DAY EIGHT (OCTOBER 28) FINAL - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM

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1 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 WTA Finals Information: WTA Information: Communications Staff: l facebook.com/wtafinalssg l #WTAFinals l facebook.com/wta Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), DAY EIGHT (OCTOBER 28) FINAL - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM 4pm start [1] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #1)/KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #1) vs. [2] TIMEA BABOS (HUN #3)/KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #3) Babos/Mladenovic lead 1-0 Not before 7.30pm [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Stephens leads 2-1 ROUND ROBIN FINAL STANDINGS WHITE GROUP RED GROUP PLAYER MATCH W-L PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT [6] SVITOLINA [5] STEPHENS [7] PLISKOVA [8] BERTENS [2] WOZNIACKI [1] KERBER [4] KVITOVA [3] OSAKA PLAYER MATCH W-L Svitolina d. Kvitova Stephens d. Osaka Pliskova d. Wozniacki Bertens d. Kerber Wozniacki d. Kvitova Kerber d. Osaka Svitolina d. Pliskova Stephens d. Bertens 7-6(4) Pliskova d. Kvitova Bertens d. Osaka 6-3 (via ret.) Svitolina d. Wozniacki Stephens d. Kerber ABOUT THE FINALISTS PLAYER RANK NAT AGE WTA FINALS W-L YTD PRIZE $ YTD MD W/L YTD TITLES PCT SETS W-L CAREER PRIZE $ PCT CAREER W/L [5] Sloane Stephens 6 USA ,868, ,176, [6] Elina Svitolina 7 UKR ,863, ,234, Includes 2018 WTA Finals results, excluding prize money GAMES W-L PCT CAREER TITLES Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

2 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 ON THIS DAY October 28, 2017 Venus Williams defeated Caroline Garcia in the semifinals, becoming the oldest woman to reach the title match at the WTA Finals. The 37-year-old recovered from a set down to defeat Garcia, which also marked the first time she had made the final at the season-ending event since 2009 WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM SINGAPORE Every main draw match from Singapore is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch the action at home or on the go. You won t want to miss a minute of this year s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously via the multibox. RANKING PROJECTIONS Having reached the final, Sloane Stephens is projected to rise to World No.4, unless Elina Svitolina wins the title, in which case she will rise to No.5. Stephens cannot climb any higher than No.4, even with the title Elina Svitolina is projected to rise to World No.6 (up from No.7) having reached the final, and can rise as high as No.4 with the title Simona Halep will finish as the WTA Year-End World No.1 for the second successive season Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova have secured the WTA Year-End No.1 ranking spot in doubles QUICK HITS Elina Svitolina has reached the biggest final of her career prior to the WTA Finals this year, she had won four titles from four finals at WTA Premier-5 events, at 2017 Dubai, 2017 Toronto and Rome Having reached the final, Svitolina is guaranteed a prize money cheque of $1.2m USD the biggest pay day of her career, bettering that of the $651,347 USD she won in Dubai earlier this year Should Svitolina lift the title today, it would be the second year in a row the No.6 seed has won the title, after Caroline Wozanicki in 2017 Svitolina has been involved in the two longest matches at the WTA Finals this season her semifinal win against Kiki Bertens lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes, followed by her round robin win against Caroline Wozniacki, at 2 hours and 35 minutes Svitolina s record in tour-level finals stands at She has won her past eight matches at this stage, with her last defeat coming against Petra Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai Stephens record in tour-level finals stands at marks the first season she has reached four finals in a year, at Miami, Roland Garros, Montreal and now the WTA Finals (she previously eached three in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco, Charleston, winning all three) Svitolina s eight titles over the last two seasons is the most on the WTA Tour There were seven three-set matches in the round robin stage at this year s 2018 WTA Finals, the most since the format was adapted in 2003 the previous most was six in Meanwhile there were five three-set matches in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2013 With both matches going the distance yesterday, it was the fist time both semifinal matches had gone to three sets at the WTA Finals since 2004 Stephens is the first American woman not named Williams into the final here since 2001 that year Lindsay Davenport withdrew prior to the title match versus Serena Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

3 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 The last American not named Wiliams to win the WTA Finals was Davenport in 1999 A Stephens wins would be the 19th occasion a player from the USA has won the title here. Svitolina is the only singles player from the Ukraine to contest the WTA Finals Overall, players from 13 different nations have won: USA (18), GER (6), BEL (5), CZE (4), YUG (3), ARG (2), AUS (2), SUI (2), DEN (1), FRA (1), POL (1), RUS (1) and SVK (1) This is the first time since 2003, when the round robin format was re-introduced, that none of the Top 4 seeds have advanced to the final four at the WTA Finals The last time there were no Top 4 seeds into the semifinals at the WTA Finals was That year in the final four, No.7 seed Lindsay Davenport defeated No.5 seed Mary Pierce and unseeded Gabriela Sabatini defeated No.8 seed Kimiko Date This is the second season in a row where the WTA Finals championship match does not include any of the Top 4 seeds, after No.6 seed Caroline Wozniacki s defeat of No.5 seed Venus Williams in Prior to last year, the last time was 2008, when No.7 Venus Williams defeated No.8 Vera Zvonareva The exact same seed numbers have reached the final for the second successive year Svitolina and Stephens remained undefeated in the round robin stage, the 20th and 21st occassions a player has posted a perfect 3-0 record. Stephens is also the first debutante to do so since Garbiñe Muguruza in Today s final will mark the eighth time a player has posted a 3-0 record and gone on to win the title: YEAR PLAYER RESULT 2003 Kim Clijsters Won Title (d. Mauresmo in F) 2004 Amelie Mauresmo SF (l. S.Williams) 2005 Mary Pierce R-Up (l. Mauresmo) 2006 Maria Sharapova SF (l. Henin) 2007 Justine Henin Won Title (d. Sharapova in F) 2007 Maria Sharapova R-Up (l. Henin) 2008 Vera Zvonareva R-Up (l. V.Williams) 2008 Venus Williams Won Title (d. Zvonareva in F) 2009 Serena Williams Won Title (d. V.Williams in F) 2010 Vera Zvonareva SF (l. Wozniacki) 2011 Petra Kvitova Won Title (d. Azarenka in F) 2012 Serena Williams Won Title (d. Sharapova in F) 2012 Maria Sharapova R-Up (l. S.Williams) 2013 Serena Williams Won Title (d. Li) 2013 Li Na R-Up (l. S.Williams in F) 2014 Caroline Wozniacki SF (l. S.Williams) 2015 Maria Sharapova SF (l. Kvitova) 2015 Garbiñe Muguruza SF (l. A.Radwanska) 2016 Angelique Kerber R-Up (l. Cibulkova) 2018 Elina Svitolina??? 2018 Sloane Stephens??? This is the first time since 2013 that both group winners posted a 3-0 record and went on to meet in the final, Serena Williams defeated Li Na that year. As a result, Serena was the last player to go undefeated and win the WTA Finals that year Svitolina is the first player to defeat two Czechs in the round robin stage since Garbiñe Muguruza in 2015 ( who defeated Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova) Entering the WTA Finals, both Stephens (33) and Svitolina (39) had posted the lowest amount of match wins among all of the qualifiers Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

