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1 MATCH NOTES MOSCOW - RUSSIA Oct 16 - Oct 21, 2017 $855,308 PREMIER NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #67) vs. [7] JULIA GOERGES (GER #27) Head to Head: First meeting NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (20) $371,377 $468,390 0 / 0 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) MOSCOW W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * JULIA GOERGES (28) $834,166 $5,814,275 0 / 2 0 / / / / / / 1-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-6 / * Updated entering 2017 Moscow SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #67) QF: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #39) 4-6,7-5,6-3 (3h01) R16: d. [3] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #20) 7-6(3),6-4 (1h34) R32: d. KAIA KANEPI (EST #109) 6-3,6-2 (0h59) vs. [7] JULIA GOERGES (GER #27) QF: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #50) 6-3,6-4 (1h48) R16: d. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #53) 6-3,6-3 (1h25) R32: d. POLINA MONOVA (RUS #186) 6-0,6-3 (1h15) Total games: 71 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h34 Average time on court: 1h51 Average rank of opponent: 56 Total games: 52 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 4h28 Average time on court: 1h29 Average rank of opponent: 96 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

2 MATCH NOTES MOSCOW - RUSSIA Oct 16 - Oct 21, 2017 $855,308 PREMIER MOSCOW Tournament History * Qualifying match NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA 2016 R1* L - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #74) R16* L - GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN #229) R1* W - PAULA BADOSA GIBERT (ESP #203) JULIA GOERGES 2016 SF L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #37) QF W - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #24) R16 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #19) R1 W - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #72) 7-6(3) 6-3 VIKHLYANTSEVA: Moscow Making main draw debut at Moscow, having fallen in qualifying Is through to third SF of season, after St Petersburg (SF) and 's Hertogenbosch (R Up) Began Kremlin Cup campaign with 1r defeat of qualifier Kanepi, before dispatching countrywomen Vesnina in 2r her first Top 20 win. Was first time winning back to back main draw matches since run to final at 's Hertogenbosch in June Recovered from 3 1 down in the final set to upset No.39 Cornet in QF her sixth career Top 50 win, all of which have come in 2017 (also No.45 Shvedova and No.27 Kasatkina at St Petersburg, No.33 Konjuh at 's Hertogenbosch, No.50 Vekic at Cincinnati and No.20 Vesnina at Moscow) One of two Russians also through to SF (also Kasatkina) it is the 11th time in the tournament s 24 years two Russians have made it this far. A Russian has gone on to win the tournament seven times (Myskina , Chakvetadze 2006, Dementieva 2007, Pavlyuchenkova 2014 and Kuznetsova ) Has served impressively this week, leading the semifinalist in aces (15), service games won 83.3% and first serve points won 70.1% Is the lowest ranked of the four semifinalists Season Coming off 2r loss at Linz (l. Cirstea)( Fell in Wuhan qualifying and then lost opening match at Beijing (l. Kasatkina) Fell 1r at US Open (l. Vickery). In lead up events, made 2r at Cincinnati (as lucky loser, l. World No.1 Ka.Pliskova) and fell 1r New Haven (as qualifier, l. Mertens) Started US Open Series with 2r showing at Stanford (l. Konjuh) and qualifying exit at Toronto Defeated No.230 Lao in 1r at Stanford to snap three match losing streak stretching back to 's Hertogenbosch; Rose to career high ranking of No.60 after Stanford showing (August 7, 2017) Grass court season highlighted by maiden WTA final at 's Hertogenbosch (d. Konjuh in SF, l. Kontaveit in F). Did not win another match on surface, falling 1r at Birmingham (l. Giorgi) and Wimbledon (l. Vekic) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 On clay reached 2r at Prague (as qualifier, l. Siniakova). Fell 1r at Strasbourg (l. Hesse), Roland Garros (l. Larsson) and WTA 125K at Bol (l. Cadantu). Lost during qualifying at Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome During Sunshine Double exited 1r at Miami (l. Arruabarrena) and in qualifying at Indian Wells. Prior to this had also lost in qualifying at Dubai Made Fed Cup debut during Russia s 4 1 World Group II win over Chinese Taipei (posted 1 0 record, d. Lee in straight sets) Began season by making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 Australian Open, advancing to 2r (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova) Followed this by reaching SF on home soil at St Petersburg (l. eventual champion Mladenovic) in only sixth tour level main draw appearance prior to this run, best result was making 2r at 2015 Shenzhen (as WC, l. Halep), 2016 s Hertogenbosch (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) and 2017 Australian Open (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova) During St Petersburg, claimed first Top 50 wins over No.45 Shvedova and No.27 Kasatkina, before advancing to SF after Halep conceded walkover w/left knee injury Career Ended 2016 at No.161 for best year end finish 2016 highlights include a SF run at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges (l. Garcia) and a 2r showing at s Hertogenbosch (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic in 3s) 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, losing to No.4 Halep in 2r Played first professional match in St. Petersburg in 2012 at the $10k ITF event (made 1r exit) Other Information Coached by Evgeniy Drozhin; currently trains at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy Hobbies include learning languages (speaks English, French and Russian), reading, and studying Favorite tournament is Wimbledon, favorite surface is grass

