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1 MATCH NOTES: BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC STANFORD, CA, USA JULY 31-AUGUST 6, 2017 USD $776,000 PREMIER EVENT WTA Website: Tournament Website: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta facebook.com/botwclassic Estelle LaPorte Alex Prior BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC DAY 4 FEATURED MATCHES KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #111) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) Series tied 2-2 ALISON RISKE (USA #46) vs. [4] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) Riske leads 3-1 [6] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #24) vs. NICOLE GIBBS (USA #128) Vandeweghe leads 1-0 [8] CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #44) vs. [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #85) Bellis leads 1-0 (first meeting at main draw, tour level) PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN SINGLES USD $ RANK RANK DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 132, Winner 41, Runner-Up 70, Runner-Up 22, Semifinalist 38, Semifinalist 12, Quarterfinalist 22, Quarterfinalist 6, Round of 16 11, Round of 16 3,350 1 Round of 32 7,225 1 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #111) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) Head to Head: Series tied OLYMPICS GRASS O R1 PETRA KVITOVA mins 2010 MOSCOW HARD I R1 KATERYNA BONDARENKO (7) mins 2010 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 KATERYNA BONDARENKO mins 2008 STRASBOURG CLAY O R1 PETRA KVITOVA mins KATERYNA BONDARENKO (30) $273,014 $3,340,604 0 / 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) STANFORD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * PETRA KVITOVA (27) $301,021 $23,192,717 1 / 20 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 3-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 8-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / * Updated entering 2017 Stanford 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #111) R32: d. FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #71) 6-3,6-4 (1h28) vs. [2] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) R32: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER STANFORD Tournament History * Qualifying match KATERYNA BONDARENKO 2016 R1 L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #156) R1 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) R16* W - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #141) R1* W - CAROLINE DOYLE (USA #9,999) R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #32) R1 W - ASHLEY HARKLEROAD (USA #72) R1* L - LIOUDMILA SKAVRONSKAIA (RUS #135) BONDARENKO: Stanford Making fourth main draw appearance at Stanford (and fifth overall) Is into 2r for second time, having also reached this stage in 2008 (l. Cibulkova). Fell 1r in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina) and 2016 (l. U.Radwanska) Turns 31 next week; only thirtysomething left in the draw following Sharapova's withdrawal on Wednesday Defeated Schiavone in 1r to register first tour level win since Rabat in early May; bidding to reach first QF since 2015 Tokyo [Japan Open] Faces No.14 Kvitova today; owns a record against Top 20 players, with most recent win (in a completed match) coming against No.14 Kuznetsova at 2016 Eastbourne Season Sole grass court appearance was 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Wickmayer) During clay court season, reached 2r at Charleston (l. Bertens) and Rabat (l. Davis). Made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic) In only other outings of the spring, reached QF at WTA 125K Series at Bol (l. Minella) and lost in qualifying at Stuttgart, Madrid, Rome and Nürnberg Also reached 2r at Miami (l. Lucic Baroni), while suffered 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Wang) and Acapulco (l. Goerges) Only back to back main draw wins in 2017 came during R16 run at Dubai (l. Wozniacki). 1r win over Sabalenka was first in main draw in 2017; advanced to 2r after No.5 seed Muguruza retired with left ankle injury Opened season at Brisbane (as LL, l. Vinci in 1r in 3s) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. McHale in 1r in 3s), before falling 1r at Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 Australian Open (l. Garcia). Fell in qualifying at Doha Posted sixth non consecutive Top 100 season in 2016, at No.72 and passed $3 million in career prize money Played all four Grand Slams in 2016, for first time since 2012 Aside from 3r run at 2016 Australian Open, season highlights included reaching R16 at Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. S.Williams) and 3r at US Open (l. Sevastova) and Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Cibulkova) Runner up in doubles at 2016 New Haven (w/chuang) first tour level final of any kind since 2011 Hobart Grand Slam History At 2009 US Open became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Grand Slam (since matched by Svitolina at 2015 and 2017 Roland Garros) Additionally has made 3r at Australian Open (2009 and 2016), Roland Garros (2009), Wimbledon (2011) and US Open (2016) Upon return to tour, fell in qualifying at Roland Garros, and 2015 Australian Open and Wimbledon, before winning her way through to main draw at 2015 US Open (d. Putintseva, l. Halep in 2r) Improved further in 2016, with 3r runs at Australian Open (upset Kuznetsova in 2r, l. Bencic) and US Open (l. Sevastova) Career Owns eight wins vs. Top 10 players; over No.5 Ivanovic (2007 Stuttgart), No.10 A.Radwanska (2009 Australian Open), No.3 V.Williams (2009 Toronto), No.4 Dementieva (2009 Tokyo), No.9 Li (2010 US Open), and No.10 Errani (2012 's Hertogenbosch), No.7 Vinci (2016 Roland Garros) and No.7 Muguruza (via ret. at 2017 Dubai) 2015 US Open marked first Grand Slam appearance since 2012 US Open (l. Jankovic 1r) immediately after that event took time away from tour to give birth to daughter Karin, who arrived in 2013 Season highlights in 2015 included reaching two QF at Istanbul, upsetting V.Williams in 1r (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. eventual champion Wickmayer) Won her way through qualifying at 10 events in 2015 and seven in 2016 Nominated for WTA Comeback Player Award in 2015 (media vote; won by V.Williams) Made return to tour in April 2014 (fell in qualifying at Katowice) Achieved career high rank of No.29 in October 2009 Currently Ukrainian No.3, behind Svitolina and Tsurenko (week of July 31, 2017) Won sole WTA singles title on grass at 2008 Birmingham (d. Wickmayer in F) Winner of three doubles titles, all w/a.bondarenko 2008 Australian Open, 2008 Paris [Indoors] and 2009 Prague and a four time runner up Junior singles champion at 2004 Wimbledon (d. Ivanovic in final) Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, , Was a member of the team that helped secure promotion to World Group for first time in 2010

