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ORDER OF PLAY – DAY FOUR (OCTOBER 30)

ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS

RED GROUP (SINGLES) PURPLE GROUP (SINGLES) PLAYER MATCH

W-L PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES

W-L PCT PLAYER MATCH W-L PCT SETS

W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT

[1] BARTY 1-1 .500 3-3 .500 30-25 .545 [2] KA.PLISKOVA 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 10-13 .435 [3] OSAKA 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 17-16 .516 [4] ANDREESCU 0-1 .000 1-2 .333 15-16 .484 [6] KVITOVA 0-2 .000 2-4 .333 29-30 .492 [5] HALEP 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 16-15 .516 [7] BENCIC 1-1 .500 3-3 .500 23-30 .434 [8] SVITOLINA 1-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 13-10 .565 [ALT] BERTENS 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 15-13 .536 RED GROUP (DOUBLES) PURPLE GROUP (DOUBLES) PLAYER MATCH

W-L PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES

W-L PCT PLAYER MATCH W-L PCT SETS

W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT

[1] MERTENS/ SABALENKA

0-1 .000 1-2 .333 11-9 .550 [2] HSIEH/ STRYCOVA

2-0 1.000 4-2 .667 19-18 .514

[3] BABOS/ MLADENOVIC

1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 12-9 .571 [4] DABROWSKI/ Y.XU

0-2 .000 1-4 .200 16-23 .410

[5] CHAN/ CHAN

0-1 .000 1-2 .333 9-12 .429 [6] KREJCIKOVA/ SINIAKOVA

1-1 .500 3-2 .600 20-14 .588

[8] GROENEFELD/ SCHUURS

1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 9-11 .450 [7] STOSUR/ S.ZHANG

1-1 .500 3-3 .500 21-21 .500

Start 4:00pm

[1] ELISE MERTENS/ARYNA SABALENKA (BEL/BLR) vs. [5] LATISHA CHAN/CHAN HAO-CHING (TPE/TPE)

Not before 6:30pm

[5] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) vs. [8] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #8) Series tied 4-4

Not before 8:00pm

[2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2) vs. [4] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #4) Andreescu leads 1-0

Followed by

vs. [3] TIMEA BABOS/KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (HUN/FRA) vs.

[8] ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD/DEMI SCHUURS (GER/NED)

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ABOUT THE PURPLE GROUP

PLAYER RANK NAT AGE WTA FINALS W-L

YTD PRIZE $

YTD MD W/L

YTD TITLES

CAREER PRIZE $

CAREER W/L

CAREER TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 2 CZE 27 5-7 3,918,077 50-16 4 18,292,518 307-158 15 [4] Bianca Andreescu 4 CAN 19 0-1 6,239,150 37-6 3 6,455,038 40-11 3 [5] Simona Halep 5 ROU 28 7-8 5,352,442 43-15 1 33,498,021 370-166 19 [8] Elina Svitolina 8 UKR 25 7-2 3,276,335 36-21 0 16,384,960 262-145 13

Ranking based on week of October 21, 2019

• The Purple Group features two of this year’s Grand Slam champions – Simona Halep (Wimbledon) and Bianca

Andreescu (US Open). Karolina Pliskova is a former Grand Slam finalist, having reached the championship match at the US Open in 2016, while Elina Svitolina achieved her best results at the majors this year by advancing to the final four at Wimbledon and US Open

• The participation of Pliskova, along with Petra Kvitova in the Red Group, in this year’s WTA Finals means the Czech Republic has had at least one player competing at the tournament every year since 2011

• Pliskova leads the tour in terms of titles won with four (Brisbane, Rome, Eastbourne, Zhengzhou) and aces (481) • The Purple Group’s roster includes one of the three players who are making their WTA Finals debuts – Andreescu (also

Ashleigh Barty and Belinda Bencic). Dominika Cibulkova was the last debutant to win the WTA Finals (2016) • Andreescu is one of three players that have made their Top 10 debuts in 2019 (also Barty and Aryna Sabalenka) • Halep, a former runner-up at the WTA Finals in 2014, has earned her sixth consecutive qualification at the year-end

finale, but is competing in her fifth (she was forced to withdraw from last year’s event due to a back injury) • Defending WTA Finals champion Svitolina is the only player in this year’s field that has not clinched a title in 2019

