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LEXINGTON - United States, KY | Aug 10 - Aug 16, 2020 | $225,500 | INTERNATIONAL

MATCH NOTES

CORI GAUFF (USA #53) vs. [2] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11)

Head to Head: 0-0

CORI GAUFF

53

52

13-03-2004 (16)

$251,518

$803,530

0 / 1

0 / 2

4-2 / 15-7

1-2 / 7-2

2-0 / 5-0

ARYNA SABALENKA 11

7

05-05-1998 (22)

$816,583

$6,381,209

1 / 6

0 / 3

1-0

13-5 / 110-57

5-1 / 41-21

2-4 / 22-22

0-0

12-4 / 90-37 4-2 / 12-6

0-0 / 0-0 3-1 / 9-8

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

LEXINGTON W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

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

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

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *

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

1-0 / 2-2 1-2 / 12-12

1-1 / 2-3 3-2 / 24-17

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


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

* Updated entering 2020 Lexington 2r

CORI GAUFF (USA #53)

R32: d. CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #134) 7-5,7-5 (1h43)

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[2] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11)

R32: d. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #79) 6-1,6-7(5),6-2 (2h27)

Total games: 24

Won/lost: 14-10

Sets won/lost: 2-0

Total time on court: 1h43

Average time on court: 1h43

Average rank of opponent: 134

Total games: 28

Won/lost: 18-10

Sets won/lost: 2-1




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SABALENKA:

• Playing as No.2 seed this week at the inaugural Lexington tournament

• Held off No.79 Brengle in 1r action on Monday after being pushed to a third set, closing the match out at 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2

• Faces American young gun, No. 53 Coco Gauff in today’s 2r match. Last fell to a player outside the Top 50 during 1r of this

year’s Australian Open (No.54 Suarez Navarro)

• Owns 13 match wins this season – only behind Rybakina (21), Muguruza (16) and Kenin (15)

• Has hit 72 aces so far this season, eighth most on tour

• Played doubles w/Brady as No.2 seed, l. Linette/Pegula in 1r

• Before hiatus, won sixth career WTA title at Doha (d. Kvitova in F)

• Went into Doha, coming off QF run at Dubai (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Represented Belarus in Fed Cup play-off victory vs. the Netherlands. Teamed up with Sasnovich in doubles to seal the

victory (d. Bertens/Schuurs on a third-set tie-break). In singles, defeated Rus and fell to Bertens

• Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro)

• Posted SF run at Adelaide (l. Yastremska). Upset No.4 Halep in QF at Adelaide to score fifth Top 5 win of her career,

having previously beaten No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Montréal), No.5 Garcia (2018 Cincinnati), No.5 Kvitova (2018 US Open)

and No.1 Barty (2019 Wuhan)

• Opened 2020 campaign with 2r exit at Shenzhen as the defending champion (d. Gasparyan, l. Kr.Pliskova)

• Ended as World No.11 for the second straight year in 2019 after capturing three WTA singles titles at Shenzhen (d. Riske in

F), Wuhan (d. Riske in F) and Zhuhai (d. Bertens in F)

• Became first player to successfully defend Wuhan title (d. Kontaveit in 2018 F). Also finished runner-up in doubles with

Mertens in 2019 (l. Duan/Kudermetova in F)

• During summer hard court season made R-Up finish at San Jose (l. S.Zheng)

• Made Top 10 debut on January 28, 2019 following 3r run at 2019 Australian Open

• Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at US Open (w/Mertens, d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Earlier in the season, the pair

claimed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by winning back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) and Miami (d.

Stosur/Zhang in F)

• Qualified for WTA Finals Shenzhen (w/Mertens), going 1-2 in the round robin stage

• Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in

F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings

• Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and

produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open

• Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at

Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at

2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko)

• Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as

side lost to USA

• Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk

• Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic)

• Owns three WTA doubles titles – all coming alongside Mertens during 2019 season (Indian Wells, Miami and US Open)

• In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155

• WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat

• Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012

• Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov since last summer

• Started playing aged six as an accident when father drove by local tennis courts

• Voted 2018 WTA Newcomer of the Year by international media

• Her favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo

GAUFF:

• One of a tournament-leading 16 Americans in the main draw of the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington

• Won 80% of first serve points to defeat compatriot Dolehide; is now 4-1 vs. Americans at Tour-level, having also defeated

McNally (2019 Miami), V.Williams (2019 Wimbledon and 2020 Australian Open), and falling to Kenin (2020 Australian

Open)

• Squares up against No.2 seed Sabalenka in today’s 2r match for their first career meeting. Looking to secure the third Top

