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ROLAND GARROSSEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 11, 2020

WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

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ROLAND GARROS - DAY 8 MATCH-UPS

[Q] NADIA PODOROSKA (ARG #131) vs. BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #114)First meeting

Podoroska has won 41 matches across all levels this season... Krejcikova won doubles title at Roland Garros in 2018... Winner will be the first woman ranked outside Top 100 to reach QF here since 2016

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. IGA SWIATEK (POL #54)Halep leads 1-0

Halep beat Swiatek in just 45 minutes at the same stage of last year’s tournament... Swiatek is the only teenager to reach the fourth round... Halep in the midst of career-best 17-match winning streak

Garcia leads 3-1 Garcia has come from a set and a break down to win their past three encounters... Svitolina enjoying her

highest seeding at a Slam... Both players have reached QF in Paris before

[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45)

[Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159) vs. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)Bertens leads 1-0

Bertens dropped just three games when they met at 2019 Charleston... Trevisan is the first Italian woman to reach this stage since 2015... Both players have saved a match point en route to the fourth round

PLAYERNAME

RG W/L*

YTD W/L*^

CAREER W/L*^

YTD PRIZE $

CAREER PRIZE $

YTD TITLES

CAREER TITLES

[1] Simona Halep 31-9 23-2 516-216 1,728,990 36,837011 3 22

[3] Elina Svitolina 19-7 18-7 386-198 301,249 19,536,209 2 15

[4] Sofia Kenin 5-2 21-8 211-119 3,326,962 6,245,694 2 5

[5] Kiki Bertens 15-8 15-5 441-256 479,532 11,216,232 1 10

[7] Petra Kvitova 26-10 18-5 545-238 1,029,391 32,102,578 0 27

[30] Ons Jabeur 5-2 21-9 295-177 711,783 2,343,596 0 0

Zhang Shuai 8-9 14-9 485-332 306,153 6,553,475 0 2

Caroline Garcia 14-9 11-10 339-267 323,240 10,523,701 0 7

Fiona Ferro 4-5 12-5 211-169 135,950 1,030,277 1 2

Iga Swiatek 6-1 10-5 106-31 431,619 1,106,808 0 0

Danielle Collins 4-2 9-5 145-94 257,969 2,639,747 0 0

Laura Siegemund 4-3 18-8 490-321 427,100 2,850,091 0 2

Paula Badosa 3-0 13-7 230-131 167,112 647,656 0 0

Barbora Krejcikova 3-1 13-6 261-151 298,278 2,674,242 0 0

[Q] Nadia Podoroska 3-0 41-6 275-144 89,584 301,547 0 0

[Q] Martina Trevisan 3-0 15-8 213-115 108,440 413,416 0 0

THE LAST 16

*Includes 2020 Roland Garros^Includes qualifying and ITF Circuit matches


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AUSTRALIAN OPEN - QF TOP HALF MATCH-UPSPLAYER NAME R128 R64 R32 R16* QF SF F W TOTAL*

[1] Simona Halep 12 7 3 4 6 3 3 2 40

[3] Elina Svitolina 6 6 8 5 4 2 - - 31

[4] Sofia Kenin 4 3 3 3 - - - 1 14

[5] Kiki Bertens 14 7 6 3 1 1 - - 32

[7] Petra Kvitova 9 7 10 9 6 3 1 2 47

[30] Ons Jabeur 8 2 3 1 1 - - - 15

Zhang Shuai 19 5 6 1 2 - - - 33

Caroline Garcia 12 9 8 4 1 - - - 34

Fiona Ferro 6 2 1 1 - - - - 10

Iga Swiatek 1 2 1 3 - - - - 7

Danielle Collins 6 3 1 1 - 1 - - 7

Laura Siegemund 8 5 2 1 - - - - 16

Paula Badosa 4 1 - 1 - - - - 6

Barbora Krejcikova 1 1 - 1 - - - - 3

[Q] Nadia Podoroska 1 - - 1 - - - - 2

[Q] Martina Trevisan 1 - - 1 - - - - 2

CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS - BY ROUND REACHED

*Includes 2020 Roland Garros

One Top 10 Debut: Sofia Kenin (at No.7 on February 3)

Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Jennifer Brady (24, Lexington)

Lowest-ranked title winner: Patricia Maria Tig (No.88, Istanbul)

Most finals: Elena Rybakina: 5 (Shenzhen, R-Up, Hobart, W, St. Petersburg, R-Up, Dubai, R-Up, Strasbourg, R-Up); Simona Halep: 3 (Dubai, W, Prague, W, Rome, W)

Maiden titles (3): Alexandrova (Shenzhen), Brady (Lexington), Tig (Istanbul)

Youngest title winner: Elena Rybakina, Hobart (20y 7m 1d)

Oldest title winner: Serena Williams, Auckland (38y 3m 17d)

Aces leaders: Elena Rybakina – 192, Serena Williams – 178, Garbiñe Muguruza – 160

Most aces in a match (22): Alison Van Uytvanck (l. vs. Sofia Kenin 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(2) – Lyon, SF)

Match win leaders: Rybakina – 29, Mertens – 28, Halep – 23, Muguruza - 23

Most doubles titles (4): Barbora Strycova / Hsieh Su-Wei (Brisbane, Dubai, Doha, Rome)

Best result by a qualifier (R-Up): Kung (Hua Hin), Fernandez (Acapulco), Bouchard (Istanbul)

Longest match: 3h 33m – Heather Watson d. Elise Mertens 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 (Hobart)

Shortest (completed) match: 44m – Serena Williams d. Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 (Auckland)

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR


On Friday, Simona Halep exacted swift revenge on her conqueror at last year’s tournament, committing just sev-en unforced errors to race past Amanda Anisimova.

Next up she faces another familiar teenage foe, in the shape of Iga Swiatek. However, this time it will be her young opponent gunning for revenge. When the two clashed in last year’s fourth round, Halep put an abrupt halt to Swiatek’s charge through the draw, wrapping up victory in just 45 minutes and for the loss of a solitary game.

At 5’ 3’’ Martina Trevisan is certainly not the tallest player on tour. However, she is not the only player in this height bracket enjoying themselves in Paris this fortnight. In fact, seven of the players remaining in the draw stand 5’ 7’’ or under - Fiona Ferro, Simona Halep, Ons Jabeur, Sofia Kenin, Nadia Podoroska, Laura Siegemund and Trevisan.

QUALIFIED SUCCESS

SURPRISE PACKAGE With Barbora Krejcikova taking on Nadia Podoroska in the top half of the draw and Laura Siegemund facing Paula Badosa in the bottom, Roland Garros is guaran-teed at least one unseeded quarterfinalist for the ninth year in a row:

Nadia Podoroska is enjoying a year to remember. Hav-ing started the campaign ranked No.255, the 23-year-old is now guaranteed to break into the Top 100 for the first time after her run through qualifying to the fourth round.

Victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the third round was the 41st (including Fed Cup, ITF Circuit and quali-fying matches) of a remarkable campaign. Should she continue her run on Sunday by beating fellow surprise package Barbora Krejcikova then she will become the first Argentinian woman to reach the last eight in Paris since Paola Suárez’s semifinal showing in 2004.

