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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 QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS ANN JONES CENTRE COURT LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #41) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #21) Safarova leads 3-2 [5] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #12) vs. [7/WC] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) Kvitova leads 3-1 (2-1 at main draw, tour level) [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #14) vs. COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) Vandeweghe leads 3-1 ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) vs. [Q] CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) Barty leads 1-0 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 LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #41) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #21) Head to Head: LUCIE SAFAROVA leads MIAMI HARD O R64 LUCIE SAFAROVA mins 2016 MOSCOW HARD I R1 DARIA GAVRILOVA mins 2016 US OPEN HARD O R1 LUCIE SAFAROVA mins 2015 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 LUCIE SAFAROVA mins 2015 TORONTO HARD O R2 DARIA GAVRILOVA mins LUCIE SAFAROVA (30) $1,003,575 $11,432,896 0 / 7 3 / / / / 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) * DARIA GAVRILOVA (23) $460,460 $2,145,818 0 / 0 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / / 9-31 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-6 / * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #41) R16: d. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #61) 6-2,6-4 (1h10) R32: d. [3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #6) 5-7,7-6(7),7-5 (2h40) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #21) R16: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #40) 7-5,2-6,6-4 (2h24) R32: d. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #115) 6-4,6-4 (1h15) Total games: 55 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h50 Average time on court: 1h55 Average rank of opponent: 34 Total games: 50 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h39 Average time on court: 1h50 Average rank of opponent: 78 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER BIRMINGHAM Tournament History * Qualifying match LUCIE SAFAROVA 2016 R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11) R2 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #62) DARIA GAVRILOVA 2016 R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) R1 W - NAOMI BROADY (GBR #84) R1 BYE Safarova: Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham. Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF in 2017 Previous results at Aegon Classic were making 2r in 2014 (l. Strycova) and fell 1r in 2016 (l. Kvitova) Defeated No.6 Cibulkova in 1r in 3s; is now 2 1 vs. Top 10 opponents in 2017, having defeated No.4 Cibulkova at Miami. Lifetime record vs. Top 10 players stands at Edged Osaka in 2r on Wednesday to advance to QF Faces Gavrilova today for sixth time, and their first meeting on grass Entered Birmingham following SF result on grass at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Vekic on third set tie break) Clay court swing highlighted with R16 appearance at Charleston (l. Siegemund), where she took home the doubles trophy (w/mattek Sands, d. Hradecka/Siniakova in F). Subsequently reached 2r at Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova) followed by three consecutive first round losses at Madrid (l. Strycova), Rome (l. Lucic Baroni) and Roland Garros (l. Cepede Royg) In doubles, won her 15th career title and fifth Grand Slam at 2017 Roland Garros (w/mattek Sands, d. Barty/Dellacqua in F). Owns a 15 3 career record in doubles finals Sunshine Double singles results included 3r at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams) and QF showing at Miami (l. eventual R Up Wozniacki) In February, reached 17th singles final at Budapest (l. Babos in F); has now reached at least one final in 12 of the last 13 seasons dating back to 2005 (exception being 2013) Posted SF run at Taipei City (l. Peng) Began 2017 by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Strycova), Hobart (l. Ozaki) and Australian Open (l. eventual champion Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 S.Williams) Ended 2016 at No.64 her first finish outside the Top 50 since 2008 down from career best No.9 finish in 2015 her first Top 10 finish (previous best had been No.17 in 2012 and 2014) Stand out singles result of 2016 season was capturing her seventh career singles title in front of home crowd at Prague (d. Stosur in F) Played her first event of the 2016 season at Doha in February. Health problems dated back to September 2015, when she spent a week in hospital in her hometown Brno and missed entire Asian swing returned to drop openers at Linz and Moscow, before heading to Singapore for WTA Finals (did not progress past RR, going 1 2 l. Muguruza, Kvitova; d. Kerber) Recorded five successive opening round losses upon return to tour, at 2016 Doha (after 1r bye, l. Buyukakcay), Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Shvedova), Miami (after 1r bye, l. Wickmayer), Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Chirico) and Stuttgart (l. Ka.Pliskova), snapping losing streak with Prague title Competed at Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Flipkens) and won bronze medal in doubles (w/strycova, d. Hlavackova/Hradecka in medal play off) 2015 singles season highlighted by reaching three finals, winning Doha (d. Azarenka in F) and finishing runner up at New Haven (l. Kvitova) and in her first Grand Slam singles final at Roland Garros (l. S.Williams) As well as singles, also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in doubles w/mattek Sands during the year the team won the Australian Open (their first tournament together), Stuttgart, Roland Garros and Toronto. In Singapore they went 1 2 in RR stage and did not progress to SF Made Top 10 singles debut after run to final at 2015 Roland Garros; peaked at a career high No.5 on September 14, 2015 In August 2015 was one of three Czech players in Top 10 of the rankings (others were Kvitova and Ka.Pliskova); it was the first time in WTA history that three Czech players were ranked in the Top Roland Garros marked 47th Grand Slam main draw. Aside from reaching the final at 2015 Roland Garros and R16 run at 2014 US Open, has also reached SF at 2014 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and QF at 2007 Australian Open (l. Vaidisova) Five time Grand Slam champion in doubles, winning Australian Open in 2015 and 2017 Australian Open, Roland Garros in 2015 and 2017, and US Open in 2016 (all w/mattek Sands) Fifth highest ranked Czech of six in Top 100, after Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova, Strycova and Siniakova (as of June 19, 2017) Member of Czech Fed Cup Team, 2004, , 2017 Coached by Franta Cermak Gavrilova:

5 Making second appearance at Birmingham. Made 2r exit in 2016 (l. Kerber) This week defeated Hsieh in 1r before edging Siniakova on Wednesday to progress to QF Bidding to reach her first tour level SF on grass, bettering QF effort at 2015 Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Stephens) Faces leftie Safarova today owns a 6 9 career record vs. left handed player, going 0 1 in 2017 (l. Safarova at Miami). Last win over a left handed player came over Safarova at 2016 Moscow Entered Birmingham following 1r loss at Roland Garros (l. Mertens); became new Australian No.1 following Paris, ending Stosur s 452 week reign Is currently sitting at a career high singles ranking of No.21 (as at June 19, 2017); previous career high was No.24 on October 24, 2016 following run to Moscow final Reached second career singles final at 2017 Strasbourg (l. compatriot Stosur, a match that would have decided a new Aussie No.1 had she won the title) Made QF run at Rome (l. Bertens); having missed main draw sign up, was forced to play two rounds of qualifying to enter the main draw Other clay court swing results include opening match loss at Madrid (l. Bellis), QF appearance at Rabat (l. Errani) and a R16 showing at Charleston (l. doubles partner and eventual champion Kasatkina) Sunshine Double results include 1r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Safarova) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina) Went 0 2 in singles while representing Australia in Fed Cup loss to Ukraine (l. Tsurenko, Svitolina). Also in February made 2r at St. Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova) In January, posted strong R16 run at the Australian Open, equaling her best result at Melbourne, having reached this stage in 2016 became first Australian to reach R16 at Australian Open since Dellacqua in Was seeded at a Slam for the first time at Melbourne (at No.22) 2017 Australian Open marked 10th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Other best Grand Slam results include 2r showings at 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon. Has never progressed from 1r at US Open ( ) Defeated of No.15 Bacsinszky at Australian Open; is now 3 6 vs. Top 20 opponents in 2017, with other wins over No.13 Keys and No.8 Kuznetsova (both at Rome) Made a 2r exit at Sydney (l. eventual champion Konta) Opened up 2017 season at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, partnering Nick Kyrgios Owns a 8 18 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.8 Kuznetsova (2017 Rome), No.1 Kerber (2016 Hong Kong), No.5 Halep (2016 Rome), No.6 Kvitova (2016 Madrid), No.7 Kvitova (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Safarova (2015 Toronto), No.7 Ivanovic (2015 Rome) and No.2 Sharapova (2015 Miami)

6 Enjoyed strong run of form to close 2016 season, reaching QF at Beijing (l. Svitolina), SF at Hong Kong (l. Mladenovic) and first WTA singles final at Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) In Hong Kong QF, scored first victory over reigning World No.1 with defeat of Kerber Other notable 2016 result was QF run at 2016 Madrid (l. qualifier Chirico) Represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Fell in 1r of singles (l. S.Williams) and doubles (w/stosur, l. eventual silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis) In April 2016, represented Australia for first time in Fed Cup competition USA d. AUS 4 0; Gavrilova went 0 1 in singles (l. Keys) and 0 1 in doubles (w/ar.rodionova l. Mattek Sands/Vandeweghe) Catapulted from No.233 at end of 2014 season to No.36 at end of 2015 named WTA s Most Impressive Newcomer for 2015 (media vote) Season highlights in 2015 included reaching first WTA semifinal at Rome (l. eventual champion Sharapova) and quarterfinals at Eastbourne and Hong Kong Won first WTA doubles title at 2015 Istanbul w/svitolina, their debut tournament together (d. Büyükakçay/Jankovic in F) Made Top 100 debut in March 2015, and Top 50 debut in May 2015 Secured permanent residence in Australia in 2013 and has represented the country in Grand Slam play since 2014 US Open. Australian passport came through in December 2015 and now represents Australia at WTA events as well Watched 2014 Australian Open on crutches; she tore ACL in right knee at WTA 125k Series event in Taipei in November 2013; following surgery, did not play a tournament until July 2014, at ITF level Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 s Hertogenbosch, scoring first career Top 40 win over No.35 Wickmayer in 1r before losing to Flipkens in 2r Played first WTA qualifying event at 2009 Moscow Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Russia in 2008 On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles, including two 50k events in Tasmania after the 2015 Australian Open (Burnie and Launceston); also owns two ITF doubles titles 2010 US Open junior singles champion and Youth Olympics champion Coached by Nicole Pratt and Biljana Veselinovic