PURPLE GROUP – HEAD-TO-HEADS - CAREER

PLISKOVA ANDREESCU HALEP SVITOLINA PLISKOVA X 0-1 3-7 5-4 ANDREESCU 1-0 X 0-1 1-0 HALEP 7-3 1-0 X 4-4 SVITOLINA 4-5 0-1 4-4 X

MATCH SCHEDULE

SESSION DAY TIME MATCHES Session 1 Sunday Oct 27 4.30pm Singles RR (2) Doubles RR (2) Session 2 Monday Oct 28 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 3 Tuesday Oct 29 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 4 Wednesday Oct 30 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 5 Thursday Oct 31 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 6 Friday Nov 1 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 7 Saturday Nov 2 4pm Doubles SF, NB 6:30pm Singles SF, NB 8pm Singles SF, FB Doubles Session 8 Sunday Nov 3 4:30pm Doubles F, NB 7:30pm Singles F Subject to change RR = Round Robin




WTA FINALS - CHINA | Oct 27 - Nov 03, 2019 | $14,000,000 | CH

MATCH NOTES

[5] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) vs. [8] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #8)

Head to Head: Series tied 4-4

2019 GRASS O SF SIMONA HALEP 73 mins6-1 6-3 WIMBLEDON

2019 HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP 128 mins6-3 3-6 6-4 DOHA

2018 CLAY O F ELINA SVITOLINA 68 mins6-0 6-4 ROME

2017 HARD I R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 71 mins6-3 6-4 WTA FINALS

2017 HARD O SF ELINA SVITOLINA 57 mins6-1 6-1 TORONTO

2017 CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP 126 mins3-6 7-6(6) 6-0 ROLAND GARROS

2017 CLAY O F ELINA SVITOLINA 128 mins4-6 7-5 6-1 ROME

2013 HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 48 mins6-1 6-1 SOFIA

SIMONA HALEP

5

4

27-09-1991 (28)

$5,352,442

$33,498,021

1 / 19

0 / 1

43-15 / 370-166

15-7 / 110-56

8-5 / 47-55

ELINA SVITOLINA

8

8

12-09-1994 (25)

$3,276,335

$16,384,960

0 / 13

0 / 2

7-2

36-21 / 262-145

10-9 / 80-50

7-10 / 51-44

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)

WTA FINALS 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) *

7-8

30-15 / 193-98 23-11 / 214-106

2-4 / 35-15 1-0 / 21-21

6-3 / 39-47 2-5 / 31-37

9-6 / 99-73 9-6 / 56-67

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


YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / 12-28 1-2 / 18-17

* Including 2019 Shenzhen RR results

[5] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5)

RR: d. [4] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #4) 3-6,7-6(6),6-3 (2h34)

ROUND ROBIN RESULTS

vs. [8] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #8)

RR: d. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2) 7-6(12),6-4 (1h53)

Total games: 31

Won/lost: 16-15

Sets won/lost: 2-1

Total time on court: 2h34

Average time on court: 2h34

Average rank of opponent: 4

Total games: 23

Won/lost: 13-10

Sets won/lost: 2-0




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MATCH NOTES

WTA FINALS Tournament History

SIMONA HALEP

2017

RR L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-3 6-4

RR W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #8) 6-4 6-2

RR L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-0 6-2 2016

RR L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) 6-4 6-2

RR W - MADISON KEYS (USA #7) 6-2 6-4

RR L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #8) 6-3 7-6(5) 2015

RR L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 6-4 6-4

RR W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #8) 6-0 6-3

RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 7-6(5) 6-1 2014

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-3 6-0

SF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-2 6-2

RR W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #5) 6-2 6-3

RR W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-0 6-2

RR L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #7) 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3

ELINA SVITOLINA

2018

F W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) 3-6 6-2 6-2

R2 W - KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4

R1 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) 5-7 7-5 6-3

R1 W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 2-6 6-3 2017

R1 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) 6-3 6-4

R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-2 6-0

R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #8) 6-7(7) 6-3 7-5


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VSSIMONA HALEP

ELINA SVITOLINA

SHENZHEN• Defending champion is making her third consecutive

appearance at the WTA Finals • Last year went undefeated as she won the title,

defeating Kvitova, Wozniacki and Ka.Pliskova in the round robin stage, Bertens in the SF and Stephens in the final

• Was the eighth player to go undefeated en route to the WTA Finals crown, and first since S.Williams in 2013

• With Stephens also posting a 3-0 record, it was the first time since 2015 two players won their groups without losing a match (Muguruza, Sharapova) and the 20th and 21st occasions ever this had happened