Nadia Podoroska and Martina Trevisan did not have a Grand Slam main draw win between them heading into the Roland Garros fortnight.

However, the duo have successfully cleared the opening three hurdles to ensure that for the third time in the past four years a qualfier has reached the fourth round. Petra Martic (2017) and Aliona Bolsova (2019) were the quali-fiers to make it this far, while the last to go all the way to the quarterfinals was Yaroslava Shvedova in 2012:

Qualifier Round Year Result

Yaroslava Shvedova QF 2012 l. Kvitova

Carla Suárez Navarro QF 2008 l. Jankovic

Petra Mandula QF 2001 l. Clijsters

Marta Marrero QF 2000 l. Martínez

Barbara Schwartz QF 1999 l. Hingis

Miroslava Bendlova QF 1978 l. Simon

Helga Masthoff QF 1978 l. Marsikova

Katja Ebbinghaus QF 1972 l. Masthoff

Corinne Molesworth QF 1972 l. Goolagong

Year Unseeded Quarterfinalist(s)

2020 Barbora Krejcikova or Nadia Podoroska, Laura Siegemund or Paula Badosa

2019 Amanda Anisimova (SF), Marketa Vondrousova (R-UP)

2018 Yulia Putintseva (QF)

2017 Jelena Ostapenko (WON)

2016 Kiki Bertens (SF), Yulia Putintseva (QF), Shelby Rogers (QF), Tsvetana Pironkova (QF)

2015 Alison Van Uytvanck (QF)

2014 Garbiñe Muguruza (QF)

2013 Svetlana Kuznetsova (QF)

2012 Yaroslava Shvedova (QF)

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MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. IGA SWIATEK (POL #54)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 1-0

2019 CLAY O R16 SIMONA HALEP 45 mins6-1 6-0 ROLAND GARROS

SIMONA HALEP

2

3

27-09-1991 (29)

$1,728,990

$36,837,011

3 / 22

0 / 1

23-2 / 393-170

6-0 / 116-57

5-1 / 52-56

0 / 0

0 / 0

6-1

10-5 / 24-17

2-1 / 8-5

1-2 / 2-6

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)

ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

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

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

YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) *

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


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

31-9

3-1 / 10-4 13-0 / 133-45

5-1 / 104-76

1-0 / 40-49

0-0 / 35-15

2-0 / 4-4

0-0 / 0-2

1-1 / 3-1

IGA SWIATEK

54

51

31-05-2001 (19)

$431,619

$1,106,808

* Updated entering 2020 Roland Garros R16

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2)

R32: d. [25] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #29) 6-0,6-1 (0h54)

R64: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #73) 6-3,6-4 (1h23)

R128: d. SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #70) 6-4,6-0 (1h22)

IGA SWIATEK (POL #54)

R32: d. [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #168) 6-3,6-2 (1h14)

R64: d. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #63) 6-1,6-4 (1h07)

R128: d. [15] MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #19) 6-1,6-2 (1h03)

vs.

Total games: 49

Won/lost: 36-13

Sets won/lost: 6-0

Total time on court: 3h24

Average time on court: 1h8

Average rank of opponent: 83

Total games: 48

Won/lost: 36-12

Sets won/lost: 6-0




SIMONA HALEP

2019

QF L - AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #51) 6-2 6-4

2018

F W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #10) 3-6 6-4 6-1

2017

F L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #47) 4-6 6-4 6-3

IGA SWIATEK

2019

R16 6-1 6-0 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3)

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MATCH NOTES

2016

R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24) 7-6(0) 6-3

2015

R2 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #70) 7-5 6-1

2014

F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4

2013

R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) 3-6 6-2 6-2

2012

R1 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #26) 6-1 6-3

2011

R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #6) 6-0 6-2

2010

R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 7-5 6-1

2009

R2* L - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #153) 2-6 6-1 6-3


VSSIMONAHALEP

IGASWIATEK

ROLAND GARROS• Making her 11th main draw appearance at Roland

Garros (12th overall)• Was R-Up in 2014 (l. Sharapova) and 2017 (l. Osta-

penko) before lifting title in 2018 (d. Stephens in F)• In 2017 final, led Ostapenko 6-4 3-0 with game point

before losing, however turned the tables in 2018, having been a set and a break down to Stephens

• Triumph here in 2018 made her the 49th woman in the Open Era to win a Slam, and second Romanian woman to win one (Ruzici, also here in Paris in 1978)

• Is one of three Romanian women to reach final in Paris, following in footsteps of Mihai (1977 - R-Up) and Ruzici (1978 - Champion, 1980 - R-Up)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut in Paris as quali-fier in 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Stosur in 1r)

• Roland Garros girls’ singles champion in 2008, and is one of six players to go on to win the women’s title in Paris, after Francoise Durr, Mima Jausovec, Hana Mandlikova, Jennifer Capritati and Justine Henin

• Sixth time contesting a Slam as top seed and second time at Roland Garros (also during title run in 2018)

• Won the final 10 games of the match to see off Sorri-bes Tormo in 1r on her 29th birthday last Sunday

• Saw off Begu in 2r - is now a perfect 13-0 in WTA tour-level matches against fellow Romanians

• In 3r, exacted revenge on Anisimova - her conqueror last year - committing just seven unforced errors

• Overall Slam win-loss record now stands at 96-37 - only seven active players have registered more wins

• Faces Swiatek in a rematch of last year’s R16 - on that occasion won 73% of her return points

• Including win over Anismova record against teenag-ers at majors stands at 8-3

• Owns 14-3 record in Grand Slam R16 matches• Her 31-9 win-loss record gives here the third best

win percentage in Paris (.775) among active players - behind only S.Williams (.835) and Muguruza (.806)

• Has made QF or better in all five events in 2020, posting 23-2 record - only Rybakina (29-8), Mertens (28-11) and Muguruza (23-7) have more victories

• Has now won 17 matches in a row, following title runs at Dubai (four wins), Prague (five) and Rome (five) - the longest streak (at any level) of her career, surpassing 2015’s run of 14 when she lifted trophies at Dubai and Indian Wells, then made SF at Miami

• Owns nine clay court titles - the second-most among active players: V.Williams (9) and S.Williams (13)

• Since 2013, when she won her first of 22 titles, only S.Williams (27) has won more silverware

• Fortnight of Roland Garros will see her move to 325 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 – the longest active streak (ahead of Ka.Pliskova). Should she win the title here, she will overtake Barty and return to No.1 for the first time since January 27, 2019

• Since the start of 2016 season has scored 73 wins on clay, the second most on tour after Bertens (80)

ROLAND GARROS• Making second main draw appearance at Roland

Garros, where she is through to R16 for a second time

• Also made it this far on debut last year, posted R16 run (d. No.16 Q.Wang, l. Halep)

• Contesting seventh Grand Slam main draw, and she has now reached the 3r or better at over half of them: 2019 Roland Garros (R16, l. Halep), 2020 Australian Open (R16, l. Kontaveit), 2020 US Open (3r, l. Aza-renka) and now 2020 Roland Garros