15 win of her career, having defeated No.3 Osaka earlier this year at Australian Open and No.7 Bertens at 2019 Linz

• At 16-years-old, is the youngest player in this week’s field. In comparison, V.Williams (40) is the oldest in the draw

• Enters this week ranked No.53 – four spots shy from her career-high ranking of No.49 (achieved February 24, 2020)

• Playing doubles w/McNally as No.3 seed this week, facing Bouzkova/Teichmann in 1r

• 2020 Lexington marks her third Tour-level event of the season, having reached 2r at Auckland (l. Siegemund) and R16 at

Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kenin in 3s). Defeated V.Williams and No.5 Osaka en route to last 16 in Melbourne

• Also this year, reached SF in doubles at Auckland (w/McNally, l. Mugammad/Townsend) and QF at Australian Open

(w/McNally, l. Babos/Mladenovic)

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

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

• At 15y214d, her title run in Linz made her youngest to win a WTA tour-level title since Vaidisova (15y177d) won Tashkent in

2004

• On Grand Slam main draw debut in 2019, became first 15-year-old to reach R16 at Wimbledon - and also appear on Centre

Court - since Hingis in 1996 (l. eventual champion Halep)

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

Flushing Meadows since Kournikova’s R16 run in 1996

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

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

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

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

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

at US Open (as WC, l. Osaka)

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

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

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

(as qualifier, l. Stewart in R16)

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

• Former junior World No.1 (July 2018)

• Began playing tennis at age 7

• Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Florida to pursue tennis

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

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

trained at Mouratoglou Academy in France since age of 10

• Mother, Candi was a track and field athlete at Florida State University

• Has two younger brothers, Cody and Cameron

• Nickname is Coco

• Main residence is in Delray Beach, Florida

• Favorite subject at school is literature

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

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

pasta

LEXINGTON - United States, KY | Aug 10 - Aug 16, 2020 | $225,500 | INTERNATIONAL

MATCH NOTES

[6] MAGDA LINETTE (POL #36) vs. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #49)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 GRASS O Q JENNIFER BRADY 6-4 6-3 SOUTHSEA

2018 HARD O R1 MAGDA LINETTE 100 mins 2-6 6-4 6-3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

MAGDA LINETTE

36

38

12-02-1992 (28)

$134,428

$2,499,287

1 / 2

0 / 0

8-4 / 88-98

1-1 / 30-33

2-0 / 30-18

JENNIFER BRADY 49

24

12-04-1995 (25)

$367,499

$2,376,959

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-0

7-5 / 39-51

4-0 / 16-15

4-2 / 11-16

1-0

7-5 / 30-33 8-4 / 73-68

1-1 / 5-6 1-1 / 2-5

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

LEXINGTON W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

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

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

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *

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

0-0 / 0-11 2-3 / 2-10

0-0 / 1-22 5-3 / 10-15



YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-6 1-2 / 1-6

* Updated entering 2020 Lexington 2r

[6] MAGDA LINETTE (POL #36)

R32: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #62) 6-2,6-3 (1h21)

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

JENNIFER BRADY (USA #49)

R32: d. HEATHER WATSON (GBR #50) 6-2,6-1 (1h06)

Total games: 17

Won/lost: 12-5

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 15

Won/lost: 12-3

Sets won/lost: 2-0




LEXINGTON Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

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LINETTE:

• Lone Polish representation at the inaugural Top Seed Open

• Playing as No.6 seed this week, owns 26-10 record when playing in one of top eight spots in the draw

• Defeated American Davis in 1r action – was broken in first game of the match but did not lose another game on serve in two

straight sets

• Faces No.49 Brady today for second time at a Tour-level event, defeated the American in 1r of 2018 Australian Open

• Owns 20-50 record against players in the Top 50 and 8-15 record against American opposition

• Will not be the first time she faces Brady this week defeating the No.2 seeded team of Brady/Sabalenka yesterday in a tight

3-setter (w/Pegula)

• Before hiatus, fell 1r at Doha (l. Muchova)

• Earned second WTA title at Hua Hin (d. Kung in F) to reach career high ranking of No.33 – currently at No.36 just three spots

short

• In title run, lost only 36 total games, the second least on tour of a WTA champion this year (only behind Bertens who lost just

25 en route to St. Petersburg title) and most among 2020 title holders who played at least 5 matches in the tournament

• Won lone singles match in Fed Cup action over Larsson as Poland defeated Sweden 2-0

• Started 2020 season with 1r loss at Shenzhen (l. Zhang), 2r loss at Hobart (l. Davis) and 1r at Australian Open (l. Rus)

• Posted first career Top 50 year-end finish in 2019 after reaching a then-career high of No.41 on Sept. 30

