BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - DAY 5 QUARTER-FINALS

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1 MATCH NOTES: BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL BRISBANE, AUS DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 6, 2018 USD $1,000,000 WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/brisbanetennis WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon Darrelle Eng BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - DAY 5 QUARTER-FINALS Pat Rafter Arena ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #38) vs. [Q] ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #88) Sasnovich leads 1-0 Sasnovich bidding to become third qualifier/lucky loser to make Brisbane SF Cornet closing in on second final here Belarusian came from break down in 3rd set to win previous meeting at 2017 Miami [5] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #9) vs. [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) Svitolina leads 2-0 Doubles partners on Monday clash in third meeting of career Svitolina won previous encounter at 2016 Zhuhai with final set rally Ukrainian yet to drop set this week and aiming for third Brisbane SF [Q] KAIA KANEPI (EST #99) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) Pliskova leads 2-0 Only two former champions in the draw go head-to-head Last meeting on tour came nearly five years ago Kanepi bidding for fourth Top 5 win and first since 2011 Show Court 1 ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #53) vs. [7] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #16) Series tied 1-1 Players clash for the first time since splitting matches in back-to-back weeks in 2016 Krunic guaranteed Top 50 debut by reaching SF Sevastova attempting to reach second Premier SF on hard A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT PLAYER RANK AGE NAT BRISBANE (MD) W/L* CAREER W/L* CAREER PRIZE $^ [2] Karolina Pliskova 4 25 CZE ,835,391 9 [3] Elina Svitolina 6 23 UKR ,371,378 9 [5] Johanna Konta 9 26 GBR ,137,323 3 [7] Anastasija Sevastova LAT ,291,529 2 Alizé Cornet FRA ,885,479 5 Aleksandra Krunic SRB ,423,850 0 [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR ,037,170 0 [Q] Kaia Kanepi EST ,945,142 4 CAREER TITLES DOUBLES WATCH All seeds are still in contention, with Latisha Chan and Andrea Sestini Hlavackova playing their quarterfinal against Nadiia Kichenok and Anastasia Rodionova last up on Show Court 2 FROM THE PRESS ROOM Kids and even grown ups are telling me they are staying up at night and watching my matches! ~ Elina Svitolina on her dedicated fan base back in Ukraine ELSEWHERE ON TOUR Simona Halep guaranteed herself at least three more weeks as World No.1 taking her total to 16 by advancing to the Shenzhen Open quarter-finals. She will also be top seed at the Australian Open the first time she has enjoyed this honor at a Slam Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #38) vs. [Q] ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #88) Head to Head: ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH leads MIAMI HARD O R128 ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH mins ALIZÉ CORNET (27) $0 $5,885,479 0 / 5 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) BRISBANE 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) * ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH 88 9, (23) $0 $1,037,170 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 7-24 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) * 1-0 / 4-9 Rnd Result Duration R16 A. CORNET d. M. LUCIC-BARONI 6-1, mins * Updated entering 2018 Brisbane QF BRISBANE Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R16 A. SASNOVICH d. A. KONTAVEIT 1-6,7-6(2), mins R1 A. CORNET d. C. GARCIA 3-6,6-3, Ret'd 82 mins R1 A. SASNOVICH d. K. MLADENOVIC 1-6,6-3, mins R3* A. SASNOVICH d. P. MONOVA 3-6,7-5, mins R2* A. SASNOVICH d. I. WALLACE 6-3, mins R1* A. SASNOVICH d. J. BOSERUP 6-1, mins BRISBANE Tournament History * Qualifying match ALIZÉ CORNET 2017 F L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) SF W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) 4-1 QF W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) R16 W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #45) ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH 2017 R16* L - ASIA MUHAMMAD (USA #189) (5) R1* W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #97) R1* L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #146) R1 W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #16) (5) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER 2016 R16 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) R1 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #3) R1 W - BOJANA BOBUSIC (AUS #331) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 CORNET: Brisbane Making fourth appearance at Brisbane Following two 2r exits here, in 2013 (l. S.Williams) and 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova), reached final on last outing in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Was only final of 2017, and first at WTA Premier level since 2014 Dubai (l. V.Williams). Record in WTA singles finals stands at 5 6 Defeated three top 20 players en route to 2017 R-Up finish (No.16 Vesnina, No.5 Cibulkova, and No.7 Muguruza). Owns 14 Top 10 career wins others came over No.5 Kuznetsova (2008 Rome), No.8 Chakvetadze (2008 Rome), No.9 Halep (2014 Dubai), No.1 S.Williams (2014 Dubai), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice), No.1 S.Williams (2014 Wimbledon), No.1 S.Williams (2014 Wuhan), No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid), No.10 Suárez Navarro (2015 Toronto), No.8 Cibulkova (2016 Beijing), No.10 A.Radwanska (2017 Roland Garros) and No.8 Kuznetsova (2017 Wuhan) In 1r this year, advanced when countrywoman Garcia retired w/low back injury at start of third set Improved main draw career record vs. Croatian players to 7-1 in WTA main draw play after dispatching Lucic-Baroni in straight sets in 2r Takes on qualifier Sasnovich in today s QF action, looking to even up the head-to-head series after the Belarusian came from a break down in the final set to take their first meeting at 2017 Miami Opening 2018 season here in Brisbane. During Australian swing, will also be contesting Hobart (where she was champion in 2016) and Australian Open Career Ended 2017 at No.38, up from No.46 in Best year end ranking finish came at No.20 in 2014 Reached one final in 2017, at Brisbane (l. Ka.Pliskova). Other stand-out results last season included QF runs at Monterrey (l. Suárez Navarro), Guangzhou (l. Wickmayer), Moscow (l. Vikhlyantseva) and Wuhan (l. Sakkari) At 2017 Roland Garros made second visit to R16 (l. Garcia) at her home Slam (also 2015). Saved mp against Babos in 1r, before upsetting No.20 seed Strycova and No.10 A.Radwanska in 3r. Was one of three French women to reach R16 at 2017 Roland Garros (also Garcia and Mladenovic); this was most French women into the R16 at Roland Garros since 1994 (Pierce, Halard and Dechaume Balleret) Member of 2016 French Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final vs. Czech Republic in 2016 (l. Strycova) Did not play between 2016 Australian Open (l. Zhang in 2r) and 2016 Miami due to continuing back injury (bruised vertebrae). Had announced in February she would be out for six months, however, recovery was quicker than expected Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first time since May 2009; dropped out of Top 20 again after 2015 Dubai Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 S.Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Wuhan via ret.), No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid) and No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) Wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat the American in three straight meetings since Henin in 2007

