 2r in 2013 (l. Makarova) and 2016 (l. Cepelova), and posted 1r exit in 2014 (l.

Vandeweghe). Fell in 2012 qualifying

2r loss here in 2016 to No.124 Cepelova remains worst loss of career by‐ranking at a Grand Slam

Is the No.14 seed this fortnight at Wimbledon – her lowest seeding at a Grand Slam since 2015 Wimbledon (No.20)

Ranked No.15 entering 2017 Wimbledon (July 3, 2017) – her lowest ranking for two years (at No.20 on June 29, 2015)

2017 Wimbledon marks 19th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a Grand Slam champion, winning the title at 2016

Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen). One of five

women to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur)

Became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario defeated Seles in the Final. Also

the 45th player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title

At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open has reached 2r twice (2015‐16)

Owns a 15‐3 record in Slam 1r matches, losses at this stage coming at 2012 US Open (l. Errani), 2014 Wimbledon (l.

Vandeweghe) and 2014 US Open (l. Lucic‐Baroni)

One of four Spanish women to begin 2017 Wimbledon main draw (also Arruabarrena, Sorribes Tormo and Suárez Navarro)

Coming off SF run at Birmingham (l. Barty, which was first SF on grass since 2015 Wimbledon) and 2r exit at Eastbourne

(after 1r bye, l. Strycova 6‐1 6‐0)

Clay court swing culminated in reaching R16 at Roland Garros (as defending champion, l. Mladenovic)

Arrived in Paris after SF run at Rome – forced to retire vs. eventual champion Svitolina w/neck injury at 1‐4 down

Suffered back‐to‐back opening match losses at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Kontaveit) and Madrid (l. Bacsinszky in 1r)

On North American hard courts this spring, reached QF at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and was forced to retire w/heat

related illness vs. Wozniacki in R16 at Miami

During Middle Eastern swing, fell in 2r at both Doha (l. Zhang) and Dubai (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Bondarenko w/left Achilles

injury)

Began 2017 season strongly with SF run at Brisbane – ret. vs. Cornet trailing 4‐1 (w/right thigh injury). Was first SF since

Cincinnati last August (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and second since run to final at Roland Garros

Followed this up by reaching QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) for first time after R16 efforts in 2014 and 2015

In February represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic, going 1‐1 in singles (d. Strycova, l.

Ka.Pliskova)

Posted second Top 10 season finish in 2016, at No.7

Finished 2016 season with second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1‐2 in round‐robin play and

did not progress to SF. In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Arantxa

Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza)

2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to career‐high ranking of No.2 as a

result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2)

In other Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and fell 2r at both Wimbledon (l. qualifier

Cepelova) and US Open (as No.3 seed, l. Sevastova)

Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Rome (l. eventual R‐Up Keys – was first time winning three consecutive

matches since 2015 WTA Finals) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Made QF at Doha (l. Petkovic) and

Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) and posted R16 results at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and Beijing (l. Kvitova)

Represented Spain at Rio Olympics. Advanced to 3r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig 6‐1 6‐1) and QF in doubles

(w/Suárez Navarro, l. eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina). Was due to play mixed doubles w/Nadal, but the pair

conceded a w/o in 1r match due to Nadal’s ongoing participation in singles and doubles

Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon

Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 – also Makarova,

Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky

Owns 3‐3 career record in singles finals – in addition to 2016 Roland Garros and 2015 Beijing, won 2014 Hobart (as

qualifier, d. Koukalova in F, did not drop a set en route)

Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career

Coach Sam Sumyk is not attending Wimbledon. Will be joined by former champion Conchita Martínez for the fortnight


MATCH NOTES

[WC] KATIE BOULTER (GBR #238) vs. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #60)


KATIE BOULTER

238

194

01-08-1996 (20)

$19,600

$64,301

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

CHRISTINA MCHALE

60

73

11-05-1992 (25)

$275,701

$3,103,907

0 / 1

0 / 2

6-6

10-17 / 139-154

5-7 / 58-60

2-7 / 32-36

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-0

1-3 / 15-20 0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

1-5 / 14-58

0-3 / 6-30

1-1 / 12-10


KATIE BOULTER

2016

R2* L - REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #132) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3

R1* W - ZHAOXUAN YANG (CHN #201) 7-6(6) 7-6(7)

2014

R1* L - ALBERTA BRIANTI (ITA #185) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

CHRISTINA MCHALE

2016

R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-7(7) 6-2 6-4


2015

R2 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #18) 2-6 7-5 6-1

R1 W - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #73) 6-3 6-2

2014

R1 L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #94) 6-3 6-3

2013





Boulter:

Making Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon debut as one of four British wildcards (also Broady, Robson and

Watson); fell in qualifying in 2014 and 2016 Wimbledon

Appeared in girls’ singles at all four Slams, reaching 3r at Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. In junior doubles,

R‐Up w/Jorovic at 2014 Australian Open

Has also been awarded a Wimbledon wild card for main draw doubles alongside Katie Swan

Faces No.60 McHale today in first WTA main draw match of career; only previous meeting with Top 100 player came

last week at $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR (l. No.88 Petkovic)

One of five British players in main draw (also Broady, Konta, Robson and Watson)

In grass court tune‐up tournaments, fell 1r at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR (l. Martincova), 2r $100k ITF/Manchester‐GBR

(l. Krunic) and 1r at $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR (l. Petkovic). At tour level, fell in qualifying at Birmingham

Achieved career‐high ranking of No.235 on June 26, 2017 (after Birmingham)

Wimbledon will be 15th tournament contested in 2017; owns a 27‐13 record in these matches (all on ITF Circuit or

qualifying)

This season, has reached sixth, seventh and eighth ITF Circuit finals, winning title at $15k ITF/Istanbul‐TUR (d. Aksu in

F) and R‐Up at $25k ITF/Mildura‐AUS (l. Kuzmova in F) and $60k ITF/Kurume‐JPN (l. compatriot Robson)

Ended 2016 at a career‐best No.360 (up from No.889 in 2015)

Posted 38‐22 record in 2016, highlight being title at $100k ITF/Sharm el‐Sheikh

Missed almost entire 2015 season due to illness, playing only one tournament

Claimed first ITF Circuit title at Sharm el Sheikh in 2014

From Woodhouse Eeaves in Leicestershire but trains at National Tennis Centre in Roehampton

Began playing tennis at the age of 5

Enjoys Hockey, cycling, shopping, and cooking

Leicester City fan – favorite player is Jamie Vardy

Working with David Felgate and former British No.1 Jeremy Bates


MATCH NOTES

2012

R3 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) 6-2 6-3

R2 W - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #81) 7-5 7-5

R1 W - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #212) 6-7(4) 6-2 10-8

2011

R2 L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #80) 6-4 6-1



McHale:

Making seventh appearance at Wimbledon. Achieved best result when she advanced to 3r in 2012 (l. Kerber). Has

reached 2r on four further occasions, most recently last year (l. eventual champion S.Williams in 3s)

2017 Wimbledon marks 31st main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Aside from 3r run at 2012 Wimbledon, has

reached 3r at 2012 Australian Open, 3r at 2012 Roland Garros, and 2r at US Open in 2011 and 2013; yet to reach

R16 at any of the majors

Owns a 14‐16 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, falling at this stage in five of her past seven major appearances

Faces No.238 Boulter today; last loss to a player ranked outside Top 200 was to No.211 Sharapova in 1r at 2017

Rome, while a loss today would be worst‐by‐ranking since defeat by No.280 Moore at 2016 Nottingham

Grass court swing heading into Wimbledon saw her reach 2r at Nottingham (l. Sakkari in 3s), fall 1r at Birmingham,

and ret. vs Duan in 1r at Eastbourne last week (w/right elbow injury)

Made 1r exit at Roland Garros, falling to No.9 Kuznetsova. Has posted six career wins over Top 10 opponents,

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

Before Paris, reached 2r at Strasbourg (l. Suárez Navarro), ending a five‐match losing streak that stretched back to

2r at Miami (l. Muguruza). Also fell 1r at Monterrey (l. Martincova), Prague (l. Haddad Maia), Madrid (l.

Arruabarrena) and Rome (l. Sharapova)

Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Rodina), where she was coming off a SF run at Acapulco (l. Mladenovic)

Middle East Swing results included R16 showing at Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina); d. Bertens and Osaka en

route, registering first back‐to‐back main draw wins of 2017. As qualifier, l. Vesnina in 1r at Doha (as qualifier)

Opened 2017 season by reaching 2r at Brisbane (l. eventual finalist Cornet) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. eventual

finalist A.Radwanska), then falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Kucova)

Posted third non‐consecutive Top 50 season in 2016 (first since 2012), at No.45 – her sixth successive Top 100

season

Currently ranked No.60; is US No.8 of 13 women in Top 100 (week of July 3, 2017)

Won a career‐best 26 main draw matches in 2016

2016 season highlighted by winning 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)

Other singles highlights in 2016 included reaching SF at Acapulco and R16 at Madrid and Rome

2016 season also brought first two WTA doubles titles of career, captured at Hobart (w/Han) and Tianjin (w/Peng)

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

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)

Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on September 12 the same year

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)

Lived in Hong Kong from age three to eight after father’s job was relocated

Older sister Lauren played college tennis; recently married to ATP player Ryan Harrison

Coached by former ATP Top 10 player Nicolas Massu




DAY ONE – FEATURED MATCHES

JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #53) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12) Kvitova leads 4-0 (2-0 at main draw, tour level)

ELISE MERTENS (BEL #54) vs. [10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) Williams leads 1-0

[6] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #113) Hsieh leads 2-1 (2-0 at main draw, tour level)

[Q] MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #129) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Halep leads 1-0

MARYNA ZANEVSKA (BEL #119) vs. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102) First meeting

ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #56) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Svitolina leads 1-0

[13] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #13) vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #89) Ostapenko leads 1-0 (first meeting at main draw, tour level)

NAO HIBINO (JPN #92) vs. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18)

First meeting

[8] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #9) vs. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #90) Petkovic leads 4-1

BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [WC] LAURA ROBSON (GBR #189) First meeting

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #683) vs. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #40) First meeting


MATCH NOTES

JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #53) vs. [11] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #12)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 4-0 (2-0 at tour level)

2016 HARD I QF PETRA KVITOVA 54 mins6-2 6-0 LUXEMBOURG

2016 HARD O R3 PETRA KVITOVA 149 mins6-3 4-6 7-5 INDIAN WELLS

2007 HARD I QF PETRA KVITOVA N/A6-4 6-0 VALASSKE MEZIRICI

2007 HARD I QF PETRA KVITOVA N/A6-4 6-4 PREROV 2

JOHANNA LARSSON

53

87

17-08-1988 (28)

$281,358

$2,674,831

0 / 1

1 / 9

8-12 / 128-144

3-4 / 40-34

2-4 / 32-37

PETRA KVITOVA

12

68

08-03-1990 (27)

$230,291

$23,121,987

1 / 20

0 / 0

29-7

6-1 / 339-163

1-0 / 102-66

1-2 / 67-46

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-6

5-0 / 46-15 0-0 / 2-11

0-2 / 8-29

0-1 / 2-13

1-0 / 6-14

1-0 / 81-74

0-0 / 43-45

1-0 / 39-12


JOHANNA LARSSON

2016

R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) 6-1 4-6 6-1

2015

R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #64) 6-3 6-2

2014

R1 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI (SRB #45) 7-6(2) 6-0

2013

R1 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #27) 6-3 6-3

2012

R1 L - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #98) 6-0 6-2

2011

R1 L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #59) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4

PETRA KVITOVA

2016

R2 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) 7-5 7-6(5)


2015


R2 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #57) 6-2 6-0





MATCH NOTES

2010

R1* L - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #126) 4-6 6-3 6-4

2008

R2* L - KATHRIN WOERLE-SCHELLER (GER #165) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-2

R1* W - JESSICA MOORE (AUS #211) 6-3 7-5

2014

F W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 6-3 6-0

SF W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #23) 7-6(6) 6-1

QF W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #43) 6-1 7-5

R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-3 6-2

R3 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #31) 5-7 7-6(2) 7-5



2013

QF L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #20) 4-6 6-3 6-4



R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #55) W/O

R1 W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #108) 6-1 5-7 6-4

2012


R16 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #26) 4-6 7-5 6-1


R2 W - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #101) 6-0 6-4


2011

F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) 6-3 6-4

SF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #5) 6-1 3-6 6-2

QF W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #33) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2


R3 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #29) 6-3 6-3



2010

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(5) 6-2

QF W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #80) 4-6 7-6(8) 8-6



R2 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #24) 6-4 2-6 6-2


2009

R1 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #59) 6-4 6-4

2008

R1 L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #67) 6-4 0-6 6-4


Larsson:

Making seventh main draw appearance at Wimbledon (ninth overall)

Has never won a main draw match at the All England Club, falling 1r every year since 2011

Equaled career‐best Grand Slam result by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open (l. S.Williams). Also reached this stage at 2014

Roland Garros (l. Bouchard) and 2014 US Open (l. Jankovic)

2017 Wimbledon marks 28th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Aside from US Open and Roland Garros, has made

2r at 2015‐16 Australian Open

Sweden’s sole representative in women’s singles main draw at 2017 Wimbledon (Peterson fell in qualifying)

Playing fortnight here ranked No.52 – six spots off career‐high of No.45 (first achieved in September 2016)


Bidding to become the first Swedish woman to reach 2r at Wimbledon since Sofia Arvidsson in 2005 (l. 2r)

Is bidding to end a seven‐match losing streak on grass; most recent win came via retirement against Lucic‐Baroni in

qualifying for 2014 Eastbourne

Faces World No.12 Kvitova today – owns a 8‐29 record against Top 20 players, most recently upsetting No.8 Vinci at

2016 New Haven

Coming off 2r exit at WTA 125k Series event on clay in Bol (l. Haddad Maia)

Highlight of clay court season came at Bogotá, where she reached first SF of 2017 (l. eventual champion Schiavone)

Also fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and Madrid (l. Begu). Suffered 1r exits at Nürnberg (l. Witthoeft), Rabat (l.

Bacsinszky) and Charleston (l. Osaka)

In April, won five out of six matches to help Sweden win promotion from Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Reached 2r at both Miami (l. Strycova) and Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova),

Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Garcia) and in qualifying at Doha

Had 1r exits at Auckland (l. Wickmayer) and St. Petersburg (l. eventual finalist Putintseva) but reached 2r at Hobart (l.

Tsurenko)

Withdrew from 2017 Australian Open due to gastrointestinal illness, ending a run of 25 consecutive Grand Slam main

draw appearances

Won ninth career doubles title at Auckland (w/Bertens, d. Schuurs/Voracova in F). Also reached doubles final at

Nürnberg (w/Flipkens, l. Melichar/Smith)

Ended 2016 season at No.51 – highest year‐end finish and seventh consecutive Top 100 finish

2016 season highlights included reaching first SF at WTA Premier‐level at New Haven (qualified and defeated two Top

20 players en route, l. Svitolina)

Also made semifinal runs at 2016 Hobart (l. eventual champion Cornet) and at Bastad (as defending champion, l.

Siniakova)

In addition, reached QFs at Acapulco (l. eventual finalist Cibulkova), Rabat (l. eventual champion Bacsinszky), Gstaad

(l. Bacsinszky), Seoul (l. eventual champion Arruabarrena) and Luxembourg (l. eventual finalist Kvitova)

In Grand Slams, equaled career‐best result by reaching 3r at US Open (l. top seed S.Williams)

Subsequently rose to career‐high ranking following US Open run – No.45 (September 19, 2016)

In other Grand Slam play in 2016, had 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Brengle), 2r at Roland Garros (l. Pironkova) and 1r

at Wimbledon (l. Makarova)

Won four doubles titles in 2016 – Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg (all w/Bertens) and Seoul (w/Flipkens); overall

owns 9‐5 record WTA doubles finals

Represented Sweden at the 2016 Rio Olympics, falling in 1r of singles (l. Cornet)

Owns career 2‐12 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.6 Li Na at 2011 Miami and No.8 Vinci at 2016

New Haven

Defeated two Top 20 players en route to 2016 New Haven SF: No.16 Bacsinszky and No.8 Vinci. Lifetime record vs.

Top 20 opponents stands at 8‐29. Other wins came over No.6 Li Na (2011 Miami), No.11 Bartoli (2012 Cincinnati),

No.18 Goerges (2012 Auckland), No.13 Pennetta (2014 Roland Garros), No.11 Safarova (2015 Miami) and No.20

Petkovic (2015 Linz)

Played first WTA qualifying at 2004 Stockholm, and main draw debut at same tournament in 2006 (both as wildcard)

Swedish Fed Cup Team, 2005‐2015, 2017, Swedish Olympic Team, 2016

Coached by Matias Arvidsson

Kvitova:

Making 10th main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Is a two‐time champion here, lifting the trophy in 2011 (d. Sharapova

in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F)

Other notable results at the All England Club include a SF run in 2010 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), and QFs in 2012 (l.

eventual champion S.Williams) and 2013 (l. Flipkens)

With 2011 victory, was the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016

Roland Garros and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros)

2017 Wimbledon marks 36th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slams results include

two SF showings at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF

at 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva)

Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at 28‐7, most recently falling at this stage at 2014 Australian Open (l. Kumkhum)

Faces No.53 Larsson today; has won all four of their career meetings, including twice last year, at Indian Wells and

Luxembourg

Playing in third event of 2017 – required extensive surgery on left hand after a knife attack in her home on December 20,

2016; remains subject of a police investigation in Czech Republic

Withdrew from Eastbourne last week due to abdominal injury

In second tournament of season, clinched 20th singles title at Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Is now joint‐fifth – with 20 – on

the list of among active players for most title wins, behind S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49), Sharapova (35), Wozniacki (25),

and tied with Azarenka and A.Radwanska

2017 Birmingham marked her first final on grass since winning Wimbledon in 2014. Record in tour‐level singles finals now

stands at 20‐7

Has won at least one title every year on tour since 2011; only S.Williams (since 2007) has a longer active streak (Woznaicki

has also won a title every year since 2008, but is yet to win one in 2017)

Defeated fellow Czechs Smitkova (1r) and Safarova in SF en route to Birmingham title – is currently now on a 22‐match win

streak vs. fellow Czechs, and overall is 27‐3 in tour‐level main draw matches against her countrywomen. Her only losses

have come to Hradecka (2012 Madrid), Strycova (2011 Indian Wells) and Benesova (2010 Barcelona)

Birmingham was her 27th tour‐level singles final, moving her joint‐eighth on the list among active players:

PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL SINGLES FINALS

1) Serena Williams 92

2) Venus Williams 81

3) Maria Sharapova 58

4) Caroline Wozniacki 46

5) Svetlana Kuznetsova 40

=6) Victoria Azarenka 36

=6) Jelena Jankovic 36

7) Agnieszka Radwanska 28

=8) Patty Schnyder 27

=8) Petra Kvitova 27

9) Angelique Kerber 26

Made 2017 season debut at Roland Garros (d. Boserup in 1r, l. Mattek‐Sands in 2r)

During time away from tennis this year, enrolled in a communications and social media course at the University of Jan

Amos Komensky. Also enjoyed time with her family and school friends, spent time in Monaco, trained at Club La Santa in

Lanzarote twice and played chess with her coach Jiri

Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes

Won two WTA singles titles last season (2016), at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d.

Svitolina in F)

Defeated five Top 20 players en route to the 2016 Wuhan title: No.18 Svitolina (2r), No.1 Kerber (R16), No.13 Konta (QF),

No.5 Halep (SF) and No.12 Cibulkova (F). Defeat of Kerber at Wuhan improved career record vs. reigning No.1s to 4‐4. Wins

have come over Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid ‐ ending the American’s

27‐match winning streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan)

Also finished R‐Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F). Record in WTA singles finals stands at 20‐7

Was part of Czech Republic team to defend Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia, d. Mladenovic, then

teamed w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out

of the last six years, and three‐in‐a‐row, although saw their reign ended by USA in the 2017 semifinals

Contested Rio Olympics at beginning of August 2016, winning the bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal

play‐off)

2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New

Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament

title three times

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 match wins from ascending to No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months)

Lost status as top‐ranked Czech to Ka.Pliskova in mid‐August for the first time since 2011

A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport

Parents, Jiri and Pavla, plus her brothers, Jiri and Libor attended first match here at Roland Garros

Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open.

Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016

Fitness trainer is David Vydra


MATCH NOTES

ELISE MERTENS (BEL #54) vs. [10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11)

Head to Head: VENUS WILLIAMS leads 1-0

2017 CLAY O R3 VENUS WILLIAMS 62 mins6-3 6-1 ROLAND GARROS

ELISE MERTENS

54

35

17-11-1995 (21)

$270,670

$517,695

1 / 1

0 / 1

19-11 / 22-14

7-4 / 8-6

4-3 / 5-3

VENUS WILLIAMS

11

8

17-06-1980 (37)

$2,088,888

$36,520,636

0 / 49

0 / 22

81-14

20-7 / 740-214

4-4 / 162-103

8-1 / 123-87

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-0

0-0 / 86-18 1-3 / 4-5

2-5 / 2-6

0-1 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-0

3-4 / 224-137

3-2 / 130-94

3-0 / 69-14


ELISE MERTENS

2016

R2* L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #120) 3-6 7-5 6-3

R1* W - ELITSA KOSTOVA (BUL #183) 6-4 6-4

2015

R3* L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #162) 6-3 6-2

R2* W - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #115) 6-4 7-6(6)

R1* W - MARÍA IRIGOYEN (ARG #154) 6-4 6-1

VENUS WILLIAMS

2016

SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 6-4 6-4

QF W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #96) 7-6(5) 6-2


R3 W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #33) 7-5 4-6 10-8

R2 W - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #115) 7-5 4-6 6-3

R1 W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #112) 7-6(3) 6-4

2015


R3 W - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #82) 6-3 6-2

R2 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #95) 7-6(5) 6-4

R1 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #36) 6-0 6-0




MATCH NOTES

2014

R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 5-7 7-6(2) 7-5

R2 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #41) 7-6(4) 6-1

R1 W - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #56) 6-4 4-6 6-2

2012


2011



R2 W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #57) 6-7(6) 6-3 8-6


2010

QF L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #82) 6-2 6-3

R16 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #92) 6-4 7-6(5)



R1 W - ROSSANA DE LOS RÍOS (PAR #91) 6-3 6-2

2009


SF W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #1) 6-1 6-0

QF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #14) 6-1 6-2





2008

F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 7-5 6-4

SF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) 6-1 7-6(3)

QF W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #60) 6-4 6-3




R1 W - NAOMI CAVADAY (GBR #197) 7-6(5) 6-1

2007

F W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #19) 6-4 6-1

SF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #6) 6-2 6-4

QF W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #5) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-1 6-3

R3 W - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #71) 6-2 3-6 7-5

R2 W - HANA SROMOVA (CZE #170) 6-2 6-2

R1 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #59) 2-6 6-3 7-5

2006


R2 W - LISA RAYMOND (USA #84) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2




MATCH NOTES

2005

F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #1) 4-6 7-6(4) 9-7

SF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 7-6(2) 6-1

QF W - MARY PIERCE (FRA #14) 6-0 7-6(10)

R16 W - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #85) 6-0 6-2


R2 W - NICOLE PRATT (AUS #121) 7-5 6-3

R1 W - EVA BIRNEROVA (CZE #111) 6-2 6-4

2004

R2 L - KAROLINA SPREM (CRO #30) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

R1 W - MARIE-GAYANAY MIKAELIAN (SUI #106) 6-3 6-0

2003


SF W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #2) 4-6 6-3 6-1

QF W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #5) 6-2 2-6 6-1

R16 W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #17) 6-1 6-2


R2 W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #42) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - STANISLAVA HROZENSKA (SVK #194) 6-2 6-2

2002


SF W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #6) 6-3 6-2

QF W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #48) 6-2 6-0

R16 W - LISA RAYMOND (USA #35) 6-1 6-2

R3 W - MAUREEN DRAKE (CAN #110) 5-7 6-2 6-1


R1 W - JANE O'DONOGHUE (GBR #344) 6-1 6-1

2001

F W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #9) 6-1 3-6 6-0

SF W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #3) 6-2 6-7(1) 6-1

QF W - NATHALIE TAUZIAT (FRA #10) 7-5 6-1


R3 W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #29) 6-2 6-2


R1 W - SHINOBU ASAGOE (JPN #62) 6-2 6-3

2000

F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-3 7-6(3)

SF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 6-2 7-6(3)

QF W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 4-6 6-4

R16 W - SABINE APPELMANS (BEL #27) 6-4 6-4

R3 W - NATHALIE DECHY (FRA #24) 6-0 7-6(4)

R2 W - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #20) 6-1 6-4

R1 W - KVETA PESCHKE (CZE #41) 6-3 6-1


Mertens:

Making main draw debut at Wimbledon, having exited in qualifying in 2015‐16

2017 Wimbledon marks third Grand Slam main draw appearance. Fell 1r at 2016 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muguruza in 3s)

but reached 3r at 2017 Roland Garros – l. V.Williams, her opponent again today at Wimbledon

Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 Wimbledon, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015

US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon

Bidding for best win of career by ranking today when she faces No.11 V.Williams at Wimbledon

Defeat of No.34 Gavrilova in 1r at 2017 Roland Garros was fourth Top 30 win of 2017 – after No.22 Bertens (Hobart) and

No.15 Pavyluchenkova and No.16 Vesnina, which marked the first Top 20 wins of career (Fed Cup Week II playoffs vs.

Russia)

Set new career‐best ranking of No.51 (June 12, 2017) following Paris run

Played three grass court events in lead‐up to 2017 Wimbledon: ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Tsurenko in 1r), Mallorca (l. eventual

champion Sevastova in 1r) and Eastbourne (d. Babos, l. Pavlyuchenkova in 2r)

Clay season highlighted by second WTA final of career at Istanbul (l. Svitolina)

Reached 2r at Rabat (l. Gavrilova) and made 1r exit at Nürnberg (l. Riske)

Made back‐to‐back qualifying exits at Indian Wells and Miami before advancing to QF at Biel (l. eventual runner‐up

Kontaveit)

In February, reached 2r at Dubai (as qualifier, l. A.Radwanska) before falling 1r at Kuala Lumpur (l. Kerkhove)

Captured first WTA singles title at 2017 Hobart (d. Niculescu in F); first qualifier to win a WTA title since Bertens at 2016

Nürnberg. Run to final meant she was unable to contest qualifying for Australian Open

After Hobart breakthrough, fell 1r at St Petersburg (as qualifier l. to eventual champion Mladenovic), then helped Belgium


MATCH NOTES

1999

QF L - STEFFI GRAF (GER #3) 6-2 3-6 6-4

R16 W - ANNA KOURNIKOVA (RUS #17) 3-6 6-3 6-2

R3 W - SARAH PITKOWSKI-MALCOR (FRA #36) 6-1 6-1

R2 W - ELENA TATARKOVA (UKR #54) 6-3 6-4

R1 W - MIRIAM OREMANS (NED #55) 6-1 7-5

1998

QF L - JANA NOVOTNA (CZE #3) 7-5 7-6(2)


R3 W - CHANDA RUBIN (USA #55) 6-3 6-4

R2 W - BARBARA SCHETT (AUT #30) 6-1 6-2

R1 W - JANA NEJEDLY (CAN #98) 6-3 6-3

1997

R1 L - MAGDALENA GRZYBOWSKA (POL #91) 4-6 6-2 6-4


to Fed Cup victory over Romania (d. No.29 Begu)

Began 2017 by falling in qualifying at Brisbane

Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s‐Hertogenbosch – as qualifier, advanced to QF (l. Mladenovic)

In 2016 also reached 2r on grass at Mallorca (as qualifier, d. Schiavone in 1r, l. Jankovic) and fell in qualifying on nine

occasions: Auckland, Australian Open, St Petersburg, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Gstaad, Bastad, Linz and Luxembourg

Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach)

Fell in qualifying at first WTA event of career – 2015 Antwerp

Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

Currently Belgium’s No.1 ranked woman

For past three years or so has trained at Kim Clijsters Academy in Belgium with coach Robbe Ceyssens; sometimes hits with

Kim (first tennis memory is of watching the Belgian great play live)

Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy in Paris

Favorite surface is grass and favorite shot is serve

Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM)

Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches

Was homed schooled

Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English

Loves animals and has many pets at home – including four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, cranes,

chickens)

Currently working with Robbe Ceyssens

V.Williams:

Making 20th appearance at Wimbledon (most among active players); at 37 years of age, is the oldest woman in the

starting field at this year’s Championships

2017 Wimbledon marks 75th Grand Slam main draw appearance – the Open Era record, ahead of Frazier (71), Navratilova

(67), Schiavone (67) and S.Williams (66)

Her 251‐66 Grand Slam record is second only to Serena’s (316‐43) among active players, and places her fifth on the Open

Era list also behind Navratilova, Evert and Graf

By taking the court today against Mertens will equal sister Serena for most main draw matches played at the All England

Club among active players – 96 (owns 81‐14 win‐loss record, compared to Serena’s 86‐10). In Open Era, only Navratilova

(120‐14) and Evert (96‐15) played and won here more times

Is a seven‐time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: 2000 (d. Davenport in F), 2001 (d. Henin in F),

2005 (d. Davenport in F), 2007 (d. Bartoli in F) and 2008 (d. S. Williams in F); also won US Open twice (2000‐01)

In addition, an eight‐time Grand Slam R‐Up across all four majors: Wimbledon (2002‐03 and 2009), US Open (1997, 2002),

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

Successfully defended the Wimbledon title twice: 2000‐2001 and 2007‐08

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

2017 Australian Open final vs. sister Serena marked first Slam title bout in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon – l.

S.Williams). In the Open Era, no player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final – Mauresmo waited seven

years between finishing runner‐up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open. Also, at 36 years of age,

became the oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era

Title match at 2017 Australian Open between Venus and Serena was the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final

match‐up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci

(66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

Has posted fifth‐most Grand Slam main draw wins (251‐66 record); second‐most among active players (behind S.Williams,

316‐43)

Owns a 66‐8 record in Grand Slam 1r matches (17‐2 at Wimbledon, falling to Grzybowska on debut in 1997 and Vesnina in

2012)

Coming off R16 effort at 2017 Roland Garros – has now reached at least R16 at five successive Slams since 2016 Roland

Garros (R16), 2016 Wimbledon (SF), 2016 US Open (R16), 2017 Australian Open (R‐Up); last posted this number of

uninterrupted R16 appearances between 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open

Arrived in Paris after contesting two clay events in lead‐up to Roland Garros, losing opening match at Charleston (after 1r

bye, l. Siegemund) and reaching QF at Rome (l. Muguruza)

Defeat of No.6 Konta in Rome R16 was first clay win over a higher‐ranked opponent since Rome 2012

During this year’s Sunshine double advanced to SF at Miami (l. eventual champion Konta), in what was her 18th

appearance there

Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Miami semifinals. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA

history behind Billie Jean King (39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (38 years, 75 days)

Defeated World No.1 Kerber in Miami QF, to improve lifetime record vs. No.1s to 15‐22 (also eight wins vs. Hingis, two

wins vs. Davenport, one win vs. Safina, one win vs. Jankovic, two wins vs. Serena). Prior to defeat of Kerber, last victory

over a reigning World No.1 was at 2014 Montréal (d. Serena in SF)

At 36 years and 9 months, is the oldest player in the Open Era to defeat a World No.1 ranked player; previous record

holder was Navratilova at 36 years and 4 months (1993 Paris Indoors, d. Seles in F)

Also enjoyed QF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina). Before this had lost opening match at her last five

WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments, at 2015 Madrid (l. Azarenka), 2015 Beijing (l. Ivanovic), 2016 Indian Wells (l. Nara),

2016 Miami (l. Vesnina) and 2016 Beijing (l. Peng)

Made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion Mladenovic)

Embarked on historic run to Australian Open singles final in January (l. S.Williams)

Opened 2017 season at Auckland – defeated New Zealand wildcard Jade Lewis in 1r before conceding w/o to Osaka in 2r,

citing right arm injury

Ended 2016 at No.17, down from No.7 in 2015, for 15th non‐consecutive Top 20 finish; record includes six Top 5 year‐end

finishes

2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th career singles

final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fifth‐oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham,

Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoors] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017

Bogotá

Currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles). Of her 49 titles, five have come on grass –

all at Wimbledon

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. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l. eventual R‐Up

Ka.Pliskova)

Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/S.Williams, l. eventual bronze medalists

Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

In 2015, returned to Top 10 following 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai triumph for first time since March 2011. At 35 years

of age, was the oldest player to rank in Top 10 since 38‐year‐old Navratilova in December 1994 (whose run ended on

January 1, 1995)

Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); has 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 (now Stanford) in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to

then‐world No.2 Sánchez‐Vicario in three sets

Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt


MATCH NOTES

[6] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #113)

Head to Head: SU-WEI HSIEH leads 2-1 (2-0 at tour level)

2017 CLAY O R1 SU-WEI HSIEH 135 mins1-6 7-6(2) 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2013 HARD O R1 JOHANNA KONTA N/A7-6(5) 6-4 VANCOUVER

2013 GRASS O R1 SU-WEI HSIEH 75 mins6-4 6-3 EASTBOURNE

JOHANNA KONTA

7

7

17-05-1991 (26)

$1,873,561

$5,079,390

2 / 3

0 / 0

29-9 / 95-56

6-6 / 20-27

3-5 / 20-11

SU-WEI HSIEH

113

72

04-01-1986 (31)

$252,420

$4,555,014

0 / 2

2 / 19

5-8

5-9 / 76-107

3-4 / 32-33

1-2 / 17-29

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-5

1-3 / 11-18 8-2 / 23-17

7-2 / 23-15

3-1 / 13-8

3-0 / 10-6

1-1 / 2-27

1-1 / 1-14

1-2 / 10-13


JOHANNA KONTA

2016

R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #48) 6-3 1-6 6-1


2015


2014

R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #61) 6-4 3-6 6-4

2013

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #14) 6-2 7-5

2012

R1 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #32) 6-7(4) 6-2 10-8

SU-WEI HSIEH

2016

R1 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #23) 7-5 1-6 6-1

2015


R1 W - KAIA KANEPI (EST #50) 6-1 6-4

R3* W - LUKSIKA KUMKHUM (THA #125) 6-1 5-7 9-7

R2* W - ERI HOZUMI (JPN #165) 6-2 6-0

R1* W - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #143) 6-3 7-6(8)

2014

R1 L - TEREZA SMITKOVA (CZE #175) 6-3 6-3



Konta:

Making sixth appearance at Wimbledon, and third as a direct entry having received wildcards on three occasions.

Achieved best result in 2016 when she advanced to 2r for the first time (l. Bouchard)

One of five British women in the 2017 Wimbledon starting field, along with Boulter, Broady, Robson and Watson –

they are each looking to become the first British woman to win the title since Virginia Wade 40 years ago (d. Betty

Stove in F)

2017 Wimbledon marks 15th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result came with historic run to SF at

2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park

since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open

Owns a 6‐8 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, most recently falling to her opponent again today, Hsieh, in 1r at 2017

Roland Garros (third straight 1r exit in Paris)

Played three grass court events in lead‐up to Wimbledon, reaching first final of career on the surface at Nottingham

(as top seed, l. Vekic in F) before falling 2r at Birmingham (l. Vandeweghe) and SF for second year in a row at home

event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury

during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match

against Kerber was second of day, after she defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16

With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at

1979 Boston


MATCH NOTES

2013

R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #31) 6-3 6-2


2012


R2 W - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #75) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #91) 6-2 6-4

2008

R2 L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #9) 6-3 6-2

R1 W - STÉPHANIE COHEN-ALORO (FRA #91) 6-3 6-2

2007

R1 L - TATIANA GOLOVIN (FRA #17) 5-7 6-3 8-6

R3* W - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #114) 6-2 1-6 6-2

R2* W - EKATERINA DZEHALEVICH (BLR #180) 7-5 6-3

R1* W - SELIMA SFAR (TUN #176) 4-6 7-6(6) 6-1

2006

R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #27) 6-3 6-2

2002

R2* L - MARÍA SÁNCHEZ LORENZO (ESP #167) 7-5 6-4

R1* W - CLAUDINE SCHAUL (LUX #214) 6-4 6-2


Overall record vs. Top 5 now stands at 4‐6, previous wins coming over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3

A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney and No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami

Owns a 13‐8 record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.8 Makarova (2015 Eastbourne), No.9 Muguruza (2015

US Open), No.2 Halep (2015 Wuhan), No.10 V.Williams (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Vinci (2016 Rome), No.7

V.Williams (2016 Stanford), No.10 Kuznetsova (2016 Rio Olympics), No.8 Suárez Navarro (2016 Wuhan), No.6

Ka.Pliskova (2016 Beijing), No.9 Keys (2016 Beijing), No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Sydney), No.5 Halep (2017 Miami) and

No.1 Kerber (2017 Eastbourne)

Reached a career‐high ranking of No.6 on May 8, 2017, which made her the highest ranked British woman since the

week of April 16, 1984 when Jo Durie was ranked No.5

Best showing of this year’s clay court season was R16 run at Rome (l. V.Williams)

Opened clay court season in Great Britain’s Fed Cup World Group II play‐off defeat against Romania (d. Cirstea, l.

Halep) on clay in Constanta

Went on to post opening match loss at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Sevastova) and 1r exit at Madrid (l. Siegemund).

Owns just four WTA main draw wins on clay in career, coming at 2016 Rome (d. Larsson and Vinci), 2017 Stuttgart

(d. Osaka) and 2017 Rome (d. Putintseva)

Earlier this year won third – and most prestigious – WTA tournament of her career at Premier Mandatory level

Miami (d. Wozniacki in F)

Miami title was second of 2017, after Sydney. Is one of four players this year to win at least two titles, along with

Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne) and Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai,

Istanbul, Rome). Is now 3‐2 in WTA singles finals, following 2017 Nottingham

Made 3r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before falling to No.25 Garcia in

third set tie‐break)

Withdrew from Dubai w/foot injury. In February also helped Britain defeat Portugal, Latvia, Turkey and Croatia to

reach the Fed Cup World Group II promotional play‐off. Alongside Watson came from a set down in the decisive

doubles against Croatia

Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), following SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016

(l. Kerber)

Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw

debut (d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983

Opened 2017 season with SF effort at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova)

Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10; previous best season finish was No.47 in 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2‐0 in round‐robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina)

Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a

match

Advanced to QF or better at 10 events in 2016

Reached career‐first Premier Mandatory level final at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), previous best efforts at this

level being R16 at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and QF at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka)

By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – 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). Became 119th woman to

break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

Advanced to 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, and first British woman to win the

tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics; reached QF in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), 2r in

doubles (w/Watson, l. Chan/Chan) and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/J.Murray, l. eventual gold medalists

Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

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

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier,

l. 1r)

Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after‐school care program

Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012

Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

Currently coached by Wim Fissette, having parted ways with longtime coach Esteban Carril at end of 2016 season

Hitting partner is Andrew Fitzpatrick

Hsieh:

Making ninth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (10th overall). Achieved best result in 2013 when she advanced to 3r

(l. Sharapova). Reached 2r on three further occasions

2017 Wimbledon marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Best singles result at the majors came with R16 run at

2008 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Henin). Last month achieved her best result at Roland Garros when she advanced to

3r (l. Garcia), while at US Open, best result is a 2r effort at 2008 US Open (l. Petrova)

Winner of two Grand Slam doubles titles – 2014 Roland Garros (w/Peng, d. Errani/Vinci in final) and 2013 Wimbledon

(w/Peng, d. Barty/Dellacqua in final)


Played three grass court events in lead‐up to 2017 Wimbledon: reached 2r at Nottingham (l. Safarova); fell 1r at

Birmingham (as qualifier, l. Gavrilova) and 1r at Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cepede Royg)

Posted first career win over a Top 10 opponent with her defeat of No.8 Konta in 1r at 2017 Roland Garros – the two

players face off again today at the All England Club, Hsieh having also won their sole previous encounter on grass (2013

Eastbourne)

Previous best win by ranking was over No.20 Bammer during R16 run at 2008 Australian Open

Has played a mix of tour‐level and ITF Circuit events in 2017

Entered Roland Garros following a QF run at $60k ITF/Saint Gaudens‐FRA (l. Aiava) – marked first back‐to‐back singles wins

since advancing to QF at $60k ITF/Shenzhen‐CHN in March

Previously was on a six‐match losing streak, which began with 2r loss at $60k ITF/Croissy‐Beauborg‐FRA and continued at

$25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula 3‐ITA, then Biel (l. Dodin), $25k ITF/Chiasso‐SUI, Istanbul (l. Errani) and $100k

ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (l. Hesse)

Opened season with qualifying loss at Brisbane before reaching 2r at Australian Open (l. Cibulkova)

Reached 2r at Budapest (l. Safarova) and fell 1r at Kuala Lumpur (l. Sharipova)

Ended 2016 on a ranking of No.97. Career‐best year‐end finish came in 2012, at No.25

2016 season highlights included SF run at Kaohsiung (l. Doi) and QF showing at Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova)

Ended 2016 by winning 27th singles title on the ITF Circuit at $100K ITF/Dubai‐UAE; has also won 22 doubles titles at that

level, most recently at $100k ITF/Cagnes‐sur‐Mer in May 2017 (w/Chang)

Owns two WTA singles titles, both coming in 2012 – at Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Martic in F) and Guangzhou (d.

Robson in F)

Winner of 18 tour‐level doubles titles, including two in 2017, at Budapest (w/Kalashnikova, d. Ar.Rodionova/Voskoboeva in

F) and Biel (w/Niculescu, d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F)

Qualified for WTA Finals in doubles twice, both times w/Peng – champions in 2013 at Istanbul (d. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

and runners‐up in 2014 at Singapore (l. Black/Mirza)

Recorded career‐high singles ranking of No.23 (February 25, 2013)

Spent five weeks as doubles World No.1 (commencing May 12, 2014)

Has six siblings. Introduced to tennis by father at age 5

Coached by brother Cheng Yin Hsieh


MATCH NOTES

[Q] MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #129) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 1-0

2015 HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 47 mins6-2 3-0 US OPEN

MARINA ERAKOVIC

129

141

06-03-1988 (29)

$110,197

$2,538,354

0 / 1

0 / 8

0-6 / 101-129

0-1 / 41-44

0-2 / 31-28

SIMONA HALEP

2

2

27-09-1991 (25)

$2,940,062

$18,400,850

1 / 15

0 / 0

11-6

26-8 / 262-131

11-5 / 77-42

4-3 / 30-44

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











8-7

2-1 / 21-12 0-0 / 24-20

0-1 / 5-22

0-1 / 1-12

0-0 / 5-13

8-3 / 71-56

2-1 / 24-36

1-0 / 23-10


6-3,6-2 W - DESTANEE AIAVA (AUS #171) *R3 60 mins

6-1,7-5 W - REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #173) *R2 60 mins

4-6,6-3,6-2 W - AMRA SADIKOVIC (SUI #222) *R1 60 mins

WIMBLEDON Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match

MARINA ERAKOVIC

2016

R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) 6-2 6-2

R2 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #24) 4-6 7-6(1) 8-6

R1 W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #75) 4-6 6-3 10-8

R3* W - IRINA KHROMACHEVA (RUS #122) 7-6(5) 6-3

R2* W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #149) 6-4 6-2

R1* W - PAULA CRISTINA GONCALVES (BRA #174) 6-4 6-3

2015

R1 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #95) 7-6(5) 7-5

2014

R1 L - ANA KONJUH (CRO #189) 6-3 4-6 6-0

SIMONA HALEP

2016

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 7-5 7-6(2)

R16 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3


R2 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #111) 6-1 6-1

R1 W - ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #40) 6-4 6-1

2015




Erakovic:

Making eighth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (10th overall). Has advanced to 3r on three occasions – in 2008 (l.