• In 2017 became the first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles. Her countrywoman Natalia Medvedeva contested the doubles format in 1990

• In 2017 went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress. However did defeat World No.1 Halep in straight sets

• Is bidding to become the first player to defend WTA Finals since S.Williams’s three-peat in 2012-14

• Beat Ka.Pliskova in opening round robin match on Monday. The three other times she has beaten the Czech, she has gone on to lift the title (2017 Rome, 2018 Brisbane and 2018 WTA Finals)

• Beating her next opponent, Halep, also augurs well for her prospects at the tournament, with all four wins resulting in her lifting the title, at Toronto and Rome in 2017, and Rome and WTA Finals in 2018

• Owns 1-2 record vs. Top 5 opponents in 2019, having lost to No.4 Osaka at the Australian Open and No.3 Halep at Doha, and beaten No.2 Ka.Pliskova here on Monday

• Looking for 31st hard court match win of 2019 – only Kenin (38), Andreescu (34), Barty (34), Ka.Pliskova (33) and Osaka (30) have more

• Will qualify for SF if she wins in straight sets on Wednesday, while progresses as group winner with a win followed by victory for Ka.Pliskova in the second match

• Was seventh player to qualify for WTA Finals Shen-zhen

• Best career results in China are R-Up finish at 2016 Zhuhai and SF runs at 2014 Wuhan and 2016 Beijing

SHENZHEN• Making fifth appearance at WTA Finals, the second

most in this year’s field (after Kvitova on seven)• Was R-Up on debut in 2014 - defeated World No.1

S.Williams in group stage to progress (only dropped two games), overcame A.Radwanska in SF, however fell to S.Williams in straight sets in F

• In 2015, as No.1 seed, went 1-2 in group stage and failed to progress (d. Pennetta, l. A.Radwanska and Sharapova)

• Also went 1-2 in group stage and failed to reach SF in 2016 and 2017. In addition, qualified for 2018 tour-nament but withdrew week before w/back injury

• Is the third Romanian to compete at WTA Finals, after Virginia Ruzici (1983-84) and Irina Spirlea (1996-98)

• Secured qualification for 2019 Shenzhen by reaching R16 at Wuhan

• Saved one match point to edge past No.4 Andreescu in her opening round robin match; prior to this, only Top 5 win of the season came over No.5 Ka.Pliskova during Romania’s Fed Cup win over Czech Republic

• Has now won opening match on all five appearances at WTA Finals. However, on past three occasions (2015-17) has followed this with two straight-set defeats and a RR exit

• Faces Svitolina in second round robin match today; has beaten the Ukrainian four times, including en route to titles at 2013 Sofia and 2019 Wimbledon

• Will qualify for SF as group winner with victory today and an Andreescu win against Ka.Pliskova in the second match

• Ranks second on tour behind Vondrousova for both percentage of return points won (47.7) and return games won (44.5)

• During WTA Finals will spend her 301st consecutive week in the Top 10 (the longest active streak)

• One of four Slam champions competing in Shenzhen (also Barty, Andreescu and Kvitova)

• Has reached three career finals on Chinese soil, winning Shenzhen in 2015 and 2018, and finishing R-Up at Beijing in 2017

• Fell R16 at Wuhan (ret. vs. Rybakina w/back injury) and fell 2r at Beijing (l. Alexandrova)

• Withdrew from Zhengzhou w/left ankle injury• Fell 2r at US Open (l. Townsend after holding 1mp)• Enjoyed good results in lead-up to US Open, and

is coming off QF run at Toronto (ret. vs. Bouzova w/Achilles pain) and reaching R16 at Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys)

• Lifted second major title at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) to become first Romanian to triumph at SW19

• Fell 2r at Moscow (after 1r bye, l. Kudermetova)• Made QF at Beijing (l. Bertens), Wuhan (l. Riske) and

Zhengzhou (l. Mladenovic). Also in Asian fell 2r at Guangzhou (ret. w/right knee pain vs. Bouzkova)

• Reached SF at US Open for the first time (l. S.Wil-liams), tying career best Slam performance with 2019 Wimbledon SF run (l. eventual champion Halep)

SEASON

SEASON

VS

• Won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4

• Last year, 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); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak

• At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria)

• Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs

• 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

SEASON CONT.SEASON CONT.

