ORDER OF PLAY DAY TWO (OCTOBER 23) - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM

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1 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 22 29, $7,000,000 WTA Finals Information: WTA Information: Communications Staff: l facebook.com/wtafinalssg l #WTAFinals l facebook.com/wta Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Kate Goff (kgoff@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (BShapiro@wtatennis.com), Darrelle Eng (Deng@wtatennis.com) ORDER OF PLAY DAY TWO (OCTOBER 23) - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM Start at 7.30pm [1] Simona Halep (ROU #1) vs. [8] Caroline Garcia (FRA #8) Halep leads 2-1 Followed by [4] Elina Svitolina (UKR #4) vs. [6] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #6) Svitolina leads 3-0 ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS (Entering Monday, October 23, 2017) WHITE GROUP RED GROUP PLAYER MATCH SETS GAMES MATCH SETS GAMES PCT PCT PCT PLAYER PCT PCT W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L PCT [3] KA.PLISKOVA [1] HALEP [2] MUGURUZA [4] SVITOLINA [7] OSTAPENKO [6] WOZNIACKI [5] V.WILLIAMS [8] GARCIA WHITE GROUP RESULTS / SCHEDULE Ka.Pliskova d. V.Williams Muguruza d. Ostapenko RED GROUP RESULTS / SCHEDULE Halep vs. Garcia Svitolina vs. Wozniacki ABOUT THE RED GROUP PLAYER RANK NAT AGE WTA FINALS W-L* YTD PRIZE $^ YTD MD W/L* YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER W/L* [1] Simona Halep 1 ROU ,371, ,832, [4] Elina Svitolina 4 UKR ,954, ,062, [6] Caroline Wozniacki 6 DEN ,536, ,622, [8] Caroline Garcia 8 FRA ,930, ,884, * includes current tournament / ^ does not include current tournament CAREER TITLES The Red Group features the current World No.1 and top seed at the 2017 WTA Finals Simona Halep. The last time the reigning World No.1 won the WTA Finals was Serena Williams in 2014, defeating Halep in the final that year Halep is the only player in the Red Group to reach a Grand Slam final this season, at Roland Garros (losing to Jelena Ostapenko, who was drawn in the White Group) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

2 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL MATCH NOTES - SINGAPORE - OCTOBER 22 29, $7,000,000 Elina Svitolina leads the WTA for titles won in 2017, triumphing at five tournaments this season (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto). She is the first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the WTA Finals The Red Group features two WTA Finals debutantes, in the form of Svitolina and Caroline Garcia Caroline Wozniacki is the 2017 match-win leader entering the WTA Finals, going this season. Hot on her heels though is fellow Red Group contender Svitolina, who holds a record entering Singapore, and Karolina Pliskova, who is following her opening match win over Venus Williams Caroline Garcia is the first player from France to appear at the WTA Finals since Marion Bartoli in 2011 (who was an alternate, playing one match and defeating Victoria Azarenka). Amelia Mauresmo in 2005 remains the only Frenchwoman to win the WTA Finals Halep, Svitolina and Wozniacki can finish 2017 as the year-end World No.1 (along with all four players in the White Group). A full breakdown is below: Svitolina holds a 6-3 head-to-head advatage in the Red Group, followed by Halep (6-6), Wozniacki (5-5) and Garcia (2-5) RED GROUP HEAD-TO-HEADS - CAREER HALEP SVITOLINA WOZNIACKI GARCIA HALEP X SVITOLINA 2-2 X WOZNIACKI X 2-0 GARCIA X Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