5 Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria Three time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/king), 2015 Hong Kong (w/shvedova); owns a 3 3 record in doubles finals Member of French Fed Cup Team, ; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016 Made WTA debut at the age of 15 at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r Won 2007 Roland Garros girls singles (d. Duque Mariño in F) Grand Slam History Made Grand Slam and WTA main draw debut as a 15 year old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l. Mauresmo) Has the most Grand Slam appearances (47, including 2017 US Open) without reaching a quarterfinal of all current players Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner up Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia) Best showing at US Open is 3r ( , ) Other Information Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent) Coached by Thomas Leboulch SASNOVICH: Brisbane Making main draw debut at Brisbane after coming through three rounds of qualifying over the weekend (recovered from down to defeat Monova in final match) Had fallen in qualifying in previous two years One of two remaining qualifiers in draw, also Kanepi. Best result by qualifier here was Crawford s SF run in 2016 Contesting Brisbane ranked No.88, three places off career-high No.85 (June 19, 2017); by comparison was No.121 at the start of 2017 season By reaching the QF this week is projected to break into Top 80 for the first time Notched fourth career Top 20 win with 1r victory over No.11 Mladenovic Including the last round of qualifying, has now won three-consecutive three set matches after her 2r victory over Kontaveit A win today vs. No.38 Cornet would mark the Belarusian s 30th career main draw win on hardcourts Secured a three-set victory in their first encounter at 2017 Miami Open Best previous results at Premier-level tournaments were QFs at 2016 Tokyo [PPO] and 2017 Moscow After Brisbane, is scheduled to play Sydney (qualifying) and Australian Open

