ORDER OF PLAY DAY ONE (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 ONE (OCTOBER 23) - SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM Start at 5pm [3] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) vs. [5] Venus Williams (USA) Series tied 1-1 Not before 7.30pm [2] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) vs. [7] Jelena Ostapenko (SVK) Muguruza leads 2-1 ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS (Entering Sunday, 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 [2] MUGURUZA [1] HALEP [3] KA.PLISKOVA [4] SVITOLINA [5] V.WILLIAMS [6] WOZNIACKI [7] OSTAPENKO [8] GARCIA ABOUT THE WHITE GROUP PLAYER RANK NAT AGE WTA FINALS W-L* YTD PRIZE $^ YTD MD W/L* YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER W/L* [2] Garbiñe Muguruza 2 ESP ,779, ,862, [3] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE ,955, ,888, [5] Venus Williams 5 USA ,416, ,848, [7] Jelena Ostapenko 7 LAT ,694, ,628, * includes current tournament / ^ does not include current tournament CAREER TITLES The White Group features the youngest player in the field Jelena Ostapenko (20) and the oldest Venus Williams (37) Ostapenko (aged 20 and 143 days) is the youngest qualifier since 2010, when Caroline Wozniacki (drawn in the Red Group) qualified aged 20 years, 112 days Two Grand Slam winners from 2017 are represented in the White Group, in the form of Garbiñe Muguruza (Wimbledon) and Ostapenko (Roland Garros). V.Williams reached two Grand Slam finals this year, at the Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) V.Williams is the only qualifier at the WTA Finals not to have won a title in 2017 the first played to qualify without landing any silverware that season since Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2008 Entering the 2017 WTA Finals, Karolina Pliskova leads the WTA from aces served 438 from 65 matches V.Williams is the only former WTA Finals champion across the White and Red Group this year 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 All four players in the White Group can end 2017 as the year-end World No.1 (along with Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina and Caroline Wozniacki from the Red Group). A full breakdown is below: Ka.Pliskova holds a 9-3 head-to-head advantage in the White Group, followed by V.Williams (5-3), Muguruza (6-10), and Ostapenko (1-5) WHITE GROUP HEAD-TO-HEADS - CAREER MUGURUZA KA.PLISKOVA V.WILLIAMS OSTAPENKO MUGURUZA X KA.PLISKOVA 6-2 X V.WILLIAMS X 1-0 OSTAPENKO X Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

3 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH [3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) vs. [5] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #5) Head to Head: US OPEN HARD O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA (3) 144 mins 2015 ZHUHAI HARD O F VENUS WILLIAMS (6) 123 mins KAROLINA PLISKOVA (25) $2,955,665 $9,888,391 3 / 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) * VENUS WILLIAMS (37) $4,421,741 $38,853,489 0 / 49 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 4-0 / / 6-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-6 / * Updated entering Day WTA Finals WTA FINALS Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH WTA FINALS Tournament History KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2016 VENUS WILLIAMS 2009 RR W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #6) (4) 7-5 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #2) (4) RR L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) (6) R2 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R1 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #3) (3) 6-4 R1 L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) (6) 6-2 R1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #2) (4) 2008 F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #9) 6-7(5) R2 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #1) R1 W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) R1 W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #2) R1 W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #3) R16 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #13) (7) S L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #6) 5-0 Q W - MONICA SELES (USA #7) R16 W - CONCHITA MARTÍNEZ (ESP #15) S L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) (2) Q W - BARBARA SCHETT (AUT #8) (2) KAROLINA PLISKOVA: WTA Finals Making second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals Went 1-2 in group stage on debut in 2016 and failed to progress to SF (d. Muguruza, l. A.Radwanska and Kuznetsova) Also competed in doubles field in 2016 (w/goerges, l. Garcia/Mladenovic in QF) Is one of five players in this year s singles field to have held the WTA World No.1 ranking also Halep, Muguruza, V.Williams and Wozniacki Currently ranked No.3, has a chance to return to the top spot following Singapore. Six other players are also vying for the No.1 ranking, including reigning current No.1 Halep, No.2 Muguruza, No.4 Svitolina, No.5 V.Williams, No.6 Wozniacki and No.7 Ostapenko Contesting 2017 WTA Finals in search of 10th career singles title, and fourth of 2017 (after Brisbane, Doha and Eastbourne) Is bidding to become fourth Czech woman to lift the Billie Jean King Trophy after Navratilova in , Novotna in 1997 and Kvitova in 2011 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