5 Other Information Throughout career coached by parents, Vladimir and Natalia Older sisters, Alona and Valeria, are both former professional players Married Kiev businessman Denis Volodko, who is also her full time coach, on 29 September 2011 KVITOVA: Stanford Making debut at Stanford (main draw or qualifying) One of three wildcards at Stanford this year (also Liu, l. Gibbs in 1r, and Sharapova, withdrew w/left arm injury) After 1r bye, faces Bondarenko today; has 2 2 record against the Ukrainian, winning the most recent at 2012 Olympics Season Playing in fourth event of 2017 required extensive surgery on left hand after a knife attack in her home on December 20, 2016; remains subject of a police investigation in Czech Republic At Wimbledon fell in 2r (d. Larsson in 1r, l. Brengle in 3s) Withdrew from Eastbourne due to abdominal injury In second tournament of season, clinched 20th singles title at Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Is now joint fifth with 20 on the list of among active players for most title wins, behind S.Williams (72), V.Williams (49), Sharapova (35), Wozniacki (25), and tied with Azarenka and A.Radwanska 2017 Birmingham marked her first final on grass since winning Wimbledon in Record in tour level singles finals now stands at 20 7 Has won at least one title every year on tour since 2011; only S.Williams (since 2007) has a longer active streak (Wozniacki has won a title every year since 2008, but is yet to capture one in 2017) Defeated fellow Czechs Smitkova (1r) and Safarova in SF en route to Birmingham title is currently now on a 22 match win streak vs. fellow Czechs, and overall is 27 3 in tour level main draw matches against her countrywomen. Her only losses have come to Hradecka (2012 Madrid), Strycova (2011 Indian Wells) and Benesova (2010 Barcelona) Birmingham was her 27th tour level singles final, moving her joint eighth on the list among active players: PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL SINGLES FINALS 1) Serena Williams 92 2) Venus Williams 82 3) Maria Sharapova 58 4) Caroline Wozniacki 45 5) Svetlana Kuznetsova 40 =6) Victoria Azarenka 36 =6) Jelena Jankovic 36 7) Agnieszka Radwanska 28 =8) Patty Schnyder 27 =8) Petra Kvitova 27 9) Angelique Kerber 26

6 Made 2017 season debut at Roland Garros (d. Boserup in 1r, l. Mattek Sands in 2r) During time away from tennis this year, enrolled in a communications and social media course at the University of Jan Amos Komensky. Also enjoyed time with her family and school friends, spent time in Monaco, trained at Club La Santa in Lanzarote twice and played chess with her coach Jiri Grand Slam History Winner of two Grand Slam titles, both at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) With 2011 victory, was the first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros) 2017 Wimbledon marked 36th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slams results include two SF showings at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF at 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva) Career Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes Won two WTA singles titles last season (2016), at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F) Defeated five Top 20 players en route to the 2016 Wuhan title: No.18 Svitolina (2r), No.1 Kerber (R16), No.13 Konta (QF), No.5 Halep (SF) and No.12 Cibulkova (F). Defeat of Kerber at Wuhan improved career record vs. reigning No.1s to 4 4. Wins have come over Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid ending the American s 27 match winning streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan) Also finished R Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F). Record in WTA singles finals stands at 20 7 Was part of Czech Republic team to defend Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia, d. Mladenovic, then teamed w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last six years, and three in a row, although saw their reign ended by USA in the 2017 semifinals Contested Rio Olympics at beginning of August 2016, winning the bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play off) 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). 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 match wins from ascending to No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) Lost status as top ranked Czech to Ka.Pliskova in August 2016 for the first time since 2011

7 Other Information A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport Parents, Jiri and Pavla, plus her brothers, Jiri and Libor attended first match here at Roland Garros 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

