DAY 4: FEATURED MATCH-UPS

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1 MATCH NOTES: AEGON CLASSIC BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, GBR JUNE 19-25, 2017 USD $885,040 PREMIER EVENT WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/britishtennislta WTA Communications: Kate Goff Chris Whitmore DAY 4: FEATURED MATCH-UPS ANN JONES CENTRE COURT [Q] CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) vs. [2] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Svitolina leads 1-0 [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #14) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #45) First meeting [5] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #12) vs. ZHANG SHUAI (CHN #31) Series tied at 1-1 (Mladenovic leads 1-0 at tour level) COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) vs. [4] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) Konta leads 2-0 (first tour-level meeting) PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN SINGLES USD $ RANK RANK DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 153, Winner 45, Runner-Up 81, Runner-Up 24, Semifinalist 43, Semifinalist 13, Quarterfinalist 23, Quarterfinalist 6, Round of 16 12, Round of 16 3,675 1 Round of 32 6,023 1 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER [Q] CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) vs. [2] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads WUHAN HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA mins CAMILA GIORGI (25) $154,876 $2,205,514 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) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA (22) $1,823,376 $5,931,438 4 / 8 0 / / / / / / 4-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / / 2-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-1 / / 7-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-3 / Rnd Result Duration R1 C. GIORGI d. N. VIKHLYANTSEVA 6-3,7-6(4) 100 mins R3* C. GIORGI d. J. FETT 6-3, mins R2* C. GIORGI d. G. MIN 6-0,7-6(5) 80 mins R1* C. GIORGI d. E. APPLETON 7-5, mins * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham 2r BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R1 E. SVITOLINA d. H. WATSON 6-2,5-7, mins BIRMINGHAM Tournament History CAMILA GIORGI 2016 R1 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #55) R2 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #25) R1 W - KATY DUNNE (GBR #440) R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #89) 7-6(2) 6-3 ELINA SVITOLINA 2016 R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #15) R1 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #71) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 Giorgi: Making fourth appearance at Birmingham, entering 2017 main draw following three rounds of qualifying (d. Appleton, Min and Fett, without dropping a set) Best result here is reaching 2r in 2014 (d. Dunne, l. Flipkens). Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Vekic) and 2016 (l. Watson) In opening match, defeated Vikhlyantseva in straight sets Faces No.5 Svitolina today owns a 2 7 lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked players, defeating No.5 Sharapova (2014 Indian Wells) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Prague Coming off reaching 2r at 's Hertogenbosch (l. Witthoeft), where she lifted the only WTA title of career in 2015 Posted 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Dodin) Roland Garros marked 21st Grand Slam main draw, with best result at the majors being R16 runs at 2012 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. eventual R Up A.Radwanska) and 2013 US Open (as qualifier, l. Vinci) 2017 Birmingham marks just tenth tournament of the season, having suffered w/back injury throughout the year Opened season with strong SF run at Shenzhen (l. Riske), though followed this up with 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Bacsinszky). Fell in qualifying at Doha before losing 1r at Indian Wells (l. Larsson) Reached QF at Biel (l. Sasnovich), fell in qualifying at Stuttgart, made QF at Prague (l. eventual champion Barthel) and 2r exit at Strasbourg (l. Barty) During QF run at Prague, defeated No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 1r to record best win rankings wise of career Ended 2016 ranked No.83, highlight being R Up finishing at Katowice in April (l. Cibulkova) her third consecutive year finishing R Up at the indoor event. Was defeated by Schmiedlova in 2015 final, and Cornet in 2014 final having held match points. Also held match points in final at 2014 Linz, which she lost to Ka.Pliskova. Has a 1 4 record in WTA singles finals Scored back to back main draw wins only five times across 2016 Finished 2015 season with best year end ranking to date (No.34), up one place from No.35 in Season highlighted by winning her first WTA singles title at 's Hertogenbosch (d. Bencic in F) Served most double faults of any player on tour in in 46 matches Reached career high ranking of No.30 on July 27, 2015 Had never reached WTA QF prior to 2014; reached QF or better at seven events during that season Played first career professional tournament at 2006 ITF/Baku AZE Member of Italian Fed Cup Team,