• Won maiden WTA singles title at the Bronx and finished R-Up at Seoul (l. Muchova in F)

• Other 2019 highlights include Sf at Hua Hin (l. eventual champion Yastremska), QF at Nanchang (l. eventual champion

Peterson), Tianjin (l. Watson)

• Posted fourth consecutive Top 100 season in 2018 at No. 83

• Reached QF at Washington DC (l. Vekic); win over No.17 Osaka in 2r was first Top 20 victory of career

• Appeared in third career WTA Doubles final at 2017 Bogota (w/Cepede Royg), having also been runner-up at 2014 Guangzhou

(w/Cornet) and 2016 Hong Kong (w/Xu)

• 2017 highlighted by SF at Kuala Lumpur (l. Hibino). Also made QF at Bogota and reaced 3r at a major for first time at Roland

Garros

• In 2016, enjoyed run to first Premier-level QF at Tokyo [PPO] (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

• Broke into Top 100 on June 15, 2015

• Reached maiden WTA singles final at 2015 Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. Wickmayer)

• At WTA 125K Series level, won title at Ningbo in 2014 and finished R-Up at Bol in 2018

• At 2013 Baku, made SF in second WTA main draw appearance (l. Peer)

• Made 2r in WTA debut at Strasbourg (l. Cornet)

• Made professional debut on ITF circuit in Poland in 2007 – owns 10 singles titles and eight doubles titles on ITF level

• Currently coached by Izo Zunic and Mark Gellard

• Parents are Tomasz and Beata, sister is Dagmara

• Started playing at age 6

• Tennis idol growing up was Monica Seles

BRADY: • One of sixteen Americans to start the main draw here in Lexington

• Defeated Watson in 1r on Monday hitting 10 aces en route to victory and needing just over an hour

• Faces No.36 Linette in 2r – a win today would mark 40th career main draw victory

• Owns 19-27 record against players in the Top 40 and is 5-3 so far this year against such players – all five wins have come over

players in Top 20

• Before hiatus, fell 2r at Doha (l. Jabeur) coming off career-best week at Dubai, where, as a qualifier, she advanced to first SF

at a Premier level defeating three Top 20 opponents in No.6 Svitolina, No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza before falling

to eventual champion Halep – victory over No.6 Svitolina in 1r marked second Top 10 win of career

• Including three qualifying matches, Dubai run marked first time winning six consecutive matches at one WTA tour level event

• Results helped her reach career high ranking of No.45 on Feb.24

• Made 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova)

• Fell in the 1r at Australian Open (l. Halep) but progressed to QF in doubles w/Dolehide (l. Hsieh/Strycova)

• In opening event of the season, came through qualifying before going on to reach QF at Brisbane (l. Kvitova) – scored first

career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty in 2r; broke into Top 50 afterwards

• Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as low as No.125

• Season highlights in 2019 included 3r showings at Dubai (l. R-Up Kvitova) and Indian Wells (l. Barty)

• Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64)

• 2018 season highlight was reaching two SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l.

Duque-Mariño). Also made 2r at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit)

• Reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova)

• Posted first WTA main draw wins at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic)

• Made first four main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in 1r), Stanford (l.

Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. Svitolina in 1r)

• Ended 2017 inside Top 100 for first time – at No.64; career-high ranking is No.60 (October 16, 2017)

• Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. 1r to Falconi)

• On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four doubles titles

• Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN-USA (l. 1r)

• 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

• Recently hired Michael Geserer (previously with Goerges) at end of 2019 season, spent offseason training in Germany for first

time

• Has twin sister, Jessica

Player Profile & Performance - LEXINGTONLEXINGTON, United States, KY AUGUST 10 - 16, 2020 | USD $225,500 INTERNATIONAL

All data as at Monday, 10 Aug 2020

STATS MD YTD (2020) MD CAREER ALL YTD (2020) ALL CAREER

Tournament (LEXINGTON) W - L - - - -

DOB Aug 23, 1988 (31)

Residence Minsk, Belarus

Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Height 6' 0" (1.82 m)

Prize Career $3,217,853

Prize YTD $44,418

Career High Singles Rank 35 (Jun 23 2008)

Career High Doubles Rank 24 (Aug 29 2011)

