BNP PARIBAS OPEN - FINAL THE FINALISTS FINAL RECORDS RECENT INDIAN WELLS FINALS

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1 BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 17, 2019

2 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - FINAL [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) vs. [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) First meeting Andreescu is first wildcard to reach the Indian Wells final... Kerber appearing in first Premier Mandatory final of career... Andreescu the youngest finalist here since Kerber ended Bencic s 12-match winning streak in SF PLAYER IW W/L Y T D W/L THE FINALISTS CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [8] Angelique Kerber ,118 27,446, [WC] Bianca Andreescu , , FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST IW RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [8] Angelique Kerber F (1): 2019 SF (2): Wimbledon (WON) [WC] Bianca Andreescu F (1): Auckland (R-UP) 0-1 RECENT INDIAN WELLS FINALS YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2011 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI MARION BARTOLI VICTORIA AZARENKA MARIA SHARAPOVA MARIA SHARAPOVA CAROLINE WOZNIACKI FLAVIA PENNETTA AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA SIMONA HALEP JELENA JANKOVIC VICTORIA AZARENKA SERENA WILLIAMS ELENA VESNINA SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 6-7(6) NAOMI OSAKA DARIA KASATKINA SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media.

3 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKINGS UPDATE Angelique Kerber is projected to move to No.4 by reaching the final, and will climb as high as No.2 if she wins the title. OUT OF LEFTFIELD Kerber is the first left-handed woman to reach the Indian Wells final since Monica Seles was crowned champion in Bianca Andreescu, who finished the 2018 season ranked No.178 and made her Top 100 debut just over a month ago, is projected break into the Top 50 at No.33, making her the highest-ranked teenager on tour. Should she lift the title then she will end the fortnight at No.24. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER Andreescu will be 18 years and 274 days old at the end of the tournament, making her the youngest woman to reach the final since a 17-year-old Kim Clijsters finished runner-up in Should she lift the title, the Canadian will become the fourth-youngest champion in the tournament s history: YOUNGEST INDIAN WELLS CHAMPIONS PLAYER YEAR AGE Martina Hingis yrs 166 days Serena Williams yrs 169 days Monica Seles yrs 90 days Daniela Hantuchova yrs 327 days Meanwhile, her opponent in the final Kerber is bidding to become the fourth-oldest woman to lift the Indian Wells title: OLDEST INDIAN WELLS FINALISTS PLAYER YEAR AGE RESULT Martina Navratilova yrs 163 days WON Serena Williams yrs 176 days R-UP Martina Navratilova yrs 137 days WON Flavia Pennetta yrs 19 days WON Svetlana Kuznetsova yrs 265 days R-UP Angelique Kerber yrs 54 days??? ON THIS DAY On March 16, 2007, the French Tennis Federation announces that, following the lead of the other three majors, it will offer equal prize money to men and women starting from 2007 Roland Garros. 2 Two left-handers have won the Indian Wells title: Martina Navratilova ( ) and Monica Seles (1992) RETURN WITH INTEREST Both finalists have posted impressive numbers in their return games this fortnight. Kerber, in particular, has enjoyed a marked upturn in fortune in this aspect of her game, breaking serve 29 times from 53 games (54.7%). By contrast, entering the tournament, she had won just 36.4% of her return games in Eager not to be outdone, Andreescu has won 52.4% of her return games en route to the final, up on her pre-tournament number of 41.5%. THE COMPLETE SET For all her career accomplishments, Kerber had never appeared in a WTA Premier Mandatory final prior to this fortnight. The closest the German had come were semifinal runs at Miami in 2016 and Indian Wells in 2012 and ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER FINALS TIER WIN-LOSS RECORD GRAND SLAM 3-1 WTA FINALS 0-1 OLYMPICS 0-1 PREMIER MANDATORY - PREMIER PREMIER 7-5 INTERNATIONAL 2-4

4 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

5 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) vs. [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) Head to Head: First meeting ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $290,118 $27,446,959 0 / 12 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * BIANCA ANDREESCU (18) $135,021 $350,909 0 / 0 0 / / / / / 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) * 16-3 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / 5-2 * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells final ROAD TO THE FINAL [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) SF: d. [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) 6-4,6-2 (1h07) QF: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) 7-6(3),6-3 (1h36) R16: d. [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-1,4-6,6-4 (1h43) R32: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h53) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 6-0,6-2 (1h03) R128: BYE Total games: 106 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-2 Total time on court: 7h22 Average time on court: 1h28 Average rank of opponent: 45 [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) SF: d. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) 6-3,2-6,6-4 (2h12) QF: d. [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-0,6-1 (0h52) R16: d. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18) 7-5,6-2 (1h28) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) 6-1,6-2 (0h56) R64: d. [32] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 6-2,6-2 (1h23) R128: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #70) 6-7(3),6-3,6-3 (2h23) Total games: 122 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 12-2 Total time on court: 9h14 Average time on court: 1h32 Average rank of opponent: 43 INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

6 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY 2017 R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) (5) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) (3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

7 ANGELIQUE KERBER VS BIANCA ANDREESCU INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and 11th overall). Is through to final for first time Previous best showings were SF runs in 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last ranked No.1 in July 2017 Last left-hander to win Indian Wells was Seles in 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 After 1r bye, struck 29 winners and just 12 unforced errors to ease past Putintseva in 2r Broke serve seven times to beat Russian qualifier Vikhlyantseva in 3r Came back from 1-4 down in third set to defeat No.9 Sabalenka in R16 and record first Top 10 win since beating No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals last October. Fell to No.8 Kvitova at Sydney in her only other meeting with a Top 10 player this season Beat the only other woman over 30 left in the draw V.Williams in QF on Thursday In SF, hit 22 winners and only 16 unforced errors to end Bencic s 12-match winning streak and reach first career Premier Mandatory final; had previously fallen in SF at Indian Wells ( ) and Miami (2016) Prior to this fortnight had not won more than three matches in a row since 2018 Wimbledon Faces No.60 Andreescu in final; last loss to player outside Top 50 came against No.61 Riske at 2018 Mallorca Is projected to move up to No.4 by reaching the final and No.2 with the title SEASON Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) Making debut appearance at Indian Wells; first main draw debutante in Indian Wells to reach the final since S.Williams won title in 1999 The last remaining of the eight wildcards that started the draw; is the first wildcard in the tournament s history to reach the final, bettering SF runs from Hingis in 2006 and S.Williams in 2015 Contesting only eighth WTA main draw and first at a Premier Mandatory tournament Recovered from 3-1 down in the third set to beat Begu in 1r Eased past Cibulkova in 2r and Voegele in 3r, dropping a combined total of seven games In R16, upset No.18 Q.Wang, then committed only 12 unforced errors to dismiss No.20 Muguruza in QF Struck 36 winners to score second career Top 10 win over No.6 Svitolina in SF Now owns five career Top 20 wins (also No.13 Mladenovic at 2017 Washington DC and No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland) Has won 27 matches this season across all levels (ITF, WTA 125Ks, WTA qualifying, WTA main draw), more than any player in 2019 Nine of these wins have been over Top 50 players; prior to this season, sole Top 50 win was against No.13 Mladenovic at 2017 Washington DC At 18, is the youngest woman to reach an Indian Wells final since Clijsters finished R-Up in 2001 (17 yrs, 283 days). Bidding to be youngest champion here since S.Williams won on 1999 (17 yrs 169 days) Faces Kerber today in second WTA final of career, having previously reached this stage at 2019 Auckland (l. Goerges ) Is the fifth unseeded woman to make Indian Wells final: also Byrne (R-Up ), S.Williams (WON ), Clijsters (WON -2005) and Osaka (WON ) Finished 2018 ranked No.178, made her Top 100 debut after the Australian Open this year. Projected to rise to No.33 as a finalist and No.24 with the title Will earn a minimum of USD $686,000 by reaching final (career earnings stood at USD $350,909 entering the tournament) SEASON Made SF at Acapulco (l. Kenin); rose to career-high ranking of No.60 afterwards on March 4, 2019 Won both singles rubbers (d. Rus and Hogenkamp) as Canada beat Netherlands 4-0 in Fed Cup to set up a World Group play-off with 2018 champions Czech Republic in April Won title at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (d. Pegula in F)

8 ANGELIQUE KERBER VS BIANCA ANDREESCU CAREER MILESTONES SEASON CONT. Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 finals is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having had match point Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay GRAND SLAM HISTORY Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) Qualified for Australian Open, going on to reach 2r for first time at a major (d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) Began season by coming through qualifying to finish R-Up at Auckland (d. Wozniacki, d. V.Williams, l. Goerges) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 ranked No.178, winning fourth and fifth career ITF Circuit titles at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, USA and $25k ITF/Norman-OK,USA Fell in qualifying on at all four majors in 2018 Highlight of 2017 season was QF run at Washington DC (l. Petkovic). As wildcard, defeated Giorgi and world No.13 Mladenovic in 2r to become first player born in 21st century to register at Top 20 win Also in 2017, made 2r at Quebec City and fell 1r at Wimbledon and Toronto Highlight of 2016 season was maiden ITF Circuit title at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (d. Halbauer in F). Also won doubles at same tournament w/robillard-millette Career best win was over No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland Posted career-high ranking of No.60 on March 4, 2019 Made professional debut by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (l. Glatch in F) Owns five singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam result was 2r showing at 2019 Australian Open (as qualifier, d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) Only other main draw major appearance came as a qualifier at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kucova) Also fell in qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, 2018 Australian Open, 2018 Roland Garros, 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open PERSONAL Coached by Sylvain Bruneau Born in Mississauga, Ontario, but moved to her parents native country of Romania as a child and started playing tennis at age seven On her return to Canada, at 11 joined Tennis Canada s U14 National Training Centre in Toronto for the season Models her game on Simona Halep

9 ANGELIQUE KERBER VS BIANCA ANDREESCU PERSONAL Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of 2018 Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

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11 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Bencic leads 3-1 (at tour level) Kerber won pair s last meeting en route to 2018 Wimbledon title... Bencic riding high on 12-match winning streak... Kerber has twice before fallen at SF stage in Indian Wells [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) First meeting Svitolina has won past six matches on tour against teenagers... Andreescu is the youngest woman to reach Indian Wells SF since Svitolina will return to Top 5 in Monday s new rankings PLAYER IW W/L Y T D W/L THE FINAL FOUR CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [6] Elina Svitolina ,215 13,640, [8] Angelique Kerber ,118 27,446, [23] Belinda Bencic ,367 4,392, [WC] Bianca Andreescu , , SEMIFINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST IW RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER SF W/L* CAREER FINAL W/L [6] Elina Svitolina SF (1): WTA Finals (WON) [8] Angelique Kerber SF (3): , Wimbledon (WON) Belinda Bencic SF (1): Dubai (WON) Bianca Andreescu SF (1): Auckland (R-UP) * not including walkovers POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS ANDREESCU SVITOLINA BENCIC First meeting Bencic leads 2-0 KERBER First meeting Svitolina leads 8-5 SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media.

12 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKINGS UPDATE Angelique Kerber is projected to move to No.7 by making the semifinals and can return to the Top 5 by reaching the final, climbing as high as No.2 if she wins the title. Elina Svitolina is guaranteed to be back in the Top 5 after Indian Wells, moving to either No.4 or No.5 as a semifinalist, No.3 or No.4 as a finalist and No.2 by winning the title. By reaching the last four, Belinda Bencic will return to the Top 20 for the first time since August 8, She could go to No.17 with a runner-up finish and No.13 by lifting the trophy. Bianca Andreescu, who finished the 2018 season ranked No.178 and made her Top 100 debut just over a month ago, is projected break into the Top 50 at No.37. By advancing to the final she would rise to No.33 and No.24 should she triumph in Sunday s final. SERVING NOTICE Impressive serving displays have underpinned the progress of Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic and Angelique Kerber this fortnight, with all three outperforming their season average in terms of service games won. Andreescu, in particular, has excelled, winning 32 of her past 33 service games, facing just eight break points during this time. In terms of aces, Bencic leads the way with 15 from her four matches, followed by Elina Svitolina on 13, Andreescu on nine and Kerber on six. TEENAGE KICKS At 18, Bianca Andreescu is the youngest woman to reach the semifinals at Indian Wells since a 17-year-old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fell to Ana Ivanovic at this stage in ON A ROLL 5 Bianca Andreescu is one of five teenagers in the Top 100, along with Dayana Yastremska, Marketa Vondrousova, Amanda Anisimova and Anastasia Potapova Since losing to No.108 Veronika Kudermetova in St. Petersburg qualifying in February, Belinda Bencic has embarked on a 12-match winning streak. During this sequence she has accounted for six Top 10 opponents, including her second career win over a reigning No.1, against Naomi Osaka here in Indian Wells. She has won 17 main draw matches this season - the most on tour along with Kvitova - four more than she posted during the entire 2018 campaign. CONTRASTING PATHS Elina Svitolina s path to the final has been anything but straightforward. After coming within three points of defeat against Sofia Kenin in her opening match, the Ukrainian rallied from 3-1 down in the final set to beat Ashleigh Barty in the last 16 in the longest match of the year. Another three-set battle versus Marketa Vondrousova in the quarterfinals took her overall time on court to nine hours and 30 minutes. By contrast, despite not receiving a first-round bye, her semifinal opponent Bianca Andreescu has been on court a fraction over seven hours en route to the final. PLAYER Belinda Bencic Angelique Kerber Bianca Andreescu Elina Svitolina TIME ON COURT 5h 41m 6h 15m 7h 2m 9h 30m

13 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

14 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Head to Head: BELINDA BENCIC leads WIMBLEDON GRASS O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER (5) 108 mins 2016 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD I R1 BELINDA BENCIC 7-6(4) mins 2015 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 BELINDA BENCIC mins 2014 US OPEN HARD O R3 BELINDA BENCIC mins BELINDA BENCIC (22) $659,367 $4,392,500 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $290,118 $27,446,959 0 / 12 0 / / / / / 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) * 11-4 / / / / / 12-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 11-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) QF: d. [5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) 6-3,4-6,6-3 (2h16) R16: d. [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) 6-3,6-1 (1h06) R32: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #59) 6-4,6-2 (1h06) R64: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #51) 6-4,6-1 (1h13) R128: BYE Total games: 79 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 5h41 Average time on court: 1h25 Average rank of opponent: 29 [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) QF: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) 7-6(3),6-3 (1h36) R16: d. [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-1,4-6,6-4 (1h43) R32: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h53) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 6-0,6-2 (1h03) R128: BYE Total games: 88 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 6h15 Average time on court: 1h34 Average rank of opponent: 51 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

15 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match BELINDA BENCIC 2018 R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) R2 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) R3 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #97) R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) R1 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #134) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) (5) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) (3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

16 BELINDA BENCIC VS ANGELIQUE KERBER INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making sixth appearance at Indian Wells Has recorded her best result here by reaching SF this year. Previous deepest run here was reaching R16 in 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Jankovic) One of three Swiss women to begin 2019 Indian Wells main draw (Golubic fell 1r, Voegele fell 3r). Best performance by a Swiss player came from Martina Hingis who won the title in 1998 Contesting fortnight of Indian Wells ranked No.23 her highest ranking since August 8, 2016 (ranked No.16). Is guaranteed to return to Top 20 (at No.20) and will be No.17 should she reach the final This is her best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory event, improving upon R16 showings at 2015 Indian Wells (l. Jankovic) and 2015 Miami (l. Stephens) Is currently on an 12-match winning streak - the longest on tour in having won two Fed Cup singles rubbers, six wins en route to the Dubai title, now four matches here at Indian Wells to reach R16. This is her best winning streak at tour-level Following a 1r bye, beat Van Uytvanck in 2r, Alexandrova in 3r, No.1 seed and defending champion Osaka in R16 and No.5 Ka.Pliskova in QF - now owns 17 wins this season, the joint-most on tour (also Kvitova. By contrast, last year, posted 13 tour-level wins all season Victory over Osaka improved her win-loss record against players ranked No.1 to 2-1. Aged 18 she defeated S.Williams at 2015 Toronto to become youngest player to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals (Sharapova). Only loss to a World No.1 came against S.Williams at 2014 Madrid Wins over Osaka and Ka.Pliskova were third and fourth over Top 5 players in Other wins this season were against No.2 Halep and No.4 Kvitova at Dubai Faces No.8 Kerber in SF; bidding to reach ninth WTA singles final (8-4 record in SF matches) Since playing her first match against Top 10 opposition in January 2014 (l. Li at Australian Open), has the fourth-best win percentage against the elite bracket on tour (19-15, 0.559), behind only S.Williams (27-8, 0.771), Sharapova (24-14, 0.632) and Wozniacki (31-24, 0.564) Among the four semifinalists, leads the way for return points won (51.1%) and is second for return games won (52.5%) behind Andreescu (54.3%) Will pass USD $5million in career prize money by reaching the final Having triumphed at Dubai last month, is bidding to become the fourth player to win Dubai and Indian Wells back-to-back, following in the footsteps of Henin (2004), Wozniacki (2011) and Halep (2015) Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and 11th overall). Is through to SF for third time in her career Also reached this stage in 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last ranked No.1 in July 2017 Last left-hander to win Indian Wells was Seles in 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 After 1r bye, struck 29 winners and just 12 unforced errors to ease past Putintseva in 2r Broke serve seven times to beat Russian qualifier Vikhlyantseva in 3r Came back from 1-4 down in third set to defeat No.9 Sabalenka in R16 and record first Top 10 since beating No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals last October. Fell to No.8 Kvitova at Sydney in her only other meeting with a Top 10 player this season Rallied from 4-2 down in the opening set to beat the only other woman over 30 left in the draw V.Williams in QF on Thursday Prior to this fortnight had not won more than three matches in a row since lifting the trophy at 2018 Wimbledon In SF faces Bencic, whom she beat during last year s Wimbledon title run. Also beat the Swiss at the last two Hopman Cups Is projected to move up to No.7 by reaching SF, No.4 or No.5 should she reach the final and No.2 with the title SEASON Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza)

17 BELINDA BENCIC VS ANGELIQUE KERBER SEASON Coming off lifting third singles title of career at 2019 Dubai (d. Kvitova in F), her first since 2015 Toronto Defeated four Top 10 opponents en route to title, including No.3 Halep and No.4 Kvitova Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish Was R-Up at 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months ranking fell outside Top 300 Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 matches and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 Best wins of career came over No.1s S.Williams in semifinals at 2015 Toronto and Osaka in R16 at 2019 Indian Wells. At 18 years of age in Toronto became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) Struggled with injury in 2016 advanced to sixth career singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charleston (April) was sidelined for more than two months missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to break into the Top 10 since computerized rankings were introduced in In the last 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, 2016) Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Radwanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). Owns 3-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Tianjin, 2015 s-hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Luxembourg At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, became second-youngest player to win a WTA Premier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18 years, 43 days CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 finals is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having had match point Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay GRAND SLAM HISTORY Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep)

18 BELINDA BENCIC VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER CONT. PERSONAL With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since Azarenka at 2009 Miami Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Washington, DC (w/mladenovic), the first coming earlier in the year at Prague (w/siniakova) Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of 2018 Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand Slam appearance Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows since 1997 when Hingis won the title Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advancing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in 2015 and 2018 PERSONAL Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, as well as her father, Ivan, in the past Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents

19 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) vs. [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) Head to Head: First meeting BIANCA ANDREESCU (18) $135,021 $350,909 0 / 0 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $532,251 $13,640,876 0 / 13 0 / / / / / 15-6 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) * 13-4 / / / / / 3-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 1-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / 1-0 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / 4-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [WC] BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) QF: d. [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-0,6-1 (0h52) R16: d. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18) 7-5,6-2 (1h28) R32: d. STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) 6-1,6-2 (0h56) R64: d. [32] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 6-2,6-2 (1h23) R128: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #70) 6-7(3),6-3,6-3 (2h23) Total games: 95 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 7h02 Average time on court: 1h24 Average rank of opponent: 50 [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) QF: d. MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) 4-6,6-4,6-4 (2h11) R16: d. [12] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #12) 7-6(8),5-7,6-4 (3h12) R32: d. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #53) 7-5,6-4 (1h46) R64: d. SOFIA KENIN (USA #33) 3-6,7-6(5),6-4 (2h21) R128: BYE Total games: 119 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-3 Total time on court: 9h30 Average time on court: 2h23 Average rank of opponent: 40 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

20 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) 7-6(5) R3 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) R16 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #26) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) (1) 2013 R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #58) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

21 BIANCA ANDREESCU VS ELINA SVITOLINA INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making debut appearance at Indian Wells The last remaining of eight wildcards that started the draw; is the third wildcard in the tournament s history to reach SF, following on from Hingis in 2006 and S.Williams in 2015 Recovered from 3-1 down in the third set to beat Begu in 1r Eased past Cibulkova in 2r and Voegele in 3r, dropping a combined total of seven games In R16, upset No.18 Q.Wang, then hit 16 winners (and only 12 unforced errors) to dismiss No.20 Muguruza in QF Now owns four career Top 20 wins (also No.13 Mladenovic at 2017 Washington DC and No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland) Has won 26 matches this season across all levels (ITF, WTA 125Ks, WTA qualifying, WTA main draw), more than any player in 2019 Eight of these wins have been over Top 50 players; prior to this season, sole Top 50 win was against No.13 Mladenovic at 2017 Washington DC At 18, is the youngest woman to reach an Indian Wells SF since Pavlyuchenkova in 2009 (17 yrs, 263 days) Faces Svitolina today in third WTA SF of career, having previously reached this stage at 2019 Auckland (R-Up) and 2019 Acapulco (SF) Is the sixth unseeded player to make SF here since 2000: also Dementieva (2000), Gagliardi (2002), Clijsters (2005), Pavlyuchenkova (2009) and Osaka (2018) Finished 2018 ranked No.178, made her Top 100 debut after the Australian Open this year Projected to rise to No.37 as a semifinalist, No.33 as a finalist and No.24 with the title Has more than doubled career prize money by reaching SF (USD $350,909 entering the tournament) SEASON Made SF at Acapulco (l. Kenin); rose to career-high ranking of No.60 afterwards on March 4, 2019 Won both singles rubbers (d. Rus and Hogenkamp) as Canada beat Netherlands 4-0 in Fed Cup to set up a World Group play-off with 2018 champions Czech Republic in April Won title at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (d. Pegula in F) Qualified for Australian Open, going on to reach 2r for first time at a major (d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) Began season by coming through qualifying to finish R-Up at Auckland (d. Wozniacki, d. V.Williams, l. Goerges) Making seventh main draw appearance at Indian Wells, where she is through to SF for first time Previous best results were R16 showings in 2015 (l. Bacsinszky) and 2017 (l. Muguruza) After 1r bye, overcame Kenin in 2r to improve record in matches following 1r byes to 20-6 Hit 20 winners and only 17 unforced errors to see off Gavrilova in 3r Rallied from 3-1 down in the third set to beat Barty in R16. Match was longest match of year so far at three hours 12 minutes Won four of the last five games to beat Vondrousova in QF. Has now won past six matches on tour against teenagers, last tasting defeat against in SF of 2016 Tokyo [PPO] against Osaka Contesting second career Premier Mandatory SF today against Andreescu; also reached this stage at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Has struck 77 aces in 17 matches this season, the ninth-highest on tour Will return to the Top 5 after Indian Wells, moving to either No.4 or No.5 as a semifinalist, No.3 or No.4 as a finalist and as to No.2 by winning the title In doubles this week fell in 1r w/azarenka (l. Rosolska/Yang on Thursday) SEASON Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

22 BIANCA ANDREESCU VS ELINA SVITOLINA CAREER MILESTONES CAREER CONT. Finished 2018 ranked No.178, winning fourth and fifth career ITF Circuit titles at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, USA and $25k ITF/Norman-OK,USA Fell in qualifying on at all four majors in 2018 Highlight of 2017 season was QF run at Washington DC (l. Petkovic). As wildcard, defeated Giorgi and world No.13 Mladenovic in 2r to become first player born in 21st century to register at Top 20 win Also in 2017, made 2r at Quebec City and fell 1r at Wimbledon and Toronto Highlight of 2016 season was maiden ITF Circuit title at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (d. Halbauer in F). Also won doubles at same tournament w/robillard-millette Career best win was over No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland Posted career-high ranking of No.60 on March 4, 2019 Made professional debut by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (l. Glatch in F) Owns five singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam result was 2r showing at 2019 Australian Open (as qualifier, d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) Only other main draw major appearance came as a qualifier at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kucova) Also fell in qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, 2018 Australian Open, 2018 Roland Garros, 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open PERSONAL Coached by Sylvain Bruneau Born in Mississauga, Ontario, but moved to her parents native country of Romania as a child and started playing tennis at age seven On her return to Canada, at 11 joined Tennis Canada s U14 National Training Centre in Toronto for the season Models her game on Simona Halep 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) In 2017 became first player to win three Premier 5 titles 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) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F), New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and WTA Elite Trophy 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 2008 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam results to date have been 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) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and 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) PERSONAL 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 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 performing off-court promotional and charitable activities

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24 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) vs. BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) First meeting Muguruza bidding to reach first SF at Indian Wells Tennis Garden... Andreescu has won 25 matches across all levels this season... This fortnight, Muguruza scored first Top 10 wins since last February [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) Svitolina leads 2-0 Vondrousova retired when pair met at 2018 Stuttgart with thigh injury... Svitolina attempting to reach second career Premier Mandatory SF... Vondrousova will achieve career-high ranking with victory today [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) vs. [5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) First meeting Both players have won 16 matches this season, the second most on tour... Bencic can return to Top 20 by reaching SF... Pliskova bidding to reach SF here for third time in past four years VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Kerber leads 5-3 Williams leads the pair s head-to-head on hard courts Kerber and Williams are the only two thirtysomethings left in the draw... Konta bidding for second Top 10 win of the season A LOOK AT THE QUARTERFINALISTS PLAYER IW W/L Y T D W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [5] Karolina Pliskova ,271 15,316, [6] Elina Svitolina ,215 13,640, [8] Angelique Kerber ,118 27,446, [20] Garbiñe Muguruza ,933 18,433, [23] Belinda Bencic ,367 4,392, Venus Williams ,222 41,052, [WC] Bianca Andreescu , , Marketa Vondrousova ,682 1,135,