4 Favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank Coached by father, Sergio Giorgi Svitolina: Making third appearance at Birmingham, and recorded her first win at the Aegon Classic with defeat of Watson in 1r on Monday Had previously fallen 1r on her debut in 2013 (l. Erakovic) and 2016 (l. Suárez Navarro) Win against Watson was only her fifth on grass at tour level since the 2014 season, previously defeating Nara and Flipkens (2014 's Hertogenbosch) Doi at 2015 Wimbledon and Broady at 2016 Wimbledon Faces Giorgi today, a qualifier last loss to a qualifier was at 2017 Madrid (l. Zhang) Coming off a QF run at Roland Garros (l. Halep, after holding mp in second set tie break); was her second QF appearance at the majors, also reaching that stage at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) Rose to a career high of No.5 following Paris performance (week of June 12, 2017), up from No.6 (first posted May 22, 2017) Owns the most match wins on WTA tour in 2017 (36 7 record, entering 2r at 2017 Birmingham) Entered Paris after winning fourth WTA singles title of 2017 at Rome (d. Halep in F). Defeated three Top 10 players en route to Rome title No.3 Ka.Pliskova, No.7 Muguruza (via ret.) and No.4 Halep. Owns a 5 1 record vs. Top 5 players this season, and overall in career, defeating No.4 Halep and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Rome), No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati) Currently sits No.3 on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard (June 19, 2017) the Top 8 singles and doubles teams qualify for the WTA Finals in October In addition to Rome title, also won titles this season at Taipei (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F) and Istanbul (d. Mertens in F) Prior to Rome, posted 1r exit at Madrid (l. Zheng) Opened clay season representing Ukraine in Fed Cup loss to Germany, going 1 1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) During North American hard court swing, made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) and posted opening match loss at Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.158 Mattek Sands) Loss to Muguruza ended 15 match winning streak. The longest winning streak since Azarenka s 16 matches in 2016, spanning Indian Wells to Rome last spring

5 Owns lifetime record vs. Top 10 players, defeating No.4 Halep, No.7 Muguruza and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Rome), No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.10 Konta (2016 Zhuhai), No.1 Kerber (2016 Beijing), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Tokyo [PPO]), No.1 S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Dubai), No.6 Safarova (2015 Cincinnati), No.9 Kerber (2015 Brisbane), No.8 Kerber (2014 Wuhan) and No.4 Kvitova (2014 Cincinnati) At Kuala Lumpur, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Hibino w/lower leg injury In February, made her Top 10 debut by lifting Dubai title (d. Wozniacki in F), becoming the first Ukrainian player to achieve the feat. Now owns a 8 2 record in singles final matches Lifted title in Taipei (d. Peng in F); in February followed this by winning both singles rubbers in Ukraine s Fed Cup win over Australia (vs. Barty and Gavrilova) Prior to Dubai, all five career singles titles were won at International level: 2013 and 2014 Baku (was only teenager to win a WTA singles title in 2013), 2015 Marrakech, 2016 Kuala Lumpur and 2017 Taipei Began 2017 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated world No.1 Kerber en route. Now owns three wins over No.1s, all within the past year: S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2016 Beijing and 2017 Brisbane). Was the only player to defeat both reigning No.1s in 2016 and is first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat a top ranked player Reached the 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season; currently at career high No.5 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, clinching fourth WTA singles title 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) Has made 19 Grand Slam main draw appearance, with best results coming in Paris with QF runs in 2015 and 2017 Elsewhere, has made 3r at the Australian Open ( , 2017) and US Open ( ), but progressed no further than 2r at Wimbledon ( ) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)

6 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, Roland Garros girls singles champion Currently working with Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Gabriel Urpi Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016