Tie Break W - L 0 - 0 22 - 39 1 - 1 75 - 63

WTA Singles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 0

WTA Doubles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 8

Surface (HARD) W - L 1 - 1 78 - 108 12 - 3 229 - 181

Surface (CLAY) W - L 0 - 0 26 - 47 0 - 0 127 - 91

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 0 13 - 22 0 - 0 30 - 25

Top 5 W - L 0 - 0 1 - 10 0 - 0 1 - 10

Top 10 W - L 0 - 1 1 - 23 0 - 1 1 - 23

Top 20 W - L 0 - 1 9 - 46 0 - 1 9 - 46

Top 100 W - L 0 - 1 70 - 156 0 - 1 95 - 186

vs. Left Hander W - L 0 - 0 14 - 15 0 - 1 27 - 23

135SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 0 - 0 98 - 28 11 - 1 363 - 62


Tournament (LEXINGTON) W - L 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0

Grand Slam W - L 0 - 0 21 - 35 1 - 1 38 - 45

Overall W - L 1 - 1 120 - 182 12 - 3 415 - 311

3 Set W - L 1 - 0 46 - 59 1 - 1 113 - 112

PERFORMANCE - SINGLES*

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SERVICE RECORD YTD 2020 RETURN RECORD YTD 2020

Aces 2 1st Serve Return Points Won 28.8%

Double Faults 5 2nd Serve Return Points Won 62.1%

1st Serve 77.5% Break Point Opportunities 17

1st Serve Points Won 62.7% Break Points Converted 41.2%

2nd Serve Points Won 43.8% Return Games Played 22

Break Points Faced 18 Return Games Won 31.8%

Break Points Saved 66.7% Return Points Won 42.8%

Service Games Played 21 Total Points Won 50.7%

Service Games Won 71.4%

Service Points Won 58.5%

MATCH FACTS**2020 Events: 1 Played 2020 Matches: 2 Played (1 - 1 win-loss)

*Stats include active tournament results

**Stats are for main draw matches at WTA and Grand Slam eventsonly.and includes active tournament results. Fed Cup matches excluded.

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2019 – Finished the season inside the Top 200 for the first time since 2016, ending at No.194. Contested one WTA main draw at Tashkent. Fellin WTA qualifying three times. Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2018 – Contested one WTA main draw at Quebec City and felling in WTA qualifying once at US Open. 2017 – Fell in WTA qualifying three times. Won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2016 – Contested WTA main draw 11 times, with best result being 2r runs at Acapulco and Guangzhou. Won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Seventh Top 100 season in last nine years (finishing No.69); reached 4r once (Wimbledon) and 2r four times (incl. US Open andNottingham - l. to Niculescu 26 75 75; held 5mp in second set, 3mp at 5-3 and 2mp at 5-4); fell 1r six times and in qualifying four times (incl.other two majors); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2014 - QF at Tashkent (l. to Knapp); reached 2r three times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifyingfive times. 2013 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Tashkent (l. to Jovanovski in final); QF at Stanford; reached 2r six times (incl. Australian Open);fell 1r six times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open and Roland Garros - l. to Bartoli 76(8) 46 75; held 2mp at 5-3 third set) and in qualifying six times. 2012 - Another Top 100 season; QF twice at Barcelona and New Haven; reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r six times (incl. other three majors);fell 1r 10 times (incl. Beijing - l. to Paszek 75 06 76(6); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-breaK) and in qualifying three times; won one WTA doublestitle; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; struggled throughout season w/illness (retired in Bastad 1r, withdrew from Baku, retired in Guangzhou2r and withdrew from Osaka). 2011 - QF at Monterrey; reached 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 14 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying seven times;won three WTA doubles titles; retired in Wimbledon 1r w/left ankle injury. 2010 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Wozniacki in final); reached 3r once and 2r eight times (incl. RolandGarros); fell 1r 16 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title. 2009 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Moscow (l. to Schiavone in final); SF at Tashkent (l. to Peer); QF four times at Brisbane, 's-Hertogenbosch, Palermo and Istanbul; reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r nine times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other twomajors) and in qualifying three times; won two WTA doubles titles. 2008 - Another Top 50 season; runner-up at Memphis (l. to Davenport in final); QF at Istanbul; reached 3r three times (incl. Roland Garros) and2r 11 times (incl. US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other two majors, Olympics) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title. 2007 - First Top 50 season; SF at Tashkent (l. to Parmentier); QF three times at Cincinnati, Stanford and Québec City; reached 2r five times(incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r three times and in qualifying twice; made Top 100 debut on July 23 (after Cincinnati; rose from No.107 toNo.100) and Top 50 debut on October 15 (rose from No.51 to No.50); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2006 - Played first WTA main draw at Tashkent, falling 1r; fell in qualifying once. 2005 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2004 - Played first WTA qualifying at Tashkent. 2003 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 2002 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Belarus.