• At 2019 Roland Garros was one of three teenagers to reach R16, along with Anisimova and Vondrouso-va - the most to have reached this stage at a major since 2009 US Open: Oudin (17), Kvitova (18), Wick-mayer (19) and Wozniacki (19)

• Opened 2020 Roland Garros campaign with upset of last year’s R-Up Vondrousova. Result was also second Top 20 win of 2020 (also No.20 Vekic at Australian Open)

• Won the final five games of the match to close out a straight sets win over Hsieh in 2r

• Struck 30 winners and just 15 unforced errors to ease past 2014 semifinalist Bouchard in 3r

• Is one of two players in top half of draw yet to drop a set (also Halep)

• Record across the Slams now stands at 13-6• Faces No.2 Halep today in R16; only previous meet-

ings with Top 10 opposition were defeats to No.3 Halep here in 2019 and No.2 Osaka at 2019 Toronto

• In terms of ranking, best career win came over No.16 Q.Wang in 2r at 2019 Roland Garros

• Bidding to become the first Polish woman to reach a major QF since A.Radwanska’s SF run at 2016 Australian Open

• Is the only teenager left in the draw after 3r defeats for Burel and Fernandez on Saturday

• Contesting Paris this year ranked No.54, six spots off career-high ranking of No.48 (posted February 3, 2020)

• Also through to R16 in doubles draw this fortnight w/Melicar – next face No.6 seeds Peschke/Schuurs

• Won junior doubles here in Paris in 2018 (w/McNally)• Has reached one WTA singles final on clay, falling to

Hercog at 2019 Lugano

VSSIMONAHALEP

IGASWIATEK

CAREER MILESTONES

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

CAREER MILESTONES• Posted career-high ranking of No.48 on February 3,

2020• Ended 2019 season ranked No.61 after a campaign

highlighted by R-Up finish at Lugano (l. Hercog) and R16 run at Roland Garros (l. Halep)

• Also in 2019, reached 3r at Toronto (l. Osaka) and made 2r five times (incl. Australian and US Open)

• Broke into Top 100 at No.88 after R-Up finish at 2019 Lugano

• In terms of ranking, best win of her career was over No.16 Q.Wang at 2019 Roland Garros

• Ended 2019 ranked No.4 for sixth consecutive year in the Top 5. Season highlighted by winning second career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams)

• Also in 2019 finished R-Up at Madrid (l. Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (as defending champion, l. Anisimova) and Toronto (ret. vs. Bouzova w/Achilles pain)

• Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F)

• Coming off 1r exit at Rome (l. Rus)• Made 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka), her best result in

New York• Suffered 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l.

McHale); reached SF in doubles (w/Kuzmova, l. Melichar/Xu)

• Reached 2r at Doha in February (d. Vekic, l. Kuznetsova)

• Posted career-high ranking of No.48 on February 3, 2020

• Posted 3-0 record as Poland saw off Slovenia, Turkey and Sweden to set up a Fed Cup playoff with Brazil in 2021

• Opened her 2020 season with R16 run at Australian Open (l. Kontaveit)

SEASON• In Rome, captured her 22nd career title (d. No.4

Ka.Pliskova in F) - now owns the fifth-most titles among active players, behind Serena (73), Venus (49), Clijsters (41) and Kvitova (27)

• On her return, won title at Prague (d. Mertens in F)• Prior to tour’s five-month hiatus, clinched her 20th

career title at Dubai (d. Rybakina in F) • Reached eighth career Grand Slam SF at Australian

Open (l. Muguruza)• Opened 2020 season with QF appearance at Ade-

laide (l. Sabalenka)

• Contesting landmark 40th Grand Slam main draw of her career at 2020 Roland Garros

• Winner of two Grand Slam titles, lifting first at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) followed by an historic 2019 Wimbledon run (d. S.Williams in F)

• Became first Romanian to lift the singles title at the All England Club, defeating S.Williams in 56 minutes

• Posted three runner-up finishes in Paris in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s)

• Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki)

• Best result at US Open is SF run in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

• Won girls’ singles title at 2008 Roland Garros (d. E.Bogdan in F) to become the second Romanian girl to win a junior Grand Slam singles title after Mariana Simionescu at Roland Garros in 1974

SEASON

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contesting seventh career Grand Slam at 2020

Roland Garros• Best result across the Slams is reaching R16 at 2019

Roland Garros (l. Halep), 2020 Australian Open (l. Kontaveit) and 2020 Roland Garros

• Made 3r at US Open in 2020 (l. Azarenka) and fell 1r on sole Wimbledon appearance in 2019 (l. Golubic)

• Made Grand Slam debut (main draw and qualifying) at 2019 Australian Open, coming through qualifying to reach 2r (d. Bogdan, l. Giorgi)

• At 2019 Roland Garros was one of three teenagers to reach R16, along with Anisimova and Vondrouso-va - the most to have reached this stage at a major since 2009 US Open: Oudin (17), Kvitova (18), Wick-mayer (19) and Wozniacki (19)

• Enjoyed success at the junior Grand Slams, high-lighted by winning the girls’ singles at 2018 Wim-bledon (d. Kung in F) and doubles at 2018 Roland Garros (w/McNally)

VSSIMONAHALEP

IGASWIATEK

• Reunited with long-time coach, Darren Cahill during offseason after taking a 12-month break. Co-coach is Artemon Apostu-Efremov

• Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Victor Ionita and Daniel Dobre, who was alongside her during 2019 Wimbledon triumph

• Sponsorship portfolio includes deals with Mercedes, Unilever and is an Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free

• Sponsors a children’s hockey team back in Romania through the Simona Halep Foundation

• Coached by Piotr Sierzputowski; at times last season was also helped by former ATP player Nick Brown

• Father is Olympic rower Tomasz Swiatek who competed in the men’s quadruple sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul

• She resides in Raszyn, a small town near Warsaw

CAREER CONT.• Also won titles in 2018 at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in

F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens)

• Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/Begu). Now 1-1 in career doubles finals

• Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1

• Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached four more finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Gar-ros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal

• Has spent 64 weeks as World No.1• Made Top 10 debut on January 27, 2014 and has

remained there ever since - the longest active streak• She won her first six WTA titles in the same calendar

year in 2013, and was the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986. This led to her being named the WTA Most Improved Player at the end of the year

• Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank-ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles

• Broke into Top 100 on October 4, 2010, Top 50 on September 12, 2011 and Top 20 on August 26, 2013Has qualified six times for WTA Finals in Singa-pore (2014-19, although withdrew injured in 2018), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage)

• Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player, winning her first six WTA titles and ending year ranked No.11

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals

• Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-19; Romanian Olympic Team, 2012

• Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Romania in 2006

CAREER CONT.