8 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER ALISON RISKE (USA #46) vs. [4] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) Head to Head: ALISON RISKE leads BEIJING HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE 7-6(4) mins 2014 MOSCOW HARD I R16 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA mins 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 ALISON RISKE mins 2014 HOBART HARD O R1 ALISON RISKE mins ALISON RISKE (27) $478,051 $2,521,287 0 / 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) STANFORD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (26) $885,826 $7,445,282 2 / 10 1 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 16-7 / / 9-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / / 4-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-4 / * Updated entering 2017 Stanford 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND ALISON RISKE (USA #46) R32: d. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #86) 6-2,6-4 (1h30) vs. [4] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) R32: BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER STANFORD Tournament History * Qualifying match ALISON RISKE 2016 SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) (2) QF W - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #35) R16 W - ANA BOGDAN (ROU #135) R1 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #52) (4) 2015 QF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) R16 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #10) R1 W - TATJANA MARIA (GER #65) R16* L - MASHONA WASHINGTON (USA #314) R1* W - MARIE-ÈVE PELLETIER (CAN #396) RISKE: Stanford Making third main draw appearance at Stanford (and fourth overall). Reached SF in 2016 (l. V.Williams) and QF in 2015 (l. Svitolina). Fell in qualifying in 2010 In 1r against Linette, reeled off final four games to complete victory Faces No.18 Pavlyuchenkova today; owns record against Top 20 players (2 4 in 2017), most recently defeating No.14 Mladenovic last month in 2r at Wimbledon One of 11 Americans in the main draw at Stanford this week; also this number in 2016 before that, had not been this many since 2004 tournament Season Coming off 3r showing at Wimbledon (upset No. 12 seed Mladenovic in 2r, l. Vandeweghe) Prior to Wimbledon, made three consecutive 2r exits on grass, starting with Nottingham (l. Rybarikova), Birmingham (l. Muguruza) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Clay season ended with 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Strycova), after a QF run at Nürnberg (l. Bertens). Reached 2r at Charleston (l. Gavrilova), Rabat (l. Errani), Madrid (l. Kuznetsova) and fell 1r at Rome (l. Jankovic) Achieved a career high singles ranking of No.36 after Madrid (on May 15, 2017) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

10 Defeat of Day in 1r at Charleston snapped three match losing streak, following 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Vekic) and Miami (l. Goerges), and 2r defeat at Dubai (d. Vandeweghe in 1r, l. Sevastova) In February, represented USA in Fed Cup World Group 4 0 win over Germany in Hawaii, going 1 0 in singles (d. Petkovic). Posted 3r run at Australian Open in January (l. Cirstea); equaled best result in Melbourne having also reached 3r in 2014 (l. Kerber) Opened 2017 by reaching fifth career WTA singles final at Shenzhen (l. Siniakova) Grand Slam History 2017 Wimbledon marked 22nd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result across all majors is a R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) Has reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 (l. Kerber) and Wimbledon ( , 2017) Best run at Roland Garros is 2r on debut in 2014 (l. Mladenovic) Career Owns a 1 4 record in WTA singles finals, in addition to 2017 Shenzhen, finishing R Up at 2016 Shenzhen (l. A.Radwanska), Nottingham (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Tianjin (l. Peng). Sole title came at 2014 Tianjin (didn t drop a set en route (d. Bencic in F) Ended 2016 at a career best No.41, up from No.97 in 2015 Owns lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents (2 4 record in 2017), with wins over No.16 Wickmayer (2010 Birmingham), No.10 Kvitova (2013 US Open), No.12 Pennetta (2014 New Haven), No.12 Errani (2014 Wuhan), No.13 Bacsinszky (2015 Toronto), No.10 Suárez Navarro (2015 Stanford), No.17 Pavlyuchenkova (2016 Beijing), No.8 Kuznetsova (2016 Tianjin), No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Shenzhen) and No.14 Mladenovic (2017 Wimbledon) Made Fed Cup debut in 2014 in World Group QF against Italy, playing singles (l. Knapp); also partnered S.Williams in 2015 World Group play off vs. Italy (l. Errani/Pennetta) Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2013 marked by first year end Top 100 finish (No.57) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston Winner of seven singles and one doubles title on ITF Women s Circuit Other Information Started playing tennis at 3, after being inspired by older siblings (Sarah and Daniel) Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University in summer 2009; after good results and finding financial backing decided to play on WTA Engaged to Stephen Amritraj Coached by Yves Boulais