SINGLES Finalist (4): 2013 - Tashkent; 2010 - Ponte Vedra Beach; 2009 - Moscow; 2008 - Memphis. DOUBLES Winner (8): 2012 - Strasbourg (w/Jans-Ignacik); 2011 - Memphis, Birmingham (both w/Kudryavtseva), New Haven (w/Chuang); 2010 - Beijing(w/Chuang); 2009 - Guangzhou, Tashkent (both w/Poutchek); 2008 - Istanbul (w/Craybas). Finalist (6): 2016 - Guangzhou (w/Lapko); 2014 - Monterrey (w/Babos); 2013 - Tashkent (w/Minella); 2012 - Memphis (w/Dushevina); 2011 -College Park (w/Kudryavtseva); 2008 - Charleston (w/Gallovits-Hall). ADDITIONAL Belarusian Fed Cup Team, 2008-12, 2014-17; Belarusian Olympic Team, 2008.

GRAND SLAM

W / L

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 3 - 8

ROLAND GARROS 7 - 8

WIMBLEDON 6 - 10

US OPEN 5 - 9

TOTAL 21 - 35

Best Previous Results (LEXINGTON)

Player has never previously played at this tournament.

2020 Season Summary

TOURNAMENT HISTORY - SINGLES

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW

4 tournaments in 2020: ** indicates opening match at tournament

- W in Nicholasville (d. Claire Liu 6-4 6-4)- SF Main Draw in Andrezieux-boutheon (l. Ysaline Bonaventure 6-7(7) 7-5 7-6(4))- R16 Main Draw in Monterrey (l. Elina Svitolina 6-3 6-4)- R2 Qualifying in Australian Open (l. Caroline Dolehide 6-3 6-4)

'16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07

1R - 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R -

1R - 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 3R -

1R 4R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R

- 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)SF Main Draw in Nicholasville (d. Madison Brengle (USA #79) 6-4 6-3) 79

OLGA GOVORTSOVA






All data as at Monday, 10 Aug 20202019 – Finished the season inside the Top 200 for the first time since 2016, ending at No.194. Contested one WTA main draw at Tashkent. Fellin WTA qualifying three times. Won one singles title and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2018 – Contested one WTA main draw at Quebec City and felling in WTA qualifying once at US Open. 2017 – Fell in WTA qualifying three times. Won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2016 – Contested WTA main draw 11 times, with best result being 2r runs at Acapulco and Guangzhou. Won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Seventh Top 100 season in last nine years (finishing No.69); reached 4r once (Wimbledon) and 2r four times (incl. US Open andNottingham - l. to Niculescu 26 75 75; held 5mp in second set, 3mp at 5-3 and 2mp at 5-4); fell 1r six times and in qualifying four times (incl.other two majors); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2014 - QF at Tashkent (l. to Knapp); reached 2r three times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifyingfive times. 2013 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Tashkent (l. to Jovanovski in final); QF at Stanford; reached 2r six times (incl. Australian Open);fell 1r six times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open and Roland Garros - l. to Bartoli 76(8) 46 75; held 2mp at 5-3 third set) and in qualifying six times. 2012 - Another Top 100 season; QF twice at Barcelona and New Haven; reached 3r once (US Open) and 2r six times (incl. other three majors);fell 1r 10 times (incl. Beijing - l. to Paszek 75 06 76(6); held mp at 6-5 in third set tie-breaK) and in qualifying three times; won one WTA doublestitle; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; struggled throughout season w/illness (retired in Bastad 1r, withdrew from Baku, retired in Guangzhou2r and withdrew from Osaka). 2011 - QF at Monterrey; reached 2r four times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r 14 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying seven times;won three WTA doubles titles; retired in Wimbledon 1r w/left ankle injury. 2010 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to Wozniacki in final); reached 3r once and 2r eight times (incl. RolandGarros); fell 1r 16 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title. 2009 - Another Top 100 season; runner-up at Moscow (l. to Schiavone in final); SF at Tashkent (l. to Peer); QF four times at Brisbane, 's-Hertogenbosch, Palermo and Istanbul; reached 3r once (Roland Garros) and 2r nine times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other twomajors) and in qualifying three times; won two WTA doubles titles. 2008 - Another Top 50 season; runner-up at Memphis (l. to Davenport in final); QF at Istanbul; reached 3r three times (incl. Roland Garros) and2r 11 times (incl. US Open); fell 1r 10 times (incl. other two majors, Olympics) and in qualifying once; won one WTA doubles title. 2007 - First Top 50 season; SF at Tashkent (l. to Parmentier); QF three times at Cincinnati, Stanford and Québec City; reached 2r five times(incl. Wimbledon, US Open); fell 1r three times and in qualifying twice; made Top 100 debut on July 23 (after Cincinnati; rose from No.107 toNo.100) and Top 50 debut on October 15 (rose from No.51 to No.50); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2006 - Played first WTA main draw at Tashkent, falling 1r; fell in qualifying once. 2005 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2004 - Played first WTA qualifying at Tashkent. 2003 - Won one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 2002 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Belarus.