7 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #14) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #45) Head to Head: First meeting GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (23) $992,712 $11,075,877 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) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * ALISON RISKE (26) $340,243 $2,383,479 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 6-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 9-33 Rnd Result Duration R1 G. MUGURUZA d. E. KULICHKOVA 6-3,3-6, mins * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham 2r BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R1 A. RISKE d. D. VEKIC 6-2,7-6(2) 88 mins BIRMINGHAM Tournament History * Qualifying match Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

8 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2015 R1 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #59) R1 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #107) ALISON RISKE 2015 R1 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #43) (7) 2014 R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #19) 7-6(4) R2 W - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #117) 7-6(4) 6-1 R1 W - LYUDMYLA KICHENOK (UKR #172) 7-6(3) SF L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #60) QF W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #26) 7-6(2) R16 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #172) R2 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #29) R1 W - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #211) R2* W - GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN #254) R1* W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #159) R1 L - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #68) (2) R2* W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #169) R1* W - VLADIMIRA UHLIROVA (CZE #992) QF L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #28) R16 W - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #52) (6) 6-2 R2 W - SARAH GRONERT (GER #297) R1 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #137) SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #17) QF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #16) 6-7(5) R16 W - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #114) R2 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #50) R1 W - SANDRA ZAHLAVOVA (CZE #85) 7-6(5) R2* W - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #179) (3) 6-4 R1* W - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #150) Muguruza: Making third appearance at Birmingham; through to 2r for the first time Bidding to win back to back matches on grass for the first time since run to 2015 Wimbledon final (l. S.Williams); last summer on grass fell 1r at Mallorca (l. Flipkens) and 2r at Wimbledon (l. Cepelova) Playing first event since surrendering her Roland Garros crown (l. Mladenovic in R16). Has now reached R16 in Paris four times in a row; other results in Paris include title run in 2016 (d. S.Williams in F) and back to back QF in 2014 (d. No.1 S.Williams in 2r, l. eventual champion Sharapova) and 2015 (l. eventual R Up Safarova) After Roland Garros, dropped out of Top 10 for first time since the weeks of 2015 Wimbledon Arrived in Paris after SF run at Rome forced to retire vs. eventual champion Svitolina w/neck injury at 1 4 down Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 Suffered back to back opening match losses at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Kontaveit) and 1r exit in Madrid (l. Bacsinszky) On North American hard courts this spring, reached QF at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and was forced to retire w/heat related illness vs. Wozniacki in R16 at Miami In Middle Eastern swing, fell in 2r at Doha (l. Zhang) and Dubai (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Bondarenko w/left Achilles injury) Began 2017 season strongly with SF run at Brisbane ret. vs. Cornet trailing 4 1 (w/right thigh injury). Was first SF since Cincinnati last August (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and second since run to final at Roland Garros Followed this up by reaching QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) for first time after R16 efforts in 2014 and 2015 In February went 1 1 in singles during Spain s Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic (d. Strycova, l. Ka.Pliskova) Posted second Top 10 season finish in 2016, at No.7 Finished 2016 season with second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals in Singapore went 1 2 in round robin play and did not progress to SF. In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F) One of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur) Became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario defeated Seles in the Final. Also the 45th player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title One of three players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros) In other Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and fell 2r at both Wimbledon (l. qualifier Cepelova) and US Open (as No.3 seed, l. Sevastova) Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Rome (l. eventual R Up Keys was first time winning three consecutive matches since 2015 WTA Finals) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Made QF at Doha (l. Petkovic) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) and posted R16 results at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and Beijing (l. Kvitova) Represented Spain at Rio Olympics. Advanced to 3r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig ) and QF in doubles (w/suárez Navarro, l. eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina). Was due to play mixed doubles w/nadal, but the pair conceded a w/o in 1r match due to Nadal s ongoing participation in singles and doubles Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon l. S.Williams having defeated four Top 20 opponents en route: No.10 Kerber (3r), No.5 Wozniacki (R16), No.15 Bacsinszky (QF) and No.13 A.Radwanska (SF). Became first Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open has reached 2r twice ( ) Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky Owns 3 3 career record in singles finals in addition to 2016 Roland Garros and 2015 Beijing, won 2014 Hobart (as qualifier, d. Koukalova in F, did not drop a set en route) Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career Coached by Sam Sumyk