6 Career Posted career-best finish in 2017 at No.87 the first Top 100 finish of her career. Season highlights included SF run at 2017 Biel and QF appearance at Moscow Rose to career-high ranking of No.85 following 's-hertogenbosch (June 19, 2017) Played all three ties during Belarus run to its first Fed Cup final posted 5-1 record, including win over No.13 Stephens in final 2016 season highlighted by QF run at Tokyo [PPO] won three rounds of qualifying before defeating Wickmayer in 1r and No.6 Ka.Pliskova in 2r; lost to eventual finalist Osaka Ended 2015 season at No.103 for career best year-end finish 2015 highlight was reaching first WTA final, at Seoul (as qualifier, l. Begu) one of four qualifiers to reach a WTA final in 2015 (all finished R-Up) Made Top 100 debut on September 8, 2015 (after US Open; rose from No.120 to No.97) In 2014 season won 11th and most recent singles title on ITF Circuit. Also owns seven ITF doubles titles Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Brussels; made WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open Played first event of career at 2009 ITF/Minsk 2-BLR Grand Slam 2017 US Open marked 11th Grand Slam main draw of career Has made 2r at all of the majors, at Wimbledon twice, in 2015 (l. Diyas) and 2016 (l. Beck), 2016 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) 2017 Roland Garros (l. S.Zhang) and 2014 US Open (l. Wozniacki) Other information Joined this week in Brisbane by Igor Svetlakov. Coached by former ATP player Vladimir Voltchkov at National Academy in Minsk (but he does not travel with her father Aliaksander travels with her) For first time, trained at IMG Bradenton in the 2016 pre-season Started playing at age 9; introduced to sport by father Practiced Taekwondo for a couple of years when she was younger Speaks English, Belarusian, Russian and a little bit of French Dream is to win Wimbledon one day

7 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER [5] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #9) vs. [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #6) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads ZHUHAI HARD O SF ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2013 EILAT 2 HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA JOHANNA KONTA 9 9, (26) $0 $6,137,323 0 / 3 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) BRISBANE W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA 6 9, (23) $0 $7,371,378 0 / 9 0 / / / / / / 10-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 14-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / Rnd Result Duration R16 J. KONTA d. A. TOMLJANOVIC 4-6,6-1, mins * Updated entering 2018 Brisbane QF BRISBANE Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R16 E. SVITOLINA d. A. KONJUH 6-3, mins R1 J. KONTA d. M. KEYS 4-6,6-4, mins R1 E. SVITOLINA d. C. SUÁREZ NAVARRO 6-2, mins Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

8 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER BRISBANE Tournament History * Qualifying match JOHANNA KONTA 2013 R16* L - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #116) R1* W - MARÍA-TERESA TORRÓ-FLOR (ESP #98) ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) QF W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) R16 W - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #59) R1 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #32) SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) QF W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) R16 W - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #63) R1 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #48) R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) R1 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #54) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 KONTA: Brisbane Making main draw debut at Brisbane, having fallen in qualifying in Brisbane marks first tournament with new coach Michael Joyce, after amicable split with Wim Fissette in off season Posted a three set win over 2017 US Open R Up Keys in 1r action before backing it up with another three set victory over wildcard Tomljanovic in 2r Win over Keys broke five match losing streak carried over from 2017, which began at Cincinnati (l. Halep), then US Open (l. Krunic), Tokyo PPO (after 1r bye, l. Strycova), Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Niculescu) Faces off against her doubles partner, No.3 seed Svitolina in today s QF action The duo fell in 1r doubles play to Bertens/Schuurs The Brit is seeking her first victory over the Ukrainian after falling in their previous two meetings, including in the SF at 2016 Zhuhai when she led 3 1 in the final set A win today over No.6 ranked Svitolina would mark the 15th career victory over a Top 10 opponent for Konta; she posted four such wins in 2017, against No.3 A.Radwanska (Sydney), No.5 Halep (Miami), No.1 Kerber (Eastbourne) and No.2 Halep (Wimbledon) Opening 2018 season here in Brisbane, also playing Sydney (as defending champion) prior to Australian Open Career Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, finishing the year at career high No.9 Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017 Began season in great form and lifted 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). Had previously won one match from other five visits to All England Club, in 2016 (d. Puig, l. Bouchard in 2r) Reached third final of season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Overall record in finals now stands at 3 2 in addition, won first WTA title at 2016 Stanford (d. V.Williams in F) and finished R Up at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) 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, however withdrawal from Moscow handed spot to Garcia Overall record vs. Top 5 stands at 5 7; wins coming 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)