OLGA GOVORTSOVA









DOB Aug 28, 1994 (25)

Residence Tunis, Tunisia

Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Height 5' 6" (1.67 m)


Prize YTD $489,623

Career High Singles Rank 39 (Mar 02 2020)

Career High Doubles Rank 116 (Feb 03 2020)

Tie Break W - L 2 - 4 13 - 22 3 - 4 65 - 50



Surface (HARD) W - L 9 - 5 35 - 50 11 - 5 148 - 111

Surface (CLAY) W - L 0 - 0 7 - 9 0 - 0 98 - 47

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 1 6 - 8 0 - 1 39 - 15

Top 5 W - L 1 - 1 2 - 3 1 - 1 2 - 3

Top 10 W - L 1 - 1 4 - 7 1 - 1 4 - 7

Top 20 W - L 3 - 3 8 - 15 3 - 3 8 - 15

Top 100 W - L 9 - 6 38 - 53 9 - 6 56 - 65

vs. Left Hander W - L 0 - 1 5 - 4 0 - 1 19 - 13

39SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 8 - 3 40 - 19 10 - 3 240 - 33



Grand Slam W - L 4 - 1 10 - 13 4 - 1 31 - 25

Overall W - L 9 - 6 48 - 67 11 - 6 286 - 174

3 Set W - L 4 - 2 15 - 26 4 - 2 81 - 64

















TUN



ONS JABEUR







2019 - Third Top 100 season (finishing No.77); SF at Eastbourne (withdrew prior to match w/ankle injury) and Tianjin (l. to Peterson); reached3r once (US Open) and 2r six times; fell 1r 10 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying on three occasions. 2018 - Second Top 100 season (finishing No.62); runner-up at Moscow (l. to Kasatkina - first Tunisian woman to reach WTA final); QF atBucharest (l. to Hercog); reached 2r three times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r six times (Incl. Australian Open and US Open) and in qualifying sixtimes (incl. Roland Garros); won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2017 - First Top 100 season (finishing No.88); QF at Taipei City (l. Svitolina); reached 3r twice (incl. Roland Garros - first Arab woman to reach3r at a Grand Slam), 2r three times (incl. US Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying four times (incl. Australian Open). 2016 - Fell 1r three times (incl. Olympics) and in qualifying seven times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r four times (incl. Australian Open) and in qualifying six times (incl. Roland Garros and US Open). 2014 - Reached 2r twice; fell 1r five times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying three times (incl. Roland Garros and Wimbledon); won one singlestitle on ITF Circuit. 2013 - QF at Baku; reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in qualifying three times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); won four singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2012 - Played first two WTA main draws, falling 1r at Doha (as WC) and Olympics; fell in qualifying twice (incl. Roland Garros). 2011 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2010 - Won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 2009 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2008 - Played first event of career at ITF/El Menzah-TUN.

SINGLES Finalist (1): 2018 - Moscow. ADDITIONAL Tunisian Fed Cup Team, 2011-13, 2016-19; Tunisian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016.

GRAND SLAM

W / L


ROLAND GARROS 2 - 2

WIMBLEDON 1 - 3

US OPEN 3 - 4

TOTAL 10 - 13



2020 Season Summary


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW


- QF Main Draw in Doha (l. Petra Kvitova 7-6(2) 7-6(4))- QF Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-4)- R16 Main Draw in Dubai (l. Simona Halep 1-6 6-2 7-6(7))- R16 Main Draw in Hobart (l. Garbiñe Muguruza 3-6 6-3 7-6(4))**R1 Main Draw in Shenzhen (l. Qiang Wang 6-0 6-3)

'20 '19 '18 '17 '15 '14

QF 1R 1R - 1R -

- 1R - 3R - -

- 1R 2R 1R - -

- 3R 1R 2R - 1R

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)R16 Main Draw in Doha (d. Karolina Pliskova (CZE #3) 6-4 3-6 6-3) 3