SIMONA HALEP

ELINA SVITOLINA

• In only pre-Wimbledon grass court event, reached QF at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber)

• As the defending champion, posted QF run at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova)

• Suffered opening match loss at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova)

• Had previously reached at least the QF stage in her last 10 clay court tournaments – 2019 Madrid (F), 2018 Roland Garros (Won), 2018 Rome (F), 2018 Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Gar-ros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 Stuttgart (SF) and 2016 Bucharest (Won)

• Prior to Rome, was R-Up at Madrid (l. Bertens)• Beat Kuzmova without dropping a game in R16 at

Madrid – was the third 6-0 6-0 win on the WTA tour this season (also Sharapova d. Dart at Australian Open and Pavlyuchenkova d. Jorovic at Monterrey)

• Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma-nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years

• Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open• Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye)

• 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)

• Also won titles last year 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). Is 18-16 in career finals

• 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

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

• Has qualified six times for WTA Finals in Singapore (2014-19, although withdrew injured in 2018), reach-ing 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

• Fell R16 at Cincinnati (l. Kenin)• Started US Open Series by reaching QFs at San

Jose (l. Sakkari) and Toronto (l. Kenin)• At Wimbledon became the first Ukrainian woman to

appear in a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion Halep) overcoming a previous 0-4 record in Grand Slam QFs

• Fell at opening hurdle in both Birmingham (l. Gaspa-ryan in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza)

• Suffered 2r exit as defending champion in Rome (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Parmentier)

• Made second career WTA Premier Mandatory SF of at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andreescu)

• At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang)• Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in

final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic after leading 5-3 in the final set)

• Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich)

CAREER MILESTONESCAREER MILESTONES

VS

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian• Coached by Andrew Bettles. Has previously 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

SIMONA HALEP

ELINA SVITOLINA

• Winner of two Grand Slam titles, lifting first at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) followed by a his-toric 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)

CAREER CONT.

• 2019 US Open marked 29th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance

• 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)

• Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim-bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Announced at Miami that she is working with Daniel Dobre

• During 2018 off-season long-time coach Darren Ca-hill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis. Cahill is also with her in Shenzhen

• Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita• 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

PERSONAL

• 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, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) 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

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

PERSONAL


MATCH NOTES

[2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2) vs. [4] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #4)

Head to Head: BIANCA ANDREESCU leads 1-0

2019 HARD O QF BIANCA ANDREESCU 109 mins6-0 2-6 6-4 TORONTO

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

2

2

21-03-1992 (27)

$3,918,077

$18,292,518

4 / 15

0 / 5

50-16 / 307-158

18-12 / 99-57

8-8 / 62-64

BIANCA ANDREESCU

4

5

16-06-2000 (19)

$6,239,150

$6,455,038

3 / 3

0 / 0

0-1

37-6 / 40-11

15-5 / 16-8

7-5 / 9-5

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)

WTA FINALS 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) *

5-7

34-6 / 36-9 33-11 / 217-105

6-1 / 29-20 6-0 / 6-0

3-3 / 29-38 8-2 / 8-2

7-5 / 57-70 12-5 / 13-5



YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 15-18 4-2 / 4-2

* Including 2019 Shenzhen RR results

[2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2)

RR: L - [8] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #8) 7-6(12),6-4 (1h53)

ROUND ROBIN RESULTS

vs. [4] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #4)

RR: L - [5] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 3-6,7-6(6),6-3 (2h34)

Total games: 23

Won/lost: 10-13

Sets won/lost: 0-2




Total games: 31

Won/lost: 15-16

Sets won/lost: 1-2




WTA FINALS Tournament History

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

2018

SF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) 0-6 6-4 6-1

RR W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) 6-2 6-4

RR L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-3 2-6 6-3


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MATCH NOTES

RR W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) 6-3 6-4 2017

SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 7-6(9) 6-3

RR W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #2) 6-2 6-2

RR W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #5) 6-2 6-2

RR L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #7) 6-3 6-1 2016

RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 7-5 6-3

RR W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) 6-2 6-7(4) 7-5

RR L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) 3-6 6-2 7-6(6)


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VSKAROLINA PLISKOVA

BIANCA ANDREESCU

SHENZHEN• Making debut appearance at Shiseido WTA Finals

Shenzhen. One of three debutantes in the field (also Barty and Bencic in the Red Group)

• Entering as the World No.4 and highest-ranked teen-ager on tour; by contrast, this week last year was No.185 and contesting an ITF Circuit event at $60k Toronto-CAN