10 Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a match 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 Advanced to 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) Grand Slam History Made 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 Other Information Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after school care program 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 Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012 Tennis idol growing up was Stefanie Graf Currently coached by Michael Joyce, having parted ways with 2017 coach Wim Fissette at end of season Was recently nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017

11 SVITOLINA: Brisbane Making fourth appearance at Brisbane. Has reached SF on last two outings here, in 2015 (l. Sharapova) and 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova). Made 2r on Brisbane debut in 2015 (l. Jankovic) Has nine wins in Brisbane. Kanepi (11) is the only other player in this year s main draw with more wins to her name Posted two convincing straight sets wins over two Top 50 opponents to start her 2018 campaign after dispatching No.40 Suárez Navarro and No.44 Konjuh Matches up against her doubles partner, No.5 seed Konta, in today s QF action The Ukrainian owns a 2 0 mark vs. the Brit, with both wins coming on outdoor hardcourt Opening 2018 season here in Brisbane, which is her only tune up event before the Australian Open Career Enjoyed stand out 2017, finishing the year at a career high No.6, winning 5 titles (most on WTA) and posting the second most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season ending tournament in singles Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Is first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak last season, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2 0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kualua Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) losing to Muguruza in three sets. One of four players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia and Mladenovic). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On two occasions could have reached World No.1 spot needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage) Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8 1 (Wozniacki was 8 4) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova)

12 Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 21st Grand Slam main draw appearance, best results coming at Roland Garros with QF runs in 2015 (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 (l. eventual R Up Halep) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko); previous best result at All England Club was 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova) Elsewhere, has made 3r at the Australian Open ( , 2017) and R16 at US Open (2017) Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open) Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian; introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Currently working with Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes

13 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER [Q] KAIA KANEPI (EST #99) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads KATOWICE CLAY I R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2008 PRAGUE CLAY O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins KAIA KANEPI (32) $0 $4,945,142 0 / 4 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) BRISBANE W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * KAROLINA PLISKOVA 4 9, (25) $0 $10,835,391 0 / 9 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 3-18 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) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2018 Brisbane QF BRISBANE Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R16 K. KANEPI d. L. TSURENKO 6-4, mins R1 K. KANEPI d. D. KASATKINA 6-2, mins Rnd Result Duration R16 K. PLISKOVA d. C. BELLIS 6-1, mins R1 BYE - R3* K. KANEPI d. H. WATSON 6-4, mins R2* K. KANEPI d. S. TOMIC 6-1, mins R1* K. KANEPI d. K. BIRRELL 6-1, mins Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

14 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER BRISBANE Tournament History * Qualifying match KAIA KANEPI 2016 R16* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #89) R1* W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #200) (4) QF L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #7) R16 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #91) (3) R1 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #13) QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) R16 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #17) R1 W - ALEXANDRA PANOVA (RUS #135) (8) KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 F W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #41) SF W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #14) QF W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #18) R16 W - ASIA MUHAMMAD (USA #189) R1 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #33) R16 L - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #100) R1 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #42) (7) R1* L - OLGA PUCHKOVA (RUS #106) 7-6(6) 7-6(1) F W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #24) SF W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #11) QF W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #10) (7) R16 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) R1 W - ALEXANDRA PANOVA (RUS #121) R1 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #32) KANEPI: Brisbane Making fifth main draw appearance at Brisbane International (sixth overall) Former three-time quarterfinalist (2012, ) and hoisted the trophy in 2012 (d. Hantuchova in F) Has yet to drop a set this week, after battling through three rounds of qualifying and seeing off Kasatkina and Tsurenko in opening two main draw matches Win over Tsurenko was her 11th here in Brisbane, only three players have registered more wins at the tournament: PLAYER NAME WINS LOSSES WIN % Victoria Azarenka Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Andrea Petkovic Kaia Kanepi Angelique Kerber Faces Ka.Plsikova, the only other former Brisbane champion in the draw, today. Has not faces a Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