5 2017 marks seventh consecutive year a Czech woman has competed at WTA Finals Kvitova from , Safarova in 2015 and Ka.Pliskova in Will pass $10 million in prize money should she win today s match Faces No.5 V.Williams today in their third career meeting, and first in Defeated the American in their most recent encounter at 2016 US Open R16, and falling to her at 2015 Zhuhai final Holds a 2-1 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents this season (6-15 career record), having defeated No.5 Cibulkova (Doha) and No.5 Wozniacki (Cincinnati), and falling to No.4 Halep (Roland Garros) in 2017 Entering 2017 WTA Finals, owns a joint tour-leading 37 hard court wins (37-10 overall record) this season. Only Wozniacki holds the same amount of wins, with a record 2017 Season Has won three titles this season, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Is the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) Advanced to SF stage at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results matched her best result at a WTA Premier-Mandatory tournaments (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016). Also reached SF at 2017 Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Reached QFs at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund), Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina), Toronto (eventual R-Up Wozniacki), Tokyo [PPO] (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l. Barty) Posted 400th career match win (all levels) with R16 defeat of Bacsinszky at Rome Made R16 showing at Beijing (l. Cirstea), her final tournament contested leading into WTA Finals Made 2r exits at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) and Madrid (l. Sevastova) Fell 1r at home event in Prague (l. Giorgi) In February, led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group I tie in Ostrava, going 2-0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

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

7 Other Information Nominated for 2017 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated for the same award in 2016, in addition to WTA Most Improved Player in 2014 Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club Coached by Australian tennis legend Renae Stubbs here in Singapore this week. Parted ways with David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova, after 2017 US Open VENUS WILLIAMS WTA Finals Making fifth appearance at WTA Finals, and first since 2009 Is a former champion, lifting the Billie Jean King trophy in 2008 posted a perfect 3-0 record in the group stage, defeated Jankovic in SF, then Zvonareva in the title match. Dispatched the World No.1, No.2 and No.3 en route, scoring wins over No.2 Safina in group stage, No.1 Jankovic in SF and No.3 Zvonareva in F Is one of only seven players to post a perfect 3-0 record in the group stage and go on to win the WTA Finals Only former champion in the field at 2017 WTA Finals Is also a former R-Up, in 2009 (l. S.Williams). Made the SFs on debut in 1999 (l. Hingis) and again in 2002 (l. Clijsters), when both were a 16-draw knock-out competition Also qualified as alternate in and 2015 but did not play Gap of eight years between WTA Finals appearances (2009 to 2017) is the joint-longest level with Jennifer Capriati (also eight, 1992 to 2000) Has not won a title in 2017 is first player to qualify for WTA Finals without winning a title that season since Kuznetsova in 2008 (who lost five finals that year) Contesting 2017 WTA Finals in search of 50th career singles title Secured qualification for 2017 WTA Finals during Wuhan Is the oldest qualifier at 2017 WTA Finals (37 years, 4 months, 12 days at end of tournament), and one of only five players aged 34-and-over to play the WTA Finals: Player (WTA Finals appearance in brackets) Billie Jean King (1983) Martina Navratilova (1994) Venus Williams (2017) Virginia Wade (1980) Nathalie Tauziat (2001) Age (at end of tournament) 39 years, 4 months, 1 day 38 years, 27 days 37 years, 4 months, 12 days 34 years, 8 months, 9 days 34 years, 12 days Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today owns a lifetime record vs. Top 5 opponents in career, and is 1-2 in 2017, defeating No.1 Kerber (Miami) and losing to No.2 S.Williams (Australian Open) and No.5 Svitolina (Toronto)

8 Season: Has reached two finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) only player this season to reach two Grand Slam finals Wimbledon final marked 16th Grand Slam final of career. At 37 years and 29 days old, became oldest player to advance to final at the All England Club since 1994 (Martina Navratilova, R-Up at 37 years, 258 days old) Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10 in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (38 years, 75 days) Elsewhere at the majors, reached SF at US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens) and R16 at Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) Enjoyed SF run at Miami (l. eventual champion Konta). Defeated World No.1 Kerber in Miami QF, to improve lifetime record vs. No.1s to (also eight wins vs. Hingis, two wins vs. Davenport, one win vs. Safina, one win vs. Jankovic, two wins vs. Serena). Prior to defeat of Kerber, last victory over a reigning World No.1 was at 2014 Montréal (d. Serena in SF) At 36 years and 9 months, is the oldest player in the Open Era to defeat a World No.1 ranked player; previous record holder was Navratilova at 36 years and 4 months (1993 Paris Indoors, d. Seles in F) Made QF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and Rome (l. Muguruza) Posted R16 showing at Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Had 2r exits at Auckland (l. Osaka via withdrawal w/right arm injury), St Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion Mladenovic), Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Siegemund) and Cincinnati (l. qualifier Barty) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 76th Grand Slam main draw appearance the Open Era record, ahead of Frazier (71), Navratilova (67), Schiavone (67) and S.Williams (66) Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: and Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport) and 2001 (d. S.Williams) In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon ( , 2009 and 2017), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017) The gap between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and this year s Wimbledon is the longest in Open Era history: Player Years Venus Williams Martina Navratilova Serena Williams Chris Evert Australian Open final vs. Serena marked first Slam title bout in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon l. S.Williams). In the Open Era, no player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final Mauresmo waited seven years between finishing runner-up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open. Also, at 36 years of age, became the oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era