4 GOERGES: Moscow Making second consecutive appearance in Moscow, having reached the SF stage at last year s event (l. Gavrilova) Seeking first title since 2011 Stuttgart, having made three finals earlier in the season (Mallorca, Bucharest and Washington) Posted quick fire victory over Russian qualifier Monova in 1r prior to dispatching Putintseva in 2r and Tsurenko in QF, also in straight sets. The last player to win Moscow without dropping a set was Halep in 2013 Through three rounds, has lost the fewest games amongst the remaining field (16) Struck 13 aces this week. Has now hit 389 aces in 61 matches this season only Ka.Pliskova (438 from 65 matches) has more Takes on No.67 Vikhlyantseva in today s SF. Has lost 10 times to players ranked outside Top 50 in 2017: No.54 Jankovic (Australian Open), No.87 Ozaki (Miami), No.98 Duque Mariño (Madrid), No.80 Witthoeft (Nürnberg), No.82 Brengle (Roland Garros), No.58 Begu (Bucharest), No.171 Tomova (Bastad), No.58 Makarova (Washington, DC), No.151 Stephens (Cincinnati) and No.83 Stephens (US Open) Contesting sixth SF of the season (3 2), having reached this round or better in Auckland, Budapest, Mallorca (finalist), Bucharest (finalist) and Washington (finalist) Bidding to register 43rd main draw win of the season today. By contrast, posted 21 in the whole of 2016 Is the only seed to reach the SFs this week Season Notched back to back 2r appearances during Asian swing in Wuhan (l. A.Radwanska) and Beijing (l. Strycova) Enjoyed strong results during US Open Series, which began by reaching ninth WTA singles final of career at Washington, DC (l. Makarova in F, at one point having served for the match) and ended with fifth career Grand Slam R16 appearance at US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens in 3s). Was seeded (No.30) at a Slam for the first time since 2013 Roland Garros Also lost to Stephens in Cincinnati QF, having defeated two top 10 player en route (No.10 Radwanska and No.4 Svitolina). Fell 1r at Toronto (l. Bellis) Prior to US Open Series, reached final of Bucharest (l. Begu) and fell 1r at Bastad (ret. vs. Tomova w/bilateral thigh injury) Grass court swing culminated in 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Tsurenko). Prior to reaching All England Club, made final at Mallorca, her first on grass (l. Sevastova) On clay, reached R16 at Rome (l. Muguruza) and made 2r on home soil at Nürnberg (l. Witthoeft). Posted 1r exits at Prague (l. Strycova), Madrid (l. Duque Mariño) and Roland Garros (l. Brengle) Played major part in Germany s Fed Cup play off win vs. Ukraine in April, winning both singles rubbers d. Svitolina