25 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKINGS UPDATE Karolina Pliskova is defending quarterfinal points from last year, but could go as high as No.2 by reaching the final. Meanwhile, Angelique Kerber is projected to stay at No.8 by advancing to the last eight. She can move to No.7 by making the semifinals and return to the Top 5 by reaching the final, climbing as high as No.2 if she wins the title. Garbiñe Muguruza will rise to No.17 or 18 and could move to No.14 with a semifinal run, No.13 by finishing runner-up and No.10 by lifting the title. Victory in today s quarterfinals will see Belinda Bencic return to the Top 20 for the first time since August 8, Last year s semifinalist Venus Williams will need to return to the final four in order to stay in the Top 40. Williams could move to No.32 by reaching the final and as high as No.24 by winning the title. Bianca Andreescu, who finished the 2018 season ranked No.178 and made her Top 100 debut just over a month ago, is projected to move into the Top 50 by reaching the quarterfinals. By reaching the last eight, Marketa Vondrousova will move into the Top 60 and is projected to post a new career-high ranking (either No.48 or No.49) should she make the semifinals. UNCHARTED TERRITORY Three of the quarterfinalists, Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic and Marketa Vondrousova are appearing at this stage of a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament for the first time. By contrast, the other five players remaining in the draw have contested a combined total of 30* quarterfinals at this level between them. * Prior to the introduction of Premier Mandatory status as part of the 2009 WTA Roadmap, Venus Williams also played 10 quarterfinals at Indian Wells and Miami. ON THIS DAY: MARCH 13 Gabriela Sabatini ends an 11-match losing streak to Steffi Graf with a victory in the 1988 final of the Virginia Slims in Florida. The loss is one of only three suffered by Graf in her record breaking Golden Slam season. TEENAGE KICKS Two teenagers, Bianca Andreescu (18) and Marketa Vondrousova (19) have made the last eight at this year s BNP Paribas Open, the same number as in the previous nine stagings of the tournament combined (Daria Kasatkina in 2016 and Caroline Wozniacki in 2010). 3 In 2009, three teenagers made the Indian Wells quarterfinals: Victoria Azarenka, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Caroline Wozniacki Defeats for Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep on Tuesday mean that for the first time in the tournament s history none of the Top 4 seeds have made the Indian Wells quarterfinals. It is a testament to the current strength in depth of the women s game that this trend that has been seen at many of the calendar s other showpiece events over the past 12 months. TOURNAMENT ACE QUEEN Karolina Pliskova has hit 38 aces in her first three matches in Indian Wells, taking her 2019 total to 139, thus overtaking Kiki Bertens atop the aces leaderboard. Pliskova entered Indian Wells averaging 7.2 aces per match; this week is averaging 12.7 per match Pliskova has hit 10 or more aces in all three matches Pliskova has won 19-straight matches when hitting 10 or more aces STRENGTH IN DEPTH TOP 4 SEEDS IN QF 2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Naomi Osaka 2018 BEIJING Caroline Wozniacki 2018 US OPEN Sloane Stephens 2018 WIMBLEDON ROLAND GARROS Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza 2018 MADRID Simona Halep 2018 MIAMI Elina Svitolina 2018 INDIAN WELLS Simona Halep

26 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

27 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) vs. BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) Head to Head: First meeting GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (25) $240,933 $18,433,044 0 / 6 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * BIANCA ANDREESCU (18) $135,021 $350,909 0 / 0 0 / / / / / 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) * 10-3 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / / 9-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 2-2 * Updated entering 2018 Indian Wells QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) R16: d. [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) 5-7,6-1,6-4 (2h25) R32: d. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-3,1-0 Ret'd (0h46) R64: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #199) 6-1,6-3 (1h35) R128: BYE BIANCA ANDREESCU (CAN #60) R16: d. [18] WANG QIANG (CHN #18) (1h28) R32: d. [Q] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) 6-1,6-2 (0h57) R64: d. [32] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #35) 6-2,6-2 (1h22) R128: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #70) 6-7(3) (2h25) INDIAN WELLS Tournament History GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2018 R2 L - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #100) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

28 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY 2017 R16 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #10) 7-6(5) R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #62) R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #15) R2 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #142) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

29 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS BIANCA ANDREESCU INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making seventh consecutive appearance at Indian Wells, with best result at BNP Paribas Open coming with QF run in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Made R16 (as qualifier) on debut appearance in 2013 (l. Kerber). Has been seeded on every visit since: made 3r in 2015 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and lost opening matches in 2014 (after 1r bye, l. Kleybanova), 2016 (after 1r bye, l. McHale) and 2018 (after 1r bye, l. Vickery) Best result by a Spaniard at Indian Wells was Conchita MartÍnez s two R-Up finishes, in 1992 (l. Seles) and 1996 (l. Graf) After 1r bye, beat No.199 Davis in 2r. Entered match having lost four of her past five matches following 1r byes, including vs. Vickery last year at Indian Wells Advanced to R16 when No.10 S.Williams retired w/ viral illness on Sunday Beat No.7 Bertens in R16 - first win Top 10 win in a completed match since beating No.7 Garcia at 2018 Dubai Prior to this fortnight, had lost both matches against Top 10 players in 2019: vs. Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open and vs. Svitolina at Dubai Faces Andreescu in QF today; bidding to reach first SF of the season Last SF appearance came at 2018 Zhuhai, last November (l. Q.Wang ) SEASON Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) and R16 at Dubai (l. Svitolina) Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the latest-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning at 12.30am Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before withdrawing w/gi illness prior to 2r match at Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-top 10 finish since 2014 Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F) Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong Making debut appearance at Indian Wells The last remaining of eight wildcards to start the draw; bidding to become the third wildcard in the tournamen t history to reach SF (also Hingis in 2006 and S.Williams in 2015) Recovered from 3-1 down in the third set to beat Begu in 1r Eased past Cibulkova in 2r and Voegele in 3r, dropping a combined total of seven games In R16, upset No.18 Q.Wang to score her second career Top 20 win (also No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland) Has now won 25 matches this season across all levels (ITF, WTA 125Ks, WTA qualifying, WTA main draw), more matches than any player this year Seven of these wins have been over Top 50 players; prior to this season, sole Top 50 win was against No.13 Mladenovic at 2017 Washington DC One of two teenagers in QF (also Vondrousova), the most to reach this stage since Azarenka, Pavlyuchenkova, Wozniacki made it this far in 2009 Finished 2018 ranked No.178, made her Top 100 debut after the Australian Open this year Projected to make Top 50 debut by reaching the QF Faces Muguruza today in third WTA QF of career, having previously reached this stage at 2019 Auckland (R-Up) and 2019 Acapulco (SF) SEASON Made SF at Acapulco (l. Kenin); rose to career-high ranking of No.60 afterwards on March 4, 2019 Won both singles rubbers (d. Rus and Hogenkamp) as Canada beat Netherlands 4-0 in Fed Cup to set up a World Group play-off with 2018 champions Czech Republic in April Won title at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach (d. Pegula in F) Qualified for Australian Open, going on to reach 2r for first time at a major (d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) Began season by coming through qualifying to finish R-Up at Auckland (d. Wozniacki, d. V.Williams, l. Goerges) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 ranked No.178, winning fourth and fifth career ITF Circuit titles at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, USA and $25k ITF/Norman-OK,USA Fell in qualifying on at all four majors in 2018 Highlight of 2017 season was QF run at Washington DC (l. Petkovic). As wildcard, defeated Giorgi and world No.13 Mladenovic in 2r to become first player born in 21st century to register at Top 20 win

30 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS BIANCA ANDREESCU CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Named ITF World Champion for 2017 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 6-4 career record in singles finals, winning titles at 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career Also in 2017, made 2r at Quebec City and fell 1r at Wimbledon and Toronto Highlight of 2016 season was maiden ITF Circuit title at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (d. Halbauer in F). Also won doubles at same tournament w/robillard-millette Career best win was over No.3 Wozniacki at 2019 Auckland Posted career-high ranking of No.60 on March 4, 2019 Made professional debut by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Gatineau-CAN (l. Glatch in F) Owns five singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam result was 2r showing at 2019 Australian Open (as qualifier, d. Osuigwe, l. Sevastova) Only other main draw major appearance came as a qualifier at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Kucova) Also fell in qualifying at 2017 Roland Garros, 2017 US Open, 2018 Australian Open, 2018 Roland Garros, 2018 Wimbledon and 2018 US Open PERSONAL Coached by Sylvain Bruneau Born in Mississauga, Ontario, but moved to her parents native country of Romania as a child and started playing tennis at age seven On her return to Canada, at 11 joined Tennis Canada s U14 National Training Centre in Toronto for the season Models her game on Simona Halep GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 28 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in final matches (also R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017)

31 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS BIANCA ANDREESCU GRAND SLAM CONT At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) PERSONAL Coached by Sam Sumyk Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain

32 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads STUTTGART CLAY I R16 ELINA SVITOLINA ret. 90 mins 2018 DOHA HARD O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA mins ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $532,251 $13,640,876 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 61 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 45 DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) (19) YTD PRIZE MONEY $170,682 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,135,037 0 / 13 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * 0 / 1 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 9-2 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 9-2 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / 6-7 * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) R16: d. [12] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #12) 7-6(8),5-7,6-4 (3h12) R32: d. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #53) 7-5,6-4 (1h46) R64: d. SOFIA KENIN (USA #33) 3-6,7-6(5),6-4 (2h21) R128: BYE Total games: 89 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 7h19 Average time on court: 2h26 Average rank of opponent: 33 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) R16: d. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-2,3-6,6-2 (1h39) R32: d. [22] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) 4-6,6-3,6-4 (2h02) R64: d. [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) 6-2,6-1 (1h10) R128: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #105) 6-4,7-6(6) (1h52) Total games: 92 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 6h43 Average time on court: 1h41 Average rank of opponent: 36 INDIAN WELLS Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 2018 R16 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #51) (4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

33 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY 2017 R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) 7-6(5) R3 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) R16 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #26) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) (1) 2013 R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #58) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

34 ELINA SVITOLINA VS MARKETA VONDROUSOVA INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making seventh main draw appearance at Indian Wells, where she is through to QF for first time Previously had posted R16 showings in 2015 (l. Bacsinszky) and 2017 (l. Muguruza) After 1r bye, overcame Kenin in 2r to improve record in matches following 1r byes to 20-6 Hit 20 winners and only 17 unforced errors to see off Gavrilova in 3r Rallied from 3-1 down in the third set to beat Barty in R16. Match was longest match of year so far at 3 hours 12 minutes Faces No.61 Vondrousova in QF today; bidding to reach second career Premier Mandatory SF (also 2016 Beijing) In doubles this week fell in 1r w/azarenka (l. Rosolska/Yang on Thursday) Has struck 74 aces in 16 matches this season, the ninth-highest on tour SEASON Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (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 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Making second appearance at BNP Paribas Open. Is through to QF for the first time and first QF at Premier Mandatory level Fell in R16 here on her debut last year. Defeated No.11 Konta in straight sets in 2r for best win of her career before losing to Martic. Reached career high ranking of No.50 after 2018 run here Defeated Siegemund, last year s finalist and No.14 seed Kasatkina, and No.22 seed Ostapenko in the opening three rounds. Win over Kasatkina was the fifth Top 20 victory of her career and first since upsetting No.13 Bertens at 2018 US Open Upset No.2 Halep in R16 to record first victory over a Top 5 player record improves to 1-2 overall. Previously, highest-ranked players she had defeated were No.11 Konta (2018 Indian Wells) and No.11 Goerges (2018 Stuttgart) Faces No.6 Svitolina in QF today; retired from their previous meeting at 2018 Stuttgart w/right thigh injury One of five teenagers in WTA Top 100. Vondrousova (19 years old) and Andreescu (18) are the only teenagers to have reached the QF here. The last teenager to reach the QF at Indian Wells was Kasatkina in 2016 The last time multiple teenagers made QF at Indian Wells was 2009 (Azarenka, Pavlyuchenkova and Wozniacki) Currently ranked No.61. Should she reach SF, is projected to post career-high ranking (either No.49 or No.48, depending on Andreescu s result) One of two Czech players left in draw from the five to start (also No.5 seed Ka.Pliskova). Best performance by a Czech player came in 1990 when Sukova finished runner-up SEASON Reached second WTA final at Budapest, losing to Van Uytvanck in 3s in the final Fell in 2r at Australian Open (l. Martic). Reached SF in doubles with Strycova (l. eventual champions Stosur/S.Zhang) CAREER MILESTONES 2018 highlights included reaching SF at Gstaad (l. Minella), and R16 at Indian Wells (l. Martic) and US Open (l. Tsurenko in 3s) Notched Top 20 victories over No.11 Konta (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Goerges (2018 Stuttgart) and No.13 Bertens (2018 US Open) Posted first Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.67, having finished 2016 at No.376 biggest ranking mover into the Top 100 (309 places)

35 ELINA SVITOLINA VS MARKETA VONDROUSOVA CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY 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) 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 2008 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam results to date have been 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) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and 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) PERSONAL 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 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 performing off-court promotional and charitable activities Made WTA breakthrough by winning International-level title at Biel/Bienne (as qualifier, d. Kontaveit in F). At No.233, was the lowest-ranked title winner in 2017 and aged 17 years, 293 days was the youngest since Konjuh (17 years, 169 days) at 2015 Nottingham Also won four singles titles at ITF level in 2017 including at $80k ITF/Prague-CZE (d. Muchova in F) In April 2017, made Fed Cup debut during Czech Republic s 3-2 defeat to USA in Florida. Lost opening singles rubber to Vandeweghe before levelling the tie with victory over Davis (USA won the deciding doubles to end Czech Republic s three-year reign as Fed Cup champions) Missed second half of 2016 to recover from elbow injury Advanced to 2r on tour-level debut at 2016 Prague as wildcard, l. eventual champion Stosur On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles and four doubles titles Made professional debut at 2014 $100k ITF/Prague- CZE (d. Suk, l. Brengle in 2r) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked eighth Grand Slam main draw appearance Achieved her best result at the majors by reaching R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Tsurenko). Was youngest Czech player to reach R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2005 (Nicole Vaidisova, R16 at 16yrs, 140 days) Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros, where she advanced to 2r. Has also reached 2r at 2018 and 2019 Australian Opens Fell 1r on debut at Wimbledon and US Open in 2017 Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/bellis, l. eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu) In juniors won doubles at Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2015 (both w/kolodziejova). In singles, was semifinalist at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon PERSONAL Coached by former ATP Pro Jan Hernych. Fitness trainer is Michal Vagner Born in Skolov but moved to Prague alone at age 15 to train full-time Chose tennis over soccer as she prefers the individual nature of the sport Describes herself as quiet and calm Tennis idol is Roger Federer

36 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) vs. [5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) Head to Head: First meeting BELINDA BENCIC (22) $659,367 $4,392,500 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $941,561 $15,316,002 1 / 12 0 / / / / / 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) * 16-3 / / / / / 12-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 10-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) R16: d. [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) 6-3,6-1 (1h06) R32: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #59) 6-4,6-2 (1h06) R64: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #51) 6-4,6-1 (1h13) R128: BYE Total games: 51 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 3h25 Average time on court: 1h08 Average rank of opponent: 37 [5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) R16: d. [21] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #21) 7-6,4-6,6-2 (2h03) R32: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #144) 6-3,6-2 (1h06) R64: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #121) 6-7(4),6-1,6-1 (1h40) R128: BYE Total games: 75 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 4h49 Average time on court: 1h36 Average rank of opponent: 95 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

37 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match BELINDA BENCIC 2018 R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) R2 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) R3 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #97) R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) R1 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #134) KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 QF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #44) SF L SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #7) 7-6(5) 7-6(2) 2016 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #15) 7-6(1) R16 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) R3 L - NA LI (CHN #2) R1-Q L - OLGA PUCHKOVA (RUS #79) R1-Q L - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #96) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

38 BELINDA BENCIC VS KAROLINA PLISKOVA INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making sixth appearance at Indian Wells Has recorded her best result here by reaching QF this year. Previous best result here was reaching R16 in 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Jankovic) One of three Swiss women to begin 2019 Indian Wells main draw (Golubic fell 1r, Voegele fell 3r). Best performance by a Swiss player came from Martina Hingis who won the title in 1998 Contesting fortnight of Indian Wells ranked No.23 her highest ranking since August 8, 2016 (ranked No.16). Will return to Top 20 by reaching SF This is her best results at a WTA Premier Mandatory event. Previous best performance were reaching R16 at 2015 Indian Wells (l. Jankovic) and 2015 Miami (l. Stephens) Is currently on an 11-match winning streak, having won two Fed Cup singles rubbers (d. Errani, Giorgi), six wins en route to the Dubai title, now three matches here at Indian Wells to reach R16. This is her best winning streak at tour-level Also won 11 matches in 2017, comprising of backto-back titles at WTA 125k Series events at Hua Hin and Chinese Taipei (five each) and then reaching 2r at 2018 Australian Open Following a 1r bye, beat Van Uytvanck in 2r, Alexandrova in 3r and No.1 seed and defending champion Osaka in R16 - now owns 16 wins this season, the joint-second-most on tour (also today s opponent Ka.Pliskova) behind Kvitova (17) Victory over Osaka improved her win-loss record against players ranked No.1 to 2-1. Aged 18 she defeated S.Williams at 2015 Toronto to become youngest player to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals (Sharapova). Only loss to a World No.1 came against S.Williams at 2014 Madrid Looking for her fourth win of the season over a Top 5 player when takes on Ka.Pliskova for the first time in QF today. So far this season has a 3-0 record against Top 5 opposition having defeated No.2 Halep and No.4 Kvitova at Dubai and No.1 Osaka at Indian Wells Having previously lost four matches in a row vs. Top 10 opponents (No.1 Kerber at 2018 Wimbledon, No.2 Wozniacki at 2018 Beijing, No.9 Goerges at 2018 Luxembourg and No.6 Kvitova at 2019 Australian Open), is now on a five-match win streak vs. Top 10 four of those wins came during run to Dubai title in February, one at Indian Wells Of all the players to reach QF, leads the way for return points won (56.7%) and return games won (65.4%) Last player to win Dubai and Indian Wells back-toback was Halep in 2015 Making sixth main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open (eighth overall) Is a two-time semifinalist at Indian Wells having reached that stage in 2016 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova) Last year, exited in QF to eventual champion Osaka Following 1r bye, defeated qualifiers Doi and Bonaventure in 2r and 3r, and No.21 seed Kontaveit in R16 Has won 16 main draw matches in 2019, the second-most on tour (level with today s opponent Bencic). Kvitova leads the way with 17 wins After going the distance against Doi and Kontaveit, has now played a tour-leading 12 three-set matches in 2019 (9-3 record) Has now reached QF or better in all four tournaments she has contested this year One of two Czechs (also Vondrousova) through to QF from the five to start in main draw (Kvitova lost 2r, Strycova lost 2r, Siniakova lost 1r). Best performance by a Czech player came in 1990 when Sukova finished runner-up Pliskova (2016, 2017) and Sukova (1989, 1990, 1993) are the only Czech players to have reached the SF at Indian Wells. There have never been multiple Czech players in the SF here in the same year Has struck tournament-leading 38 aces so far this fortnight. Has now served the most aces on tour this season (139), having overtaken Bertens (129) in Indian Wells Has hit 10 or more aces in all three of her matches this week. Has won past 19 matches in which she has struck 10 or more aces Entered doubles draw here w/goerges (l. No.3 seeds and defending champions Hsieh/Strycova in 1r) SEASON Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at Dubai before losing Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness Earlier this month, was unable to prevent defending champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF Began season by winning 12th career title at Brisbane International (d. Tsurenko in F) has now won at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons

39 BELINDA BENCIC VS KAROLINA PLISKOVA SEASON Coming off lifting third singles title of career at 2019 Dubai (d. Kvitova in F), her first since 2015 Toronto Defeated four Top 10 opponents en route to title, including No.3 Halep and No.4 Kvitova Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish Was R-Up at 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months ranking fell outside Top 300 Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 matches and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 Best wins of career came over No.1s S.Williams in semifinals at 2015 Toronto and Osaka in R16 at 2019 Indian Wells. At 18 years of age in Toronto became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) Struggled with injury in 2016 advanced to sixth career singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charleston (April) was sidelined for more than two months missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to break into the Top 10 since computerized rankings were introduced in In the last 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, 2016) Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Radwanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Tianjin, 2015 s-hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Luxembourg At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, became second-youngest player to win a WTA Premier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18 years, 43 days CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments Part of Czech Republic squad which won a sixth Fed Cup in past eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany) Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) 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) 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, 2019 Brisbane) Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, 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 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)

40 BELINDA BENCIC VS KAROLINA PLISKOVA CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM CONT. With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since Azarenka at 2009 Miami Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Washington, DC (w/mladenovic), the first coming earlier in the year at Prague (w/siniakova) Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand Slam appearance Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows since 1997 when Hingis won the title Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advancing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in 2015 and 2018 At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) PERSONAL Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club Currently coached by Rennae Stubbs and Conchita Martínez, and previously coached by Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon PERSONAL Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, as well as her father, Ivan, in the past Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents

41 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads SYDNEY HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2017 MIAMI HARD O Q VENUS WILLIAMS mins 2016 WIMBLEDON GRASS O SF ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2014 MONTRÉAL HARD O R16 VENUS WILLIAMS mins 2012 US OPEN HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2012 OLYMPICS GRASS O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 109 mins 2012 MADRID CLAY O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 VENUS WILLIAMS mins VENUS WILLIAMS (38) $121,222 $41,052,270 0 / 49 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $290,118 $27,446,959 0 / 12 0 / / / / / 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) * 10-4 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) R16: d. MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) 6-4,6-4 (1h45) R32: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #140) 6-2,7-5 (1h25) R64: d. [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 4-6,7-5,6-4 (2h27) R128: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #68) 6-4,0-6,6-3 (1h45) Total games: 97 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-2 Total time on court: 7h22 Average time on court: 1h51 Average rank of opponent: 77 [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) R16: d. [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) 6-1,4-6,6-4 (1h43) R32: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h53) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 6-0,6-2 (1h03) R128: BYE Total games: 66 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 4h39 Average time on court: 1h33 Average rank of opponent: 56 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

42 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match VENUS WILLIAMS 2018 SF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #49) R2 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #89) SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) W/O 1998 SF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) (7) 1997 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #8) (1) 1996 R1 L - JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS (FRA #18) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) (5) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) (3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

43 VENUS WILLIAMS VS ANGELIQUE KERBER INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making eighth appearance at Indian Wells, and fourth since 2001, after an absence of 15 years between Reached SF in 1998 (l. eventual champion Hingis), 2001 (l. eventual champion S.Williams via w/o tendonitis), and 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina). Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign with three-set win over Petkovic. Lost second set 0-6, her first time losing a set-to-love since 2017 Wimbledon final (l. Muguruza ). Was first time dropping a love set in victory since 2014 Charleston (d. Strycova ) Overcame No.3 Kvitova in 2r on Saturday was first Top 5 win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) and defeated qualifier McHale in 3r Overcame Barthel in straight sets in R16 to reach QF here for third straight year. Also signified first time has won four consecutive matches since her run to the SF at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina). Has not won five matches in a row since the 2017 US Open when she lost in the SF to Stephens Barthel win was 800th (at all levels) of her career Faces No.8 Kerber in QF today, looking for her second victory over a Top 10 player this year, having defeated No.3 Kvitova in the 2r here. Lost to No.1 Halep in the 3r at the Australian Open in her only other meeting with Top 10 opposition in 2019 Bidding for her third win over a lefthanded player this season. Defeated Buzarnescu in the 1r at the Australian Open and Kvitova in the 2r here One of three unseeded players to reach QF here this year (also Andreescu, Vondrousova) the first time this has happened at Indian Wells since Last time an unseeded player won the title here was S.Williams in 1999 Was one of 17 American women to begin the main draw the highest representation of any nation is the only one left in the tournament The last American woman to win the title here was Serena Williams in 2001 At 38, is oldest in women s singles draw at 2019 Indian Wells. Is the oldest player to reach the QF in Indian Wells history; in 2017 she became the first (and only) player to reach the QF at Indian Wells after their 35th birthday Is the oldest player to reach the QF at a tour-level tournament since 2014 Birmingham when Date reached the last eight aged 43 SEASON Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and 11th overall). Is through to QF for fourth time in her career Best result at BNP Paribas Open is reaching SF twice, in 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last ranked No.1 in July 2017 Last left-hander to win Indian Wells was Seles in 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 After 1r bye, struck 29 winners and just 12 unforced errors to ease past Putintseva in 2r Broke serve seven times to beat Russian qualifier Vikhlyantseva in 3r Came back from 1-4 down in third set to defeat No.9 Sabalenka in R16 and record first Top 10 victory of the year. Fell to No.8 Kvitova at Sydney in her only other meeting with a Top 10 player this season First time she has won four straight matches since lifting the trophy at 2018 Wimbledon. Last time won four straight matches on hard courts came during her SF run (five consecutive victories) at the 2018 Australian Open SEASON Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) Lost to world No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at the Australian Open Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu)

44 VENUS WILLIAMS VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down on No.5 in 2017 Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF run at Miami (l. Collins) Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past $40 million S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other player to pass this milestone Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first competitive match back since giving birth in September 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ Schuurs) Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the season finale Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) only player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (December 26, years, 75 days) 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest player to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012 Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 finals is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having had match point Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay GRAND SLAM HISTORY Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep)

45 VENUS WILLIAMS VS ANGELIQUE KERBER GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL 2019 Australian Open marked 81st Grand Slam main draw appearance, the most in the Open Era Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: and Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon ( , 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017) The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/s.williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/gimelstob) and Roland Garros (w/gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998 Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of 2018 Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez PERSONAL Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt during off-season

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47 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - ROUND OF 16 MATCH-UPS [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) vs. [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) Bertens leads 3-1 Bertens is seeking her first QF here in Indian Wells...Muguruza is bidding to advance to first QF at WTA Premier Mandatory since run here in 2017 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) First meeting Vondrousova is contesting second consecutive fourth round at Indian Wells and aiming for first career victory over Top 5 opponent...halep s last loss to a player ranked outside Top 60 in a completed match came against Sharapova at 2017 US Open - currently on a 21-match win streak vs. such opponents VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) Venus leads 3-0 A big week for Venus continues as she has notched her first Top 5 victory (No.3 Kvitova) since 2017 WTA Finals and has won three consecutive matches for first time in nearly a year (2018 Miami)...Barthel is aiming to reach QF stage of WTA Premier Mandatory for first time in career [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) Osaka leads 1-0 Osaka has reached the SFs or better at five of her past seven events...bencic is now on a four-match win streak vs. Top 10 ranked opponents - all coming during run to Dubai title in February [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) First meeting Sabalenka is looking for first victory over Top 10 player this season (0-2)...While Kerber is also aiming to do the same, with last victory over such opponent coming against No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals DESERT QUEENS Following yesterday s win over fellow American Christina McHale, Venus Williams is now the newest member of the 20-win club in Indian Wells. Along with Simona Halep, both are the only players left in the draw with more than 20 Indian Wells match wins to their names. INDIAN WELLS WIN LEADERS LEFT IN 2019 DRAW PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN % Simona Halep Venus Williams Karolina Pliskova Angelique Kerber WILDCARD PICKS Bianca Andreescu and Jennifer Brady both made the most of their wildcards by coming through the opening two rounds in the desert. Although Brady fell to Barty at the third round hurdle, Andreescu powered forward into the Round of 16. The Canadian has now equaled last year s result of teenager Amanda Anisimova when she reached the fourth round. The deepest runs by a wildcard recipient came from Martina Hingis and Serena Williams, who made the semifinals in 2006 and 2015, respectively.