11 PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Stanford Making debut appearance at Stanford (main draw or qualifying) After receiving 1r bye, faces No.46 Riske today. Last four losses on tour have come at hands of lower ranked players: No.97 Cepede Royg (Roland Garros), No.54 Goerges (Mallorca), No.126 Watson (Eastbourne) and No.166 Ar.Rodionova (Wimbledon) Only Russians remaining in main draw, following 2r defeat for Vikhlyantseva and withdrawal of Sharapova. The only Russian to win Stanford was Anna Chakvetadze in 2007 Season Coming off 1r exit at Wimbledon, where she lost to No.166 Ar.Rodionova fourth loss to player outside Top 100 in 2017 following No.171 Jabeur (Dubai), No.158 Mattek Sands (Miami) and No.126 Watson (Eastbourne) Prior to Wimbledon, made 2r exit in grass court opener at Mallorca (l. eventual R Up Goerges) and fell R16 at Eastbourne (l. Watson) Ended clay court season by falling 2r at Roland Garros (l. Cepede Royg). Earlier, reached 3r at Rome (l. Halep) and made 1r exit at Madrid (l. WC Cirstea) Posted a 10 match winning streak by clinching back to back titles at Monterrey (d. Kerber in F) and Rabat (d. Schiavone in F) Sunshine Double results include QF run at Indian Wells (d. No.5 Cibulkova before falling to countrywoman Kuznetsova) and 3r exit at Miami (l. Mattek Sands) During Middle Eastern swing, fell 2r in Doha (l. Cibulkova) and 1r at Dubai (l. Jabeur) Posted QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual finalist V.Williams) Opened 2017 season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. Goerges) before making QF run at Sydney (d. Stosur and defending champion Kuznetsova en route, l. Bouchard) Won fifth career doubles title at Sydney (w/babos); first doubles title since winning 2013 Madrid (w/safarova); now 5 2 in doubles finals Grand Slam History Completed a complete set of career Grand Slam QFs by reaching this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. V.Williams) Had previously reached last eight at 2011 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone), 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Made Grand Slam debut at 15 year old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova )

12 Career Posted ninth successive Top 50 season in 2016; fourth Top 30 season in a row, at No.28. Has one Top 20 season finish, in 2011 (at No.16) In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) 1r win at 2016 Madrid snapped five match losing streak that began in QF at Acapulco At the Slams, besides Wimbledon QF, fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Davis), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kuznetsova) and 3r at US Open (l. eventual finalist Ka.Pliskova) Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r Ten time WTA singles champion, at 2010 Monterrey (d. Hantuchova in F), 2010 Istanbul (d. Vesnina in F), 2011 Monterrey (d. Jankovic in F), 2013 Monterrey (d. Kerber in F), 2013 Oeiras (d. Suárez Navarro in F), 2014 Paris [Indoors] (d. Sharapova in F), 2014 Moscow (d. Begu in F), 2015 Linz (d. Friedsam in F), 2017 Monterrey (d. Kerber in F) and 2017 Rabat (d. Schiavone in F). Also a five time runner up, most recently at 2015 Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Now owns a record vs. Top 5 ranked players, with wins against No.3 Jankovic (2009 Indian Wells), No.3 V.Williams (2009 Tokyo [PPO] and 2009 Beijing in back to back weeks), No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Roland Garros), No.5 Kerber (2012 Brisbane), No.5 Sharapova (2014 Paris [Indoors]), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Eastbourne), No.4 A.Radwanska (2016 Montréal), No.5 Cibulkova (2017 Indian Wells) and No.1 Kerber (2017 Monterrey) Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow As well as twice winning the girls singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title (d. Paszek in F) and was runner up at 2006 Roland Garros (l. A.Radwanska) and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles titles Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion Other Information Introduced to tennis at age six by family Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high level basketball referee; father was Olympic level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer Coached by Simon Goffin. Previously coached by father, Sergey and brother, Aleks

13 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER [6] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #24) vs. NICOLE GIBBS (USA #128) Head to Head: COCO VANDEWEGHE leads STANFORD HARD O R16 COCO VANDEWEGHE mins COCO VANDEWEGHE (25) $1,268,484 $4,448,284 0 / 2 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) STANFORD 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) * NICOLE GIBBS (24) $168,054 $1,267,002 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / 5-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 2-8 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) * 0-2 / 0-9 * Updated entering 2017 Stanford 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [6] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #24) R32: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #228) 6-2, Ret'd (0h31) vs. NICOLE GIBBS (USA #128) R32: d. CLAIRE LIU (USA #295) 4-6,6-2,7-6(5) (2h18) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

14 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER STANFORD Tournament History * Qualifying match COCO VANDEWEGHE 2016 QF L - ALISON RISKE (USA #78) R16 W - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #71) R1 BYE 2014 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #8) 7-6(4) R1 W - KRISTIE AHN (USA #912) R16 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #32) R1 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #47) QF* W - SHARON FICHMAN (CAN #119) R16* W - GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN #207) R1* W - RAQUEL ATAWO (USA #9,999) F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) SF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #37) QF W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #57) R16 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #20) R1 W - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #92) R16* L - NOPPAWAN LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA #174) NICOLE GIBBS 2016 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #35) R1 W - CAROL ZHAO (CAN #346) R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) (5) R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #36) R16* W - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #125) R1* W - TAYLOR L DAVIDSON (USA #0) R16 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #29) (5) 6-3 R1 W - KIKI BERTENS (NED #67) R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) R1 W - NOPPAWAN LERTCHEEWAKARN (THA #174) R16* L - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #163) R1* W - AHSHA ROLLE (USA #251) R16* L - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #158) R1* W - BEATRICE CAPRA (USA #373) R1* W - SIMONE KALHORN (USA #1,066) R1 L - REBECCA MARINO (CAN #41) VANDEWEGHE: Stanford Making sixth appearance at Stanford. Achieved best result here in 2012 when, as a qualifier, she advanced to final, finishing runner up to S.Williams. Advanced to QF in 2016 (ret. vs. Riske w/right ankle injury) and reached 2r twice ( ). Fell 1r on debut in 2011 Enters Stanford in ninth place on list of aces served so far in from 27 matches (does not include four Fed Cup matches) and leads the WTA for percentage of points won on first serve: 74.2% (followed by new World No.1 Ka.Pliskova on 72.5%) Served three more aces in 1r before opponent, Tomljanovic, retired with a right shoulder injury at end of first set In 2r faces fellow American Gibbs, whom she beat at the same stage of last year s tournament Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