5 and Tsurenko Sunshine Double saw 3r runs at both Indian Wells (l. Davis) and Miami (l. Ozaki) Strong early season form highlighted by SF runs at Auckland (l. Konjuh) and Budapest (l. eventual champion Babos); also advanced to QF at Biel (ret. vs. Strycova w/right wrist injury) Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Jankovic) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 39th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Has reached R16 but never further on five occasions, at Australian Open ( and 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) Best result at Wimbledon were 3r appearances from In doubles, is a three time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/groenefeld and 2016 w/ka.pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/ka.pliskova). Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner up in mixed doubles (w/zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) Career Qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in doubles (w/ka.pliskova) Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in nearly four years, finishing runner up at Auckland (l. Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai Owns two WTA singles titles, at Stuttgart in 2011 (d. Wozniacki in F) and Bad Gastein in 2010 (d. Bacsinszky in F); also finished runner up at 2017 Washington DC, 2017 Bucharest, 2017 Mallorca, 2016 Auckland, 2012 Linz, 2012 Dubai and 2010 Luxembourg. Is 2 7 in career singles finals, and 0 3 in 2017 Landed fifth WTA doubles title at 2015 New Haven (w/hradecka, d. Chuang/Liang in F). Owns a 5 11 record in doubles finals Struggled with form in 2014, losing in 1r or 2r at 15 events, but reached two SFs, at Pattaya City (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Québec City (l. Lucic Baroni), and QF at Strasbourg Has two wins over World No.1s, coming over Wozniacki at 2011 Stuttgart and 2011 Madrid German Fed Cup Team, 2008, Currently the No.2 German of seven women ranked inside the Top 100 (as at October 16, 2017). Former World No.15 (April 2012) Other Information Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike Began playing tennis ageed 6. Tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka

6 MATCH NOTES MOSCOW - RUSSIA Oct 16 - Oct 21, 2017 $855,308 PREMIER DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #28) vs. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #56) Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads CHARLESTON CLAY O QF DARIA KASATKINA mins 2017 DOHA HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA mins 2017 BRISBANE HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA mins 2016 ROME CLAY O R16 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU mins 2015 MOSCOW HARD I R16 DARIA KASATKINA mins DARIA KASATKINA (20) $1,078,024 $2,216,853 1 / 1 0 / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) MOSCOW W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (27) $641,598 $3,805,791 1 / 4 2 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-14 / / 5-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / / 3-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / 5-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-6 / * Updated entering 2017 Moscow SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #28) QF: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #100) 6-4,6-3 (1h23) R16: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) 6-2,6-3 (1h20) R32: d. [5] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) 7-6(2),6-1 (1h33) vs. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #56) QF: d. VERA LAPKO (BLR #167) 6-3,4-6,7-5 (2h23) R16: d. [4] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #21) 6-4,6-3 (1h27) R32: d. ELENA RYBAKINA (RUS #497) 6-1,3-6,6-3 (1h38) Total games: 56 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 4h16 Average time on court: 1h25 Average rank of opponent: 57 Total games: 75 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h28 Average time on court: 1h49 Average rank of opponent: 228 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

7 MATCH NOTES MOSCOW - RUSSIA Oct 16 - Oct 21, 2017 $855,308 PREMIER MOSCOW Tournament History * Qualifying match DARIA KASATKINA 2016 QF L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #64) R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #35) R1 W - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #43) SF L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #31) QF W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) R16 W - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #29) R1 W - PAULA KANIA (POL #142) QF* W - PAULA KANIA (POL #142) R16* W - ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #855) IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU 2016 R1 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #26) (2) R16 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #104) R1 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #52) (2) F L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #30) SF W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #17) 7-6(5) QF W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #43) R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #12) R1 W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #83) 7-6(5) R1* W - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #192) R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #44) R1* L - PAULA KANIA (POL #194) KASATKINA: Moscow Making fourth main draw appearance at Moscow (and fifth appearance overall) Best result at Kremlin Cup is reaching SF in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova). Reached QF in 2016 (l. Goerges) and fell 1r in 2014 (l. Riske). Lost in 2013 qualifying Is yet to drop a set this week, upsetting No.5 seed Pavlyuchenkova in 1r, then easing past Siniakova and Sasnovich One of two Russians also through to SF (also Vikhlyantseva) it is the 11th time in the tournament s 24 years two Russians have made it this far. A Russian has gone on to win the tournament seven times (Myskina , Chakvetadze 2006, Dementieva 2007, Pavlyuchenkova 2014 and Kuznetsova ) Is contesting fourth career tour level SF. Owns 1 2 record at this stage: 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova), 2016 St Petersburg (l. Bencic) and 2017 Charleston (d. Siegemund) Has posted impressive return numbers this week, leading the way in return points won (56.3%) and return games won (58.6%) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