4 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 FINALS HONOR ROLL [SINGLES] YEAR HOST CITY WINNERS FINALISTS SCORE 1972 Boca Raton, FL-USA [3] Chris Evert (USA) [5] Kerry Reid (AUS) Boca Raton, FL-USA [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Nancy Richey (USA) Los Angeles, CA-USA [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) Los Angeles, CA-USA [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (TCH) Los Angeles, CA-USA [2] Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Sue Barker (GBR) Oakland, CA-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (TCH) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) New York, NY-USA [2] Martina Navratilova (TCH) [4] Tracy Austin (USA) New York, NY-USA [2] Tracy Austin (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (TCH) New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Andrea Jaeger (USA) 63 76(3) 1982 New York, NY-USA Sylvia Hanika (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) * New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Helena Sukova (TCH) Mar. New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Hana Mandlikova (TCH) Nov. New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Steffi Graf (GER) 76(6) New York, NY-USA [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [6] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) New York, NY-USA [4] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) [5] Pam Shriver (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) New York, NY-USA [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [4] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) New York, NY-USA [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [4] Martina Navratilova (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [4] Martina Navratilova (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) New York, NY-USA Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) [7] Lindsay Davenport (USA) New York, NY-USA [1] Steffi Graf (GER) Anke Huber (GER) New York, NY-USA [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [7] Martina Hingis (SUI) New York, NY-USA [2] Jana Novotna (CZE) [7] Mary Pierce (FRA) 76(4) New York, NY-USA [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Lindsay Davenport (USA) ** New York, NY-USA [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) New York, NY-USA [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [3] Monica Seles (USA) 67(5) Munich, GER [7] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) Walkover 2002 Los Angeles, CA-USA [5] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) Los Angeles, CA-USA [1] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [4] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) Los Angeles, CA-USA [6] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [7] Serena Williams (USA) Los Angeles, CA-USA [4] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Mary Pierce (FRA) 57 76(3) Madrid, ESP [3] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) Madrid, ESP [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Maria Sharapova (RUS) Doha, QAT [7] Venus Williams (USA) [8] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 67(5) Doha, QAT [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Venus Williams (USA) 62 76(4) 2010 Doha, QAT [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Istanbul, TUR [3] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [4] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Istanbul, TUR [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) Istanbul, TUR [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Li Na (CHN) Singapore, SIN [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Simona Halep (ROU) Singapore, SIN [5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [4] Petra Kvitova (CZE) Singapore, SIN [7] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) Singapore, SIN [6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [5] Venus Williams (USA) * First year the final was best-of-five sets. ** Returned to best-of-three sets final. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

5 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 FINALS HONOR ROLL [DOUBLES] YEAR HOST CITY WINNERS FINALISTS SCORE 1972 Boca Raton, FL-USA No doubles played 1973 Boca Raton, FL-USA Casals (USA)/Court (AUS) Durr (FRA)/Stove (NED) Los Angeles, CA-USA BJ King/Casals (USA) Durr (FRA)/Stove (NED) 61 67(2-5) Los Angeles, CA-USA No doubles played 1976 Los Angeles, CA-USA No doubles played 1977 New York, NY-USA No doubles played 1978 Oakland, CA-USA No doubles played 1979 New York, NY-USA Durr (FRA)/Stove (NED) Barker (GBR)/Kiyomura (USA) New York, NY-USA BJ King (USA)/Navratilova (TCH) Casals (USA)/Turnbull (AUS) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Potter/ Walsh (USA) 60 76(6) 1982 New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Jordan/A. Smith (USA) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Kohde-Kilsch/Pfaff (GER) * New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Durie (GBR)/Kiyomura (USA) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Kohde-Kilsch (GER)/Sukova (TCH) 67(4) 64 76(5) 1986 Mar. New York, NY-USA Mandlikova (TCH)/Turnbull (AUS) Kohde-Kilsch (GER)/Sukova (TCH) 64 67(4) Nov. New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Kohde-Kilsch (GER)/Sukova (TCH) 76(1) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Kohde-Kilsch (GER)/Sukova (TCH) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Neiland/Zvereva (USSR) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Neiland/Zvereva (USSR) New York, NY-USA Jordan (USA)/Smylie (AUS) Paz (ARG)/Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 76(4) New York, NY-USA Navratilova/Shriver (USA) Fernandez (USA)/Novotna (CZE) New York, NY-USA Sánchez-Vicario (ESP)/Sukova (CZE) Neiland (USSR)/Novotna (CZE) 76(4) New York, NY-USA G. Fernandez (USA)/Zvereva (BLR) Neiland (LAT)/Novotna (CZE) New York, NY-USA G. Fernandez (USA)/Zvereva (BLR) Novotna (CZE)/Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 63 67(4) New York, NY-USA Novotna (CZE)/Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) G. Fernandez (USA)/Zvereva (BLR) New York, NY-USA Davenport/MJ Fernandez (USA) Novotna (CZE)/Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) New York, NY-USA Davenport (USA)/Novotna (CZE) Fusai/Tauziat (FRA) 67(5) New York, NY-USA Davenport (USA)/Zvereva (BLR) Fusai/Tauziat (FRA) 67(6) ** New York, NY-USA Hingis (SUI)/Kournikova (RUS) Neiland (LAT)/Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) New York, NY-USA Hingis (SUI)/Kournikova (RUS) Arendt (USA)/Bollegraf (NED) Munich, GER Raymond (USA)/Stubbs (AUS) Black (ZIM)/Likhovtseva (RUS) Los Angeles, CA-USA Dementieva (RUS)/Husarova (SVK) Black (ZIM)/Likhovtseva (RUS) Los Angeles, CA-USA Ruano Pascual (ESP)/Suárez (ARG) Clijsters (BEL)/Sugiyama (JPN) Los Angeles, CA-USA Petrova (RUS)/Shaughnessy (USA) Black (ZIM)/Stubbs (AUS) Los Angeles, CA-USA Raymond (USA)/Stosur (AUS) Black (ZIM)/Stubbs (AUS) 67(5) Madrid, ESP Raymond (USA)/Stosur (AUS) Black (ZIM)/Stubbs (AUS) Madrid, ESP Black (ZIM)/L.Huber (USA) Srebotnik (SLO)/Sugiyama (JPN) Doha, QAT Black (ZIM)/L.Huber (USA) Peschke (CZE)/Stubbs (AUS) Doha, QAT Martinez Sanchez/Llagostera Vives (ESP) Black (ZIM)/L. Huber (USA) 76(0) Doha, QAT Dulko (ARG)/Pennetta (ITA) Peschke (CZE)/Srebotnik (SLO) Istanbul, TUR Huber/Raymond (USA) Peschke (CZE)/Srebotnik (SLO) Istanbul, TUR Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS) Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE) Istanbul, TUR Hsieh(TPE)/Peng(CHN) Makarova/Vesnina(RUS) Singapore, SIN Black (ZIM)/Mirza (IND) Hsieh (TPE)/Peng (CHN) Singapore, SIN Hingis (SUI)/Mirza (IND) Muguruza (ESP)/Suarez Navarro (ESP) Singapore, SIN Makarova (RUS)/Vesnina (RUS) Mattek-Sands (USA)/Safarova (CZE) 76(5) Singapore, SIN Babos (HUN)/Sestini Hlavackova (CZE) Bertens (NED)/Larsson (SWE) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