9 Title match at 2017 Australian Open between Venus and Serena was the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/s.williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US Opens (1999, 2009) In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/gimelstob) and Roland Garros (w/gimelstob d. S.Williams/Lobo in F) in 1998 Career Ended 2016 at No.17, down from No.7 in 2015, for 15th non consecutive Top 20 finish; record includes six Top 5 year end finishes 2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th career singles final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fifth oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoors] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá Currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles) At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major since 2010 US Open. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l. eventual R Up Ka.Pliskova) Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/s.williams, l. eventual bronze medalists Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/ram, l. Mattek Sands/Sock) In 2015, returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in the final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012 Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); has won doubles gold three times with sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010 Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland (now Stanford) in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to then world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets Other Information Owns interior design company, V Starr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own on-court outfits In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt

10 MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - SINGAPORE Oct 22 - Oct 29, 2017 $7,000,000 CH [2] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #2) vs. [7] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #7) Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads WUHAN HARD O QF JELENA OSTAPENKO mins 2017 ROME CLAY O R2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2016 ROME CLAY O R16 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (24) $4,779,457 $14,862,622 2 / 5 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 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) * JELENA OSTAPENKO (20) $3,694,026 $4,628,320 2 / 2 2 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-2 / / 9-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-5 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-6 / 9-15 * Updated entering Day WTA Finals WTA FINALS Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration WTA FINALS Tournament History GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2016 RR L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) (4) 7-5 RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 7-6(1) 6-3 RR W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) SF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-7(5) RR W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) RR W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) RR W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #9) (4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

11 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA WTA FINALS Making third consecutive appearance at WTA Finals On debut in 2015, posted a perfect 3-0 in group stage (d. Kvitova, Kerber and Safarova) before falling to eventual champion A.Radwanska in SF. Was only the sixth time in Finals history that a player had gone undefeated in the Group Stage and failed to reach the final In 2016, went 1-2 in the Group Stages (d. Kuznetsova, l. Ka.Pliskova and A.Radwanska) Reached doubles final in 2015 (w/suarez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) In 2015 became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sanchez-Vicario) Was the first player to qualify for 2017 WTA Finals, securing place during US Open Faces No.7 Ostapenko today owns a lifetime career record vs. Top 10 players, and is 7-5 in Defeated No.9 Kuznetsova (Brisbane), No.10 Svitolina (Indian Wells), No.1 Kerber and No.8 Kuznetsova (both Wimbledon), No.8 Kuznetsova, No.1 Ka.Plsikova and No.2 Halep (all Cincinnati). Losses came to No.3 Ka.Pliskova (Fed Cup and Indian Wells), No.5 Svitolina (Toronto) and No.6 Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO]) Playing first match today since retiring in 1r at Beijing vs. Strycova (w/illness) One of seven players that can become the year-end World No.1 this week in Singapore Season Has won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Ascended to become the World No.1 on September 11, Is the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez-Vicario in 1995) Having won 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon, is one of eight active players have won two or more major titles (also S.Williams - 23, V.Williams - 7, Sharapova - 5, Azarenka - 2, Kerber - 2, Kuznetsova - 2 and Kvitova - 2) Dropped just one set at All England Club, during 2hr 20min R16 encounter against No.1 Kerber. Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova, and World No.2 Halep en route to title Elsewhere in Grand Slam play this year, made QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) and R16 at both Roland Garros (as defending champion, l. Mladenovic) and US Open (l. Kvitova). Result in New York saw her reach World No.1 after the tournament s conclusion Made SFs at Brisbane (l. Cornet via ret. w/right thigh injury, Rome (l. Svitolina via ret. w/neck injury), Birmingham (l. Barty), Stanford (l. eventual champion Keys) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