8 Season Moscow marks first tournament since QF run at Beijing (l. eventual R Up Halep) Reached 3r at Wuhan (d. No.2 Halep, l. Makarova) and suffered a 2r exit at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Kerber) Ended North American hard court swing by reaching R16 at US Open (l. Kanepi) her best run to date at a major Fell 2r at New Haven (l. Mertens); defeated No.24 Strycova in 1r for best win by ranking since defeating No.2 Kerber at Doha in February Made back to back 2r exits at Cincinnati (l. Keys) and Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Suffered 2r exit in her sole grass court tournament, at Wimbledon (l. Kontaveit) At Roland Garros, reached 3r for the second consecutive year (l. eventual R Up Halep) Entered 2017 Roland Garros on a three match losing streak, having fallen 1r at Stuttgart (l. Vesnina), Madrid (l. Vinci) and Rome (l. Strycova) Began clay court swing by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston (d. Ostapenko). Became sixth teenager to be crowned champion there, joining Evert (1974), Austin (1979, 1980), Graf (1986, 1987, 1989), Hingis (1997, 1999) and Lisicki (2009). Defeated fellow teenager Ostapenko (also 19 year old) in Charleston final, which marked first all teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Prior to Charleston triumph, previous best showings at WTA events were SF on home soil, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St Petersburg Represented Russia in Fed Cup loss to Belgium in April (d. Zanevska Russia lost tie 2 3 overall) Suffered back to back 1r exits at Miami (l. Rogers) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova) Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. eventual R Up Wozniacki) Reached QF at Doha (l. Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r In February made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and compatriot Vikhlyantseva) Posted 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23) Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual champion Konta) Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1 1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016 Australian Open 3r). Became the sixth teenager to defeat a world No.1 with win over Kerber in Sydney: Teenager Ag Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7 6(5) 6 2 Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R Chang Kai Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo R32 7 6(5) Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R (5) Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F

9 Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked ninth main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, where she achieved her best result by making R16 Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) Returned to 3r at Roland Garros in 2017 and reached 2r at 2017 Wimbledon. Only 1r exit came at 2017 Australian Open (l. Peng) Career Ended 2016 at career best No.27, up from No.72 in Also posted new career high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of August 15, 2016) 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montréal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges) In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/vesnina), finishing as R Up w/gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza s 41 match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/vesnina) 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro in QF) QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA level tournament Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r) Other Information Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her fitness trainer and travels with her Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five year degree Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC Recently hired Philippe Dehaes as new coach, formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014