6 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2018 $7,000,000 CH [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads MONTREAL HARD O SF SLOANE STEPHENS mins 2014 CHARLESTON CLAY O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 SLOANE STEPHENS mins SLOANE STEPHENS (25) $3,868,099 $12,176,203 1 / 6 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $2,877,247 $10,248,625 3 / 12 0 / / / / / / 16-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 6-3 / / 9-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 8-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 13-6 / * Updated entering Final at 2018 WTA Finals ROAD TO THE FINAL [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) SF: d. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 0-6,6-4,6-1 (1h55) RR: d. [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) 7-6(4),2-6,6-3 (2h20) RR: d. [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3,6-3 (1h40) RR: d. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) 7-5,4-6,6-1 (2h24) Total games: 100 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-3 Total time on court: 8h19 Average time on court: 2h05 Average rank of opponent: 6 vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) SF: d. [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) 7-5,6-7(5),6-4 (2h38) RR: d. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) 5-7,7-5,6-3 (2h35) RR: d. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-3,2-6,6-3 (1h54) RR: d. [4] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) 6-3,6-3 (1h28) Total games: 112 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-3 Total time on court: 8h35 Average time on court: 2h09 Average rank of opponent: 7 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

7 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2018 $7,000,000 CH WTA FINALS Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 R1 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) STEPHENS R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #8) 6-7(7) WTA Finals Has reached the title match on her debut appearance at the WTA Finals Is the tenth player to reach the final on her first appearance at the season-ending event, and bidding to be fifth player to win the title, after S.Williams (2001), Sharapova (2004), Kvitova (2011) and Cibulkova (2016) Was one of three debutantes this year, the fourth year in a row there have been three players making their debuts Her record in tour-level finals stands at 6-2, and 2018 marks the first time she has reached four finals in a season (reached three in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco, Charleston, winning all three) Is 1-2 in finals this season, winning Miami (d. Ostapenko in F) and losing at Roland Garros and Montreal (l. Halep in both Fs) Has won her first six finals before falling at Roland Garros Is the first American woman not named Williams into the final here since 2001 that year Davenport withdrew prior to the match versus S.Williams The last American not named Williams to win the WTA Finals was Davenport in 1999 Is second successive American to reach the WTA Finals championship match, after V.Williams in 2017 A Stephens wins would be the 19th occasion a player from the USA has won the title here The last No.5 seed to win the WTA Finals was A.Radwanska in 2015 (d. Kvitova in F) Posted a perfect 3-0 record in the round robin stage this week, the 21st occasion this has happened With Svitolina also posting a 3-0 record, it s the first time since 2015 two players topped their groups without losing a match (Muguruza, Sharapova). She is also the first debutante to record a perfect 3-0 record since Muguruza in 2015 Today s match is the first time since 2013 that both group winners posted a 3-0 record and went on to meet in the final, S.Williams defating Li Na that year. Today will mark the eighth occasions a player has gone on to win the WTA Finals undefeated Secured qualification during weeks of Hong Kong, Linz and Tianjin (did not play that week however results fell in her favor). Was sixth player to qualify Was second alternate in 2013 but did not play One of three players to contest Moscow last week (also Ka.Pliskova and Bertens) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

8 This week in Singapore, defeated No.4 Osaka, No.2 Kerber and No.9 Bertens in RR stage, before dispatching No.8 Ka.Pliskova in SF Wins take record in 2018 vs. Top 5 players to 5-2 and vs. Top 10 players to 8-4 Win against No.2 Kerber also matched best-win-by-ranking of career also against No.2 Kerber at 2016 Charleston (via ret.) Faces No.7 Svitolina today is 8-1 vs. Top 10 players on hard courts this season, sole loss coming to World No.1 Halep at Montreal Match vs. Bertens was first time two debutantes have reached the SFs in the same year since 2007 (Ivanovic and Chakvetadze) Entering the WTA Finals, owned the least amount of wins across the season to qualify (33 at beginning of Singapore) With her this week in Singapore is Sylvester Black (coach), Sybil Smith (mother), John Tobias (agent) and Paulina (friend) Regular coach Kamau Murray not here this week President Clinton is visiting his coaching academy in Chicago Season Prior to 2018 WTA Finals, had reached three finals this season, winning one title, at Miami (d. Ostapenko in F). Also reached second Grand Slam final of career, finishing R-Up at Roland Garros, and contested title-match at Montréal, losing to World No.1 Halep both times Career record in singles finals now stands at 6-2 After loss to Halep, record against reigning No.1s slips to 0-8, losing to Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells), Azarenka (2013 Australian Open), S.Williams (2013 US Open, 2015 Indian Wells, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros) and Halep (2018 Roland Garros and 2018 Montreal) Made Top 10 debut after Miami triumph, at No.9, going on to post a career-high ranking of No.3 over the summer (July 16, 2018) Helped make history in Miami as the USA provided the winners in all four events (Stephens, Vandeweghe w/barty, Isner and Bryan brothers) In Grand Slam play, aside from Roland Garros, fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Zhang) and Wimbledon (l. Vekic) and made QF at US Open (as defending champion, l. Sevastova) Enjoyed a QF run at Acapulco (d. Parmentier and Rus, l. eventual R-Up Voegele) Posted R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova), Rome (l. Garcia), Cincinnati (l. Mertens) and Beijing (l. Cibulkova) Had 2r exits at Washington DC (l. Petkovic) and Moscow (after 1r bye, l. eventual R-Up Jabeur) 1r exits at Sydney (l. Giorgi), Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva), Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe), Tokyo [PPO] (l. Vekic) and Wuhan (l. Kontaveit) Won both singles rubbers (d. Mladenovic and Parmentier) during defending champion USA s 3-2 Fed Cup semifinal win over France. Will face Czech Republic in November s final Withdrew from Brisbane w/left knee injury

9 Career Posted second-best year-end finish at No.13 in 2017, one off career-high of No.12 in 2013 Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys to become the fifth unseeded player to win a major in the Open Era Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Only returned to action at 2017 Wimbledon (1r) following 11 months on sidelines with foot injury, having had surgery in January After 1r loss at Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open, also making back-to-back SFs at Toronto and Cincinnati Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, last match came at 2016 Rio Olympics Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) Owns seven wins vs. Top 5 players: No.5 Svitolina (2018 Montréal), No.5 Ostapenko (2018 Miami), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Miami), No.3 Kerber (2017 Toronto), No.2 Kerber (2016 Charleston via ret. w/viral illness), No.3 Sharapova (2013 Cincinnati) and No.3 S. Williams (2013 Australian Open) At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and went on to win a career-best 39 matches across the season First WTA qualifying at 2008 Miami. First WTA main draw at 2010 Indian Wells (as qualifier, No.747, fell 2r, l. Zvonareva) Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit Grand Slam History 2018 US Open marked 27th Grand Slam main draw appearance Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion Was one of four American women to reach SF at 2017 Flushing Meadows (also Keys, Vandeweghe and V.Williams) the sixth time in the Open Era that four Americans have contested the final four at a major Also R-Up at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result to date across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) Along with Makarova, is one of only two players who ve never held the No.1 ranking, but have managed to beat both V.Williams (2015 Roland Garros and 2017 US Open) and S.Williams (whom she defeated at 2013 Australian Open) at Grand Slam level Also just the second American (after Davenport) to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) Won junior doubles titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in 2010 (all w/babos)