• Qualified for Shenzhen following Wuhan (where she did not play)

• Is the fourth Canadian woman in history to compete at the WTA Finals, and first since Bouchard in 2014 (also Kelesi, 1988-89, and Bassett-Seguso, 1984-85)

• Lost dramatic opening round robin match on Monday, in which she held 1mp when leading 6-3 6-5

• Faces No.2 Ka.Pliskova in second round robin match today. Is 8-2 vs. Top 10 players in her career, all taking place in 2019 - defeated No.3 Wozniacki (Auckland), No.6 Svitolina and No.8 Kerber (both en route to Indian Wells title), No.4 Kerber (Miami), No.5 Bertens, No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.10 S.Williams via ret. (en route to Toronto title) and No.8 S.Williams (en route to US Open title). Two losses were against No.4 Osaka at Beijing and No.5 Halep at WTA Finals

• Will be eliminated from the tournament if she loses and Svitolina triumphs over Halep in the day’s earlier match

• Owns 15-5 record in main draw three-set matches this year - only eight women on tour have won more

• Holds joint-second most hard court wins so far this season with 34 (also Barty), behind Kenin (38)

• Ranks fourth on tour for percentage of return games won (42.9), behind Vondrousova (45.6), Halep (44.5) and Golubic (43.3)

• One of four major singles champions competing in Shenzhen (also Barty, Halep and Kvitova)

• Only previous tournament of her career on Chinese soil (either as a junior or professional) was QF run earlier this month at Beijing

SHENZHEN• Making fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals• Reached SF in 2018, going 2-1 in RR stage (d.

Wozniacki, Kvitova, l. Svitolina), before falling to Stephens in the final four, having led 6-0 2-0

• Also reached SF in 2017, posting 2-1 record in RR stage (d. V.Williams, Muguruza, l. Ostapenko), be-fore falling to eventual champion Wozniacki

• Went 1-2 in RR on debut in 2016 and failed to make SF (d. Muguruza, l. A.Radwanska and Kuznetsova)

• Also competed in doubles field in 2016 (w/Goerges, l. Garcia/Mladenovic in QF)

• One of two Czech players to contest the WTA Finals Shenzhen along with 2011 champion Kvitova. In singles, Czech Republic has had at least one player compete every year at WTA Finals since 2011

• In addition to Kvitova, Navratilova (1978-79) and No-votna (1997) are the other Czechs to win WTA Finals

• Became the second player to qualify for the 2019 Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen when she won Zhengzhou title in September

• Fell to defending champion Svitolina in first round robin match on Monday; had won three previous opening round robin matches at the WTA Finals, defeating Muguruza in 2016, V.Williams in 2017 and Wozniacki in 2018

• Faces No.4 Andreescu in second match today. Bid-ding for fourth victory of the year over a Top 10 oppo-nent, having defeated No.4 Bertens and No.5 Kerber on her way to the title at Eastbourne and No.3 Halep in the SF at Miami

• Will be eliminated from the tournament if she suffers a straight-set defeat today. Will also go out if she loses in three sets and Halep wins the day’s opening match against Svitolina

• Recorded 50th singles win of the season over Anisi-mova in Wuhan. Is in third place behind Bertens (55) and Barty (53) for most match wins in 2019

• Owns fourth most hard court wins on tour this year with a 33-11 record (behind Kenin on 38-15, Andree-scu 34-6 and Barty 34-9)

• Career highlights in China are 2019 Zhengzhou title and R-Up finishes at 2015 Zhuhai and 2018 Tianjin

• Made 1r exit at Beijing (l. Ostapenko) and fell R16 at Wuhan (l. Yastremska)

• Won 15th career title at Zhengzhou (d. Martic in F)• Reached R16 at US Open (l. Konta)• Posted QF runs at Toronto (l. champion Andreescu)

and Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova, having led 6-3 5-3)• Was upset in R16 at Wimbledon (l. Muchova 4-6 7-5

13-11; led 5-3 in third set before eventually losing in 3h19m - the fourth-longest match on tour in 2019)

• Reached QF at Beijing (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) to end her 17-match unbeaten run

• Lifted maiden Grand Slam title at US Open (d. S.Williams in F), becoming the first Canadian woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era and breaking into the Top 5 at No.5 after the tournament (September 9)

• Won second title of the season at Toronto (d. S.Wil-liams in F; ret. w/ upper back injury); also beat No.5 Bertens and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route