3 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [8] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #8) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads BEIJING HARD O F CAROLINE GARCIA (3) 112 mins 2017 TORONTO HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP mins 2016 SYDNEY HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (26) $4,371,227 $19,832,015 1 / 15 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) WTA FINALS 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) * CAROLINE GARCIA (24) $2,930,150 $6,884,221 2 / 5 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-1 / / 8-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-6 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-11 / * Updated entering Day WTA Finals WTA FINALS Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration WTA FINALS Tournament History SIMONA HALEP 2016 RR L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #1) RR W - MADISON KEYS (USA #7) RR L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #8) (5) 2015 RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 7-6(5) 6-1 RR L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) RR W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #8) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH 2014 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) SF W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) RR W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #5) RR W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) RR L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #7) 7-6(7) SIMONA HALEP: WTA Finals Making fourth consecutive appearance at WTA Finals, the longest active streak Was R-Up on debut in defeated World No.1 S.Williams in group stage to progress (only dropped two games), overcame A.Radwanska in SF, however fell to S.Williams in straight sets in F In 2015, as No.1 seed, went 1-2 in group stage and failed to progress (d. Pennetta, l. A.Radwanska and Sharapova) ln 2016, also went 1-2 in group stage and didn t reach SF (d. Keys, l. Kerber and Cibulkova) Is the third Romanian to compete at WTA Finals, after Virginia Ruzici ( ) and Irina Spirlea ( ) Enters 2017 WTA Finals as World No.1 last World No.1 to win the title here was S.Williams in 2014 (d. Halep in F) Record vs. World No.1 players is 1 10, sole win coming at 2014 WTA Finals Singapore vs. S.Williams (RR stage) One of seven players this week in Singapore that can finish 2017 as the year-end World No.1 (everyone but Garcia) Ended the Porsche Race to Singapore in pole position, and to celebrate finishing in the No.1 spot, was presented with a brand new Porsche 911 Carrera GTS on Friday Faces No.8 Garcia today owns a lifetime record vs. Top 10 players, and is 4-4 in Wins have come over No.6 Svitolina and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (both Roland Garros), No.7 Konta (Cincinnati) and No.8 Ostapenko (Beijing), and losses to No.6 Wozniacki (Eastbourne), No.7 Konta (Wimbledon), No.5 Svitolina (Toronto) and No.6 Muguruza (Cincinnati) Season Has won one title in 2017, defending her crown at Madrid (d. Mladenovic in F) Reached a further four finals this season, losing the title match at Rome (l. Svitolina), Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Beijing (l. Garcia) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

5 Victory in Beijing SF vs. Ostapenko saw her claim the World No.1 spot, becoming the 25th different player to hold the honor. Had previously come within one win of claiming World No.1 on three occasions this year in the final at Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (l. Konta) and final at Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) In Grand Slam play this season, reached second major final of career at Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko, having l. Sharapova in Paris in 2014). Reached QF at Wimbledon (l. Konta). Fell 1r at Australian Open for second consecutive year (l. Rogers in 2017, l. Zhang in 2016, who was 0 14 at Grand Slams entering match and ranked No.133 at the time) and also lost opening match at US Open (l. Sharapova) Made the SF stage at Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) Reached QF at St Petersburg (withdrew prior to match vs. Vikhlyantseva w/left knee injury), Miami (l. eventual champion Konta), Washington D.C. (ret. in third set vs. eventual champion Makarova w/heat illness) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki) Had 3r run at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) Posted 2r exit at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova) Suffered opening match loss at Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina) Withdrew from entire Middle East Swing due to a left knee injury In Fed Cup play, claimed wins over Konta and Watson during Romania s 3 2 World Group II play off victory over Great Britain in April. Lost dead doubles rubber w/niculescu vs. Rae/Robson Spent pre season training with coach Darren Cahill in Adelaide Grand Slam 2017 US Open marked 30th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two time Slam finalist, having finished runner up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) Semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard), in addition to SF run at US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) At the Australian Open has twice advanced to QF, in 2014 (l. eventual R Up Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Makarova) Career Posted third straight Top 5 season finish in 2016, at No.4, down from career high No.2 in Season ending ranking had improved eight years in a row until season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F for second title at Premier Mandatory level, after 2015 Indian Wells), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F) Went on a 13 match winning streak thanks to titles at Bucharest (five wins) and Montréal (five wins) and SF run at Cincinnati (three wins). Was second longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16) Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