10 Other Information Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Shawn Farrell Started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, California. Two years later relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy Coached by Kamau Murray, who is not in Singapore this week (started working together in January 2016). Worked with Nick Saviano in 2015 SVITOLINA WTA Finals Has reached the biggest final of her career today, making the championship match at the WTA Finals on her second appearance in Singapore Appearance in today s final at season-ending event betters that of contesting finals at WTA Premier-5 level tournaments at 2017 Dubai, 2017 Toronto and Rome Record in tour-level finals stands at Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai Her eight titles over the last two seasons is the most on the WTA Tour Guaranteed a prize money cheque of $1.2m USD, and $2.360m USD if she wins the title either are the biggest pay day of her career, bettering that of the $651,347 USD she won in Dubai earlier this year A win would make it the second year in a row the No.6 seed has won the title, after Wozanicki in 2017 Has been involved in the two longest matches at the WTA Finals this season SF win against Bertens lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes, followed by her RR win against Wozniacki, at 2 hours and 35 minutes Making second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals, becoming in 2017 the first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles. Her countrywoman Natalia Medvedeva contested the doubles format in 1990 On debut appearance last year, went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress. However did defeat World No.1 Halep in straight sets At 2017 WTA Finals was in contention to ascend to be the new World No.1, had she won the title This year, secured qualification for Singapore last week (specifically when Bertens failed to reach SF in Moscow) Entered 2018 WTA Finals with 39 wins this season (second-lowest amount of wins of all this year s qualifiers entering the event, after Stephens who posted 33 wins) Posted a perfect 3-0 record in the round robin stage, the 20th occasion this has happened (Stephens also achieving the feat a day later, marking the 21st occasion)

11 With Stephens also posting a 3-0 record, it s the first time since 2015 two players won their groups without losing a match (Muguruza, Sharapova) Bidding to be the eighth player to go undefeated en route to the WTA Finals crown, and first since S.Williams in 2013 This is the first time since 2013 that both group winners posted a 3-0 record and went on to meet in the final, Serena Williams defeating Li Na that year. As a result, Serena was the last player to go undefeated and win the WTA Finals This week en route to final has posted wins over No.5 Kvitova (Sunday), No.8 Ka. Pliskova (Tuesday ) and No.3 Wozniacki (Thursday) in the RR stage, before ousting No.9 Bertens in SF (Saturday) Is now 8-3 vs. Top 10 players and 4-2 vs. Top 5 players this season This is the second-most Top 10 wins secured in a season, after 11 such wins in 2017 Having defeated Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, is first player to defeat two Czechs in the round robin stage since Muguruza in 2015 (d. Safarova, Kvitova) Is also now 7-1 vs. Czech players in 2018, defeating Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, WTA Finals), Siniakova and Allertova (Australian Open), Vondrousova (Doha and Stuttgart) and Kvitova (WTA Finals). Loss came to Kvitova at Doha Won the the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of her promotion of women s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by performing off-court promotional and charitable activities. Was presented with the award the pre-tournament Gala dinner on Friday by WTA Legend Jennifer Capriati and WTA CEO and Chairman Steve Simon With her this week in Singapore is Andrew Bettles (coach) and Stephane Gurov (agent) Season Has won three titles this season, at Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Rome (as defending champion, d. World No.1 Halep in F) Has now defended a title three times in her career (also Baku ) Boasts 12-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai At the Grand Slams this year, reached QF at Australian Open for first time (l. Mertens), made R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), had a 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) one of 10 seeds to fall at first hurdle at the All England Club Became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Australian Open, surpassing A.Bondarenko who fell in R16 in 2010; K.Bondarenko reached QF at 2009 US Open. Was bidding to become first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal Posted strong SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) Enjoyed QF runs at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko), Stuttgart (l. Garcia), Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Buzarnescu), Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Bertens) and Hong Kong (l. eventual champion Yastremska) Reached 3r at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova), Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro) and Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. Sabalenka) Had 2r exit in Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) and 1r exit at Beijing (l. Krunic)

12 Career Won 12th career WTA singles title at 2018 Rome (d. Halep in F); career record in finals now stands at 12-2, including a current eight match win streak over the 2017 and 2018 seasons Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets 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) Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History 2018 US Open marked 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R Up Halep) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) Reached R16 at US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

13 Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes

14 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 WTA Finals Information: WTA Information: Communications Staff: l facebook.com/wtafinalssg l #WTAFinals l facebook.com/wta Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), DAY SEVEN (OCTOBER 27) SEMIFINALS - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM 1.30pm start [1] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #1)/KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #1) vs. [3] ANDREA SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE #9) / BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #9) Krejcikova/Siniakova lead 1-0 Not before 4pm [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Series tied 1-1 Not before 7.30pm [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) vs. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) Stephens leads 2-1 Followed by ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #8)/COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #19) vs. [2] TIMEA BABOS (HUN #3)/KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #3) Series tied 2-2 WHITE GROUP PLAYER MATCH W-L PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT RED GROUP [6] SVITOLINA [5] STEPHENS [7] PLISKOVA [8] BERTENS [2] WOZNIACKI [1] KERBER [4] KVITOVA [3] OSAKA PLAYER MATCH W-L Svitolina d. Kvitova Stephens d. Osaka Pliskova d. Wozniacki Bertens d. Kerber Wozniacki d. Kvitova Kerber d. Osaka Svitolina d. Pliskova Stephens d. Bertens 7-6(4) Pliskova d. Kvitova Bertens d. Osaka 6-3 (via ret.) Svitolina d. Wozniacki Stephens d. Kerber PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

15 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 ABOUT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER RANK NAT AGE WTA FINALS W-L YTD PRIZE $ YTD MD W/L YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $ CAREER W/L [5] Sloane Stephens 6 USA ,868, ,176, [6] Elina Svitolina 7 UKR ,863, ,234, [7] Karolina Pliskova 8 CZE ,592, ,427, [8] Kiki Bertens 9 NED ,666, ,025, Includes 2018 WTA Finals results, excluding prize money ON THIS DAY October 27, 2012 Maria Sharapova defeated World No.1 Victoria Azarenka in the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Istanbul to set-up a blockbuster final against Serena Williams POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD TO HEADS CAREER TITLES [5] SLOANE STEPHENS [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA [8] KIKI BERTENS Stephens leads 1-0 Bertens leads 3-2 [6] ELINA SVITOLINA Stephens leads 2-1 Pliskova leads 5-2 QUICK HITS Karolina Pliskova has served 393 aces in 2018, and is bidding to hit the 400-mark for the season for the fifth year in a row: YEAR ACES MATCHES Two debutantes, Kiki Bertens and Sloane Stephens, have reached the semifinals in the same year for the first time since 2007 (Ana Ivanovic and Anna Chakvetadze) Pliskova is the WTA Tour match win leader, with 49 Pliskova is bidding to hit the 50-win mark for the third time in her career, after posting 53 wins in 2015 and 2017 This is the first time since 2003, when the round robin format was re-introduced, that none of the Top 4 seeds have advanced to the final four at the WTA Finals The last time there were no Top 4 seeds into the semifinals at the WTA Finals was That year in the final four, No.7 seed Lindsay Davenport defeated No.5 seed Mary Pierce and unseeded Gabriela Sabatini defeated No.8 seed Kimiko Date Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

