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ROLAND GARROSSEPTEMBER 26 – OCTOBER 11, 2020

WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

ROLAND, GARROS, PARIS | SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 11, 2020 | €38,000,000 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

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ROLAND GARROS - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS

[WC] TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #157) vs. [6] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)Williams leads 5-0

Williams triumphed when the two met 21 days ago in the US Open QF... Pironkova making first appearance in Paris since 2017... Williams owns 13 clay court titles, including three here in Paris

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #73) Halep leads 7-0

Halep beat her compatriot en route to Prague title this summer... Begu bidding for third Top 5 win of her career... Halep in the midst of career-best 15-match winning streak

First meeting Svitolina enjoying her highest seeding at a major... Zarazua is facing Top 20 opposition for the first time in

her career... Svitolina dropped serve six times in her opening round win over Gracheva

[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [Q] RENATA ZARAZUA (MEX #178)

[Q] SARA ERRANI (ITA #150) vs. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)Errani leads 5-0

Errani came from a set down to win their most recent meeting, at the Olympics four years ago... Bertens has won 78 matches on clay since the start of 2016... Errani was runner-up here in 2012

First meeting Azarenka has only lost to three players outside Top 100 at a major... On Sunday Schmiedlova recorded

her first win at a Slam since 2016 Australian Open... Azarenka is one of 11 major winners in the draw

[10] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #14) vs. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #161)

CORI GAUFF (USA #51) vs. [Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159)First meeting

Gauff upset last year’s semifinalist Konta on Sunday... Trevisan is one of eight players from qualifying to reach the second round... Gauff has now cleared the opening hurdle on debut at all four majors

BERNARDA PERA (USA #62) vs. [25] AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #29) First meeting

One of four second-round matches between players from the same country... Anisimova advanced to SF in Paris last year... Pera has reached three WTA clay court SF in her career

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45) vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #96)Garcia leads 3-0

Garcia won in three sets in their only Slam encounter at 2018 Australian Open... Sasnovich bidding to reach third round for the first time here... Garcia one of four French players to negotiate the opening round

WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

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 – 190, Serena Williams – 178, Garbiñe Muguruza – 150

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 – 27, Muguruza - 22, Halep – 21

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)

Most Top 10 wins (3): Garbiñe Muguruza (No.3 Simona Halep, No.5 Elina Svitolina and No.10 Kiki Bertens – all at Australian Open)

A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 – THE YEAR SO FAR

• As part of the ongoing humanitarian campaign, WTA4Love, more than 100 community initiatives have been undertaken by WTA players and partners since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March.• Many players are stepping up again to raise awareness by wearing WTA4Love patches during competition in support of the ongoing campaign as we return to play. • WTA4Love initiatives have provided COVID-19 support ranging from donations of medical equipment to hospitals, including 30,000 masks donated to medical professionals through the efforts of the players and WTA Charities. • Food insecurity has also been addressed by providing 24,000 meals to families and frontline workers and through fundraisers for local foodbanks. WTA Charities will continue to support the ongo-

ing needs of communities with upcoming donations of 100,000 meals in partnership with Lilly Pulitzer. • “WTA4Love” is a global campaign with activities and donations by players and WTA Charities in 14 of the countries which are home to WTA tournaments and most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including China, Spain, the Unit-ed Kingdom and the United States, among others.• In addition to the urgent focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, WTA Charities has continued to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations including live video chats teaching leadership and character development to youth and offering support and positive messaging to Special Olympics participants.• For more information on each player’s specific activities, please contact WTA Communications Manager, Teyva Sam-met [email protected]

WTA4LOVE – SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

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ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE | Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2020 | $19,694,806 | GRAND SLAM

MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) vs. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #73)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 7-0

2020 CLAY O SF SIMONA HALEP 92 mins7-6(2) 6-3 PRAGUE

2018 HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP 89 mins6-1 6-4 SHENZHEN

2016 HARD O R2 SIMONA HALEP 68 mins6-3 2-0 WUHAN

2016 CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP 96 mins6-3 0-6 6-1 MADRID

2012 HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP 90 mins6-4 6-2 HOBART

2008 CLAY O R1 SIMONA HALEP n/a7-5 6-2 ITF/BUCHAREST

2007 CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP n/a6-3 6-4 ITF/BUCHAREST 2

SIMONA HALEP

2

3

27-09-1991 (29)

$1,728,990

$36,837,011

3 / 22

0 / 1

21-2 / 391-170

6-0 / 116-57

5-1 / 52-56

0 / 4

0 / 9

12-8

5-6 / 174-177

3-0 / 66-57

1-2 / 40-42

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) *

29-9

5-3 / 88-63 11-0 / 131-45

5-1 / 104-76

1-0 / 40-49

0-0 / 35-15

0-4 / 12-46

0-2 / 6-29

0-2 / 10-18

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU

73

34

26-08-1990 (30)

$207,705

$5,362,661

* Updated entering 2020 Roland Garros 2r

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2)

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

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #73)

R128: d. JIL BELEN TEICHMANN (SUI #53) 6-4,4-6,6-3 (2h30)

vs.

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MATCH NOTES

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

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

R3 7-6(6) 6-4 L - AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #51)

2018

R3 6-1 6-3 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7)

2017

R1 7-6(2) 6-4 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #115)

2016

R16 6-3 6-4 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #108)

2015

R3 6-3 6-2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4)

2014

R3* 6-4 6-0 L - GRACE MIN (USA #130)

2013

R1 6-3 6-2 L - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #85)

2012

R2 6-4 6-1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #23)

2011

R2 6-1 6-1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #14)

2009

R3* 2-6 6-4 6-3 L - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #153)


2019 2019

VSSIMONAHALEP

IRINA-CAMELIABEGU

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 on Sunday

• Overall Slam win-loss record now stands at 94-37 - only seven active players have registered more wins

• Faces No.73 Begu in 2r; last loss to a player outside Top 50 was against No.116 Townsend in 2r at 2019 US Open

• Has a perfect 12-0 career record in WTA tour-level matches against Romanians - including five wins over Begu. Only meeting at a Slam was a 3s win versus Buzarnescu during 2019 Wimbledon title run

• Owns 20-7 record in Grand Slam 2r matches• Her 29-9 win-loss record gives here the fourth best

win percentage in Paris (.763) among active players• Has made QF or better in all five events in 2020,

posting 21-2 record - only Rybakina (29-7), Mertens (27-10) and Muguruza (22-6) have more victories

• After success over Sorribes Tormo, has now won 15 matches in a row, following title runs at Dubai (four wins), Prague (five wins) and Rome (five wins) - 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 71 wins on clay, the second most on tour after Bertens (78)

ROLAND GARROS• Making ninth appearance at Roland Garros (11th

overall), where she has made 3r or better four times in past five years

• Deepest of these runs was during R16 showing in 2016 (l. Rogers), while fell in 3r in 2015, 2018 and 2019

• By reaching R16 alongside Halep in 2016, it was first time since 1997 two Romanian women reached R16 at Paris since 1997 (Spirlea and Dragomir)

• Also a doubles quarterfinalist here in 2017 (w/S.Zheng, l. Barty/Dellacqua). Playing doubles this year w/Olaru (face No.3 seeds Mertens/Sabalenka in 1r)

• Began 2020 singles campaign by breaking seven times during hard-fought 1r victory over Teichmann

• Faces No.2 Halep in 2r today; owns two Top 5 victories in her career, over No.4 Muguruza at 2016 Madrid and No.5 Ostapenko at 2018 Madrid

• Six of her seven most recent Top 20 wins came on clay (seven out of twelve overall)

• Along with Halep, is one of seven Romanians in the draw this fortnight (also Bara, Bogdan, Cirstea, Niculescu and Tig)

• This is the first time she has faced one of her compa-triots at a Grand Slam (main draw or qualifying)

• After win over Teichmann on Sunday, overall Grand Slam win-loss record stands at 26-34

• Record in Grand Slam 2r matches is 6-11• Owns fine record on clay, winning 2017 Bucharest

– her most recent WTA title – finishing R-Up at 2011 Marbella and 2011 Budapest and also reaching eight other SFs on the surface

VSSIMONAHALEP

IRINA-CAMELIABEGU

CAREER MILESTONES

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

CAREER MILESTONES• Ended 2019 at No.99 – sixth straight Top 100 finish• Season highlight was 3r run at Roland Garros (l.