15 Top 10 player since losing to No.2 Sharapova at 2015 Roland Garros Owns three Top 5 wins across career: No.3 Jankovic (2009 Dubai), No.5 Jankovic (2010 US Open) and No.1 Wozniacki (2011 Tokyo [PPO]) Contesting Brisbane ranked No.99; by contrast started 2017 season ranked No.416 Also playing Sydney (qualifying) prior to competing at the Australian Open Career Battled through yet another injury-plagued season, finishing at No.100 in 2017 Season highlight was advancing to QF stage of 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys), also tacked on three ITF crowns in $25k Essen-GER, $15k Parnu-EST and $25k Nantes-FRA Holds many firsts for Estonia first Estonian to reach a WTA final (2006 Hasselt), first to reach a Grand Slam QF (2008 French Open), to crack Top 20 (February 2009), to win a WTA title (2010 Palermo) and to beat a reigning No.1 (Wozniacki at 2011 Tokyo PPO) Owns 10 career wins over Top 10 opponents Winner of four WTA singles titles: 2010 Palermo, 2012 Brisbane, 2012 Oeiras and 2013 Brussels; also a four-time runner-up Endured a career-low year-end 2016 ranking of No.302 due to being hampered by the Epstein-Barr virus and plantar fasciitis in both feet Lone main draw appearance of season was at Rabat; did not drop a set in three rounds of qualifying but fell in 1r to Kozlova Also in 2016, fell in qualifying at Brisbane (l. Bondarenko), Stuttgart (l. Giorgi) and Roland Garros (l. Cepede Royg) Played limited events on ITF Circuit, achieving QF finish at Padova (l. Soylu) and R16 effort at Brescia (l. Zanevska) Finished 2015 season on high note by winning ITF title at Bangkok (d. Schnyder); also produced QF finish at ITF in St Malo (l. Kasatkina) Fell at first hurdle at all Grand Slams in 2015 with exception of 2r finish at US Open (l. Svitolina) Started off 2015 campaign with QF appearance in Brisbane (l. Ivanovic) Advanced to QF stage four times in 2014 (Brisbane, Acapulco, Bastad and Seoul) and posted R16 finish at 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams) Battled injuries in 2013 missing first three months due to right Achilles injury and sidelined after Wimbledon until US Open due to a low back injury Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 37th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Has reached the last eight at Roland Garros (2008, 2012), Wimbledon (2010, 2013) and US Open (2010, 2017) At 2010 Wimbledon, became only sixth qualifier to reach Wimbledon QF

16 Other Information Over past two seasons, a combination of being diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus, otherwise known as precursor to mononucleosis, and developing plantar fasciitis in both feet, nearly led to the end of her career Started playing tennis at age 8 with parents and sisters Favorite surface is clay One of her sponsors is a leading provider of high quality mini-cruise and passenger services in Baltic Sea region In 2008, became godmother of a vessel named Superstar and was flown to Italy to bless it Currently coached by Alina Jidkova; started working with Jidkova ten days before qualifying at the 2017 US Open KA.PLISKOVA: Brisbane Making third main draw appearance at Brisbane, retuning in 2018 as defending champion (d. Cornet in 2017 final for loss of only three games). On other outings here, fell 2r in 2015 (l. Kudryavtseva) and lost in 2013 qualifying After 1r bye, hit 24 winners and won 90% of points on first serve during dominant victory over Bellis in first match of new season Faces No.99 Kanepi today. Won both their previous meetings, although most recent of these was nearly five years ago In 2017, suffered three defeats to players outside Top 50: No.79 Lucic-Baroni (Australian Open), No.99 Giorgi (Prague) and No.87 Rybarikova (Wimbledon) 2018 Brisbane marks first tournament with new coach Thomas Krupa Brisbane marks only tune-up tournament prior to 2018 Australian Open Career Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish. Year-end ranking has improved continuously for 12-straight seasons Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Is the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) Qualified for WTA Finals for second year-in-a-row, reaching SF stage (l. eventual champions Wozniacki) In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) Advanced to SF stage at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results matched her best result at a WTA Premier-Mandatory tournaments (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016). Also reached SF at 2017 Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Led the WTA in 2017 for aces served 452 from 68 matches. Also posted joint-second most match wins 53 (level with Svitolina, behind Wozniacki 60)