16 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 Both Elina Svitolina and Stephens remained undefeated in the round robin stage, the 20th and 21st occassions a player has posted a perfect 3-0 record. Stephens is also the first debutante to do so since Garbiñe Muguruza in 2015 : YEAR PLAYER RESULT 2003 Kim Clijsters Won Title (d. Mauresmo in F) 2004 Amelie Mauresmo SF (l. S.Williams) 2005 Mary Pierce R-Up (l. Mauresmo) 2006 Maria Sharapova SF (l. Henin) 2007 Justine Henin Won Title (d. Sharapova in F) 2007 Maria Sharapova R-Up (l. Henin) 2008 Vera Zvonareva R-Up (l. V.Williams) 2008 Venus Williams Won Title (d. Zvonareva in F) 2009 Serena Williams Won Title (d. V.Williams in F) 2010 Vera Zvonareva SF (l. Wozniacki) 2011 Petra Kvitova Won Title (d. Azarenka in F) 2012 Serena Williams Won Title (d. Sharapova in F) 2012 Maria Sharapova R-Up (l. S.Williams) 2013 Serena Williams Won Title (d. Li) 2013 Li Na R-Up (l. S.Williams in F) 2014 Caroline Wozniacki SF (l. S.Williams) 2015 Maria Sharapova SF (l. Kvitova) 2015 Garbiñe Muguruza SF (l. A.Radwanska) 2016 Angelique Kerber R-Up (l. Cibulkova) 2018 Elina Svitolina??? 2018 Sloane Stephens??? Serena Williams was the last player to go undefeated and win the WTA Finals, in 2013 This is the first time since 2015 both winners topped their groups with a 3-0 record however Garbiñe Muguruza and Maria Sharapova both went on to fall in the semifinals that year Bertens owns the most Top 10 wins this season, with 12. Here is the list of the most Top 10 wins for the last five years: YEAR PLAYER RECORD vs. Top Serena Williams Garbiñe Muguruza Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki Kiki Bertens 12-6 The only previous occasion Bertens had defeated a Japanese player in her career, she went on to win the title at that event, overcoming Misaki Doi at 2017 Nürnberg. She defeated Osaka on Friday to advance to the semifinals The No.8 seed (Bertens) has advanced to the semifinals for the fourth time in the last five years Caroline Wozniacki (2014), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2016), Caroline Garcia (2017) and Bertens (2018). Bertens would be the first to reach the final For the third straight season, the WTA Finals has at least two first time semifinalists (Cibulkova, Kerber, Kuznetsova), 2017 (Garcia, Ka.Pliskova), and 2018 (Svitolina, Bertens and Stephens) For the fifth consecutive year, a WTA Finals debutante has advanced to the semifinals Halep (2014), Muguruza (2015), Cibulkova (2016), Garcia (2017) and Stephens and Bertens (2018) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

17 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 Svitolina is the first player to defeat two Czechs in the round robin stage since Garbine Muguruza in 2015 ( who defeated Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova) A Czech player has reached at least the semifinals in three of the last four years at the WTA Finals 2015 (Kvitova, runner-up), 2017 (Pliskova, semifinals) and 2018 (Pliskova, semifinals so far) The highest ranked player remaining is World No.5 Stephens There have been seven three-set matches at this year s 2018 WTA Finals, the most in the round robin stage since the format was adapted in 2003 the previous most was six in Meanwhile there were five three-set matches in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2013 Entering the WTA Finals, Stephens had posted the lowest amount of match wins (33) among all of the qualifiers Bertens (No.9) is competing here on career-high rankings Following her win on Sunday over Wozniacki, Pliskova has won all three of her opening matches at the WTA Finals, also defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in 2016 and Venus Williams in 2017 WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM SINGAPORE Every main draw match from Singapore is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch the action at home or on the go. You won t want to miss a minute of this year s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously via the multibox. REMAINING MATCH SCHEDULE SESSION DAY TIME MATCHES Session 9 Saturday Oct pm Doubles SF (1), NB 4pm Singles SF (1) Session 10 Saturday Oct pm Singles SF (1), Doubles SF (1) Session 11 Sunday Oct pm Doubles Final, NB 7.30pm Singles Final Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

18 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2018 $7,000,000 CH [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Head to Head: CINCINNATI HARD O QF KIKI BERTENS mins 2016 ZHUHAI HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA mins KIKI BERTENS (26) $2,666,688 $6,025,124 3 / 7 1 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $2,877,247 $10,248,625 3 / 12 0 / / / / / / 16-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 6-3 / / 6-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 12-6 / * Updated entering SF at 2018 WTA Finals ROAD TO THE SF [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) RR: d. [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 1-6,6-3,6-4 (2h00) RR: d. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) 6-3, Ret'd (0h47) RR: L - [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) 7-6(4),2-6,6-3 (2h20) [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) RR: d. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) 5-7,7-5,6-3 (2h35) RR: d. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-3,2-6,6-3 (1h54) RR: d. [4] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) 6-3,6-3 (1h28) vs. Total games: 65 Won/lost: 34-31* Sets won/lost: 5-3 Total time on court: 5h07 Average time on court: 1h42 Average rank of opponent: 4 Total games: 77 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h57 Average time on court: 1h59 Average rank of opponent: 6 *Includes games from Osaka ti t i RR Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights From

19 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2018 $7,000,000 CH WTA FINALS Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 R1 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #8) 6-7(7) BERTENS WTA Finals Making WTA Finals debut in singles - one of three debutantes this year, the fourth year in a row there have been three players making their debuts Joined in SFs by fellow debutante Stephens first time two debutantes have reached the SFs in the same year since 2007 (Ivanovic and Chakvetadze) Competed here in Singapore in doubles last year, reaching the final w/larsson (l. Babos/Sestini Hlavackova) Qualified this year following withdrawal of Halep (lower back injury), having been No.9 on Porsche Race to Singapore. Could have secured qualification directly by reaching Moscow SF last week, however fell in opening match (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) One of three qualifiers to have played Moscow last week (also Stephens, Ka.Pliskova) Only four players have won the title on their debuts - Serena Williams (2001), Maria Sharapova (2004), Petra Kvitova (2011) and Dominika Cibulkova (2016) First Dutchwoman to compete at the WTA Finals in singles in over 20 years, since Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1997 (who also qualified from ). Betty Stove is the only other Dutch woman to appear in singles at the season-ending event (1972, 1974, ) Is the first Dutchwoman to advance to SF at WTA Finals since Schultz-McCarthy in 1995, when the event was played in a 16-player knockout format Bidding to become the first Dutchwoman to reach the championship match at the WTA Finals Contesting week of Singapore on a career-high ranking of No.9 (October 22, 2018). Broke Top 10 on October 8, 2018 to become first Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 in over 20 years, since Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 Is through to her fifth SF of 2018, and owns a perfect 4-0 record at this stage this season Defeated No.2 Kerber in opening match on Monday before falling to No.6 Stephens on Wednesday Secured semifinal qualification with straight sets win over No.4 Osaka on Friday (via ret. due to a left thigh injury) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

20 Record vs. Top 10 now stands at 12-6, the most Top 10 wins on WTA Tour this season. Other wins came over No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia (Madrid), No.9 V.Williams and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (Wimbledon), No.9 Ka.Pliskova and No.8 Kvitova (Montreal), No.2 Wozniacki, No.7 Svitolina, No.6 Kvitova and World No.1 Halep (Cincinnati). Can add No.6 Svitolina to this tally if she defeats her today The eighth seed has now reached SF stage in Singapore in four of the last five years, also Wozniacki (2014), Kuznetsova (2016) and Garcia (2017) none made the final Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career Here is the list of most Top 10 wins for the last five years: YEAR PLAYER Vs. Top Serena Williams Garbine Muguruza Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki Kiki Bertens 12-6 Win vs. No.2 Kerber improves her record against World No.1 and No.2 players to 4-4. Losses came to No.2 Kvitova (2015 Wimbledon), No.1 S.Williams (2015 US Open), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Roland Garros) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open), with other wins coming against No.2 Wozniacki (Madrid) and No.2 Wozniacki and No.1 Halep (Cincinnati) Victory over Osaka marked second career win over a Japanese player (2-4 record), losing to Doi (2013 Sydney qualifying), Hozumi (2014 Wimbledon qualifying), Nara (2015 Auckland), Osaka (2016 Acapulco) and Ozaki (2017 Miami). First win came over Doi at 2017 Nürnberg (via ret. w/abdominal injury) The only time she defeated a Japanese player prior, she went on to win the title at that event (Doi at 2017 Nürnberg) Owns a record this year (including WTA Finals results), the most tour-level main draw wins of her career, and an improvement on 2017 s record of Won the WTA s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 was presented with the accolade at the pre-tournament Gala on Friday evening by WTA CEO and Chairman Steve Simon and WTA Legend Jennifer Capriati With her this week in Singapore is Raemon Sluiter (coach) and Remko de Rijke (fitness trainer and boyfriend) Season Has enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-best four singles finals across the season and breaking into the Top 10 Has won three titles, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F) Having also defeated No.2 Wozniacki en route to Cincinatti title, is first player to defeat the World No.1 and World No.2 at tournament since Muguruza at 2017 Cincinnati (d. No.1 Ka.Pliskova and No.2 Halep)