Anisimova) and three QF runs at Hobart (l. Schmied-lova), Budapest (l. Vondrousova) and Bucharest (l. Siegemund)

• In doubles in 2019, won Hua Hin (w/Niculescu), her ninth doubles title

• Won two doubles titles in 2018 – Shenzhen and Bucharest – finishing the year at a career-best No.23 in the WTA Doubles Rankings. Reached SF stage of 2018 Australian Open doubles event w/Niculescu

• Reached two singles SFs - Shenzhen and Istanbul - and one QF in 2018. Also defeated No.5 Ostapenko at 2018 Madrid for second Top 5 win of career having also beaten No.4 Muguruza at 2016 Madrid

• Highlight of 2017 was lifting fourth singles title of her career at Bucharest without dropping a set (d. Goerg-es in F); also took home the doubles trophy without dropping a set w/Olaru

• 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)

• 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

• Produced 2r showing at Rome (as qualifier, l. Konta)• Suffered 1r exit at US Open (l. Kvitova)• Made first WTA SF in over two years at Prague in

mid-August (l. eventual champion Halep); win over No.43 Sevastova in 1r was first over a Top 50 player since 2018 Roland Garros

• Fell 1r at Palermo (l. Siegemund)• Prior to tour’s hiatus was in good form, winning the

title at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells and another title at $100K ITF/Cairo-EGY

• In opening month of the season, fell 1r at Shenzhen (as qualifier, l. Kr.Pliskova) and Australian Open (l. Bertens). Also contested qualifying at Hobart

SEASON• Last Monday, captured her 22nd career title at Rome

(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)

SEASON

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contesting 35th Grand Slam main draw at 2020

Roland Garros• Best results at the majors are R16 showings at 2015

Australian Open (l. Bouchard) and 2016 Roland Garros (l. Rogers)

• Also made 3r at Wimbledon in 2015, Roland Garros in 2015 and 2018-19, and 2r at US Open in 2012, 2014 and 2018

• Made Grand Slam debut at 2011 Roland Garros, reaching 2r (d. Rezai, l. Kuznetsova)

• In doubles, reached SF stage at 2018 Australian Open (w/Niculescu), and QF at 2017 Roland Garros (w/Zheng), 2018 Wimbledon (w/Buzarnescu) and 2012 Australian Open (w/Niculescu)

VSSIMONAHALEP

IRINA-CAMELIABEGU

• 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 Teador Bolanu• Started playing tennis at age 3 with aunt, who was a

coach• Did gymnastics and played handball when younger• Idol growing up was Martina Hingis

CAREER CONT.• 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

• Also in 2017 reached two SFs: Istanbul (l. Mertens) and Moscow (l. Kasatkina), and one QF at Charles-ton (l. eventual champion Kasatkina)

• Represented Romania at 2016 Rio Olympics, making 1r exits in singles (l. Hibino) and doubles (w/Niculescu, l. Chan/Chan)

• Other notable results in 2016 included SF at Rome (l. S.Williams), QF at Charleston (l. Kerber) and QF at Madrid (l. Halep)

• Posted career-best ranking at No.22 (August 22, 2016)

• In run to QF at 2016 Madrid was one of four Roma-nians for reach QF – which was first time this had occurred at a Premier Mandatory event (also Halep, Cirstea and Tig). Secured two milestones during Madrid: career-best win vs. No.4 Muguruza, and 300th match win of career (all levels) with R16 defeat of McHale

• Has won four WTA singles titles from seven finals, lifting the trophies at 2012 Tashkent, 2015 Seoul, 2016 Florianopolis and 2017 Bucharest

• Owns nine WTA doubles titles from 16 finals, most recently at 2019 Hua Hin (w/Niculescu)

• Struggled with right shoulder injury in 2013 – first felt pain at 2013 Australian Open and missed three months of action

• Holds 12 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2011 (media vote)


MATCH NOTES

[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [Q] RENATA ZARAZUA (MEX #178)

Head to Head: First meeting

ELINA SVITOLINA

5

19

12-09-1994 (26)

$301,249

$19,536,209

2 / 15

0 / 2

16-7 / 281-153

3-1 / 84-51

6-0 / 58-44

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-0

4-1 / 7-10

2-0 / 4-4

0-0 / 3-1

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











17-7

1-0 / 3-2 7-1 / 61-33

2-1 / 61-69

0-0 / 33-38

4-1 / 25-22

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 0-1

0-1 / 1-1

RENATA ZARAZUA

178

100

30-09-1997 (22)

$54,275

$215,703

* Updated entering Roland Garros 2r

ROAD TO THE SECEOND ROUND

[3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

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

[Q] RENATA ZARAZUA (MEX #178)

R128: d. ELSA JACQUEMOT (FRA #525) 6-1 6-2 (1h04)

vs.

ELINA SVITOLINA

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

RENATA ZARAZUA

2018

R1* 6-1 7-5 L - TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #122)

ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match



MATCH NOTES

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


VSELINA SVITOLINA

RENATAZARAZUA

ROLAND GARROS• Making Grand Slam main draw debut this week as

qualifier• Recovered from 4-0 down in the opening set to beat

Danilovic in opening round of qualifying - had previ-ously fallen at the first hurdle in qualifying on her only three Grand Slam outings (Roland Garros, Wimble-don and US Open in 2018)

• Dropped just 13 more games in next two rounds of qualifying, beating Tomova and Seguel

• In 1r on Monday, committed just 13 unforced errors in comfortable win over French wildcard Jacquemot

• Including run in Paris, has posted 11-2 record since the tour moved to clay (also was R-Up at $25k ITF/Prague-CZE and reached R16 in WTA 125K Series event in Prague

• Competing this week on career-high singles ranking of No.178

• Back in February, became the first Mexican woman to reach a tour-level SF since 1993 when Galvadon reached SF in San Juan, after advancing to the final four in her home country event in Acapulco

• Faces off against No.5 Svitolina in today’s 2r; highest ranked player previously faced was upset win over No.35 Stephens at 2020 Acapulco

• One of eight players from qualifying to reach the 2r (also Bara, Errani, Podoroska, Rakhimova, Sharma, Tauson and Trevisan); the furthest a qualifier has ever been in Paris is the QF, which has happened 12 times (most recently in 2012 - Shevedova)

• Lone player representing Mexico this fortnight - next highest-ranked Mexican on WTA rankings is No.273 Zacarias

ROLAND GARROS• Making her eighth main draw appearance at Roland

Garros (10th overall)• Two-time quarterfinalist here, in 2015 (l. Ivanovic)

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 10 former champions of the junior event in the senior draw this year (also Kanepi, Cornet, Halep, Mladenovic, Jabeur, Kasatkina, Badosa, Gauff and 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

• Edged past Gracheva in hard-fought 1r encounter - the match featured 13 breaks of serve

• Overall Slam win-loss record now stands at 60-30• Faces No.178 Zarazua in 2r today. A loss would mark

her worst-by-ranking since falling to No.228 Castano at WTA 125K Series event in Cali in 2013

• Has never lost to player ranked outside Top 50 in previous seven main draw appearances in Paris (worst by ranking: No.33 Buzarnescu in 2018), while worst defeat across all Slams was to No.127 Osaka at 2016 Australian Open

• Owns a 18-6 record in Grand Slam 2r matches (5-2 at Roland Garros)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 the 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)

• One of five Ukrainian women competing this fortnight (also Kostyuk, Kozlova, Yastremska and Zavatska)

VSELINA SVITOLINA

RENATAZARAZUA

CAREER MILESTONES

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Ended 2019 ranked No.280 (down from No.258 in 2018 and No.248 in 2017)

• Last year, reached SF three times on ITF Circuit. Also made R16 at WTA 125K Series event at New-port Beach, fell 1r at Acapulco (l. S.Zheng), Monter-rey (l. Diyas) and Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Siege-mund) and contested qualifying at Bogotá

• Won first tour-level match during 2r showing at 2018 Acapulco (d. Kr.Pliskova, l. Gavrilova). Also in 2018, fell in qualifying at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open

• Posted then-career-high ranking of No.186 on June 18, 2018

• Finished 2019 at No.6, her third consecutive Top 10 finish

• Season highlight was reaching the title match 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 – career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. 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• Making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2020 Roland

Garros• Previously fell at first hurdle in qualifying for Roland

Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in 2018• As a junior, competed in the girls’ events at Roland

Garros, Wimbledon and US Open

SEASON• Comes into Paris on the heels of two impressive per-

formances: a R-Up finish at $25K ITF/Prague-CZE (l. Cepelova) and a R16 showing at WTA 125K Series Prague Open (d. Bouchard in 1r, l. Melnikova)

• Upon return to play, fell in opening round of qualify-ing in Lexington (l. Fernandez)

• Prior to tennis’ hiatus, reached QF at $25K ITF/Irapuato-MEX

• In February, made SF at Acapulco (l. Fernandez) - was the first Mexican woman to reach last four at a WTA event since 1993 when Galvadon reached SF in San Juan

• Fell in 1r at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach

• Produced SF showing (I. Seguel) at $25K ITF/Vero Beach, FLA-USA

• Opened season with 2r showing at $25K ITF/Dayto-na Beach, FLA-USA

VSELINA SVITOLINA

RENATAZARAZUA

• 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• Born in Mexico City but now resides in Tampa, Flori-

da, USA• Favorite surface is clay and started playing tennis

aged five• Lives with parents Jose Luis and Alejandra; has one

older brother who is about to graduate from Palm Beach Atlantic University where he is the No.1 player on their tennis team

• Away from the tennis court, she likes to go shopping

CAREER CONT.