15 Season Playing first tournament since run to QF at Wimbledon (l. No.87 ranked Slovak Rybarikova), where she upset world No.6 Wozniacki in R16. Was her second QF at the All England Club also 2015 (l. Sharapova) After upset of Wozniacki, now owns lifetime record against Top 10 players (4 2 in 2017); other wins this season came against No.1 Kerber and No.7 Muguruza en route to SF at Australian Open and No.7 Konta at Birmingham In other two grass court events earlier this summer, reached QF at Birmingham (l. Muguruza) and opening match loss at s Hertogenbosch as defending champion, l. No.66 Witthoeft In opening match at Birmingham, defeated countrywoman McHale in straight sets. Win snapped three match losing streak, starting with QF loss at Madrid, where she reached first Premier Mandatory QF of career (l. eventual champion Halep), followed by 1r exits at Roland Garros (l. Rybarikova, then ranked No.192) and s Hertogenbosch (l. Witthoeft) After Madrid, posted new career high ranking of No.19 on May 15, 2017 Helped USA advance to this year s Fed Cup final, defeating reigning champions Czech Republic. Vandeweghe went 2 0 in singles (d. Vondrousova, Siniakova) to set up showdown vs. Belarus in November Fed Cup wins ended a three match losing streak across Dubai (l. Riske in 1r), Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Safarova) and Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cepelova) In February, helped USA to Fed Cup World Group 4 0 win over Germany in Hawaii 2 0 in singles (d. Goerges, d. Petkovic) Reached first Grand Slam SF of career at 2017 Australian Open (l. V.Williams) in her 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Defeated No.1 Kerber in R16 at 2017 Australian Open her first win over a reigning No.1. Now 1 1 vs. No.1s (l. S.Williams at 2014 Miami) Opened 2017 season representing USA w/sock at Hopman Cup in Perth finished as runners up (l. France in F) Subsequently made 2r exit at Sydney (l. qualifier Duan) Grand Slam History 2017 Wimbledon marked 27th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, with career best result being SF run at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R Up V.Williams). Became the 21st unseeded player (and Lucic Baroni the 22nd at the same tournament) to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand Slam with 32 seeds) Defeated No.1 Kerber in R16 at Melbourne Park her first win over a reigning No.1. Now 1 1 vs. No.1s (l. S.Williams at 2014 Miami) At Wimbledon, reached QF in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and also 2015 (l. Sharapova) Has never been beyond 2r at either Roland Garros or US Open Career Posted third consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016, at No.37 same season ending rank as season highlights centered on grass court swing: won second career singles title at s Hertogenbosch (d. Mladenovic in F), SF at Birmingham (l. Strycova) and R16 at Wimbledon (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Also reached QF at 2016 Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Stanford (ret. vs. Riske)

16 In Grand Slam play in 2016, aside from Australian Open and Wimbledon, fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Begu) and 1r at US Open (l. Osaka) In doubles last season, won first career title from first final at Indian Wells (w/mattek Sands, d. Goerges/Pliskova in F) and was runner up at Cincinnati (w/hingis, l. Mirza/Strycova) Advanced to mixed doubles final at 2016 US Open (w/ram, l. Pavic/Siegemund) Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles (w/tecau, l. Vesnina/Soares) Competed in doubles at the Rio Olympics (w/mattek Sands); fell in 2r to eventual silver medalists Hingis/Bacsinszky Won first career singles title at 's Hertogenbosch in June 2014; with Keys also victorious at Eastbourne, marked first time two Americans won titles in the same week since February 2002 (V.Williams at Antwerp, Seles at Doha). Is 2 1 in career singles finals, having also won at s Hertogenbosch in Runner up at 2012 Stanford (as lucky loser, l. S.Williams) Member of US Fed Cup Team, 2010, Made WTA debut as wildcard at 2006 San Diego; recorded first WTA win (main draw or qualifying) at 2009 Los Angeles (d. Garbin in 1r, l. Pennetta) Winner of two singles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit As a wildcard, won 2008 US Open girls' singles title without dropping a set Other Information Father is Robert, mother's name is Tauna (represented USA at Olympics for swimming in 1976 and volleyball in 1984); grandfather's name is Ernie (played for New York Knicks in 1950s); uncle's name is Kiki (general manager of NBA team the Denver Nuggets and a former UCLA basketball player) Started playing tennis with her elder brother, Beau, at the age of 11. It was the last sport she played in her early years Teamed up with Pat Cash at the start of the grass court season; formerly coached by Craig Kardon