21 Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F). Also picked up a doubles title at Brisbane (w/schuurs) Career record in singles finals stands at 7-2, with pre-2018 titles coming at 2012 Fès, 2016 Nürnberg, 2017 Nürnberg and 2017 Gstaad Broke into Top 10 earlier this month, at No.10 on October 8, Peaked at No.9 this week (October 22, 2018) At Grand Slam level this season, posted career best results at Wimbledon (QF - l. Goerges) US Open (3r - l. Vondrousova) and Australian Open (3r - (l. eventual champion Wozniacki). At Roland Garros, made 3r (l. Kerber) At Wimbledon, become the first Dutch woman to reach QF since Krajicek in Made QF stage at Nürnberg (as defending champion, l. Flipkens) and Montréal (l. Barty) Reached 3r at Miami (l. V.Williams after holding 3mp) and Beijing (l. Siniakova) Had 2r showings at Sydney (l. No.3 Muguruza), Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. S.Williams in the American s first competitive comeback following pregnancy), Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Buzarnescu in 3s), Wuhan (l. Pavlyuchenkova), Linz (l. Gasparyan) and Moscow (l. Sasnovich) 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Konjuh in straight sets), Dubai (l. Wang), St. Petersburg (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness), Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Sakkari) Forced to withdraw from tournaments at Doha and New Haven, both w/illness Career Ended 2017 at No.31, down from career-best year-end finish of No.22 in 2016 Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg (as defending champion, d. Krejcikova in F) and Gstaad (d. Kontaveit in F, having finished R-Up there in 2016) Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Konta (Sydney, Miami), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals) Posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level. As a result, posted a then-career-high singles ranking of No.18 (May 29, 2017) Added four WTA doubles titles to her haul in 2017: Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/larsson) Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Qualified for her first WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/larsson), advancing to the final (l. Babos/Sestini Hlavackova), defeating defending champions Makarova/Vesnina en route Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route)

22 In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles falling to Svitolina and Vesnina Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani) Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title prior to this was Vandeweghe at 2014 s-hertogenbosch Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw appearance Owns 10 doubles titles: Hobart and Bastad in 2015, Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg in 2016, Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul, Linz (all w/larsson) in 2017 and Brisbane (w/schuurs) in 2018 Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , Grand Slam History Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 In 2018 has reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) In 2018, garnered multiple wins at four Grand Slams in the same season for the first time in her career (3r at Australian Open, 3r at Roland Garros, QF at Wimbledon and now 3r at US Open) 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) Other Information Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter, although during title run at 2018 Charleston worked with former WTA player Elise Tamaela Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

23 SVITOLINA WTA Finals Making second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals, becoming in 2017 the first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles. Her countrywoman Natalia Medvedeva contested the doubles format in 1990 On debut appearance last year, went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress. However did defeat World No.1 Halep in straight sets At 2017 WTA Finals was in contention to ascend to be the new World No.1, had she won the title This year, secured qualification for Singapore last week (specifically when Bertens failed to reach SF in Moscow) Entered 2018 WTA Finals with 39 wins this season (second-lowest amount of wins of all this year s qualifiers entering the event, after Stephens who posted 33 wins) Is through to her fifth SF of 2018, owning a 3-1 record at this stage, only loss coming at Montreal (l. Stephens) Posted a perfect 3-0 record in the round robin stage, the 20th occasion this has happened (Stephens also achieving the feat a day later, marking the 21st occasion) With Stephens also posting a 3-0 record, it s the first time since 2015 two players won their groups without losing a match (Muguruza, Sharapova) Seeded No.6 this fortnight the last No.6 seed to win WTA Finals was Wozniacki in 2017 Posted wins against No.5 Kvitova on Sunday and No.3 Wozniacki on Thursday improves to 4-2 vs. Top 5 opponents in 2018, also defeating No.4 Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane) and No.1 Halep (Rome). Lost to No.5 Ostapenko (Miami) and No.3 Stephens (Montreal) Was also her sixth win against a left-handed player in 2018 Overcame No.8 Ka.Pliskova on Tuesday, and is now 7-3 vs. Top 10 ranked opponents, also defeating No.4 Ka.Pliskova and No.9 Konta (Brisbane), No.9 Kerber (Dubai), No.1 Halep (Rome) and No.5 Kvitova and No.3 Wozniacki (WTA Finals). Can add No.9 Bertens to this tally today Is now 7-1 vs. Czech players in 2018, defeating Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, WTA Finals), Siniakova and Allertova (Australian Open), Vondrousova (Doha and Stuttgart) and Kvitova (WTA Finals). Loss came to Kvitova at Doha The last player to defeat two Czechs in the round robin stage was Muguruza in 2015 (d. Safarova, Kvitova) Won the the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of her promotion of women s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by performing off-court promotional and charitable activities. Was presented with the award the pre-tournament Gala dinner on Friday by WTA Legend Jennifer Capriati and WTA CEO and Chairman Steve Simon With her this week in Singapore is Andrew Bettles (coach) and Stephane Gurov (agent)

24 Season Has won three titles this season, at Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Rome (as defending champion, d. World No.1 Halep in F) Has now defended a title three times in her career (also Baku ) Boasts 12-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai At the Grand Slams this year, reached QF at Australian Open for first time (l. Mertens), made R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), had a 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) one of 10 seeds to fall at first hurdle at the All England Club Became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Australian Open, surpassing A.Bondarenko who fell in R16 in 2010; K.Bondarenko reached QF at 2009 US Open. Was bidding to become first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal Posted strong SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) Enjoyed QF runs at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko), Stuttgart (l. Garcia), Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Buzarnescu), Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Bertens) and Hong Kong (l. eventual champion Yastremska) Reached 3r at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova), Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro) and Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. Sabalenka) Had 2r exit in Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) and 1r exit at Beijing (l. Krunic) Career Won 12th career WTA singles title at 2018 Rome (d. Halep in F); career record in finals now stands at 12-2, including a current eight match win streak over the 2017 and 2018 seasons Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets 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) Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4)

25 Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History 2018 US Open marked 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R Up Halep) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) Reached R16 at US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes

26 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2018 $7,000,000 CH [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) vs. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads MADRID CLAY O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2015 BEIJING HARD O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS mins 2012 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS mins SLOANE STEPHENS (25) $3,868,099 $12,176,203 1 / 6 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $2,592,050 $13,427,441 2 / 11 0 / / / / / / 16-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 8-3 / / 9-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-5 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-10 / * Updated entering SF at 2018 WTA Finals ROAD TO THE SF [5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #6) RR: d. [8] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) 7-6(4),2-6,6-3 (2h20) RR: d. [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3,6-3 (1h40) RR: d. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #4) 7-5,4-6,6-1 (2h24) [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) RR: d. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 6-2,6-4 (1h32) RR: L - [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-3,2-6,6-3 (1h54) RR: d. [4] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) 6-3,6-4 (1h22) vs. Total games: 77 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 6h24 Average time on court: 2h08 Average rank of opponent: 5 Total games: 63 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 5-2 Total time on court: 4h48 Average time on court: 1h36 Average rank of opponent: 5 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