6 Qualified for WTA Finals in Singapore for the third time, going 1 2 in round robin play d. Keys, l. Kerber and Cibulkova; did not progress to SF Also in 2016 reached SF at Sydney (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), Cincinnati (l. eventual R Up Kerber) and Wuhan (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and back to back QF at Indian Wells (l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky) At the Slams in 2016, made R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stosur) and posted QF runs at Wimbledon (l. eventual R Up Kerber) and US Open (l. S.Williams) Went 6 7 vs. Top 10 opponents in 2016, wins being over No.9 Kvitova (Fed Cup), No.9 Keys (Wimbledon and Wuhan), No.2 Kerber (Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) and No.7 Keys (WTA Finals Singapore) Career record vs. Top 5 players is 8 24, with wins coming over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to as high as No.2 in the world, winning seven titles in this period Became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making Top 10 debut week of January 27, 2014 Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Other Information Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita CAROLINE GARCIA: WTA Finals: Making debut appearance at WTA Finals one of three debutantes this year (also Svitolina and Ostapenko) Secured final qualification spot for Singapore following withdrawal of Konta from Moscow (w/left foot injury) Konta would have had to reach the final at the Kremlin Cup to overtake Garcia Enters WTA Finals on an 11-match winning streak, after securing back-to-back titles at Wuhan (six wins) and Beijing (five wins) Contesting Singapore at career-high ranking of No.8, achieved week of 23 October 2017

7 Is first Frenchwoman to qualify for WTA Finals in 11 years, after Mauresmo in Bartoli competed as an alternate in 2007 (replacing S.Williams, d. Jankovic, l. Henin) and 2011 (replacing Sharapova, l.azarenka) Has qualified for WTA Finals in doubles twice, in 2015 (w/srebotnik lost in RR stage) and 2016 (w/mladneovic - SF) Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational (l. Osaka in F) Faces World No.1 Halep today in opening match, a rematch of the Beijing final only two weeks ago, defeating a then-ranked No.2 Halep in straight sets Is currently 0-4 vs. World No.1s, falling to S.Williams three times (2013 Roland Garros, 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Miami) and Muguruza once (2017 Tokyo [PPO]) Best win rankings-wise of career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final, followed by victories over No.3 Svitolina (also 2017 Beijing) and No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati) Season Has won two titles this season, which came at most recent tournaments contested prior to Singapore, winning Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back Both title runs saw her win 11 matches in a row, and enters Singapore with 46 main draw match wins this season. In contrast, won 34 across 2016 This is her joint-best win streak of career also won 11 straight matches in 2014, winning title at Bogota (5 wins), going 2-0 in Fed Cup actions vs. USA, then reaching the QF at Madrid (4 wins) Wuhan marked first Premier-5 title of career, subsequently bettered by Beijing being first Premier-Mandatory title of career. Saved 1 match point in in QF win vs. Svitolina en route to Beijing title Became third player to reach back to back finals in Wuhan and Beijing. The previous two were Kvitova in 2014 (Wuhan WON, Beijing R Up) and Muguruza in 2015 (Wuhan R Up, Beijing WON) In Grand Slam play this year, reached maiden QF at Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova), R16 at Wimbledon (l. Garcia - her best run at the All England Club), and 3r both at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and US Open (l. Kvitova) Reached four SFs in 2017, at Monterrey (l. eventual champion Pavlyuchenkova), Strasbourg (as defending champion, l. Gavrilova), Mallorca (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Sevastova) and Bastad (l. eventual champion Siniakova) Made QFs at Toronto (l. Halep) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Muguruza) Posted R16 run at Indian Wells (l. eventual R Up Kuznetsova) Fell 2r at Taipei City (l. No.93 Minella), Gstaad (l. No.140 Martincova), Doha (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova), Dubai (l. Puig) and Rome (l. Gavrilova) Suffered 1r exits at Kuala Lumpur (l. Kalinskaya), Miami (after 1r bye, l. Peng), Madrid (l. Wang) and Cincinnati (l. Vesnina) Forced to withdraw from Sydney (w/back injury)