PERSONAL

• In 2016, rose over 200 places in the ranking (finish-ing No.291), posting 39-30 record (predominantly on ITF Circuit)

• WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Acapulco, while maiden main draw was 1r exit at 2016 Florianopolis (as qualifier, l. Pella)

• Made Fed Cup debut in 2015; owns 11-10 win-loss record representing her country in the competition

• On ITF Circuit, owns two singles – at $10K Le-on-MEX and $10K La Bisbal d’Empordà-ESP in 2016 – and 15 doubles titles


MATCH NOTES

[Q] SARA ERRANI (ITA #150) vs. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

Head to Head: SARA ERRANI leads 5-0

2016 HARD O R1 SARA ERRANI 4-6 6-4 6-3OLYMPICS

2014 CLAY O R2 SARA ERRANI 37 mins 6-3CHARLESTON

2013 CLAY O QF SARA ERRANI 97 mins 6-4 6-4ACAPULCO

2013 HARD I SF SARA ERRANI 25 mins 5-0PARIS

2011 GRASS O R1 SARA ERRANI 83 mins 7-6(6) 6-1'S-HERTOGENBOSCH

SARA ERRANI

150

134

29-04-1987 (33)

$64,729

$13,270,559

0 / 9

0 / 27

4-2 / 375-274

2-1 / 100-93

1-0 / 86-55

1 / 10

0 / 10

13-8

13-5 / 222-164

5-3 / 65-63

2-1 / 47-51

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











22-11

3-2 / 99-423-1 / 181-98

0-0 / 37-89

0-0 / 13-54

1-1 / 29-22

1-1 / 36-46

0-1 / 23-25

0-0 / 28-11

KIKI BERTENS

8

20

10-12-1991 (28)

$486,082

$11,216,232



vs. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8)

R128: d. KATARINA ZAVATSKA (UKR #112) (2h05)

[Q] SARA ERRANI (ITA #150)

R128: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #98) 6-2,6-1 (0h53)

SARA ERRANI

2018

R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34) 2-6 6-2 6-3

KIKI BERTENS

2019

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




MATCH NOTES

2017

R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #14) 6-2 6-3

2016

R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #102) 6-3 6-2

2015

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-1 6-3

2014

QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #27) 6-2 6-2

2013

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-0 6-1

2012

F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-3 6-2

2011

R2 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #29) 6-1 6-2

2010

R1 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #36) 6-1 7-5

2009

R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #8) 7-6(3) 6-3

2008

R1 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #40) 6-4 4-6 7-5

2007

R1* L - RALUCA OLARU (ROU #122) 6-2 6-4

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)

2016

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

2015

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

2014

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

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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


VSSARAERRANI

KIKI BERTENS

ROLAND GARROS• Making her 12th main draw appearance (13th over-

all) at Roland Garros where she is a former finalist• Reached only Grand Slam singles final here in Paris

in 2012 (l. Sharapova in F) – defeated four seeds en route to final

• Also advanced to SF in 2013 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and QFs in 2014 (l. Petkovic) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Won Roland Garros doubles title in 2012 (w/Vinci); also a finalist in 2013-14 (both w/Vinci)

• Negotiated three rounds of qualifying without drop-ping a set to reach the main draw this fortnight (d. Gorgodze, Guerrero Alvarez and Martincova)

• In 1r on Monday, ousted Puig in 53mins to record her first main draw win in Paris since 2017 (as qualifier, d. Doi, l. Mladenovic)

• Improves record in Grand Slam matches to 59-41• Faces No.8 Bertens today in their sixth career meet-

ing, having only dropped one set against the Dutch woman which came in their most recent meeting at 2016 Rio Olympics

• Owns 15-10 record in 2r at the majors (4-2 in Paris)• Today marks her first meeting against a Top 10 play-

er since 2018 Istanbul (l. No.2 Wozniacki); overall re-cord vs. such players is 13-54, with her most recent victory coming over No.4 Kvitova at 2015 Wuhan

• One of four Italians in draw this fortnight (also Giorgi, Paolini and Trevisan)

• One of eight players from qualifying to reach 2r (also Bara, Podoroska, Rakhimova, Sharma, Tauson, Trevisan and Zarazua)

• Competing in Paris ranked No.150 - up from No.251 this time last year

• Owns an exceptional record on clay, with seven titles and 181 career main draw match wins on the surface. No active player has won more matches on clay. Next in line are S.Williams (174), Kuznetsova (168), V.Williams (167) and Stosur (148)

• All seven of her clay court titles have come at In-ternational tournaments, helping her post 137 main draw wins at this level – the most since this tier was introduced in 2009 (Goerges is next with 128)

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

• Result improves record across all four majors to 35-31

• Faces No.150 Errani today. Last loss to a player outside the Top 100 was to the 15-year-old No.110 Gauff at 2019 Linz

• Lowest-ranked player she has lost to in Paris is No.48 Bellis in 2017; last time upset by a player ranked outside Top 100 at a major was No.103 Vondrousova at 2018 US Open (in terms of ranking, her worst main draw defeat at a Slam was against No.143 Puchkova at 2012 US Open)

• Is 10-7 in 2r at the majors, most recently falling at this stage here in Paris last year (l. Kuzmova via ret. w/illness)

• Since the start of 2016 season has scored 78 wins on clay, the most on Tour ahead of Halep at 70

• Owns six clay titles, fifth most among active players - only trails S.Williams (13), V.Williams (9), Halep (9) and Errani (7)

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

• One of two Dutch players in main draw (also Rus)

VSSARAERRANI

KIKI BERTENS

CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES• Ended 2019 ranked No.200. Best result of 2019 was

QF at Bogotá (l. Sharma); fell 1r four times and in qualifying on five occasions, and won one singles title on ITF Circuit

• Ended 2018 just outside Top 100 (at No.108) after a campaign in which she reached QF at Rabat (l. Mer-tens); reached 3r at Charleston and captured won one WTA 125K Series singles title and 27th career doubles title –– at Auckland (w/Schoofs)

• Ended 2017 season ranked No.143 (previous year-end finish outside the Top 100 came in 2006 at No.171). Missed around two months of 2017 season (August to October) due to an anti-doping violation; departed tour following 2017 Washington DC, return-ing with SF run at Tianjin in October (l. Sabalenka)

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

set of 2r match with Ostapenko (after 1r bye)• In first tournament back, also 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)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contesting her 42nd Grand Slam main draw at 2020

Roland Garros• Reached only Grand Slam singles final at Roland

Garros in 2012 (l. Sharapova in F) – defeated four seeds en route to final

• Also advanced to SF in Paris in 2013 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and QFs in 2014 (l. Petkovic) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Best result across other Slams include QF at 2012 Australian Open (l. Kvitova), 3r at Wimbledon in 2010 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2012 (l. Shvedova) and SF at US Open in 2012 (l. S.Williams)

• Completed career doubles Grand Slam by winning 2014 Wimbledon title (w/Vinci); pair won five Grand Slam doubles titles from eight finals

SEASON• Coming off qualifying exit at Rome (l. Begu) and 2r at

WTA 125K Series event in Prague (l. Tauson)• Upon the Tour’s return, reached QF at Palermo (l.

eventual champion Ferro). Marked first Tour-level QF since 2019 Bogota (as LL, l. Sharma)

• Prior to the tennis’ hiatus, only Tour-level appearance of 2020 was 2r showing at Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Wang Xiyu)

• Also contested qualifying at Auckland, Australian Open and Monterrey

VSSARAERRANI

KIKI BERTENS

CAREER CONT.• 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

• Won the WTA Jerry Diamond ACES Award in 2019, granted to the player who consistently goes above and beyond in promoting the sport of women’s tennis to fans, media and local communities by performing off-court promotional and charitable initiatives

• 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

• Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018• Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges

in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F – saved 1mp) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova)

• 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 Neth-erlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level

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

CAREER CONT.• Following return to competition at end of 2017,

won ITF $60k-Suzhou-CHN and reached SF at ITF $100k-Dubai-UAE (l. Bencic).

• Posted ninth successive Top 50 season in 2016. Recorded four straight Top 20 seasons from 2012-15 including back-to-back Top 10 finishes in 2012 (No.6) and 2013 (No.7)

• 2016 season highlighted by winning ninth (and biggest) WTA singles title of career at Premier-level Dubai (d. Strycova in F) – owns 9-10 record overall in finals, and reached at least one final every year between 2011-2016

• Was previously 0-4 in Premier-level singles finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Rome, 2014 Paris [In-doors], 2013 Dubai and 2013 Paris [Indoors]

• Represented Italy in doubles w/Vinci at 2016 Rio Olympics (l. Safarova/Strycova in QF); the team of Errani/Vinci reunited in Montréal for the first time since playing Fed Cup in February 2015

• Won her eighth WTA singles title – and first in two years – at 2015 Rio de Janeiro (d. Schmiedlova in F) and finished runner-up at 2015 Bucharest (l. Schmiedlova in F)

• Qualified for inaugural 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhu-hai, but unable to progress past group stage

• Owns three Top 5 wins in her career: No.4 A.Rad-wanska at 2013 Roland Garros, No.2 Li at 2014 Rome, No.4 Kvitova at 2015 Beijing

• Dropped out of Top 10 after 2014 Miami for the first time since June 11, 2012 – rose as high as No.5 the week of May 20, 2013

• Qualified for WTA Finals in singles in 2012 and 2013, going 2-4 in round robin matches

• Owns 27 career doubles titles (27-14 in finals), most recently winning at 2018 Auckland (w/Schoofs)

• In total, spent 87 weeks as doubles World No.1 • Member of victorious Italian Fed Cup teams in 2009-

10 and 2013

VSSARAERRANI

KIKI BERTENS

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

merly coached by Raemon Sluiter (announced the end of their four-year partnership in November)

• In November 2019, married her husband Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physio and fitness coach. The two announced their engagement in November 2018

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

• Fan-voted as May 2019 WTA Player of the Month• Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and

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

Kim Clijsters

• Coached by Pablo Lozano Beamud• Introduced to tennis at age 5 by father• Speaks Italian, Spanish and English

PERSONAL


MATCH NOTES

[WC] TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #157) vs. [6] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 5-0

2020 HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 132 mins4-6 6-3 6-2 US OPEN

2015 HARD O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 90 mins7-5 6-3 CINCINNATI

2014 HARD O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 72 mins6-2 6-3 BEIJING

2011 GRASS O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 124 mins1-6 6-3 6-4 EASTBOURNE

2007 CLAY O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS 5-7 6-1 6-1 ROLAND GARROS

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA

157

52

13-09-1987 (33)

$425,000

$4,922,095

0 / 1

0 / 0

5-1 / 167-219

1-1 / 37-74

0-1 / 51-39

1 / 73

0 / 23

66-13

17-5 / 834-143

7-5 / 168-65

6-5 / 113-57

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











13-12

1-0 / 174-35 1-0 / 48-63

1-1 / 22-81

0-1 / 12-37

0-0 / 10-15

0-0 / 306-98

0-0 / 175-72

2-0 / 70-13

SERENA WILLIAMS

9

13

26-09-1981 (39)

$998,306

$93,542,122



[WC] TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #157)

R128: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #95) 6-3,6-3 (1h13)

[6] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #9)

R128: d. KRISTIE AHN (USA #102) 7-6(2),6-0 (1h41)

vs.