48 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING WATCH The WTA World No.1 will belong to either Naomi Osaka or Simona Halep following Indian Wells. - Halep needs to reach the final if Osaka loses in the third round. If Osaka reaces the R16, then Halep would need to win the title - Osaka can secure the No.1 ranking if she reaches the final, regardless of Halep s results Three players have a chance of moving into the Top 10 after Indian Wells, including two players who have a chance of making their Top 10 debut: *Barty (Quarterfinals), *Q.Wang (Title), Muguruza (Title) *Would be Top 10 debut. () Round needed to have chance at Top 10 If none of the above happen, then Serena Williams will remain in the Top ACE RACE Early pacesetter Kiki Bertens has seen her advantage at the top of this season s ace leaderboard slip away after Karolina Pliskova fired back-to-back double-digit ace outings in her first two matches at Indian Wells ACES LEADERBOARD PLAYER ACES MATCHES KAROLINA PLISKOVA KIKI BERTENS PETRA KVITOVA NAOMI OSAKA VIKTORIA KUZMOVA STREAKIN ACES Karolina Pliskova, otherwise known as The Ace Queen, has struck 25 aces in her first two matches this week. *12 vs. Doi and 13 vs. Bonaventure - her sixth match this season with 10+ aces The Czech has now won 18-straight matches when reaching the double-digit ace mark. END OF AN ERA With her opening round loss, Daria Kasatkina, a finalist at Indian Wells last year, will drop out of the Top 20. As a result, for the first time in 21 years, there will not be a Russian in the Top 20 when the rankings are released on Monday, snapping a streak of 1,094 consecutive weeks with at least one Russian in the Top 20. Additionally, on Monday, the Czechs will take over as the nation with the most consecutive weeks in the Top 20, with at least one player in the Top 20 every week since January 31, CLIMBING THE CHART Longest Win Streaks at Indian Wells: Kim Clijsters - 15 Serena Williams - 14 Steffi Graf - 13 Justine Henin - 10 Martina Navratilova - 10 Ana Ivanovic - 10 Victoria Azarenka - 9 Lindsay Davenport - 9 Daniela Hantuchova - 9 Flavia Pennetta - 9 Naomi Osaka - 9

49 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

50 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) vs. [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads SYDNEY HARD O R16 KIKI BERTENS W/O 2018 SYDNEY HARD O R16 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (6) 109 mins 2012 FES CLAY O QF KIKI BERTENS mins 2011 ITF/KOKSIJDE 2 CLAY O R16 KIKI BERTENS N/A 2010 ITF/KOKSIJDE CLAY O SF KIKI BERTENS N/A KIKI BERTENS (27) $314,198 $6,836,322 1 / 8 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (25) $240,933 $18,433,044 0 / 6 0 / / / / / 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) * 10-3 / / / / / 18-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 6-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) R32: d. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #45) 7-6(10),6-4 (2h00) R64: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #92) 6-4,6-1 (1h17) R128: BYE [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) R32: d. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-3,1-0 Ret'd (0h46) R64: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #199) 6-1,6-3 (1h35) R128: BYE Total games: 40 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h17 Average time on court: 1h39 Average rank of opponent: 69 Total games: 26 Won/lost: 19-7 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h21 Average time on court: 1h11 Average rank of opponent: 105 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

51 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History KIKI BERTENS 2018 R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #0) 7-6(5) R3 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #16) (8) 2016 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #38) R1 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI PETROVIC (SRB #65) R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #28) GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2018 R2 L - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #100) QF L KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 7-6(2) 7-6(5) 2016 R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #62) R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #15) R2 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #142) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

52 KIKI BERTENS VS GARBIÑE MUGURUZA INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making sixth appearance at BNP Paribas Open, where she is through to R16 for the first time Previous best showing was 3r in 2017 (l. Bacsinszky) Lost to S.Williams in 2r last year, in the American s first tournament back on tour after giving birth After 1r bye, hit four aces to see off Linette in 2r, then seven more to see off Konta in 3r Has now struck a WTA-leading 123 aces this season; hit 325 during entire 2018 season (third-most on tour) Faces No.20 Muguruza in R16 today; was due to face her in Brisbane 2r this January before Spaniard withdrew w/gastrointestinal illness Owns two Top 20 wins this year, against No.12 Mertens (Brisbane) and No.10 Sabalenka (St. Petersburg) Also contesting doubles this fortnight w/vekic (face No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in QF); agreed to team up with the Croatian whilst receiving physio treatment in St. Petersburg, where they eventually faced off in the final Contesting this fortnight at a career-high ranking of No.7 (first achieved February 25, 2019). By contrast, was ranked No.29 this time last year Is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world SEASON In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level - last month at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous results were QF runs at Hobart Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) CAREER MILESTONES Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-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 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 Won the WTA s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 Won three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F) Making seventh consecutive appearance at Indian Wells, with best result at BNP Paribas Open coming with QF run in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Made R16 (as qualifier) on debut appearance in 2013 (l. Kerber). Has been seeded on every visit since: made 3r in 2015 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and lost opening matches in 2014 (after 1r bye, l. Kleybanova), 2016 (after 1r bye, l. McHale) and 2018 (after 1r bye, l. Vickery) Best result by a Spaniard at Indian Wells was Conchita MartÍnez s two R-Up finishes, in 1992 (l. Seles) and 1996 (l. Graf) After 1r bye, dropped four games to defeat No.199 Davis in 2r. Entered match having lost four of her past five matches following 1r byes, including against Vickery last year at Indian Wells Advanced to R16 when No.10 S.Williams retired w/ viral illness on Sunday Faces No.7 Bertens today, bidding to reach first QF at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament since run here in 2017 Prior to facing S.Williams, had lost both matches against Top 10 players in 2019: vs. Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open and vs. Svitolina at Dubai Most recent Top 10 win in a completed match came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 Dubai SEASON Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) and R16 at Dubai (l. Svitolina) Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the latest-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning at 12.30am Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before withdrawing w/gi illness prior to 2r match at Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-top 10 finish since 2014 Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F) Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong

53 KIKI BERTENS VS GARBIÑE MUGURUZA CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova) - first QF at Premier Mandatory level Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 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 and doubles Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2018 Brisbane (w/schuurs) Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian marked 27th main draw Grand Slam appearance 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 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 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Named ITF World Champion for 2017 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 6-4 career record in singles finals, winning titles at 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 28 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in final matches (also R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017)

54 KIKI BERTENS VS GARBIÑE MUGURUZA PERSONAL GRAND SLAM CONT. Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physio and fitness coach Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) PERSONAL Coached by Sam Sumyk Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain

55 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Head to Head: First meeting MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (19) $170,682 $1,135,037 0 / 1 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * SIMONA HALEP (27) $349,873 $28,495,452 0 / 18 0 / / / / / 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) * 12-4 / / / / / 1-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 0-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #61) R32: d. [22] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) 4-6,6-3,6-4 (2h02) R64: d. [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) 6-2,6-1 (1h10) R128: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #105) 6-4,7-6(6) (1h52) [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) R32: d. KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #114) 7-6(3),7-5 (1h47) R64: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) 6-2,6-4 (1h26) R128: BYE Total games: 67 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h04 Average time on court: 1h41 Average rank of opponent: 47 Total games: 43 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h13 Average time on court: 1h37 Average rank of opponent: 82 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

56 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 2018 R16 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #51) (4) SIMONA HALEP 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #44) R3 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #26) QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #14) (3) 2012 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #29) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

57 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA VS SIMONA HALEP INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making second appearance at BNP Paribas Open Has reached R16 for the second straight year. On her debut last year defeated No.11 Konta in straight sets in 2r for best win of her career before losing to Martic Faces No.2 Halep today for the first time as she looks to reach a first QF at Premier Mandatory level Bidding for her first victory over a Top 5 player today (0-2 overall). Highest-ranked players she has defeated are No.11 Konta (2018 Indian Wells) and No.11 Goerges (2018 Stuttgart) Defeated Siegemund, last year s finalist and No.14 seed Kasatkina, and No.22 seed Ostapenko in the opening three rounds. Win over Kasatkina was the fifth Top 20 victory of her career and first since upsetting No.13 Bertens at 2018 US Open One of five teenagers in WTA Top 100. Vondrousova (19 years old) and Andreescu (18) are the only teenagers to have reached the R16 here. The last teenager to reach the QF at Indian Wells was Kasatkina in 2016 Plays here ranked No.61. Will climb back into Top 60 if she reaches QF One of two Czech players left in draw from the five to start (also No.5 seed Ka.Pliskova). Best performance by a Czech player came in 1990 when Sukova finished runner-up SEASON Reached second WTA final at Budapest, losing to Van Uytvanck in 3s in the final Fell in 2r at Australian Open (l. Martic). Reached SF in doubles with Strycova (l. eventual champions Stosur/S.Zhang) CAREER MILESTONES 2018 highlights included reaching SF at Gstaad (l. Minella), and R16 at Indian Wells (l. Martic) and US Open (l. Tsurenko in 3s). Reached career high ranking of No.50 after Indian Wells result. Notched Top 20 victories over No.11 Konta (2018 Indian Wells), No.11 Goerges (2018 Stuttgart) and No.13 Bertens (2018 US Open) Posted first Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.67, having finished 2016 at No.376 biggest ranking mover into the Top 100 (309 places) Made WTA breakthrough by winning International-level title at Biel/Bienne (as qualifier, d. Kontaveit in F). At No.233, was the lowest-ranked title winner in 2017 and aged 17 years, 293 days was the youngest since Konjuh (17 years, 169 days) at 2015 Nottingham Former champion Halep is playing at Indian Wells for a ninth time Came from a set and a break down in the 2015 final to defeat Jankovic and win the title One of five former champions to start in main draw (also S.Williams 1999, 2001; Wozniacki 2011; Azarenka 2012, 2016; Osaka ) After 1r bye, saw off Strycova in 2r - has now won past five meetings with the Czech in straight sets Struck 25 winners in 3r win over qualifier Kozlova Faces Vondrousova in the R16 today for the first time. Has record against lefthanders overall, most recently beating Kerber en route to 2018 Roland Garros title Looking for her fifth straight victory over a Czech player today. Last loss to Czech opposition came against Ka.Pliskova in the QF at 2018 Madrid Last loss to a player ranked outside the Top 60 in a completed match came against No.146 Sharapova at the 2017 US Open. Is currently on a 21-match winning streak against players ranked outside Top 60 in completed matches. [NB Retired with a back injury against No.116 Jabeur at 2018 Beijing] The Indian Wells fortnight will be her 267th and 268th consecutive weeks in the Top 10 - the longest active streak (ahead of Ka.Pliskova on 131 weeks) Can reclaim No.1 ranking here, but needs to win the title and hope Osaka fails to make final SEASON Lost to No.45 Bencic in 3s in QF at Dubai Finished R-Up in Doha final (l. Mertens); career record in singles finals now Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals

58 MARKETA VONDROUSOVA VS SIMONA HALEP CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Also won four singles titles at ITF level in 2017 including at $80k ITF/Prague-CZE (d. Muchova in F) In April 2017, made Fed Cup debut during Czech Republic s 3-2 defeat to USA in Florida. Lost opening singles rubber to Vandeweghe before levelling the tie with victory over Davis (USA won the deciding doubles to end Czech Republic s three-year reign as Fed Cup champions) Missed second half of 2016 to recover from elbow injury Advanced to 2r on tour-level debut at 2016 Prague as wildcard, l. eventual champion Stosur On ITF Circuit, winner of seven singles and four doubles titles Made professional debut at 2014 $100k ITF/Prague- CZE (d. Suk, l. Brengle in 2r) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked eighth Grand Slam main draw appearance Achieved her best result at the majors by reaching R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Tsurenko). Was youngest Czech player to reach R16 at Flushing Meadows since 2005 (Nicole Vaidisova, R16 at 16yrs, 140 days) Made Grand Slam debut at 2017 Roland Garros, where she advanced to 2r. Has also reached 2r at 2018 and 2019 Australian Opens Fell 1r on debut at Wimbledon and US Open in 2017 Reached doubles QF at 2017 Wimbledon (w/bellis, l. eventual finalists H.Chan/Niculescu) In juniors won doubles at Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2015 (both w/kolodziejova). In singles, was semifinalist at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon PERSONAL Coached by former ATP Pro Jan Hernych. Fitness trainer is Michal Vagner Began playing tennis aged four Born in Skolov but moved to Prague alone at age 15 to train full-time Chose tennis over soccer as she prefers the individual nature of the sport Describes herself as quiet and calm Tennis idol is Roger Federer Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached four more finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Worked with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput during 2019 Doha before ending trial period. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita

59 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) Head to Head: VENUS WILLIAMS leads AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R16 VENUS WILLIAMS mins 2013 TOKYO HARD O R1 VENUS WILLIAMS mins 2012 LUXEMBOURG HARD I R16 VENUS WILLIAMS 7-6(4) mins VENUS WILLIAMS (38) $121,222 $41,052,270 0 / 49 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * MONA BARTHEL (28) $75,433 $3,409,730 0 / 4 0 / / / / / 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) * 5-4 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-3 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) R32: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #140) 6-2,7-5 (1h25) R64: d. [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 4-6,7-5,6-4 (2h27) R128: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #68) 6-4,0-6,6-3 (1h45) MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) R32: d. [15] JULIA GOERGES (GER #15) 7-5,1-6,6-4 (2h33) R64: d. [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #17) 3-6,6-1,7-5 (2h01) R128: d. LIN ZHU (CHN #95) 6-4,6-7(4),7-5 (2h27) Total games: 77 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h37 Average time on court: 1h52 Average rank of opponent: 70 Total games: 92 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-3 Total time on court: 7h01 Average time on court: 2h20 Average rank of opponent: 42 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

60 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History VENUS WILLIAMS 2018 SF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #49) R2 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #89) SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) W/O 1998 SF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) (7) 1997 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #8) (1) 1996 R1 L - JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS (FRA #18) MONA BARTHEL 2018 R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #42) R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #11) (4) 2014 R1 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #44) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) (4) 7-6(6) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

61 VENUS WILLIAMS VS MONA BARTHEL INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making eighth appearance at Indian Wells, and fourth since 2001, after an absence of 15 years between Last year matched her best result here by reaching SF (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina). Also reached SF in 1998 (l. eventual champion Hingis) and 2001 (l. eventual champion S.Williams via w/o tendonitis) Exited 1r in 1996 (as qualifier, l. Halard-Decugis) and fell 2r on return to tournament in 2016, (after 1r bye, l. Nara) the only two occasions she has lost her opening round match here Was of 17 American women to begin the main draw the highest representation of any nation is the only one left in the tournament The last American woman to win the title here was Serena Williams in 2001 At 38, is oldest in women s singles draw at 2019 Indian Wells Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign with three-set win over Petkovic. Lost second set 0-6, her first time losing a set-to-love since 2017 Wimbledon final (l. Muguruza ) Was first time dropping a love set in victory since 2014 Charleston (d. Strycova ) Overcame No.3 Kvitova in 2r on Saturday was first Top 5 win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) Defeated McHale in 3r to register three consecutive wins for first time in almost a year, since reaching QF at 2018 Miami Faces Barthel in R16 today; won their most recent meeting en route to 2017 Australian Open final SEASON Lost to world No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at the Australian Open Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down on No.5 in 2017 Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF run at Miami (l. Collins) Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past $40 million S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other player to pass this milestone Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first competitive match back since giving birth in September 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ Schuurs) Making seventh appearance at Indian Wells, where she is through to R16 for a second time Also made it this far in 2013 (d. No.13 Ivanovic in 3r, l. Stosur) Originally outside the main draw cut-off for this year s tournament, but moved in after Sharapova s withdrawal w/right shoulder injury In 1r, recovered from a break down in final set to beat qualifier Zhu Repeated the trick in 2r to upset No.17 Keys, rallying from 3-1 down in the decider and register her first Top 20 win since overcoming No.19 Rybarikova at 2018 Nottingham This was first time she had registered back-to-back main draw match wins since SF run at Tashkent in September 2018 Trailed 2-0 in third set before recovering to beat No.15 Goerges in 3r - last registered multiple Top 20 wins at the same tournament en route to title at Paris [Indoors] in 2013 (No.16 Vinci, No.10 Bartoli and No.7 Errani) Faces V.Williams in R16 today - bidding to reach QF at WTA Premier Mandatory level for the first time One of two Germans in R16 (also Kerber) In most recent tournament in US was R-Up in singles (l. Martic) and champion in doubles (w/kr.pliskova) at WTA 125K Series event at Chicago last September SEASON Reached 2r at Hua Hin (l. Muguruza) and then fell 1r at Budapest (l. Begu) Began season with 2r showing at Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges) and 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Sevastova) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season ranked No.81 - her seventh Top 100 finish in past eight years Season highlights were SFs at Budapest (l. Cibulkova) and Tashkent (l. eventual champion Gasparyan), and QFs at Lugano (l. eventual champion Mertens) and Nottingham (l. Vekic) Also in 2018, was R-up in singles (l. Martic) and champion in doubles (w/kr.pliskova) at WTA 125K Series event at Chicago Captured fourth WTA singles title of career and first four nearly three years at 2017 Prague (as qualifier, d. Kr.Pliskova in F); saved match point during qualifying, then upset No.18 Strycova en route to final

62 VENUS WILLIAMS VS MONA BARTHEL CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the season finale Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) only player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (December 26, years, 75 days) 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest player to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012 Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 81st Grand Slam main draw appearance, the most in the Open Era Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: and Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon ( , 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017) The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova Owns a 4-3 record in WTA singles finals, winning earlier titles at 2012 Hobart, 2013 Paris [Indoors], 2014 Bastad and 2017 Prague. Finished R-Up at 2013 Hobart, 2015 Bastad and 2015 Luxembourg Has won two WTA doubles titles at 2015 Luxembourg (w/siegemund) and 2013 Stuttgart (w/lisicki) Posted fifth Top 50 finish of career in 2017 (also ), at No.48 one of the biggest rankings movers on tour, finishing 135 spots higher than 2016 s year-end rank of No.183 which was her first yearend finish outside Top 100 since 2010 (No.208) Suffered from undiagnosed chronic fatigue illness in 2016, causing her to miss four months of season, from Australian Open to Roland Garros. Only won back-to-back main draw matches once that year, at Hobart Owns five career wins over Top 10 opponents, most recent win coming over No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Antwerp On the ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles and one doubles title Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007 and made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Luxembourg, falling 1r (as qualifier) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 32nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Achieved best Grand Slam result to date with R16 run at 2017 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) Has gone as far as 3r at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Parmentier) and 2015 US Open (l. Lepchenko) Has reached 2r at Wimbledon on three occasions PERSONAL Coached by Christopher Kas Has also worked extensively with her mother, Hannelore Barthel, who has a PhD; father, Wolfgang is a doctor. Older sister, Sunna, also played tennis professionally but stopped when she injured her shoulder Favorite tennis memory is winning first Premier-level title at Paris [Indoors] in 2013 same city where her father became European junior shot-putting champion Tennis idol growing up was Stefanie Graf

63 VENUS WILLIAMS VS MONA BARTHEL GRAND SLAM CONT. Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/s.williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/gimelstob) and Roland Garros (w/gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998 PERSONAL Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt during off-season

64 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads PELHAM CLAY O R1 NAOMI OSAKA NAOMI OSAKA (21) $3,119,354 $10,748,551 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * BELINDA BENCIC (22) $659,367 $4,392,500 1 / 3 0 / / / / / 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) * 15-2 / / / / / 5-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) R32: d. [25] DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #25) 6-4,6-2 (1h22) R64: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #65) 6-3,6-4 (1h21) R128: BYE [23] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #23) R32: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #59) 6-4,6-2 (1h06) R64: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #51) 6-4,6-1 (1h13) R128: BYE Total games: 37 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h43 Average time on court: 1h22 Average rank of opponent: 45 Total games: 35 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h19 Average time on court: 1h10 Average rank of opponent: 55 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

65 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match NAOMI OSAKA 2018 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) R2-Q L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #79) BELINDA BENCIC 2018 R2 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) R2 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) R3 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #97) R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) R1 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #134) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

66 NAOMI OSAKA VS BELINDA BENCIC INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making third main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and fourth overall), returning in 2019 as defending champion having claimed the first title of her career here last year (d. Kasatkina in F) Is bidding to become only the second woman to defend Indian Wells title, after Navratilova ( ) Two other women fell at the final hurdle in defense of their Indian Wells title defenses - Ivanovic (2008 Champion, 2009 R-Up) and Davenport (1997 Champion, 1998 R-Up) Ranked and seeded No.1 at this year s tournament; by contrast, 12 months ago was No.44; last year became only third unseeded woman to win here (also S.Williams in 1999 and Clijsters in 2005) Will keep her World No.1 ranking by reaching the final or should Halep not win the title After 1r bye, avenged recent loss to Mladenovic in Dubai by firing 24 winners to defeat the Frenchwoman in 2r Overcame Collins in 3r in straight sets in addition to 2r win, has now won 62-straight matches when winning the first set. Has not lost a match when winning the first set since her last match of the 2016 season in Tianjin (vs. Kuznetsova in QF) Now owns10-2 win-loss record against American opposition since start of 2018 season Has now hit 96 aces this season - fourth-most on tour Faces No.23 Bencic today in R16 match this is their first meeting for almost six years, contesting a 1r match at 2013 $25k ITF/Pelham, AL-USA. Osaka was ranked No.1024 at the time, and Bencic No.496. Osaka would lose to Puig in the next round First time facing Swiss opposition at tour-level in addition to previous Bencic meeting, defeated Knoll at 2015 $50k ITF/Surbiton-UK Has reached SF or better at five of past seven events: 2018 US Open (WON), 2018 Tokyo (R-Up), 2018 Beijing (SF), WTA Finals (RR), Brisbane (SF), Australian Open (WON), Dubai (2r) SEASON Coming off 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was her first match since beating Kvitova in Australian Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l.eventual R-Up Tsurenko). Withdrew from Sydney citing a change in schedule Won second Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach No.1 following the tournament Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) Making sixth appearance at Indian Wells, and has posted joint-best result here by reaching R16 this year, having also made this stage in 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Jankovic) One of three Swiss women to begin 2019 Indian Wells main draw (Golubic fell 1r, Voegele fell 3r) Contesting fortnight of Indian Wells ranked No.23 her highest ranking since August 8, 2016 (ranked No.16) This is her joint-best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory event, having also made this stage at 2015 Indian Wells (l. Jankovic) and 2015 Miami (l. Stephens) Is currently on a 11-match winning streak, having won two Fed Cup singles rubbers (d. Errani, Giorgi), six wins en route to the Dubai title, now three matches here at Indian Wells to reach R16. This is her best winning streak at tour-level Also won 11 matches in 2017, comprising of backto-back titles at WTA 125k Series events at Hua Hin and Chinese Taipei (five each) and then reaching 2r at 2018 Australian Open Following a 1r bye, beat Van Uytvanck in 2r and Alexandrova in 3r - now owns 15 wins this season, only Kvitova has more Of all the players to reach R16, leads the way for return points won (58.2%) and return games won (66.7%) Faces World No.1 Osaka today has faced the reigning World No.1 twice before in career, losing to S.Williams at 2014 Madrid before defeating S.Williams at 2015 Toronto. At 18 years of age became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals (Sharapova) Having previously lost four matches in a row vs. Top 10 opponents (No.1 Kerber at 2018 Wimbledon, No.2 Wozniacki at 2018 Beijing, No.9 Goerges at 2018 Luxembourg and No.6 Kvitova at 2019 Australian Open), is now on a four-match win streak vs. Top 10 all coming during run to Dubai title in February Last player to win Dubai and Indian Wells back-toback was Halep in 2015 SEASON Coming off lifting third singles title of career at 2019 Dubai (d. Kvitova in F), her first since 2015 Toronto Defeated four Top 10 opponents en route to title, including No.3 Halep and No.4 Kvitova Inspired Switzerland to 3-1 World Group II win over Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) Fell in qualifying at St. Petersburg Made SF at Hobart (l. R-Up Schmiedlova) and reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering Roger Federer to help Switzerland retain the trophy

67 NAOMI OSAKA VS BELINDA BENCIC CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES Posted a record in 2018, resulting in best year end finish of career at No.5, up from No.68 in 2017 Won the first two titles of her career last season, at WTA Premier Mandatory level Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova). Record in finals stands at 2-2, having also finished as R-Up at 2016 Toyko [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) From her efforts in New York last September, passed USD $5 million in prize money for the season No.2 (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16 After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Rome) Owns eight Top 10 wins, also over No.6 Kerber (2017 US Open), No.5 V.Williams (2017 Hong Kong), No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.1 Halep (2018 Indian Wells), No.10 Goerges (2018 Beijing), and No.6 Kvitova, No.7 Svitolina and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (all 2019 Australian Open) Other Grand Slam results in 2018 were R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sevastova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut Produced second Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.68 as the Japanese No.1 Book-ended the season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open Scored first Top 5 win when she upset No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs, at Acapulco, Florianopolis and Tianjin, and 3r at 2016 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open. Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (d. Garcia in F, saving match points) Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski) Finished 2018 ranked No.37 - fourth Top 100 finish Was R-Up at 2018 Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges) Underwent left wrist surgery in the Spring 2017, missing five months ranking fell outside Top 300 Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 matches and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA 125K Series events at Hua Hin, Thailand and Taipei. By the end of the year she was back in the Top 75 Best win of career came over No.1 S.Williams in semifinals at 2015 Toronto. At 18 years of age became youngest player to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since 2004 WTA Finals, when 17-year-old Sharapova d. Serena in F (Serena also lost at 2007 Charleston to then 17-year-old Chan Yung-Jan via first set retirement at 5-3) Struggled with injury in 2016 advanced to sixth career singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charleston (April) was sidelined for more than two months missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros Run to St. Petersburg final saw her break into Top 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to break into the Top 10 since computerized rankings were introduced in In the last 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, 2016) Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Radwanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.). Owns 2-5 record in finals, finishing runner-up at 2014 Tianjin, 2015 s-hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], 2016 St Petersburg and 2018 Luxembourg At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, became second-youngest player to win a WTA Premier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New Haven aged 18 years, 43 days With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since Azarenka at 2009 Miami Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Washington, DC (w/mladenovic), the first coming earlier in the year at Prague (w/siniakova) Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time

68 NAOMI OSAKA VS BELINDA BENCIC GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open. Has made only 12 Grand Slam main draw appearances, owning record Defeated six-time champion S.Williams to win 2018 US Open. Flushing Meadows triumph made her first Japanese woman to reach Slam final and the youngest US Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appearance. Became the 10th woman to win US Open and Australian Open back-to-back and first sinces.williams in 2015 In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19yrs, 342 days) and the youngest player from Japan to reach the fourth round at Australian Open since Date in 1990 (19 yrs, 122 days) Has also made 3r at the other two majors: 2016 Roland Garros (l. Halep) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) 2019 Australian Open marked 18th main draw Grand Slam appearance Achieved best Grand Slam singles result when she advanced to QF at 2014 US Open; defeated two Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 Jankovic in R16). At 17 years of age, was youngest player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows since 1997 when Hingis won the title Best result at Australian Open was in 2016, advancing to R16 (l. Sharapova); at Wimbledon is R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber), while best result at Roland Garros is 2r in 2015 and 2018 PERSONAL Recently split from coach Vlado Platenik; has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and Martina Hingis, as well as her father, Ivan, in the past Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents PERSONAL Recently hired Jermaine Jenkins, former hitting partner of Venus Williams, as her new head coach having parted company with Aleksandar (Sascha) Bajin, former hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams. Formerly coached by David Taylor, long-time coach of Sam Stosur Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent), Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) and Kristy Stahr (physio) Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship. Currently lives in Fort Lauderdale and trains in Boca Raton Sponsorship deals include Citizen, broadcaster WOWOW, Nissin (food brand), Nissan (automobiles) and ANA Airlines Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in NYC before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari is also on tour