10 Riske: Making seventh appearance at Birmingham, where she has twice advanced to SF as a qualifier, in 2010 (l. Sharapova, having posted first main draw match wins of career en route) and 2013 (l. Hantuchova). Also reached QF in 2011 (l. Hantuchova) her first 11 WTA main draw match wins were all wrought in Birmingham Opened grass court season at Nottingham last week, reaching 2r (l. Rybarikova) 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) 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) Now owns a 1 4 record in WTA singles finals, 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 Posted new career high ranking of No.38 on January 30, 2017 after Australian Open Heading into today s match against No.14 Muguruza owns an 9 33 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents, 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) and No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Shenzhen) Best Grand Slam result to date is reaching R16 at 2013 US Open (l. Hantuchova). Has reached 3r at Wimbledon, and at Roland Garros, made 2r in 2014 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 Engaged to Stephen Amritraj Coached by Yves Boulais

11 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER [5] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #12) vs. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #31) Head to Head: INDIAN WELLS HARD O R1 KRISTINA MLADENOVIC mins 2011 ITF/CAGNES-SUR-MER CLAY O R1 SHUAI ZHANG KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (24) $1,698,332 $6,556,803 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) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * SHUAI ZHANG (28) $388,942 $3,113,613 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / 8-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 6-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / Rnd Result Duration R1 K. MLADENOVIC d. Y. DUAN 6-3,7-6(2) 98 mins * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham 2r BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R1 S. ZHANG d. M. LINETTE 7-5, mins BIRMINGHAM Tournament History * Qualifying match KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 2015 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #12) (6) QF W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) (4) R16 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #28) 7-6(4) 6-2 R2 W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #11) R1 W - ALISON RISKE (USA #44) (7) 2014 R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #86) R16 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #60) (6) 6-4 R2 W - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #140) R1 W - TARA MOORE (GBR #194) (5) 6-4 SHUAI ZHANG 2014 SF L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) QF W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #19) R16 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #67) (6) R2 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #86) R1 W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #345) R2* L - ALISON RISKE (USA #161) R1* W - DANIELLA JEFLEA (AUS #578) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

12 Mladenovic: Making fourth main draw appearance at Birmingham best result is reaching SF in 2015 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Entered Birmingham on a career high ranking of No. 12 (week of June 19, 2017); achieved after advancing to QF at s Hertogenbosch last week (l. Tsurenko) Faces No.31 Zhang today has fallen to lower ranked opponents at five of last six tournaments contested (exception being loss to No.8 Halep at Madrid) Win over Duan in Birmingham 1r was 34th of 2017 only Svitolina (36) has more. In contrast, in 2016 won 31 matches throughout the entire season Ended clay campaign with her first Roland Garros QF appearance (l. Bacsinszky) and second across all of the majors also reached QF at 2015 US Open (l. eventual R Up Vinci) Was one of two French women to reach QF stage at 2017 Roland Garros (also Garcia). This was the first time two French women had reached this stage of their home major since 1994 (Halard and Pierce). The last time at any Grand Slam was 2006 US Open (Golovin and Mauresmo) Other highlight of clay court season was reaching first final at WTA Premier Mandatory level at 2017 Madrid (l. Halep in F), bettering previous best effort of SF at Indian Wells earlier in season Madrid was fourth WTA singles final of 2017 also St Petersburg (Champion), Acapulco (R Up) and Stuttgart (R Up). Is 1 6 in WTA singles finals At Stuttgart, lost title match to Siegemund. Defeated World No.2 Kerber en route to final her first win over the German and joint best career result by ranking (also defeated No.2 Li at 2014 Roland Garros). Only other result on clay was 1r exit at Rome (l. Goerges) Represented France in Fed Cup win over Spain in April s World Group play off, going 2 0 in singles (d. Sorribes Tormo, Soler Epsinosa) Suffered opening match defeat at 2017 Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tig) Posted strong SF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and former World No.1 Wozniacki 2017 Indian Wells result saw her break in Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to become new French No.1 Entered Miami after reaching second WTA final of 2017, finishing R Up finish at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) Lifted first career title at St. Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F); also defeated No.11 V.Williams in 2r. Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title Followed this by going 1 1 in France s Fed Cup loss to Switzerland Reached 3r at Dubai (upset No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in 2r, l. Wang) Opened 2017 season with back to back 1r exits at Hobart (l. eventual champion Mertens) and Australian Open (l. Konjuh). In doubles, reached SF w/garcia in Melbourne (l. eventual R Up Hlavackova/Peng) has now reached the SF or better at all four majors Ended 2016 ranked No.42, down from career best year end finish of No.29 in 2015