TSVETANA PIRONKOVA

2017

R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) 3-6 6-3 6-2

SERENA WILLIAMS

2019

R3 6-2 7-5 L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #35)

ROLAND GARROS Tournament History



MATCH NOTES

2016

QF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24) 6-4 7-6(6)

2015

R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #40) 6-4 6-1

2014

R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) 7-5 6-2

2013

R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #77) 6-1 7-6(2)

2012

R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #12) 2-6 6-3 6-1

2011

R2 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #51) 6-4 6-2

2010

R1 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #23) 6-4 6-3

2009

R1 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #97) 7-5 6-2

2008

R2 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #33) 4-6 6-3 6-1

2007

R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) 5-7 6-1 6-1

2006

R2 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #26) 6-2 6-3

2018

R16 W/O L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30)

2016

F 7-5 6-4 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4)

2015

F 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #13)

2014

R2 6-2 6-2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #35)

2013

F 6-4 6-4 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2)

2012

R1 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 L - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #111)

2010

QF 6-2 6-7(2) 8-6 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7)

2009

QF 7-6(3) 5-7 7-5 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #7)

2008

R3 6-4 6-4 L - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #24)

2007

QF 6-4 6-3 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1)

2004

QF 6-3 2-6 6-3 L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #6)

2003

SF 6-2 4-6 7-5 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #4)

2002

F 7-5 6-3 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2)

2001

QF 6-2 5-7 6-2 L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #4)

1999

R3 6-3 1-6 6-0 L - MARY JOE FERNANDEZ (USA #37)

1998

R16 4-6 7-5 6-3 L - ARANTXA SANCHEZ-VICARIO (ESP #5)


VSTSVETANAPIRONKOVA

SERENA WILLIAMS

ROLAND GARROSROLAND GARROS• Making 13th Grand Slam main draw appearance at

Roland Garros, and first since 2017, having spent over three years away from Tour to give birth and raise her son Alexander (born April 2018)

• Best result here in Paris came with QF run in 2016 (l. Stosur). That year, defeated No.18 Errani and No.2 A.Radwanska en route to the last eight

• Became first Bulgarian woman to reach the last eight in Paris since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005

• Made main draw debut here in 2006, but did not progress beyond 2r until her 10th appearance, mak-ing the 3r for the first time in 2015 (l. Stephens)

• In first match here in Paris for over three years, de-feat Petkovic in straight sets – it was her first win on clay since overcoming Barthel in opening match here in 2017 (l. Svitolina in 2r that year)

• Now owns a 48-48 record across all four Slams• Faces S.Williams today for the second Slam in a row,

having fallen to her in QF at US Open 21 days ago• A win against No.8 S.Williams would be her 13th

defeat of a Top 10 player, with a current record of 12-37. Her last Top 10 win came here in 2016, defeating No.2 A.Radwanska

• Owns a 7-22 record in Slam 2r matches – has fallen at this stage in Paris six times

• Today’s winner faces either Strycova or Krejcikova• Entered 2020 Roland Garros on a wildcard (current

ranking is No.157). Best result by a wildcard here was Pierce making QF in 2002

• Bulgaria’s sole representative in the women’s singles main draw

• One of four mother’s in main draw (also Azarenka, Tig and S.Williams)

SEASON

• Making 18th appearance at Roland Garros - second among active players behind V.Williams - 23)

• Is also making Slam appearance number 76 - in Open Era, trails only V.Williams (87)

• A three-time champion in Paris, in 2002 (d. V.Wil-liams in F), 2013 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2015 (d. Safarova in F). Finalist in 2016 (l. Muguruza)

• Made debut here in Paris in 1998 (reaching R16), which was only second appearance at a major, after Australian Open earlier that year

• Only years missed playing here since then were 2000, 2005-06, 2011 and 2017 (due to pregnancy)

• Bidding to win her fourth Roland Garros singles title, which would see her join Justine Henin and Helen Wills Moody in fourth place on the all-time titles lead-erboard (after Evert - 7; Graf - 6; Court - 5)

• Victory this fortnight would see her tie Australia’s Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. Her record in Slam finals is 23-10

• In the Open Era, Williams’ 11-year gap between Ro-land Garros titles in 2002 and 2013 (without winning another Roland Garros title during that time) is the longest gap for a woman at any Grand Slam

• Williams also owns the record for the longest span between Roland Garros titles in the Open Era – including winning other Roland Garros title(s) during that time – at 13 years (2002-15)

• Two-time Roland Garros doubles champion with sister Venus in 1999 (d. Hingis/Kournikova in F) and 2010 (d. Peschke/Srebotnik in F)

• Win over Diatchenko in 1r here in 2019 marked 800th main draw victory - most among active players

• Among active players, has played the most matches (79) and has the highest match winning percentage 66-13 (.835) at Roland Garros (including 1r win)

• Seeded No.6; the No.6 seed has won the title in Paris four times in Open Era, most recently Li in 2011

• Defeated Ahn in 1r on Monday – improved to 50-14 against fellow Americans in Slams and 6-4 in Paris

• Win-loss record across the Slams is 357-51 - most wins in Open Era, ahead of Navratilova (306-49)

• Also improves to 75-1 record in Slam 1r matches - sole loss came here in 2012 (l. No.111 Razzano)

• Faces Pironkova in 2r today; receovered from a set and a break down to win in their recent US Open QF

• Has lost only four times in her career to a player ranked outside the Top 100: No.149 Anne Miller (1995 Québec qualifying), No.127 Tian Tian Sun (2005 Beijing), No.111 Virginie Razzano (2012 Ro-land Garros) and No.116 Rogers (2020 Lexington)

• Has only suffered two 2r exits at the Slams – on Slam debut at 1998 Australian Open (l. V.Williams) and 2014 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza)

• Turned 39 on Saturday – is the second-oldest of 26 thirtysomethings in the draw (after V.Williams – 40)

• Owns 13 career clay court titles - most among active players (followed by Halep and V.Williams on nine)

VSTSVETANAPIRONKOVA

SERENA WILLIAMS

• Withdrew from Rome this month w/Achilles injury• Made SF run at US Open (l. eventual champion

Azarenka - made history by becoming the first pair of mothers to reach the semifinals at the same major)

• Made 3r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkari - led 7-5 5-3); 2h48m 2r win over Rus was longest match since l. Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros

• Made QF at Lexington (l. Rogers). Beat sister Venus in 2r in their 31st meeting – now leads their head-to-head 19-12 (13-9 on hard courts and 8-5 on US soil)

• With a combined age of 79y 19d, S.Williams vs. V.Williams was the highest combined age in a match since 2004 Charleston when Navratilova (47) faced Frazier (31), with a combined age of 79y 28d

• Loss to No.116 Rogers was 14th to a player ranked outside the Top 50, and most recent since 2017 Auckland to No.72 Brengle, while last to a player outside the Top 100 came against No.111 Razzano at 2012 Roland Garros

• In last tournament before tour’s hiatus, fell 3r at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang) before participating in Fed Cup action going 1-1 in singles as USA defeated Latvia 3-2 (d. Ostapenko, l. Sevastova)

• Began 2020 with 73rd career title at Auckland (d. Pegula in F) for first championship since giving birth to her daughter in 2017– also finished R-Up in dou-bles w/Wozniacki (l. Townsend/Muhammed); overall record in finals stands at 73-25

• At 44m, 6-1 6-1 SF defeat of Anisimova in Auckland is currently shortest completed match of the year

SEASON• Returned to tennis at 2020 US Open, after a three-

year break to give birth and raise son Alexander (born April 2018)

• Made a dream comeback in New York, reaching the QF (l. S.Williams)

• 2020 US Open was her first tournament since 2017 Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki in 2r)

• In Flushing Meadows, caused major upset by defeat-ing No.16 and 2020 Australian Open finalist Muguru-za in 2r. Other big win during the fortnight was over No.18 seed Vekic

PERSONAL

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY• A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste-

fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind only Margaret Court (24) all time

• Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14

• Owns a 23-10 record in Slam finals, with losses com-ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble-don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka), 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep) and 2019 US Open (l. Andreescu)

• Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era

• Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

• Contesting 49th Grand Slam main draw appearance at 2020 Roland Garros

• Had not missed a major between making her debut at 2006 Australian Open through 2017 Wimbledon

• Became first player representing Bulgaria (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam SF when she advanced to last four at 2010 Wimbledon. Defeated No.13 Bartoli and No.2 V.Williams en route before falling to Zvonareva)