69 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Head to Head: First meeting ARYNA SABALENKA (20) $375,443 $2,524,382 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $290,118 $27,446,959 0 / 12 0 / / / / / 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) * 9-4 / / / / / 6-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 8-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) R32: d. [24] LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #28) 6-2,7-5 (1h23) R64: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #44) 6-3,4-6,6-0 (1h39) R128: BYE [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) R32: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h53) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 6-0,6-2 (1h03) R128: BYE Total games: 45 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h02 Average time on court: 1h31 Average rank of opponent: 36 Total games: 39 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h56 Average time on court: 1h28 Average rank of opponent: 80 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

70 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ARYNA SABALENKA 2018 R3 L - MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #54) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) (5) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) (3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

71 ARYNA SABALENKA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making second main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open, where she is through to R16 for the first time. Fell in 3r in 2018 (l. Vondrousova) After 1r bye this year, saw off Tomljanovic in 2r on Saturday, then struck 24 winners to beat Tomljanovic in 3r, her 14th win of the season, the fourth-most on tour behind Kvitova (17), Bencic (15) and Ka.Pliskova (15) Faces No.8 seed Kerber. Bidding for first victory over a Top 10 player this season, has gone 0-2 so far, falling to No.8 Bertens (St. Petersburg) and No.8 Kvitova (Sydney) Is contesting doubles this fortnight w/mertens - is through to QF having defeated No.2 seeds Babos/ Mladenovic Contesting 2019 Indian Wells on career-high ranking of No.9 (first achieved February 4, 2019). By contrast, 12 months ago was No.63 Seeded (No.9) for the first time at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament SEASON Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siegemund) during Belarus Fed Cup World Group I win over Germany in February Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28, 2019) Followed up Shenzhen title with opening match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 3-3 record in career singles finals CAREER MILESTONES Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and amking SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and 11th overall). Is through to R16 for fifth time in her career Best result at BNP Paribas Open is reaching SF twice, in 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last ranked No.1 in July 2017 Last left-hander to win Indian Wells was Seles in 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 After 1r bye, struck 29 winners and just 12 unforced errors to ease past Putintseva in 2r Broke serve seven times to beat Russian qualifier Vikhlyantseva in 3r Faces No.9 Sabalenka in R16 for the first time; most recent Top 10 win came over No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals SEASON Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. S.Hsieh) Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 final appearances is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, made SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having had two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having had match point)

72 ARYNA SABALENKA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/ Tianjin-CHN and $50kITF/Toyota-JPN Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/ Minsk-BLR GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, where she reached 3r Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) Only previous Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.witthoeft) Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open first Grand Slam seeding of her career PERSONAL Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov Since their partnership formed this summer, the pairing has scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over No.2 Wozniacki enroute to a R16 finish in Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garcia and No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven, Wuhan and Shenzhen Started playing aged six Prefers playing on hard courts` Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay GRAND SLAM HISTORY Three-time Grand Slam champion, at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) PERSONAL Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

73 BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 17, 2019

74 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - DAY 6 MATCH-UPS [Q] NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) First meeting Vikhlyantseva is seeking her first victory over Top 10 player - has lost all five previous attempts in straight sets...kerber s last loss to a player outside Top 100 was No.934 Stephens in 2018 Toronto, and before that was No.107 Pironkova at 2014 Sydney [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) vs. [24] LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #28) Tsurenko leads 1-0 Sabalenka owns the fifth-most wins on tour this season with 13...Tsurenko is aiming to add to her Top 10 wins list today (8-23), with last victory coming over No.5 Osaka at Brisbane earlier this year VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #140) First meeting A loss today for Venus would be her second defeat to a player ranked outside the Top 100 this year (Andreescu at Auckland) - she hasn t done this in the same season since McHale is bidding to win three matches in a row at WTA Premier main draw tour level for first time since 2012 Doha [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. [25] DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #25) Osaka leads 1-0 Including her last win over Collins at 2018 Beijing, Osaka has compiled a 9-2 record vs. Americans since the start of the 2018 season...collins is looking to register her first career victory over a reigning World No.1 in her first attempt today DESERT QUEENS The second-round exits of Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka and third round retirement of Serena Williams leaves Simona Halep as the only player left in the draw with more than 20 Indian Wells match wins to her name. A win today for Venus Williams would elevate her into this elite category (19 wins). INDIAN WELLS WIN LEADERS LEFT IN 2019 DRAW PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN % Simona Halep Venus Williams Karolina Pliskova WILDCARD PICKS Bianca Andreescu and Jennifer Brady both made the most of their wildcards by coming through the opening two rounds in the desert. Although Brady fell to Barty at the third round hurdle, Andreescu powered forward into the Round of 16. The Canadian has now equaled last year s result of teenager Amanda Anisimova when she reached the fourth round. The deepest runs by a wildcard recipient came from Martina Hingis and Serena Williams, who made the semifinals in 2006 and 2015, respectively. Angelique Kerber

75 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING WATCH The WTA World No.1 will belong to either Naomi Osaka or Simona Halep following Indian Wells. - Halep needs to reach the final if Osaka loses in the third round. If Osaka reaces the R16, then Halep would need to win the title - Osaka can secure the No.1 ranking if she reaches the final, regardless of Halep s results Five players have a chance of moving into the Top 10 after Indian Wells, including three players who have a chance of making their Top 10 debut: *Barty (Quarterfinals), *Sevastova (Quarterfinals), Goerges (Title), *Q.Wang (Title), Muguruza (Title) *Would be Top 10 debut. () Round needed to have chance at Top 10 If none of the above happen, then Serena Williams will remain in the Top 10. END OF AN ERA 2019 ACE RACE Early pacesetter Kiki Bertens has seen her advantage at the top of this season s ace leaderboard dwindle after Karolina Pliskova fired down 12 aces in her opening match win over Misaki Doi ACES LEADERBOARD PLAYER ACES MATCHES KIKI BERTENS KAROLINA PLISKOVA PETRA KVITOVA VIKTORIA KUZMOVA NAOMI OSAKA QUALIFIED SUCCESS Five qualifiers - Ysaline Bonaventure, Kateryna Kozlova, Christina McHale, Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Stefanie Voegele - reached the third round at Indian Wells this year, the most to do so since A qualifier has reached the fourth round or better here four times in the past six years. Following Kozlova and Voegele s defeats yesterday, Bonaventure, McHale and Vikhlyantseva will look to continue the success of the qualifiers into the Round of 16. With her opening round loss, Daria Kasatkina, a finalist at Indian Wells last year, will drop out of the Top 20. As a result, for the first time in 21 years, there will not be a Russian in the Top 20 when the rankings are released on Monday, snapping a streak of 1,094 consecutive weeks with at least one Russian in the Top 20. Additionally, on Monday, the Czechs will take over as the nation with the most consecutive weeks in the Top 20, with at least one player in the Top 20 every week since January 31, The best result by a qualifier at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden came at the inaugural tournament, when Australia s Jenny Byrne finished runner-up to Manuela Maleeva. ON THIS DAY... March 11, Steffi Graf s record reign of 186 weeks as the World No.1 ranked player came to an end as Monica Seles overtook Graf as the top ranked player. Seles went on to hold the No.1 ranking for a total of 178 weeks during her career.

76 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

77 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [Q] NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Head to Head: First meeting NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (22) $86,709 $949,462 0 / 0 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $290,118 $27,446,959 0 / 12 0 / / / / / 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) * 8-4 / / / / / 2-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 0-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / 1-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [Q] NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #112) R2-Q: d. DALILA JAKUPOVIC (SLO #81) 7-6(2),6-1 (1h25) R1-Q: d. ZOE KRUGER (RSA #539) 6-0,6-0 (0h53) R64: d. [26] CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #24) 6-2,6-0 (1h03) R128: d. PRISCILLA HON (AUS #142) 6-1,6-1 (1h07) [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) R64: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) 6-0,6-2 (1h03) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

78 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA 2018 R2 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #12) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R64- Q L - JACQUELINE CAKO (USA #263) R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) (5) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) (3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

79 NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making second main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open (and third overall) Made 2r in 2018 (d. Zvonareva, l. Goerges) One of five qualifiers to reach 3r this year - the most to do so since Best result by a qualifier at Indian Wells was Jenny Byrne s R-Up finish in 1989 After progressing through qualifying without dropping a set, beat Hon in 1r - her first main draw win since Australian Open Upset No.24 Suarez Navarro in 2r - in terms of ranking, this was her best win since beating No.20 Vesnina en route to SF at 2017 Moscow Moscow run in 2017 was also the last time she had won back-to-back main draw matches prior to this fortnight Faces No.8 Kerber today in 3r has lost all five career matches against Top 10 players in straight sets: No.3 Halep (2015 Shenzhen), No.1 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Cincinnati), No.8 V.Williams (2018 Miami), No.10 Kvitova (2018 Prague) and No.10 Goerges (2018 Moscow [River Cup]) Will break back into Top 100 by reaching R16 at Indian Wells SEASON Coming off 2r exit at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells (l. Q.Wang) Fell 1r at Budapest (as qualifier, l. Blinkova) Posted straight-set singles victories over Larsson, Swiatek and Tauson as Russia earned a place in the World Group II play-offs with a series of victories over Poland, Denmark and Sweden at the Europe/ Africa Zone Group I event in Zielona Gora, Poland Contested qualifying at St. Petersburg Opened season by contesting qualifying at Shenzhen then reached 2r at Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Bacsinszky) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 at No.134. Reached 2r five times (incl. Indian Wells and Miami) Climbed into the Top 100 for the first time in her career in 2017 after finishing the year at a career-high No.54 Advanced to her maiden WTA final at 2017 s-hertogenbosch (l. Kontaveit) Elsewhere, enjoyed the bulk of her year s success on home soil, reaching SF at both St Petersburg (l. eventual champion Mladenovic) and Moscow (I. eventual champion Goerges) Making tenth main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and 11th overall). Best result at BNP Paribas Open is reaching SF twice, in 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last ranked No.1 in July 2017 Last left-hander to win Indian Wells was Seles in 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 After 1r bye, struck 29 winners and just 12 unforced errors to ease past Putintseva in 2r Faces No.112 Vikhlyantseva in 3r; last loss to a player outside Top 100 was against No.934 Stephens at 2018 Toronto, and before that No.107 Pironkova at 2014 Sydney SEASON Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. Su-Wei Hsieh) Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 final appearances is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, posted SF runs at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having held match point) Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai

80 NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Scored first-ever Top 20 win versus No.20 Vesnina at 2017 Moscow 2r Scored first six Top 50 career wins in 2017: No.45 Shvedova and No.27 Kasatkina at St Petersburg, No.33 Konjuh at s-hertogenbosch, No.50 Vekic at Cincinnati and No.39 Cornet and No.20 Vesnina at Moscow Made Fed Cup debut during Russia s 4-1 World Group II win over Chinese Taipei (d. Lee) 2016 highlights include SF run at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges (l. Garcia) Won first ITF singles titles in 2016, at $25K ITF/ Plzen-CZE and $100K ITF/Saint-Petersburg-RUS. Also owns one ITF doubles title, at 2016 $25k ITF/ Wesley Chapel, FL-USA Made WTA main draw debut at 2015 Shenzhen; as WC, lost to No.3 Halep in 2r Played first professional match in St Petersburg in 2012 at $10k ITF event (made 1r exit) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked ninth main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Fell in 1r on all Grand Slam appearances in 2018 at the Australian Open (l. Tsurenko), Roland Garros (l. Barty), Wimbledon (l. Konta) and US Open (l. King) Played all four Grand Slam tournaments for first time in 2017 Advanced to second round on event debut at 2017 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) PERSONAL Coached by Chip Brooks Hobbies include learning languages (speaks English, French and Russian), reading and studying Favorite tournament is Wimbledon, favorite surface is grass Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) PERSONAL Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

81 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) vs. [24] LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #28) Head to Head: LESIA TSURENKO leads HOBART HARD O QF LESIA TSURENKO mins ARYNA SABALENKA (20) $375,443 $2,524,382 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * LESIA TSURENKO (29) $221,461 $4,064,462 0 / 4 0 / / / / / 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) * 9-4 / / / / / 6-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / 8-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-3 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [9] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #9) R64: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #44) 6-3,4-6,6-0 (1h39) R128: BYE [24] LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #28) R64: d. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #93) 3-6,7-5,6-4 (2h09) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

82 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ARYNA SABALENKA 2018 R3 L - MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #54) LESIA TSURENKO 2018 R1 L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #80) R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #49) R3 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #70) (7) 2015 QF L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) (5) 2012 R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #12) R1-Q L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #65) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

83 ARYNA SABALENKA VS LESIA TSURENKO INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making second main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open, where she is through to 3r for second consecutive year. Fell at this stage in 2018 (l. Vondrousova) After 1r bye this year, saw off Tomljanovic in 2r on Saturday - her 13th win of the season, the fifth-most on tour behind Kvitova (17), Bencic, Ka.Pliskova and Kenin (all 14) Is contesting doubles this fortnight w/mertens - is through to 3r having defeated No.2 seeds Babos/ Mladenovic in 1r before seeing off Atawo/Srebotnik in 2r yesterday Faces No.24 seed Tsurenko in 3r today; lost their only previous encounter in qualifying at 2018 Hobart Contesting 2019 Indian Wells on career-high ranking of No.9 (first achieved February 4, 2019). By contrast, 12 months ago was No.63 Seeded (No.9) for the first time at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament SEASON Fell in R16 at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Won both singles rubbers (d. Petkovic and Siegemund) during Belarus Fed Cup World Group I win over Germany in February Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Bertens); rose to career-high No.9 in the rankings following run in Russia (February 4, 2019) Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Anisimova); made Top 10 debut after tournament (January 28, 2019) Followed up Shenzhen title with opening match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 3-3 record in career singles finals CAREER MILESTONES Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and amking SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) Making seventh appearance at Indian Wells (eighth overall), where she is though to 3r for the fourth time Best result here was QF run in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Jonkovic). Has made 3r on two other occasions, in 2013 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Bondarenko) Fell 1r in 2017 (l. Shuai Peng) and 2018 (l. Arruabarrena) After 1r bye, came from down to defeat American wildcard Pegula in 2r on Saturday Faces No.9 seed Sabalenka in 3r today. Has 8-23 record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins coming against No.7 Bouchard (2015 Indian Wells), No.9 Muguruza (2015 Toronto), No.8 Ka.Pliskova (2015 New Haven), No.6 Safarova (2015 US Open), No.8 Penetta (2015 Moscow), No.9 Muguruza (2018 Cincinnati), No.2 Wozniacki (2018 US Open) and No.5 Osaka (2019 Brisbane) Contesting Indian Wells ranked No.28. By contrast, this time last year, was ranked No.42 SEASON Made 2r at Doha (l. Halep). Fell R16 at Dubai (l. Halep) Was part of Ukraine team that failed to gain promotion from Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (lost only singles rubber contested against Peterson during 2-1 loss Sweden) Fell 2r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova) Began the season with R-Up finish at Brisbane (l. Ka.Pliskova). Now owns 4-1 career record in singles finals Brisbane was first final at a Premier-level tournament; previous best showings at Premier events were SF runs at 2013 Brisbane, 2015 New Haven and 2015 Moscow Rose to then-career-high No.24 in the rankings after Brisbane run CAREER MILESTONES Posted first Top 30 season in 2018, at No.26; also sixth straight Top 100 year-end finish. Rose to career-high ranking of No.26 on September 10, 2018 Successfully defended her title at Acapulco in 2018 (d. Voegele in F). Has won titles in four consecutive seasons after 2015 Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F), 2016 Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F) and Acapulco in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) and 2018 Other highlights of 2018 season came at the majors, where she reached QF at US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) and R16 at Roland Garros (ret. vs. Muguruza w/leg injury). Also made SF at Hobart and reached QF stage at Birmingham and Cincinnati

84 ARYNA SABALENKA VS LESIA TSURENKO CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/ Tianjin-CHN and $50kITF/Toyota-JPN Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/ Minsk-BLR GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, where she reached 3r Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s) Only previous Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.witthoeft) Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open first Grand Slam seeding of her career PERSONAL Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov Since their partnership formed this summer, the pairing has scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over No.2 Wozniacki enroute to a R16 finish in Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garcia and No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven, Wuhan and Shenzhen Started playing aged six Prefers playing on hard courts` 2017 season highlighted by third career singles title at Acapulco (d. Mladenovic in F). Also reached SF at Hobart and s-hertogenbosch and QF at Stanford and Moscow In 2016, won second WTA singles title at Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F); also suffered 11 1r losses in 2016, including at three of the majors Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon During the summer of 2016, a left thigh injury forced her withdrawal from Stanford, Montréal, Florianopolis and Rio Olympics SF Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2015, finishing year at a career-high ranking of No.33, having started at No.88. Won title at Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F) and finished season with SF run at Moscow (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova); marked third Premier-level SF appearance of career (after 2013 Brisbane and 2015 New Haven) Member of Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, and Winner of six singles and eight doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007; made WTA main draw debut at 2009 Tashkent GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 30th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result is QF run at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Has also made R16 showings at 2018 Roland Garros (ret. vs Muguruza w/leg injury) and 2016 US Open (l. Vinci) During 2016 Flushing Meadows run, was joined in 3r by compatriots Svitolina and K.Bondarenko first time three Ukrainians made 3r at the same Grand Slam however she was the only one to advance to R16 Has been to 3r but no further at Australian Open (2013) and Wimbledon (2017) PERSONAL Coached by Adriano Albanesi Only played tennis occasionally and for fun between ages 14-17; moved to Kiev at 17 to play more seriously Studied at Physical Education & Sports Institute for one and a half years (no longer studying; hopes to return one day)

85 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #140) Head to Head: First meeting VENUS WILLIAMS (38) $121,222 $41,052,270 0 / 49 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * CHRISTINA MCHALE (26) $43,855 $3,830,006 0 / 1 0 / / / / / 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) * 3-1 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) R64: d. [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) 4-6,7-5,6-4 (2h27) R128: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #68) 6-4,0-6,6-3 (1h45) [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #140) R2-Q: d. VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #80) 6-0,2-0 Ret'd (0h58) R1-Q: d. FANNY STOLLAR (HUN #122) 6-0,3-6,7-5 (1h53) R64: d. [30] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) 6-4,3-6,6-4 (2h17) R128: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #41) 7-5,6-0 (1h21) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

86 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History VENUS WILLIAMS 2018 SF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #49) R2 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #89) SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) W/O 1998 SF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) (7) 1997 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #8) (1) 1996 R1 L - JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS (FRA #18) CHRISTINA MCHALE 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #48) (6) 2017 R1 L - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #83) R3 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #28) R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #24) R1 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #78) 7-6(4) R2 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #15) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #19) (4) 2011 R3 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #20) R1 L - VANIA KING (USA #76) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

87 VENUS WILLIAMS VS CHRISTINA MCHALE INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making eighth appearance at Indian Wells, and fourth since 2001, after an absence of 15 years between Last year matched her best result here by reaching SF (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina). Also reached SF in 1998 (l. eventual champion Hingis) and 2001 (l. eventual champion S.Williams via w/o tendonitis) Exited 1r in 1996 (as qualifier, l. Halard-Decugis) and fell 2r on return to tournament in 2016, (after 1r bye, l. Nara) the only two occasions she has lost her opening round match here Was of 17 American women to begin the main draw the highest representation of any nation with three now contesting the 3r (also Collins and McHale, all of which are in top half of draw) At 38, is oldest in women s singles draw at 2019 Indian Wells The last American woman to win the title here was Serena Williams in 2001 Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign with three set win over Petkovic. Lost second set 0-6, her first time losing a set-to-love since 2017 Wimbledon final (l. Muguruza ) Was first time dropping a love set in victory since 2014 Charleston (d. Strycova ) Overcame No.3 Kvitova in 2r on Saturday was first Top 5 win since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) Faces American qualifier McHale today in 3r bidding to win three matches in a row for first time in almost a year, since reaching QF at 2018 Miami A loss would be second defeat to a player ranked outside Top 100 this season, having also fallen to No.152 Andreescu at Auckland. This was also her last loss to a qualifier Has not lost to two players outside the Top 100 in the same season since 1999 (. No.140 Sonya Jeyaseelan at Amelia Island and No.125 Barbora Schwartz at Roland Garros) SEASON Lost to world No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at the Australian Open Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu) Ended 2018 season ranked No.153, down 90 places from No.63 in highlight was 3r showing at Miami (d. No.24 CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down on No.5 in 2017 Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF run at Miami (l. Collins) Making 10th main draw appearance at Indian Wells, having come through qualifying rounds for the first time (d. Stollar and Zvonareva). Bidding today to match best previous result here, having reached R16 in 2012 (l. Kerber) Is through to the 3r here for third time, also in 2011 (l. Petrova) and 2016 (l. Stosur). Failed to make it past 1r in 2017 and 2018 Bidding to be the 15th qualifier to reach the Indian Wells R16, and first since Peng Shuai in 2017 Enters 2019 Indian Wells ranked No.140. By contrast, was No.90 this time last year Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign with 1r win over No.41 Sakkari was first Top 50 win since defeating No.45 Bencic at 2018 Cincinnati, and best outright win by ranking since overcoming No.24 Strycova at 2018 Miami Overcame No.30 seed Pavlyuchenkova in 2r her first main draw win over a seeded player since 2018 Miami (d. No.25 seed Strycova) Bidding to win three matches in a row at main draw, tour level for the first time since 2017 Tokyo [Japan Open], reaching the SF (l. eventual champion Diyas) Bidding to win three matches in a row at WTA Premier main draw, tour level for the first time since 2012 Doha (l. A.Radwanska in QF) Faces No.36 V.Williams today for pair s first meeting bidding to defeat three Top 50 opponents at the same event for first time since 2012 Doha (d. No.43 Scheepers, No.16 Peng Shuai and No.37 Peer) Last beat two Top 50 players at 2016 Indian Wells (d. No.41 Garcia and No.4 Muguruza) SEASON Coming off R16 showing at Acapulco (l. Vekic) after making it through qualifying stages Fell 3r at WTA 125k Series event at Newport Beach Contested qualifying at Australian Open (l. Lepchenko) and Brisbane (l. Aiava) CAREER MILESTONES Strycova in 2r, l. Muguruza) Posted seventh straight Top 100 season in 2017 (at No.63). One of 13 American women to feature in year-end Top 100 Highlights of 2017 were SF runs at Acapulco and Tokyo [Japan Open] and QF at Tianjin

88 VENUS WILLIAMS VS CHRISTINA MCHALE CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past $40 million S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other player to pass this milestone Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first competitive match back since giving birth in September 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ Schuurs) Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the season finale Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) only player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (December 26, years, 75 days) 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest player to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012 Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching her third career major final (l. Osaka in F) Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) Posted third non-consecutive Top 50 season in 2016 (first since 2012), at No.45 her sixth successive Top 100 season Won a career-best 26 main draw matches in season highlighted by winning first WTA singles title of career at Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Siniakova in F). Now 1-1 in tour-level finals, having been runner-up at 2014 Acapulco (l. Cibulkova) Other singles highlights in 2016 included reaching SF at Acapulco and R16 at Madrid and Rome 2016 season also brought first two WTA doubles titles of career, captured at Hobart (w/han) and Tianjin (w/peng) Reached first WTA singles final at 2014 Acapulco (l. Cibulkova) Enjoyed breakout year in 2012 when she became youngest member of US Olympic tennis team (four days younger than Ryan Harrison); also reached 3r of three straight Slams (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon) Achieved career-best ranking of No.24 the week of August 20, 2012, but contracted mononucleosis and dropped out of the Top 100 on August 12, 2013 (to No.115), before finishing the year at No.68 Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on September 12 the same year Owns six wins against Top 10 players including three against the Top 5 d. No.1 Wozniacki at 2011 Cincinnati, No.3 Kvitova at 2012 Indian Wells and No.4 Muguruza at 2016 Indian Wells Broke into Top 100 on March 21, 2011 and Top 50 on September 12 the same year. Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 New Haven and made main draw debut at 2009 Australian Open (both as WC); recorded first tour-level match win at 2009 US Open (in second tour-level main draw) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2018 US Open marked 36th and most recent main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Made 3r runs at 2012 Wimbledon, 2012 Australian Open, and 2012 Roland Garros Best showing at US Open is 2r in 2011, 2013 and 2017; yet to reach R16 at any of the majors PERSONAL Coached by Peter Lucassen Lived in Hong Kong from age three to eight after father s job was relocated Older sister Lauren played college tennis and is now married to ATP player Ryan Harrison and works in broadcast media

89 VENUS WILLIAMS VS CHRISTINA MCHALE GRAND SLAM CONT. Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) PERSONAL Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt during off-season

90 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. [25] DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #25) Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads BEIJING HARD O R2 NAOMI OSAKA mins NAOMI OSAKA (21) $3,119,354 $10,748,551 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * DANIELLE COLLINS (25) $709,902 $1,694,253 0 / 0 0 / / / / / 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) * 7-4 / / / / / 5-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-2 / / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / 6-10 * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) R64: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #65) 6-3,6-4 (1h21) R128: BYE [25] DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #25) R64: d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #56) 6-4,6-1 (1h30) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

91 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match NAOMI OSAKA 2018 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) DANIELLE COLLINS 2018 R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) R1 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #43) R2-Q L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #79) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