13 Reached second and third WTA singles finals in 2016, at s Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki). Other previous career final was R Up finish at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur) Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final vs. Czech Republic in 2016 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/garcia: Charleston (d. Mattek Sands/Safarova), Stuttgart (d. Hingis/Mirza), Madrid (d. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (Makarova/Vesnina). In addition, also finished runners up at Sydney, Dubai, US Open and Beijing (all w/garcia). Team qualified for WTA Finals Singapore, losing in SF. By winning the tournament, could have become joint World No.1s Also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore in doubles w/babos. Went 1 2 in RR stage and failed to progress Overall, owns record in career doubles finals; has won 16 WTA doubles titles. At Grand Slams won 2016 Roland Garros (w/garcia) and finished R Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/babos) and 2016 US Open (w/garcia) Won mixed doubles titles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished runner up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/nestor) Prior to defeat of Halep at 2015 Birmingham, all previous Top 10 wins of career had come in France: No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.10 Halep (2014 Paris [Indoors]), No.6 Kvitova (2013 Paris [Indoors]) and No.6 Bouchard (2015 Roland Garros) Reigning women s doubles champion at Roland Garros w/garcia (d. Makarova/Vesnina) were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed Roland Garros girls singles champion Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007 Currently without a coach Zhang: Making second main draw appearance at Birmingham; reached SF in 2014 (l. Ivanovic) Win over Linette in 1r on Tuesday was first at main draw level on grass since SF run here at Aegon Classic in 2014 Faces No.12 Mladenovic today; tied 1 1 (last meeting at 2014 Indian Wells) owns record vs. Top 20 opponents, most recently beating No.7 Muguruza at 2017 Doha Suffered a six match losing streak prior to advancing to 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Kuznetsova) Entered Roland Garros after 1r exits at Nürnberg (l. Dodin), Rome (l. Siniakova), Madrid (l. Sevastova), Prague (l. eventual champion Barthel) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) Other clay court outing ended in 2r at Charleston (l. Osaka) During North American hard court swing, lost opening match at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Osaka) and fell 3r at Miami (l. Muguruza). During 2r win vs. Errani at Miami, saved 1mp when trailing 3 5 in the final set, going on to prevail Defeat of Errani snapped three match losing streak, having reached Doha QF (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova), falling 1r at Dubai (l. Konjuh) and 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Osaka) Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching 2r (l. Cibulkova); also had 1r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard) Made 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Riske); had reached QF in Melbourne in 2016