• At the other majors, best result at Roland Garros is a QF run in 2016 (d. No.2 A.Radwanska en route, l. Stosur); became first Bulgarian woman to reach the last eight in Paris since Sesil Karatantcheva in 2005. At US Open, made QF in 2020 (l. S.Williams) but is yet to pass 2r at Australian Open

SEASON

VSTSVETANAPIRONKOVA

SERENA WILLIAMS

CAREER MILESTONES• Highlights of 2019 season were her 32nd and 33rd

Grand Slam finals, at Wimbledon (l. Halep) and US Open (l. Andreescu)

• Reached one further final last year at Toronto (ret. vs. Andreescu w/back injury)

• With 73 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92)

• All three finals in 2019 – Wimbledon, Toronto and US Open – came in consecutive tournaments

• Ended 2019 ranked No.10, her first year-end finish inside the elite ranking bracket since 2016 (at No.2)

• Other highlights last season were reaching QF at Australian Open and partnering with Andy Murray to contest Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon (reaching 3r)

• Defeated World No.1 Halep in R16 at Australian Open – at 37 years, is oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1

• Reached two Grand Slam finals in 2018, at Wimble-don (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka). Made return to Tour following birth of daughter Olympia at 2018 Indian Wells

• Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two events all season, and both in January. Broke streak of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 16 Top 10 finishes to her name (most recently in 2019) – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – including five as the year-end No.1

• Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332

• Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991)

• Has registered 17 career wins over (eight different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo-va (18)

• Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics• Along w/sister Venus held all four Grand Slam titles

at same time, from 2009 Wimbledon through 2010 Roland Garros – third pair to do so (also Navratilova/Shriver and Fernandez/Zvereva). Also teamed with Venus to win three Olympic gold medals: 2000 Syd-ney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London

• Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil-liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters)

• Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013

• Finished 2017 ranked No.162. Of her 16 year-end rankings, has ended the year outside the Top 100 only on five occasions

• Season highlights of 2017 were reaching QF at Nottingham (l. Safarova) and R16 at Eastbourne (l. Halep)

• Also in 2017, reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. Svitoli-na) and Wimbledon (l. Wozniacki)

• Ended 2016 at No.66 for 11th non-consecutive Top 100 finish. Career-best finish was No.35 in 2010 (rose as high as No.31 the week of September 13 that year)

• Highlight of 2016 was first Grand Slam QF in five years, at Roland Garros (l. Stosur). Was only the sixth major where she has achieved back-to-back wins during her career (after 2010 Wimbledon, 2011 Wimbledon, 2012 US Open, 2013 Wimbledon and 2015 Roland Garros). Now also 2020 US Open (QF)

• Other notable result was reaching QF at Birmingham (as qualifier, l. Strycova)

• Represented Bulgaria at the Rio Olympics, making 1r exit in singles (l. Siegemund)

• Owns one career singles title at 2014 Sydney (as qualifier, achieved three Top 10 wins: vs. No.7 Errani in QF, No.6 Kvitova in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). Ranked No.107 at time, was the lowest-ranked play-er to win a title in 2014

• Competed in front of home fans at Tournament of Champions-Sofia in 2012 (SF) and 2014 (RR)

• Bulgarian Fed Cup Team, 2003-13, 2015-16; Bulgari-an Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016

CAREER MILESTONES

VSTSVETANAPIRONKOVA

SERENA WILLIAMS

• Gave birth to her son, Alexander, in April 2018 • Married husband Mihail Mirchez in July 2016 • Coached Kiril Enchev Pironkov (father)

PERSONAL PERSONAL• Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora-

cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato-glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins

• Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017

• Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem-ber 2017 in New Orleans

• Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018


MATCH NOTES

[10] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #14) vs. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #161)


VICTORIA AZARENKA

14

4

31-07-1989 (31)

$1,866,538

$32,222,043

1 / 21

0 / 8

15-4 / 466-182

3-2 / 88-64

3-0 / 69-44

0 / 3

0 / 0

4-6

5-4 / 76-102

2-2 / 31-31

1-0 / 13-22

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











23-12

4-1 / 35-34 4-1 / 97-47

5-2 / 125-102

2-1 / 69-73

0-0 / 46-14

0-1 / 7-15

0-1 / 1-8

0-0 / 3-9

ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA

161

133

13-09-1994 (26)

$114,042

$2,413,395


ROAD TO THE

[10] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #14)

R128: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #74) 6-1,6-2 (1h1)

ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #161)

R128: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #76) 6-4,6-4 (2h6)

vs.

VICTORIA AZARENKA

2019

R2 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) 4-6 7-5 6-3

2018

R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #54) 7-5 7-5

2016

R1 L - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #118) 6-3 6-7(6) 4-0

ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA

2019

R1 0-6 7-6(4) 6-1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1)

2018

R1 6-4 5-7 9-7 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #40)

2016

R1 3-6 6-3 6-3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4)




MATCH NOTES

2015

R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 3-6 6-4 6-2

2013

SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-1 2-6 6-4

2012

R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #16) 6-2 7-6(4)

2011

QF L - NA LI (CHN #7) 7-5 6-2

2010

R1 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #45) 6-1 6-2

2009

QF L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #1) 1-6 6-4 6-2

2008

R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 6-2 6-3

2007

R1 L - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #85) 6-1 6-1

2006

R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #27) 0-6 6-3 9-7

2015

R1 7-6(4) 7-6(7) L - ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #93)

2014

R3 6-2 6-4 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #35)

2013

R2 7-5 6-2 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #54)


VSVICTORIAAZARENKA

ANNA KAROLINASCHMIEDLOVA

ROLAND GARROS• Making her 13th appearance at Roland Garros• Best result in Paris came with SF run in 2013 (l.

eventual R-Up Sharapova)• Made QF stage in 2009 (d. defending champion

Ivanovic in R16, l. Safina) and 2011 (l. Li)• Doubles R-Up in 2009 (w/Vesnina, l. Median Garri-

gues/Ruano Pascual) and mixed doubles champion in 2008 (w/B.Bryan d. Srebotnik/Zimonjic)

• Last year in Paris, led 6-4 4-2 before eventually losing to top seed Osaka in 2r

• Contesting 51st major this fortnight - one of 10 active players to reach the half century of appearances

• Won all eight service games during 1r win over Kovinic; now owns 134-47 win-loss record across the Slams - fourth-most wins (after S.Williams - 357, V.Williams - 269 and Kuznetsova - 153)

• Faces No.161 Schmiedlova in 2r; has only ever lost to three players outside Top 100 at a major - No.217 A.Radwanska (2006 Wimbledon), No.118 Knapp via ret. (2016 Roland Garros) and No.110 Siegemund (2019 Australian Open)

• Record in Grand Slam 2r matches stands at 36-4• One of seven players who have held the WTA World

No.1 singles ranking and one of 11 Grand Slam win-ners in this year’s starting field

• Is one of four mothers in this year’s Roland Garros field – also Pironkova, Tig and S.Williams. At this year’s US Open she made history alongside S.Wil-liams by becoming the first pair of mothers to reach the semifinals of the same Grand Slam

• Won sole clay court title at Marbella in 2011• Is seeded for the first time at a major since returning

from maternity leave in 2017• Is one of 26 thirtysomethings in this year’s draw

ROLAND GARROS• Making seventh main draw appearance at Roland

Garros• Best result here was 3r run in 2014 (d. V.Williams

in 2r, l. Muguruza) - her joint-best result at a major, having also made this stage at 2015 US Open (l. Kvitova)

• Also reached 2r on her Grand Slam main draw debut here in 2013 (as qualifier, l. Hampton)

• Has fallen 1r on last four visits, in 2015 (l. Van Uyt-vanck), 2016 (l. Muguruza), 2018 (l. Begu) and 2019 (l. Osaka - was two points from victory at 6-0 6-5 up)

• Win over V.Williams in 1r on Sunday ended a run of 12 consecutive opening round losses at the majors, stretching back to 2016 Australian Open (did not play a Slam in 2017 nor 2019 and 2020 US Opens)

• Overall Grand Slam win-loss record improves to 9-23• Faces No.14 Azarenka in 2r today. Owns seven

career Top 20 wins: No.20 Errani (2015 Budapest), No.15 A.Radwanska (2015 Cincinnati), No.11 Wozniacki (2015 Wuhan), No.15 Vinci (2015 Zhuhai), No.13 Bacsinszky (2016 Sydney) and No.8 Vinci (2016 Rio Olympics) and No.20 Mertens (2019 Madrid)

• In terms of ranking, best win at a major was over No.29 V.Williams in 2r at 2014 Roland Garros

• Record in Grand Slam 2r matches stands at 2-4• Contesting 2020 Roland Garros under a special

ranking of No.93 due to undergoing knee surgery in the summer of 2019

• Previously has been seeded twice at a Slam, at 2015 US Open No.32) and 2016 Australian Open (No.27)

• Has won two WTA titles on clay, at 2015 Bucharest and 2018 Bogota. Also on the surface was R-Up at 2015 Rio de Janeiro and reached two further SFs

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contested landmark 50th major at 2020 US Open –

one of nine active players to reach this milestone• Two-time major champion, winning Australian Open

in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F)• Also a three-time runner-up, at 2012 (l. S.Williams in

3s), 2013 (l. S.Williams in 3s) and 2020 US Open (l. Osaka in 3s)