92 NAOMI OSAKA VS DANIELLE COLLINS INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making third main draw appearance (fourth overall) at Indian Wells as defending champion having claimed the first title of her career here last year (d. Kasatkina in F) Is bidding to become the second woman to defend Indian Wells title, after Navratilova ( ) After 1r bye, avenged recent loss to Mladenovic in Dubai by firing 24 winners - including five aces - to defeat the Frenchwoman in 2r Has now hit 93 aces this season - fifth-most on tour Has won 61-straight matches when winning the first set. Has not lost a match when winning the first set since her last match of the 2016 season in Tianjin (vs. Kuznetsova in QF) Faces Collins in 3r; won 12 games in a row to ease past Collins en route to last year s Beijing SF Including this win in Beijing, has posted 9-2 win-loss record against American opposition since start of 2018 season Ranked and seeded No.1 at this year s tournament; by contrast, 12 months ago was No.44; last year became only third unseeded woman to win here (also S.Williams in 1999 and Clijsters in 2005) Has reached SF or better at five of past seven events: 2018 US Open (WON), 2018 Tokyo (R-Up), 2018 Beijing (SF), WTA Finals (RR), Brisbane (SF), Australian Open (WON), Dubai (2r) SEASON Coming off 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was her first match since beating Kvitova in Australian Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l.eventual R-Up Tsurenko). Withdrew from Sydney citing a change in schedule Won second Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach No.1 following the tournament Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) CAREER MILESTONES Posted a record in 2018, resulting in best year end finish of career at No.5, up from No.68 in 2017 Won the first two titles of her career last season, at WTA Premier Mandatory level Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova). Record in finals stands at 2-2, having also finished as R-Up at 2016 Toyko [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) Making third appearance at Indian Wells and first as a direct main draw entry Last year, secured 2018 wildcard having been the best performing woman at Oracle Challenger Series of WTA 125k events, going on to reach R16 (d. No.14 Keys, l. Suarez Navarro) On only other appearance here, as a wildcard fell 1r in 2017 (l. Puig) Contesting this fortnight ranked No.25 - two spots off career-high, set on January 28, By contrast, entered last year s tournament ranked No.117 and without a main draw win to her name After 1r bye, won 11 of the last 12 games to beat Flipkens in 2r Faces No.1 Osaka in 3r today - has never faced a reigning World No.1 before, with best win-by-ranking coming over No.2 Kerber at 2019 Australian Open SEASON Coming off 1r exit at Acapulco (l. Azarenka) Part of US team which lost 3-2 to Australia in February s Fed Cup World Group tie (d. Gavrilova in sole singles rubber) Made Grand Slam breakthrough at Australian Open, advancing to SF (l. Kvitova); had never previously won a match in five previous Grand Slam appearances Scored first Top 5 win of her career against No.2 Kerber in R16 at Australian Open Rose to career-high No.23 following Melbourne run (January 28, 2019) Earned around $655,000 USD by reaching Australian Open SF, taking career earnings past $1 million Opened 2019 season by falling 1r in Brisbane (l. Kvitova) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. Hsieh) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 at No.36, in what was second season as a professional (finished 2017 at No.167). All 17 of her career WTA main draw wins were posted in 2018 (prior to 2018 Indian Wells, had played only three tour-level matches, losing all three) Season highlight in 2018 came at Miami where she became first qualifier to reach SF (l. Ostapenko), scoring first Top 10 win over V.Williams en route. Earned USD$327,965 by reaching the last four at Key Biscayne, more than doubling her career earnings at the time Posted first tour-level wins during R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro), where she scored her first Top 50 win over No.15 Keys in 2r. Also in 2018, made SF at San Jose and QF at Monterrey

93 NAOMI OSAKA VS DANIELLE COLLINS CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. From her efforts in New York last September, passed USD $5 million in prize money for the season No.2 (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16 After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Rome) Owns eight Top 10 wins, also over No.6 Kerber (2017 US Open), No.5 V.Williams (2017 Hong Kong), No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.1 Halep (2018 Indian Wells), No.10 Goerges (2018 Beijing), and No.6 Kvitova, No.7 Svitolina and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (all 2019 Australian Open) Other Grand Slam results in 2018 were R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sevastova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut Produced second Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.68 as the Japanese No.1 Book-ended the season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open Scored first Top 5 win when she upset No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs, at Acapulco, Florianopolis and Tianjin, and 3r at 2016 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open. Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (d. Garcia in F, saving match points) Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski) Contested one tour-level main draw during 2017 season, at Indian Wells (as WC, l. Puig in 1r). Fell in qualifying five times, at Monterrey, Wimbledon, US Open, Tokyo [Japan Open] and Tokyo [PPO] Closed out 2017 season at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Vickery in 1r) Won two singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2017, at $25k ITF/Bethany Beach, DE-USA and $25k ITF/Norman, OK-USA, taking total tally to four Enjoyed illustrious college career at University of Virginia, claiming two NCAA singles titles in three seasons; became only the seventh woman to win two NCAA singles titles Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 New Haven Graduated in 2016 as the top-ranked collegiate player in the country with a degree in media studies GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam result is SF run at 2019 Australian Open (d. No.2 Kerber in R16, l. Kvitova) Became the fourth American collegiate player to reach R16 at a major, joining Lisa Raymond, Jill Craybas and Laura Granville, and the first collegiate major quarterfinalist since Raymond at the 2004 Australian Open Gained first Grand Slam main draw acceptance at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki in 1r) Also fell 1r at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Mertens) and US Open three times, in 2018 (l. Sabalenka), and also after entering her home Slam on a wild card in 2014 (l. Halep in 1r) and 2016 (l. Rodina in 1r) PERSONAL Named 2016 Honda Sport Award winner for tennis and candidate for Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Introduced to tennis by father aged three Likes to relax by going to the beach, fishing and running Started her own jewelry line during 2018 offseason Main coach is Pat Harrison (ATP s Ryan Harrison s dad), but he only travels occasionally

94 NAOMI OSAKA VS DANIELLE COLLINS GRAND SLAM HISTORY Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open. Has made only 12 Grand Slam main draw appearances, owning record Defeated six-time champion S.Williams to win 2018 US Open. Flushing Meadows triumph made her first Japanese woman to reach Slam final and the youngest US Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appearance. Became the 10th woman to win US Open and Australian Open back-to-back and first sinces.williams in 2015 In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19yrs, 342 days) and the youngest player from Japan to reach the fourth round at Australian Open since Date in 1990 (19 yrs, 122 days) Has also made 3r at the other two majors: 2016 Roland Garros (l. Halep) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) PERSONAL Recently hired Jermaine Jenkins, former hitting partner of Venus Williams, as her new head coach having parted company with Aleksandar (Sascha) Bajin, former hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams. Formerly coached by David Taylor, long-time coach of Sam Stosur Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent), Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) and Kristy Stahr (physio) Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship. Currently lives in Fort Lauderdale and trains in Boca Raton Sponsorship deals include Citizen, broadcaster WOWOW, Nissin (food brand), Nissan (automobiles) and ANA Airlines Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in NYC before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari is also on tour

95 BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 17, 2019

96 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - DAY 5 MATCH-UPS [Q] KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #114) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) First meeting Halep lifted title here at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Kozlova one of five qualifiers to reach third round... Halep still in contention to finish the fortnight as World No.1 [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) vs. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) Serena leads 3-2 Players meeting for first time outside the majors... Williams facing Grand Slam winner for second straight match... Muguruza looking for first Top 10 win since February 2018 [WC] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #83) vs. [12] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #12) First meeting Barty has won 18 of past 22 matches on tour... Brady s upset of Garcia in the previous round was fourth career Top 20 win... Barty currently occupying a career-high ranking [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #45) Series tied 1-1 Konta won pair s previous meeting at 2017 Cincinnati... Bertens has struck a tour-leading 116 aces so far this season... Konta bidding for second Top 10 win of the season [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #53) Svitolina leads 5-2 Svitolina has won the past four matches between the players... Gavrilova s run this week snapped a seven-match losing streak... Svitolina has triumphed in last 10 matches against Australian opposition DESERT QUEENS WILDCARD PICKS The second-round exits of Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka leave Serena Williams and Simona Halep as the only players left in the draw with more than 20 Indian Wells match wins to their name. INDIAN WELLS WIN LEADERS LEFT IN 2019 DRAW PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN % Serena Williams Simona Halep Venus Williams Karolina Pliskova Bianca Andreescu and Jennifer Brady have both made the most of their wildcards by coming through the opening two rounds in the desert. Their progress means that for the past five years at least one wildcard has made the third round at Indian Wells. Last year teenager Amanda Anisimova reached the fourth round, while the deepest ever runs by a wildcard recipient came from Martina Hingis and Serena Williams, who made the semifinals in 2006 and 2015, respectively. Angelique Kerber

97 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES THE GAUNTLET After seeing off Victoria Azarenka in a high-quality second-round encounter, Serena Williams faces another multiple major winner Garbiñe Muguruza next. The last time the American faced two Grand Slam champions at the same tournament was en route to the 2016 Wimbledon title (Svetlana Kuznetsova and Angelique Kerber). Meanwhile, the most recent incidence of the American facing major winners in consecutive matches came during her title run at the All England Club in 2015, when she overcame Venus Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova in succession ACE RACE Early pacesetter Kiki Bertens has seen her advantage at the top of this season s ace leaderboard slashed to single figures after Karolina Pliskova fired down 12 aces in her opening match win over Misaki Doi ACES LEADERBOARD PLAYER ACES MATCHES KIKI BERTENS KAROLINA PLISKOVA PETRA KVITOVA VIKTORIA KUZMOVA NAOMI OSAKA QUALIFIED SUCCESS 6 Serena Williams has beaten six major champions at Indian Wells: Lindsay Davenport (1999, 2001), Mary Pierce (1999), Steffi Graf (1999), Venus Williams (2001) and Victoria Azarenka (2019) Five qualifiers - Ysaline Bonaventure, Kateryna Kozlova, Christina McHale, Natalia Vikhlyantseva and Stefanie Voegele - have reached the third round at Indian Wells this year, the most to do so since A qualifier has reached the fourth round or better here four times in the past six years. DOUBLES UPDATE Four of the seeded pairings failed to make it beyond the first round in the doubles draw. However, defending champions Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova managed to avoid this fate, seeing off 2016 runners-up Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova In 2004 six qualifiers made the third round at Indian Wells, including Gisela Dulko who went on to reach the quarterfinals The best result by a qualifier at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden came at the inaugural tournament, when Australia s Jenny Byrne finished runner-up to Manuela Maleeva. ON THIS DAY: MARCH 10 Twelve months ago, No.3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza let a lead slip as she suffered a shock defeat to American qualifier Sachia Vickery in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.

98 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

99 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [Q] KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #114) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Head to Head: First meeting KATERYNA KOZLOVA (25) $70,531 $1,125,809 0 / 0 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * SIMONA HALEP (27) $349,873 $28,495,452 0 / 18 0 / / / / / 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) * 11-4 / / / / / 1-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 1-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / 1-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [Q] KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #114) R2-Q: d. SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #79) 6-1,7-6(6) (1h56) R1-Q: d. ASHLEY KRATZER (USA #236) 6-4,6-1 (1h15) R64: d. [31] ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #34) 6-4,2-6,6-0 (1h44) R128: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #42) 7-5,6-2 (1h31) [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) R64: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) 6-2,6-4 (1h26) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

100 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match KATERYNA KOZLOVA 2018 R1-Q L - ASHLEY KRATZER (USA #305) R64- L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #157) Q 2016 R1-Q L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #116) (3) R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #66) SIMONA HALEP 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #44) R3 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #26) QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #14) (3) 2012 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #29) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

101 KATERYNA KOZLOVA VS SIMONA HALEP INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making second main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open (fifth overall) Also qualified in 2015, before falling in 1r (l. Vesnina) Beat Kratzer and Sorribes Tormo in qualifying - first time she has won through qualifying at tour-level since 2017 US Open In the main draw, upset No.42 Siniakova in 1r and No.34 Sasnovich in 2r - her first main draw victories at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament Her previous Top 50 win came over No.5 Ostapenko at 2018 Roland Garros One of five qualifiers to reach 3r (also Bonaventure, McHale, Vikhlyantseva and Voegele). Best result by a qualifier here was Jenny Byrne s R-Up finish in 1989 Faces No.2 Halep today in 3r; owns 1-1 record against Top 5 opposition, defeating No.5 Ostapenko at 2018 Roland Garros and losing to No.3 A.Radwanska at 2016 Wimbledon One of three Ukrainians to reach 3r (also Svitolina and Tsurenko) SEASON Coming off straight set 1r defeat last week at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells (l. Lepchenko) Reached QF at Budapest (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck) Part of Ukraine Fed Cup team which failed to progress from Europe/Africa Zone Group I in February (posted 2-3 record in singles and doubles rubbers) Posted 2r showing at Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Kuzmova) and Hobart (as LL, l. Minnen). Also contested qualifying at Brisbane CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 at No.99 for third Top 100 finish of career (also No.86 in 2017 and No.99 in 2016) Highlight of 2018 was reaching maiden WTA final at Taipei City (l. Babos). Also made SF at Tashkent (l. Potapova) and QF at Guangzhou (l. Putintseva) Played all four majors in the same year for the first time in Reached 2r at Roland Garros, upsetting No.5 and defending champion Ostapenko in 1r Tour-level highlights in 2017 were QF run at Bastad (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2r showing at US Open (as qualifier, l. Sevastova). Also won titles at WTA 125K Series event in Dalian (d. Zvonareva in F) and at $60K ITF/Rome-ITA (d. Duque-Mariño in F) Former champion Halep is playing at Indian Wells for a ninth time Came from a set and a break down in the 2015 final to defeat Jankovic and win the title One of five former champions in starting field (also S.Williams 1999, 2001; Wozniacki 2011; Azarenka 2012, 2016; Osaka ) After 1r bye, hit 18 winners to see off Strycova in 2r - has now won past five meetings with the Czech in straight sets Faces No.114 Kozlova in 3r; last defeat in a completed match to a player outside Top 100 was against No.146 Sharapova at 2017 US Open (also lost to No.116 Jabeur via ret. w/back injury at 2018 Beijing) The Indian Wells fortnight will be her 267th and 268th consecutive weeks in the Top 10 - the longest active streak (ahead of Ka.Pliskova on 131 weeks) Can reclaim No.1 ranking here, but needs to at least reach the final (and have other results go her way) SEASON Lost to No.45 Bencic in 3s in QF at Dubai Finished R-Up in Doha final (l. Mertens); career record in singles finals now Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal

102 KATERYNA KOZLOVA VS SIMONA HALEP CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT season saw her reach her first tour-level SFs, at Istanbul (l. eventual R-Up Kovinic) and Tashkent (l. eventual champion Kr.Pliskova). Also made QF stage at Premier-level St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Ivanovic) and s-hertogenbosch (l. Brengle) Contested 10 WTA main draws in 2015, progressing beyond 1r at four events Hobart, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Tashkent, where she reached QF (l. Hibino) Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Tashkent and main draw debut at 2013 Baku (d. Daniildou, l. Voskoboeva) On ITF Circuit, owns five singles and 13 doubles titles Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Kharkiv-UKR in 2008 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open, losing to Mattek-Sands in 1r Only 2r appearances at a major came at 2017 US Open (d. Begu, l. Sevastova) and 2018 Roland Garros (d. defending champion Ostapenko, l. Siniakova) Upset of Ostapenko in Paris saw Latvian become only sixth defending major champion to fall at opening hurdle of title defense, after Graf (1994 Wimbledon), Capriati (2003 Australian Open), Myskina (2005 Roland Garros), Kuznetsova (2005 US Open) and Kerber (2017 US Open) Fell 1r at Australian Open ( ), Roland Garros (2017), Wimbledon (2016, 2018) and US Open ( ) PERSONAL Coached by Jaroslav Levinsky Trains in Moscow; speaks Russian, Ukrainian and English Introduced to tennis aged five. Tennis players most admired are Martina Hingis and Roger Federer If not a tennis player, would have been a psychologist or hip-hop dancer Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Worked with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput during 2019 Doha before ending trial period. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita

103 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) vs. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads ROLAND GARROS CLAY O F GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2015 WIMBLEDON GRASS O F SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2015 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS mins GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (25) $240,933 $18,433,044 0 / 6 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * SERENA WILLIAMS (37) $342,246 $88,575,547 0 / 72 0 / / / / / 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) * 5-1 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 9-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) R64: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #199) 6-1,6-3 (1h35) R128: BYE [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) R64: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) 7-5,6-3 (2h07) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

104 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2018 R2 L - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #100) R16 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #10) 7-6(5) R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #62) R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #15) R2 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #142) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) SERENA WILLIAMS 2018 R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #8) F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #15) SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) W/O 2001 F W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #19) SF L - MARY PIERCE (FRA #6) F W - STEFFI GRAF (GER #7) R1-Q L - ALEXIA DECHAUME-BALLERET (FRA #87) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

105 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS SERENA WILLIAMS INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making seventh consecutive appearance at Indian Wells, with best result at BNP Paribas Open coming with QF run in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Made R16 (as qualifier) on debut appearance in 2013 (l. Kerber). Has been seeded on every visit since: made 3r in 2015 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and lost opening matches in 2014 (after 1r bye, l. Kleybanova), 2016 (after 1r bye, l. McHale) and 2018 (after 1r bye, l. Vickery) Best result by a Spaniard at Indian Wells was Conchita MartÍnez s two R-Up finishes, in 1992 (l. Seles) and 1996 (l. Graf) After 1r bye, dropped four games to defeat No.199 Davis in 2r. Entered match having lost four of her past five matches following 1r byes, including against Vickery last year at Indian Wells Faces No.10 S.Williams today; has beaten the American twice in five meetings, including inflicting her worst Grand Slam defeat at 2014 Roland Garros Has lost both matches against Top 10 players in 2019: vs. Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open and vs. Svitolina at Dubai Most recent Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 Dubai SEASON Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) and R16 at Dubai (l. Svitolina) Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the latest-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning at 12.30am Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before withdrawing w/gi illness prior to 2r match at Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-top 10 finish since 2014 Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F) Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Making seventh main draw appearance at Indian Wells, and eighth appearance overall Is a two-time champion here, on event debut in 1999 (d. Graf in F) and 2001 (d. Clijsters in F). Reached QF in 2000 (l. Pierce). Did not contest event again until 2015, when she advanced to SF but withdrew prior to match vs. Halep w/right knee injury Reached final here in 2016 (l. Azarenka) and 3r here in 2018 (l. V.Williams, in the sisters 29th meeting). Missed 2017 Indian Wells due to pregnancy Fell here in 1997 qualifying, losing to Dechaume-Balleret in what was Serena s second professional match, after 1995 Québec City (also in qualifying) Winning the BNP Paribas Open in 1999 marked her second tour-level singles title. She has gone on to amass a haul of 72 since then Bidding this fortnight to be the first player to lift the Indian Wells title three times An American has won the singles title eight times. Other home champions here are Martina Navratilova (1990, 1991), Mary Joe Fernandez (1993, 1995), Lindsay Davenport (1997, 2000) Serena (1999), Clijsters (2005) and Osaka (2018) are the only players to win the title here unseeded Only four players have beaten Serena on the hard courts of Indian Wells Dechaume-Balleret (1997 qualifying), Pierce (QF 2000), Azarenka (F 2016) and V.Williams (3r 2018) After 1r bye, overcame Azarenka in 2r in what was the pair s 22nd meeting Faces No.20 Muguruza in 3r today; has scored seven Top 20 wins since returning to the tour 12 months ago, all of which have been at Grand Slams First time has faced multiple major winners at the same tournament since 2016 Wimbledon (Kuznetsova and Kerber) SEASON Has contested one tour-level event in 2019, at Australian Open, reaching QF (l. Ka.Pliskova) Was her 70th Grand Slam main draw appearance third on the Open Era list, behind V.Williams (81) and Frazier (71) Overcame World No.1 Halep in R16 was first time facing the reigning World No.1 since 2013 Doha (l. Azarenka in F) and was first win since 2013 Brisbane (d. Azarenka in SF). Aged 37, is the oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1, bettering sister Venus s win vs. Kerber aged 36 at 2017 Miami Now owns a win-loss record vs. world No.1s - only Navratilova has more wins with 18 Began 2019 at Hopman Cup, posted singles wins over Bencic, Sakkari and Boulter as USA made group-stage exit

106 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS SERENA WILLIAMS CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES Named ITF World Champion for 2017 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 6-4 career record in singles finals, winning titles at 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 28 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in final matches (also R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Returned to Top 20 in 2018 year-end rankings (at No.16) despite playing only seven tournaments Was R-Up at both Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka) last season, and advanced to R16 at Roland Garros (withdrew prior to match against Sharapova w/right pectoral muscle tear) Made her return to tour as a mother at Indian Wells in March 2017, falling to sister V.Williams in 3r, having defeated Diyas and Bertens in straight sets 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 15 Top 10 finishes to her name third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) including five as the year-end No.1 Won 23rd Grand Slam singles title at 2017 Australian Open (d. V.Williams in F) With 72 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). Also a 22-time singles runner-up Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history set record when most recent streak began on February 18, Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 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) Five-time champion at WTA Finals (2001, 2009, ) Has registered 17 career wins over (seven different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilova (18) Among active players, owns the most titles on clay (13), hard (46) and grass (8) Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics, and doubles gold medalist at 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London (all w/v.williams) Spent eight weeks as co-no.1 in doubles (w/v. Williams); 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 At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (including Emirates Airline US Open Series bonus); the largest payout in tennis men s or women s

107 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS SERENA WILLIAMS GRAND SLAM CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) PERSONAL Coached by Sam Sumyk Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Stefanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind only Margaret Court (24) all time Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: , , 2012, ; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, Owns a 23-8 record in Slam finals, with losses coming at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimbledon (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) and 2018 US Open (l. Osaka) 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 The 2017 Australian Open final saw Serena and Venus have the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open. Prior to that all-italian final the record was held for nearly four decades by Virginia Wade and Betty Stove who had a combined age of just over 63 years, 11 months at 1977 Wimbledon In 2015, came within two wins of completing the calendar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; l. Vinci in SF at US Open. Two women in Open Era had previously achieved the feat: Court (1970) and Graf (1988) Has twice been in possession of all four majors for a Serena Slam (2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Australian Open and 2014 US Open to 2015 Wimbledon) Has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister Venus most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/ Shvedova in F). Also won mixed doubles titles at 1998 Wimbledon and 1998 US Open (both w/mirnyi) PERSONAL Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mouratoglou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017 Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in November 2017 in New Orleans Recently launched her own clothing line, Serena

108 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [WC] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #83) vs. [12] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #12) Head to Head: First meeting JENNIFER BRADY (23) $152,909 $1,480,750 0 / 0 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ASHLEIGH BARTY (22) $425,628 $5,633,708 0 / 3 0 / / / / / 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) * 11-2 / / / / / 1-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 0-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / / 4-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [WC] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #83) R64: d. [19] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #19) 6-3,3-6,6-0 (1h47) R128: d. NAO HIBINO (JPN #117) 7-5,6-3 (1h22) [12] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #12) R64: d. TATJANA MARIA (GER #69) 6-4,6-4 (1h28) R128: BYE INDIAN WELLS Tournament History JENNIFER BRADY 2018 R2 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) ASHLEIGH BARTY 2018 R2 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #58) R1 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #59) (4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

109 JENNIFER BRADY VS ASHLEIGH BARTY INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making third main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open, where she is through to 3r for first time Prior to this year, only previous main draw win here - or at any WTA Premier Mandatory tournament - was during last year s 2r showing (d. Buzarnescu, l. Garcia) Beat Hibino in 1r then upset No.19 Garcia in 2r - her third win over the Frenchwoman this season (also Hua Hin and Dubai) Faces No.12 Barty in 3r - in terms of ranking, career-best win came over No.18 Vesnina during run to Australian Open R16 in 2017 One of two wildcards to reach 3r (also Andreescu, who faces Voegele). Best result by wildcard here were SF runs from Hingis in 2006 and S.Williams in 2015 One of five US players to reach 3r (also Collins, McHale, S.Williams and V.Williams). By contrast, last year, the home nation had eight representatives left at this juncture SEASON Coming off R-Up finish last week at WTA 125K Series event at Indian Wells (l. Golubic after holding 1mp in second set) Reached R16 at Dubai (d. Garcia and Ostapenko, l. Kvitova) and fell in qualifying at Doha Qualified at Hua Hin, advancing to 2r (d. No.19 Garcia in 1r, l. Zidansek) Started 2019 with qualifying exit at Brisbane before reaching final round of qualifying at Australian Open (l. Haddad Maia) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 ranked No.116 following her first Top 100 finish in 2017 (No. 64) 2018 season highlight was reaching two SFs at $100k ITF/Midland-USA (l. Loeb) and $80k ITF/Charlottesville-USA (l. Duque-Mariño) Other 2018 highlights include reaching 2r at Indian Wells (l. Garcia), Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) and Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) Posted best win of career to date at 2017 Australian Open, defeating No.18 Vesnina Reached first WTA career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova) Posted first WTA main draw wins at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic) Made first four main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier, l. Hercog in 1r), Stanford (l. Cornet in 1r), Montréal (as qualifier l. Svitolina in 1r) Is playing Indian Wells for second time, having fallen 2r on debut in 2018 (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari) After 1r bye this year, recovered from 4-1 down in the opening set to beat Maria in her first competitive match in almost a month In doubles this fortnight, fell 1r w/garcia (l. No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova) Faces No.83 Brady in 3r; last defeat to a player ranked outside Top 50 was against No.63 Azarenka at 2018 Tokyo Contesting 2019 Indian Wells on career-high ranking of No.12 (first achieved February 18, 2019) Seeded No.12 her highest at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament (previously No.16 at Indian Wells in 2018) Has won 18 of her past 22 matches and reached QF or better at her last four events played: 2018 Wuhan (l. Sabalenka in SF), 2018 Zhuhai (d. Q.Wang in F), 2019 Sydney (l. Kvitova in F) and 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova in QF) SEASON Inspired Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup duty in February, beating Kenin and Keys in singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Australia will host Belarus in the World Group SF in April At tour-level posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both tournaments) Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 season with a career-best finish of No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai. Now 3-3 in career singles finals Also was R-Up on home soil at Sydney and made SF at Montréal and Wuhan Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at US Open (w/vandeweghe) and picked up three other titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA Finals (w/vandeweghe) Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season (finishing at a then-career-high No.17) Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) Made Top 20 debut and became Australia s No.1 on October 23, 2017 Best career wins were over No.1 Halep at 2019 Sydney and No.3 Kerber at 2018 Wuhan

110 JENNIFER BRADY VS ASHLEIGH BARTY CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Ended 2017 inside Top 100 for first time at No.64; career-high ranking is No.60 (October 16, 2017) Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. 1r to Falconi) On ITF Circuit, owns four ITF singles and four doubles titles Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN- USA (l. 1r) GRAND SLAM HISTORY Has appeared in eight Grand Slam main draws, most recently at 2018 US Open Made debut at all four Slams in 2017; prior to 2017 Australian Open, had fallen in qualifying at US Open ( ), Roland Garros (2016) and Wimbledon (2016) Won through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and went on to become first major debutante to reach R16 at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) and No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era Also became just sixth player to make R16 on Australian Open debut in last 21 years: V.Williams (1998), Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), Gasparyan and Konta (2016) Also reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and has made 2r at Roland Garros in 2018 and Wimbledon in 2017 and 2018 PERSONAL Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, making her debut for the Bruins tennis team in Completed sophomore year of studies before turning professional in 2015 Trained during the off-season at the new USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida Coached this fortnight in Indian Wells by Stephen Huss Has twin sister, Jessica Winner of nine WTA doubles titles (five w/dellacqua, two w/vandeweghe, two w/schuurs) Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ Dellacqua) Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on May 21, 2018 Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that lasted almost two years Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the Women s Big Bash League Won Australia s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30 Won 2011 Wimbledon girls singles title; finished 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best major result to date is QF showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel), and 2018 (l. Osaka), and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens). Made 2r at Roland Garros in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 (l. S.Williams) First Slam main draw (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia s WC Play-Off Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mladenovic/Babos in F Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/dellacqua) PERSONAL Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to the sport In April 2018, named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia, In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumiyanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

111 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #45) Head to Head: CINCINNATI HARD O R2 JOHANNA KONTA mins 2012 ITF/BATH 2 HARD I QF KIKI BERTENS (6) 158 mins KIKI BERTENS (27) $314,198 $6,836,322 1 / 8 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * JOHANNA KONTA (27) $101,411 $7,281,830 0 / 3 0 / / / / / 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) * 7-3 / / / / / 18-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 6-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #7) R64: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #92) 6-4,6-1 (1h17) R128: BYE JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #45) R64: d. [27] SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #27) 6-0,6-2 (1h10) R128: d. PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #54) 6-2,6-3 (1h29) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