14 Posted fourth Top 100 season in 2016, at career best finish of No.24 China s top ranked woman, of four in year end Top 100 Strong end to 2016 (went 21 6 post US Open) brought back to back semifinals on Asian swing Tokyo [Japan Open] and Seoul and saw her win 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/Tokyo 2 JPN At last event of season, runner up at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F) Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF (d. No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys en route, l. Konta). Run also marked first time winning back to back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014 Birmingham Other season highlights in 2016 included reaching 3r at US Open (best result at tournament), where she claimed back to back match wins at tour level for first time since 3r effort at Indian Wells in March, a run spanning 10 tournaments Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In doubles, also made 2r (w/peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavackova) Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down from No.62 in 2014 Reached 2r at tour level on only four occasions in 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürnberg Winner of one WTA singles title, at 2013 Guangzhou (d. King in F) and also won WTA 125K Series event at Nanjing in 2013 (d. Morita in F) Has won four WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2014 Pattaya City (w/peng) and is a four time runner up Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, , 2012, ; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou Hails from a sporting family. Father, Zhang Zhi Qiang, was a professional soccer player, and mother, Wang Feng Quin, was a basketball player Announced earlier this year as a Global Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free Coached by Liu Shuo

15 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) vs. [4] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 2-0 (first meeting at tour level) 2012 ITF/RANCHO SANTA FE HARD O R1 JOHANNA KONTA ITF/INDIAN HAR. BEACH CLAY O R1 JOHANNA KONTA COCO VANDEWEGHE (25) $891,881 $4,071,681 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) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * JOHANNA KONTA (26) $1,832,876 $5,038,705 2 / 3 0 / / / / / / 5-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 2-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-2 / Rnd Result Duration R1 C. VANDEWEGHE d. C. MCHALE 6-4, mins * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham 2r BIRMINGHAM Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R1 J. KONTA d. L. TSURENKO 6-3,7-6(6) 96 mins Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

16 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER COCO VANDEWEGHE 2016 SF L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #30) QF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #49) R16 W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #68) (2) R1 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #92) R16 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #33) (3) 6-4 R2 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #54) R1 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #70) R1 L - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #105) 6-7(5) 7-6(5) R2 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #69) R1 W - SHUKO AOYAMA (JPN #354) BIRMINGHAM Tournament History JOHANNA KONTA 2016 R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #49) R1 W - MISAKI DOI (JPN #48) 7-6(3) R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #12) R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #60) R2 L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #135) R1 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #39) R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #39) R1 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #134) Konta: Making fifth appearance at Birmingham, and has now reached 2r on all outings here at the Aegon Classic, however has progressed no further Fell at this stage in 2013 (l. Mladenovic), 2014 (l. Wozniak), 2015 (l. eventual R Up Ka.Pliskova) and 2016 (l. Wickmayer) In opening match on Tuesday, defeated Tsurenko in straight sets Faces Vandeweghe today for first meeting at tour level, and debut meeting on grass. Has defeated the American twice at ITF level, at $50k ITF/Indian Harbor Beach FL,USA in 2010 (on clay) and $25k ITF/Rancho Sante Fe CA,USA (hard) in 2012 Coming off runner up finish at Nottingham as top seed, l. Vekic in F. Was her third final of 2017, and career first final on grass. Record in WTA finals now stands at 3 2, with all appearances having come within the last 12 months Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Hsieh) for third year in a row; also fell in qualifying in Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