• Advanced to Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best result at Roland Garros is also SF run in 2013

• Four-time doubles R-Up, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina), 2011 Aus-tralian Open (w/Kirilenko), 2019 US Open (w/Barty)

• Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/ Mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)

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

• Contesting 24th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Roland Garros

• Reached 2r on her Grand Slam main draw debut at 2013 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Hampton)

• Best results are 3r showings at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) and 2015 US Open (l. Kvitova)

• At Australian Open, made 2r in 2014 and 2015, while has never been beyond 1r at Wimbledon

• Seeded twice at Grand Slam level, at 2015 US Open (No.32) and 2016 Australian Open (No.27)

• Contested three of the four majors as a junior, finish-ing R-Up at Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Beck)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

VSVICTORIAAZARENKA


CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES• Finished 2019 ranked No.138, having ended season

after 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Puig) in order to under-go knee surgery

• Had been enjoying return to form until Wimbledon, having finished R-Up at Hobart (l. Kenin) and scoring a Top 20 win at Madrid (d. Mertens)

• Career record in WTA finals stands at 3-2 • Ended 2018 season back in Top 100, at No.77 • Season was highlighted by third career title, at

Bogotá (d. Arruabarrena in F) and QF at Hiroshima and Tashkent

• Struggled throughout 2016 and 2017, posting a total of only six main draw match wins and finishing both years outside Top 100

• Finished 2015 with a year-end high ranking of No.26 (first Top 50 finish of career)

• Won her first two WTA singles titles in 2015, both at International level – the first at Katowice in April (d. Giorgi in F) and the second in July at Bucharest (d. Errani in F). Also reached final at Rio de Janeiro (l. Errani)

• Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai at end of 2015 season as an alternate – posted a win over Vinci in round-robin competition

• Surpassed $1 million career prize money mark during 3r run at 2015 US Open

• Last tournament of 2019 was the US Open, where she fell to Sabalenka in 1r; also reached the doubles final w/Barty (l. Mertens/Sabalenka)

• Highlight of 2019 was 37th singles final at Monterrey (d. No.5 Kerber in SF, l. Muguruza in F via ret. w/leg injury). Also made QFs at Acapulco (l. Kenin), Stutt-gart (l. Kontaveit via ret.) and Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova)

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

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

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

• Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tourna-ment contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r)

• Followed this with R16 at Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play after Wimbledon due to personal reasons

• Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing sec-ond half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian Wells and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005

• Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Ker-ber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)

• Coming off 2r exit at Istanbul (l. Sasnovich) • Returned to action at Prague WTA 125K Series

event, where she advanced to QF (l. Cocciaretto)• Prior to hiatus, suffered 1r exit at Acapulco (l.

Potapova) and fell 2r at Monterrey (as qualifier, d. V.Williams, l. Bouzkova)

• Posted first wins of the season by triumphing in both Fed Cup matches against Great Britain, defeating Dart and Watson

• Suffered 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic)• Opened season with qualifying exits at Brisbane and

Hobart

SEASON• Coming off QF showing at Rome (l. Muguruza); beat

No.5 Kenin 6-0 6-0 in 2r to register first Top 5 win since 2019 Stuttgart (d. No.4 Ka.Pliskova)

• Finished R-Up for the third time at US Open (l. Osa-ka in 3s); now 21-18 in singles finals

• Upset No.11 Sabalenka, No.18 Mertens and No.8 S.Williams en route to record the 122nd, 123rd and 124th Top 20 wins of her career and reach first major final since 2013 US Open – seven-year between major finals is second-longest in Open Era behind V.Williams (seven years, 207 days between 2009 Wimbledon and 2017 Australian Open)

• Made history alongside S.Williams in New York by becoming the first pair of mothers to reach the semi-finals at the same Grand Slam

• Lifted 21st career title at Western & Southern Open when final opponent Osaka withdrew w/left ham-string injury

• Suffered 1r exit at Lexington (l. V.Williams) in her second WTA event of 2020

• Opened 2020 season with 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Zidansek), having not contested any events in Aus-tralia due to personal reasons

SEASON

VSVICTORIAAZARENKA


• Currently coached by Dorian Descloix. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce

• Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016• Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father’s

name is Fedor and older brother is Max

• Trains at Slovak National Tennis Centre in Bratislava • Parents are Juraj and Martina. Has a brother, Juraj

Jr, and younger sister Kristina, who plays the ITF Circuit (career-high ranking No.412)

• Coached by Milan Martinec; fitness trainer is Ladislav Olasz

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

• Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion (l. Kvitova in 2011 final in Istanbul)

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

• Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1

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

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata• ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first

tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

CAREER CONT.

PERSONAL PERSONAL

• Owns seven career Top 20 wins: No.20 Errani (2015 Budapest), No.15 A.Radwanska (2015 Cincinnati), No.11 Wozniacki (2015 Wuhan), No.15 Vinci (2015 Zhuhai), No.13 Bacsinszky (2016 Sydney), No.8 Vinci (2016 Rio Olympics) and No.20 Mertens (2019 Madrid)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Katowice; de¬-feated No.33 Cornet in career-first main draw match

• Winner of 12 singles titles on ITF Circuit • Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010

and turned professional in 2011 • Member of Slovak Fed Cup team, 2012, 2014-20

CAREER CONT.


MATCH NOTES

BERNARDA PERA (USA #62) vs. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #29)


BERNARDA PERA

62

70

03-12-1994 (25)

$261,137

$1,437,896

0 / 0

0 / 0

5-8 / 33-38

1-5 / 11-18

3-4 / 8-16

0 / 1

0 / 0

6-2

10-7 / 44-27

2-3 / 9-14

3-2 / 10-4

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











2-2

2-2 / 13-6 1-2 / 16-10

0-3 / 2-11

0-2 / 1-4

0-0 / 1-3

2-1 / 6-10

1-1 / 3-7

0-1 / 3-5

AMANDA ANISIMOVA

29

40

31-08-2001 (19)

$329,259

$1,889,409

* Updated entering Roland Garros 2r


BERNARDA PERA (USA #62)

R128: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #171) 7-6(3),6-1 (1h26)

AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #29)

R128: d. TAMARA KORPATSCH (GER #123) 6-2,6-0 (0h59)

vs.

BERNARDA PERA

2019

R1 L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #67) 6-2 7-6(5)

2018

R2 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #25) 5-7 7-5 6-3

AMANDA ANISIMOVA

2019

SF 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #8)

2017

R1 3-6 7-5 6-4 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #90)



VSBERNARDAPERA

AMANDAANISIMOVA

• Appearing in third career Roland Garros main draw• Best result here - and across all Slams - was last

year’s SF showing (l. eventual champion Barty)• Is one of 11 teenagers in women’s draw - eight

reached the 2r• Committed just 17 unforced errors and won nine

straight games during 1r win over Korpatsch• Overall Grand Slam record now stands at 12-7• Faces compatriot Pera in 2r today - one of four

match-ups between players from the same country (also Halep vs. Begu, Strycova vs. Krejcikova and Siegemund vs. Goerges)

• Owns a career record of 3-5 vs lefties, including 0-1 in 2020 so far (l. Teichmann last week in Strasbourg)

• Aside from last year here, best clay result was cap-turing maiden title at Bogotá (d. Sharma in F); at 17y 222d was the youngest American to win a title since S.Williams at 1999 Indian Wells (17y 169d)

ROLAND GARROSROLAND GARROS• Making third main draw appearance in Paris this

week• Best result came upon debut in 2018 with 2r showing

(d. Vesnina, l. Gavrilova)• One of a tournament-leading 19 US women contest-

ing this year’s draw - eight reached 2r• Recovered from 5-3 down in the opening set to see

off Bellis in 1r and improve Slam record to 6-10• Faces No.29 Anisimova in 2r today; in terms of rank-

ing, a win today would be her best since upsetting No.22 Garcia during SF run at 2019 Lausanne

• Looking to notch back-to-back main draw victories for the first time since QF showing at 2019 Bronx

• Competing this week ranked No.62 in the world, three spots shy of her career-high ranking of No.59 achieved earlier this year on March 2

• Has reached three WTA SF on clay, at Prague, Laus-anne and Jurmala in 2019

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Is contesting eighth Grand Slam main draw at 2020

Roland Garros• Produced best Slam showing at 2019 Roland Gar-

ros, becoming the first player born in 2000s – man or woman – to reach a SF (l. eventual champion Barty)

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Contesting 11th Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Roland Garros

• Made Grand Slam debut at 2018 Australian Open, reaching 3r as a lucky loser (l. Strycova) – notched best win-by-ranking of her career with 2r upset of No.10 Konta

• Has also made 2r at Roland Garros in 2018 and US Open in 2018 and 2020

• Fell 1r at Wimbledon in 2018 and 2019

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

SEASON• Comes into Paris following two consecutive 1r exits

at Rome (l. Kuznetsova) and Strasbourg (l. Siniako-va), both in three tightly contested sets

• Posted back-to-back 2r visits at Western & Southern Open (l. Yastremska) and US Open (l. Sakkari)

• Returned to play in Lexington, falling to No.9 S.Wil-liams in three sets in 1r

• Before hiatus fell 2r at Doha (l. No.3 Ka.Pliskova) and reached R16 at Indian Wells 125K (l. Doi)

SEASON• Arrives in Paris after a 2r showing in Rome (l. Yas-

tremska) and 1r exit in Strasbourg (l. Teichmann)• Produced 3r showing at US Open, falling to Sakkari• Made 2r exit at the Western & Southern Open (d.