27 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 21 - Oct 28, 2018 $7,000,000 CH WTA FINALS Tournament History KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 7-6(9) 6-3 R1 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #2) R1 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #5) R1 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #7) R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R1 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) (4) 7-5 R1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) (6) STEPHENS WTA Finals Making debut appearance at WTA Finals one of three debutantes this year, the fourth year in a row there have been three players making their debuts Joined in SFs by fellow debutante Bertens first time two debutantes have reached the SFs in the same year since 2007 (Ivanovic and Chakvetadze) Was second alternate in 2013 but did not play The last WTA Finals debutant to win the event was Cibulkova in 2016 Secured qualification during weeks of Hong Kong, Linz and Tianjin (did not play that week however results fell in her favor). Was sixth player to qualify One of three players to contest Moscow last week (also Ka.Pliskova and Bertens) USA has now been represented in 44 of the 48 WTA Finals (all except 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2015). An American has won the title 18 times: Navratilova (6*), S.Williams (5), Evert (4), Austin (1), Davenport (1) and V.Williams (1); *Navratilova also won 2 titles representing Czech Republic Is through to her fourth SF of 2018, and owns a perfect 3-0 record at this stage this season Has posted a perfect 3-0 record in the round robin stage this week, the 21st occasion this has happened With Svitolina also posting a 3-0 record, it s the first time since 2015 two players topped their groups without losing a match (Muguruza, Sharapova) She is also the first debutante to record a perfect 3-0 record since Muguruza in 2015 Bidding to be second successive American woman to reach the WTA Finals championship match, after V.Williams in 2017 This week in Singapore, scored her fourth and fifth Top 5 wins of season (5-2 record), defeating No.4 Osaka and No.2 Kerber. Other wins came over No.3 Muguruza and No.5 Ostapenko (Miami) and No.5 Svitolina (Montreal) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

28 In addition, defeated No.9 Bertens on Wednesday, improving to 7-4 vs. Top 10 players in 2018, also defeating No.3 Muguruza, No.5 Ostapenko and No.10 Kerber (Miami), No.5 Svitolina (Montreal) and No.4 Osaka and No.2 Kerber (WTA Finals). Can add to that tally when faces No.8 Ka.Pliskova toay Having defeated Kerber in straight sets, has now won the last ten sets against the German Win against No.2 Kerber also matched best-win-by-ranking of career also against No.2 Kerber at 2016 Charleston (via ret.) Entering the WTA Finals, owned the least amount of wins across the season to qualify (33 at beginning of Singapore) With her this week in Singapore is Sylvester Black (coach), Sybil Smith (mother), John Tobias (agent) and Paulina (friend) Regular coach Kamau Murray not here this week President Clinton is visiting his coaching academy in Chicago Season Has reached three finals this season, winning one title, at Miami (d. Ostapenko in F). Also reached second Grand Slam final of career, finishing R-Up at Roland Garros, and contested title-match at Montréal, losing to World No.1 Halep both times Career record in singles finals now stands at 6-2 After loss to Halep, record against reigning No.1s slips to 0-8, losing to Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells), Azarenka (2013 Australian Open), S.Williams (2013 US Open, 2015 Indian Wells, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros) and Halep (2018 Roland Garros and 2018 Montreal) Made Top 10 debut after Miami triumph, at No.9, going on to post a career-high ranking of No.3 over the summer (July 16, 2018) Helped make history in Miami as the USA provided the winners in all four events (Stephens, Vandeweghe w/barty, Isner and Bryan brothers) In Grand Slam play, aside from Roland Garros, fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Zhang) and Wimbledon (l. Vekic) and made QF at US Open (as defending champion, l. Sevastova) Enjoyed a QF run at Acapulco (d. Parmentier and Rus, l. eventual R-Up Voegele) Posted R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova), Rome (l. Garcia), Cincinnati (l. Mertens) and Beijing (l. Cibulkova) Had 2r exits at Washington DC (l. Petkovic) and Moscow (after 1r bye, l. eventual R-Up Jabeur) 1r exits at Sydney (l. Giorgi), Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva), Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe), Tokyo [PPO] (l. Vekic) and Wuhan (l. Kontaveit) Won both singles rubbers (d. Mladenovic and Parmentier) during defending champion USA s 3-2 Fed Cup semifinal win over France. Will face Czech Republic in November s final Withdrew from Brisbane w/left knee injury

29 Career Posted second-best year-end finish at No.13 in 2017, one off career-high of No.12 in 2013 Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US Open, d. Keys to become the fifth unseeded player to win a major in the Open Era Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Only returned to action at 2017 Wimbledon (1r) following 11 months on sidelines with foot injury, having had surgery in January After 1r loss at Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open, also making back-to-back SFs at Toronto and Cincinnati Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, last match came at 2016 Rio Olympics Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) Owns seven wins vs. Top 5 players: No.5 Svitolina (2018 Montréal), No.5 Ostapenko (2018 Miami), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Miami), No.3 Kerber (2017 Toronto), No.2 Kerber (2016 Charleston via ret. w/viral illness), No.3 Sharapova (2013 Cincinnati) and No.3 S. Williams (2013 Australian Open) At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012 Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and went on to win a career-best 39 matches across the season First WTA qualifying at 2008 Miami. First WTA main draw at 2010 Indian Wells (as qualifier, No.747, fell 2r, l. Zvonareva) Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit Grand Slam History 2018 US Open marked 27th Grand Slam main draw appearance Enjoyed fairytale run at 2017 US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth unseeded champion Was one of four American women to reach SF at 2017 Flushing Meadows (also Keys, Vandeweghe and V.Williams) the sixth time in the Open Era that four Americans have contested the final four at a major Also R-Up at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result to date across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) Along with Makarova, is one of only two players who ve never held the No.1 ranking, but have managed to beat both V.Williams (2015 Roland Garros and 2017 US Open) and S.Williams (whom she defeated at 2013 Australian Open) at Grand Slam level Also just the second American (after Davenport) to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) Won junior doubles titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in 2010 (all w/babos)