12 Had QF runs at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Wuhan (l. Ostapenko) Reached R16 at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki via ret. w/heat related illness) Fell 2r at Doha (l. Zhang) Suffered opening match losses at Dubai (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Bondarenko w/left Achilles injury), Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Kontaveit), Madrid (l. Bacsinszky in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Strycova 61 60) In February, represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic, going 1 1 in singles (d. Strycova, l. Ka.Pliskova) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 20th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning the titles at 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) and at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slams. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon) One of five women to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) The first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario defeated Seles in the final. Also the 45th woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard 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) Is one of nine women (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Ostapenko, Ka.Pliskova, Stephens and Wozniacki) born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open has reached 2r twice ( ) Career 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

13 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) 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 included 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) and made QF at Doha (l. Petkovic) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon 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 In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 5 3 career record in singles finals in addition to 2017 Wimbledon and Cincinnati, won 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 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 Other Information Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain Coached by Sam Sumyk. Also worked with Conchita Martínez during Wimbledon title run

14 JELENA OSTAPENKO: WTA Finals Making debut appearance at WTA Finals Is one of three debutants in this year s singles field also Garcia and Svitolina At 20 years, 143 days, is the youngest qualifier since 2010, when Wozniacki qualified aged 20 years, 112 days First from her country of Latvia ever to compete at the WTA Finals Currently ranked at a career-high No.7 first achieved on October 9, 2017 Faces No.2 Muguruza today in their fourth career meeting, and third in Trails 1-2 in their career head-to-head however, triumphed in their sole meeting on hard courts at 2017 Wuhan in 3s Record against Top 5 ranked players stands at 3 5; three wins have all come this year, against No.4 Halep (Roland Garros), No.5 Svitolina (Wimbledon) and No.1 Muguruza (Wuhan) Secured qualification for Singapore with defeat of Stosur in 2r at Beijing Entering 2017 WTA Finals, holds the tour-leading second serve percentage this season (47.6%) Has played 26 three set matches in 2017 (19 7 record). At one point this season played eight consecutive three setters (Roland Garros R16 through to Wimbledon 3r). Only Gavrilova has played the same amount however, has won 13 of her 26 three-setters 2017 Season Won career first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam trophy at Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where she became the lowest ranked player (No.47), and first unseeded player, to lift the trophy in the Open Era The last woman to win her debut tour level title at a Grand Slam was Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F); the last player to win their debut title at Roland Garros was Gustavo Kuerten, who lifted the title on June 8, 1997 the day Ostapenko was born Made Top 20 debut and nearly doubled career prize money earnings by winning the title in Paris entered tournament with USD $1.2 million in prize money, and earned a paycheck of approx. USD $1.18 million Clinched second title at Seoul in September (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed; record in singles finals now stands at 2 3 Is one of eight players this year to win at least two titles, along with Bertens (Nürnberg, Gstaad), Garcia (Wuhan, Beijing), Konta (Sydney, Miami), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat, Hong Kong), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad) and Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) Advanced to third career singles final at Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19 year old Kasatkina; was the first all teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Made four additional SFs in 2017: Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova), Wuhan (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Halep) Defeated Stosur in 2r at Beijing to secure first-ever qualification at WTA Finals

15 Upset Muguruza in QF at Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 Reached the QF stage at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) Made R16 showing at Eastbourne (l. Konta) Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and US Open (l. Kasatkina) Following run at Flushing Meadows, made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 Made 2r at Indian Wells (l. Cibulkova) and Rome (l. Muguruza) Fell 1r at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic), Dubai (l. Wang), Miami (l. Brengle), Toronto (l. Lepchenko) and Cincinnati (l. Krunic) In doubles this season, won first and second career titles, at St. Petersburg (w/rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/atawo) Grand Slam History Won 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) on only her eighth Grand Slam main draw appearance the fewest number before winning debut Slam title since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was seventh appearance) Was the first Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam; previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros Is one of four players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (Kvitova, at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon and Stephens at 2017 US Open) Followed Paris victory by posting her second best major result, reaching QF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Along with S.Williams in 2015, is the only woman in the last 10 years to have followed up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon. Before that Henin also achieved the feat in 2007 Also the first woman to back up her maiden Slam title with QF or better at next Slam since Kim Clijsters (US Open Australian Open 2006) Best result at Australian Open and US Open is 3r (both in 2017) Reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson) Career Ended 2016 ranked No.44 for her first Top 50 year end finish (and second consecutive Top 100) 2016 season highlight was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 2 3 in WTA singles finals, after also finishing R Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) and 2017 Charleston (l. Kasatkina) Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur) Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second highest year end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

16 Began playing ITF Circuit events in Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles. Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak) Latvian Fed Cup Team, ; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016 Won girls singles title at 2014 Wimbledon Other Information Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko. Half brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now) Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis watched Gulbis QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years