Riske, l. Pegula)• Originally planned for return to play in Lexington, but

withdrew due to a shoulder injury• At Doha in February, withdrew prior to 3r match vs.

Kuznetsova (w/gastrointestinal illness)

VSBERNARDAPERA

AMANDAANISIMOVA

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Owns six Top 20 wins: No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Australian Open), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros), No.7 Svitolina (2020 Doha) and No.19 Riske (2020 Western & Southern Open)

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

• Reached No.2 in junior world rankings

CAREER MILESTONES

SEASON CONT.

• Ended 2019 ranked No.65 –her career best year-end ranking and second consecutive Top 100 season (No.68 in 2018

• Scored her second career Top 20 victory in 2019 against No.16 Q.Wang at Prague.Also defeated No.10 Konta at 2018 Australian Open

• Reached a career high ranking of No.63 on July 29, 2019 after back-to-back SF runs at Lausanne (l. Ferro) and Jurmala (l. Kawa)

• Captured her ninth ITF singles title in 2019 at $100K ITF/Trnava 3-SVK (d. Blinkova in F)

• Reached first Tour-level QF of career at 2018 Charleston (l. eventual R-Up and No.14 Keys in 3s)

• Nominated for WTA’s Breakthrough Player of the Month for April following 2018 run, which was even-tually won by Bogdan (fan vote)

• As lucky loser, scored career first main draw win at the 2018 Australian Open (d. Blinkova 1r), first Top 100 win and Top 10 win (over No.10 Konta 2r) at the Australian Open (l. Strycova in 2r)

• Became first lucky loser to reach 3r of Australian Open since 1997 (Kleinova)

• Rose nearly 200 ranking places in 2017, ending sea-son at No.127 after posting 54-20 record (all levels)

• Made WTA main draw debut at Guangzhou (l. Cor-net) and contested qualifying at US Open, Wuhan, Linz and Moscow. Also made 1r exit at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges (l. Alexandrova)

• In 2015 won first titles on ITF Circuit at $10k ITF/Alkmaar-NED, $10k ITF/Breda-NED and $10k ITF/Rotterdam-NED. Also fell in qualifying at Québec City. Improved ranking from No.646 to No.361

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Québec City • On ITF Circuit has won nine titles in singles and eight

in doubles • Made debut on ITF Circuitin 2011 at $10k ITF/

Landisville, PA-USA

SEASON CONT.• Upset No.7 Svitolina in 2r at Doha to record her

first Top 10 win of 2020 and third overall, also No.9 Kvitova (2018 Indian Wells) and No.3 Halep (2019 Roland Garros)

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

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

• Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Rybakina) in ninth ca-reer Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Reached 2r at Adelaide (d. Strycova in 1r, l. Sabalen-ka)

• Win over No.31 Strycova in 1r at Adelaide marked her best win-by-ranking since defeating No.22 Garcia at 2019 Lausanne in July. Also defeated Strycova (then-ranked No.32 at 2019 Bronx in August)

• Opened 2020 campaign with qualifying exit at Bris-bane (l. Kostyuk)

CAREER MILESTONES

VSBERNARDAPERA

AMANDAANISIMOVA

• Coached by Alex Kuznetsov • Mother is Olga, who was born and raised in Moscow;

sister is Maria Anisimova-Egee and lives in New York • Born in New Jersey but moved to Miami at age 3• Speaks English and Russian• Started playing tennis after going to her sister’s prac-

tices every day and eventually developed a passion for the sport

• Favorite surface is hardcourt• Tennis idols growing up were Serena Williams and

Maria Sharapova• Off the court enjoys music, running, writing, jet skiing

and going to the beach• Has one dog named Miley

PERSONAL• Coached by former ATP World No.8 Guillermo

Canas• Lives in Zadar, Croatia and trains in Zagreb, Croatia• Parents are Valter and Lidija, siblings are Ana and

Andrea• Born in Zadar, Croatia, started playing tennis aged

five• Favorite surface to play on is clay• Hobbies include reading, cycling, spending time with

family and friends

PERSONAL


MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45) vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #96)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 3-0

2018 HARD O R16 CAROLINE GARCIA 180 mins 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4NEW HAVEN

2018 HARD O R3 CAROLINE GARCIA 125 mins 6-3 5-7 6-2AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2017 HARD O R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 85 mins 6-4 6-3TOKYO

CAROLINE GARCIA

45

60

16-10-1993 (26)

$323,240

$10,523,701

0 / 7

0 / 6

9-10 / 223-179

5-3 / 78-62

3-3 / 59-56

0 / 0

0 / 0

3-4

9-8 / 84-88

5-4 / 38-33

2-5 / 20-17

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











12-9

6-3 / 17-212-2 / 62-45

1-0 / 33-67

1-0 / 17-40

2-1 / 21-18

1-2 / 14-27

0-1 / 5-13

3-0 / 10-4

ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH

96

39

22-03-1994 (26)

$309,761

$3,184,027

* Updated through entering 2020 Roland Garros 2r


vs. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #96)

R128: d. ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #104) 6-2,2-6,6-3 (1h44)

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #45)

R128: d. [17] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 6-4,3-6,6-4 (2h05)

CAROLINE GARCIA

2019

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

2018

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


2019

R1 4-6 6-2 8-6L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #71)

2018

R2 6-4 6-2L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #22)




MATCH NOTES

2017

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

2016

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

2015

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

2014

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

2013

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

2012

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

2011

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

2010

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

2017

R2 6-2 4-6 6-3L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #34)

2016

R1 5-7 7-6(2) 6-2L - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #83)

2015

R1* 6-2 6-3L - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #200)

2014

R1* 6-3 6-4L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #117)


VSCAROLINE GARCIA


ROLAND GARROS• Contesting the Roland Garros main draw for the

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)• 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

• Defeated No.21 Kontaveit in 1r on Sunday; in terms of ranking, marked her best win at Roland Garros (previously d. No.40 Begu during 2018 R16 run)

• Is now 2-1 vs. Top 30 ranked opponents in 2020, having defeated No.3 Ka.Pliskova at US Open and lost to No.21 Kontaveit at Rome

• Result improves overall Grand Slam record to 39-33 • Faces No.96 Sasnovich today in their fourth career

meeting but first on clay. Has fallen to players ranked below today’s opponent three times in 2020 - l. No.262 Bouchard (Auckland), No.129 Cabrera (Ho-bart) and No.121 Martincova (Istanbul)

• Is 12-9 in 2r at the majors, most recently falling at this stage at 2020 Australian Open (l. Jabeur)

• One of 11 French players in main draw - third best represented after USA (19) and Russia (12)

• Posted 10-8 record on clay in 2019, highlighted by R-Up finish at Strasbourg (l. Yastremska in F, having held 1MP) and R16 at Madrid (l. Kvitova)

• 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

• 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

ROLAND GARROS• Making her fifth main draw appearance at Roland

Garros (and seventh overall)• Has matched her best result here by reaching 2r,

having also done so in 2017 (l. S.Zhang) and 2018 (l. Bertens)

• Fell 1r in 2016 (l. Buyukakcay) and 2019 (l. Hercog). Made qualifying exits in 2014 and 2015

• Broke serve six times to beat Friedsam in 1r on Sunday

• Overall Grand Slam win-loss record now stands at 20-21

• Faces home favorite and No.45 Garcia today in 2r; owns two Top 50 wins so far in 2020, over No.23 Mertens (Palermo) and No.19 Vondrousova (US Open)

• Bidding to win back-to-back matches for the fourth time this season - also at Palermo (QF), US Open (3r) and Istanbul (QF). By contrast, won back-to-back matches four times across all of 2019

• Is 5-8 in 2r at the majors, most recently falling at this stage at 2019 US Open (l. Jabeur)

• One of three Belarusian women competing this fort-night - also Azarenka and Sabalenka also advanced to 2r

• Playing doubles w/Kostyuk here. The pair face No.11 seeds Hradecka/Klepac in 1r on Thursday

• Contesting 22nd Grand Slam main draw at 2020 Roland Garros

• At 2020 US Open, was one of four Belarusian wom-en to reach the 2r, marking the first in the Open Era four Belarusian players made 2r at the same Slam (also Azarenka, Lapko and Sabalenka)

• Best Grand Slam result was R16 run at 2018 Wim-bledon (d. No.8 Kvitova in 1r, l. Ostapenko)

• Also posted 3r runs at 2018 (l. Garcia) and 2019 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) and 2020 US Open (l. Putintseva)

• Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2017 and 2018

GRAND SLAM HISTORYGRAND SLAM HISTORY

VSCAROLINE GARCIA


• 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

• 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

CAREER MILESTONES

• 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)

SEASON• Coming off QF run at Istanbul (l. Martincova) follow-

ing a 3r showing at US Open (l. Putintseva)• Defeated No.19 Vondrousova in 2r at Flushing

Meadows to record her first Top 20 victory since 2019 Madrid (d. No.15 Kontaveit)

• At Palermo reached first WTA QF in 18 months (as qualifier, l. Martic). Also lost in qualifying at Prague

• In Middle East, made 1r exit at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic). Contested qualifying at Doha

• Represented Belarus in Fed Cup play-off victory vs. the Netherlands. Teamed up with Sabalenka in doubles to seal the victory (d. Bertens/Schuurs on a third-set tie-break). In singles, d. Rus, l. Bertens