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Ended 2018 season ranked No.175 (up from No.690 in 2017), after posting 42-6 record in ITF Circuit

• Highlights of 2018 campaign were four titles on the ITF Circuit, including at the $60k clay court events in Budapest-HUN and Montreux-SUI

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2019 Auckland • On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles titles • Member of Poland’s Fed Cup team 2018-20• On professional debut, came through qualifying to

win title at $10k ITF/Stockholm-SWE • As a junior, she was part of the Polish team which

won the Junior Fed Cup in 2016 and won girls’ single at 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 Summer Youth Olym-pics in Buenos Aires


MATCH NOTES

[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 3-1

2018 CLAY I QF CAROLINE GARCIA 137 mins6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 STUTTGART

2017 HARD I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 164 mins6-7(7) 6-3 7-5 WTA FINALS

2017 HARD O QF CAROLINE GARCIA 202 mins6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(6) BEIJING

2015 HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA 62 mins6-0 6-3 CINCINNATI

ELINA SVITOLINA

5

19

12-09-1994 (26)

$301,249

$19,536,209

2 / 15

0 / 2

18-7 / 283-153

4-1 / 85-51

6-0 / 58-44

0 / 7

0 / 6

14-9

11-10 / 225-179

6-3 / 79-62

4-3 / 60-56

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











19-7

4-2 / 64-45 9-1 / 63-33

2-1 / 61-69

0-0 / 33-38

3-1 / 24-22

2-0 / 34-67

1-0 / 17-40

2-1 / 20-18

CAROLINE GARCIA

45

60

16-10-1993 (26)

$323,240

$10,523,701



[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

R32: d. [27] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #31) 6-4,7-5 (1h40)

R64: d. [Q] RENATA ZARAZUA (MEX #178) 6-3,0-6,6-2 (1h35)

R128: d. VARVARA GRACHEVA (RUS #89) 7-6(2),6-4 (1h37)

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45)

R32: d. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #20) 1-6,6-4,7-5 (2h15)

R64: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #96) 7-6(5),6-2 (1h45)

R128: d. [17] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 6-4,3-6,6-4 (2h5)

vs.

Total games: 79

Won/lost: 42-37

Sets won/lost: 6-2




Total games: 68

Won/lost: 38-30

Sets won/lost: 6-1




ELINA SVITOLINA

2019

R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #19) 6-3 6-3

2018

R3 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #33) 6-3 7-5

CAROLINE GARCIA

2019

R2 1-6 6-4 6-4 L - ANNA BLINKOVA (RUS #117)

2018

R16 6-2 6-3 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12)




MATCH NOTES

2017

QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) 3-6 7-6(6) 6-0

2016

R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-1 6-1

2015

QF L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #7) 6-3 6-2

2014

R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) 7-5 6-2

2013

R2 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #25) 7-6(5) 6-1

2012

R2* L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #121) 6-1 7-5

2011

R1* L - ANASTASIA PIVOVAROVA (RUS #93) 6-1 6-4

2017

QF 7-6(3) 6-4 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

2016

R2 6-2 6-4 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #2)

2015

R1 3-6 6-3 6-2 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #165)

2014

R1 6-1 6-3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12)

2013

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

2012

R1 3-6 6-4 6-3 L - DINAH PFIZENMAIER (GER #198)

2011

R2 3-6 6-4 6-0 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8)

2010

R1* 6-3 6-0 L - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #171)


VSELINA SVITOLINA

CAROLINEGARCIA

ROLAND GARROS• Contesting Roland Garros main draw for a milestone

10th time (11th overall) • Best result here, and across all Slams, was QF

showing in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova)• Was one of two French women to reach QF in 2017

(also Mladenovic). The previous occasion more than one home player had reached the last eight in Paris was 1994 (Halard and Pierce)

• Also advanced to R16 in 2018 (l. Kerber) and now 2020

• At 2016 Roland Garros w/Mladenovic, won first major doubles title. They were the first French pair to win in Paris since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed

• Contesting 2020 Roland Garros ranked No.45 – her highest ranking since October 14, 2019 (at No.39)

• Defeated No.21 Kontaveit in 1r on Sunday (in terms of ranking, previous best win here had been over No.40 Begu during 2018’s R16 run)

• Overcame Sasnovich in 2r on Wednesday to ad-vance to 3r; was first time reaching back-to-back 3r at the Slams since 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open, and first time in a calendar year since 2018 (R16 at both Australian Open and Roland Garros)

• Hit 38 winners – including six aces – to come from a set down to defeat No.16 Mertens in 3r; in terms of ranking, this was her third best win at a major after upsetting No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 US Open) and No.14 Errani (2014 Wimbledon)

• Defeat of Mertens marked first time winning three matches in a row during 2020 season, and first time outright since winning 2019 Nottingham over a year ago (five match wins) – a run spanning 23 tourna-ments

• Overall Grand Slam record is now 41-33• Faces No.5 Svitolina in R16 today. Three of her six

career wins over Top 5 opponents have come over the Ukrainian: No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.3 Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing), No.4 Svitolina (2017 WTA Finals Singapore), No.4 Svitoli-na (2018 Stuttgart) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2020 US Open)

• Owns a 1-3 record in R16 at the majors• One of two French players still in the draw (also

Ferro)• Last year’s clay season highlighted by R-Up finish at

Strasbourg (l. Yastremska in F, having held 1MP)• Has appeared in three clay court finals across career,

winning her maiden WTA title at 2014 Bogota, 2016 Strasbourg, while finishing R-Up at 2019 Strasbourg

ROLAND GARROS• Making her eighth main draw appearance at Roland

Garros (10th overall)• Bidding to reach the QFs here in Paris for the third

time; previously reached quarterfinals in 2015 (l. Iva-novic) and 2017 (l. Halep - led 6-3 5-1 and held 1MP)

• Falling in QF in 2017 snapped a nine-match winning streak, having won the title at Rome the week prior

• Also reached R16 in 2016 (l. S.Williams)• Won the girls’ singles title here in 2010, defeating

Jabeur in the championship match - one of three/four/five remain from 10 that began the women’s sin-gles draw (also Halep, Jabeur, Badosa, Fernandez)

• Seeded No.3 this fortnight - her highest position at a major. Previous highest was No.4 at 2017 Wimble-don and US Open, and 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros

• Dropped serve a total of 19 times across wins over Gracheva in 1r and qualifier Zarazua in 2r

• Defeated No.27 seed Alexandrova in 3r on Friday to extend her current winning streak to seven matches

• Overall Slam win-loss record now stands at 62-30• With her three wins thus far, Roland Garros has now

become Svitolina’s happiest hunting ground amongst the Slams with an 19-7 win-loss record (ahead of Australian Open - 17-8)

• Has reached the second week of a major at least once in each of the last five seasons - 2015 (Roland Garros, R16), 2016 (Roland Garros, R16), 2017 (Ro-land Garros, QF, Wimbledon, R16, US Open, R16), 2018 (Australian Open, QF, US Open, R16), 2019 (Australian Open, QF, Wimbledon, SF, US Open, SF). In only Slam appearance this season, fell in 3r at Australian Open (l. Muguruza)

• Faces Garcia in R16 today; has lost her last three matches against the Frenchwoman, despite lead-ing by a set and a break in each of them – closest encounter was in QF at 2017 Beijing when she held 1MP in final set tie-break

• Has reached the QF or better in four of eight tourna-ments contested this season: Hua Hin (QF), Monter-rey (WON), Rome (QF) and Strasbourg (WON)

• Should she reach QF in Paris the she will eclipse $20m in career prize money - will become the 19th player ever to reach this mark