112 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match KIKI BERTENS 2018 R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #0) 7-6(5) R3 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #16) (8) 2016 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #38) R1 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI PETROVIC (SRB #65) R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #28) JOHANNA KONTA 2018 R2 L - MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #54) 7-6(5) R3 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #25) (1) 2016 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #19) 7-6(2) R2-Q L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #105) R2-Q L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #78) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

113 KIKI BERTENS VS JOHANNA KONTA INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making sixth appearance at BNP Paribas Open, where she is through to 3r for a second time Also made it this far in 2017 (l. Bacsinszky) Lost to S.Williams in 2r last year, in the American s first tournament back on tour after giving birth After 1r bye, hit four aces to see off Linette in 2r Has now struck a WTA-leading 116 aces this season; struck 325 during entire 2018 season (third-most on tour) Faces No.45 Konta in 3r today; three of five defeats in 2019 have come at hands of players ranked outside Top 30 - No.34 Vekic at Brisbane, No.44 Pavlyuchenkova at Australian Open and No.46 Kuzmova at Dubai Winner faces Muguruza or S.Williams in R16 Contesting this fortnight at a career-high ranking of No.7 (first achieved February 25, 2019). By contrast, was ranked No.29 this time last year Is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world SEASON In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level - last month at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous results were QF runs at Hobart Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) CAREER MILESTONES Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-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 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 Won the WTA s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 Won three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F) Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova) - first QF at Premier Mandatory level Making fourth main draw appearance at BNP Paribas Open (and sixth appearance overall), where she is through to 3r for third time Recorded best result on main draw debut in 2016 when reached R16 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Struck 23 winners to see off Parmentier in 1r In 2r, saved all 12 break points to upset No.27 Hsieh Faces No.7 Bertens in 3r today. Bidding for second Top 10 win of the season (also No.6 Stephens at Brisbane) Sole Brit in women s singles main draw this fortnight; Boulter and Watson lost in qualifying earlier this week SEASON Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic) Won all four of her Fed Cup matches to help Great Britain achieve promotion from Europe/Africa Zone Group I Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and finished at 03:12am one of the latest finishes in the tournament s history Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Alexandrova w/neck injury. Entered draw as Lucky Loser, however withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/ same injury. Was first time contesting qualifying since 2015 Linz Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens was 15th career victory over a Top 10 opponent and first since No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 at No.37, with season highlights a second consecutive R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) overall record in WTA finals now stands at 3-3 and SF showing at Moscow [Kremlin Cup] (l. eventual champion Kasatkina) Also in 2018, made QFs at Brisbane and San Jose, while best results at the Slams were 2r showings at Australian Open and Wimbledon Posted five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens (Moscow [Kremlin Cup]) Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, posting career-high season finish of No.9 (second Top 10 season in a row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017

114 KIKI BERTENS VS JOHANNA KONTA CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 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 and doubles Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2018 Brisbane (w/schuurs) Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian marked 27th main draw Grand Slam appearance 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 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) PERSONAL Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physio and fitness coach Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters Began 2017 season in great form by lifting title at Sydney (d. A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of career at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. R-Up V.Williams) Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match against Kerber was second of day, after she defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16 With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at 1979 Boston Was in contention for WTA Finals qualification in 2017, however withdrawal from Moscow opened spot for Garcia Owns five Top 5 wins over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne and No.2 Halep at Wimbledon Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10 Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2-0 in round-robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina) Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 119th woman to break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco) Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier, l. 1r)

115 KIKI BERTENS VS JOHANNA KONTA GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 21st main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Is a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since Virginia Wade in 1978 (l. Evert) Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open has twice reached R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova) At Roland Garros has never been beyond 1r, falling at the first hurdle in PERSONAL Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after-school care program Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian Golden Team with Ferenc Puskas in 1955 Recently switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse Currently working with Dimitri Zavialoff, having parted ways with Michael Joyce at the end of 2018 season

116 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #53) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads MIAMI HARD O R3 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2017 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R32 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2017 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD I R1 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2016 BEIJING HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA 7-6(3) mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 DARIA GAVRILOVA mins 2016 MADRID CLAY O R2 DARIA GAVRILOVA (4) 90 mins 2015 DOHA HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA mins ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $532,251 $13,640,876 0 / 13 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * DARIA GAVRILOVA (25) $92,926 $3,655,477 0 / 1 0 / / / / / 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) * 2-6 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) R64: d. SOFIA KENIN (USA #33) 3-6,7-6(5),6-4 (2h21) R128: BYE DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #53) R64: d. [29] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #31) 6-2,6-2 (1h09) R128: d. DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #37) 6-2,5-7,6-2 (2h30) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

117 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) 7-6(5) R3 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) R16 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #26) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) (1) DARIA GAVRILOVA 2018 R3 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) R3 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #10) R2 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #97) R2 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #58) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

118 ELINA SVITOLINA VS DARIA GAVRILOVA INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making seventh appearance at Indian Wells Best results were R16 showings in 2015 (l. Bacsinszky) and 2017 (l. Muguruza) After 1r bye, overcame Kenin in 2r to improve record in matches following 1r byes to 20-6 Faces No.53 Gavrilova in 3r today; last loss to a player outside Top 50 was against No.62 Krunic at 2018 Beijing Has won her past 10 matches against Australian opposition, most recently tasting defeat against today s opponent Gavrilova at 2016 Cincinnati One of three Ukrainians to reach 3r (also Koslova and Tsurenko) Has struck 70 aces in 14 matches this season, the eighth-highest on tour SEASON Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (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 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Making fifth main draw appearance at Indian Wells Reached 3r here in 2017 (l. Svitolina) and 2018 (l. Garcia) Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign by breaking nine times to beat Yastremska. Win was first of the season and snapped seven-match losing streak, which began with 2r exit at 2018 Moscow (l. Konta) and spanned 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Sevastova), Sydney (l. Putinseva), Australian Open (l. Zidansek), St. Petersburg (l. Sharapova), Fed Cup (l. Collins) and Acapulco (l. Buzarnescu) Gained revenge over Acapulco conqueror Buzarnescu in straight sets in 2r - her first back-to-back wins since QF showing at 2018 Hong Kong Faces No.6 Svitolina in 3r today; bidding for first win over a Top 10 ranked opponent since defeating No.4 Kvitova at 2018 Beijing Best results at WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments are QF showings at Madrid in 2016 (l. Chirico) and Beijing in 2016 (l. Chirico) SEASON Coming off 1r exit at Acapulco (l. Buzarnescu) Fell 1r at St. Petersburg (l. Sharapova) Part of Australia Fed Cup team that won 3-2 away to USA in February (lost sole singles rubber to Collins in 3s). Australia will host Belarus in the World Group SF in April Fell 1r at St. Petersburg (l. Sharapova) Opened season with 1r exits on home soil at Brisbane (l. Sevastova), Sydney (l. Putinseva) and Australian Open (l. Zidansek) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season at No.35, highlighted by SF runs at Sydney (l. Barty) and Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko), and QF at Hong Kong (l. S.Zhang) During R16 showing at Rome (l. Sharapova) having saved 2mp to upset No.3 Muguruza in 2r. Win over Muguruza marked fourth career Top 5 win also No.2 Sharapova (2015 Miami), No.5 Halep (2016 Rome) and No.1 Kerber (2016 Hong Kong) Second straight Top 30 season in 2017, finishing at No.25 for the second consecutive year, winning a career-best 33 main draw matches Captured maiden tour-level singles title at 2017 New Haven in her second career Premier-level final (d. No.1 seed A.Radwanska in SF, d. No.2 seed Cibulkova in F) Also finished R-Up at Strasbourg (l. Stosur) and Hong Kong (l. Pavlyuchenkova) in Owns a 1-3 career record in singles finals

119 ELINA SVITOLINA VS DARIA GAVRILOVA CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY 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) 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 2008 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam results to date have been 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) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and 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) PERSONAL 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 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 performing off-court promotional and charitable activities Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.20 on August 28, 2017 and became Australia s No.1 on June 12, 2017 for a total of 19 weeks Advanced to first WTA singles final at 2016 Moscow (l. Kuznetsova), which followed SF run at Hong Kong where she recorded first win over a reigning World No.1 Kerber, in QF Reached first tour-level SF at 2015 Rome, as a qualifier (d. No.7 Ivanovic in 2r, l. champion Sharapova) Top 100 singles debut at No.96 on March 23, 2015 Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Istanbul (w/ Svitolina) in first final (is 1-2 in WTA doubles finals) Catapulted from No.233 at end of 2014 season to No.36 at end of 2015 named WTA s Most Impressive Newcomer for 2015 (media vote) Secured permanent residence in Australia in 2013 and has represented the country in Grand Slam play since 2014 US Open. Australian passport came through in December 2015 and now represents Australia at WTA events as well Watched 2014 Australian Open on crutches; she tore ACL in right knee at WTA 125k Series event in Taipei in November 2013; following surgery, did not play a tournament until July 2014, at ITF level Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 s Hertogenbosch, scoring first career Top 40 win over No.35 Wickmayer in 1r before losing to Flipkens in 2r Played first WTA qualifying event at 2009 Moscow and first professional event of career on ITF Circuit in Russia in 2008 GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 18th Grand Slam main draw appearance Achieved best Grand Slam result of career to date by reaching R16 at Australian Open in 2016 and 2017 in 2016, defeated seeds Kvitova and Mladenovic before falling to Suárez Navarro Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Mertens) and Wimbledon (l. Sasnovich) in 2018 Was seeded for the first time at the majors at 2017 Australian Open (at No.22) Other Grand Slam highlights include 2r showings at US Open PERSONAL Coached in Indian Wells by Nicole Pratt Born in Moscow but switched nationality (and representation) from Russia to Australia in December 2015 Father s name is Alexey; mother s name is Natalia; younger brother is Stepan. Introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents

120 BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 17, 2019

121 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (bshapiro@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - DAY 4 MATCH-UPS YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Kerber leads 1-0 Putintseva owns a lifetime 6-17 record vs. Top 10 players, with most recent win coming earlier this season over No.5 Stephens at Sydney...Kerber hasn t lost an opening round match (excluding WTA Finals) since 2018 Montreal (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #17) vs. MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) Keys leads 2-0 Keys is playing her first match on home soil in record last year in U.S. was Barthel is bidding to win back-to-back main draw matches for first time since Tashkent in September 2018 [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) vs. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) Kvitova leads 4-2 Kvitova has won her last six encounters with American players...venus is looking to register her first Top 5 victory since 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #59) vs. [13] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #13) Wozniacki leads 2-0 A win today for Alexandrova would be her second best-by-ranking, after No.10 Ostapenko (2018 Seoul)... Wozniacki has not lost an opening round match since 2018 Tokyo PPO (after 1r bye, l. Giorgi) [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #65) Series tied 1-1 A rematch from a few weeks ago in Dubai where Mladenovic notched her first career victory over a reigning World No.1...Osaka owns a 2-1 career record in matches following a 1r bye

122 DESERT DREAMIN - INSIDE OSAKA S RISE - ON TOP OF THE WORLD Since the start of the 2018 season, Osaka rose from No.68 to her current position of No.1 Quickest player to rise from Top 10 to World No.1 in WTA history Won just three titles en route to climbing to the top of the world - fewest titles won by a No.1 ranked player HOISTING HARDWARE 3x Title haul began here last year with maiden WTA Tour trophy, followed by US Open & Australian Open - currently holds 3 of the 5 biggest hardcourt titles First woman to win her second major in a row after winning her first since Capriati (2001) 10th woman to win US Open & Australian Open back-to-back & first since Serena (2015) BY THE NUMBERS - SINCE START OF ACES Wins STRONG STARTER Dating back to her last match of the 2017 season, Osaka has compiled a flawless 60-0 mark when winning the first set 38-0 since 2018 Indian Wells Loses WIN BACK-TO-BACK 21 different players have won the singles title at Indian Wells The title has been won 20 times by a player who has held the WTA No.1 ranking at some point in her career Osaka is bidding to become just the second player to defend the title here after Navratilova ( )

123 NOTES & NETCORDS - INSIDE THE WTA TOUR - THE STARS & STRIPES 17 Americans are contesting this year s event In the first 13 editions, an American took home the title nine times. However, since 2001 when Serena Williams won, no American has won the Indian Wells title In the last 17 editions of the BNP Paribas Open, an American has reached the final four times Lindsay Davenport (2003, 2004, 2005) and Serena Williams (2006) but came up short in the championship match There are currently 13 Americans in the Top 100 THE SUNSHINE DOUBLE Only three players have completed the Sunshine Double sweeping the titles at both Indian Wells and Miami, two of the biggest events on the WTA calendar. RACE TO THE TOP #4 #2 With Osaka defending 1000 points this week, these four players have a chance at overtaking the top spot: Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and Karolina Pliskova NEW WEEK, NEW CHAMP #5 #1 #3 Stefanie Graf (1994, 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Victoria Azarenka (2016) are the only women to win both titles in the same year Kvitova will need to reach at least the SF Halep needs to advance to at least the final Ka.Pliskova & Stephens need to win the title with other results falling in their favor Up to this point in the WTA season, 12 tournaments have been played (11 WTA, 1 Grand Slam), with all 12 events crowning a different champion? Week 1: Karolina Pliskova, Julia Goerges, Aryna Sabalenka Week 2: Sofia Kenin, Petra Kvitova Weeks 3-4: Naomi Osaka Week 5: Kiki Bertens, Dayana Yastremska Week 7: Elise Mertens Week 8: Belinda Bencic, Alison Van Uytvanck Week 9: Wang Yafan

124 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

125 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) vs. [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads LUXEMBOURG HARD I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins YULIA PUTINTSEVA (24) $134,031 $3,161,397 0 / 0 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $290,118 $27,446,959 0 / 12 0 / / / / / 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) * 7-4 / / / / / 4-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 2-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 6-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #47) R128: d. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #102) 6-1,6-3 (1h23) [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

126 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2018 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #9) 6-7(4) 7-6(3) R2 L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #62) R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(2) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #6) R1-Q L - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #99) R1-Q L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #177) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #15) R2 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #64) R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #42) 7-6(6) R2 L - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #72) (5) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) R1-Q L - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #77) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #10) (3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

127 YULIA PUTINTSEVA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making fifth main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and seventh overall appearace) Best result here is making 3r in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams), and has made 2r in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Ivanovic), 2017 (l. Parmentier) and 2018 (l. Kvitova) Fell in qualifying Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign with comprehensive defeat of Babos in 1r win snapped four match losing streak, which began with 2r exit at Australian Open and spanned St. Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. Zhang Shuai) and Dubai (l. Tsurenko) Faces No.8 Kerber today in 2r owns a lifetime 6-17 record vs. Top 10 players, most recent win coming earlier this season over No.5 Stephens at Sydney SEASON Coming off a four-match losing streak, which began with 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Bencic) then continued at St. Petersburg (l. Martincova), Fed Cup (l. Zhang Shuai) then Dubai (l. Tsurenko) Posted strong QF run at Sydney prior to Australian Open, as a qualifier (l. l. Bertens). Defeat of No.5 Stephens in 2r matched career best win of career (against No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 St Petersburg) Began season wwith 1r exit at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, whom she led by a set and a break) CAREER MILESTONES Posted first Top 50 season in 2018, finishing at No.45 (up from No.53 in 2017). Season highlighted by second career WTA final at Guangzhou (l. Q.Wang) Also in 2018, reached QF at Roland Garros for a second time (l. Keys) and advanced to the last eight at Taipei City (l. Kozlova) and Washington DC (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova) Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St Petersburg (l. Mladenovic) after notching two Top 10 wins over No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova (l. Mladenovic in F) became first woman from Kazakhstan to reach a WTA singles final since Shvedova at 2015 Bogotá (l. Pereira) Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on February 6, 2017 following her run to the final in St. Petersburg Also in 2017 made QF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. eventual champion Diyas) and Nürnberg (l. Cirstea), and reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. No.5 Muguruza) Making tenth main draw appearance at Indian Wells (and 11th overall). Best result at BNP Paribas Open is reaching SF twice, in 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina), R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and 3r on event debut in 2008 (l. Bartoli). Fell in 2009 qualifying R16 run in 2017 saw her reclaim World No.1 ranking from S.Williams following Indian Wells after she was forced to withdraw w/left knee injury. She was last ranked No.1 in July, 2017 Last left-handed player to win the BNP Paribas Open was Seles in 1992; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 Hasn t lost opening match (excluding WTA Finals) since 2018 Montreal (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) Faces No.47 Putintseva today loss would be worstby-ranking since falling to qualifier and No.61 Riske at 2018 Mallorca SEASON Coming off reaching R16 at Dubai (l. Su-Wei Hsieh) Advanced to SF in Doha (l. eventual champion Mertens) - 2r win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 final appearances is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, posted SF runs at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having held match point) Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai

128 YULIA PUTINTSEVA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros or at any major since Shvedova in 2012 Also reached SFs at two International-level events in 2016: Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and Washington, DC (l. Wickmayer). Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016 Charleston Later in season, posted second career win over a Top 10 opponent at 2016 Tokyo [PPO], defeating No.9 Keys in 1r. First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.) Reached maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l. eventual champion Larsson) Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Luxembourg and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Copenhagen On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and six doubles titles. Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 21st Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result across the Slams were QF runs at Roland Garros in 2016 (l. S.Williams in 3 sets) and 2018 (l. Keys). Was the first Kazakh to reach QF at Roland Garros or at any major since Shvedova in 2012 (l. QF) Away from Paris, other key results include 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gasparyan), 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2r at US Open in 2016 (l. Witthoeft) and 2017 (l. A.Radwanska) A two-time junior Grand Slam runner-up (2010 US Open, 2012 Australian Open) PERSONAL Coached by Roman Kislianskii Changed representation from Russia to Kazakhstan in May 2012 Practiced at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior before moving to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine Henin - still watches videos of Henin on YouTube Enjoys dancing, music, singing, Sudoku, playing cards and chess Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) PERSONAL Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

129 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #17) vs. MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) Head to Head: MADISON KEYS leads WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 MADISON KEYS mins 2013 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R16 MADISON KEYS mins MADISON KEYS (24) $193,443 $10,282,121 0 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * MONA BARTHEL (28) $75,433 $3,409,730 0 / 4 0 / / / / / 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) * 3-4 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 6-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [17] MADISON KEYS (USA #17) R128: BYE MONA BARTHEL (GER #97) R128: d. LIN ZHU (CHN #95) 6-4,6-7(4),7-5 (2h27) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

130 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match MADISON KEYS 2018 R2 L - DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #117) (1) 2017 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #14) R2 L - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #95) R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #14) R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) R1-Q L - GRETA ARN (HUN #70) 7-6(4) 6-1 MONA BARTHEL 2018 R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #42) R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #11) (4) 2014 R1 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #44) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #9) R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) (4) 7-6(6) 2011 R2-Q L - LAURA POUS-TIO (ESP #88) (2) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

131 MADISON KEYS VS MONA BARTHEL INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making seventh appearance at BNP Paribas Open (eighth overall) Best result was 2017 s run to R16 (l. Wozniacki), in what was her first tournament of the season (having undergone left wrist surgery in November 2016) Last year, fell to No.117 Collins in 2r (after receiving opening round bye) After 1r bye this year, faces No.97 Barthel today. Last loss to a player outside Top 50 came at hands of No.120 Rodina at 2018 Wimbledon Playing first match on home soil in Record in the US last year stood at 11-5, highlighted by SF run at US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) One of 17 American women to begin the main draw. Indian Wells s last home champion was S.Williams in 2001 SEASON In February, was part of US Fed Cup team slipped to 3-2 defeat against Australia in Asheville (d. Birrell, l. Barty) Began season with R16 showing at Australian Open (l. Svitolina in 3s). Has reached R16 or better at four of past five majors CAREER MILESTONES Season highlights in 2018 were SFs at US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) and Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and QF at Australian Open (l. Kerber) Also made SF stage in Charleston (l. eventual champion Bertens) and QF at Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) 2017 season highlighted by reaching maiden Grand Slam final in New York, losing out to Stephens in 10th all-american US Open final in the Open Era. At 22, became the youngest Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozniacki lost to Clijsters in 2009 Also in 2017, won third career tour-level singles title, and first on hard courts, at Stanford (d. Vandeweghe in F). Previous two titles were won on grass, at 2014 Eastbourne (d. Kerber in F; second youngest title winner of season) and 2016 Birmingham (d. Strycova in F); also a runner-up on four occasions Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), as youngest player in the year-end Top 25 Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th player to reach the elite bracket since computer rankings were introduced. Became first American to make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999 Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on October 10, 2016 Making seventh appearance at Indian Wells, where she is through to 2r for a fifth time Best result here - and across all Premier Mandatory events - was R16 showing in 2013 (d. No.13 Ivanovic in 3r, l. Stosur) Originally outside the main draw cut-off for this year s tournament, but moved in after Sharapova s withdrawal w/right shoulder injury In 1r, recovered from a break down in final set to beat qualifier Zhu Faces No.17 Keys in 2r. Last Top 20 win came over No.19 Rybarikova at 2018 Nottingham Bidding to win back-to-back main draw matches for the first time since SF run at Tashkent in September 2018 One of four Germans in 2r (also Goerges, Kerber and Maria) In most recent tournament in US was R-up in singles (l. Martic) and champion in doubles (w/kr.pliskova) at WTA 125K Series event at Chicago last September SEASON Reached 2r at Hua Hin (l. Muguruza) and then fell 1r at Budapest (l. Begu) Began season with 2r showing at Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges) and 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Sevastova) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season ranked No.81 - her seventh Top 100 finish in past eight years Season highlights were SFs at Budapest (l. Cibulkova) and Tashkent (l. eventual champion Gasparyan), and QFs at Lugano (l. eventual champion Mertens) and Nottingham (l. Vekic) Also in 2018, was R-up in singles (l. Martic) and champion in doubles (w/kr.pliskova) at WTA 125K Series event at Chicago Captured fourth WTA singles title of career and first four nearly three years at 2017 Prague (as qualifier, d. Kr.Pliskova in F); saved match point during qualifying, then upset No.18 Strycova en route to final Owns a 4-3 record in WTA singles finals, winning earlier titles at 2012 Hobart, 2013 Paris [Indoors], 2014 Bastad and 2017 Prague. Finished R-Up at 2013 Hobart, 2015 Bastad and 2015 Luxembourg Has won two WTA doubles titles at 2015 Luxembourg (w/siegemund) and 2013 Stuttgart (w/lisicki)

132 MADISON KEYS VS MONA BARTHEL CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going 1-2 in round robin play Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova) Owns six career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svitolina (2017 US Open) and No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went 1-1 in round robin stage) Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015 Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); also youngest American to win a title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok) Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994 GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up finish to Stephens. Best result prior to that was breakthrough SF run at Australian Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Before 2015 Melbourne Park SF run, had never previously passed 3r at a major. Became just the third American teenager since 1995 to reach SF at the Australian Open also Chanda Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF) Achieved best result at Roland Garros to date with SF run in 2018 (l. Stephens) means she has now reached at least QF at all four majors At Wimbledon, best result so far is QF in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to compete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008) PERSONAL During off-season, hired former ATP coach Jim Madrigal; fitness coach is Rodney Marshall Past coaches: Jesse Levine, Thomas Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay Davenport and David Taylor Unveiled as Evian s first American ambassador in 2017 Prior to 2016 US Open was unveiled as ambassador for FearlesslyGIRL, an organization dedicated to empowering young women and their communities Posted fifth Top 50 finish of career in 2017 (also ), at No.48 one of the biggest rankings movers on tour, finishing 135 spots higher than 2016 s year-end rank of No.183 which was her first yearend finish outside Top 100 since 2010 (No.208) Suffered from undiagnosed chronic fatigue illness in 2016, causing her to miss four months of season, from Australian Open to Roland Garros. Only won back-to-back main draw matches once that year, at Hobart Owns five career wins over Top 10 opponents, most recent win coming over No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Antwerp On the ITF Circuit, winner of five singles titles and one doubles title Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007 and made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Luxembourg, falling 1r (as qualifier) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 32nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Achieved best Grand Slam result to date with R16 run at 2017 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) Has gone as far as 3r at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Parmentier) and 2015 US Open (l. Lepchenko) Has reached 2r at Wimbledon on three occasions PERSONAL Coached by Christopher Kas Has also worked extensively with her mother, Hannelore Barthel, who has a PhD; father, Wolfgang is a doctor. Older sister, Sunna, also played tennis professionally but stopped when she injured her shoulder Favorite tennis memory is winning first Premier-level title at Paris [Indoors] in 2013 same city where her father became European junior shot-putting champion Tennis idol growing up was Stefanie Graf

133 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) vs. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads US OPEN HARD O QF VENUS WILLIAMS (2) 154 mins 2014 BEIJING HARD O R16 PETRA KVITOVA W/O 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R3 PETRA KVITOVA (2) mins 2014 DOHA HARD O R2 PETRA KVITOVA (7) 152 mins 2013 TOKYO HARD O SF PETRA KVITOVA (2) 144 mins 2012 MIAMI HARD O R2 VENUS WILLIAMS mins 2008 MEMPHIS HARD I R1 PETRA KVITOVA mins PETRA KVITOVA (29) $1,961,815 $29,304,022 1 / 26 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * VENUS WILLIAMS (38) $121,222 $41,052,270 0 / 49 0 / / / / / 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) * 5-2 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [3] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) R128: BYE VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) R128: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #68) 6-4,0-6,6-3 (1h45) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

134 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History PETRA KVITOVA 2018 R3 L - AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #149) QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) (3) 2014 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #11) QF L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #15) R3 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #35) R2 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #57) R2 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #12) R3 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #6) VENUS WILLIAMS 2018 SF L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #49) R2 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #89) SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) W/O 1998 SF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) (7) 1997 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #8) (1) 1996 R1 L - JULIE HALARD-DECUGIS (FRA #18) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