Tanasugarn), 2013 (l. Robson) and 2016 (as qualifier, d. Jankovic en route, l. Suarez Navarro). Achieved best Grand Slam

result in doubles when she reached SF at 2011 Wimbledon (w/Tanasugarn, l. Lisicki/Stosur)

Advanced to main draw of 2017 Wimbledon with singles qualifying wins last week over Sadikovic, Peterson and Aiava

2017 Wimbledon marks 28th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. In addition to reaching 3r at Wimbledon in 2008,

2013 and 2016, advanced to 3r at 2013 Roland Garros. Reached 2r at Australian Open on three occasions, most recently in

2014; and 2r at US Open once, in 2014

Has a 12‐15 record in Grand Slam 1r matches

Owns a 1‐5 career record vs. Top 5 opponents, posting a win over No.4 Azarenka at 2011 Stanford; faces No.2 Halep today

at the All England Club

Against Halep today, looking for first Top 100 win of 2017 season

Other career Top 20 wins (5‐22 record) have come over No.13 Lisicki (2012 Rome), No.16 Cibulkova (2013 Roland Garros),

No.20 Suárez Navarro (2013 Cincinnati) and No.12 Errani (2014 Tokyo)

Played three ITF Circuit grass court events in lead‐up to 2017 Wimbledon, reaching SF at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. Van

Uytvanck) and R16 at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR (l. Rodina); also fell 1r at $100k ITF/Manchester‐GBR (l. Krunic)


MATCH NOTES

2013

R3 L - LAURA ROBSON (GBR #38) 1-6 7-5 6-3

R2 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #26) 7-6(6) 6-2

R1 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #50) 4-6 6-0 7-5

2012



2011


R1 W - KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #136) 6-4 6-2

R3* W - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #140) 2-0

R2* W - SOPHIE FERGUSON (AUS #159) 6-2 6-4

R1* W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #94) 6-2 6-1

2010

R2* L - SHENAY PERRY (USA #123) 6-4 6-2

R1* W - EMILY WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR #449) 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3

2008

R3 L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #60) 4-6 6-4 6-4

R2 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #102) 6-2 7-6(5)

R1 W - MICHAELLA KRAJICEK (NED #49) 7-6(3) 7-6(6)

2007

R1* L - AGNES SZAVAY (HUN #72) 7-5 6-3

2014

SF L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 7-6(5) 6-2

QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #19) 6-4 6-0

R16 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #72) 6-3 6-0


R2 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #170) 6-3 4-6 6-4

R1 W - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #88) 6-2 6-2

2013

R2 L - NA LI (CHN #6) 6-2 1-6 6-0


2012


2011



2010

R2* L - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #142) 6-4 6-1

R1* W - YULIA FEDOSSOVA (FRA #272) 6-7(8) 7-6(2) 6-2


Yet to pass 1r at tour level so far in 2017 – fell 1r at Auckland (l. Ostapenko), Australian Open (l. Muguruza), Taipei City (l.

Garcia), Miami (l. Rogers), Charleston (l. Jabeur) and Roland Garros (l. Rogers). Also fell in qualifying at Acapulco, Indian

Wells and Nürnberg

Has posted five Top 100 season finishes during career – most recently in 2014 (No.114 in 2016)

2016 season highlighted by reaching final at Rabat in Morocco (as qualifier, l. Bacsinszky)

Defeat of No.24 Jankovic in 2r at Wimbledon was best win of 2016 season by ranking

Wimbledon was the only Slam main draw she contested in 2016 – fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Roland Garros and

US Open

Overall, fell in tour‐level qualifying on nine occasions in 2016

Retired in 1r match against Halep at 2015 US Open (w/right knee injury) and missed rest of season

Won maiden WTA singles title at Memphis in 2013 (d. Lisicki via ret.); also a four‐time runner‐up, at 2011 Québec City (l.

Strycova), 2012 Memphis (l. Arvidsson), 2013 Québec City (l. Safarova) and 2016 Rabat (l. Bacsinszky)

Set career‐high ranking of No.39 on May 7, 2012

Made Top 50 debut on July 2008 after Wimbledon; became only second New Zealander ever to crack Top 50 (after Belinda

Cordwell); stayed there for a total of 12 weeks (non‐consecutive)

Missed six months of 2009 with left hip injury; did not play after Miami, returned to ITF Circuit in October; ranking dropped

to No.750 in April 2010

Owns eight WTA doubles titles, most recently winning at 2014 ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (w/Parra‐Santonja)

Won 12 singles titles and eight doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in 2004 and made WTA main draw debut as wildcard at 2005 Auckland (2r)

Won girls’ doubles title at 2004 US Open (w/Krajicek) and 2005 Australian Open (w/Azarenka); two‐time junior doubles

runner‐up at Wimbledon

Born in Split, Croatia (then Yugoslavia); family moved to New Zealand when Marina was six

Coached by Eduardo Nicolas Espin

Halep:

Making seventh main draw appearance at Wimbledon (eighth overall). Achieved best result in 2014 when she

advanced to SF (l. Bouchard); reached QF in 2016 (l. Kerber)

2017 Wimbledon marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two‐time Slam finalist, having finished

runner‐up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s, having led 64 30 with game

point)

At US Open, best result to date is reaching SF in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta), while at the Australian Open

advanced to QF in 2014 (l. eventual R‐Up Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Makarova)

Owns 18‐10 record in Grand Slam 1r matches (4‐2 at Wimbledon). Most recent 1r loss at a major came at 2017

Australian Open (l. Rogers)

Last loss to a player ranked outside Top 100 was to No.118 Vesnina at 2016 Doha (2r)

Coming off QF run at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki in 3s), where she had a chance to claim the World No.1 ranking –

needed to do better than the incumbent Kerber, who also fell in QF

Also would have ascended to top spot had she beaten Ostapenko in Paris final; despite loss, returned to previous

career high rank of No.2, a position she first ascended to on August 11, 2014 and most recently held the week

beginning January 18, 2016

One of four players who could be WTA World No.1 ranking after this Wimbledon fortnight, along with Kerber,

Ka.Pliskova and Svitolina – Halep needs to reach at least QF and see other results go her way

Struggled w/right ankle injury in lead up to Roland Garros after a fall in first set of Rome final

Victory over Ka.Pliskova in SF at Roland Garros improved overall record vs. Top 5 to 8‐23, with previous wins coming

against No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1

S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal) and No.5 A.Radwanska

(2016 Cincinnati)

Entered Paris after reaching finals in consecutive weeks – firstly defending Madrid title (d. Mladenovic in F) and then

finishing R‐Up at Rome (l. Svitolina in F)

Record in career singles finals now stands at 15‐10; owns one career grass court title, won at 2013 ‘s‐Hertogenbosch

(d. Flipkens in F)

2017 Mutua Madrid Open crown was also third WTA Premier Mandatory title, having also won at 2015 Indian Wells

and 2016 Madrid

Posted SF showing at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) – marked first SF of season

Claimed wins over Konta and Watson during Romania’s 3‐2 Fed Cup World Group II play‐off victory over Great

Britain in April. Lost dead doubles rubber w/Niculescu vs. Rae/Robson

Reached QF at 2017 Miami (l. eventual champion Konta) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) after skipping Middle

East Swing due to a left knee injury – same injury that forced withdrawal from QF vs. Vikhlyantseva at St Petersburg

Made 1r exit at Australian Open for second successive year (l. Rogers in 2017, l. Zhang in 2016, who was 0‐14 at

Grand Slams entering match and ranked No.133 at the time)

Opened 2017 season at Shenzhen, with 2r exit (d. Jankovic in 1r, l. eventual champion Siniakova)

Spent pre‐season training with coach Darren Cahill in Adelaide

Posted third straight Top 5 season finish in 2016, at No.4, down from career‐high No.2 in 2015. Season‐ending

ranking had improved eight years in a row until 2016

2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F for second title at Premier Mandatory level,

after 2015 Indian Wells), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F)

Went on a 13‐match winning streak thanks to titles at Bucharest (five wins) and Montréal (five wins) and SF run at

Cincinnati (three wins). Was second‐longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16)

Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at Montréal (w/Niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

Qualified for WTA Finals in Singapore for the third time, going 1‐2 in round‐robin play – d. Keys, l. Kerber and

Cibulkova; did not progress to SF

Other notable results in 2016 included reaching SF at Sydney (l. Kuznetsova), Cincinnati (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l.

Kvitova) and back‐to‐back QF at Indian Wells (l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky)

At the other Slams in 2016, made R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stosur) and posted QF runs at Wimbledon (l. eventual

R‐Up Kerber) and US Open (l. S.Williams)

Went 6‐7 vs. Top 10 opponents in 2016, wins being over No.9 Kvitova (Fed Cup), No.9 Keys (Wimbledon and

Wuhan), No.2 Kerber (Montreal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) and No.7 Keys (WTA Finals Singapore)

Record vs. World No.1 players is 1‐10, win coming at 2014 WTA Finals Singapore vs. S.Williams (RR stage)

Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to as high as No.2 in the world, winning seven

titles in this period

Became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making Top 10 debut week of January

27, 2014; now highest‐ranked Romanian woman ever

Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014‐17

Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita


MATCH NOTES

MARYNA ZANEVSKA (BEL #119) vs. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102)


MARYNA ZANEVSKA

119

146

24-08-1993 (23)

$84,970

$601,411

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-5 / 4-20

0-2 / 2-8

0-0 / 4-2

HEATHER WATSON

102

65

19-05-1992 (25)

$216,601

$2,484,047

0 / 3

0 / 3

5-7

9-9 / 89-113

5-4 / 35-47

1-5 / 21-31

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-0

4-3 / 23-26 0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 0-0

2-4 / 7-34

1-3 / 2-17

1-1 / 10-6


MARYNA ZANEVSKA

2016

R3* L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #115) 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-2

R2* W - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #261) 3-6 6-3 6-4

R1* W - ALIZÉ LIM (FRA #156) 6-2 6-1

2015

R1* L - MARINA MELNIKOVA (RUS #174) 6-2 5-7 6-4

2014

R2* L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #160) 3-6 6-3 7-5

R1* W - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #156) 6-4 4-6 6-3

2013

R1* L - CORINNA DENTONI (ITA #215) 6-4 3-6 9-7

HEATHER WATSON

2016

R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #43) 3-6 6-0 12-10

2015



R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #33) 1-6 6-3 8-6

2014

R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-2 5-7 6-1


2013

R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #52) 6-3 7-5



Watson:

Making eighth appearance at Wimbledon. Has advanced to 3r on two occasions: in 2012 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015

(defeated Hantuchova in 2r, l. S.Williams 62 46 75 – was two points from victory when she served for the match at 5‐4 in

final set). Reached 2r in 2014 (l. Kerber) and fell 1r on three occasions

2017 Wimbledon marks 26th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Aside from two 3r runs here at the All England Club,

reached 3r at 2013 Australian Open – these are her best Slam results of career to date

Coming off SF run at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki). Earned her second career Top 10 win this week over No.9 Cibulkova in 2r.

First win over a Top 10 player came against No.8 A.Radwanska at 2015 Indian Wells – lifetime record now stands at 2‐17

Defeat of No.17 Pavlyuchenkova in Eastbourne R16 improved her record vs. Top 20 opponents to 7‐34

Improved to No.102 in the rankings following Eastbourne, recapturing British No.2 spot from Broady (No.109)

2017 Eastbourne marked the first time in tournament’s history that two British women reached SF stage (also Konta); also

marked first time in nearly 32 years that two Brits are through to SF of a WTA event – Jo Durie and Anabel Croft both fell in

SF at 1985 Brighton

Prior to 2017 Eastbourne, had posted only two wins over Top 50 players in 2017: vs. No.21 Stosur at Australian Open,

No.45 Makarova at Monterrey. Has tripled this total with wins over No.34 Tsurenko in 1r, No.9 Cibulkova in 2r, No.17

Pavlyuchenkova in R16 and No.23 Strycova in QF

Fell 1r at Birmingham (as WC, l. Svitolina) and 1r exit at Nottingham (as WC, l. Riske)

Began grass court campaign with R‐Up finish at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR (l. Rybarikova in F); was her seventh career final

on ITF Circuit and first since 2014 $100k ITF/Prague‐CZE

Lost in final round of qualifying for Roland Garros (d. Komardina, Smitkova, l. Hogenkamp)

Other clay court appearances came at $100k ITF/Trnava‐SVK (QF) and $100k ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (2r) and qualifying

loss at Prague

Lost both singles rubbers (vs. Begu and Halep) during Great Britain’s 3‐2 Fed Cup World Group II Play‐Off defeat on clay in

Romania

Prior to Eastbourne only back‐to‐back main draw wins in 2017 came during QF showing at Monterrey (d. Stojanovic and

Makarova, l. Kerber)


MATCH NOTES

2012


R2 W - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #100) 6-1 6-4


2011


2010

R1 L - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #139) 6-4 1-6 6-3


Fell 35 places after Monterrey, dropping from No.73 to No.108 (week of March 6, 2017), as title‐winning points from 2016

Monterrey dropped off. Was first time out of Top 100 in WTA Rankings since May 2014 (at No.112)

Exited Biel in 1r (l. eventual R‐Up Kontaveit) and Miami (l. Tig). Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. Konta – record vs.

countrywomen is now 2‐2, defeating Smith (2010 Eastbourne qualifying) and Baltacha (2012 Birmingham), and losing to

Keothavong (2012 Doha qualifying))

Made 2r exit at Acapulco (l. eventual R‐Up Mladenovic)

Represented Great Britain in Fed Cup World Group II tie vs. Croatia in February, going 1‐0 in singles (d. Vekic) before

teaming w/Konta to win decisive doubles rubber vs. Konjuh/Jurak

Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Brady), which was 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Defeat of home favourite and

No.21 Stosur in 1r was best win‐by‐ranking since overcoming No.18 Errani in 2016 Rome

Opened 2017 season by teaming with Dan Evans to represent Great Britain at Hopman Cup

Ended 2016 at No.77 for fifth non‐consecutive Top 100 finish. Best year‐end finish came in 2012 (No.49)

Season highlights were landing third WTA singles title at Monterrey (d. Flipkens in F) and winning first Grand Slam title in

mixed doubles at Wimbledon (w/Kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld)

Other titles came at 2012 Osaka and 2015 Hobart. Is now a perfect 3‐0 in WTA singles finals

Other notable results were reaching R16 at Miami (l. Halep) and QF run at Hobart (as defending champion, l. Larsson)

Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/Konta, l.

H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles (w/A.Murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza)

Made 1r exit at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Beck, despite holding three match points in deciding set)

2015 highlight was winning Hobart title without dropping a set (d. Brengle in F). Achieved career‐high ranking of No.38

following the victory

Lost status as British No.1 during 2015 Wuhan (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) – countrywoman Konta progressed to QF to

overtake her

Best result across the Grand Slams are 3r showings at 2013 Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska) and Wimbledon in 2012 (l.

eventual R‐Up A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams, having been two points from victory)

In 2014, earned first Top 20 victories of career by defeating No.12 Pennetta (2014 Eastbourne) and No.12 Cibulkova (2014

Montreal)

A three‐time doubles champion: 2012 Stanford (w/Erakovic), 2012 Dallas (w/Erakovic) and 2014 Baku (w/Panova)

Missed two months in 2013 due to glandular fever (from Miami to Roland Garros). Struggled throughout 2014 with

continuing right rib injury

With 2012 Osaka singles title, became first British woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988

Made WTA debut at 2010 Miami (as WC, l. Pironkova in 1r); recorded first WTA main draw victory at 2010 Eastbourne,

reaching 2r (as qualifier, d. Wozniak, l. eventual runner‐up Azarenka)

Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2011‐17 and Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

Won US Open junior singles title in 2009

Coached by John Laffnie de Jager. Still occasionally works with Diego Veronelli. Worked with Judy Murray during 2016

Australian swing

Zanevska:

Making first main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Fell in qualifying 2013‐16

2017 Wimbledon marks sixth main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Still waiting to win her first main draw match, having

fallen 1r at 2014 Roland Garros and US Open, 2016 Australian Open and Roland Garros, and 2017 Australian Open

Faces Watson today; has played two British players in her past two tournaments, defeating Robson at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR

and losing to Taylor at $100k ITF/Manchester‐GBR

Has won four career WTA main draw matches, at 2013 Linz (as qualifier, d. Krunic, l. Mayr‐Achleitner in 2r), at 2014

Marrakech (as qualifier, d. Atik, l. Peng in 2r), at 2015 Bastad (as qualifier, d. Siegemund, l. Barthel in 2r) and at 2015

bastad (d. Bogdan, l. Errani in 2r)

Best career win came over No.88 Panova at 2012 WTA 125k Series at Limoges

In previous outings of 2017 grass court season, reached QF at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. Erakovic) and 2r at $100k

ITF/Manchester‐GBR (l. Taylor)

Clay court season featured qualifying exit at Roland Garros and 1r defeats at Rabat (l. Gavrilova) and Istanbul (l.

Buyukakcay). Also suffered early defeats at WTA 125k event in Bol (1r) and $100k ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (2r)

Reached doubles final at Rabat w/Stojanovic (l. Babos/Hlavackova in F). Career record in doubles finals now 0‐3 (also

R‐Up at 2014 w/Piter and 2015 Marrakech w/Siegemund

Fell 1r at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Brady) and Kuala Lumpur (l. Hibino). Made qualifying exits at St. Petersburg

and Budapest

On ITF Circuit, highlight was SF run at $60k ITF/Zhuhai‐CHN (l. Allertova)

Ended 2016 at a career‐high No.128 (up from No.140 in 2015)

Played majority of 2016 on ITF Circuit, winning 13th and 14th career titles at $50k ITF/Saint‐Malo‐FRA and $50k

ITF/Joué‐lès‐Tours –FRA

At Grand Slams, fell in 1r at 2016 Australian Open and Roland Garros. Lost in qualifying at two other majors

Only other WTA main draw appearance came at Istanbul (l. Larsson). Lost in qualifying at St. Petersburg, Doha and

Kuala Lumpur Also reached QF at WTA 125k Series event in Limoges (l. eventual champion Alexandrova)

Reached career‐high No.107 on August 16, 2013

Finished 2015 at a career‐best year‐end ranking of No.118. Season highlight in 2015 was reaching SF at Quebec City (l.

eventual R‐Up Ostapenko)

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Luxembourg, and made WTA main draw debut at 2013Palermo (l. Burnett in 1r)

Owns 14 career ITF singles titles and nine doubles titles

Coached by Philippe Dehaes

Born in Odessa, Ukraine. Has trained in Belgium since 2008 and received Belgian citizenship in October 2016


MATCH NOTES

ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #56) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 1-0

2017 HARD I R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 4-6 6-1 6-2 FED CUP WEEK 1

ASHLEIGH BARTY

56

27

24-04-1996 (21)

$558,234

$1,522,886

1 / 1

3 / 5

17-8 / 25-23

5-5 / 7-8

3-1 / 4-5

ELINA SVITOLINA

5

3

12-09-1994 (22)

$1,835,906

$5,943,968

4 / 8

0 / 2

2-4

36-8 / 165-103

12-6 / 54-32

5-3 / 36-23

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-1

1-1 / 5-9 6-2 / 8-4

1-6 / 1-11

0-2 / 0-4

2-2 / 2-3

7-3 / 27-50

6-3 / 15-27

3-0 / 14-18


ASHLEIGH BARTY

2016

R2* L - LUKSIKA KUMKHUM (THA #169) 3-6 6-4 6-2

R1* W - JIA-JING LU (CHN #233) 7-6(3) 6-3

2014

R3* L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #176) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4

R2* W - LYUDMYLA KICHENOK (UKR #165) 6-3 7-5

R1* W - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #148) 6-1 6-2

2013

R1* L - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #159) 6-2 6-0

2012


ELINA SVITOLINA

2016

R2 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #96) 6-2 3-6 6-4


2015

R2 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #61) 7-6(3) 6-3

R1 W - MISAKI DOI (JPN #94) 3-6 6-3 6-2

2014

R1 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #95) 6-4 6-1

2013


2012

R1* L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #114) 6-3 6-0



Barty:

Making second appearance at Wimbledon, and first since 2012. Fell 1r in 2012 (as WC, l. Vinci) and in qualifying (2013‐14,

2016); reached doubles final in 2013 (w/Dellacqua, l. Hsieh/Peng)

2017 Wimbledon marks 12th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Achieved best result at the majors at 2017 Australian

Open, reaching 3r (l. Barthel). Has reached 2r at 2013 US Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko)

Overall owns a 3‐8 record in Slam 1r matches

Ranked No.56 entering Wimbledon (July 3, 2017), having begun 2017 as No.271

Faces No.5 Svitolina today – has yet to defeat a Top 10 player (0‐4 career record); best career win came over No.14

Muguruza at 2017 Birmingham

Having won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title, is one of nine former junior champions in the draw this fortnight (also

Flipkens, Bondarenko, A.Radwanska, Wozniacki, Robson, Kr.Pliskova, Bouchard, Ostapenko and Potapova)

Is one of three Australian players to have started the main draw here – also Gavrilova and Ar.Rodionova

Enters Wimbledon after R‐Up finish in Birmingham (l. Kvitova). became first Australian woman to reach the title match at

Birmingham since Jenny Byrne in 1992 (l. Schultz)

Posted career‐high ranking of No.54 after Birmingham run (June 26, 2017)

Also won fifth doubles titles at Birmingham, w/Dellacqua (d. H.Chan/Zhang in F). Last week finished R‐Up at Eastbourne,

w/Dellacqua (l. Y.Chan/Hingis). The team of Barty/Dellacqua are currently in fourth place on the Porsche Race to Singapore

standings (July 3, 2017)

Opened grass season at Nottingham where she advanced to QF (l. Konta)

In singles, made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Keys) but finished R‐Up in doubles w/Dellacqua (l. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova);

Barty/Dellacqua now 0‐4 in Grand Slam doubles finals

Prior to Roland Garros made QF run at Strasbourg (l. compatriot Gavrilova after serving for match at 5‐4 up in final set).