• Owns five clay titles in her career; 5-0 in finals, winning Marrakech (2015), Istanbul (2017), Rome (2017-18) and Strasbourg (2020) - level with Kvitova as sixth most successful active player on the surface

• Posted one win on clay in 2019, defeating V.Williams in 1r at Roland Garros. Received w/o into 3r due to withdrawal of Kozlova (l. Muguruza). Fell in opening rounds at Madrid (l. Parmentier) and Rome (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka)

• Is the last remaining of five Ukrainian women in starting field (Kostyuk, Kozlova, Yastremska and Zavatska all fell in 1r)

VSELINA SVITOLINA

CAROLINEGARCIA

CAREER MILESTONES

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Highlights of 2019 campaign include capturing her seventh career WTA singles title at Nottingham and reaching the finals at Strasbourg

• Member of French Fed Cup team that won the 2019 competition final vs. Australia, teaming up with Mladenovic to win the decisive doubles runner against Barty/Stosur. Also took part in the team that advanced to 2016 Fed Cup final vs. Czech Republic

• Fell out of the Top 20 on March 18, 2019 after hold-ing her position there since August 14, 2017

• In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid

• Finished 2019 at No.6, her third straight Top 10 finish• Season highlight was finishing R-Up as defending

champion at the Shiseido WTA Finals (l. Barty)• Loss to Barty ended her nine-match unbeaten run at

the year-end championship having gone undefeated in the RR stage from 2018-19

• In 2018, won 13th – and most prestigious – title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F). Ended year ranked No.4. Also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend-ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F)

• Coming off title run at Strasbourg (d. Rybakina in F); now owns 15-3 record in WTA finals; third player to win multiple titles in 2020 (also Halep and Kenin)

• In first tournament following the Tour’s five-month hiatus, reached QF at Rome (l. Vondrousova)

• During the tour’s break, played exhibitions on hard, grass and clay in Germany and Switzerland

• Won title at Monterrey (d. Bouzkova in F)• Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Brady) and 2r at Doha (after 1r

bye, l. Anisimova)• Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Hibino)• In Fed Cup action, lost only singles rubber to Kon-

taveit even though Ukraine beat Estonia 2-1 in Group 1 promotional play-off

• Fell 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Muguru-za)

• Kicked off season falling in 1r at Brisbane (l. Collins)

• Making 31st consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance at 2020 Roland Garros

• Tied best Grand Slam result by reaching 2019 US Open SF (l. S.Williams), also made this stage at 2019 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep) - pre-vious QF record at Slams was 0-4

• Became the first woman from Ukraine to reach a major SF; on the men’s, Medvedev made that stage at Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R-Up)

• Elsewhere, has posted QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• Highest seeding at a Slam is No.3 at 2020 Roland Garros

SEASON

CAREER MILESTONES

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Suffered 1r exit at Rome (l. Kontaveit) • Fell 2r at Istanbul (l. Martincova) following a 3r run at

US Open (l. Brady)• Defeated No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r at Flushing Mead-

ows to record her first Top 10 win since 2018 Tianjin title (d. No.6 Ka.Pliskova in F); career record vs. such players stands at 17-40

• Fell 2r at Western & Southern Open (d. Stephens, l. eventual champion Azarenka)

• Prior to Tour’s hiatus, made first QF run of 2020 at Lyon, breaking a three-match losing streak at Australian Open (l. Jabeur in 2r), and 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Ferro) and Qatar (l. Pera)

• Opened 2020 campaign at Auckland, falling to No.262 Bouchard in 2r before falling 1r at Hobart (l. No.129 Cabrera)

• Playing 34th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Roland Garros

• Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Plisko-va) for best Grand Slam singles result to date

• Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)

• Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. Kvitova) and 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro)

• In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic)

• In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Slams

SEASON

VSELINA SVITOLINA

CAROLINEGARCIA

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian• Coached by Andrew Bettles and added Marcos

Baghdatis to her team during offseason. Has previ-ously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione

• Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per-forming off-court promotional and charitable activities

• Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giv-ing 100 percent every day in life

• Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec-ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

• Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali-fy for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record)

• In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 ti-tles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009

• One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017

• On four occasions could have reached World No.1 spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF)

• End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)

• Reached three finals in 2016, winning Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and R-Up at New Haven (l. A.Rad-wanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

• Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and QF at Rio Olympics

• 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 went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014)

• Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008• Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, 2020

CAREER CONT.

PERSONAL• Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia; mother is

Marylene• Played many sports when she was younger and

chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most

• Enjoys reading and spending time with family• Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex

and Sothys beauty products

CAREER CONT.

PERSONAL

• Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018

• Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back in 2017. As a result, qualified for WTA Finals. Was ranked No.30 on the Race to Singapore leader-board in May 2017

• Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final

• 2017 Wuhan marked first Premier-5 level title and 2017 Beijing marked first Premier-Mandatory crown; subsequently made Top 10 debut

• Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 (48-22 record, two titles)

• Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F)

• Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (l. Osaka in F)

• Represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/Mladenovic)

• Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic

• Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in France in 2007


MATCH NOTES

[Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159) vs. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads 1-0

2019 CLAY O R2 KIKI BERTENS 59 mins6-2 6-1 CHARLESTON

MARTINA TREVISAN

159

164

03-11-1993 (26)

$108,440

$413,416

0 / 0

0 / 0

3-1 / 4-9

2-0 / 2-1

1-0 / 2-1

1 / 10

0 / 10

15-8

15-5 / 224-164

6-3 / 66-63

3-1 / 48-51

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











3-0

5-2 / 101-42 3-0 / 4-7

0-1 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 0-0

1-1 / 36-46

0-1 / 23-25

0-0 / 28-10

KIKI BERTENS

8

20

10-12-1991 (28)

$486,082

$11,216,232



[Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159)

R32: d. [20] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #24) 1-6,7-6(6),6-3 (2h39)

R64: d. COCO GAUFF (USA #51) 4-6,6-2,7-5 (2h11)

R128: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #75) 7-5,4-0 ret. (1h01)

[5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #61) 6-2,6-2 (0h58)

R64: d. [Q] SARA ERRANI (ITA #150) 7-6(5),3-6,9-7 (3h11)

R128: d. KATARINA ZAVATSKA (UKR #112) 2-6,6-2,6-0 (2h05)

vs.