135 PETRA KVITOVA VS VENUS WILLIAMS INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making ninth appearance at BNP Paribas Open Best previous results here were QF runs in 2013 (l. Kirilenko) and 2016 (l. A. Radwanska) Has lost her opening match here only once, in 2011 (after 1r bye, l. Strycova) Also fell 2r in 2010 (d. Brianti, l. Pennetta) No Czech player has reached the Indian Wells final Ka.Pliskova reached the SF in 2016 and 2017 After 1r bye, opens 2019 Indian Wells campaign today vs. V.Williams Has won her last six encounters with American players defeating Kenin (2018 Miami), S.Williams (2018 Cincinnati), Collins (2019 Brisbane), Collins again and Anisimova (2019 Australian Open) and Brady (2019 Dubai). Last such loss came here at 2018 Indian Wells vs. Anisimova in 3r Winner of today s match faces either McHale or Pavlyuchenkova Can rise to No.1 after Indian Wells, although needs to reach at least SF. Would be guaranteed top spot by lifting title Leads the WTA this season for match wins, with 17, and has reached the most singles finals (three) Celebrated 29th birthday on Friday March 9th SEASON Coming off reaching her 35th career final at Dubai (l. Bencic) and eighth final since the start of 2018 season. Record in finals stands at 26-9 Fell QF in defense of St. Petersburg title (l. Vekic) Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F) Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 wins) and Melbourne (6 wins) Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) CAREER MILESTONES Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the year ranked No.7 Titles came on all three surfaces first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in The Czech has won at least one title every year dating back to 2011 Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand Making eighth appearance at Indian Wells, and fourth since 2001, after an absence of 15 years between Last year matched her best result here by reaching SF (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina). Also reached SF in 1998 (l. eventual champion Hingis) and 2001 (l. eventual champion S.Williams via w/o tendonitis) Exited 1r in 1996 (as qualifier, l. Halard-Decugis) and fell 2r on return to tournament in 2016, (after 1r bye, l. Nara) the only two occasions she has lost her opening round match here Was of 17 American women to begin the main draw the highest representation of any nation with 12 now contesting the 2r At 38, is oldest in women s singles draw at 2019 Indian Wells The last American woman to win the title here was Serena Williams in 2001 Opened 2019 Indian Wells campaign with three set win over Petkovic. Lost second set 0-6, her first time losing a set-to-love since 2017 Wimbledon final (l. Muguruza ) Was first time dropping a love set in victory since 2014 Charleston (d. Strycova ) Faces No.3 Kvitova in 2r today last Top 5 win was at 2017 WTA Finals (d. No.2 Muguruza in RR) Record vs. left-handed players is 72-15, most recently beating Buzarnescu at 2019 Australian Open SEASON Lost to world No.1 Halep in straight sets in the 3r at the Australian Open Reached QF at Auckland (l. qualifier Andreescu) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 ranked No.40, down on No.5 in 2017 Season highlights were SF run at Indian Wells (d. S,Williams in 3r, l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and QF run at Miami (l. Collins) Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past $40 million S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other player to pass this milestone Teamed up with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first competitive match back since giving birth in September 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/ Schuurs) Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the season finale Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) only player in 2017 to reach two Grand Slam finals

136 PETRA KVITOVA VS VENUS WILLIAMS CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) Part of Czech Republic s Fed Cup winning team in , and 2018 Pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching her third career major final (l. Osaka in F) Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (December 26, years, 75 days) 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi). Is fifth-oldest player to win a WTA singles title, after Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoor] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open At 2016 Rio Olympics won silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/ram, l. Mattek-Sands/Sock) Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012 Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then-world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 81st Grand Slam main draw appearance, the most in the Open Era Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: and Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F) In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon ( , 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017) The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and 2017 Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era history, followed by Navratilova Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/s.williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/gimelstob) and Roland Garros (w/gimelstob, d. S.Willams/ Lobo in F) in 1998

137 PETRA KVITOVA VS VENUS WILLIAMS PERSONAL PERSONAL Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 Fitness trainer is David Vydra Parents are Jiri and Pavla Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price. Split with long-term coach David Witt during off-season

138 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #59) vs. [13] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #13) Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads ISTANBUL CLAY O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI mins 2017 TORONTO HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI mins EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (24) $108,734 $955,744 0 / 0 1 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (28) $126,467 $33,618,880 0 / 30 0 / / / / / 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) * 3-2 / / / / / 1-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 1-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 1-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #59) R128: d. REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #64) 7-5,3-6,6-2 (2h03) [13] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #13) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

139 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2018 R16 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R16 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) R2 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #69) (8) R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #37) R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #16) F W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #17) F L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) QF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #6) R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #3) R2 L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #6) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

140 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA VS CAROLINE WOZNIACKI INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making debut appearance at BNP Paribas Open, having never contested the event s main draw or qualifying before This is her first main draw appearance at a WTA Premier Mandatory event (fell in qualifying at 2017 Madrid) Contesting this fortnight at Indian Wells on a career-high ranking of No.59 (posted February 25, 2019) In opening match, overcame Peterson in three sets on Thursday Faces No.13 Wozniacki today a win would be second best-by-ranking, after No.10 Ostapenko (2018 Seoul) Has 1-5 record vs. Top 10 opponents; sole win coming against No.10 Ostapenko at 2018 Seoul SEASON Coming off string SF run at Budapest (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck). Was third WTA SF of career, at 2018 Seoul (SF) and 2018 Linz (R-Up) Reached first QF at WTA Premier level at St Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Sabalenka) Opened season by reaching 2r at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) Fell 1r at Sydney (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Australian Open (l. Tsurenko) CAREER MILESTONES Enjoyed second Top 100 season in 2018 at No.93, highlighted by maiden WTA final at Linz (l. Giorgi) Other highlights in 2018 were QF run at Seoul (l. Hsieh) and WTA 125K Series title at Limoges At majors reached 2r at Australian Open and 1r at other three Posted career-best year-end finish in 2017 and first Top 100 finish, at No.73 Played in main draw of all four Grand Slams in 2017 for first time in career and played a career-best twelve tour-level main draws Season highlights included winning sixth and seventh ITF singles titles, at $60k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beaubourge-FRA Also reached QFs at WTA $125k event in Limoges (as defending champion) 2016 highlight was winning WTA 125K Series title at Limoges (d. No.24 Garcia in F). Made WTA main draw debut at Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi in 2r) Making 13th consecutive appearance at Indian Wells Former BNP Paribas Open champion, lifting the title in 2011 (d. Bartoli in F). Also a two-time R-Up, in 2010 (l. Jankovic) and 2013 (l. Sharapova) Other notable results are making QF in 2009 (l. eventual champion Zvonareva) and 2017 (l. Mladenovic), and R16 in 2018 (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) Enters Indian Wells ranked No.13 lowest ranking since March 20, 2017 (No.14) One of five previous champions to begin 2019 Indian Wells main draw also Victoria Azarenka (2016, 2012), Simona Halep (2015), Naomi Osaka (2018), Serena Williams (1999, 2001) Among active players, only Sharapova has more main draw match wins at Indian Wells: Lindsay Davenport (47-12), Maria Sharapova (38-12), Caroline Wozniacki (32-11), Agnieszka Radwanska (29-12), Conchita Martínez (28-13), Svetlana Kuznetsova (28-15), Martina Hingis (27-6),Victoria Azarenka (27-8* includes loss to SW), Ana Ivanovic (26-10), Jelena Jankovic (25-14) Faces No.59 Alexandrova today is 2-0 vs. the Russian, and have never lost a set Has not lost opening match since 2018 Tokyo [PPO] (after 1r bye, l. Giorgi) Indian Wells marks only third event of season, having been forced to miss both Doha and Dubai during Middle Eastern swing with a viral illness SEASON Withdrew from Doha and Dubai due to viral illness As the defending champion, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Sharapova) Opened 2019 season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. eventual R-Up Andreescu CAREER MILESTONES Posted a record across 2018, finishing at No.3 for 11th consecutive Top 20 season and eighth Top 10 finish of career, including six in a row ( ) and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in Won three titles last season from four finals, winning the debut Slam at the Australian Open, Eastbourne and Beijing. Finished R-Up at Auckland Owns 30 tour-level singles titles (30-24 record in finals) - sits fourth among active players, trailing S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49) and Sharapova (36) Won 2017 WTA Finals Singapore, passing $25 million in career prize money Lifetime record stands at 4-6 vs. World No.1 players

141 EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA VS CAROLINE WOZNIACKI CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Also reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her way through qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r, l. Friedsam) and Québec City (l. Martincova) Rest of year was spent on ITF Circuit and attempting to qualify at WTA events (Prague, US Open, Tashkent, Linz and Moscow) First WTA-level appearance came at 2014 Bad Gastein fell in qualifying Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2011 Posted Top 300 season finishes in 2014 (No.256) and 2015 (No.269) on the WTA rankings GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 10th main draw major appearance Made debut at 2016 Wimbledon defeated No.23 seed Ivanovic before falling to Friedsam in 2r Competed in all four majors for the first time in career in 2017, falling in 1r at Australian Open (l. compatriot Makarova) and Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Muguruza) and advancing to 2r at Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l. Garcia) PERSONAL Coached by her father, Evgeny Alexandrova and Petr Kralert, who both travel with her Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Spain. Now trains in Prague, Czech Republic Prefers hardcourts; admires Serena Williams Has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 and 2011 Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever title won by a Danish woman Denmark s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top 50 on January 28, Debuted in Top 10 on May 18, 2009 Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on January 29, 2018 after Australian Open title for a further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks Qualified for WTA Finals six times ( , 2014, 2017, 2018) Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at 2005 Cincinnati GRAND SLAM HISTORY Captured her first Grand Slam title at 2018 Australian Open (d. Halep in three sets) Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon Made major debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) and has reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, most recently in 2017 In juniors, won girls singles title at 2006 Wimbledon and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open PERSONAL Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-new York Knicks forward proposing on holiday in Bora Bora Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki

142 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #65) Head to Head: Series tied DUBAI HARD O R2 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC mins 2018 DUBAI HARD O R1 NAOMI OSAKA mins NAOMI OSAKA (21) $3,119,354 $10,748,551 1 / 3 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (25) $257,135 $9,258,563 0 / 1 0 / / / / / 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) * 3-4 / / / / / 5-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 8-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [1] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #1) R128: BYE KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #65) R128: d. SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) 7-5,6-2 (1h34) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

143 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match NAOMI OSAKA 2018 F W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R3 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) R2-Q L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #79) KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 2018 R3 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #55) R16 W - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #38) R2 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #56) R1 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #41) R2 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) R1 L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #60) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

144 NAOMI OSAKA VS KRISTINA MLADENOVIC INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making third main draw appearance (fourth overall) at Indian Wells as defending champion having claimed the first title of her career here last year (d. Kasatkina in F) Is bidding to become the second woman to defend Indian Wells title, after Navratilova ( ) After 1r bye, faces No.65 Mladenovic in 2r today in their third career meeting; defeat to Frenchwoman in Dubai last month was first to a player ranked outside Top 50 since No.62 Linette at 2018 Washington DC Last season, only other defeat to an opponent ranked outside Top 50 came against No.113 Jakupovic via ret.) at Birmingham Owns 2-1 career record in matches following 1r byes, scoring straight-set wins over Cibulkova (2018 Tokyo) and Aiava (2019 Brisbane), with sole loss coming against Mladenovic (2019 Dubai) Ranked and seeded No.1 at this year s tournament; by contrast, 12 months ago was No.44; last year became only third unseeded woman to win here (also S.Williams in 1999 and Clijsters in 2005) Has reached SF or better at five of past seven events: 2018 US Open (WON), 2018 Tokyo (R-Up), 2018 Beijing (SF), WTA Finals (RR), Brisbane (SF), Australian Open (WON), Dubai (2r) SEASON Coming off 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was her first match since beating Kvitova in Australian Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l.eventual R-Up Tsurenko). Withdrew from Sydney citing a change in schedule Won second Grand Slam title at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach No.1 following the tournament Is the first woman to win her second major straight after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) CAREER MILESTONES Posted a record in 2018, resulting in best year end finish of career at No.5, up from No.68 in 2017 Won the first two titles of her career last season, at WTA Premier Mandatory level Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova). Record in finals stands at 2-2, having also finished as R-Up at 2016 Toyko [PPO] (l. Wozniacki) Making seventh main draw appearance at Indian Wells Best result was 2017 s SF showing (l. Vesnina); upset No.4 Halep in 3r the second of five Top 10 wins in 2017 In doubles, made SF here in 2017 (w/babos). Was No.2 seed this fortnight w/babos (l. Mertens/Sabalenka in 1r) Hit 29 winners to upset No.39 Zheng in 1r In 2r today, faces No.1 Osaka for second time in a month; recorded first win over a reigning No.1 against the Japanese star at Dubai One of four French players in starting field (also Cornet, Garcia and Parmentier) Coming off 2r exit at Indian Wells 125K series event (l. Bacsinszky) after 1r bye SEASON During Middle Eastern swing contested Dubai, and posted her first win over a reigning World No.1, defeating Osaka in 2r en route to R16 (l. Suarez Navarro) Had previously lost both matches against reigning No.1s, vs. S.Williams at 2016 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 Wuhan Is first French woman to defeat the World No.1 player since Cornet d. S.Williams at 2014 Wuhan (via ret.) Began 2019 with 1r exits in Brisbane (l. Aiava), Sydney qualifying (l. Birrell), Australian Open (l. Vekic) and St. Petersburg (l. Ostapenko) Sydney marked first time contesting qualifying since 2015 Rome (d. Falconi and Puig to reach main draw). Was first qualifying loss since 2015 Madrid (l. Doi) As defending champion in doubles at Australian Open (w/babos), reached final again in 2019, however lost out to Stosur/Zhang CAREER MILESTONES Season highlights in 2018 were R-Up finish as St. Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova in F) and matching her best career result at Wimbledon by reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) In doubles in 2018, won second career Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open (w/babos) defeated Makarova/Vesnina in F. Also finished doubles R-Up at Flushing Meadows York (w/babos, l. Barty/Vandeweghe) and ended campaign by lifting WTA Finals crown w/babos (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

145 NAOMI OSAKA VS KRISTINA MLADENOVIC CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. From her efforts in New York last September, passed USD $5 million in prize money for the season No.2 (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16 After win over Halep at 2018 Indian Wells, owns a 1-3 record against reigning No.1s (also lost to Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Toronto and Halep at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Rome) Owns eight Top 10 wins, also over No.6 Kerber (2017 US Open), No.5 V.Williams (2017 Hong Kong), No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.1 Halep (2018 Indian Wells), No.10 Goerges (2018 Beijing), and No.6 Kvitova, No.7 Svitolina and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (all 2019 Australian Open) Other Grand Slam results in 2018 were R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sevastova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut Produced second Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.68 as the Japanese No.1 Book-ended the season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open Scored first Top 5 win when she upset No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs, at Acapulco, Florianopolis and Tianjin, and 3r at 2016 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open. Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (d. Garcia in F, saving match points) Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski) Owns six Top 5 career wins, over No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai), No.4 Halep (2017 Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart) and No.5 Muguruza (2017 Roland Garros) Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making Top 10 debut and lifting first career singles title at Premier-level 2017 St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017 Reached biggest final of career at Premier Mandatory-level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) and was R-Up at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to become French No.1 Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but not called on to play Reached two singles finals in 2016, at s-hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki), having been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur) Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/garcia: Charleston, Stuttgart, Madrid and Roland Garros Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to 2016 competition final against Czech Republic lost epic singles rubber to Ka.Pliskova, in 3 hours 48 minutes 30-game final set being longest-ever in a Fed Cup final as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova) Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013 Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors] GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Slam results are QF runs at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilova), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971 Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

146 NAOMI OSAKA VS KRISTINA MLADENOVIC GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM CONT. Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open. Has made only 12 Grand Slam main draw appearances, owning record Defeated six-time champion S.Williams to win 2018 US Open. Flushing Meadows triumph made her first Japanese woman to reach Slam final and the youngest US Open champion since Sharapova in 2006 won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appearance. Became the 10th woman to win US Open and Australian Open back-to-back and first sinces.williams in 2015 In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19yrs, 342 days) and the youngest player from Japan to reach the fourth round at Australian Open since Date in 1990 (19 yrs, 122 days) Has also made 3r at the other two majors: 2016 Roland Garros (l. Halep) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/babos), 2016 US Open (w/garcia), 2018 US Open (w/babos) and 2019 Australian Open (w/babos) Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/nestor) PERSONAL Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is Luka (soccer player) Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to sport by parents Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish Currently without a full-time coach PERSONAL Recently hired Jermaine Jenkins, former hitting partner of Venus Williams, as her new head coach having parted company with Aleksandar (Sascha) Bajin, former hitting partner of Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams. Formerly coached by David Taylor, long-time coach of Sam Stosur Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent), Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) and Kristy Stahr (physio) Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship. Currently lives in Fort Lauderdale and trains in Boca Raton Sponsorship deals include Citizen, broadcaster WOWOW, Nissin (food brand), Nissan (automobiles) and ANA Airlines Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti and attended college in NYC before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years Her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari is also on tour

147 BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 17, 2019

148 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (bshapiro@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - DAY 3 MATCH-UPS [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) vs. [WC] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #199) Muguruza leads 1-0 Muguruza s only loss to a player ranked outside the Top 100 in 2018 came at hands of No.202 Muchova at US Open...Davis owns seven Top 20 wins, with her best victory coming here at Indian Wells over No.4 Azarenka in 2014 [Q] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) vs. [4] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #4) Voegele leads 3-1 A win today for Voegele would mark best-by-ranking - bettering her upset of No.10 Wozniacki at 2013 Charleston...Stephens is looking to avoid successive defeats to players outside Top 100 BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Halep leads 4-0 A victory for Strycova would mark seventh victory over Top 5 opponent and first since 2018 Birmingham (Muguruza)...Halep is bidding to avoid back-to-back losses against players ranked outside Top 40 for first time since January 2017 VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) vs. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) Serena leads 17-4 Having won their most recent encounter, Azarenka is aiming to beat Serena in two successive meetings for first time in her career...serena is bidding this fortnight to be first player to win Indian Wells title three times [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. SOFIA KENIN (USA #33) First meeting Since losing to Stephens in Montreal last summer, Svitolina has won her past four matches against Americans...With 1r victory over Wang, Kenin now owns a 14-2 main draw win-loss receord in only Kvitova (17) has more wins

149 S E R E N A DOMINATING THE DESERT 25 SERENA WILLIAMS 3 11th MOST WINS AT IW Wins 28 Loses 7 t-5th MOST WINS AT IW VICTORIA AZARENKA SERENA VS. RIVALS (Most Meetings) TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION Player Meetings Record Venus 30 Serena leads Azarenka 22 Serena leads 17-4 Sharapova 21 Serena leads 19-2 Capriati 17 Serena leads 10-7 THE RIVALRY 20 Entering Indian Wells, Azarenka and Serena hold the Top 2 spots on tour for return games won percentage in 2019: >>Azarenka 49.4% Serena 48.1% Azarenka has defeated Serena four times, with all four coming in Championship matches - including their last meeting at 2016 Indian Wells Final Those four victories mark the most wins for any player over Serena in finals BY THE NUMBERS 22 Meetings 14 Played on hardcourts *Serena leads Meetings in a Final 16 Encounters QF or beyond 10 Matchups at Slam level *Also played at WTA Finals & Olympics 8 Three-setters - all over 2 hours *Serena leads 6-2 AZARENKA 2-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION

150 DESERT DREAMIN - INSIDE OSAKA S RISE - ON TOP OF THE WORLD Since the start of the 2018 season, Osaka rose from No.68 to her current position of No.1 Quickest player to rise from Top 10 to World No.1 in WTA history Won just three titles en route to climbing to the top of the world - fewest titles won by a No.1 ranked player HOISTING HARDWARE 3x Title haul began here last year with maiden WTA Tour trophy, followed by US Open & Australian Open - currently holds 3 of the 5 biggest hardcourt titles First woman to win her second major in a row after winning her first since Capriati (2001) 10th woman to win US Open & Australian Open back-to-back & first since Serena (2015) BY THE NUMBERS - SINCE START OF ACES Wins STRONG STARTER Dating back to her last match of the 2017 season, Osaka has compiled a flawless 60-0 mark when winning the first set 38-0 since 2018 Indian Wells Loses WIN BACK-TO-BACK 21 different players have won the singles title at Indian Wells The title has been won 20 times by a player who has held the WTA No.1 ranking at some point in her career Osaka is bidding to become just the second player to defend the title here after Navratilova ( )

151 NOTES & NETCORDS - INSIDE THE WTA TOUR - THE STARS & STRIPES 17 Americans are contesting this year s event In the first 13 editions, an American took home the title nine times. However, since 2001 when Serena Williams won, no American has won the Indian Wells title In the last 17 editions of the BNP Paribas Open, an American has reached the final four times Lindsay Davenport (2003, 2004, 2005) and Serena Williams (2006) but came up short in the championship match There are currently 13 Americans in the Top 100 THE SUNSHINE DOUBLE Only three players have completed the Sunshine Double sweeping the titles at both Indian Wells and Miami, two of the biggest events on the WTA calendar. RACE TO THE TOP #4 #2 With Osaka defending 1000 points this week, these four players have a chance at overtaking the top spot: Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and Karolina Pliskova NEW WEEK, NEW CHAMP #5 #1 #3 Stefanie Graf (1994, 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Victoria Azarenka (2016) are the only women to win both titles in the same year Kvitova will need to reach at least the SF Halep needs to advance to at least the final Ka.Pliskova & Stephens need to win the title with other results falling in their favor Up to this point in the WTA season, 12 tournaments have been played (11 WTA, 1 Grand Slam), with all 12 events crowning a different champion? Week 1: Karolina Pliskova, Julia Goerges, Aryna Sabalenka Week 2: Sofia Kenin, Petra Kvitova Weeks 3-4: Naomi Osaka Week 5: Kiki Bertens, Dayana Yastremska Week 7: Elise Mertens Week 8: Belinda Bencic, Alison Van Uytvanck Week 9: Wang Yafan

152 A LEGACY IN FULL BLOOM - INDIAN WELLS BY THE NUMBERS The gorgeous Indian Wells Tennis Garden sits on 54 acres of Coachella Valley desert. Surrounded by beauty, the Tennis Garden enjoys a backdrop of the snowcapped peaks of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains THE BIG HOUSE BEST OF THE BEST 5 Stadium 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden is the third largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 16,100 trailing only the O2 Arena in London and Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City The BNP Paribas Open has been named Tournament of the Year by both the WTA and the ATP Tour for five years running FAN FAVORITE FEED ME The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has many delicious food and drink options...35 to be exact! BNP Paribas announced during the 2018 tournament that it was extending its sponsorship of the tournament five years through 2023 to become the longest-running title sponsor in the history of the tournament: 14 years Prior to BNP Paribas coming on as title sponsor, the Indian Wells tennis event had 11 different title names dating back to its installment in 1989 The BNP Paribas Open saw 450,502 tennis fans come through the gates over the course of the 2018 event, up nearly 12,000 from 2017 SITE UPGRADES In 2011 the BNP Paribas Open was the first tournament to offer the Hawkeye electronic line calling system on all nine of its match courts. The BNP Paribas Open is still the only tournament in the world to use Hawkeye for every main draw and qualifying match during the event Indian Wells Tennis Garden, designed by Rossetti Associates Architects, first opened in March After the 2013 event, a massive expansion project began, the result of which was a brand new, permanent 8,000seat Stadium 2

153 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) vs. [WC] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #199) Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O R16 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (25) $240,933 $18,433,044 0 / 6 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * LAUREN DAVIS (25) $25,271 $2,405,448 0 / 1 0 / / / / / 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) * 2-1 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 9-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 7-29 * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) R128: BYE [WC] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #199) R128: d. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #63) 7-6(2),6-2 (2h03) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

154 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2018 R2 L - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #100) R16 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #10) 7-6(5) R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #62) R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #15) R2 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #142) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) LAUREN DAVIS 2018 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #46) R16 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #26) R2 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #8) R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) 6-7(5) R16 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #78) W/O 2013 R1 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #56) R2 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #33) R1 L - ZUZANA ONDRASKOVA (CZE #87) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

155 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS LAUREN DAVIS INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making seventh consecutive appearance at Indian Wells, with best result at BNP Paribas Open coming with QF run in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Made R16 (as qualifier) on debut appearance in 2013 (l. Kerber). Fell 3r in 2015 (l. Ka.Pliskova). Lost opening matches in 2014 (after 1r bye, l. Kleybanova), 2016 (after 1r bye, l. McHale) and 2018 (after 1r bye, l. Vickery) Best result by a Spaniard at Indian Wells was Conchita MartÍnez s two R-Up finishes, in 1992 (l. Seles) and 1996 (l. Graf) Faces No.199 Davis in 2r today. Only loss to a player outside Top 100 in 2018 came at hands of No.202 Muchova at US Open Has lost four of her past five matches following 1r byes, including against Vickery last year at Indian Wells SEASON Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) and R16 at Dubai (l. Svitolina) Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the latest-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning at 12.30am Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before withdrawing w/gi illness prior to 2r match at Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-top 10 finish since 2014 Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F) Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Named ITF World Champion for 2017 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title Making ninth consecutive appearance at Indian Wells. Reached R16 in 2014 (l. Dellacqua) and 2017 (l. Mladenovic) Broke serve five times to beat Schmiedlova in 1r - her second main draw win of 2019 (also Arruabarrena in 1r at Auckland) One of six wildcards to reach the 2r (also Andreescu, Anisimova, Brady, Brengle and Pegula) Faces No.20 Muguruza in 2r today. Owns seven Top 20 wins, most recently against No.10 A.Radwanska at 2017 Eastbourne Scored her best-by-rank win of career at Indian Wells, over No.4 Azarenka in 2r in 2014 At No.199, is the lowest-ranked player left in the draw SEASON Last week made 1r exit at WTA 125K Series event here in Indian Wells (l. Vikhlyantseva) In other WTA 125K Series outing this year, made SF at Newport Beach (l. Pegula) On ITF Circuit, fell 1r at $100K/Midland-MI, USA Opened season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. V.Williams) and contesting qualifying at Australian Open CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 ranked No her first year-end finish outside Top 100 since 2011 Only tour-level victories in 2018 came during 3r run at Australian Open. Fell 1r four times Broke into the Top 50 for the first time in her career in 2017, finishing the year at No.50 and as the No.7 American Strong start to the 2017 season was highlighted by first career WTA title at Auckland (d. Konjuh in F) Also reached back-to-back QFs at Doha (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) her best result to date at Premier 5 tournament Rose to a career-high ranking of No.26 on May 22, 2017 Reached first singles finals of career in 2016, at Washington DC (l. Wickmayer) and Québec City (as qualifier, l. Dodin) 2015 season highlight was reaching career-first WTA SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion V.Williams). Reached two further QF in 2015, at Charleston (l. Keys) and Nottingham (l. A.Radwanska) Played first tour-level main draw match at 2011 Australian Open as a wild card Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Miami (l. Parmentier)

156 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS LAUREN DAVIS CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 6-4 career record in singles finals, winning titles at 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) On ITF Circuit has won seven singles titles Member of US Fed Cup Team, , 2017 Won USTA Girls 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard In December 2010, registered 18-match win streak on ITF Junior Circuit, capturing three tournaments, culminating in Orange Bowl. Finished 2010 year ranked No.3 in world junior rankings GRAND SLAM HISTORY Made Grand Slam debut at 2011 Australian Open, as a wildcard Has reached 3r at Australian Open three times (2014, 2016 and 2018) and once at Wimbledon (2014) Yet to progress past 2r at either Roland Garros (reached 2r in 2012) or the US Open (2r in 2015 and 2016) PERSONAL Father is Bill (cardiologist); mother is Traci (nurse); older brother is Billy Started playing tennis aged nine upon suggestion of family friend and former pro Oksana Beilensen Born in Gates Mills, Ohio, but after turning 16 left to train at the Evert Tennis Academy in Florida

157 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA VS LAUREN DAVIS PERSONAL Coached by Sam Sumyk Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain

158 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [Q] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) vs. [4] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #4) Head to Head: STEFANIE VOEGELE leads ACAPULCO HARD O QF STEFANIE VOEGELE mins 2013 LUXEMBOURG HARD I QF STEFANIE VOEGELE mins 2013 LINZ HARD I QF STEFANIE VOEGELE 6-7(3) mins 2013 TOKYO HARD O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS mins STEFANIE VOEGELE (28) $75,999 $2,223,220 0 / 0 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * SLOANE STEPHENS (25) $217,188 $13,593,391 0 / 6 0 / / / / / 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) * 5-4 / / / / / 7-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 0-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 1-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 6-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [Q] STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #109) R2-Q: d. SARA ERRANI (ITA #234) 6-2,7-6(4) (1h49) R1-Q: d. CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #141) 6-2,3-6,6-3 (1h51) R128: d. SACHIA VICKERY (USA #118) 7-5,6-2 (1h36) [4] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #4) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