8 Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance; was seeded No.18 her highest seeding at a major Deepest run to date at a Slam was QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) Achieved best result at Wimbledon this year by reaching R16 (l. Konta) Has reached 3r but no further at Australian Open in 2015 (l. Bouchard) and 2017 (l. Strycova), and US Open in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Kvitova) At 2016 Roland Garros, teamed with Mladenovic to win first Grand Slam doubles title. They were the first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed Career Posted third successive Top 40 season in 2016, hitting then career high of No.23 the week of October 23 and holding it for year end rankings Winner of two WTA singles titles in 2016 on clay at Strasbourg (d. Lucic Baroni in F) and on grass at Mallorca (d. Sevastova in F) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, going 1 1 in singles round robin play d. Stosur, l. Konta Other singles highlights in 2016 included reaching first Premier level SF of career at Dubai (l. eventual finalist Strycova); also a semifinalist at International level Monterrey (l. eventual champion Watson) Represented France at Rio Olympics in singles (2r), doubles (w/mladenovic, 1r) and mixed doubles (w/mahut, 1r) Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic went 2 0 in singles, posting wins over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, although the Czechs won the tie, 3 2 Ended 2016 season with runner up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France (l. Alexandrova in F), where she was the defending champion In addition to winning 2016 Roland Garros, team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova) among eight finals reached in 2016 won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as Roland Garros. Garcia is now 6 10 in tour level doubles finals Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore advanced to semifinals (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co ranked No.2, a new career high for both players Owns 11 wins over Top 10 players in career: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6 A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Fed Cup final), No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wuhan), No.3 Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing) Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and won the doubles (w/arruabarrena), becoming first player to win singles and doubles at same event since S.Williams at 2012 Olympics Reached finals in consecutive weeks at 2015 Acapulco and Monterrey (l. Bacsinszky in both)

9 Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational where she also qualified in doubles (w/srebotnik lost in RR stage) Made WTA and Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 Australian Open, advancing to 2r In juniors, girls singles runner up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events Played first professional match aged 13 at an ITF event in France in 2007 Other Information Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia Played many sports when she was younger and chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most Enjoys reading and spending time with family

10 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) vs. [6] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads TORONTO HARD O F ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2017 DUBAI HARD O F ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2016 MIAMI HARD O R3 ELINA SVITOLINA (1) 163 mins ELINA SVITOLINA (23) $2,959,316 $7,067,378 5 / 9 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) WTA FINALS 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) * CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (27) $2,541,518 $24,627,694 1 / 26 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-5 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 12-9 / * Updated entering Day 2 WTA Finals 2017 WTA FINALS Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

11 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH WTA FINALS Tournament History CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2014 R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) (6) R1 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) R1 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-2 R1 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) R1 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #3) R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #6) F L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #4) R2 W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #2) R1 W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #9) R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) R1 W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #6) R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #2) R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) R1 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #6) R1 W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #9) (3) 6-4 ELINA SVITOLINA: WTA Finals Making debut appearance at WTA Finals, and is the first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament Secured qualification for Singapore during week of Wuhan One of three debutantes this year at WTA Finals (also Ostapenko, Garcia) Faces No.6 Wozniacki today owns the best win/loss record vs. Top 10 players in 2017, going 10-3 (Wozniacki is 10-5). Wins have come over No.1 Kerber (2017 Brisbane), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai), No.1 Kerber (2017 Fed Cup), No.4 Halep, No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.7 Muguruza (all 2017 Rome), No.2 Halep, No.4 Muguruza, No.6 Wozniacki and No.10 V.Williams (all 2017 Toronto) Has joint-second most match wins this season, going (level with Ka.Pliskova, on following her opening match win over V.Williams at 2017 WTA Finals). Both sit behind Wozniacki, on Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