Total games: 76

Won/lost: 45-31

Sets won/lost: 6-2




Total games: 77

Won/lost: 44-33

Sets won/lost: 6-2




MARTINA TREVISAN

2019

R2* L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #148) 6-4 2-6 7-5

2018

R3* L - GRACE MIN (USA #197) 1-6 6-4 6-3

KIKI BERTENS

2019

R2 3-1 L - VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #46)

2018

R3 7-6(4) 7-6(4) L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12)

2017

R2 6-3 7-6(5) L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #48)




MATCH NOTES

2016

SF 7-6(7) 6-4 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1)

2015

R1 6-1 4-6 6-2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #18)

2014

R16 1-6 6-2 7-5 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #27)

2013

R1 5-7 7-5 6-2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #30)

2012

R1 2-6 6-4 6-4 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #36)

2011

R1* 6-4 3-6 6-3 L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #124)


VSMARTINATREVISAN

KIKI BERTENS

ROLAND GARROS• Making main draw debut at Roland Garros this year,

having fallen in qualifying in 2018 (l. Min in 3r) and 2019 (l. Babos in 2r)

• Only second career Grand Slam main draw appear-ance, made debut at 2020 Australian Open falling to the eventual champion Kenin in 1r

• Made her way through three rounds of qualifying with wins over Vickery, Muhammed and Sharma dropping only one set en route to the main draw

• One of two qualifiers to advance to R16 - also Podoroska

• The furthest round reached by a qualifier in Paris is the QF, a feat achieved nine times, most recently by Shvedova in 2012

• The best result by a qualifier at any Grand Slam in the Open Era is the SF – achieved by Alexandra Stevenson at 1999 Wimbledon and Christine Dorey (now Mathison) at 1978 Australian Open.

• Earned first Grand Slam main draw win in 1r over compatriot No.75 Giorgi who was forced to retire in the second set due to a right elbow injury

• Win over Giorgi was first main draw victory of the year and second career win over a Top 100 opponent (d. No.68 Parmentier at $100k ITF/Biarritz-FRA)

• Prior to this tournament, only tour-level win came over N.Kichenok in 1r at 2019 Charleston

• Went 17-for-24 in finishing points at the net to edge past No.51 Gauff in 2r; trailed by a break in both the second and third sets

• Saved two match points to upset No.24 Sakkari in 3r (converted seven of nine break points while Sakkari only won nine out of twenty); previous three matches with Top 50 opposition ended in straight sets defeats to No.32 Kontaveit (2017 Gstaad), No.6 Bertens (2019 Charleston) and No.15 Kenin (2020 Australian Open)

• After sixteen straight losses to Top 100 players across all level between 2017 and 2020, has now posted three consecutive wins over such opponents in one week

• Is the lowest ranked player to reach R16; by reaching the second week, will surpass her previous career high ranking No.144 achieved on August 21, 2017, one win away from breaking into Top 100

• Faces No.8 Bertens in R16 today; only previous match with Top 10 player was against the Dutchwom-an at 2019 Charleston where lost in under an hour

• Bidding to become the first player outside Top 100 to make QF here since No.108 Rogers and No.102 Pironkova in 2016

• Last Italian woman to reach QF at Roland Garros is Errani in 2015; across all majors is Giorgi at 2018 Wimbledon (QF)

• All nine ITF Circuit singles titles have come on clay, most recently at $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pu-la-ITA in 2019

ROLAND GARROS• Making ninth main draw appearance at Roland

Garros (10th overall), where she enjoyed her Slam breakthrough with SF run in 2016 (l. S.Williams)

• Was ranked No.58 during 2016 run, upset No.3 Kerber in 1r and No.9 Bacsinszky in QF; was the first Dutch woman to reach the last four in Paris since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam, since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF)

• Also made R16 at 2014 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Petkovic), which was the first time she had ad-vanced past the 2r at a major in 15 appearances

• Last year, came in as No.4 seed and one of the favorites after winning first Premier Mandatory title at Madrid however had to retire in 2r match with Kuzmova due to illness

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut here in Paris in 2012 (as qualifier, l. McHale in 1r)

• Enters this tournament as No.5 seed - has now been seeded at a Slam 16 times and four times in Top 8

• The No.5 seed has won the title only once in Paris - Henin in 2006

• Came from a set down to defeat No.122 Zavatska in 1r on Monday - her first win since the tour’s restart in August

• Followed that up with a marathon 3s win over Errani in 2r - saved 1MP and left the court in a wheelchair after suffering from cramp. At 3h 11m the match was the longest of the tournament so far (and third on tour for the entire 2020 season)

• Win over Errani was her 100th career main draw victory on clay

• Dispatched No.61 Siniakova in 3r in just 58 minutes (her fastest win on clay since defeating Goerges at 2018 Charleston final, also 58 minutes) - also beat the Czech en route to 2019 Madrid title

• Result improves record at the majors to 37-31• Having made R16 at Australian Open in January, has

now reached this stage at multiple majors for the first time in a calendar year

• Faces No.159 Trevisan in R16. Lowest-ranked player she has lost to in Paris is No.48 Bellis in 2017; a loss today will also be her worst-by-ranking in the main draw at a Grand Slam

• Owns a 2-2 mark in R16 Grand Slam matches, aim-ing to make the last eight at majors for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon QF run

• Since the start of 2016 season has scored 80 wins on clay, the most on Tour ahead of Halep at 73

• Owns six clay titles, fifth most among active players - only trails S.Williams (13), V.Williams (nine), Halep (nine) and Errani (seven)

• Posted a tour-leading 17-5 record on clay in 2019 including title at Madrid (d. Halep), a R-Up finish at Palermo (l. Teichmann) and SF at Rome (l. Konta)

• Last remaining of two Dutch players in starting field (also Rus - l. Burel in 1r)

VSMARTINATREVISAN

KIKI BERTENS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES• Ended 2019 ranked No.153 - her second consecu-

tive Top 200 year-end finish (up from No.195 in 2018)• Lifted ninth ITF singles title in 2019 at $25K ITF/San-

ta Margherita di Pula/ITA and reached an additional final in the same city two weeks later

• Competed in the main draw of a Premier-level event for the first time at 2019 Charleston (as qualifier, d. N.Kichenok in 1r, l. Bertens in 2r)

• Season highlights in 2018 were R-Up finishes on ITF Circuit at $60k Brescia-ITA and $25k Santa Margher-ita Di Pula-ITA. Also fell 1r at WTA tournaments at Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Kuzmova) and Moscow [River Cup] (as qualifier, l. Kozlova) and in qualifying at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open

SEASON• In Strasbourg, retired with left Achilles injury in third

set of 2r match with Ostapenko (after 1r bye)• On return, fell 2r at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Hercog)• Prior to the tour’s hiatus, made 3r exit at Doha (after

1r bye, l. S.Zheng) • Won 10th career title at St. Petersburg (d. Rybakina

in F); lost only 25 games en route to title, the lowest games lost of all champions this year

• Now owns 10-5 record in WTA finals• Participated thrilling Fed Cup tie against Belarus;

scored wins in both singles matches (d. Sasnovich and Sabalenka), lost deciding doubles rubber w/partner Schuurs 10-8 in third set

• Advanced to R16 at Australian Open for the first time (l. Muguruza)

• Opened 2020 campaign at Brisbane International with QF run (l. Osaka)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Playing 32nd Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Roland

Garros• Deepest run across the Slams came with SF show-

ing at 2016 Roland Garros (l. R-Up S.Williams)• Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by

reaching QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007

• In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova)

• Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

• Ended 2019 ranked No.9, her joint-best finish of career (also No.9 in 2018)

• Reached a career high ranking of World No.4 in 2019 following her first Premier Mandatory title at Madrid (defeated four Grand Slam champion en route - Os-tapenko, Kvitova, Stephens and Halep in F).