159 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match STEFANIE VOEGELE 2014 R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #48) R2 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #12) R1 L - LATISHA CHAN (TPE #97) R1-Q L - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #95) SLOANE STEPHENS 2018 R3 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #19) R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #42) R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-7(3) QF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #21) R2 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #37) R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #19) R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) R2 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #14) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

160 STEFANIE VOEGELE VS SLOANE STEPHENS INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making fourth main draw appearance at Indian Wells (fifth overall) after coming through qualifying rounds (d. Dolehide and Errani) Before this year, only previous win here came during 2r showing in 2013 (d. Martic, l. Petrova) Overcame wildcard Vickery in straight sets on Wednesday - her second main draw win of the season (also Hercog in Dubai 1r) Faces No.4 Stephens today in her first Top 5 meeting since facing No.2 Azarenka at 2014 Brisbane (l (7) 6-1) Beat Stephens en route to maiden career final at 2018 Acapulco (l. Tsurenko in F) A win today would be her best-by-ranking - bettering her upset over No.10 Wozniacki at 2013 Charleston One of three Swiss women in this year s main draw, also Golubic and Bencic SEASON Withdrew from Acapulco w/respiratory infection Coming off 2r exit at Dubai, prior to which she had not won a match at any level this season Fell in qualifying at Sydney before back-to-back 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Hsieh) and Hua Hin (l. Tomljanovic) Opened season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. Sorribes Tormo) CAREER MILESTONES Finished 2018 ranked No.85 her fourth Top 100 finish and first since 2014 (ended at No.78) Advanced to career first WTA final in 2018 at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko in F) Earned sixth career win over a Top 20 player en route to 2018 Acapulco final over No.13 Stephens (6-29 record) Lifted eighth and biggest title of her career in 2018 at $100k ITF/Countrexeville-FRA (d. Sorribes Tormo in F) Currently the Swiss No.2 behind Bencic Reached career-high ranking of No.42 in November 2013 after reaching back-to-back semifinals at Linz and Luxembourg Reached sole Premier-level SF at 2013 Charleston In doubles, reached maiden final at 2012 Bogotá (w/ Minella) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2004 and made WTA main draw debut at 2008 Estoril (as qualifier) Made Fed Cup debut for Switzerland in 2005 Making ninth main draw appearance at Indian Wells Best result here is reaching QF in 2014 (l. Pennetta). Posted R16 showing in 2015 (l. S.Williams) and made 3r in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) After 1r bye, faces No.109 Voegele in 2r today. Looking to avoid successive defeats to players outside Top 100, having fallen to No.172 Haddad Maia at Acapulco Seeded No.4 the first time she has been a Top 5 seed at a Premier Mandatory tournament Could rise to World No.1 this fortnight would need to win the title with other results falling in her favor. Current career-high ranking is No.3 (July 16, 2018) SEASON Coming off R16 run at Acapulco (l. No.172 Haddad Maia) Made R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, fell 1r (l. Konta) before suffering 2r exit at Sydney (l. Putinseva after leading ) CAREER MILESTONES Posted best year-end finish at No.6 in 2018; reached career-high No.3 ranking on July 16, 2018 Season highlights in 2018 were lifting first Premier-Mandatory title at Miami - subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 - and R-Up finishes at Roland Garros, WTA Finals and Montréal 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 w/foot injury, 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 Before 2017 Wimbledon last match at 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 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 that season First WTA qualifying at 2008 Miami. First WTA main draw at 2010 Indian Wells (as qualifier, No.747, fell 2r, l. Zvonareva)

161 STEFANIE VOEGELE VS SLOANE STEPHENS GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 27th main draw appearance at the majors Best result at the Grand Slams was 3r showing at 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko) Reached 2r at Australian Open (2010, , 2017) and US Open (2009) Has yet to make it past 1r at Wimbledon in seven main draw appearances PERSONAL Mother Edith, and father Bruno (passed away in 2014), introduced her to tennis at age four; has three sisters Longtime coach is Ivo Werner Lives in Swiss village of Leuggern, between Zurich and Basel 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 Also R-Up at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Halep) Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) Also just the second American (after Davenport) to beat 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) PERSONAL 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 Aged 11, 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 (started working together in January 2016). Worked with Nick Saviano in 2015

162 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 4-0 (at tour level) 2017 TORONTO HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP mins 2017 STUTTGART CLAY I R16 SIMONA HALEP mins 2016 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP mins 2014 BEIJING HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP mins BARBORA STRYCOVA (32) $243,525 $9,315,579 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SIMONA HALEP (27) $349,873 $28,495,452 0 / 2 1 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * 0 / 18 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 10-4 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 10-4 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 6-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 9-54 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) R128: d. VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC (SUI #82) 6-2,7-6(4) (1h44) [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) R128: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

163 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match BARBORA STRYCOVA 2018 R2 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #51) R3 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #21) R16 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #39) R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #30) R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #21) R2 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #17) R1 L - NURIA LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP #121) 7-6(5) 7-6(9) SIMONA HALEP 2018 SF L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #44) R3 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #26) QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #21) SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #14) (3) 2012 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R2 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #29) R1 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #68) 7-6(2) R2-Q L - IVANA LISJAK (CRO #126) R1 L - ANTONELLA SERRA ZANETTI (ITA #97) R16 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

164 BARBORA STRYCOVA VS SIMONA HALEP INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making 13th appearance at BNP Paribas Open (14th overall). Stosur (15) is the only active player to have made more appearances here Best result here is reaching R16 on her debut as a qualifier in 2004 (l. top seed Henin) and in 2016 (retired with an upper respiratory illness against Halep) Faces Halep again today in their fifth career meeting and second at Indian Wells. Trails their head-to-head 1-4 with her only win coming in their first meeting, a qualifying match at the Paris indoor event in 2010 A win today would mark her seventh career victory over a Top 5 player (6-29 career record) and first since defeating No.3 Muguruza at 2018 Birmingham In 1r defeated qualifier Golubic, who was on an eight match winning streak One of five Czechs in main draw (also Kvitova, Ka.Pliskova, Siniakova and Vondrousova). Best performance by a Czech player came in 1990 when Sukova finished as runner-up Won the doubles title here last year w/hsieh (d. top seeds Makarova/Vesnina in F). Defeated the top three seeds on their way to victory in what was their first tournament as a pair This year seeded No.3 in the doubles draw w/hsieh. (d. Goerges/Ka.Pliskova in 1r on Thursday) SEASON Fell 1r in singles in Dubai (l. Suárez Navarro) but won second doubles title with Hsieh (d. Hradecka/ Makarova in F); rose to career-high No.3 in doubles rankings (February 25, 2019) Lost to Kerber in a third set tie-break in QF at Doha Did not play Fed Cup in February having retired from the competition after helping the Czechs reclaim their title at the end of 2018 At Australian Open, also made fifth career major doubles SF (w/vondrousova, l. eventual champions Stosur/Zhang) Recorded 1r exits at Sydney (l. Diyas) and Australian Open (l. Putintseva) Began season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Anisimova) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 at No.33 - her fifth consecutive Top 50 finish - after posting record 2018 season highlights include making QF at Auckland (l. Hsieh) and Sydney (l. Barty) as well as a SF run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) Made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) for third consecutive year and R16 at Roland Garros her best result in Paris to date (l. Putintseva) Former champion Halep is playing at Indian Wells for a ninth time Came from a set and a break down in the 2015 final to defeat Jankovic and win the title One of five former champions in main draw (also S.Williams 1999, 2001; Wozniacki 2011; Azarenka 2012, 2016; Osaka ) Following 1r bye, faces No.50 Strycova in 2r. Following loss to No.45 Bencic in Dubai, bidding to avoid recording back-to-back losses against players ranked outside top 40 for first time since January 2017 when she was defeated by No.52 Siniakova in 2r at Shenzhen and No.52 Rogers in 1r at the Australian Open This week is her 267th consecutive in the Top 10 - the longest active streak Can reclaim No.1 ranking here, but needs to at least reach the final (and have other results go her way) SEASON Lost to No.45 Bencic in 3s in QF at Dubai Finished R-Up in Doha final (l. Mertens); career record in singles finals now Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles

165 BARBORA STRYCOVA VS SIMONA HALEP CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Beat No.3 Muguruza in R16 at 2018 Birmingham to register sixth Top 5 win of career previous wins came against No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Australian Open), No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid) and No.1 Muguruza (2017 Beijing) Enjoyed successful 2018 season in doubles, winning titles at Indian Wells (w/hsieh), New Haven, Beijing (both w/sestini Hlavackova) Also part of Czech Republic team that beat USA 3-0 in Fed Cup World Group final (d. Kenin in day 1 singles rubber) Clinched second tour-level singles title at 2017 Linz (d. No.1 seed Rybarikova in F). Holds a 2-6 record in singles finals, with other title coming at 2011 Québec City (d. Erakovic in F) Posted career-high singles ranking of No.16 on January 16, 2017 Owner of 24 career doubles titles Won doubles bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/ Safarova) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in Won nine singles and 10 doubles titles on ITF Circuit ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at 2014 Wimbledon (d. Li in the last match of the Chinese star s career and Wozniacki en route, l. eventual champion Kvitova) Also made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Azarenka), 2017 (l. S.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Putintseva) Reached 3r at US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2015 (l. Lisicki) and 2018 (l. Mertens) At 2010 Australian Open played what was then the longest Grand Slam match (d. Kulikova in four hours and 19 minutes since surpassed by Kuznetsova-Schiavone at 2011 Australian Open) In doubles is a five-time semifinalist, at 2014 US Open (w/date), 2015 Australian Open (w/krajicek), 2017 US Open (w/safarova), 2018 Roland Garros (w/sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 Australian Open (w/ Vondrousova) Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Worked with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput during 2019 Doha before ending trial period. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita PERSONAL Coached by David Kotyza and also works with Lukas Dlouhy Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied law and lives in US Started playing tennis at age 5

166 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) vs. [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads INDIAN WELLS HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA mins 2015 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2015 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R3 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2015 MADRID CLAY O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 7-6(5) (1) 164 mins 2014 BRISBANE HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2013 US OPEN HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS (6) mins 2013 CINCINNATI HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA (6) 150 mins 2013 ROME CLAY O F SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2013 DOHA HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA 7-6(6) mins 2013 BRISBANE HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS W/O 2012 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 US OPEN HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 OLYMPICS GRASS O SF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 WIMBLEDON GRASS O SF SERENA WILLIAMS (6) 96 mins 2012 MADRID CLAY O F SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2011 US OPEN HARD O R3 SERENA WILLIAMS (5) 110 mins 2011 TORONTO HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2010 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS (4) mins 2009 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2009 MIAMI HARD O F VICTORIA AZARENKA mins 2009 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 SERENA WILLIAMS mins VICTORIA AZARENKA (29) $91,288 $29,370,277 0 / 20 1 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * SERENA WILLIAMS (37) $342,246 $88,575,547 0 / 72 0 / / / / / 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) * 4-1 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

167 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) R128: d. VERA LAPKO (BLR #62) 6-2,6-3 (1h23) [10] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) R128: BYE INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match VICTORIA AZARENKA 2018 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #13) F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R2 L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #66) (2) 2013 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) W/O 2012 F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) R3 L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #33) 7-6(4) 6-2 SERENA WILLIAMS 2018 R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #8) F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #15) SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) W/O 2001 F W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #19) SF L - MARY PIERCE (FRA #6) F W - STEFFI GRAF (GER #7) R1-Q L - ALEXIA DECHAUME-BALLERET (FRA #87) SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #6) R3 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #20) R2-Q L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #115) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

168 VICTORIA AZARENKA VS SERENA WILLIAMS INDIAN WELLS INDIAN WELLS Making 11th BNP Paribas Open main draw appearance (and 12th overall), winning the title in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and in 2016 (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Indian Wells became first player to defeat S.Williams in four finals 2009 Miami, 2013 Doha, 2013 Cincinnati and 2016 Indian Wells (their head-tohead record in finals reads 5-4 in favor of Serena) One of five former champions in main draw (also S.Williams 1999, 2001; Wozniacki 2011; Halep 2015; Osaka ) Followed 2016 triumph here by also winning Miami to become only third woman (after Graf in 1994 and 1996, and Clijsters in 2005) to do this double Other key results here are reaching SF in 2009 (l. Zvonareva) and QF runs in 2011 (l. Wozniacki) and 2013 (l. Wozniacki via walkover) Defeated countrywoman Lapko in 1r on Wednesday to register her 28th victory at Indian Wells, now level with Martinez and Kuznetsova on the list for most wins in BNP Paribas Open history: Was the last top seed to win the title here, in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) Faces S.Williams today in 2r. This is their 22nd career meeting and first meeting for three years - the only player Serena has faced more in her career is sister Venus (30 meetings) Having won their most recent encounter, Azarenka is bidding to beat Serena in two successive meetings for the first time in her career. Ka.Pliskova (2016 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) and Naomi Osaka (2018 Miami, 2018 US Open) were the last two players to do this SEASON Recorded back-to-back match-wins at a tournament for the first time this season when reaching QF at Acapulco (l. Kenin) Also won seventh career doubles title - and first since in Acapulco (w/s.zheng d. Krawczyk/ Olmos in F) Lost to Kvitova in 2r at St. Petersburg Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Siegemund) and Auckland (l. V.Williams) CAREER MILESTONES Highlights of 2018 season were SF at Miami (l. Stephens and QFs at San Jose and Tokyo Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child Leo in December 2016 Comeback tournament was Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tournament contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) Making seventh main draw appearance at Indian Wells, and eighth appearance overall Is a two-time champion here, on event debut in 1999 (d. Graf in F) and 2001 (d. Clijsters in F). Reached QF in 2000 (l. Pierce). Did not contest event again until 2015, when she advanced to SF but withdrew prior to match vs. Halep w/right knee injury Reached final here in 2016 (l. Azarenka) and 3r here in 2018 (l. V.Williams, in the sisters 29th meeting). Missed 2017 Indian Wells due to pregnancy Fell here in 1997 qualifying, losing to Dechaume-Balleret in what was Serena s second professional match, after 1995 Québec City (also in qualifying) Winning the BNP Paribas Open in 1999 marked her second tour-level singles title. She has gone on to amass a haul of 72 since then Bidding this fortnight to be the first player to lift the Indian Wells title three times Serena (1999), Clijsters (2005) and Osaka (2018) are the only players to win the title here unseeded Only four players have beaten Serena on the hard courts of Indian Wells Dechaume-Balleret (1997 qualifying), Pierce (QF 2000), Azarenka (F 2016) and V.Williams (3r 2018) An American has won the singles title eight times, with the last American title at Indian Wells coming via Serena in 2001: home champions are Martina Navratilova (1990, 1991), Mary Joe Fernandez (1993, 1995), Lindsay Davenport (1997, 2000) and Serena Williams (1999, 2001) Faces Azarenka today in their 22nd meeting. Excluding 2012 WTA Finals, today s 2r encounter is their earliest ever meeting at a tournament (met 3r in 2008 Australian Open, 2011 US Open and 2015 French Open) SEASON Has contested one tour-level event in 2019, at Australian Open, reaching QF (l. Ka.Pliskova) Was her 70th Grand Slam main draw appearance third on the Open Era list, behind V.Williams (81) and Frazier (71) Overcame World No.1 Halep in R16 was first time facing the reigning World No.1 since 2013 Doha (l. Azarenka in F) and was first win since 2013 Brisbane (d. Azarenka in SF). Aged 37, is the oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1, bettering sister Venus s win vs. Kerber aged 36 at 2017 Miami Now owns a win-loss record vs. world No.1s - only Navratilova has more wins with 18 Began 2019 at Hopman Cup, posted singles wins over Bencic, Sakkari and Boulter as USA made group-stage exit

169 VICTORIA AZARENKA VS SERENA WILLIAMS CAREER CONT. CAREER MILESTONES Followed this up with R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play any tournaments after Wimbledon due to personal reasons Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy mid-july). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and Sunshine Double of Indian Wells and Miami third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career (20-16 record in finals) Posted 26-3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury) Limited to total of 23 events over 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 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 London 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 GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 46th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and again in 2013 (d. Li in F). Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams both times in 3s) Reached Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best result at Roland Garros has been SF appearance in 2013 Three Grand Slam doubles R-Up, at 2008 Australian Open (w/peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/vesnina) and 2011 Australian Open (w/kirilenko). 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 Returned to Top 20 in 2018 year-end rankings (at No.16) despite playing only seven tournaments Was R-Up at both Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka) last season, and advanced to R16 at Roland Garros (withdrew prior to match against Sharapova w/right pectoral muscle tear) Made her return to tour as a mother at Indian Wells in March 2017, falling to sister V.Williams in 3r, having defeated Diyas and Bertens in straight sets 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 15 Top 10 finishes to her name third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) including five as the year-end No.1 Won 23rd Grand Slam singles title at 2017 Australian Open (d. V.Williams in F) With 72 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). Also a 22-time singles runner-up Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history set record when most recent streak began on February 18, Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 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) Five-time champion at WTA Finals (2001, 2009, ) Has registered 17 career wins over (seven different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilova (18) Among active players, owns the most titles on clay (13), hard (46) and grass (8) Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics, and doubles gold medalist at 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London (all w/v.williams) Spent eight weeks as co-no.1 in doubles (w/v. Williams); 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 At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (including Emirates Airline US Open Series bonus); the largest payout in tennis men s or women s

170 VICTORIA AZARENKA VS SERENA WILLIAMS PERSONAL GRAND SLAM HISTORY Hired Wim Fissette as her full-time coach during the 2018 offseason. This partnership proved to be successful after their first stint together in 2016 prior to Vika s pregnancy. Formerly coached by 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 At 15, moved from hometown Minsk to train in Scottsdale, Arizona A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Stefanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind only Margaret Court (24) all time Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: , , 2012, ; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, Owns a 23-8 record in Slam finals, with losses coming at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimbledon (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) and 2018 US Open (l. Osaka) 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 The 2017 Australian Open final saw Serena and Venus have the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open. Prior to that all-italian final the record was held for nearly four decades by Virginia Wade and Betty Stove who had a combined age of just over 63 years, 11 months at 1977 Wimbledon In 2015, came within two wins of completing the calendar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; l. Vinci in SF at US Open. Two women in Open Era had previously achieved the feat: Court (1970) and Graf (1988) Has twice been in possession of all four majors for a Serena Slam (2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Australian Open and 2014 US Open to 2015 Wimbledon) Has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister Venus most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/ Shvedova in F). Also won mixed doubles titles at 1998 Wimbledon and 1998 US Open (both w/mirnyi) PERSONAL Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mouratoglou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017 Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in November 2017 in New Orleans Recently launched her own clothing line, Serena

171 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) vs. SOFIA KENIN (USA #33) Head to Head: First meeting ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $532,251 $13,640,876 0 / 13 0 / 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) INDIAN WELLS W-L (MD) * SOFIA KENIN (20) $194,243 $1,075,718 1 / 1 1 / / / / / 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) * 14-5 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / 5-11 * Updated entering 2019 Indian Wells 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [6] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) R128: BYE SOFIA KENIN (USA #33) R128: d. YAFAN WANG (CHN #49) 1-6,7-5,6-4 (2h35) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

172 MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA Mar 06 - Mar 17, 2019 $9,035,428 PREMIER MANDATORY INDIAN WELLS Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) 7-6(5) R3 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) SOFIA KENIN 2018 R2 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #33) R64- L - MAGDA LINETTE (POL #80) Q 2016 R1-Q L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #65) R16 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #26) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) (1) 2013 R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #58) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

173 ELINA SVITOLINA VS SOFIA KENIN INDIAN WELLS Making seventh appearance at Indian Wells Best results were R16 showings in 2015 (l. Bacsinszky) and 2017 (l. Muguruza) After 1r bye, faces Kenin in 2r; record in matches following 1r byes is 19-6 Since losing to Stephens at Montreal last summer, has won her past four matches against US Opposition, most recently beating Keys at the Australian Open In doubles this week fell in 1r w/azarenka (l. Rosolska/Yang on Thursday) Ukrainian No.1 of three women in current Top 100, ahead of Tsurenko and Yastremska (week of March 4, 2019) Has struck 64 aces in 13 matches this season, the eighth-highest on tour SEASON Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic) Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (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 were Taipei City, Dubai, Toronto Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 INDIAN WELLS Making second main draw appearance at Indian Wells (fourth overall) Came through qualifying here in 2018, fell in 2r (d. Liu, l. Zhang). Fell in 1r qualifying in 2016 and 2017 Beat Y.Wang in 1r, having lost to the same opponent in last Saturday s Acapulco final Now owns 14-2 main draw win-loss record in only Kvitova (17) has more wins; by contrast did not reach 14 wins until September (Quebec City) in 2018 Faces No.6 seed Svitolina in 2r; owns two Top 10 wins, over No.6 Garcia at 2018 Mallorca and No.10 Goerges at 2018 Wuhan Contesting 2019 Indian Wells at career-high ranking of No.33. This time last year was No.105 One of 17 Americans to begin this year s draw SEASON Finished R-Up at Acapulco (l. Wang in F); now owns 1-1 career record in WTA singles finals Posted R16 showing at Dubai (l. Kuzmova) Part of US team that lost to Australia in Fed Cup World Group first round (l. only singles rubber to Barty) Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Halep after leading 4-2 in final set) Lifted maiden career title at Hobart (d. Schmiedlova in F) without dropping a set; rose to then career-high No.37 in rankings following the tournament (January 14, 2019) Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Auckland (l. Kuzmova); won maiden WTA doubles title w/bouchard CAREER MILESTONES Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018 and Top 50 on October 8, 2018 Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the season at Québec City Represented the USA in the Fed Cup final vs. the Czech Republic in November 2018 Opened 2018 with first tour-level QF at Auckland Compiled record (all levels) in 2017, finishing at a career-high No.113. Campaign highlighted by 3r run at US Open, 2r at Québec City (l. Safarova) and one ITF Circuit title On ITF Circuit owns four singles and two doubles titles Played first matches on ITF Circuit in March 2013 Climbed as high as No.2 in the ITF Junior Rankings Represented the US at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Masters, both held in China

174 ELINA SVITOLINA VS SOFIA KENIN CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY 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) 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 2008 Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best Grand Slam results to date have been 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) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and 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) 2019 Australian Open marked eighth Grand Slam main draw appearance Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard received for being crowned USTA Girls 18s national champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Repeated feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Made 2r at 2018 Wimbledon on main draw debut (l. Diatchenko). Made 2r at 2019 Australian Open (l. Halep) Other major appearances were 1r losses to eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova at 2016 US Open and Goerges at 2018 Australian Open As a junior, reached the singles final at the 2015 US Open (l. Galfi), the semifinals at the 2016 US Open and the quarterfinals at 2016 Wimbledon PERSONAL Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby before family settled in Flordia Resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled Known as Sonya Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lorenzo Cava; trains at at ProWorld Academy in Delray Beach, Florida Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017) If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams and Grigor Dimitrov Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan Likes rap music, especially Drake Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with Hershey s on top PERSONAL 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 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 performing off-court promotional and charitable activities

175 BNP PARIBAS OPEN MARCH 6 17, 2019

176 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA MARCH 6-17, 2019 USD $8,359,455 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/bnpparibasopen WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (bshapiro@wtatennis.com), Teyva Sammet (tsammet@wtatennis.com) BNP PARIBAS OPEN - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #36) vs. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #68) Series tied 2-2 All three completed matches between the two players have gone to three sets...williams reached SF here 12 months ago...petkovic bidding for first Top 50 win of the season KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #56) vs. EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #73) First meeting Players met in doubles on Wednesday, with Flipkens winning alongside Larsson...Bouchard has twice reached the fourth round at the Indian Wells...Flipkens is playing first match since start of February KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #65) vs. SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #39) First meeting Mladenovic looks to rekindle her 2017 magic when she advanced to the SF stage...zheng is looking to notch her first career main draw victory at Indian Wells AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #44) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #52) Cornet leads 1-0 Tomljanovic is bidding for her first main draw win at Indian Wells since Cornet defeated the Aussie in their lone previous meeting at 2013 US Open [Q] CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #140) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #41) Sakkari leads 2-1 McHale is aiming for her first Top 50 victory since 2018 Cincinnati...Sakkari is hoping to build off of last year s R16 finish here - lone Greek player in this year s draw

177 DESERT DREAMIN - INSIDE OSAKA S RISE - ON TOP OF THE WORLD Since the start of the 2018 season, Osaka rose from No.68 to her current position of No.1 Quickest player to rise from Top 10 to World No.1 in WTA history Won just three titles en route to climbing to the top of the world - fewest titles won by a No.1 ranked player HOISTING HARDWARE 3x Title haul began here last year with maiden WTA Tour trophy, followed by US Open & Australian Open - currently holds 3 of the 5 biggest hardcourt titles First woman to win her second major in a row after winning her first since Capriati (2001) 10th woman to win US Open & Australian Open back-to-back & first since Serena (2015) BY THE NUMBERS - SINCE START OF ACES Wins STRONG STARTER Dating back to her last match of the 2017 season, Osaka has compiled a flawless 60-0 mark when winning the first set 38-0 since 2018 Indian Wells Loses WIN BACK-TO-BACK 21 different players have won the singles title at Indian Wells The title has been won 20 times by a player who has held the WTA No.1 ranking at some point in her career Osaka is bidding to become just the second player to defend the title here after Navratilova ( )

178 NOTES & NETCORDS - INSIDE THE WTA TOUR - THE STARS & STRIPES 17 Americans are contesting this year s event In the first 13 editions, an American took home the title nine times. However, since 2001 when Serena Williams won, no American has won the Indian Wells title In the last 17 editions of the BNP Paribas Open, an American has reached the final four times Lindsay Davenport (2003, 2004, 2005) and Serena Williams (2006) but came up short in the championship match There are currently 13 Americans in the Top 100 THE SUNSHINE DOUBLE Only three players have completed the Sunshine Double sweeping the titles at both Indian Wells and Miami, two of the biggest events on the WTA calendar. RACE TO THE TOP #4 #2 With Osaka defending 1000 points this week, these four players have a chance at overtaking the top spot: Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and Karolina Pliskova NEW WEEK, NEW CHAMP #5 #1 #3 Stefanie Graf (1994, 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Victoria Azarenka (2016) are the only women to win both titles in the same year Kvitova will need to reach at least the SF Halep needs to advance to at least the final Ka.Pliskova & Stephens need to win the title with other results falling in their favor Up to this point in the WTA season, 12 tournaments have been played (11 WTA, 1 Grand Slam), with all 12 events crowning a different champion? Week 1: Karolina Pliskova, Julia Goerges, Aryna Sabalenka Week 2: Sofia Kenin, Petra Kvitova Weeks 3-4: Naomi Osaka Week 5: Kiki Bertens, Dayana Yastremska Week 7: Elise Mertens Week 8: Belinda Bencic, Alison Van Uytvanck Week 9: Wang Yafan