7 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER [5] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #12) vs. [7/WC] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads FED CUP WEEK 2 HARD I R2 PETRA KVITOVA n/a 2014 US OPEN HARD O R1 PETRA KVITOVA mins 2013 PARIS HARD I QF KRISTINA MLADENOVIC mins 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) * PETRA KVITOVA (27) $76,776 $22,968,472 0 / 19 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 8-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 6-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [5] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #12) R16: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #31) 6-4,7-6(3) (1h38) R32: d. YING-YING DUAN (CHN #64) 6-3,7-6(2) (1h38) vs. [7] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) R16: d. NAOMI BROADY (GBR #111) 6-2,6-2 (1h02) R32: d. TEREZA SMITKOVA (CZE #167) 6-2,6-3 (1h24) Total games: 45 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h16 Average time on court: 1h38 Average rank of opponent: 48 Total games: 33 Won/lost: 24-9 Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h26 Average time on court: 1h13 Average rank of opponent: 139 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 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) PETRA KVITOVA 2016 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #38) R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) R1 L - SUNITHA RAO (IND #160) 7-6(8) 6-4 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 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.16 Kvitova today has fallen to lower ranked opponents at five of last six tournaments contested (exception being loss to No.8 Halep at Madrid) Is 7 3 vs. Top 20 opponents this season, including five Top 10 wins: No.11 V.Williams (St. Petersburg), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (Dubai), No.4 Halep and No.14 Wozniacki (both at Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (Stuttgart), No.9 Kuznetsova (Madrid) and No.5 Muguruza (Roland Garros) Win over Zhang in 2r here was 35th 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 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 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) For France in Fed Cup win over Spain s World Group play off, went 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, made SF w/garcia in Melbourne (l. eventual R Up Hlavackova/Peng) has now reached at least SF at all majors Ended 2016 ranked No.42, down from career best year end finish of No.29 in 2015 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

10 Kvitova: Making third appearance at Birmingham. Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF. Reached 2r last year (l. Ostapenko) and fell 1r on debut in 2008 (l. Rao) Birmingham marks second event of 2017 season, having competed at Roland Garros (l. Mattek Sands in 2r) required extensive surgery on left hand after a knife attack in her home on December 20, 2016; remains subject of a police investigation in Czech Republic Plays No.12 Mladenovic today in their fourth career meeting. Has yet to face a player ranked inside the WTA Top 50 this season; highest ranked opponent was No.85 Boserup at Roland Garros 1r Owns an career record vs. Top 20 opponents, most recently defeating No.14 Svitolina in the title match at the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November During time away from tennis this year, enrolled in a communications and social media course at the University of Jan Amos Komensky. Also enjoyed time with her family and school friends, spent time in Monaco, trained at Club La Santa in Lanzarote twice and played chess with her coach Jiri Is a two time Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F). With 2011 victory, was first player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros) Since 2014 Wimbledon triumph, has reached R16 or better at a Slam just three times 2015 Roland Garros (R16), 2015 US Open (QF), and 2016 US Open (R16) Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes Won two WTA singles titles last season (2016), at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F) Defeated five Top 20 players en route to the 2016 Wuhan title: No.18 Svitolina (2r), No.1 Kerber (R16), No.13 Konta (QF), No.5 Halep (SF) and No.12 Cibulkova (F). Defeat of Kerber at Wuhan improved career record vs. reigning No.1s to 4 4. Wins have come over Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid ending the American s 27 match winning streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan) Also finished R Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F). Record in WTA singles finals stands at 19 7 Was part of Czech Republic team to defend Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia, d. Mladenovic, then teamed w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last six years, and three in a row Contested Rio Olympics at beginning of August 2016, winning the bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play off) In 1r at 2016 Birmingham, defeated countrywoman Safarova to win her 19th straight match against Czech opponents; is 24 3 in tour level main draw matches against her countrywomen with her only losses being to Hradecka (2012 Madrid), Strycova (2011 Indian Wells) and Benesova (2010 Barcelona)

11 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times Runner up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) At 2012 Sydney was two match wins from ascending to No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) Lost status as top ranked Czech to Ka.Pliskova in mid August for the first time since 2011 A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport Parents, Jiri and Pavla, plus her brothers, Jiri and Libor attended first match here at Roland Garros Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 Fitness trainer is David Vydra