Won fourth career doubles title in Strasbourg (w/Dellacqua) – defeated Chan/Chan in final

Only other clay result in singles this year came in Rome – fell in qualifying

Made tournament debut in singles in Miami, reaching 2r (l. Stosur); previously played doubles w/Dellacqua in 2014 (1r)

Landed first WTA career singles title at Kuala Lumpur in February (qualified, d. Hibino in F)

Also won third career doubles title in Kuala Lumpur (w/Dellacqua) – was first doubles title since 2014 Strasbourg

Began season at Brisbane – made 2r exit (l. Kerber). Her 1r defeat of Krunic marked first tour‐level main draw win since

2016 Nottingham (June) and first such win on home soil since 2014 Brisbane (d. Hantuchova in 1r, l. Sharapova)

Withdrew in final round of Hobart qualifying with a right arm injury

After Australian Open run, represented Australia in Fed Cup Week I tie vs. Ukraine – went 0‐1 in singles (l. Svitolina) and

1‐0 in doubles (w/Dellacqua, d. N.Kichenok/Savchuk)

Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open; all w/Dellacqua)

After 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Strycova in 1r) took break from tennis that lasted almost two years

Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all‐rounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket

team in the 2015‐16 Women’s Big Bash League

Comeback hindered by right arm injury sustained in August 2016, following promising start: returned at $50k

ITF/Eastbourne‐GBR in May, advancing to SF as a qualifier (l. Riske) and the following week, QF at WTA International‐level

Nottingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Subsequently fell in 2r of qualifying at Wimbledon

Ended 2016 season at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei in November, reaching QF (as qualifier, ret. vs. Rodina)

Posted 16‐4 win‐loss record in singles in 2016

Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 Hobart (l. Mattek‐Sands in 1r)

First Grand Slam main draw appearance (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia’s 2012 WC Play‐Off in

Dec. 2011

Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2013 Birmingham, and second in doubles at 2014 Strasbourg (both

w/Dellacqua)

Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30

On ITF Circuit, has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles (including three in 2016)

Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva

In juniors, won national singles titles in 18&U, 16&U, 14&U and 12&U age categories

Member of Junior Fed Cup winning team in 2011 (Australia d. Canada in F)

Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

Svitolina:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (and sixth appearance overall)

Has won two matches from her four previous visits, reaching 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova)

Other results at Wimbledon were 1r exits in 2013 (l. eventual champion Bartoli) and 2014 (l. Doi); fell in qualifying in 2012

2017 Wimbledon marks 20th Grand Slam main draw appearance, with best results coming at Roland Garros where she

reached QF in 2015 (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 (l. Halep after holding mp in second set tie‐break)

Elsewhere, has made 3r at the Australian Open (2014‐15, 2017) and US Open (2015‐16)

Enters fortnight of 2017 Wimbledon on a career‐high of No.5 (first posted week of June 12, 2017)

Seeded No.4 this fortnight – her highest seeding at a Slam (up from No.5 at 2017 Roland Garros)

One of three Ukrainians starting in the main draw – also K.Bondarenko and Tsurenko

In Grand Slam 1r matches, has 14‐5 record, with losses coming at 2012 US Open (l. Ivanovic), 2013 Australian Open (l.

Kerber), 2013 Wimbledon (l. Bartoli), 2014 Wimbledon (l. Doi) and 2014 US Open (l. Hercog)

Faces No.56 Barty today; has lost three times to players ranked outside Top 50 in 2017, against No.158 Mattek‐Sands

(Miami), No.68 S.Zheng (Madrid) and No.102 Giorgi (Birmingham)

Owns the joint‐most match wins on WTA tour in 2017 (36‐8 record) along with Mladenovic (36‐14) and Pliskova (36‐9)

Has a 5‐1 record vs. Top 5 players this season, and 10‐13 overall in career, defeating No.4 Halep and No.3 Ka.Pliskova

(2017 Rome), No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.1 Kerber (2016

Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai) and No.4

Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati)

Owns 15‐27 lifetime record vs. Top 10 players, defeating No.4 Halep, No.7 Muguruza and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Rome),

No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1

Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016

Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014

Cincinnati)

Enters 2017 Wimbledon after falling 2r in only grass court tune‐up event at Birmingham (l. Giorgi); win against Watson in

Birmingham 1r was only her fifth on grass in her career, previously defeating Nara and Flipkens at 2014 's‐Hertogenbosch,

Doi at 2015 Wimbledon and Broady at 2016 Wimbledon

Prior to QF run at 2017 Roland Garros, won fourth WTA singles title of 2017 at Rome (d. Halep in F). Defeated three Top 10

players en route to Rome title – No.3 Ka.Pliskova, No.7 Muguruza (via ret.) and No.4 Halep in final

Currently sits at No.3 on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard (July 3, 2017) – the Top 8 singles and doubles teams

qualify for the WTA Finals in October

In addition to Rome title, also won titles this season at Taipei (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F) and Istanbul (d.

Mertens in F) – leads the tour for most titles won in 2017 (4)

Posted 1r exit at Madrid (l. Zheng)

Opened clay season representing Ukraine in Fed Cup loss to Germany, going 1‐1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges)

During Sunshine Double hard court swing, made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) and posted opening match loss at

Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.158 Mattek‐Sands)

Loss to Muguruza ended 15‐match winning streak, the longest winning streak since Azarenka’s 16 matches in 2016,

spanning Indian Wells to Rome last spring

At Kuala Lumpur, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Hibino w/lower‐leg injury

In February, made her Top 10 debut by capturing Dubai title (d. Wozniacki in F), becoming the first Ukrainian player to

achieve the feat. Now owns a 8‐2 record in singles finals

Lifted title in Taipei (d. Peng in F); in February followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine’s Fed Cup win over

Australia (vs. Barty and Gavrilova)

Prior to Dubai, all five career singles titles were won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a

WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei

Began 2017 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber

en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the past year: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016

Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to

defeat a top‐ranked player

Reached the 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season

Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition,

post‐US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)

Reached three finals in 2016, clinching fourth WTA singles title at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals

at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova)

Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)

Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012‐2017. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016

Currently working with Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and

Gabriel Urpi

Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016


MATCH NOTES

[13] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #13) vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #89)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 1-0

2015 HARD I SF JELENA OSTAPENKO 1-6 6-2 6-4 ITF/SAINT-PETERSBURG

JELENA OSTAPENKO

13

5

08-06-1997 (20)

$2,678,597

$3,612,891

1 / 1

2 / 2

25-12 / 51-42

11-6 / 19-17

4-4 / 12-7

ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH

89

85

22-03-1994 (23)

$167,671

$853,823

0 / 0

0 / 0

2-2

12-6 / 29-28

6-4 / 14-10

3-0 / 4-3

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-2

1-1 / 3-3 1-1 / 6-6

4-4 / 7-13

1-4 / 3-6

0-1 / 3-4

0-2 / 1-6

0-0 / 1-1

0-1 / 1-1


JELENA OSTAPENKO

2016

R1 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #28) 6-3 6-2

2015

R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #38) 6-4 7-5


ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH

2016

R2 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #43) 6-2 6-1


2015

R2 L - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #34) 7-5 6-1

R1 W - LIN ZHU (CHN #116) 4-6 7-5 6-1

R3* W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #194) 1-6 6-2 6-4

R2* W - TARA MOORE (GBR #385) 2-6 6-2 6-3

R1* W - CINDY BURGER (NED #189) 7-5 7-6(2)

2014

R2* L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #149) 6-4 7-6(2)

R1* W - KSENIA PERVAK (RUS #141) 6-3 1-0



Ostapenko:

Making third consecutive main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Made 2r on debut in 2015 (l. Mladenovic) and fell 1r in

2016 (l. Bertens)

Defeated No.9 Suárez Navarro in 1r here in 2015, earning career first win over a Top 10 opponent

Won first tour‐level singles title and Grand Slam trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first Latvian player

to win a major title; was also first from her country to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam (previously, Ernests

Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros)

Prior to 2017 Roland Garros, the deepest runs at the majors by a Latvian‐born woman were QF appearances by

Savchenko‐Neiland (1988 US Open; 1994 Wimbledon) and Sevastova (2016 US Open)

The last woman to win her debut tour‐level title at a Grand Slam was Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in

F); the last player to win their debut title at Roland Garros was Gustavo Kuerten, who lifted the title on June 8, 1997 – the

day Ostapenko was born

Became the first unseeded player, and lowest‐ranked player to win Roland Garros in the Open Era

At 20‐years‐old, was youngest player to reach a Grand Slam final since 19‐year‐old Wozniacki at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters)

With the title in Paris, made the fewest number of Grand Slam main draw appearances before winning debut Slam title

since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was 7th appearance)

With the title in Paris, made the fewest number of Grand Slam main draw appearances before winning debut Slam title

since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was 7th appearance)

2017 Wimbledon marks ninth Grand Slam main draw appearance. Prior to victory at 2017 Roland Garros, previous best

result at a major was reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

At US Open has reached 2r in 2015 (l. Errani)

Won junior Wimbledon singles title in 2014 (d. Kristina Schmiedlova in F), is one of nine former junior champions in the

draw this fortnight (also Flipkens, Bondarenko, A.Radwanska, Wozniacki, Robson, Kr.Pliskova, Barty, Bouchard and

Potapova)

Contesting 2017 Wimbledon at World No.13, making her Top 20 debut after run in Paris – up 35 ranking positions from

start of Roland Garros (No.47)

Is only the third player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (after Kvitova, at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, and

Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros)

Is the seventh player born in the 1990s to reach a Grand Slam singles final overall – in addition to Kvitova and Muguruza

above, also Wozniacki (2009, 2014 US Open), Halep (2014 Roland Garros), Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon) and Ka.Pliskova

(2016 US Open). All finished as R‐Up

Defeated No.12 Wozniacki and No.4 Halep en route to Roland Garros title. Record vs. Top 20 opponents is now 7‐13, other

wins coming over No.9 Suárez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon, which was first Grand Slam main draw match), No.8 Kvitova

(2016 Doha), No.11 Kvitova (2016 Birmingham), No.12 Wozniacki (2017 Charleston) and No.11 Wozniacki (2017 Prague)

Win over No.4 Halep in Paris marked career first Top 5 win (1‐4 overall record), with losses coming against No.5 Cibulkova

(2017 Indian Wells), No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open), No.4 A.Radwanska (2016 New Haven) and No.4 Muguruza

(2016 Rome)

Nearly doubled career prize money earnings by winning Roland Garros – entered tournament with USD $1.2 million in

prize money, and earned a paycheck of approx. USD $1.18 million

Faces Sasnovich today at Wimbledon; won their only previous meeting en route to her seventh and most recent ITF Circuit

title at $50k ITF/St. Petersburg‐RUS in 2015

Owns a 4‐4 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, suffering opening round exits at all four majors in 2016

In only grass court event entering 2017 Wimbledon, fell R16 at Eastbourne (l. Konta)

Aside from Roland Garros performance, European clay court season highlighted by SF run at Prague (l. eventual R‐Up

Kr.Pliskova) – defeating No.11 Wozniacki and No.33 Konjuh en route. Fell 1r at Stuttgart (as qualifier, l. Vandeweghe).

Advanced to 2r at Rome (l. No.7 Muguruza)

Earlier this spring on green clay in Charleston, reached first final at a WTA event since 2016 Doha. Fell to then fellow

19‐year‐old Kasatkina in 2017 Charleston final; was the first unseeded Charleston final since 2002 (Majoli d. Schnyder) and

the first all‐teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Before making a run to the finals at Charleston, made 2r appearance at Indian Wells (l. Cibulkova) and 1r exit at Miami (l.

Brengle)

In February, posted back‐to‐back 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at Acapulco (d.

eventual champion Tsurenko)

Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis via ret. w/viral illness) and 3r at

2017 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova – served for match twice). As a result posted then career‐high ranking of No.33 (week

of January 30, 2017)

In doubles, won first and second career titles, at St Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo)

Ended 2016 ranked No.44 for her first Top 50 year‐end finish (and second consecutive Top 100)

2016 season highlight was reaching biggest final of career to date at Premier 5‐level Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 1‐3 in WTA

singles finals, after also finishing R‐Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) and 2017 Charleston (l. Kasatkina)

Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha

Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur)

Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second‐highest

year‐end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles

Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013‐17; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

Highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, before Sevastova (as of July 3, 2017)

Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko

Half‐brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now)

Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard

Speaks Russian, Latvian and English

Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis – Ostapenko watched his Gulbis’ QF match here at Roland Garros from

his box in 2014

Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

Currently working with WTA player Anabel Medina Garrigues

Sasnovich:

Making third main draw appearance at Wimbledon (fourth overall)

Reached 2r on previous two visits, in 2015 (l. Diyas) and 2016 (l. Beck); fell in qualifying in 2014

Has also reached 2r at other three Grand Slams, falling at this stage at 2016 Australian Open (l. Sharapova), 2017 Roland

Garros (l. S.Zhang) and 2014 US Open (l. Wozniacki)

Other major appearances all ended in 1r, at 2017 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2015‐16 US Open

Making 10th Grand Slam appearance at 2017 Wimbledon. Owns a 5‐4 record in 1r matches

Faces No.13 Ostapenko today; owns a career 1‐6 record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents. Sole victory came against No.6

Ka.Pliskova at 2016 Tokyo PPO (2r)

In two grass court events heading into 2017 Wimbledon, reached 2r at 's‐Hertogenbosch (l. Mladenovic) and fell in

qualifying at Mallorca

Rose to career‐high ranking of No.85 following 's‐Hertogenbosch (June 19, 2017)

Reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. S.Zhang). Win over Golubic in 1r in Paris was only win on clay this season, having fallen at

the first hurdle in qualifying at Prague, Madrid and Rome

In April, inspired Belarus to its first Fed Cup final, winning both singles rubbers (d. Golubic, d. Bacsinszky) in a 3‐2 triumph.

Will host USA in November’s final

Win over No.22 Bacsinszky on Fed Cup duty was third over Top 50 player in 2017 (also No.24 Bertens in Fed Cup and No.44

Cornet in Miami)

Came through qualifying to reach second career SF at Biel (l. Kontaveit); only previous foray this deep into WTA event

came during R‐Up finish at 2015 Seoul

Made 2r at Miami (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Konta) and lost in qualifying at Indian Wells

Began 2017 season with qualifying exits at Brisbane and Hobart

Qualified at Australian Open but suffered 1r exit (l. S.Zhang)

In February, fell in St Petersburg qualifying before helping Belarus overcome the Netherlands in Fed Cup World Group I tie

in Minsk. Went 2‐0 in singles (d. Krajicek, d. Bertens)

Advanced to third career QF at Budapest (after 2015 Seoul and 2016 Tokyo [PPO]) – qualified and lost to eventual finalist

Safarova

Ended 2016 season at No.121

2016 highlights included reaching first Premier‐level QF at Tokyo [PPO] – won three rounds of qualifying before defeating

Wickmayer in 1r and No.6 Ka.Pliskova in 2r; lost to eventual finalist Osaka

Defeat of No.6 Ka.Pliskova on was first career victory over a Top 10 player; now 1‐1 with only previous match coming

against No.5 Sharapova at 2016 Australian Open

At Grand Slams in 2016, reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and Wimbledon (l. Beck); fell 1r at Roland Garros (l.

Buyukakcay) and US Open (l. Davis)

Ended 2015 season at No.103 for career best year‐end finish

2015 highlight was reaching first WTA final, at Seoul (as qualifier, l. Begu) – one of four qualifiers to reach a WTA final in

2015 (all finished R‐Up)

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Brussels; made WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open

Currently No.1 woman from Belarus and only one in Top 100 (July 3, 2017); Azarenka’s Special Ranking is No.6 but she is

currently ranked outside Top 600

Owns 11 singles and seven doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Coached by former ATP player Vladimir Voltchkov at National Academy in Minsk (but he does not travel with her – father

Aliaksander travels with her)

For first time, trained at IMG Bradenton in the 2016 pre‐season

Started playing at age 9; introduced to sport by father

Practiced Taekwondo for a couple of years when she was younger

Speaks English, Belarusian, Russian and a little bit of French

Dream is to win Wimbledon one day


MATCH NOTES

NAO HIBINO (JPN #92) vs. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #18)


NAO HIBINO

92

111

28-11-1994 (22)

$199,357

$746,581

0 / 1

1 / 1

3-9 / 24-32

2-3 / 10-7

1-0 / 6-5

MADISON KEYS

18

122

17-02-1995 (22)

$227,791

$5,464,336

0 / 2

0 / 0

11-4

4-6 / 137-88

0-4 / 36-35

0-0 / 33-33

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-1

0-0 / 25-7 0-1 / 1-4

0-0 / 1-4

0-0 / 0-4

0-1 / 0-3

0-1 / 23-37

0-0 / 10-23

0-1 / 12-14


NAO HIBINO

2016

R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #38) 3-6 7-5 6-2

2015

R2* L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #136) 6-3 6-3

R1* W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #590) 6-1 7-5

MADISON KEYS

2016

R16 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3

R3 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #61) 6-4 5-7 6-2



2015

QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3



R2 W - ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #109) 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #104) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4



Hibino:

• Making second main draw appearance at Wimbledon. Fell 1r in 2016 (l. Petkovic) and in qualifying in 2015

• Is contesting seventh Grand Slam main draw of career, and is bidding to reach 2r at a major for the first time

• Has made six consecutive 1r exits at majors: 2016 Australian Open (l. Sharapova), Roland Garros (l. Halep), Wimbledon (l.

Petkovic), US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2017 Australian Open (l. Sevastova) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia). Had previously

fallen in Grand Slam qualifying at 2014‐15 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon

• Faces No.18 Keys today in their career first meeting. A win today would match best career win by ranking (also No.18

Stosur at 2016 Hong Kong), her lifetime record vs. Top 20 players stands at 1‐4

• Owns seven Top 100 wins at tour‐level: No.78 Duque‐Marino and No.75 Kasatkina (both at 2015 Auckland), No.69

Shvedova (2016 Doha), No.25 Begu (2016 Rio Olympics), No.53 Tsurenko (2016 Tashkent via ret.), No.18 Stosur (2016

Hong Kong) and No.93 Linette (2017 Kuala Lumpur)

• Is currently ranked No.92 (as at July 3, 2017), and is the No.4 of five Japanese women in the WTA Top 100 (behind Osaka,

Doi, Ozaki and ahead of Nara)

• Coming off 1r defeats at grass court events at Birmingham (l. Siniakova) and $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR (l. Maria)

• Played six clay court events this season. Made 1r exits at Roland Garros (l. Garcia), Nürnberg (l. Goerges), Istanbul (l.

Cadantu) and Rabat (l. Bellis); also suffered qualifying losses at Madrid and Rome – only win in this stretch came over

Brady in 1r of Rome qualifying

• In April had QF run at WTA $125K Series event at Zhengzhou (l. Zheng)

• Fell in qualifying at Indian Wells and Miami after reaching third WTA singles final at Kuala Lumpur (l. Barty in F). Recorded

first main draw wins of 2017 at Kuala Lumpur and has yet to do so since

• Has fallen 1r on three additional occasions in 2017: Australian Open (l. Sevastova), Taipei City (l. Doi) and Monterrey (l.

Boserup); clinched first WTA doubles title at Monterrey (w/Rosolska)

• Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back qualifying exits at Auckland (Ar.Rodionova), Hobart (l. eventual champion

Mertens). Also fell in qualifying at Doha (l. Jankovic) and Dubai (l. Dabrowski)


MATCH NOTES

2014

R3 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #65) 7-6(7) 6-6

R2 W - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #32) 7-5 6-7(3) 6-2


2013




2012

R2* L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #105) 5-7 7-5 6-3

R1* W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #166) 6-1 6-3


• Ended 2016 at No.84 for second consecutive Top 100 season (finished 2015 at No.78 – up from No.207 in 2014)

• 2016 season highlights included reaching second WTA singles final at Tashkent (as defending champion, l. Kr.Pliskova) and

advancing to QF at Auckland (l. Goerges), Istanbul (l. Buyukakcay) and Florianopolis (l. Begu)

• Advanced to SF at WTA $125K Series event at Bol (l. Hercog)

• Achieved career‐high singles ranking of No.56 on January 18, 2016

• Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2015 (media vote; won by Gavrilova)

• Made WTA main draw debut in September 2015 at Tokyo [Japan Open]. Reached 2r (d. Kuwata, l. Brengle)

• Fell in 2015 Tokyo [PPO] qualifying, however following week landed her first WTA singles title, at Tashkent (d. Vekic in F) –

was her second tour‐level main draw; just six players have done better, winning their debut event

• Made professional debut on ITF Circuit at $25k ITF/Karuizawa‐JPN in 2012 (fell in qualifying), however won next

tournament played at $10k ITF/Tokyo‐JPN

• Has won seven singles titles on ITF Circuit, along with four doubles titles

• Born in Aichi, Japan, and currently resides there

• Named after former WTA player Naoko Sawamatsu

• Was introduced to tennis aged 10

Coached by Eiji Takeuchi

Keys:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Wimbledon (sixth overall) – best result here is reaching QF in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska).