17 GIBBS: Stanford Making fifth main draw appearance at Stanford (and seventh overall) Before turning professional, studied at Stanford University, making WTA main draw debut here as wildcard in 2012 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Including this year, has advanced to 2r on four further occasions: 2013 (l. Hampton), 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2016 (l. today s opponent Vandeweghe). Fell in qualifying in 2010 and 2011 In 1r, recovered from 2 5 down in the third set to defeat wildcard Liu her first tour level win since the Australian Open Faces No.24 Vandeweghe today; only Top 100 win so far this season came over No.28 Babos at Australian Open One of 11 Americans in the main draw at 2017 Stanford; also this number as in 2016 before that, had not been this many since 2004 tournament Season Coming off SF at $25k ITF/Winnipeg CAN (l. Hibi) Prior to that was R Up at $25k ITF/Auburn, AL USA and won fifth ITF singles title of career, at $25k ITF/Baton Rouge, LA USA Through clay court swing, fell 1r at $100k ITF/Cagnes Sur Mer FRA, $100k ITF/Trnava 2 SVK and WTA 125K Series at Bol. Lost in final round of qualifying at Roland Garros Suffered opening round defeats at Indian Wells (l. Watson) and Miami (l. Witthoeft) Slipped from No.94 to No.119 (week of March 20, 2017), as points from 2016 Indian Wells R16 run fell off. Was first time out of Top 100 in WTA Rankings since February 29, 2016 (at No.104) Made consecutive 1r exits, at Taipei City (l. Jabeur), Acapulco (l. Parmentier) and Indian Wells (l. Watson) At 2017 Australian Open, posted joint best result at a Grand Slam by reaching 3r (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Also made 3r at 2014 US Open (as WC, l. Pennetta) Following loss to No.2 S.Williams, is still bidding for first win over Top 10 player, now going 0 6. Losses have come to No.4 S.Williams (2012 Stanford), No.5 Kvitova (2012 New Haven), No.4 Kvitova (2015 US Open), No.9 Kvitova (2016 Indian Wells), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Miami) and No.2 S.Williams (2017 Australian Open) Opened 2017 season with 1r exit at Auckland (l. Wozniacki) and subsequently fell 1r at Hobart (as LL, l. Petkovic) Career Posted second Top 100 finish in 2016 at No.76, up from year end No.121 in season highlights included reaching second WTA quarterfinal of career at Monterrey (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit) Maintained momentum through the Sunshine Double, reaching R16 at Indian Wells (as qualifier, d. No.24 Keys in 2r for best win by ranking of career to date; l. Kvitova) and 3r at Miami (l. Muguruza)

18 Reached 2r on five occasions in 2016: Shenzhen, Australian Open, Nürnberg, Stanford and US Open (l. Siegemund). Fell 1r on seven occasions, including Roland Garros (l. Watson) and Wimbledon (l. Flipkens), and in qualifying five times Successfully played her way through qualifying seven times across the 2016 season Owned 15 career WTA main draw wins prior to 2016 season; won 12 main draw matches in 2016 season alone Played main draw at all four Slams for first time in 2015, and played all four majors again in 2016 Achieved career high ranking of No.68 the week of July 25, 2016 Almost doubled career prize money in 2016, passing $1 million in earnings Made Top 100 debut September 22, 2014 after reaching career first quarterfinal at Seoul (l. Ka.Pliskova) Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2012 Stanford (l. S.Williams in 2r) Winner of five singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit Won her second consecutive NCAA singles title in 2013 as a junior at Stanford University, did not play her senior year; decided to turn professional in June 2013 Played first four WTA main draws in 2012, reaching 2r on two occasions Played first WTA qualifying event as a WC at 2009 Los Angeles Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007, when she won her first title Other Information Currently coached by Roger Smith, and father, Paul Gibbs, who introduced her to the sport when she was a toddler College tennis star at Stanford University; turned pro after collecting prize money at Wimbledon in 2013 As a collegiate sophomore, Gibbs was named 2012 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for tennis

19 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER [8] CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #44) vs. [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #85) Head to Head: First meeting (at tour level) CATHERINE BELLIS (18) $346,492 $729,014 0 / 0 0 / / / / / 11-9 WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) STANFORD 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) * VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (25) $330,135 $783,626 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / 3-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-1 / / 0-2 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / 3-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / 1-3 * Updated entering 2017 Stanford 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND [8] CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #44) R32: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #45) 6-3,6-2 (1h16) vs. [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #85) R32: d. KRISTIE AHN (USA #112) 2-6,7-5,6-1 (2h10) R2*: d. SACHIA VICKERY (USA #168) 6-3,4-6,7-5 (2h17) R1*: d. HAO-CHING CHAN (TPE #9,999) 6-3,6-2 (1h12) STANFORD Tournament History * Qualifying match CATHERINE BELLIS 2016 QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) R16 W - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #204) R1 W - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #38) VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG 2016 R1 L - NAO HIBINO (JPN #75) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