17 2017 Roland Garros marked 14th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result came with historic run to 2016 Australian Open SF (l. eventual champion Kerber), becoming 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 Owns only four WTA main draw wins on clay in career, coming at 2016 Rome (d. Larsson and Vinci), 2017 Stuttgart (d. Osaka) and 2017 Rome (d. Putintseva). Best showing of this year s clay court season was R16 run at Rome (l. V.Williams) Opened clay court season in Great Britain s Fed Cup World Group II play off defeat against Romania (d. Cirstea, l. Halep) on clay in Constanta Went on to post opening match loss at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Sevastova) and 1r exit at Madrid (l. Siegemund) Reached a career high ranking of No.6 last month (May 8, 2017), which made her the highest ranked British woman since the week of April 16, 1984 when Jo Durie was ranked No.5 Earlier this year won third and most prestigious WTA tournament of her career at Premier Mandatory level Miami (d. Wozniacki in F). En route to title, defeated No.5 Halep in SF to register third career victory over a Top 5 ranked opponent (overall record is 3 6). Other wins came against No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan and No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney Miami title was second of 2017, after Sydney. Is one of four players this year to win at least two titles, along with Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha) and Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome) Made 3r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before falling to No.25 Garcia in third set tie break) Withdrew from Dubai w/foot injury. In February also helped Britain defeat Portugal, Latvia, Turkey and Croatia to reach the Fed Cup World Group II promotional play off. Alongside Watson came from a set down in the decisive doubles against Croatia Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), having made SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016 (l. Kerber) Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw debut (d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983 Opened 2017 season with SF run at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova) Owns a 12 8 record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.8 Makarova (2015 Eastbourne), No.9 Muguruza (2015 US Open), No.2 Halep (2015 Wuhan), No.10 V.Williams (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Vinci (2016 Rome), No.7 V.Williams (2016 Stanford), No.10 Kuznetsova (2016 Rio Olympics), No.8 Suárez Navarro (2016 Wuhan), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Beijing), No.9 Keys (2016 Beijing), No.3 A.Radwanska (2017 Sydney) and No.5 Halep (2017 Miami)

18 Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10; previous best season finish was No.47 in 2015 (first Top 100 finish) Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2 0 in round robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina) Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a match Advanced to QF or better at 10 events in 2016 Reached career first Premier Mandatory level final at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska), previous best efforts at this level being R16 at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and QF at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka) 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 Achieved 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) Represented Great Britain at Rio Olympics; reached QF in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), 2r in doubles (w/watson, l. Chan/Chan) and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/j.murray, l. eventual gold medalists Mattek Sands/Sock) 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) Defeated No.2 Halep at Wuhan in 2015 for career best victory. Prior to this feat, the last British woman to beat a world No.2 had been Sue Barker, who defeated No.2 Tracy Austin at 1981 Brighton 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) 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) Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012 Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf Currently coached by Wim Fissette, having parted ways with longtime coach Esteban Carril at end of 2016 season Hitting partner is Andrew Fitzpatrick

19 Vandeweghe: Making sixth appearance at Birmingham. Best result here came with SF run in 2016 (l. eventual R Up Strycova) On other outings at Aegon Classic, made R16 in 2014 (l. Koukalova), 2r in 2011 (l. Rybarikova) and posted 1r exits in 2013 (l. Kr.Pliskova) and 2015 (l. Koukalova) In opening match this week, defeated countrywoman McHale in straight sets. Win snapped three match losing streak, starting with QF loss at Madrid (l. eventual champion Halep), followed by 1r exits at Roland Garros (l. Rybarikova) and s Hertogenbosch (l. Witthoeft) Faces No.7 Konta today for a spot in QF owns a record vs. Top 10 ranked opponents in career, most recent win coming over No.7 Muguruza in QF at 2017 Australian Open (having defeated No.1 Kerber the previous round) Coming off disappointing opening match loss at s Hertogenbosch as defending champion, lost No.66 Witthoeft Also fell 1r at Roland Garros, losing to No.192 Rybarikova 2017 Roland Garros marked 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Best result across the majors came with 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). Was her third time and highest seeding at a Slam, at No.19 Prior to Roland Garros, reached QF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Halep), which was first Premier Mandatory QF of career As a result, posted new career high ranking on May 15, 2017, peaking at No.19 Helped USA advance to Fed Cup final, who defeated reigning champion Czech Republic. Vandeweghe went 2 0 in singles (d. Vondrousova, Siniakova) to set up showdown vs. Belarus in November in Minsk Those Fed Cup wins stopped a three match losing streak, at Dubai (l. Riske), Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Safarova) and Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cepelova) In February, represented USA in Fed Cup World Group 4 0 win over Germany in Hawaii went 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 at Hopman Cup in Perth, finishing as R Up w/sock (l. France in F) Subsequently made 2r exit at Sydney (l. qualifier Duan)

20 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 (conceded ret. vs. Riske w/right ankle injury) 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) Now 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 Coached by Craig Kardon; trainer is Julian Romero