10 BEGU: Moscow Making fourth main draw appearance at Kremlin Cup. Former R Up, losing out to Pavlyuchenkova in 2014 final Fell 1r in following two years, before returning to winning ways against Russian qualifier Rybakina on Tuesday Followed up with impressive straight sets win over No.4 seed Sevastova in 2r last time she registered back to back main wins was during Bucharest title run in mid July Saved match point in QF victory over qualifier Lapko Faces Kasatkina today. Has lost four of their five career meetings (three on hard), including two years ago in Moscow Season Posted one win during Asian swing, during 2r showing at Seoul (d. No.279 Wongteanchai, l. Haddad Maia) and fell 1r at Tashkent (l. Zvonareva) and Tianjin (l. Sharapova) During North American hard court season, made 1r exits at Toronto (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) and US Open (l. Kozlova). Fell during qualifying at Cincinnati and New Haven After Wimbledon, made brief return to clay, bookending her fourth career title at Bucharest (d. Goerges in F) with 1r exits at $100k ITF/Budapest HUN (l. Kuzmova) and Bastad (l. Garcia). In Bucharest, also won fifth doubles title of career, w/olaru On grass, fell 2r at Wimbledon (l. Konjuh) and finished R Up at $100k ITF/Southsea GBR (l. Maria) Highlight of clay court season were SF showing at Istanbul (l. Mertens) and QF at Charleston (l. eventual champion Kasatkina). Also reached R16 at Madrid (l. Bertens) and fell 1r at Rabat (l. Maria), Rome (l. Sevastova) and Roland Garros (l. Duque Mariño) Charleston run included back to back wins for the first time since winning Florianopolis title in August 2016 In April, helped Romania to Fed Cup play off win over Great Britain (d. Watson in sole singles rubber) Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Arruabarrena) and reached 3r at Indian Wells after 1r bye, d. Chirico then fell to No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kasatkina) and Sydney (l. Kuznetsova) before 2r appearance at Australian Open (l. Kr.Pliskova) Following Australian swing, went on a four match losing streak, posting 1r loss at St. Petersburg (l. Petkovic), losing singles rubber representing Romania in Fed Cup vs. Belgium (l. Mertens) before back to back 1r exits at Doha (l. Kasatkina) and Dubai (l. Sevastova) Grand Slam History Made Grand Slam debut at 2011 Roland Garros, reaching 2r (d. Rezai, l. Kuznetsova) Following 2017 US Open, has now contested 25 Grand Slam main draws, with best result R16 showings at 2015 Australian Open (l. Bouchard) and 2016 Roland Garros (l. Rogers) Also made 3r at Wimbledon in 2015 and 2r at US Open in 2012 and 2014

11 Career Finished 2016 at a career high No.29, posting new best ranking at No.22 (week of August 22, 2016) Season highlight was equaling best Grand Slam result at 2016 Roland Garros by reaching R16 (l. Rogers) also advanced to R16 at 2015 Australian Open (l. Bouchard). With Halep also reaching R16 at 2016 Roland Garros, was first time since 1997 two Romanian women reached R16 at Paris since 1997 (Spirlea and Dragomir) After clinching third WTA singles title at 2016 Florianopolis in July (d. Babos in final), did not surpass the 2r for the rest of the season (eight tournaments); owns 4 3 record in finals Represented Romania at 2016 Rio Olympics, making 1r exits in singles (l. Hibino) and doubles (w/niculescu, l. Chan/Chan) Other notable results in 2016 included SF at Rome (l. S.Williams), QF at Charleston (l. Kerber) and QF at Madrid (l. Halep) In run to QF at Madrid was one of four Romanians for reach QF which was first time this had occurred at a Premier Mandatory event (also Halep, Cirstea and Tig). Secured two milestones during Madrid: career best win vs. No.4 Muguruza, and 300th match win of career (all levels) with R16 defeat of McHale Currently the No.4 ranked Romanian behind Halep, Cirstea and Niculescu of four in Top 100 (as at August 7, 2017) Owns a 5 23 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.9 Wozniacki (2012 US Open), No.9 Kerber (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Madrid), No.6 Azarenka (2016 Rome), No.8 Bencic (2016 Birmingham via ret.) Posted fourth non consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016 (at No.29) a career best year end ranking Won maiden singles title at 2012 Tashkent and is a three time runner up: 2011 Marbella, 2011 Budapest, and at Premier level 2014 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F) Owns five WTA doubles titles from nine finals, most recently at 2017 Bucharest (w/olaru) Struggled with right shoulder injury in 2013 first felt pain at 2013 Australian Open and missed three months of action; says confidence as well as ranking suffered Won 11 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2011 (media vote) Other Information Coached by Artemon Apostu Started playing tennis at age 3 with aunt, who was a coach Did gymnastics and played handball when younger Idol growing up was Martina Hingis

STUTTGART - GERMANY Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2018 $816,000 PREMIER

MATCH NOTES STUTTGART - GERMANY Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2018 $816,000 PREMIER DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) vs. MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #18) Head to Head: First meeting DARIA KASATKINA 14 9 07-05-1997 (20) $1,196,990