• Opened season with 2r showing as Shenzhen (l. Q.Wang) and 1r exits at Adelaide (as qualifier, l. Collins) and Australian Open (l. Minnen)

SEASON

• Posted third consecutive Top 100 season in 2019 (finishing at No.67), down from No.30 in 2018, having reached second career WTA final and first at a Pre-mier tournament at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. Svitolina)

• Other season highlights in 2018 include SF run at Moscow [River Cup] (l. Danilovic) and QF at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l. Konta)

• Best Grand Slam result came with R16 run at 2018 Wimbledon (d. No.8 Kvitova in 1r, l. Ostapenko)

• Played all three ties during Belarus’ run to its first Fed Cup final in 2017 – posted 5-1 record, including win over No.13 Stephens in final

• Other standout performances in 2017 were SF run at Biel and QF appearance at Premier-level Moscow

• Reached maiden WTA final, at 2015 Seoul (as quali-fier, l. Begu)

• Made Top 100 debut on September 8, 2015 (after US Open; rose from No.120 to No.97)

• In 2014 season won 11th and most recent singles ti-tle on ITF Circuit. Also owns seven ITF doubles titles

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Brussels; made WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open

• Played first event of career at 2009 ITF/Minsk 2-BLR

CAREER MILESTONES

VSCAROLINE GARCIA


• 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

PERSONAL• Working with Vlado Platenik. Previously coached by

Aliaksandr Leniuchau• Studying physical culture at university in Minsk• Mother is Natalia; younger sister is Polina. Started

playing at age 9; introduced to sport by fatherchau• Studying physical culture at university in Minsk• Mother is Natalia; younger sister is Polina. Started

playing at age 9; introduced to sport by father

PERSONAL


MATCH NOTES

CORI GAUFF (USA #51) vs. [Q] MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159)


CORI GAUFF

51

44

13-03-2004 (16)

$384,912

$936,924

0 / 1

0 / 2

9-6 / 20-11

3-4 / 9-4

3-1 / 6-1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-0

1-1 / 2-9

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 1-1

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-0

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

3-2 / 4-4

1-0 / 2-2

0-0 / 0-0

0-1 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 0-0

MARTINA TREVISAN

159

164

03-11-1993 (26)

$108,440

$413,416



CORI GAUFF (USA #51)

R128: d. [9] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #13) 6-3,6-3 (1h42)

MARTINA TREVISAN (ITA #159)

R128: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #75) 7-5,3-0 ret. (1h01)

vs.

CORI GAUFF

2019

R2* L - KAJA JUVAN (SLO #131) 6-3 6-3

MARTINA TREVISAN

2019

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

2018

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



VSCOCO GAUFF

MARTINATREVISAN

• 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 eveutal 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 eight qualifiers or lucky losers to advance to the 2r - also Bara, Errani, Podoroska, Rakhimova, Sharma (LL), Tauson and Zarazua

• The best result by a qualifer in Paris is the QF most recently reached by Shvedova in 2012 (has hap-pened a total of nine times)

• 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 Giorgi who was forced to retire in the second set due to a right elbow injury

• Win over No.75 Giorgi was first main draw victory of the year and first career win over a Top 100 oppo-nent

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

• Faces No.51 Gauff today in 2r; owns 1-1 record against teenagers in 2020, beating Parry at WTA 125K Series Prague and losing to Juvan in qualifying at Palermo

• The only Italian to win the title here was Schiavone in 2010

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

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

having fallen in qualifying in 2019 (l. Juvan)• Won the girls’ singles title here in 2018, defeating her

good friend and doubles partner McNally in the final. Was youngest to win the title since Hingis in 1993

• Is among 10 former junior champions to start 2020 draw

• Playing fifth Grand Slam main draw this fortnight; win-loss record is 9-4 (including 1r win)

• At 16-years-old, is the youngest of 11 teenagers in draw (also Jacquemot, Tauson, Fernandez, Parry, Kostyuk, Anisimova, Rakhimova, Burel, Juvan and Swiatek)

• A teenager has won a Grand Slam singles title 34 times (13 different players), most recently Andreescu at 2019 US Open

• Defeated No.13 Konta in 1r for fourth career Top 20 win: also No.8 Bertens (2019 Linz), No.4 Osaka (2020 Australian Open), No.11 Sabalenka (2020 Lexington)

• With this being her first apperance at Roland Garros, has now advanced beyond 1r on her main draw de-but at all four majors, previously defeating V.Williams (2019 Wimbledon), Potapova (2019 US Open) and V.Williams again (2020 Australian Open)

• Faces No.159 Trevisan today in 2r, last loss to a player outside the Top 100 came from No.130 Kor-patsch in qualifying at 2019 Linz - Gauff would go on to win the title as a lucky loser

• Owns 3-0 career record in Grand Slam 2r matches• Only second time in career playing a Grand Slam

match as the higher ranked player (as No.67, defeat-ed No.74 Cirstea at 2020 Australian Open)

• Has never lost a WTA main draw match against a player outside the Top 100 (5-0 record, 2-0 at Grand Slams), a loss today would be worst by-ranking loss since falling to No.334 Gleason at ITF $100k/Bonita Springs-USA in ay of 2019 (Gauff was ranked No.340 at the time)

• Won her career first clay court match at Tour level this year at Rome (d. Jabeur, l. Muguruza in 2r)

• One of a tournament-leading 19 American women to start the tournament

• Playing doubles this fortnight as well w/Mcnally as the No.16 seed, face WC team of Droguet/Janicjevic in 1r

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MARTINATREVISAN

SEASON 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)

• Coming off 2r showing at Rome (d. Jabeur, l. Mugu-ruza in 3s). Marked her first WTA main draw on clay

• Made 1r exit at US Open (l. Sevastova) - her first 1r loss at a major

• Returned to tennis at Lexington, reaching the SF (l. eventual champion Brady), before 1r exit at Western & Southern Open (l. Sakkari)

• At 2h 50m, upset of No.11 Sabalenka in 2r at Lex-ington was the longest of her career – five minutes longer than her win over Hercog at 2019 Wimbledon

• Opened 2020 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Siegemund) and R16 at Australian Open (d. No.4 Osaka, l. eventual champion Kenin in 3s)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at this year’s Australian Open, having gone through three rounds of qualifying (d. Christian, Bonaventure, Bouchard)

• 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

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contesting fifth Grand Slam main draw at 2020

Roland Garros• On Grand Slam main draw debut in 2019, became

first 15-year-old to reach R16 at Wimbledon - and also appear on Centre Court - since Hingis in 1996 (l. eventual champion Halep)

• In 1r, defeated No.44 Venus Williams to become the youngest player (15y123d at end of tournament) to win a main draw match at Wimbledon since Capriati (15y100d) reached SF in 1991; and youngest at all Slams since Kournikova (15y93d) advanced to R16 at 1996 US Open (l. Graf)

• Also competed at 2019 US Open (as WC, l. then-No.1 Osaka in 3r)

• At 2020 Australian Open, defeated No.4 Osaka in 3r, becoming the youngest woman to beat a Top 5 oppo-nent at WTA level since Capriati (15y163d) defeated No.3 Sabatini in QF of 1991 US Open

• Is only the third player in last 30 years to win seven or more Grand Slam matches before her 16th birth-day - also Capriati (28) and Hingis (20)

• Is the first American woman in 30 years to reach the 3r in her first three majors

• As a junior, won singles title at Roland Garros in 2018 (d. McNally) and was R-Up at US Open in 2017 (l. Anisimova), aged 13 – youngest finalist in history

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

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

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MARTINATREVISAN

• 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

PERSONALPERSONAL• Began playing tennis at age 7 • Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Florida

to pursue tennis; main residence is now Delray Beach, Florida

• Currently coached by her father Corey Gauff (played basketball for Georgia State University) and is part of ‘Team Mouratoglou’ along with rising male players Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexei Popyrin, Rudi Molleker and Jason Tseng – has trained at Mouratoglou Academy in France since age of 10

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

• Favorite subject at school is literature • Cites Serena Williams as the reason she plays tennis

and also admires Venus • Signed first multi-year sponsorships in 2018 with

New Balance, Head and Barilla, an Italian food com-pany known for its pasta

• 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

• 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

• 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

CAREER MILESTONESCAREER MILESTONES• Enjoyed breakout season in 2019, highlighted by

maiden WTA singles title at Linz (as lucky loser, d. Ostapenko in F) - earned her first Top 10 win en route to title over No.8 Bertens in QF

• At 15y214d, her title run in Linz made her young-est to win a WTA tour-level title since Vaidisova (15y177d) won Tashkent in 2004

• Also claimed maiden WTA doubles titles at Washing-ton, DC (w/McNally, d. Sanchez/Stollar in F) and Lux-embourg (w/McNally, d. Christian/Guarachi in F)

• By winning the doubles title at Washington, DC at 15 yrs, 144 days, became the youngest player to win a doubles title since May 1995 (Martina Hingis won Hamburg at 14 yrs, 219 days)

• Reached R16 at 2019 Wimbledon on Grand Slam main draw debut (l. eventual champion Halep) - fol-lowed with 3r showing at US Open (as WC, l. Osaka)

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

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

• Made ITF debut in May 2018 as a qualifier into the $25K ITF/Osprey, FL—USA, where she won her first professional match (as qualifier, l. Stewart in R16)

• Finished 2018 season with a WTA ranking of No.875 • Former junior World No.1 (July 2018)

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