ONS JABEUR







2019 - Third Top 100 season (finishing No.77); SF at Eastbourne (withdrew prior to match w/ankle injury) and Tianjin (l. to Peterson); reached3r once (US Open) and 2r six times; fell 1r 10 times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying on three occasions. 2018 - Second Top 100 season (finishing No.62); runner-up at Moscow (l. to Kasatkina - first Tunisian woman to reach WTA final); QF atBucharest (l. to Hercog); reached 2r three times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r six times (Incl. Australian Open and US Open) and in qualifying sixtimes (incl. Roland Garros); won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2017 - First Top 100 season (finishing No.88); QF at Taipei City (l. Svitolina); reached 3r twice (incl. Roland Garros - first Arab woman to reach3r at a Grand Slam), 2r three times (incl. US Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon) and in qualifying four times (incl. Australian Open). 2016 - Fell 1r three times (incl. Olympics) and in qualifying seven times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open); won three singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r four times (incl. Australian Open) and in qualifying six times (incl. Roland Garros and US Open). 2014 - Reached 2r twice; fell 1r five times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying three times (incl. Roland Garros and Wimbledon); won one singlestitle on ITF Circuit. 2013 - QF at Baku; reached 2r once; fell 1r once and in qualifying three times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open); won four singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2012 - Played first two WTA main draws, falling 1r at Doha (as WC) and Olympics; fell in qualifying twice (incl. Roland Garros). 2011 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2010 - Won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 2009 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2008 - Played first event of career at ITF/El Menzah-TUN.

ONS JABEUR









DOB Jul 21, 1998 (22)

Residence Bradenton, FL, USA

Plays Right-Handed (two-handed backhand)

Height 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Prize Career $804,354

Prize YTD $116,346

Career High Singles Rank 47 (Mar 09 2020)

Career High Doubles Rank 162 (Aug 10 2020)

Tie Break W - L 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 32 - 31



Surface (HARD) W - L 4 - 5 13 - 17 9 - 6 177 - 78

Surface (CLAY) W - L 0 - 0 0 - 3 0 - 0 51 - 36

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 10 - 8

Top 5 W - L 0 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 1

Top 10 W - L 0 - 2 3 - 4 0 - 2 3 - 4

Top 20 W - L 1 - 3 4 - 7 1 - 3 4 - 7

Top 100 W - L 2 - 4 9 - 15 2 - 4 12 - 21

vs. Left Hander W - L 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 8 - 8

48SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 4 - 1 13 - 4 9 - 2 212 - 28



Grand Slam W - L 0 - 1 1 - 5 0 - 1 13 - 13

Overall W - L 4 - 5 14 - 21 9 - 6 239 - 124

3 Set W - L 0 - 3 2 - 8 1 - 4 47 - 44












Service Games Won 68%





CZE



MARIE BOUZKOVA







2019 - First Top 100 season (finishing No.57); SF at Toronto (l. to S.Williams); QF at Guangzhou (l. to Blinkova); reached 2r three times (incl.WImbledon); fell 1r five times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open) and in qualifying on six occasions (incl. Australian Open); made Top 100 debuton July 22 (rose from No.104 to No.92); won one singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2018 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r twice (incl. US Open) and in qualifying seven times (incl. other three majors); won one singles title on ITFCircuit. 2017 - Fell 1r twice and in qualifying four times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2016 - Fell once in qualifying; won four singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Fell 1r once and in qualifying twice; won three singles and one doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2014 - Fell once in qualifying; won one singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2013 - Fell in WTA qualifying on professional debut at Katowice.

SINGLES Finalist (1): 2020 - Monterrey

GRAND SLAM

W / L


ROLAND GARROS 0 - 1

WIMBLEDON 1 - 1

US OPEN 0 - 2

TOTAL 1 - 5



2020 Season Summary


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW


- F Main Draw in Monterrey (l. Elina Svitolina 7-5 4-6 6-4)- QF Main Draw in Nicholasville (l. Francoise Abanda 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-4)**R1 Main Draw in Acapulco (l. Tatjana Maria 6-4 1-6 6-2)**R1 Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4)**R1 Main Draw in Hobart (l. Catherine Bellis 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3)**R1 Main Draw in Brisbane (l. Madison Keys 6-3 6-2)

'20 '19 '18

1R - -

- 1R -

- 2R -

- 1R 1R

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)SF Main Draw in Monterrey (d. Johanna Konta (GBR #16) 6-3 6-4) 16

MARIE BOUZKOVA







2019 - First Top 100 season (finishing No.57); SF at Toronto (l. to S.Williams); QF at Guangzhou (l. to Blinkova); reached 2r three times (incl.WImbledon); fell 1r five times (incl. Roland Garros, US Open) and in qualifying on six occasions (incl. Australian Open); made Top 100 debuton July 22 (rose from No.104 to No.92); won one singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2018 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r twice (incl. US Open) and in qualifying seven times (incl. other three majors); won one singles title on ITFCircuit. 2017 - Fell 1r twice and in qualifying four times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open); won two singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2016 - Fell once in qualifying; won four singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Fell 1r once and in qualifying twice; won three singles and one doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2014 - Fell once in qualifying; won one singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2013 - Fell in WTA qualifying on professional debut at Katowice.