12 One of seven players this week that could finish 2017 as the year-end World No.1. Could have ascended to the top spot if she had won Beijing (lost in QF) Season Has won the most singles titles in 2017, with five to her name - 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 season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owns longest unbeaten streak this 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. This is the longest win streak of her career One of four players to make Top 10 debut, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia and Mladenovic). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11 In Grand Slam play, At Roland Garros reached second Grand Slam QF of career (also 2015 Roland Garros), falling to eventual R Up Halep after holding match point in second set tie break. Reached R16 at US Open (l. eventual R Up Keys) and Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko), and made 3r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Reached the SF stage at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s), where she defeated World No.1 Kerber en route. Defeat of No.1 S.Williams at 2016 Rio Olympics made her the first Ukrainian woman ever to defeat the top ranked player Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) and Cincinnati (l. Goerges) Fell 2r at Kuala Lumpur (withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Hibino w/lower leg injury) and Birmingham (l. Giorgi), and had opening match loss at Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.158 Mattek Sands) Posted 1r exit at Madrid (l. Zheng) In Fed Cup play, won both singles rubbers in Ukraine s Fed Cup win over Australia (vs. Barty and Gavrilova) in February, and went 1 1 in singles vs. Germany (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) 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)

13 Career Posted second Top 20 season in 2016, at No.14. Fourth successive Top 40 season 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) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 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 and Gabriel Urpi Also worked with former world No.1 Justine Henin as coaching consultant in 2016 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI: WTA Finals Making fifth appearance at WTA Finals, and first since 2014 Finished as R-Up in 2010, losing to Clijsters in title match in Doha Also two-time semifinalist, reaching the last four on debut in 2009 (l. S.Williams via ret. w/abdominal injury) and 2014 (posted perfect 3-0 in group stage, l. S.Williams) In 2011, as No.1 seed with the event in Istanbul, went 1-2 in the group stage and failed to progress (l. Kvitova, Zvonareva, d. A.Radwanska) Qualified as an alternate in 2013 but did not play Secured qualification for 2017 WTA Finals during week of Wuhan Is the only Danish woman to ever qualify for the WTA Finals

14 Faces No.4 Svitolina today owns a lifetime record vs. Top 10 players, and is 4-4 in Wins came over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (Miami), No.2 Halep (Eastbourne), No.1 Ka.Pliskova (Toronto) and No.1 Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) Leads the WTA for most match wins this season, posting a record in Hasn t won this many matches in a season since 2011, ending that year on Entering WTA Finals owns the joint-most Top 10 wins this season, going 10-5 (Svitolina is 10-3) One of seven players this week in Singapore that can finish 2017 as the year-end World No.1 Season Has won one title in 2017 from seven finals contested, winning Tokyo [PPO] (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F). Saved 2mps against Cibulkova in QF and defeated No.1 Muguruza in SF Was a beaten finalist at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) in back-to-back weeks, and then Miami (l. Konta), Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), Bastad (l. Siniakova) and Toronto (l. Svitolina) Upset World No.1 Ka.Pliskova en route to Toronto final to score first victory over a current World No.1. Returned to Top 5 for first time since August 31, 2015 after Toronto final Since winning her first title at 2008 Stockholm, has won at least one title every season. The only active player with a longer streak is S.Williams ( ). Win-loss record in finals stands at In Grand Slam play in 2017, reached QF at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Ostapenko), made R16 at Wimbledon for the sixth time in her career (l. Vandeweghe), posted 3r result at Australian Open (l. Konta) and fell 2r at US Open (l. Makarova) Posted QF runs at Auckland (l. Goerges), Sydney (l. Strycova), Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic), Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko) and Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova) Fell 2r at Prague (l. Ostapenko) and Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) Retired in 1r match vs. Rogers at Strasbourg (w/lower back injury) Forced to withdraw from Rome (w/lower back injury) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 42nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Made debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) Is a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams)

15 At Australian Open, reached SF in 2013 (l. Li, having held match point), while at Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and again this year (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) Has reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, including 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) Career Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 lowest year-end ranking since 2007 (No.64) having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F) Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four-time champion ( ; at one point enjoyed 21-match win streak at event) Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova) Missed entire clay season in 2016 w/right ankle injury Returned to action following two-and-a-half months out w/right ankle injury during grass swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina) Ended 2015 ranked No.17 first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak) Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot 2010 and 2011 Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams 72, V.Williams 49 and Sharapova 36) for singles titles (26). Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles) Has earned over $24 million in career prize money currently seventh on the all-time list Other Information Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March As part of the announcement she launched the program s annual Aces for Humanity campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA Ambassadors on the WTA

16 Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)