30 Other Information Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Shawn Farrell Started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, California. Two years later relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy Coached by Kamau Murray, who is not in Singapore this week (started working together in January 2016). Worked with Nick Saviano in 2015 PLISKOVA: WTA Finals Making third consecutive appearance at the WTA Finals, and has matched best result with progression to SF in 2018 Also made SF in 2017, going 2-1 in RR stage (d. V.Williams, Muguruza, l. Ostapenko), before falling to eventual champion Wozniacki in the final four Went 1-2 in group stage on debut in 2016 and failed to progress to SF (d. Muguruza, l. A.Radwanska and Kuznetsova) Also competed in doubles field in 2016 (w/goerges, l. Garcia/Mladenovic in QF) Pliskova s (and Kvitova, who fell in RR) participation in this year s WTA Finals means the Czech Republic have had at least one player compete every year since 2011 Qualified last week for WTA Finals as final player after Bertens failed to reach Moscow SF (Bertens would also qualify herself after Halep withdrawal) Is bidding to become fourth Czech woman to lift the Billie Jean King Trophy after Navratilova in , Novotna in 1997 and Kvitova in 2011 Defeats of Wozniacki on Sunday and Kvitova on Thursday takes her to 49 wins in 2018, the most on the WTA Tour Has now won all three of her opening matches at the WTA Finals, defeating V.Williams in 2017 and Muguruza in 2016 Is through to her sixth SF of the season, and has a 3-2 record at this stage, losses coming at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Madrid (l. Kvitova) A Czech player has reached at least the semifinal in three of the last four years 2015 (Kvitova, R-Up), 2017 (Ka.Pliskova, SF) and 2018 (Ka.Pliskova, SF so far) Defeats of No.3 Wozniacki and No.5 Kvitova improves record vs. Top 5 players this season to 4-1 in 2018, also defeating No.5 Ostapenko (Stuttgart) and World No.1 Halep (Madrid). Loss came to World No.1 Halep (Australian Open) Fell to No.7 Svitolina on Tuesday. Is now 6-5 vs. Top 10 players in 2018, defeating No.5 Ostapenko (Stuttgart), No.9 Stephens and World No.1 Halep (Madrid), No.7 Osaka (Tokyo PPO) and No.3 Wozniacki and No.5 Kvitova (WTA Finals). Can add another Top 10 win today against No.6 Stephens Defeat of Kvitova was first over her compatriot in fourth meeting, while it was just Kvitova s second loss to a Czech player in her last 29 matches sister Kr.Pliskova defeated her at 2018 Charleston

31 Win was also eighth against a leftie this season (8-3 record), with other wins coming over Haddad Maia and Safarova (both at Australian Open), Makarova (Miami), Kerber (Fed Cup), Safarova (Roland Garros), Buzarnescu (Wimbledon) and Lepchenko (Tianjin) Defeat of Kvitova marked 50th career win over a Top 20 ranked player (49-64 record) With her in Singapore this week is Michal Hrdlicka (fiancé), Rennae Stubbs (coach) and Katerina Stecova (agent) Season Has won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F); owns career record in WTA singles finals Has reached multiple finals every year since 2013 At Grand Slam level this season, made strong QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Had QF runs at Dubai (l. Kerber), Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka), Miami (l. Azarenka) and Eastbourne (as defending champion, l. Sabalenka led 4-1 in final set) Reached the R16 at Doha (l. Bellis) and Beijing (l. Wang Qiang) Fell 2r at Rome (l. Sakkari), back-to-back at Montréal (l. Bertens) and Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka), and also Wuhan (l. Wang Qiang) Fell 1r at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) and New Haven (l. Makarova) Went 1-1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) to help Czech Republic reach its sixth Fed Cup final in the past eight years with a 4-1 win over Germany. The Czechs will host the USA in November s final Nominated for Czech Republic s Fed Cup World Group I QF tie vs. Switzerland but did not play a singles or doubles match due to illness Career Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish. Year-end ranking has improved continuously for 12-straight seasons Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Is the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) Qualified for WTA Finals for second year-in-a-row, reaching SF stage (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

32 In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) Advanced to SF stage at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova), Miami (l. Wozniacki) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Led the WTA in 2017 for aces served 452 from 68 matches. Also posted joint-second most match wins 53 (level with Svitolina, behind Wozniacki 60) Holds a record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo) Enjoyed a break-out year in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last seven Captured fifth career doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova) Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova Grand Slam History Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American s 186-week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Furthermore, defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament Is one of 10 players born in 1990s to reach major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Muguruza, Osaka, Ostapenko, Stephens and Wozniacki) At Australian Open, best results came with QF run in 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni) and 2018 (l. Halep), while she also posted deepest run at Roland Garros that year, advancing to SF (l. Halep) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens), after 2r exits in each of previous five years Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) Australian Open girls singles champion in 2010 d. Robson in F

33 Other Information Nominated for 2017 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated for the same award in 2016, in addition to WTA Most Improved Player in 2014 Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club Currently coached by Rennae Stubbs; worked with former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez at US Open, and previously coached by Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza Married Michal Hrdlicka in Monaco after 2018 Wimbledon

34 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 WTA Finals Information: WTA Information: Communications Staff: l facebook.com/wtafinalssg l #WTAFinals l facebook.com/wta Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (bshapiro@wtatennis.com), Chase Altieri (CAltieri@wtatennis.com) DAY FIVE (OCTOBER 25) - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM 1.30pm start [3] ANDREA SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE #9) / BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #9) vs. ANDREJA KLEPAC (SLO #17)/MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #17) Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova leads 1-0 Not before 4pm [4] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) vs. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) Kvitova leads 3-0 Not before 7.30pm [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Svitolina leads 3-1 Followed by [1] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #1)/KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #1) vs. NICOLE MELICHAR (USA #15)/KVETA PESCHKE (CZE #13) Krejcikova/Siniakova leads 1-0 WHITE GROUP PLAYER MATCH W-L PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT RED GROUP [6] SVITOLINA [5] STEPHENS [7] PLISKOVA [1] KERBER [2] WOZNIACKI [8] BERTENS [4] KVITOVA [3] OSAKA PLAYER MATCH W-L Svitolina d. Kvitova Stephens d. Osaka Pliskova d. Wozniacki Bertens d. Kerber Wozniacki d. Kvitova Kerber d. Osaka Svitolina d. Pliskova Stephens d. Bertens 7-6(4) PCT SETS W-L PCT GAMES W-L PCT Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from

35 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 21 28, $7,000,000 ABOUT THE WHITE GROUP PLAYER RANK NAT AGE WTA FINALS W-L YTD PRIZE $ YTD MD W/L YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $ CAREER W/L [2] Caroline Wozniacki 3 DEN ,703, ,538, [4] Petra Kvitova 5 CZE ,150, ,191, [6] Elina Svitolina 7 UKR ,863, ,234, [7] Karolina Pliskova 8 CZE ,592, ,427, Includes 2018 WTA Finals results, excluding prize money ADVANCEMENT SCENARIOS CAREER TITLES ON THIS DAY October 25, 2017 Caroline Garcia produced a stunning comeback against Elina Svitolina to keep up her hopes of advancing from the group stages on her WTA Finals debut. Having lost her opening match and finding herself a set and a break down against the Ukrainian, Garcia rallied to win the match 6-7(7) She went on to defeat Caroline Wozniacki in the final match of the round robin stage, falling to Venus Williams in the semifinal. WHITE GROUP QUICK HITS Having lost her opening two matches, Petra Kvitova must win in straight sets today to advance to the semifinals (in addition to Elina Svitolina winning). Karolina Pliskova could also advance with a 1-2 record if she loses today in three sets (coupled with a Svitolina win). It would be the eighth occasion a player has lost two matches in the group stage and progressed: YEAR PLAYER ROUND ROBIN W-L SINGLE-ELIINATION RESULTS 2009 Venus Williams 1-2, 2nd in group d. Jankovic in SF, l. S.Williams in F 2011 Vera Zvonareva 1-2, 2nd in group l. Azarenka in SF 2013 Jelena Jankovic 1-2, 2nd in group l. S.Williams in SF 2014 Agnieszka Radwanska 1-2, 2nd in group l. Halep in SF 2015 Agnieszka Radwanska 1-2, 2nd in group d. Muguruza in SF, d. Kvitova in F 2015 Petra Kvitova 1-2, 2nd in group d. Sharapova in SF, l. A.Radwanska in F 2016 Dominika Cibulkova 1-2, 2nd in group d. Kuznetsova in SF, d. Kerber in F There have been six three-set matches at this year s 2018 WTA Finals, the joint-most in the round robin stage since the format was adapted in 2003 there were also six in Meanwhile there were five three-set matches in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2013 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: Insights from