• Also became first woman to win Madrid title without dropping a set

• Other season highlights included lifting the trophy at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) and final runs at Palermo (l. Teichmann), Zhuhai (l. Sabalenka), and on home soil in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (could not convert five championship points in loss to Riske)

SEASON• Coming off qualifying losses at Rome (l. Doi in 1r)

and Palermo (l. Juvan in 3r)• Between those two events, made 2r at Prague WTA

125K event (l. Grammatikopoulou)• Before hiatus fell in qualifying at Monterrey (l. Voege-

le) and Acapulco (l. Dolehide)• Reached QF at ITF $100k/Cairo 4-EGY (l. Bolsova)• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian

Open after coming through three rounds of qualifying (d. Cristian, Bonaventure, Bouchard) before falling to the eventual champion, Kenin, in 1r

• Started 2020 campaign contesting qualifying at Shenzhen (l. Paolini)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020

Australian Open (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Kenin)

• Has contested qualifying at all four majors• As a junior, reached the semifinals of both the Ro-

land Garros girls’ doubles and the Wimbledon girls’ doubles championships in 2009

VSMARTINATREVISAN

KIKI BERTENS

CAREER CONT.

• Coached by Matteo Catarsi• Started playing tennis aged five • Brother Matteo Trevisan plays on ATP World Tour

and is a former Wimbledon junior doubles champion • Favorite surface is hard

CAREER CONT.

PERSONAL• Coached by former WTA player Elise Tamaela. For-

merly coached by Raemon Sluiter• In November 2019, married her husband Remko de

Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physio and fitness coach

• Won the 2019 WTA Jerry Diamond ACES Award and the 2018 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year Award

• Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

• Posted career-high ranking of No.144 on August 21, 2017

• In 2017, qualified for first WTA main draws at Gstaad and Bastad, falling 1r on both occasions. Also won eighth and most recent ITF Circuit title at $25k War-saw-POL

• In terms of ranking, career-best win came over No.24 Sakkari at 2020 Roland Garros

• Part of Italy Fed Cup team in 2017 and 2019• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Rome• Owns nine singles and two doubles title on ITF

Circuit• Played first professional tournaments on the ITF

Circuit in Italy and Spain in 2008

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• Also in 2019 became the third alternate to win a match at the WTA Finals since the round robin format was introduced in 2003 - also Bartoli (2007, 2011) and A.Radwanska (2008-09). Defeated No.1 Barty in Shenzhen to record her first win over the Australian and second win over a reigning World No.1, having also defeated Halep in 2018 Cincinnati final

• Won 55 matches in 2019 – the second most of the season, behind Barty (56)

• Struck 457 aces in 2019 - the second most on Tour behind Ka.Pliskova with 488

• Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a ca-reer-best four singles finals across the season and breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Bren-da Schultz-McCarthy in 1996

• Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston, Cincinnati and Seoul. Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid

• Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins in 2018. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career

• Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut in 2018 (l. Svitolina)

• Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad, and posted first Premier Mandatory QF at Madrid

• Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015

• Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani)

• Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance; currently owns 10-5 career record in singles finals (most recently 2020 St. Petersburg)

• Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs)

• Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r)

• Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level

• Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2020


MATCH NOTES

[Q] NADIA PODOROSKA (ARG #131) vs. BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #114)

Head to Head: First meeting

NADIA PODOROSKA

131

58

10-02-1997 (23)

$89,584

$301,547

0 / 0

0 / 1

4-2 / 7-10

1-0 / 3-1

0-0 / 1-2

0 / 0

1 / 6

3-1

5-2 / 16-17

3-1 / 7-9

1-0 / 2-1

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











3-0

4-1 / 12-9 4-1 / 6-6

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

0-1 / 0-6

0-1 / 0-4

0-0 / 0-0

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA

114

122

18-12-1995 (24)

$298,278

$2,674,242



[Q] NADIA PODOROSKA (ARG #131)

R32: d. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #161) 6-3,6-2 (1h39)

R64: d. [23] YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #27) 6-3,1-6,6-2 (2h2)

R128: d. GREET MINNEN (BEL #110) 6-2,6-1 (0h54)

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #114)

R32: d. [WC] TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #157) 5-7,6-4,6-3 (2h38)

R64: d. [32] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #37) 6-4,3-6,6-3 (2h42)

R128: d. NINA STOJANOVIC (SRB #91) 6-3,7-5 (1h33)

vs.

Total games: 80

Won/lost: 45-35

Sets won/lost: 6-2




Total games: 56

Won/lost: 37-19

Sets won/lost: 6-1




NADIA PODOROSKA

2017

R1* L - MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #96) 6-0 6-1

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA

2019

R1* 6-4 2-6 5-1 L - ROBIN ANDERSON (USA #176)

2018

R1 7-6(6) 6-4 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6)

2015

R2* 6-4 6-3 L - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #114)



VSNADIAPODOROSKA

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA

ROLAND GARROS ROLAND GARROS• Making second main draw appearance at Roland

Garros (fourth overall) • Fell 1r on main draw debut in 2018 (as qualifier, l.

No.6 Ka.Pliskova), however, later that fortnight went on to lift maiden Grand Slam doubles title with long-time partner Siniakova (d. Hozumi/Ninomiya in F)

• She also won girls’ doubles title w/Siniakova in 2013 • Seeded No.4 in doubles this fortnight with Siniakova

(face No.13 seeds Kuzmova/Kr.Pliskova in R16) • In singles, defeated No.91 Stojanovic in 1r and No.37

Strycova in 2r to record first back-to-back main draw wins since 2019 Bucharest QF run

• These were also only her third and fourth Top 100 wins of 2020, having previously seen off No.86 Tig (Prague) and No.85 Stojanovic (Shenzhen qualifying)

• In terms of ranking, upset of compatriot Strycova was also the best win of her career in a completed match. Only other Top 50 victories were over No.38 Cibulko-va (at 2016 Prague) and No.32 Siegemund (via ret. at 2017 Nürnberg)

• Beat Pironkova in 3r - dedicated result to her former mentor Jana Novotna, who passed away in 2017 and would have celebrated her 52nd birthday on Friday

• Has now won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since R-Up finish at 2017 Nürnberg (l. Bertens)

• Faces No.131 Podoroska in R16 today; winner will be the first player outside Top 100 to make QF at Ro-land Garros since 2016 (No.108 Rogers and No.102 Pironkova)

• One of nine Czech players in the main draw here this fortnight - two have reached R16 (also Kvitova)

• Currently ranked No.114 - two places off her ca-reer-high position set on February 3, 2020; by reach-ing the R16 is projected to break into the Top 100

• This fortnight gained direct entry into the singles draw at a major for the first time

• Making main draw debut at Roland Garros this year, having fallen at the first hurdle in qualifying in 2017 (l. Vondrousova in 39m, winning just 21 points)

• Appearing in only second career Grand Slam main draw, having previously fallen in 1r at 2016 US Open (as qualifier, l. Beck)

• Made her way through three rounds of qualifying with wins over Frech, Cristian and Wang Xinyu dropping just 14 games - joint-fewest along with Sherif among the 12 qualifiers

• One of two qualifiers to reach R16 - also Trevisan. A qualifier has now reached last 16 in three of the past four years - also Bolsova (2019) and Martic (2017)

• The furthest round reached by a qualifier in Roland Garros history is the QF, a feat achieved nine times, most recently by Shvedova in 2012

• The best result by a qualifier at any Open Era Slam were SF runs by Alexandra Stevenson at 1999 Wim-bledon and Christine Dorey at 1978 Australian Open.