20 MATCH NOTES STANFORD - USA, CA Jul 31 - Aug 06, 2017 $776,000 PREMIER 2015 R1 L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #104) (3) BELLIS: Stanford Making third appearance at Bank of the West Classic. Best result was QF run in 2016 (l. eventual R Up V.Williams) Contesting first WTA event as a seeded player (No.8) this week. In 1r on Tuesday, broke serve four times to defeat Cornet in straight sets Faces qualifier Cepede Royg today; won their only previous meeting in the qualifying competition for 2015 Roland Garros One of 11 Americans in the main draw at 2017 Stanford; also this number in 2016 before that, had not been this many since 2004 tournament Is the youngest of two teenagers (also Konjuh, who faces Muguruza in QF) remaining in the draw Season Coming off 1r exit on Wimbledon debut (l. Azarenka in 3s) her first defeat at this stage of a major Only Wimbledon tune up event was Mallorca, where she reached SF (l. Goerges) Before this, made 3r at Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki). Was the third American since the turn of the 21st century to reach 3r at Roland Garros before turning 19 (also Harkleroad, 2003, and Townsend, 2014) Posted career high ranking of No.40 after Roland Garros (June 12, 2017); currently the youngest of three teenagers in Top 50 (also Konjuh and Osaka) Entered Paris after reaching 2r at Madrid (l. Cirstea) and Rome (as qualifier, l. Bertens) In only other outing on clay this year, reached QF at Rabat (d. defending champion Bacsinszky in 2r, l. Lepchenko) Made 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Flipkens in 3s) and Monterrey (l. Broady) Reached QF at Dubai (l. eventual R Up Wozniacki), scoring fifth, sixth and seventh wins vs. Top 50 opponents en route (d. No.27 Putintseva, No.41 Siegemund and No.6 A.Radwanska) Win over No.6 A.Radwanska in Dubai 3r marked first Top 10 win of career. Became the youngest player to defeat a Top 10 opponent since 2014 US Open (Bencic d. No.7 Kerber and No.10 Jankovic) and the youngest American to do so since 2009 Wimbledon (Oudin d. No.6 Jankovic). Now owns a 1 3 record against such players, with losses over No.1 S.Williams at 2015 Miami, No.7 V.Williams at 2016 Stanford and No.2 Kerber at 2016 US Open Missed Australian swing in 2017 with hip injury, making return by falling in qualifying at Doha Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

21 Grand Slam History 2017 Wimbledon marked fourth Grand Slam main draw appearance, having reached 2r at 2014 US Open (l. Diyas) and 3r at 2016 US Open (l. eventual champion Kerber), and 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki) At 2014 US Open, upset No.13 Cibulkova in 1r before falling to Diyas in three sets. At 15 years, 152 days, was the youngest player to win a match at US Open since Kournikova in 1996 (15 years, 93 days) In addition, 2014 US Open result made her the youngest Grand Slam main draw participant since Cornet at 2005 Roland Garros (15 years, 133 days), and youngest main draw participant at the US Open since 2004, when both Karatantcheva (15 years, 34 days) and Vaidisova (15 years, 141 days) qualified Career Finished 2016 at No.90 Ended 2016 strongly, a 15 match winning streak bringing titles at $50k ITF/Saguenay CAN, $50k ITF/Toronto CAN and WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (d. No.23 Zhang in F); made Top 100 debut on November 7, 2016 Reached career first tour level QF at 2016 Stanford (l. V.Williams). Also reached QF at Québec City (l. Boserup); in addition to US Open, Stanford and Québec City, other tour level event in 2016 came at Miami (l. Puig in 1r) On ITF Circuit, other highlights in 2016 included title at $25k ITF/Sumter, SC USA (d. Solovyeva in F) and a runner up finish at $25k ITF/Surprise, AZ USA (l. Loeb) Lifetime record vs. Top 50 players stands at 13 7, wins coming over No.26 Suárez Navarro (2017 Mallorca), No.49 Barthel (2017 Mallorca), No.46 Kr.Pliskova (2017 Mallorca), No.18 Bertens (2017 Roland Garros), No.26 Gavrilova (2017 Madrid), No.27 Bacsinszky (2017 Rabat), No.6 A.Radwanska (2017 Dubai), No.41 Siegemund (2017 Dubai), No.27 Putintseva (2017 Dubai), No.23 Zhang (2016 Honolulu), No.38 Ostapenko (2016 Stanford), No.32 Diyas (2015 Miami) and No.13 Cibulkova (2014 US Open) Ended 2015 at World No.248. Season highlight was reaching 3r at Miami (l. World No.1 S.Williams). Also granted wildcard into Stanford, falling 1r (l. Doi); broke Top 100 on November 7, 2016, finishing year at No ITF Junior World Champion; received award at ITF World Champions Dinner held during 2015 Roland Garros Made tour debut at $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe, CA USA in March 2014 Won notable junior titles in 2014, including the 50th Coffee Bowl, USTA International Spring Championships, Easter Bowl and 55 Trofeo Bonfiglio. Secured wildcard for 2014 US Open by winning USTA Girls 18s National Championship Winner of six singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Other Information Likes to be known as CiCi Born in San Francisco and resides in Atherton, CA. Was home schooled and is an only child Turned professional after 2016 US Open, forgoing the opportunity to attend Stanford University on a tennis scholarship Looks up to Kim Clijsters models her game style and fighting spirit after her Coached by Anibal Aranda