17 Holds a 9-10 record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2017 Eastbourne) Enjoyed a break-out year in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last seven Captured fifth career doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title Claimed status as Czech Republic s top-ranked player for first time in August 2016, overtaking Kvitova Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova) Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 22nd Grand Slam main draw appearance was seeded No.1 for the first time at the majors, reaching QF (l. Vandeweghe) Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F). Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American s 186-week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Furthermore, defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament Prior to 2016 US Open, was sole Top 20 player still to pass 3r at a major. Is one of nine players born in 1990s to reach major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens and Wozniacki) At Australian Open, best result came with QF run in 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni) while she has also achieved best result at Roland Garros that year, advancing to SF (l. Halep) In six Wimbledon appearances, has yet to make it beyond 2r Other Information Nominated for 2017 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated for the same award in 2016, in addition to WTA Most Improved Player in 2014 Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club Coached by Thomas Krupa. Had worked with Australian tennis legend Rennae Stubbs at 2017 Singapore. Parted ways with David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova, after 2017 US Open

18 MATCH NOTES BRISBANE - AUSTRALIA Dec 31 - Jan 06, 2018 $1,000,000 PREMIER ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #53) vs. [7] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #16) Head to Head: Series tied RABAT CLAY O R1 ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC mins 2016 ISTANBUL CLAY O R1 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA mins ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC 53 9, (24) $0 $1,423,850 0 / 0 0 / / / / 13-7 WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) BRISBANE W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 16 9, (27) $0 $3,291,529 0 / 2 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 2-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 2-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 6-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2018 Brisbane QF BRISBANE Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R16 A. KRUNIC d. G. MUGURUZA 5-7,7-6(3),1-2 Ret'd (cramp) 146 mins R1 A. KRUNIC d. C. WITTHOEFT 7-5,7-6(2) 101 mins Rnd Result Duration R16 A. SEVASTOVA d. S. CIRSTEA 6-2, mins R1 A. SEVASTOVA d. S. STOSUR 6-1, mins BRISBANE Tournament History * Qualifying match ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC 2017 R1 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #271) QF* W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #102) R16* W - LIZETTE CABRERA (AUS #216) R1* W - OCEANE DODIN (FRA #73) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

19 KRUNIC: Brisbane Making second appearance at Brisbane. As qualifier fell 1r in 2017 (l. Barty) Contesting Brisbane ranked at career-high No.53. Began last season down at No.141. By reaching the semifinals she would break the Top 50 for the first time Came from a break down in both sets to defeat Witthoeft in season opener on Sunday; was first main draw win of career on Australian soil Advanced to QF when top seed Muguruza retired w/cramping at start of third set. The Spaniard had led and came within two points of victory Now has three Top 10 wins also No.4 Kvitova (2014 US Open) and No.7 Konta (2017 US Open) Faces Sevastova today, whom she beat in their most recent encounter at 2016 Rabat Is only Serbian in main draw this week. Best result by a Serbian in Brisbane was Ivanovic s runner-up showing in 2015 After Brisbane, will play Sydney (qualifying) and Australian Open Career Regained Top 100 form for the second time in her career in 2017, finishing as Serbia s No.1 at No.55 rose to a career-high No.53 on October 9, Made one of the biggest rankings jumps on tour from the end of 2016, moving up 91 spots from No.146 Reached first tour-level final at 2017 Guangzhou (l. Zhang) and advanced to two quarterfinals during the season, at Tokyo and Tashkent Also added a title at WTA 125K Series event at Bol, Croatia (d. Cadantu in F) and was a finalist at $100k ITF/Manchester-GBR Scored second Top 10 victory of career over No.7 Konta in 1r of 2017 US Open (l. Goerges in 3r) also upset 2017 Roland Garros champion No.12 Ostapenko in 1r at Cincinnati (l. Suárez Navarro in 2r). Previous Top 10 win over No.4 Kvitova at 2014 US Open Passed $1 million career prize money milestone in 2016, playing a mix of WTA and ITF Circuit events best result was a quarterfinal appearance at Rabat Made first career Top 100 finish in 2015 at No.96 Owns two WTA doubles titles 2014 Tashkent (w/siniakova) and 2016 Rabat (w/knoll) Made WTA debut at 2011 Budapest and turned pro in 2009 Made WTA debut at 2011 Budapest Made ITF debut at $10k ITF/Prokuplje-SRB in 2008 (won tournament) On ITF Circuit, winner of nine singles titles and six doubles titles