• Win over Bertens in Toronto is the joint-longest match on tour this year at 3hrs 28min (also Zavatska vs. Ferro at Guangzhou)

SEASON

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• Finished 2018 ranked No.178, winning fourth and fifth career ITF Circuit titles at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, USA and $25k ITF/Norman-OK,USA

• Fell in qualifying at all four majors in 2018• Highlight of 2017 season was QF run at Washington

DC (l. Petkovic). As wildcard, defeated Giorgi and world No.13 Mladenovic in 2r to become first player born in 21st century to register a Top 20 win

• Also in 2017, made 2r at Quebec City and fell 1r at Wimbledon and Toronto

• Highlight of 2016 season was maiden ITF Circuit title at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (d. Halbauer in F). Also won doubles at same tournament w/Robillard-Millette

• Career best wins occurred over No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland and No.3 Pliskova at 2019 Toronto

• Posted career-high ranking of No.4 on October 21, 2019

• Made professional debut by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (l. Glatch in F)

• Owns five singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit

SEASON CONT.SEASON CONT.

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

BIANCA ANDREESCU

• Won Eastbourne title for second time in her career (d. Kerber in F); dropped serve just twice all week – and 19 games across five matches, the most eco-nomic WTA title run this season – en route to becom-ing the first player to win the title without dropping a set since Makarova in 2010

• Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter

• Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic)• Won title at Rome (d. Konta in F), becoming first

Czech woman to lift the trophy since Marsikova in 1978; win over Azarenka in QF was her 500th (at all levels)

• Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova)• Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness• As defending champion, fell 2r at Stuttgart (after 1r

bye, l. Azarenka)• Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami,

losing to Barty in straight sets in the final• Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells• Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at

Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5• Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness• Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech

Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep)

• Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match points to beat S.Williams in QF

• Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation-al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons

• Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F)

• At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams)

• Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Ste-phens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments

• Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak-ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA)

• Was the first home representative to lift the women’s singles title at Rogers Cup since 1969 (Urban d. Berner in all-Canadian final)

• Shoulder injury forced her to miss entire grass swing• Returned to action at Roland Garros, winning 1r

match against Bouzkova before withdrawing prior to 2r vs. Kenin w/right shoulder injury

• Retired from R16 match at Miami against Kontaveit w/right shoulder injury, which forced her to miss much of subsequent clay court season

• Won maiden career title at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Svitolina in SF and No.8 Kerber in F)

• Was fourth unseeded woman and first wildcard to lift the title at Indian Wells

• Increased career prize money fivefold thanks to Indian Wells success (total stood at USD $350,909 entering the tournament)

• Made SF at Acapulco (l. Kenin)• Won both singles rubbers (d. Rus and Hogenkamp)

as Canada beat Netherlands 4-0 in Fed Cup to set up a World Group play-off with 2018 champions Czech Republic in April

• Lifted title at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (d. Pegula in F)

• Qualified for Australian Open, going on to reach 2r for first time at a major (d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova)

• Began 2019 by finishing R-Up at Auckland as a qual-ifier (d. Wozniacki and V.Williams, l. Goerges)

CAREER MILESTONES

CAREER MILESTONES

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• Coached by Sylvain Bruneau• Born in Mississauga, Ontario, but moved to her

parents’ native country of Romania as a child and started playing tennis at age seven

• On her return to Canada, at 11 joined Tennis Cana-da’s U14 National Training Centre in Toronto for the 2011–2012 season

• Earlier this month (October 2019) signed sponsor-ship deal with Rolex

• Models her game on Simona Halep

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

BIANCA ANDREESCU

• Contested milestone 30th career Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open

• Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

• At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Halep)

• Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and 2019 (l. Muchova)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r)

CAREER CONT.• Posted best Grand Slam result by lifting the 2019

US Open title (d. S.Williams in F). Became the first Canadian woman to win a Major singles title in the Open Era

• Previous best results were 2r showings at 2019 Aus-tralian Open (as qualifier, d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) and Roland Garros (d. Bouzkova, w/o Kenin w/right shoulder injury)

• Only other main draw major appearance came as a qualifier at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kucova)

• Also fell in qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, 2018 Australian Open, 2018 Roland Gar-ros, 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open

• Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F)

• Owns 15-12 record in singles finals, having won hav-ing titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne, 2019 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Bris-bane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane and 2019 Zhengzhou)

• Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

• Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club

• Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title

• Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon• Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previ-

ously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza

• Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic

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