Made R16 in 2016 (l. Halep), and two 3r showings in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2014 (l. Shvedova via ret.). Fell in qualifying

in 2012

2017 Wimbledon marks 20th Grand Slam main draw appearance, with best result across the majors coming with SF run at

Australian Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Having never previously passed 3r at any major, 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)

At Roland Garros, made R16 in 2016 (l. Bertens) and at US Open, made R16 in 2015 (l. S.Williams) and 2016 (l. Wozniacki)

Last season was one of only four players to reach at least R16 across the Slams (also A.Radwanska, Suárez Navarro and

S.Williams)

Did not play any grass court events in lead up to 2017 Wimbledon – last tournament contested was Roland Garros (l.

Martic in 2r). Withdrew from defense of Birmingham title w/left wrist injury

Faces No.92 Hibino today; all six of her losses in 2017 have come to lower‐ranked players, including four outside Top 50:

No.72 Arruabarrena (Miami), No.52 Rogers (Charleston), No.53 Doi (Madrid) and No.290 Martic (Roland Garros)

Record at 1r of Grand Slams stands at 16‐3. Losses at this stage came at 2012 Australian Open (l. Zheng), 2013 US Open (l.

Jankovic) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Errani)

Wimbledon marks just her seventh tournament of 2017, after Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome and Roland

Garros. Missed opening two months of this year after undergoing left‐wrist surgery during off‐season; also withdrew from

Stuttgart due to the same injury

In 1r at 2017 Roland Garros, defeated Barty to snap four‐match losing streak, following 3r loss at Miami (l. Arruabarrena),

opening match loss at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Rogers), and 1r exits at Madrid (l. Doi) and Rome (l. Gavrilova)

2017 Charleston was second tournament as No.1 seed (also 2015 Strasbourg)

Reached 3r at Miami (l. Arruabarrena). Slipped out of Top 10 for the first time since July 2016 following Miami exit, before

returning the following week. Following Madrid, fell out of WTA Top 10 again – currently sits at No.18 (as at July 3, 2017)

In first tournament of 2017 season at Indian Wells lost in R16 to Wozniacki

Finished 2016 by qualifying for WTA Finals Singapore (l. RR) after breakthrough season, highlighted by title at Birmingham

and Top 10 debut on June 20. Peaked in rankings at No.7 (week of October 10, 2016)

First American to make her Top 10 debut since Serena Williams in April, 1999; became 118th different player to achieve a

Top 10 ranking since the WTA Rankings were introduced on November 3, 1975 – 27 of those have been Americans. For the

first time since September 2005 there were three Americans in the WTA Top 10 (also S.Williams and V.Williams)

Won second career singles title at 2016 Birmingham (d. Strycova in F) in June ‐ both titles have come on grass (also 2014

Eastbourne)

Also a finalist on two occasions in 2016 – at Rome (l. S.Williams) and Montréal (l. Halep); owns a 2‐3 record in WTA singles

finals

Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Beijing (her first Premier Mandatory SF, l. Konta) and Linz (w/o vs. Golubic).

Scored fourth‐place finish at Rio Olympics (l. Kerber in SF, then l. Kvitova in bronze medal match), and advanced to QFs at

Miami (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l. Halep)

Lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents stands at 3‐17. Wins have come over No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova

(2015 Australian Open) and No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome)

Went 6‐7 record against Top 10 players in 2016, with wins against No.9 Vinci (Miami), No.9 Kvitova, No.4 Muguruza

(Rome), No.6 V.Williams (Montreal), No.7 Kuznetsova (Beijing) and No.8 Cibulkova (WTA Finals). Overall record vs. Top 10

players stands at 10‐23

Recorded first Top 20 year‐end finish in 2015 (at No.18)

Outside of the Slams, highlights in 2015 included finishing runner‐up at Charleston (l. Kerber). Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite

Trophy in Zhuhai, going 1‐1 in group stage (l. V.Williams; d. Zheng)

Was second‐youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur) and became youngest

American to win a singles title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok)

Made WTA debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach, reaching 2r (d. Kudryavtseva, l. Petrova) when she was 14; was

seventh‐youngest player to win a WTA main draw match, and youngest since Martina Hingis in 1994

Earlier this year unveiled as Evian’s first American brand ambassador. Prior to 2016 US Open was announced as an

ambassador for FearlesslyGIRL, an organization dedicated to empowering a generation of young women and their schools

and communities

Currently coached by Lindsay Davenport and Dieter Kindlmann. Hitting partner is Pirmin Hänle. Previously coached by

Jesse Levine and Thomas Hogstedt


MATCH NOTES

[8] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #9) vs. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #90)

Head to Head: ANDREA PETKOVIC leads 4-1

2015 HARD I QF ANDREA PETKOVIC 99 mins7-6(2) 6-0 ANTWERP

2014 HARD I R1 ANDREA PETKOVIC 104 mins7-5 6-3 SOFIA

2014 HARD O R1 ANDREA PETKOVIC 105 mins7-6(2) 6-3 NEW HAVEN

2014 HARD I R1 ANDREA PETKOVIC N/A2-6 7-6(7) 6-2 FED CUP WEEK 1

2012 HARD O R16 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 70 mins6-4 6-1 NEW HAVEN

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA

9

28

06-05-1989 (28)

$524,785

$11,399,709

0 / 8

1 / 1

14-14 / 336-237

5-8 / 108-92

4-2 / 79-57

ANDREA PETKOVIC

90

81

09-09-1987 (29)

$245,243

$6,428,078

0 / 6

0 / 0

8-6

7-16 / 228-165

2-7 / 77-62

1-1 / 43-42

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











16-9

1-1 / 19-15 0-3 / 32-20

1-1 / 62-94

0-1 / 34-55

1-5 / 26-26

0-3 / 34-70

0-1 / 11-28

1-2 / 26-19


DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA

2016

QF L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #50) 6-2 6-2

R16 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-3 5-7 9-7

R3 W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #48) 6-4 6-3

R2 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #56) 6-3 6-2


2015


ANDREA PETKOVIC

2016


R1 W - NAO HIBINO (JPN #70) 3-6 7-5 6-2

2015

R3 L - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #34) 7-5 6-4

R2 W - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #99) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #84) 6-0 6-0



Cibulkova:

Making 10th main draw appearance at Wimbledon (11th overall). Two‐time quarterfinalist, in 2011 (l. Sharapova) and 2016

(l. Vesnina)

2017 Wimbledon marks 39th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result across the majors came with runner‐up

finish at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li). Defeated four seeds en route to final at Melbourne Park, including No.3 Sharapova and

No.5 A.Radwanska to become first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final

At Roland Garros, advanced to SF in 2009 (l. eventual R‐Up Safina) and QF in 2012 (l. Stosur), while at US Open, reached QF

in 2010 (l. Wozniacki)


Enters Wimbledon on a four‐match losing streak; since R16 runs at both Indian Wells (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Miami (l.

Safarova) has posted a 2‐6 win‐loss record, three of last four losses being to players ranked outside Top 100


MATCH NOTES

2014


R2 W - ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #89) 3-6 6-3 8-6


2013


R2 W - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #75) 6-0 6-1

R1 W - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #174) 6-4 4-6 6-4

2012

R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #31) 6-4 6-1

2011

QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) 6-1 6-1

R16 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5

R3 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) 6-4 1-6 6-3

R2 W - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #59) 6-1 6-2


2010


R2 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #101) 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 7-5

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 7-6(5) 6-4

2009

R3 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #37) 7-5 4-6 6-4


R1 W - JULIE COIN (FRA #65) 6-4 3-6 6-3

2008

R1 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #133) 6-4 6-3

2007

R1* L - ANDA PERIANU (ROU #221) 7-6(8) 1-6 10-8

2014

R3 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13) 6-3 6-4

R2 W - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #81) 6-4 3-6 6-1

R1 W - KATARZYNA PITER (POL #101) 6-1 6-4

2013

R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #17) 7-6(2) 2-6 8-6

R1 W - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #110) 6-3 6-2

2011

R3 L - KSENIA PERVAK (RUS #89) 6-4 7-6(2)

R2 W - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #122) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R1 W - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #139) 6-3 6-4

2010

R1 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #118) 3-6 6-4 6-4

2009

R2* L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #149) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-4

R1* W - TEREZA HLADIKOVA (CZE #205) 6-1 6-4

2007

R1* L - ERIKA TAKAO (JPN #148) 6-4 6-4


Went 0‐3 on grass in lead‐up to 2017 Wimbledon, falling 1r at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. Lottner, ranked No.161) and Birmingham

(l. Safarova, having held two match points) and dropping 2r opener at Eastbourne (l. Watson, ranked No.126)

Won first WTA doubles title of career at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (w/Flipkens)

Clay season ended with 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Jabeur, ranked No.114). Also fell in 2r at Madrid (l. Dodin) and Rome

(after 1r bye, l. Makarova)

Posted new career‐high ranking week of April 24, 2017 at No.4; playing 2017 Wimbledon at No.9

Middle East swing results included 2r defeat in Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Makarova) and SF run at Doha (l. to Ka.Pliskova) the

previous week; win over Stosur in Doha QF was 400th career match win (all levels)

In February, posted SF run at St Petersburg (l. Putintseva)

Reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. Makarova in 3s)

Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. eventual runner‐up Cornet); made 2r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

Is 1‐1 against Top 20 opponents in 2017, defeating No.16 Vesnina in QF at St Petersburg in February

Posted first Top 10 season of career in 2016, finishing at No.5

Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined for four months with

a left Achilles problem, with ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016

Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1‐2 in group stage before

defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in SF and World No.1 Kerber in final

At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first player to win WTA

Finals on debut since Kvitova in 2011

Won career‐high 53 matches in 2016 (previous best was 42 matches in 2011)

Won a WTA‐leading four singles titles in 2016 – qualified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. Golubic in F)

after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco (l.

Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco; overall is 8‐10 in singles finals

Other notable results in 2016 season included SF runs at Hobart (l. eventual R‐Up Bouchard) and Stanford (l. Konta)

Withdrew from Rio Olympics in singles and doubles (w/left calf injury)

Owns 34 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight coming in 2016) including three over reigning World No.1s: Wozniacki at

2011 Wimbledon, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals

Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami)

Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main draw debut at 2006 Istanbul

In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak

catch‐cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who have

fallen on tough times

Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava in July 2016, after Wimbledon

Coached by Matej Liptak

Petkovic:

Making seventh main draw appearance at Wimbledon (ninth overall). Advanced to 3r on three occasions, in 2011 (l.

Pervak), 2014 (l. Bouchard) and 2015 (l. Diyas)

2017 Wimbledon marks 31st main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result at a Slam came at 2014 Roland Garros,

where she advanced to SF (l. eventual R‐Up Halep). In 2011, her most consistent year at the majors, reached QF at

Australian Open (l. Li), Roland Garros (l. Sharapova) and US Open (l. Wozniacki)


Still to win back‐to‐back main draw matches in 2017

Playing 2017 Wimbledon on a ranking of No.90, her lowest since June 2013 (at No.103). Began this season at No.55 and

played Wimbledon last year on a ranking of No.38 (as No.32 seed)

Heading into today’s match against No.9 Cibulkova owns 11‐28 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, most recent win

coming over No.5 Muguruza (2016 Doha). Other Top 10 wins were over No.9 Makarova (2015 Miami), No.2 Azarenka

(2013 Beijing), No.10 Bartoli (2011 Beijing), No.6 Kvitova (2011 Cincinnati), No.7 Kvitova (2011 Toronto), No.7 Jankovic

(2011 Stuttgart), No.6 Jankovic (2011 Miami), No.1 Wozniacki (2011 Miami), No.5 V.Williams (2011 Australian Open, by

ret.) and No.6 Kuznetsova (2009 Tokyo)

Preparation for 2017 Wimbledon saw a 2r exit at ‘s‐Hertogenbosch (l. eventual runner‐up Vikhlyantseva) and SF run at

$100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. Rybarikova)

Reached 2r on green clay of Charleston in April (l. Sevastova), but thereafter failed to win a main draw match during the

red clay season, falling 1r at Istanbul (l. Yastremska, ranked No.420), Rabat (l. Putintseva), Madrid (won two qualifying

matches, l. Dodin in 1r), Rome (won two qualifying matches, l. Kontaveit in 1r), Strasbourg (l. McHale in three sets,

having won first set 6‐0) and Roland Garros (l. Lepchenko in three sets)

Sunshine Double saw 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) and 1r exit at Miami (l. Cepelova)

In February, won her way through qualifying at St Petersburg and reached 2r (d. Begu, l. Vinci). Was her first time

contesting the qualifying draw of a tour‐level event since 2014 Dubai (l. Giorgi), and the first time successfully coming

through qualifying since 2013 Cincinnati

Also posted 2r showing at Acapulco (l. Parmentier)

Went 0‐2 in singles representing Germany in Fed Cup World Group first round loss vs. USA (l. Riske, Vandeweghe)

Opened 2017 season by reaching 2r at both Hobart (d. Gibbs, l. Cepede Royg) and Australian Open (l. Strycova) – her

first progression past 1r at Melbourne Park since 2013

Finished 2016 ranked No.56, dropping from No.24 in 2015 – fourth straight season ranked inside the Top 100

2016 season highlights included one SF (Doha) and three QF appearances (Luxembourg, Dubai and Brisbane); otherwise

struggled to get past 2r – only advancing one additional time (3r, Eastbourne)

Bowed out of 2016 Rio Olympics in 1r of singles (l. Svitolina) and 1r of doubles (w/Kerber, l. Errani/Vinci)

Scored best result of 2016 with SF run at Doha (ret. vs. Ostapenko). Advanced to SF by defeating No.5 Muguruza; first win

over a Top 5 opponent since d. No.2 Azarenka at 2013 Beijing

Mixed results across 2015 saw her end season at No.24, qualifying for WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai. Lost both group

matches – opening match loss to Suárez Navarro in 51 minutes (60 60 – first double bagel of career) followed by defeat to

Svitolina

Is a former Top 10 player, cracking the elite bracket at No.9 in September of 2011 and again in May of 2015

Won sixth WTA singles title at 2015 Antwerp (d. Suárez Navarro in F via w/o – neck injury); owns a 6‐11 record in finals,

with four of six titles coming on clay – the biggest being at Charleston (d. Cepelova in F). Notably also won the Tournament

of Champions‐Sofia in 2014 (d. Muguruza in SF and Pennetta in F)

Is a two‐time doubles runner‐up, at 2009 Bad Gastein (w/Maria) and 2016 Brisbane (w/Kerber)

German No.8 of eight in current Top 100 (as of July 3, 2017)

Suffered right knee injury at Hopman Cup at end of December 2012, which forced her to miss 2013 Australian and Middle

East swings; returned to tour at Indian Wells. Ranking dropped as low as No.177 in March 2013

Member of German Fed Cup Team, 2007, 2010‐12, 2014‐17

Made first WTA appearances as a WC in qualifying at 2002 Hamburg and Leipzig

Coached by Jan De Witt


MATCH NOTES

BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA (BRA #97) vs. [WC] LAURA ROBSON (GBR #189)


BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA

97

69

30-05-1996 (21)

$106,476

$256,597

0 / 0

1 / 2

3-5 / 7-13

0-3 / 1-6

1-1 / 2-5

LAURA ROBSON

189

177

21-01-1994 (23)

$34,292

$1,512,132

0 / 0

0 / 0

4-7

0-1 / 39-62

0-0 / 11-16

0-0 / 10-18

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











0-0

0-1 / 9-17 0-1 / 0-1

1-2 / 1-3

0-0 / 0-0

0-1 / 0-2

0-0 / 4-18

0-0 / 4-12

0-0 / 4-5


BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA

2015

R1* L - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #163) 6-2 6-1

LAURA ROBSON

2016

R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 6-2 6-2

2015

R1 L - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #101) 6-4 6-4

2013

R16 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #46) 7-6(6) 7-5

R3 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #71) 1-6 7-5 6-3

R2 W - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #117) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #10) 6-3 6-4

2012

R1 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #26) 2-6 6-4 6-4

2011

R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) 7-6(4) 6-3

R1 W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #77) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3



Haddad Maia:

Making Wimbledon debut. Fell in qualifying in 2015

Only other main draw appearance at a Grand Slam came at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Vesnina)

Faces No.189 Robson today; has lost six times to players ranked outside Top 100 in – most recently to No.124 Krunic at

WTA 125k Serie in Bol

In only grass court tune‐up event, fell 1r at Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Rogers). Since Roland Garros, also reached SF at WTA

125k Series at Bol (l. Krunic)

Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Vesnina). Broke into Top 100 for first time following 2017

Roland Garros at No.94

Reached QF at Prague (as qualifier, l. Kr.Pliskova). Other highlight of clay court season was winning eighth ITF title of career

at $100k ITF/Cagnes‐Sur‐Mer‐FRA (d. Teichmann in F)

Fell 1r at Bogotá (l. Cepede Royg) and in qualifying for Monterrey and Stuttgart

As wildcard, reached 2r at Mimai (l. V.Williams)

In February, won ITF title of career at $25k ITF/Clare‐AUS (d. No.269 Vondrousova in F)

Other 2017 appearances also on ITF Circuit, at $25k ITF/Perth‐AUS (l. Vondrousova in 2r) and $25k ITF/Perth 2‐AUS (l.

Mrdeza)

Ended 2016 at No.211, down from career‐best finish No.198 in 2015; currently ranked No.97 (July 3, 2017)

Finished 2016 with strong performances on ITF Circuit, winning back‐to‐back titles at $50k ITF/Scottsdale, AZ‐USA (d.

Ahn in F) and $50k ITF/Waco, TX‐USA (d. Min in F). Also R‐Up finish at $25 ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula 9‐ITA and two

other SF finishes

Fell 1r on three WTA main draw appearances, at Rio (l. Cirstea), Miami (l. Pereira) and Rio Florianopolis (l. Savchuk) –

gained entry to all three tournaments as WC

At Grand Slams, fell in qualifying at 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 US Open; is still waiting to appear in first Grand Slam

main draw


MATCH NOTES

2010

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 6-3 7-6(5)

2009

R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #32) 3-6 6-4 6-2


Miami is only ninth tour‐level main draw of career. Best performance was QF at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (l. eventual champion

Errani)

Has played eight Top 100 opponents, with her only wins against No.76 Gibbs (2016 $50k ITF/Scottsdale, AZ‐USA) and

No.77 Hercog (2015 Rio de Janeiro)

No.1‐ranked of three Brazilians in Top 200 (also Goncalves and Pereira)

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Québec City (l. El Tabakh)

Introduced to tennis aged five

Favorite surface is clay

Coached by Martin Gande. Previously worked with Larri Passos (coach of three‐time Roland Garros winner Gustavo

Kuerten)

Robson:

Making eighth main draw appearance at Wimbledon, having been awarded a wildcard by the All England Club

Best result in SW19 is reaching R16 in 2013 (l. Kanepi). Reached 2r in 2010 (d. Kerber in 1r; l. Sharapova) and made

1r exits in 2009 (l. Hantuchova), 2010 (l. Jankovic), 2012 (l. Schiavone) and 2015 (l. Rodina)

2017 Wimbledon marks 19th Grand Slam main draw appearance. In addition to R16 at 2013 Wimbledon, has also reached

R16 at 2012 US Open (l. Stosur). At Australian Open, best result is 3r (2013, l. Stephens). Has not progressed beyond 1r at

Roland Garros in three appearances

Won the Wimbledon girls’ singles title in 2008 – becoming first British girl to win event since Annabel Croft in 1984

One of nine former junior champions in the draw this fortnight (also Flipkens, Bondarenko, A.Radwanska, Wozniacki,

Barty, Kr.Pliskova, Bouchard, Ostapenko and Potapova). Four junior title winners have gone on to win the Ladies’ Singles at

the All England Club (Haydon‐Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo)

One of five women from Great Britain in 2017 Wimbledon main draw

Owns a 6‐12 lifetime record in Grand Slam 1r matches

Faces No.97 Haddad Maia today. Last win over Top 100 player came at 2016 Birmingham – No.63 Lepchenko

Opened 2017 grass court season at $100k ITF/Surbiton‐GBR, falling 1r (l. Erakovic). At tour level, made 1r exit at

Nottingham (l. Boserup), and fell 2r at $100k ITF/Ilkley‐GBR (l. Zanevska) and 1r at $100k ITF/Southsea‐GBR (l.