22 CEPEDE ROYG: Stanford Making second appearance at Stanford. Suffered 1r exit on debut in 2016 (l. Hibino) Came through two rounds of qualifying to reach main draw; as top seed, defeated H.Chan and then Vickery (saved 1mp) In 1r, came within a game of defeat before overcoming Ahn in three sets Faces No.44 Bellis today; owns 4 7 record against Top 50 players wins vs. No.39 Safarova and No.17 Pavlyuchenkova (both at 2017 Roland Garros), No.41 Siegemund (2016 Mallorca) and No.38 Vinci (2015 Rio de Janeiro) Is sole South American in main draw in Stanford; also one of two South Americans in Top 100 (also No.77 Haddad Maia) Season Last month made 1r exit on Wimbledon debut (l. Strycova) In other grass court events, fell 2r at Eastbourne (as LL, l. Vesnina) and 1r at Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Lepchenko) At Roland Garros, came through qualifying to reach R16 (l. Ka.Pliskova). Defeated Safarova in 1r, Pavlyuchenkova in 2r and Duque Mariño in 3r (was two points from defeat at 6 5 in second set, eventually winning 36 76(2) 63). Win over Duque Mariño was 300th career win (all levels) Victory over No.17 Pavlyuchenkova was career first win over a Top 20 ranked opponent (overall record now stands at 1 3). Before 2017 Roland Garros had only met six Top 50 players in entire career (2 4 record wins vs. No.41 Siegemund at 2016 Mallorca and No.38 Vinci at 2015 Rio de Janeiro) After Paris run, achieved career high ranking of No.78 (June 12, 2017) Rounded off Roland Garros preparations with runner up finish at $100k ITF/Trnava SVK (l. Vondrousova in F) Made 2r appearance at Bogotá (l. Larsson), where she reached third career doubles final (w/linette, l. Haddad Maia/Podoroska in F) Played first clay court event of 2017 at Charleston, falling in 1r (as qualifier, l. Rogers) in a third set tiebreak 6 7(1) (6); saved 3mp in qualifying match vs. Carreras at Charleston Made 2r run at Miami (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova) on Premier Mandatory main draw debut Suffered back to back qualifying losses at Indian Wells and Acapulco; advanced to the doubles final at Acapulco w/duque Mariño (l. Jurak/Rodionova) Started 2017 by reaching third career WTA QF, at Hobart (as qualifier, l. fellow qualifier Fett); also reached this stage at 2015 Rio de Janiero (l. Schmiedlova) and 2016 Mallorca (l. Flipkens) Grand Slam History Made Grand Slam debut by qualifying for 2015 Roland Garros (l. Razzano) Qualified for Roland Garros again in 2017, coming through qualifying to reach R16 (l. Ka.Pliskova). Defeated Safarova in 1r, Pavlyuchenkova in 2r and Duque Mariño in 3r (was two points from defeat at 6 5 in second set, eventually winning 36 76(2) 63)

23 Became the second Paraguayan woman ever to reach R16 at a Slam; the first was Rossana de los Ríos at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Marrero) Also reached 2r at 2016 Roland Garros and fell 1r at 2017 Wimbledon. Yet to make main draw bow at either Australian Open or US Open Career Finished 2016 at career best year end ranking of No.116 fourth Top 200 finish of career 2016 season is highlighted by QF appearance at Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Flipkens) and first tour level WTA title of any kind at 2016 Rio de Janeiro, winning the doubles (w/irigoyen); had previously won the doubles at WTA 125K Carlsbad (w/ce) in 2015 In 2016, advanced to 2r of main draw tour level events on four occasions Hobart (as qualifier, l. Cornet), Rio de Janeiro (l. Rogers), Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Florianopolis (l. Hibino) In 2015, qualified and went on to reach WTA career first QF at Rio de Janeiro (l. Schmiedlova) In 2014, achieved first tour level main draw win of career at Rio de Janeiro (d. Goncalves in 1r, l. Begu in 2r) Received a wildcard from the ITF to play the 2012 London Olympics (l. Lepchenko in 3s in 1r) Has contested four Grand Slam main draws. Made Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros in 2015 after qualifying on fourth attempt. Has yet to play main draw at the Australian Open or US Open, falling in qualifying at each On ITF Circuit, owns 14 singles and 21 doubles titles Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Paraguay in 2006 Paraguayan Fed Cup Team, , , 2017 Other Information Enjoys going to the cinema, spending time with family, and reading Admires Kim Clijsters and Roger Federer Considers herself an aggressive baseliner with a strong forehand Introduced to tennis by older brothers at age 5 Favorite surface is clay and favorite tournament is Roland Garros Coached by former WTA player Catalina Castaño