20 Grand Slam History Best result across the Slams was breakthrough R16 run at 2014 US Open. As qualifier, defeated No.27 Keys and No.4 Kvitova before succumbing to Azarenka in three sets Is one of only nine qualifiers to make R16 or better in US Open history Defeat of Konta at 2017 US Open snapped four consecutive 1r exits at the Slams, 2015 US Open (l. Kovinic), 2016 Australian Open (l. Bouchard), 2016 Wimbledon (l. Niculescu) and 2016 US Open (l. Gibbs) 2017 US Open marked tenth time contesting the main draw of a Grand Slam has only progressed beyond 1r three times, at 2017 and 2014 US Open and making 3r at 2015 Wimbledon (d. No.35 Vinci and No.19 Errani, l. V.Williams) At Australian Open, has suffered 1r exits in and at Roland Garros lost opening match in 2015 Other Information Coached by Elise Tamaela Parents are Bratislav and Ivana (both work for an electrical appliances company); younger sister is Anastasia Started playing at age 3. Still considers Moscow her hometown but lives with her grandparents in Serbia Tennis idols growing up were Kim Clijsters and Mary Pierce Other interests include psychology and criminology; other hobbies include bowling, shopping and driving her car Favorite tournament is Baku; favorite Grand Slam is Australian Open SEVASTOVA: Brisbane Making debut appearance at Brisbane Dropped seven games across opening two matches fewest of any players who didn t receive a bye Faces Krunic today. Only previous meetings with the Serbian came back-to-back in 2016, winning at Istanbul before losing the following week at Rabat Began last year with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers) before going on to reach 3r at Australian Open After Brisbane, will also be contesting Sydney and Australian Open Career Posted first Top 20 season in 2017, finishing at No.16 and reaching a career-high singles rank of No.15 on October 23, 2017 Captured second career singles title and first in seven years at 2017 Mallorca (d. Goerges in F) Earned nearly half of career prize money in 2017 after reaching US Open QF for second consecutive year before advancing to SF of WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai In 2016, played first full season since 2012, reaching two singles finals at Mallorca (l. Garcia) and Bucharest (l. Halep), as well as first Grand Slam QF of career at US Open

21 Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries mostly muscular and back-related but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed During break from tennis studied leisure management Prior to break from tennis, won first singles title at 2010 Oeiras becoming first Latvian to win a WTA title in 17 years (since Savchenko at Schenectady in 1993) Made Top 100 debut on July 13, 2009 and Top 50 debut on October 11, 2010 Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles Member of Latvian Fed Cup Team , Currently the Latvian No.2, behind Ostapenko, of two in Top 100 (January 1, 2018) Grand Slam 2017 US Open marked 19th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Has reached QFs on two occasions, at US Open in 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. Stephens) In 2016, became first Latvian woman to reach a Grand Slam QF since Savchenko at 1994 Wimbledon (since joined by Ostapenko in 2017) Best result elsewhere is reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open, before her two-year absence from the game (l. Wozniacki) Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros; this was the first time a Latvian woman reached 3r in the Open Era (also eventual champion Ostapenko). Latvian-born Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 whilst representing the USSR Has won just one match in five visits to Wimbledon, reaching 2r in 2017 Other Information Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German Trains and resides in Vienna and coached by Ronald Schmidt Other sports interests are soccer and jet skiing