Alexandrova)

Highlight of this year’s season was third ITF Circuit title at $60k ITF/Kurume‐JPN (d. fellow Briton Boulter in F). Has

contested nine other ITF events

At WTA level fell in qualifying for Auckland and Australian Open

Ended 2016 at No.220 in the rankings after return from injury (ended 2015 at No.558)

Used special ranking of No.58 to enter 2016 Indian Wells, falling 1r (l. Rybarikova) and received a WC at Miami (l. Flipkens)

Qualified for 2016 US Open (l. compatriot Broady in 1r). In 2016 also won second ITF Circuit title at $25k

ITF/Landisville‐USA

Underwent surgery on wrist in April 2014 and subsequently missed all events for rest of 2014 season (finishing at No.951,

having begun 2014 at No.44). Suffered continued problems and injury set‐backs to left wrist since January 2014, stalling

comeback

After almost 17 months away, returned to competition at 2015 Eastbourne – received WC for qualifying event (l. first

match to Gavrilova, 60 61)

Gained entry to 2015 Wimbledon main draw as WC – fell 1r to Rodina. Also in 2015 fell in New Haven qualifying and used

protected ranking to enter US Open (l. Vesnina in 3s in 1r)

Prior to wrist injury in 2014, had been enjoying a blossoming career – enjoyed breakout 2012, winning silver medal in

mixed doubles (w/A.Murray) at London 2012 Olympics and reached R16 at US Open (l. Stosur); was also runner‐up at 2012

Guangzhou (l. Hsieh)

2013 marked first year‐end Top 50 ranking (at No.46), and second consecutive Top 100 finish. Reached R16 at 2013

Wimbledon (l. Kanepi), becoming first British woman to reach R16 since Sam Smith in 1998

Achieved career high ranking of No.27 on July 8, 2013 becoming first British woman to be ranked in Top 30 since April 1987

(Jo Durie)

Is 4‐13 against Top 10 players, with three of those wins coming at Grand Slams: No.8 Li (2012 US Open), No.8 Kvitova

(2012 Australian Open) and No.10 Kirilenko (2013 Wimbledon)

Posted first WTA main draw victory at 2010 Birmingham (d. Voegele via ret.)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2008 Luxembourg (as WC, l. Benesova in 3s)

Named WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2012 by international media vote

Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team in 2012‐13, 2017

Winner of three singles title on ITF Circuit

Parents are Andrew and Kathy; has two siblings, Nick and Emily

Born in Australia; family relocated to Singapore when she was 18 months old, and moved to the UK when Laura was six

Currently working with Johan Ortegren from Magnus Norman's academy in Stockholm


MATCH NOTES

VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #683) vs. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #40)


VICTORIA AZARENKA

683

509

31-07-1989 (27)

$3,400

$28,247,843

0 / 20

0 / 6

1-1 / 409-147

1-0 / 75-51

1-0 / 60-38

CATHERINE BELLIS

40

38

08-04-1999 (18)

$272,039

$654,561

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-0

12-8 / 21-15

6-2 / 10-4

3-2 / 3-4

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











26-9

3-1 / 3-1 1-1 / 39-16

0-0 / 110-83

0-0 / 63-60

0-0 / 44-12

2-3 / 3-6

1-0 / 1-3

3-1 / 3-3


VICTORIA AZARENKA

2015

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 3-6 6-2 6-3



R2 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #96) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #145) 6-2 6-1

2014

R2 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI (SRB #45) 6-3 3-6 7-5


2013

R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #166) W/O

R1 W - MARIA JOAO KOEHLER (POR #106) 6-1 6-2




MATCH NOTES

2012

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #6) 6-3 7-6(6)

QF W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #37) 6-3 7-6(4)


R3 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #178) 6-3 6-3


R1 W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #78) 6-1 6-4

2011

SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-1 3-6 6-2

QF W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #80) 6-3 6-1


R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #23) 6-3 3-6 6-2



2010




2009


R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #10) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3

R3 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 7-6(2) 6-3

R2 W - RALUCA OLARU (ROU #75) 6-0 6-0

R1 W - SEVERINE BELTRAME (FRA #95) 6-2

2008

R3 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #18) 7-6(11) 7-6(4)



2007

R3 L - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #10) 6-4 6-2


R1 W - JELENA KOSTANIC TOSIC (CRO #86) 6-3 6-1

2006



Azarenka:

Making 11th appearance at Wimbledon. Two time semifinalist, reaching final four in 2011 (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

and 2012 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Also advanced to QF in 2009 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams); reached 3r

three times – 2007 (l. Vaidisova), 2008 (l. Petrova) and 2010 (l. Kvitova)

2017 Wimbledon marks 42nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, and first since 2016 Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp in

1r w/right knee injury); duly missed 2016 Wimbledon due to injury and during recovery discovered she was pregnant

(announced in mid‐July)

Is a two‐time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open is 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 both times in 3s)

Best results at Roland Garros have been QF appearances in 2009 and 2011

Owns a 35‐6 record in Grand Slam 1r matches, with losses coming at 2006 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Mirza), 2006

Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Medina Garrigues), 2006 Wimbledon (l. A.Radwanska), 2007 Roland Garros (l. Knapp), 2010

Roland Garros (l. Dulko) and 2016 Roland Garros (l. Knapp)

Faces 18‐year‐old Bellis today. Was defeated by 19‐year‐old Konjuh in 2017 Mallorca – before this her most recent loss to

a teenager was against McHale at 2010 Charleston

One of three Belarusians in the women's draw, along with Sabalenka and Sasnovich

Returned to tennis at Mallorca earlier this month after giving birth to first child, Leo, in December. In first match of

comeback, against Ozaki, came within two points of defeat, eventually winning 63 46 76(7). Lost to Konjuh in 2r in straight

sets

Mallorca was first match since 2016 Roland Garros

Playing 2017 Wimbledon using her Special Ranking of No.6

Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season. 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 (l. Knapp)

Superb first half of 2016 season highlighted by completing the ‘Sunshine Double’ – won Miami for the third time (d.

Kuznetsova in F), having won Indian Wells for the second time two weeks earlier (d. S.Williams in F). Became only the third

player to win both Indian Wells and Miami in the same year, after Graf (1994, 1996) and Clijsters (2005)

At 2016 Indian Wells became first player to defeat S.Williams in four finals (their head‐to‐head record in finals reads 5‐4 in

favor of Serena)

2016 Miami triumph marked 20th career WTA singles title. Now owns a 20‐16 record in finals; is sixth among active players

for appearances in finals

After Miami, broke back into Top 5 (at No.5) on the WTA Rankings for the first time since 26 May 2014

Also won Brisbane in 2016 (d. Kerber in F) and reached QF at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber)

Owns 3‐9 record vs. World No.1s, with wins coming over S.Williams at 2009 Miami, 2013 Cincinnati and 2016 Indian Wells.

Losses were to Safina (2009 Roland Garros), Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells) and S.Williams (2010 Australian Open, 2013

Rome, 2013 US Open, 2013 Brisbane, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros, 2015 Wimbledon)

Played just 14 tournaments in 2015, following return from a foot injury in 2014. Furthermore, 2015 US swing was

hampered by a left thigh injury, which saw her withdraw from Washington, DC and retire vs. Pavlyuchenkova in 3r match

at Cincinnati

Reached one WTA final in 2015, at Doha (l. Safarova) and finished year ranked No.22

Has achieved five Top 10 season finishes – including three Top 5 finishes (2011‐13, and year‐end No.1 in 2012)

Spent 51 weeks at No.1 on the WTA Rankings, first ascending to the top ranking after winning the 2012 Australian Open

Has qualified for WTA Finals on five occasions; runner‐up at Istanbul in 2011 (l. Kvitova in F)

Coached by Michael Joyce

Bellis:

• Making main draw debut at Wimbledon. Contested junior Wimbledon in 2014, falling in 1r

• 2017 Wimbledon marks fourth Grand Slam main draw appearance, having reached 2r at 2014 US Open (l. Diyas), 3r at

2016 US Open (l. eventual champion Kerber), and 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki)

• Owns 3‐0 record in Grand Slam 1r matches

• At 2014 US Open, upset No.13 Cibulkova in 1r before falling to Diyas in three sets. At 15 years, 152 days, was the youngest

player to win a match at US Open since Kournikova in 1996 (15 years, 93 days)

• In addition, 2014 US Open result made her the youngest Grand Slam main draw participant since Cornet at 2005 Roland

Garros (15 years, 133 days), and youngest main draw participant at the US Open since 2004, when both Karatantcheva (15

years, 34 days) and Vaidisova (15 years, 141 days) qualified

• At 18 years, 98 days, is the fourth youngest player (after Andreescu, Potapova and Vondrousova) and one of eight

teenagers in this year’s Wimbledon draw

• Is one of 15 American women competing in singles this fortnight

• Faces former No.1 Azarenka today; has lost all five matches against current or former No.1‐ranked players – S.Williams

(2015 Miami), V.Williams (2016 Stanford), Kerber (2016 US Open), Wozniacki (2017 Dubai) and Wozniacki (2017 Roland

Garros)

• Only previous main draw matches of career on grass came two weeks ago in Mallorca, where she reached SF (l. Goerges)

• Before this, reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki). Was the third American since the turn of the 21st century to reach

3r at Roland Garros before turning 19 (also Harkleroad, 2003, and Townsend, 2014)

• Entered Paris after reaching 2r at Madrid (l. Cirstea) and Rome (as qualifier, l. Bertens)

• In only other outing on clay this year, reached QF at Rabat (d. defending champion Bacsinszky in 2r, l. Lepchenko)

• Made 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Flipkens in 3s) and Monterrey (l. Broady)

• Reached QF at Dubai (l. eventual R‐Up Wozniacki), scoring fifth, sixth and seventh wins vs. Top 50 opponents en route (d.

No.27 Putintseva, No.41 Siegemund and No.6 A.Radwanska)

• Win over No.6 A.Radwanska in Dubai 3r 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). Now owns a 1‐3 record against such players, with losses over No.1 S.Williams at 2015

Miami, No.7 V.Williams at 2016 Stanford and No.2 Kerber at 2016 US Open

• Missed Australian swing in 2017 with hip injury, making return by falling in qualifying at Doha

• Currently ranked at career‐high No.40 (first achieved on June 12, 2017). Finished 2016 at No.90

• Ended 2016 strongly, a 15‐match winning streak bringing 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). Also reached QF at Québec City (l. Boserup); in addition

to US Open, Stanford and Québec City, other tour‐level event in 2016 came at Miami (l. Puig in 1r)

• On ITF Circuit, other highlights in 2016 included title at $25k ITF/Sumter, SC‐USA (d. Solovyeva in F) and a runner‐up finish

at $25k ITF/Surprise, AZ‐USA (l. Loeb)

• Lifetime record vs. Top 50 players stands at 13‐7, wins coming over No.26 Suárez Navarro (2017 Mallorca), No.49 Barthel

(2017 Mallorca), No.46 Kr.Pliskova (2017 Mallorca), No.18 Bertens (2017 Roland Garros), No.26 Gavrilova (2017 Madrid),

No.27 Bacsinszky (2017 Rabat), No.6 A.Radwanska (2017 Dubai), No.41 Siegemund (2017 Dubai), No.27 Putintseva (2017

Dubai), No.23 Zhang (2016 Honolulu), No.38 Ostapenko (2016 Stanford), No.32 Diyas (2015 Miami) and No.13 Cibulkova

(2014 US Open)

• 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, finishing year at No.90

• 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

Championship and 55° Trofeo Bonfiglio. Secured wildcard for 2014 US Open by winning USTA Girls’ 18s National

Championship

• Winner of six singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Likes to be known as ‘CiCi’

• Born in San Francisco and resides in Atherton, CA. Was home schooled and is an only child

• Looks up to Kim Clijsters – models her game style and fighting spirit after her

• Coached by Anibal Aranda


2017 WIMBLEDON – WOMEN’S PREVIEW NOTES LONDON, GBR – JULY 3-JULY 16, 2017 – GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

Tournament Information: www.wimbledon.com | @wimbledon | facebook.com/Wimbledon WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/WTA WTA Communications: Alex Prior ([email protected]), Chris Whitmore ([email protected]), Xu Yanyan ([email protected]) This is the 131st Wimbledon Championships. The event was first held in 1877, with the first women’s singles championship being staged in 1884. This is the 124th staging of the Wimbledon women’s singles championship and the 50th of the Open Era, which began in 1968 and saw the introduction of prize money. Of the 128 players in the singles main draw, 108 gain direct entry based on WTA Singles Rankings (for week of May 22, 2017). In addition, there are 12 qualifiers who’ve won through three rounds of qualifying, as well as six wildcards. Here is the 2017 breakdown of prize money and ranking points:

2017 WIMBLEDON – SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS

ROUND PRIZE MONEY (£)

RANKINGPOINTS

Winner 2,200,000 2000

Runner-Up 1,100,000 1300

Semifinalists 550,000 780

Quarterfinalists 275,000 430

Round of 16 (4r) 147,000 240

Round of 32 (3r) 90,000 130

Round of 64 (2r) 57,000 70

Round of 128 (1r) 35,000 10

PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE The 2017 edition of the WTA’s Race to Singapore (RTS) will travel through 32 countries with 53 events, plus the four Grand Slam tournaments. Last October, the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global were held in the Asia-Pacific region for the third time in the event’s history, with Dominika Cibulkova defeating Angelique Kerber to lift the Billie Jean King Trophy – the biggest title of the Slovak’s career to date. The team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina took home the Martina Navratilova WTA Finals Doubles Trophy. This year’s event, the fourth of a five-year tenure at the Singapore Sports Hub, takes place 22-29 October 2017. Here are the RTS standings as at Monday 26 June, 2017:

SINGLES DOUBLES RANK PLAYER RANK TEAM

1 Simona Halep (ROU) 1 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Safarova (CZE)2 Elina Svitolina (UKR) 2 Martina Hingis (SUI) / Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 3 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 3 Elena Vesnina (RUS) / Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 4 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 4 Casey Dellacqua (AUS) / Ashleigh Barty (AUS)5 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 5 Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) / Peng Shuai (CHN) 6 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6 Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE)

7 Johanna Konta (GBR) 7 Barbora Strycova (CZE) / Sania Mirza (IND) 8 Venus Williams (USA) 8 Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) / Abigail Spears (USA) 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 9 Kveta Peschke (CZE) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER)

10 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 10 María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) / Andreja Klepac (SLO)

THE 2017 GRASS COURT STORY SO FAR



TOURNAMENT CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SEMIFINALISTS

Nottingham Donna Vekic (CRO) Johanna Konta (GBR) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK), Lucie Safarova (CZE)

‘s-Hertogenbosch Anett Kontaveit (EST) Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) Ana Konjuh (CRO), Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

Birmingham Petra Kvitova (CZE) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP),Lucie Safarova (CZE)

Mallorca Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) Julia Goerges (GER) Catherine Bellis (USA), Caroline Garcia (FRA)

Eastbourne TBD TBD

Johanna Konta (GBR) Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Heather Watson (GBR) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

SINGLES WITHDRAWALS The following players have withdrawn from Wimbledon: Laura Siegemund (GER) – right knee injury Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) – left ankle injury Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) – change of schedule Samantha Stosur (AUS) – right hand injury

SPECIAL RANKINGS The following players are using a Special Ranking to gain entry into 2017 Wimbledon: Victoria Azarenka (BLR) - No.6 Sloane Stephens (USA) – No.26 Sabine Lisicki (GER) – No.92 Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) – No.108

SEEDED FOR FIRST TIME AT A GRAND SLAM The following players are seeded at a Slam for the first time in their respective careers: Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) - No.13



ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS The 2017 season has welcomed one new Grand Slam champion so far: Jelena Ostapenko won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at 2017 Roland Garros, defeating Simona Halep in the final. There are 11 active Grand Slam champions, four of whom have lifted the trophy previously at Wimbledon: Petra Kvitova (2011, 2014), Maria Sharapova (2004), Serena Williams (2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16) and Venus Williams (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08).

GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS (ACTIVE PLAYERS)

PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN

Serena Williams 23 Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14

Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01

Maria Sharapova 5 Australian Open: 2008; Roland Garros: 2012, 2014; Wimbledon: 2004;

US Open: 2006

Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13

Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004

Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014

Angelique Kerber 2 Australian Open: 2016; US Open: 2016

Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017

Garbiñe Muguruza 1 Roland Garros: 2016

Francesca Schiavone 1 Roland Garros: 2010

Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011

In addition, 11 other players at this year’s Wimbledon have contested at least one Grand Slam final: Eugenie Bouchard (2014 Wimbledon), Dominika Cibulkova (2014 Australian Open), Sara Errani (2012 Roland Garros), Simona Halep (2014, 2017 Roland Garros), Jelena Jankovic (2008 US Open), Sabine Lisicki (2013 Wimbledon), Agnieszka Radwanska (2012 Wimbledon), Karolina Pliskova (2016 US Open), Lucie Safarova (2015 Roland Garros), Roberta Vinci (2015 US Open) and Caroline Wozniacki (2009 US Open, 2014 US Open)



MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES A total of 23 active players have reached a Grand Slam singles final.

PLAYER TOTAL TITLES WON RUNNER-UP FINISHESSerena Williams 28 23 Wins

Australian Open (03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 15, 17) Roland Garros (02, 13, 15) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 10, 12, 15, 16) US Open (99, 02, 08, 12, 13, 14)

5 Runner-Ups Australian Open (16) Wimbledon (04, 08) US Open (01, 11)

Venus Williams 15 7 WinsWimbledon (00, 01, 05, 07, 08) US Open (00, 01)

8 Runner-Ups Australian Open (03, 17) Roland Garros (02) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09) US Open (97, 02)

Maria Sharapova 10 5 WinsAustralian Open (08) Roland Garros (12, 14) Wimbledon (04) US Open (06)

5 Runner-Ups Australian Open (07, 12, 15) Roland Garros (13) Wimbledon (11)

Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 2 Wins Roland Garros (09) US Open (04)

2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (06) US Open (07)

Victoria Azarenka 4 2 WinsAustralian Open (12, 13)

2 Runner-Ups US Open (12, 13)

Angelique Kerber 3 2 WinsAustralian Open (16) US Open (16)

1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (16)

Petra Kvitova 2 2 WinsWimbledon (11, 14)

Garbiñe Muguruza 2 1 WinRoland Garros (16)

1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (15)

Francesca Schiavone 2 1 WinRoland Garros (10)

1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (11)

Samantha Stosur 2 1 WinUS Open (11)

1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (10)

Caroline Wozniacki 2 2 Runner-Ups US Open (09, 14)

Vera Zvonareva 2 2 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (10) US Open (10)

Simona Halep 2 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (14, 17)

Eugenie Bouchard 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (14)

Dominika Cibulkova 1 1 Runner-Up Australian Open (14)

Sara Errani 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (12)

Jelena Jankovic 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (08)

Sabine Lisicki 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (13)

Jelena Ostapenko 1 1 Win Roland Garros (17)

Karolina Pliskova 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (16)

Agnieszka Radwanska 1 1 Runner-Up Wimbledon (12)

Lucie Safarova 1 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (15)

Roberta Vinci 1 1 Runner-Up US Open (15)



OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL

Serena Williams (USA) 7 3 7 6 23

Stefanie Graf (GER) 4 6 7 5 22

Martina Navratilova (USA) 3 2 9 4 18

Chris Evert (USA) 2 7 3 6 18

Margaret Court (AUS) 4 3 1 3 11

Monica Seles (USA) 4 3 0 2 9

Billie Jean King (USA) 0 1 4 3 8

Venus Williams (USA) 0 0 5 2 7

Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 4 1 2 0 7

Justine Henin (BEL) 1 4 0 2 7

Martina Hingis (SUI) 3 0 1 1 5

Maria Sharapova (RUS) 1 2 1 1 5

Kim Clijsters (BEL) 1 0 0 3 4

Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 2 1 0 1 4

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 0 3 0 1 4

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ALL‐TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS (10 or more) PLAYER TOTAL

Margaret Court (AUS) 24

Serena Williams (USA) 23

Steffi Graf (GER) 22

Helen Wills Moody (USA) 19

Chris Evert (USA) 18

Martina Navratilova (USA) 18

Billie Jean King (USA) 12

OPEN ERA: WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

PLAYER TITLES YEARSNavratilova, Martina 9 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 Graf, Steffi 7 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 Williams, Serena 7 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 Williams, Venus 5 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008King, Billie Jean 4 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975 Evert, Chris 3 1974, 1976, 1981 Goolagong, Evonne 2 1971, 1980 Kvitova, Petra 2 2011, 2014Ann Haydon-Jones 1 1969 Court, Margaret 1 1970 Wade, Virginia 1 1977 Martinez, Conchita 1 1994 Hingis, Martina 1 1997 Novotna, Jana 1 1998 Davenport, Lindsey 1 1999 Sharapova, Maria 1 2004Mauresmo, Amelie 1 2006 Bartoli, Marion 1 2013

Bold denotes active player



WORLD NO.1 – TOP SPOT ON THE LINE AT WIMBLEDON The fortnight of 2017 Wimbledon will represent Angelique Kerber’s 33rd and 34th non-consecutive weeks at World No.1. Kerber made her debut as the WTA World No.1 on September 12, 2016 – snapping Serena Williams’ three-and-a-half year spell in the top spot. She is just the second German woman to achieve this historic milestone since computer rankings were introduced in 1975, and the first since Stefanie Graf spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997. In 2016, Kerber clinched the year-end No.1 ranking for the first time, becoming the 12th player to finish the season as the WTA’s year-end No.1 (joining Graf, Navratilova, Evert, S.Williams, Davenport, Henin, Hingis, Seles, Wozniacki, Azarenka and Jankovic). A finalist last year, Kerber is defending 1300 points at Wimbledon and will therefore need to reach the semifinals to have a chance of retaining her No.1 ranking. Karolina Pliskova, who lost in the second round last year, is defending only 70 points and as a result is in pole position to move to No.1 should Kerber fall early. Simona Halep, who narrowly missed out on top spot at Roland Garros, could also overtake Kerber. The Romanian will need to reach the quarterfinals to have a chance at moving to No.1. Elina Svitolina, and potentially Caroline Wozniacki (if she reaches the Eastbourne final), could also claim the No.1 ranking but would require other results to fall in their favor.