MARIE BOUZKOVA









DOB Sep 10, 1998 (21)

Residence Moscow, Russia

Plays Right-handed (two-handed backand)

Height 5' 10" (1.79 m)


Prize YTD $120,855

Career High Singles Rank 54 (Feb 03 2020)

Career High Doubles Rank 51 (Oct 21 2019)

Tie Break W - L 1 - 0 8 - 8 1 - 0 25 - 34



Surface (HARD) W - L 2 - 3 20 - 31 3 - 6 124 - 70

Surface (CLAY) W - L 0 - 0 3 - 5 0 - 0 31 - 23

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 0 1 - 3 0 - 0 14 - 11

Top 5 W - L 0 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 2

Top 10 W - L 1 - 0 1 - 4 1 - 0 1 - 4

Top 20 W - L 1 - 0 3 - 12 1 - 0 3 - 12

Top 100 W - L 2 - 3 18 - 30 2 - 3 28 - 44

vs. Left Hander W - L 0 - 0 1 - 3 0 - 0 8 - 14

61SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 1 - 1 16 - 7 2 - 1 146 - 25



Grand Slam W - L 1 - 1 5 - 10 1 - 1 25 - 13

Overall W - L 2 - 3 24 - 39 3 - 6 172 - 105

3 Set W - L 1 - 2 12 - 21 2 - 3 54 - 48










Break Points Saved 61% Return Points Won 46.3%







RUS



ANNA BLINKOVA







2019 - Reached first two WTA semifinals of her career in 2019, at Guangzhou and Luxembourg. Also made QF at the Bronx, reached 3r atRoland Garros and lifted WTA 125K Series title at New Haven. Scored second career Top 20 win over No.12 Sevastova at 2019 Doha (alsobeat No.13 Mladenovic at the same tournament in 2018). 2018 - First Top 100 season (finishing No.98); reached 3r once and 2r five times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Openand US Open) and in qualifying six times (incl. Roland Garros); made Top 100 debut on August 20; won one singles and one doubles title onITF CIrcuit. 2017 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open) and in qualifying four times (incl. RolandGarros); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2016 - Reached 2r once and fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at Rabat; won two singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Fell in qualifying at Moscow; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

DOUBLES Winner (1): 2018 - Rabat (w/Olaru). Finalist (1): 2019 - Hua Hin (w/Y.Wang). ADDITIONAL WTA 125K Series Titles - Singles (1): 2019 - New Haven. Doubles (1): 2019 - New Haven (w/Kalashnikova). Russian Fed Cup Team, 2017, 2020.

GRAND SLAM

W / L


ROLAND GARROS 2 - 1

WIMBLEDON 1 - 2

US OPEN 0 - 3

TOTAL 5 - 10



2020 Season Summary


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW


- R16 Main Draw in Shenzhen (l. Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-7(9) 6-4)**R2 Main Draw in Indian Wells 125k (l. Katie Boulter 6-4 3-6 6-3)- R2 Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Zarina Diyas 4-6 6-3 6-4)**R1 Main Draw in Hobart (l. Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-1)- R16 Qualifying in Dubai (l. Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-2)**R1 Qualifying in Doha (l. Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-3)

'20 '19 '18 '17

2R 1R 1R 2R

- 3R - -

- - 2R 1R

- 1R 1R 1R

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)R1 Main Draw in Shenzhen (d. Belinda Bencic (SUI #8) 3-6 6-3 6-3) 8

ANNA BLINKOVA






All data as at Monday, 10 Aug 20202019 - Reached first two WTA semifinals of her career in 2019, at Guangzhou and Luxembourg. Also made QF at the Bronx, reached 3r atRoland Garros and lifted WTA 125K Series title at New Haven. Scored second career Top 20 win over No.12 Sevastova at 2019 Doha (alsobeat No.13 Mladenovic at the same tournament in 2018). 2018 - First Top 100 season (finishing No.98); reached 3r once and 2r five times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r seven times (incl. Australian Openand US Open) and in qualifying six times (incl. Roland Garros); made Top 100 debut on August 20; won one singles and one doubles title onITF CIrcuit. 2017 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r five times (incl. Wimbledon and US Open) and in qualifying four times (incl. RolandGarros); won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2016 - Reached 2r once and fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at Rabat; won two singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Fell in qualifying at Moscow; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

ANNA BLINKOVA





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