• Committed just 11 unforced errors to help earn first Grand Slam main draw win over Minnen in 1r

• Followed this up with impressive upset of the in-form No.27 Putintseva in 2r - first Top 50 win of her career

• In terms of ranking, best win in a completed match had been vs. No.86 Giorgi (2017 Moscow qualifying)

• Broke serve seven times to see off Schmiedlova in 3r• Including ITF Circuit, Fed Cup and qualifying match-

es, now has a 41-6 win-loss record in 2020• Faces Krejcikova today in R16; bidding to become

the first Argentinian woman to make QF in Paris since Suarez’s SF run in 2004

• Last Argentine woman to reach R16 at Roland Gar-ros was Dulko in 2011

• Projected to make Top 100 debut in the new rankings• Prior to 2020 Roland Garros, best results at tour

level had been 2r showings at 2017 Monterrey, 2017 Bucharest and 2018 Nurnberg

• Eleven of her 14 ITF Circuit titles have come on clay, most recently last month at $60k ITF/Saint-Malo-FRA

• Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open (as qualifier, l. Beck)

• Reached R16 at 2020 Roland Garros (as qualifier, d. Minnen and Putintseva)

• Fell in qualifying at Australian Open (2017 and 2019) and Wimbledon (2017)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Playing third Slam main draw at 2020 Roland Garros • Best previous result was 2r showing at 2020 Austra-

lian Open (d. Kanepi, l. Alexandrova) • Made major main draw debut at 2018 Roland Garros • Previously fell in qualifying at Australian Open (2015-

19), Roland Garros (2015, 2019), Wimbledon (2015- 17) and US Open (2014-15, 2017-19)

• In doubles, lifted maiden Grand Slam titles at 2018 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (both w/Siniakova, with whom she had also won the junior titles with)

• In mixed doubles won Australian Open in 2019 (w/ Ram) and 2020 (w/Pavic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

VSNADIAPODOROSKA

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA

• On ITF Circuit, posted back-to-back QF showings in September at $25K ITF/Prague-CZE and $25K ITF/ Frydek Mistek-CZE

• Returned to action with 2r showing at Prague (l. eventual champion Halep in 3s)

• Contested qualifying at Dubai; also finished R-Up in doubles w/Zheng - now 6-8 in doubles finals

• Advanced through qualifying at Australian Open to reach 2r at a major for the first time (d. Kanepi, l. Alexandrova); made SF in doubles (w/Siniakova) and won mixed doubles title (w/Mektic)

• Opened 2020 season with qualifying exit at Shen-zhen; bounced back to win sixth WTA doubles title (wSiniakova)

SEASON

CAREER MILESTONES• Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.112 on

February 3, 2020 following 2r run at Australian Open • In 2019, had best singles season to date, finishing at

No.115. Advanced to QF at Bucharest in addition to winning four ITF singles titles on clay in North Ameri-ca and Europe, tallying 20 wins from 21 matches

• Also in 2019, posted second Top 20 doubles season highlighted by titles at Toronto and Linz, and R-Up finish at Indian Wells (all w/Siniakova). Won Austra-lian Open mixed doubles title w/Ram

• In 2018, won first Grand Slam doubles titles of ca-reer, at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and reached title match at WTA Finals (all w/Siniakova)

• Owns six doubles titles, at 2020 Shenzhen (w/Sin-iakova), 2019 Toronto and Linz (both w/Siniakova), 2018 Roland Garros and Wimbledon (both w/Sinia-kova) and 2015 Québec City (w/Mestach). Has been doubles R-Up on eight occasions.

• Achieved doubles career-high ranking of World No.1 on October 22, 2018

• Posted year-end finish of No.126 in 2017 (up from No.250 in 2016)

• Highlight was R-Up finish in first WTA singles final at Nürnberg (l. Bertens in F). Also made QF as qualifier at Bastad (l. Garcia). Only other tour-level appear-ances were 1r exits at Bucharest and Québec City

• Contested five WTA main draws in 2016, progressing to 2r at two events: Kuala Lumpur and Prague

• Reached 2r on WTA debut as qualifier at 2014 Qué-bec City (l. Hradecka)

• On ITF Circuit, owns 14 singles and 19 doubles titles• Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Piestany-SVK

in 2010

• Ended 2019 ranked No.255 (up from No.320 in 2018)

• Won gold medal at 2019 Pan American Games in Lima (d. Dolehide in F) to earn a place at the Tokyo Olympic Games

• Also in 2019, lifted titles at $25K ITF/Santa Mar-gherita Di Pula-ITA and $25K ITF/Monzon-ESP

• Only tour-level outing in 2018 was 2r run at Nurn-berg (as qualifier, l. Flipkens)

• Won first tour-level match during 2r showing at 2017 Monterrey (d. Brengle, l. No.24 Garcia). Also in 2017 made 2r at Bucharest and fell 1r at Bogota and Rabat

• Posted only Top 200 year-end finish of her career in 2016 after compiling 45-24 record and lifting two titles on ITF Circuit

• Also in 2016 made debut in WTA qualifying at Rabat and then fell 1r on main draw bow at Bucharest (as qualifier, l. Kovinic)

• Owns five Top 100 wins in her career: No.97 Minella (2016 $50K ITF/Las Vegas, NV-USA), No.100 Brengle (2017 Monterrey), No.86 Giorgi (2017 Moscow qualifying), No.87 Maria (2020 WTA 125K Series Newport Beach) and No.27 Putintseva (2020 Roland Garros)

• Member of Argentina Fed Cup team 2014-17, 2020• Owns 14 singles and eight doubles titles on ITF

Circuit• Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2011

• Coming off winning 14th career title on ITF Circuit at $60K Saint-Malo-FRA; posted career-high ranking of No.130 after the tournament (September 14, 2020)

• Made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Prague in early September (l. Cocciaretto)

• Fell 1r at Palermo (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ferro) and in qualifying at Prague

• Prior to the tour’s hiatus, suffered 1r exit at Monter-rey (as qualifier, l. Davis) and contested qualifying at Acapulco

• Won all three singles rubbers as Argentina went un-defeated in its Fed Cup Americas Group I campaign to secure a berth in next year’s Fed Cup Play-offs.

• Made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (l. Brengle)

• Opened the season with back-to-back titles at $25K ITF/Malibu, CA-USA and $25K ITF/Petit Bourg-FRA

CAREER MILESTONES

SEASON

VSNADIAPODOROSKA

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA

PERSONAL• Coached by Ales Kartus; also joined at many

tournaments by her regular hitting partner, Taylor Hawthorne

• Started playing tennis aged six• Reached a Junior ranking of World No.3• Was formerly coached and mentored by WTA legend

Jana Novotna

• Coached by Juan Pablo Guzman and Emiliano Redondi

• Born and resides in Rosario, Argentina• Family has Ukrainian ancestry

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