PLAYER WEEKS AT No.1 DATE REACHED No.1 Stefanie Graf (GER) 377 August 17, 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) 332 July 10, 1978 Serena Williams (USA) 319 July 8, 2002 Chris Evert (USA) 260 November 3, 1975 Martina Hingis (SUI) 209 March 31, 1997 Monica Seles (USA) 178 March 11, 1991 Justine Henin (BEL) 117 October 20, 2003 Lindsay Davenport (USA) 98 October 12, 1998 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 67 October 11, 2010 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 51 January 30, 2012 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 39 September 13, 2004 Angelique Kerber (GER) 33/34* September 12, 2016 Dinara Safina (RUS) 26 April 20, 2009 Tracy Austin (USA) 21 April 7, 1980 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 21 August 22, 2005 Kim Clijsters (BEL) 20 August 11, 2003 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 18 August 11, 2008 Jennifer Capriati (USA) 17 October 15, 2001 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 12 June 9, 2008 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 12 February 6, 1995 Venus Williams (USA) 11 February 25, 2002 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 2 April 26, 1976

*including weeks of July 3 and July 10, 2017

CALENDAR & CAREER GRAND SLAMS Three women have won all four majors in the same calendar year (achieving the Grand Slam), while three have held all four major titles at the same time (non-calendar year Grand Slam). In addition five more women have achieved a career Grand Slam:

CALENDAR-YEAR GRAND SLAM NON-CALENDAR YEAR GRAND SLAMS Maureen Connolly (1953) Martina Navratilova 1983 Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and 1984 Roland Garros Margaret Smith Court (1970) Stefanie Graf 1993 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 1994 Australian Open Stefanie Graf (1988) Serena Williams 2002 Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open and 2003 Australian Open Serena Williams 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon

CAREER GRAND SLAMS Doris Hart (1954) 1949 Australian Championships, 1950 Roland Garros, 1951 Wimbledon, 1954 US Championships

1951 Roland Garros, 1956 Wimbledon, 1956 US Championships, 1957 Australian Championships 1966 Wimbledon, 1967 US Championships, 1968 Australian Championships, 1972 Roland Garros 1974 Roland Garros, 1974 Wimbledon, 1975 US Open, 1982 Australian Open 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, 2008 Australian Open, 2012 Roland Garros

Shirley Fry (1957) Billie Jean King (1972) Chris Evert (1982) Maria Sharapova (2012)



FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS ACROSS ALL MAJORS Players with the best strike rate in the opening round at a Slam (minimum of 10 matches played) and competing at 2017 Wimbledon:

Agnieszka Radwanska (41-3 in 1r): Agnieszka’s first-round loss at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Beck) snapped her streak of 24 successive first round wins at the Slams. Her other two losses came at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Santangelo) and 2009 Australian Open (l. K.Bondarenko)

Venus Williams (66-8 in 1r): Venus has lost in the opening round of a Grand Slam eight times in her career: 1997 Wimbledon (l. Grzybowska), 2001 Roland Garros (l. Schett), 2006 Australian Open (l. Pironkova), 2012 Wimbledon (l. Vesnina), 2013 Roland Garros (l. U.Radwanska), 2014 Australian Open (l. Makarova), 2015 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2016 Australian Open (l. Konta)

Victoria Azarenka (35-6): Half of Vika’s six first round losses at Slam level came on her first three appearances at the Grand Slams, falling consecutively at 2006 Australian Open (l. Mirza), 2006 Roland Garros (Medina Garrigues) and 2006 Wimbledon (l. A.Radwanska). Her other three opening match losses came at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Knapp), 2010 Roland Garros (l. Dulko) and 2010 Roland Garros (l. Knapp)

Caroline Wozniacki (34-6 in 1r): Caroline’s first round loss at 2012 Wimbledon (l. Paszek) broke her streak of 20 successive first round wins at the Slams. She lost in the first round at her first Roland Garros main draw in 2007 (l. Dechy). Her other four losses came at 2012 US Open (l. Begu), 2014 Roland Garros (l. Wickmayer), 2016 Australian Open (l. Putintseva) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. Kuznetsova)

ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF A SLAM

PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) 65 1 66 0.985

SHARAPOVA, MARIA (RUS) 46 3 49 0.939

RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA (POL) 41 3 44 0.932

WILLIAMS, VENUS (USA) 66 8 74 0.892

AZARENKA, VICTORIA (BLR) 35 6 41 0.854

WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE (DEN) 34 6 40 0.850

ZVONAREVA, VERA (RUS) 34 6 40 0.850

KEYS, MADISON (USA) 16 3 19 0.842

MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE (ESP) 15 3 18 0.833

KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA (RUS) 48 10 58 0.828

BOUCHARD, EUGENIE (CAN) 14 3 17 0.824

NARA, KURUMI (JPN) 14 3 17 0.824

JANKOVIC, JELENA (SRB) 44 11 55 0.800

KVITOVA, PETRA (CZE) 28 7 35 0.800



FIRST-ROUND SUCCESS AT WIMBLEDON Active players with the best strike rate in the opening round at Wimbledon (minimum of 10 appearances):

ACTIVE PLAYERS: BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN OPENING ROUND OF WIMBLEDON

PLAYER W L TOTAL PCT

WILLIAMS, SERENA (USA) 17 0 17 1.000

SHARAPOVA, MARIA (RUS) 13 0 13 1.000

RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA (POL) 11 0 11 1.000

ZVONAREVA, VERA (RUS) 10 1 11 0.909

AZARENKA, VICTORIA (BLR) 9 1 10 0.900

WILLIAMS, VENUS (USA) 17 2 19 0.895

VESNINA, ELENA (RUS) 9 2 11 0.818

WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE (DEN) 8 2 10 0.800

KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA (RUS) 10 3 13 0.769

HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA (SVK) 12 4 16 0.750

VINCI, ROBERTA (ITA) 8 3 11 0.727

PENG, SHUAI (CHN) 7 3 10 0.700

PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA (RUS) 7 3 10 0.700

2017 WIMBLEDON WILDCARDS

The All England Club has awarded six singles wildcards this year (two remained unused): Katie Boulter (GBR), Naomi Broady (GBR), Zarina Diyas (KAZ), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA), Laura Robson (GBR) and Heather Watson (GBR). The best result by a wildcard at a Grand Slam was achieved by Kim Clijsters, who won the 2009 US Open title. Best Results by a Wildcard at ... Wimbledon

Round Year Best Results by a Wildcard at... All Grand Slams

Round Grand Slam

Sabine Lisicki (GER) SF 2011 Kim Clijsters Won 2009 US Open Zheng Jie (CHN)* SF 2008 Justine Henin R-Up 2010 Australian Open Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 4r 2012 Zheng Jie* SF 2008 Wimbledon Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 4r 2006 Sabine Lisicki SF 2011 Wimbledon Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4r 2003 Jelena Dokic QF 2009 Australian Open Samantha Smith (GBR) 4r 1998 Martina Hingis QF 2006 Australian Open Anne Smith (USA) 4r 1985 Mary Pierce QF 2002 Roland Garros Zina Garrison (USA) 4r 1982 *Zheng Jie became first WC to advance to SF at a Grand Slam (since joined by Clijsters, Henin and Lisicki)

QUALIFIERS AT GRAND SLAMS & WIMBLEDON In 2010, Estonian Kaia Kanepi became the sixth qualifier in the Open Era to reach Wimbledon QF. The best result by a qualifier at Wimbledon came in 1999 when Alexandra Stevenson advanced to SF (equaling the best Open Era performance at any Slam – Christine Dorey also reached 1978 Australian Open SF as a qualifier). Best Results by a Qualifier at ... Wimbledon Round Year

Best Results by a Qualifier at ... All Grand Slams

Round Grand Slam

Alexandra Stevenson (USA) SF 1999 Alexandra Stevenson (USA) SF 1999 Wimbledon Kaia Kanepi (EST) QF 2010 Christine Dorey (AUS) SF 1978 Australian Open Severine Beltrame-Bremond (FRA) QF 2006

Jelena Dokic (AUS) QF 1999 Molly Van Nostrand (USA) QF 1985 Carina Karlsson (SWE) QF 1984



GRASS COURT QUEENS Eight of the Top 10 seeds at 2017 Wimbledon have won a grass court title during their respective careers. But just six active players have won multiple grass court titles. Venus and Serena Williams are among 11 women to win five or more Wimbledon singles titles in the event’s history:

MULTIPLE GRASS COURT TITLES - ACTIVE PLAYERS*

GRASS COURT TITLES ALL-TIME

WIMBLEDON TITLES ALL-TIME

8 Serena Williams 40 Margaret Court 9 Martina Navratilova

5 Venus Williams 33 Evonne Goolagong Cawley 8 Helen Wills-Moody 3 Maria Sharapova 32 Martina Navratilova 7 Stefanie Graf 3 Petra Kvitova 16 Billie Jean King 7 Dorothea Lambert-Chambers 2 CoCo Vandeweghe 14 Chris Evert 7 Serena Williams 2 Madison Keys 10 Pam Shriver 6 Blanche Bingley-Hillyard

*does not include 2017 Eastbourne champion

8 Virginia Wade 6 Billie Jean King 8 Serena Williams 6 Suzanne Lenglen

7 Hana Mandlikova 5 Lottie Dod 7 Stefanie Graf 5 Charlotte Cooper-Sterry 5 Venus Williams

GRASS COURT LEAD-UP WINNERS Maria Sharapova is the last woman to win at Wimbledon having won one of the pre-Wimbledon grass court events (2004 Birmingham). Subsequent Wimbledon results of pre-Wimbledon grass events are as follows:

YEAR NOTTINGHAM ’s-HERTOGENBOSCH BIRMINGHAM MALLORCA EASTBOURNE2017 Vekic (?) Kontaveit (?) Kvitova (?) Sevastova (?) ??? 2016 Ka.Pliskova (2r) Vandeweghe (4r) Keys (4r) Garcia (2r) Cibulkova (QF) 2015 Konjuh (1r) Giorgi (3r) Kerber (3r) - Bencic (4r) 2014 -- Vandeweghe (2r) Ivanovic (3r) - Keys (3r) 2013 -- Halep (2r) Hantuchova (1r) - Vesnina (2r) 2012 -- Petrova (3r) Oudin (1r) - Paszek (QF) 2011 -- Vinci (3r) Lisicki (SF) - Bartoli (QF) 2010 -- Henin (4r) Li (QF) - Makarova (2r) 2009 -- Tanasugarn (1r) Rybarikova (1r) - Wozniacki (4r) 2008 -- Tanasugarn (QF) K.Bondarenko (2r) - A.Radwanska (QF) 2007 -- Chakvetadze (3r) Jankovic (4r) - Henin (SF) 2006 -- Krajicek (QF) Zvonareva (1r) - Henin (R-Up) 2005 -- Koukalova (1r) Sharapova (SF) - Clijsters (4r) 2004 -- Pierce (1r) Sharapova (WON) - Kuznetsova (1r)

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MOST WIMBLEDON APPEARANCES & MATCHES PLAYED Among active players, here is a look at who has made the most appearances at Wimbledon as well as played the most matches: WIMBLEDON MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES WIMBLEDON MOST MAIN DRAW MATCHES PLAYED

PLAYER APPEARANCES* PLAYER MATCHES W-L Venus Williams 20* Serena Williams 96 86-10

Serena Williams 17 Venus Williams 95 81-14

Francesca Schiavone 17* Maria Sharapova 58 46-12

Daniela Hantuchova 16 Agnieszka Radwanska 50 39-11

Jelena Jankovic 14* Svetlana Kuznetsova 39 26-13

Svetlana Kuznetsova 14* Daniela Hantuchova 39 23-16

Barbora Strycova 14* Petra Kvitova 36 29-7

Kimiko Date 13 Sabine Lisicki 35 27-8 Virginie Razzano 13 Victoria Azarenka 35 26-9 Maria Sharapova 13 Samantha Stosur 13

*including 2017 Wimbledon; players in bold competing at this year’s event



WIMBLEDON MATCH WIN LEADERS

The Williams sisters are also well-placed on the list of matches won at Wimbledon:

MOST CAREER WIMBLEDON WINS – OPEN ERA (Entering 2017 Wimbledon)

OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS

PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Martina Navratilova 120-14* Serena Williams 86-10 Chris Evert 96-15 Venus Williams 81-14

SERENA WILLIAMS 86-10 Maria Sharapova 46-12

VENUS WILLIAMS 81-14 Agnieszka Radwanska 39-11

Stefanie Graf 74-7 Petra Kvitova 29-7

Billie Jean King 65-10** Sabine Lisicki 27-8

Virginia Wade 56-17** Svetlana Kuznetsova 26-13

*the most by any player at a single Slam in Open Era **All-time record for King was 95-15 and Wade was 64-23

Daniela Hantuchova 23-16

THIRTYSOMETHINGS KEEP THRIVING Not including qualifiers, this year’s draw at Wimbledon has 18 players who are aged 30 or older. Listed oldest to youngest: Venus Williams (37), Francesca Schiavone (37), Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (35), Roberta Vinci (34), Jelena Jankovic (32), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (32), Svetlana Kuznetsova (32), Mandy Minella (31), Hsieh Su-Wei (31), Peng Shuai (31), Kirsten Flipkens (31), Pauline Parmentier (31), Barbora Strycova (31), Varvara Lepchenko (31), Elena Vesnina (30), Kateryna Bondarenko (30), Lucie Safarova (30) and Sara Errani (30).

In the Open Era, a 30-something has won a Grand Slam title 24 times, a feat accomplished by nine different women: Serena Williams (10), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), Ann Jones (1), Li Na (1), Flavia Pennetta (1) and Virginia Wade (1). Serena Williams is the oldest woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title – most recently at 2017 Australian Open.

OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS – 30 AND OLDER

YR SLAM NAME YRS DAYS

2017 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 35 125

2016 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) 34 287


1990 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 33 263

2015 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 33 254

2015 US Open Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 33 198

2015 Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) 33 127

2014 US Open Serena Williams (USA) 32 330

1977 Wimbledon Virginia Wade (GBR) 31 357


2014 Australian Open Li Na (CHN) 31 256

2013 Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) 31 225

1975 Wimbledon Billie Jean King (USA) 31 169

1986 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 31 55

1973 US Open Margaret Court (AUS) 31 347


1987 US Open Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 322

1973 Roland Garros Margaret Court (AUS) 30 290

1974 US Open Billie Jean King (USA) 30 284


1969 Wimbledon Ann Jones (GBR) 30 260

1987 Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) 30 170

1985 Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) 30 169

1973 Australian Open Margaret Court (AUS) 30 285 Wimbledon’s oldest women’s singles champion of all time is Britain’s Charlotte Sterry, who won the title in 1908 at the age of 37 years, 282 days.



TEENAGE KICKS Not including qualifiers, there are four teenagers in this year’s women’s singles draw (youngest to oldest): Marketa Vondrousova (18), CiCi Bellis (18), Naomi Osaka (19) and Ana Konjuh (19). The youngest player in Open Era to:

Play at Wimbledon: Jennifer Capriati (14 years, 90 days) Win a match at Wimbledon: Jennifer Capriati (14 years, 90 days) Win Wimbledon: Martina Hingis (16 years, 280 days) Win at any Grand Slam: Martina Hingis, who was 16 years, 4 months, winning 1997 Australian Open

A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 33 times (12 different players) in the Open Era. The last teenager to win a Grand Slam title was Maria Sharapova (19 yrs, 132 days) at 2006 US Open. The youngest player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era is Martina Hingis at 1997 Australian Open (16 years, 105 days).

JANKOVIC’S GRAND SLAM STREAK HITS 55 At the 2016 Australian Open, Jelena Jankovic assumed the mantle of longest active streak of Grand Slam main draw appearances (now 55, including 2017 Wimbledon). Prior to that, Francesca Schiavone had amassed 61 successive Grand Slam appearances dating back to 2000 US Open, however the Italian veteran fell in the second round of qualifying at the 2016 Australian Open (l. Razzano). As such, Ai Sugiyama retains the longest streak in the Open Era for women – 62 appearances in a row. Roger Federer holds the men’s record with 65 consecutive appearances (ended after 2016 Australian Open).

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES – ACTIVE STREAKS

PLAYER CONSECUTIVE

APPEARANCES* START OF STREAK

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 55* 2004 Australian Open Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 47* 2006 Australian Open Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 45* 2006 Wimbledon Alizé Cornet (FRA) 43* 2007 Australian Open

*Including 2017 Wimbledon

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW: CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES - LONGEST STREAKS ALL-TIME

PLAYER CONSECUTIVESLAMS

Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 62 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61 Jelena Jankovic (SRB)* 55* Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 54 Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 54 Patty Schnyder (SUI) 52 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 48 Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 47* Amanda Coetzer (RSA) 46 Lisa Raymond (USA) 46

*Including 2017 Wimbledon and indicates active streak



MOST GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES Venus Williams will be playing in her 75th career Grand Slam main draw at Wimbledon, the Open Era record. There are 10 active players who have played in 50 or more Grand Slam main draws.

GRAND SLAM MAIN DRAW APPEARANCES OPEN ERA – ALL PLAYERS

PLAYER GS APPEARANCES Venus Williams (USA) 75*Amy Frazier (USA) 71 Martina Navratilova (USA) 67

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 67*Serena Williams (USA) 66Conchita Martínez (ESP) 64 Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 Helena Sukova (CZE) 61

Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 61 Patty Schnyder (SUI) 59 Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 59

Virginie Razzano (FRA) 59Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 59*Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 58

ACTIVE SINGLES PLAYERS PLAYER GS APPEARANCES* Venus Williams (USA) 75* Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 67* Serena Williams (USA) 66 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 61 Virginie Razzano (FRA) 59 Patty Schnyder (SUI) 59 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 59* Samantha Stosur (AUS) 56 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 56* Kimiko Date (JPN) 51 Roberta Vinci (ITA) 51*

*Includes 2017 Wimbledon

*Includes 2017 Wimbledon; BOLD indicates active players

200+ GRAND SLAM WINS AND BEYOND Serena Williams leads all active players with 316 Grand Slam match wins, followed by her sister Venus Williams with 251. They are the only active players to have 200+ Grand Slam main draw wins. Nine active players have won 100 or more Grand Slam main draw matches:

MOST CAREER GRAND SLAM WINS - OPEN ERA (Entering 2017 Wimbledon) OPEN ERA ACTIVE PLAYERS

PLAYER W-L PLAYER W-L Serena Williams 316-43 Serena Williams 316-43

Martina Navratilova 306-49 Venus Williams 251-66 Chris Evert 299-37 Maria Sharapova 183-44 Stefanie Graf 278-32 Svetlana Kuznetsova 147-56

Venus Williams 251-66 Victoria Azarenka 118-38

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 210-54 Agnieszka Radwanska 117-44 BOLD denotes active singles players Jelena Jankovic 113-55

Francesca Schiavone 104-65 Patty Schnyder 101-59

Caroline Wozniacki 96-40



DEFENDING A MAJOR IS A DIFFICULT TASK There have been 24 title defenses at Wimbledon, 22 at the US Open, 21 at the Australian Open, and 11 at Roland Garros (post-1945):

22 different women have successfully defended a Grand Slam singles title at least once in their careers 10 different women have successfully defended two or more different Grand Slams Only five women - Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Stefanie Graf, Monica Seles and Serena Williams – have

defended three or more different majors Stefanie Graf is the only woman to have defended at all four of the majors more than once; in fact she achieved

the amazing feat at least twice at each Grand Slam Four defending champions have lost in the opening round of their title defense: Graf (1994 Wimbledon),

Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina (2005 Roland Garros) and Kuznetsova (2005 US Open) Five players in the Open Era have defended their title at Wimbledon: King, Navratilova, Graf, V.Williams and

most recently S.Williams Four defending champions have lost in the opening round of their title defense: Graf (1994 Wimbledon),

Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina (2005 Roland Garros) and Kuznetsova (2005 US Open) Below is a look at the Grand Slam singles champions who have defended their titles post-1945: AUSTRALIAN OPEN (21) ROLAND GARROS (11) WIMBLEDON (24) US OPEN (22) Nancy Wynne Bolton (1946-48) M. Smith Court (1960-66, 1969-71) E. Goolagong Cawley (1974-76) Stefanie Graf (1988-90) Monica Seles (1991-93) Martina Hingis (1997-99) Jennifer Capriati (2001-02) Serena Williams (2009-10) Victoria Azarenka (2012-13)

Maureen Connolly Brinker (1953-54) Margaret Smith Court (1969-70) Chris Evert (1974-75, 1979-80, 1985-86) Stefanie Graf (1987-88, 1995-96) Monica Seles (1990-92) Justine Henin (2005-07)

Louise Brough Clapp (1948-50) Maureen Connolly Brinker (1952-54) Althea Gibson (1957-58) Maria Bueno (1959-60) Billie Jean King (1966-68, 1972-73) M. Navratilova (1978-79, 1982-87) S. Graf (1988-89, 1991-93, 1995-96) Venus Williams (2000-01, 2007-08) Serena Williams (2002-03, 2009-10, 2015-16)

Margaret Osborne duPont (1948-50) Maureen Connolly Brinker (1951-53) Doris Hart (1954-55) Althea Gibson (1957-58) Darlene Hard (1960-61) Maria Bueno (1963-64) Margaret Court (1969-70) Billie Jean King (1971-72) Chris Evert (1975-78) M. Navratilova (1983-84, 1986-87) Stefanie Graf (1988-89, 1995-96) Monica Seles (1991-92) Venus Williams (2000-01) Kim Clijsters (2009-10) Serena Williams (2012-14)



DEFENDING CHAMPIONS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON (OPEN ERA)

YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION RESULT

1969 Billie Jean King (USA) R-Up 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) 1r

1970 Ann Jones (GBR) did not play 1995 Conchita Martínez (ESP) SF

1971 Margaret Court (AUS) R-Up 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-Up 1997 Stefanie Graf (GER) did not play

1973 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1998 Martina Hingis (SUI) SF

1974 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 1999 Jana Novotna (CZE) QF

1975 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2000 Lindsay Davenport (USA) R-Up

1976 Billie Jean King (USA) did not play 2001 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1977 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up

1978 Virginia Wade (GBR) SF 2003 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2004 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up

1980 Martina Navratilova (USA) SF 2005 Maria Sharapova (RUS) SF

1981 Evonne Cawley (AUS) did not play 2006 Venus Williams (USA) 3r

1982 Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2007 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 4r

1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2008 Venus Williams (USA) Won 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2009 Venus Williams (USA) R-Up

1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2010 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2011 Serena Williams (USA) 4r

1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2012 Petra Kvitova (CZE) QF

1988 Martina Navratilova (USA) R-Up 2013 Serena Williams (USA) 4r

1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2014 Marion Bartoli did not play

1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2015 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3r

1991 Martina Navratilova (USA) QF 2016 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1992 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2017 Serena Williams (USA) DNP 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won

BACK-TO-BACK CLUB In the Open Era, only seven women have claimed Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles back-to-back:

Margaret Smith Court (1970*) Evonne Goolagong (1971) Billie Jean King (1972) Chris Evert (1974) Martina Navratilova (1982, 1984) Stefanie Graf (1988*, 1993, 1995, 1996) Serena Williams (2002, 2015) *player won all Grand Slam singles titles that year

ALL‐TIME: MOST CAREER SINGLES TITLES*

ALL‐TIME TITLES ACTIVE TITLES

Martina Navratilova 167 Serena Williams 72

Chris Evert 154 Venus Williams 49

Stefanie Graf 107 Maria Sharapova 35

Margaret Court 92 Caroline Wozniacki* 25

Serena Williams 72 Victoria Azarenka 20

Evonne Goolagong Cawley 68 Agnieszka Radwanska 20

Billie Jean King 67 Petra Kvitova 20

Lindsay Davenport 55 Svetlana Kuznetsova 17

Virginia Wade 55 Jelena Jankovic 16

Monica Seles 53 Simona Halep 15

*Not including 2017 Eastbourne



FIVE-YEAR SEEDS COMPARISON

SEED 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 1 Angelique Kerber Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Williams Serena Williams 2 Simona Halep Garbiñe Muguruza Petra Kvitova Li Na Victoria Azarenka 3 Karolina Pliskova Agnieszka Radwanska Simona Halep Simona Halep Maria Sharapova 4 Elina Svitolina Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova Agnieszka Radwanska Agnieszka Radwanska 5 Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep Caroline Wozniacki Maria Sharapova Sara Errani 6 Johanna Konta Roberta Vinci Lucie Safarova Petra Kvitova Li Na 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova Belinda Bencic Ana Ivanovic Jelena Jankovic Angelique Kerber 8 Dominika Cibulkova Venus Williams Ekaterina Makarova Victoria Azarenka Petra Kvitova 9 Agnieszka Radwanska Madison Keys Carla Suarez Navarro Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki 10 Venus Williams Petra Kvitova Angelique Kerber Dominika Cibulkova Maria Kirilenko 11 Petra Kvitova Timea Bacsinszky Karolina Pliskova Ana Ivanovic Roberta Vinci 12 Kristina Mladenovic Carla Suárez Navarro Eugenie Bouchard Flavia Pennetta Ana Ivanovic 13 Jelena Ostapenko Svetlana Kuznetsova Agnieszka Radwanska Eugenie Bouchard Nadia Petrova 14 Garbiñe Muguruza Samantha Stosur Andrea Petkovic Sara Errani Samantha Stosur 15 Elena Vesnina Karolina Pliskova Timea Bacsinszky Carla Suarez Navarro Marion Bartoli 16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Johanna Konta Venus Williams Caroline Wozniacki Jelena Jankovic



NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES Since 1968, the No.1 seed has claimed the title on 24 occasions and finished runner-up on 8 occasions The most recent No.1 seed to win a Grand Slam title was Serena Williams at 2016 Wimbledon In the Open Era, the top seed has lost in 1r on five occasions across all Grand Slams:

1979 Australian Open Ruzici (l. Mary Sawyer) 1994 Wimbledon Graf (l. Lori McNeil) 1999 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Jelena Dokic) 2001 Wimbledon Hingis (l. Virginia Ruano Pascual) 2017 Roland Garros Kerber (l. Makarova)

NO.1 SEEDS’ PERFORMANCES AT WIMBLEDON

YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT

1968 Billie Jean King (USA) Won 1993 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won1969 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) SF 1994 Stefanie Graf (GER) 1r1970 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) Won 1995 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 1971 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) R-up 1996 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won1972 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) R-up 1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) Won1973 Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) SF 1998 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF1974 Billie Jean King (USA) QF 1999 Martina Hingis (SUI) 1r 1975 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2000 Martina Hingis (SUI) QF 1976 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2001 Martina Hingis (SUI) 1r 1977 Chris Evert (USA) SF 2002 Venus Williams (USA) R-up 1978 Chris Evert (USA) R-up 2003 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2004 Serena Williams (USA) R-Up1980 Martina Navratilova (USA) SF 2005 Lindsay Davenport (USA) R-Up 1981 Chris Evert (USA) Won 2006 Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) Won 1982 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2007 Justine Henin (BEL) SF

1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2008 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 3r

1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2009 Dinara Safina (RUS) SF

1985 Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA)

R-up Won

2010 Serena Williams (USA) Won

1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 4r

1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Won 2012 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4r

1988 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2013 Serena Williams (USA) 4r

1989 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2014 Serena Williams (USA) 3r

1990 Stefanie Graf (GER) SF 2015 Serena Williams (USA) Won 1991 Stefanie Graf (GER) Won 2016 Serena Williams (USA) Won

1992 Monica Seles (YUG) Stefanie Graf (GER)

R-Up Won

2017 Angelique Kerber (GER) ???



TOP 16 SEEDS’ WIMBLEDON & GRAND SLAM RESULTS

PLAYER WIM W-L

WIM BEST RESULT GS W-L

GS BEST RESULT

1 Angelique Kerber 20-9 R-Up (2016) 77-36 WON (2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open)

2 Simona Halep 11-6 SF (2014) 54-28 R-Up (2014, 2017 Roland Garros)

3 Karolina Pliskova 4-5 2r (2013-16) 28-20 R-Up (2016 US Open)

4 Elina Svitolina 2-4 2r (2015-16) 27-19 QF (2015, 2017 Roland Garros)

5 Caroline Wozniacki 19-10 4r (2009-11, 2014-15) 96-40 R-Up (2009, 2014 US Open)

6 Johanna Konta 1-5 2r (2016) 17-14 SF (2016 Australian Open)

7 Svetlana Kuznetsova 26-13 QF (2003, 2005, 2007) 147-56 WON (2004 US Open, 2009 Roland Garros)

8 Dominika Cibulkova 16-9 QF (2011, 2016) 70-38 R-Up (2014 Australian Open)

9 Agnieszka Radwanska 39-11 R-Up (2012) 117-44 R-Up (2012 Wimbledon)

10 Venus Williams 81-14 WON (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08)

251-66 WON (2000-01, 2005, 2007-08 Wimbledon; 2000-01 US Open)

11 Petra Kvitova 29-7 WON (2011, 2014) 83-33 WON (2011, 2014 Wimbledon)

12 Kristina Mladenovic 2-5 3r (2015) 25-26 QF (2015 US Open, 2017 Roland Garros)

13 Jelena Ostapenko 1-2 2r (2015) 11-7 WON (2017 Roland Garros)

14 Garbiñe Muguruza 8-4 R-Up (2015) 42-17 WON (2016 Roland Garros)

15 Elena Vesnina 16-11 SF (2016) 44-45 SF (2016 Wimbledon)

16 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 12-10 QF (2016) 53-38 QF (2011 US Open, 2011 Roland Garros, 2016 Wimbledon, 2017 Australian Open)

RECENT GRAND SLAM FORM Here are the recent Grand Slam performances of the Top 16 seeds:

PLAYER 2015WIMB

2015US

2016AUST

2016RG

2016 WIMB

2016US

2017 AUST

2017 RG

[1] Angelique Kerber 3r 3r WON 1r R-Up WON 4r 1r

[2] Simona Halep 1r SF 1r 4r QF QF 1r R-Up

[3] Karolina Pliskova 2r 1r 3r 1r 2r R-Up QF SF

[4] Elina Svitolina 2r 3r 2r 4r 2r 3r 3r QF

[5] Caroline Wozniacki 4r 2r 1r 1r 1r SF 3r QF

[6] Johanna Konta 1r 4r SF 1r 2r 4r QF 1r

[7] Svetlana Kuznetsova 2r 1r 2r 4r 4r 2r 4r 4r

[8] Dominika Cibulkova 1r 3r 1r 3r QF 3r 3r 2r [9] Agnieszka Radwanska SF 3r SF 4r 4r 4r 2r 3r [10] Venus Williams 4r QF 1r 4r SF 4r R-Up 4r [11] Petra Kvitova 3r QF 2r 3r 2r 4r - 2r

[12] Kristina Mladenovic 3r QF 3r 3r 1r 2r 1r QF [13] Jelena Ostapenko 2r 2r 1r 1r 1r 1r 3r WON

[14] Garbiñe Muguruza R-Up 2r 3r WON 2r 2r QF 4r

[15] Elena Vesnina 1r 2r - 2r SF 3r 3r 3r [16] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2r 2r 1r 3r QF 3r QF 2r



DEFENDING RANKING POINTS Here is a look at the Top 16 seeds and the ranking points that they will be defending from 2016 Wimbledon:

PLAYER 2016 RESULT

2016PTS PLAYER 2016

RESULT 2016PTS

Angelique Kerber R-Up 1300 Agnieszka Radwanska 4r 240

Simona Halep QF 430* Venus Williams SF 780

Karolina Pliskova 2r 70 Petra Kvitova 2r 70

Elina Svitolina 2r 70 Kristina Mladenovic 1r 10

Caroline Wozniacki 1r 10 Jelena Ostapenko 1r 10

Johanna Konta 2r 70 Garbiñe Muguruza 2r 70

Svetlana Kuznetsova 4r 240 Elena Vesnina SF 780

Dominika Cibulkova QF 430 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova QF 430

*Halep ‘s points from winning 2016 Bucharest will also fall off at the end of the Wimbledon fortnight

WIMBLEDON MISCELLANY In 2017, the host nation is marking 40 years since its most recent female homegrown champion – Great Britain’s

Virginia Wade defeated Betty Stove of the Netherlands in the final in 1977

Five players have won the singles title after saving match point: Blanche Hillyard (1889), Suzanne Lenglen (1919), Helen Wills-Moody (1935), Venus Williams (2005) and Serena Williams (2009)

Only 10 nations are represented on the Wimbledon women’s singles roll of honor. British and American women have won 91 of the 122 championships to date. The other nations are Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Russia, Spain and Switzerland

In 2013, France’s Marion Bartoli became the 29th woman to win the singles title without dropping a set (10th in Open Era)

In 2004, Maria Sharapova became the first woman not seeded in the Top 8 to win the Wimbledon singles title since seeding began in 1927. She has since been joined by Venus Williams (2005—No.14 and 2007—No.23) and Marion Bartoli (2013—No.15)

Just four players have won the Wimbledon women’s singles title after winning the Wimbledon girls’ singles title (Haydon-Jones, Susman, Hingis and Mauresmo). Former girls’ singles winners in the 2017 Wimbledon field are: Kirsten Flipkens (2003), Kateryna Bondarenko (2004), Agnieszka Radwanska (2005), Caroline Wozniacki (2006), Laura Robson (2008), Kristyna Pliskova (2010), Ashleigh Barty (2011), Eugenie Bouchard (2012) and Jelena Ostapenko (2014)

The player with the most women’s doubles titles is Elizabeth Ryan, who won 12 between 1914 and 1934

Serena Williams was the last player to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same year, in 2016

Ann Jones (1969), Martina Navratilova (nine times) and Petra Kvitova (twice) are the only three left-handers to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title in the Open Era



WIMBLEDON HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA) YEAR [SEED] CHAMPION [SEED] RUNNER-UP SCORE 1968 [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [7] Judy Tegart (AUS) 97 75 1969 [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 36 63 62 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1412 119 1971 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 64 61 1972 [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 63 63 1973 [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [4] Chris Evert (USA) 60 75 1974 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [8] Olga Morozova (RUS) 60 64 1975 [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) 60 61 1976 [1] Chris Evert (USA #1) [2] Evonne Cawley (AUS #2) 63 46 86 1977 [3] Virginia Wade (GBR #3) [7] Betty Stove (NED #7) 46 63 61 1978 [2] Martina Navratilova (TCH #2) [1] Chris Evert (USA #1) 26 64 75 1979 [1] Martina Navratilova (TCH #2) [2] Chris Evert (USA #1) 64 64 1980 [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS #4) [3] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #3) 61 76(4) 1981 [1] Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #1) [2] Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) 62 62 1982 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #2) 61 36 62 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [3] Andrea Jaeger (USA #4) 60 63 1984 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) 76(5) 62 1985 [co-1] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) [co-1] Chris Evert Lloyd (USA #1) 46 63 62 1986 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [3] Hana Mandlikova (TCH #4) 76(1) 63 1987 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA #1) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) 75 63 1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 57 62 61 1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) 62 67(1) 61 1990 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA #2) [5] Zina Garrison Jackson (USA #5) 64 61 1991 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) [2] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG #3) 64 36 86 1992 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #2) [1] Monica Seles (YUG #1) 62 61 1993 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [8] Jana Novotna (CZE #8) 76(6) 16 64 1994 [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP #3) [4] Martina Navratilova (USA #4) 64 36 63 1995 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #2) 46 61 75 1996 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER #1) [4] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP #3) 63 75 1997 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI #1) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE #3) 26 63 63 1998 [3] Jana Novotna (CZE #3) [16] Nathalie Tauziat (FRA #15) 64 76(2) 1999 [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER #3) 64 75 2000 [5] Venus Williams (USA #5) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) 63 76(3) 2001 [2] Venus Williams (USA #2) [8] Justine Henin (BEL #9) 61 36 60 2002 [2] Serena Williams (USA #2) [1] Venus Williams (USA #1) 76(4) 63 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [4] Venus Williams (USA #4) 46 64 61 2004 [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS #15) [1] Serena Williams (USA #10) 61 64 2005 [14] Venus Williams (USA #16) [1] Lindsay Davenport (USA #1) 46 76(4) 97 2006 [1] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #1) [3] Justine Henin (BEL #3) 26 63 64 2007 [23] Venus Williams (USA #31) [18] Marion Bartoli (FRA #19) 64 61 2008 [7] Venus Williams (USA #7) [6] Serena Williams (USA #6) 75 64 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA #2) [3] Venus Williams (USA #3) 76(3) 62 2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [21] Vera Zvonareva (RUS #21) 63 62 2011 [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE #8) [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS #6) 63 64 2012 [6] Serena Williams (USA #6) [3] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #3) 61 57 62 2013 [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA #15) [23] Sabine Lisicki (GER #24) 61 64 2014 [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE #6) [13] Eugenie Bouchard (CAN #13) 63 60 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [20] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #20) 64 64 2016 [1] Serena Williams (USA #1) [4] Angelique Kerber (GER #4) 75 63

Last year, Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon title (also 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015) The top seed has won the Wimbledon women’s singles 24 times in the Open Era (this is the 50th Championships

of the Open Era), including nine years in a row (1981-89); only four No.1 seeds have won here in the last 20 years (Stefanie Graf in 1996, Martina Hingis in 1997, Amélie Mauresmo in 2006, and Serena Williams in 2003, 2010 and 2015-16)

Marion Bartoli (2013), Maria Sharapova (2004) and Venus Williams (2005, 2007) are the only players to win here seeded outside Top 10

The title at Wimbledon has been successfully defended 16 times in the Open Era



FIRST TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPS Since 1968 Roland Garros, 46 women have won at least one Grand Slam title (26 have gone on to win more):

PLAYER AGEYRS, MOS FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE TOTAL OPEN ERA

GS TITLES (SGL) ****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25,10 1968 Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24,8 1968 Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23,2 1968 US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26,6 1969 Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30,9 1969 Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19,10 1971 Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19,6 1974 Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20,2 1976 Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29,4 1977 Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20,1 1977 Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROM) 23,4 1978 Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21,9 1978 Wimbledon 18 O'Neil, Christine (AUS) 22,9 1978 Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16,9 1979 US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22,8 1979 Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18,10 1980 Australian Open 4 Graf, Stefanie (GER) 17,11 1987 Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17,6 1989 Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16,6 1990 Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20,4 1990 US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22,3 1994 Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20,0 1995 Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16,4 1997 Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19,10 1997 Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29,9 1998 Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22,3 1998 US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17,11 1999 US Open 23 Williams, Venus (USA) 20,0 2000 Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24,10 2001 Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21,0 2003 Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22,11 2004 Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17,2 2004 Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19,2 2004 US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22,2 2005 US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26,6 2006 Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20,7 2008 Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29,11 2010 Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29,3 2011 Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21,3 2011 Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27,5 2011 US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22,6 2012 Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28,9 2013 Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33,7 2015 US Open 1 Kerber, Angelique (GER) 28,0 2016 Australian Open 2 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP) 22,8 2016 Roland Garros 1 Jelena Ostapenko 20, 0 2017 Roland Garros 1

*Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between

1960 and 1966 ** Jones won two pre-Open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a 2nd at the French

again in 1966 *** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon 1966-67, US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22

years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 French Open - the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era



OPEN ERA GRAND SLAM HONOR ROLL YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN1 ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN2

1968 ------------------------------------- [2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR)

1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS)

1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS)

1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA)

1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA)

1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS)

1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA)

1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA)

1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA)

1977 JAN -[2] Kerry Reid (AUS) DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS)

[1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA)

1978 [-] Chris O’Neil (AUS) [2] Virginia Ruzici (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA)

1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA)

1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA)

1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA)

1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA)

1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA)

1984 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA)

1985 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE)

1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA)

1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA)

1988 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)

1989 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)

1990 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)

1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG)

1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG)

1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)

1994 [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) [2] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)

1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)

1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER) [1] Stefanie Graf (GER)

1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI)

1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA)

1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Stefanie Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA)

2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA)

2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA)

2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA)

2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL)

2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Anastasia Myskina (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

2005 [7] Serena Williams (USA) [10] Justine Henin (BEL) [14] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Kim Clijsters (BEL)

2006 [3] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS)

2007 [-] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [23] Venus Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL)

2008 [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA)

2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [WC] Kim Clijsters (BEL)

2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [17] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Kim Clijsters (BEL)

2011 [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [6] Li Na (CHN) [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS)

2012 [3] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA)

2013 [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [1] Serena Williams (USA)

2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) [7] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [1] Serena Williams (USA)

2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [26] Flavia Pennetta (ITA)

2016 [7] Angelique Kerber (GER) [4] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Angelique Kerber (GER)

2017 [2] Serena Williams (USA) Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) Notes - 1. Australian Open held at start of year 1969-77 and from 1987, held at end of year from 1977 to 1985; held on grass through 1985, and hard court from 1987; 2. US Open held on grass through 1974, Clay (Har-tru) 1975-77; Hard court from 1978. Highlighted winners denote first time Grand Slam champions



COUNTRY BREAKDOWN (Direct Entries & Wildcards)

USA (14) BELLIS, CATHERINE

BOSERUP, JULIABRADY, JENNIFER BRENGLE, MADISON DAVIS, LAUREN

KEYS, MADISON LEPCHENKO, VARVARA MATTEK-SANDS, BETHANIE MCHALE, CHRISTINA RISKE, ALISON ROGERS, SHELBY STEPHENS, SLOANE

VANDEWEGHE, COCO WILLIAMS, VENUS

GER (8) BARTHEL, MONA BECK, ANNIKA GOERGES, JULIA KERBER, ANGELIQUE

LISICKI, SABINE MARIA, TATJANA

PETKOVIC, ANDREA WITTHOEFT, CARINA

RUS (9) ALEXANDROVA, EKATERINA KASATKINA, DARIA

KHROMACHEVA, IRINA KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA

MAKAROVA, EKATERINA

PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RODINA, EVGENIYA

VESNINA, ELENA VIKHLYANTSEVA, NATALIA

CZE (8) ALLERTOVA, DENISA

KVITOVA, PETRA

PLISKOVA, KAROLINA PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA

SAFAROVA, LUCIE SINIAKOVA, KATERINA

STRYCOVA, BARBORA VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA

GBR (5) BROADY, NAOMI

BOULTER, KATIEKONTA, JOHANNA ROBSON, LAURA

WATSON, HEATHER

ITA (4) ERRANI, SARA GIORGI, CAMILA SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA VINCI, ROBERTA

ROU (5) BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA

BOGDAN, ANA CIRSTEA, SORANA

HALEP, SIMONA NICULESCU, MONICA

CHN (6) DUAN, YING-YING HAN, XINYUN PENG, SHUAI WANG, QIANG ZHANG, SHUAI ZHENG, SAISAI

FRA (5) CORNET, ALIZE

DODIN, OCEAN GARCIA, CAROLINE

MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA

PARMENTIER, PAULINE

UKR (3) BONDARENKO, KATERYNA

SVITOLINA, ELINA

TSURENKO, LESIA

BLR (2) AZARENKA, VICTORIA

SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA

BEL (4) FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN

MERTENS, ELISE

WICKMAYER, YANINA ZANEVSKA, MARYNA

CRO (3) KONJUH, ANA

LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA

VEKIC, DONNA

ESP (4) ARRUABARRENA, LARA

MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE SORRIBES TORMO, SARA

SUÁREZ NAVARRO, CARLA

JPN (5) DOI, MISAKI

HIBINO, NAO

NARA, KURUMI OSAKA, NAMOI OZAKI, RISA

KAZ (2) DIYAS, ZARINA

PUTINTSEVA, YULIA

SUI (2) BACSINSZKY, TIMEA

GOLUBIC, VICTORIJA

AUS (2) GAVRILOVA, DARIA

ASHLEIGH BARTY

LAT (2) OSTAPENKO, JELENA

SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA

POL (2) LINETTE, MAGDA

RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA

SRB (1) JANKOVIC, JELENA

BRA (1) HADDAD MAIA, BEATRICE

BUL (1) PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA

CAN (1) BOUCHARD, EUGENIE

DEN (1) WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE

EST (1) KONTAVEIT, ANETT

GRE (1) SAKKARI, MARIA

HUN (1) BABOS, TIMEA

LUX (1) MINELLA, MANDY

MNE (1) KOVINIC, DANKA

NED (2) BERTENS, KIKI

HOGENKAMP, RICHEL

PAR (1) CEPEDE ROYG, VERONICA

PUR (1) PUIG, MONICA

SWE (1) LARSSON, JOHANNA

TPE (2) HSIEH, SU-WEI

CHANG, KAI-CHEN

SVK (4) CEPELOVA, JANA

CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA KUCOVA, KRISTINA RYBARIKOVA, MAGDALENA

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