12 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #14) vs. COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) Head to Head: COCO VANDEWEGHE leads AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O QF COCO VANDEWEGHE mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 7-6(4) mins 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 COCO VANDEWEGHE mins 2014 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O QF COCO VANDEWEGHE 7-6(3) mins 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) * COCO VANDEWEGHE (25) $891,881 $4,071,681 0 / 2 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * 2-1 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / / 6-12 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-3 / * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [6] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #14) R16: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #45) 6-1,6-4 (1h34) R32: d. ELIZAVETA KULICHKOVA (RUS #154) 6-3,3-6,6-4 (1h57) vs. COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) R16: d. [4] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) 6-1,6-3 (1h05) R32: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #59) 6-4,6-2 (1h18) Total games: 45 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h31 Average time on court: 1h46 Average rank of opponent: 100 Total games: 34 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h23 Average time on court: 1h12 Average rank of opponent: 33 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

13 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) BIRMINGHAM Tournament History * Qualifying match 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) Muguruza: Making third appearance at Birmingham; through to QF for the first time, having suffered 1r exits in 2012 (l. Dellacqua) and 2015 (l. Rybarikova) Faces No.30 Vandeweghe today in their fifth career meeting. Is 7 6 vs. Top 30 opponents this season, with wins coming over No.21 Stosur, No.26 Kasatkina and No.9 Kuznetsova (all at Brisbane), No.17 Strycova (Fed Cup Week I), No.10 Svitolina (Indian Wells), No.12 V.Williams (Rome) and No.29 Putintseva (Roland Garros) Is bidding to reach third SF of 2017, having also reached this stage at Brisbane (l. Cornet) and Rome (l. Svitolina) 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 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 both Doha (l. Zhang) and Dubai (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Bondarenko w/left Achilles injury) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

14 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 represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic, going 1 1 in singles (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 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) Is third player born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon and Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros 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

15 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) Defeated No.7 Konta in 2r on Thursday marked third Top 10 win of 2017 (11 19 lifetime record); others wins this season came against No.1 Kerber and No.7 Muguruza en route to SF at Australian Open 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.14 Muguruza today for a spot in her second straight SF at Birmingham owns a 5 3 record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents in 2017, defeating No.17 Vesnina (Sydney) and No.19 Vinci, No.1 Kerber and No.7 Muguruza (all at Australian Open) 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)

16 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

17 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) vs. [Q] CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads STRASBOURG CLAY O R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY mins ASHLEIGH BARTY (21) $440,859 $1,405,511 1 / 1 2 / / / / / 6-3 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) * CAMILA GIORGI (25) $154,876 $2,205,514 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / 3-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / 0-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / 0-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / * Updated entering 2017 Birmingham QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) R16: d. [8] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #22) 6-3,3-6,6-1 (1h50) R32: d. MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (CZE #78) 7-5,7-6(1) (1h38) Total games: 50 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h28 Average time on court: 1h44 Average rank of opponent: 50 vs. [Q] CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) R16: d. [2] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-4,4-6,6-2 (2h02) R32: d. NATALIA VIKHLYANTSEVA (RUS #65) 6-3,7-6(4) (1h40) R3*: d. JANA FETT (CRO #167) 6-3,6-4 (1h16) R2*: d. GRACE MIN (USA #206) 6-0,7-6(5) (1h20) R1*: d. EMILY APPLETON (GBR #884) 7-5,6-4 (1h33) Total games: 50 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h42 Average time on court: 1h51 Average rank of opponent: 35 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

18 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2017 $885,040 PREMIER BIRMINGHAM Tournament History * Qualifying match ASHLEIGH BARTY 2014 R1* L - IRINA FALCONI (USA #186) R1* L - NADIIA KICHENOK (UKR #165) (4) 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 Barty: Making main draw debut at Birmingham, having fallen in qualifying in Has now reached QF at three of her past four WTA events (Strasbourg, Nottingham and Birmingham) Posted best win of career by ranking when she defeated No.22 Strycova in 2r this week now has three career wins over Top 50 opponents, having beaten Hantuchova (No.33) at 2014 Brisbane and Beck (No.50) in the first round of this year s Australian Open. Opened grass season at Nottingham last week; where she also advanced to QF (l. Konta, taking record vs. Top 20 opponents to 0 10) In singles, made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Keys) but finished R Up in doubles w/dellacqua (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova); Barty/Dellacqua now 0 4 in Grand Slam doubles finals The team of Barty/Dellacqua are currently in fifth place on the Porsche Race to Singapore standings 2017 Roland Garros marked 11th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Achieved best result at the majors at 2017 Australian Open, reaching 3r (l. Barthel). Has reached 2r at 2013 US Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and made 1r exit at 2012 Wimbledon (l. Vinci) Played fortnight of Roland Garros on career high ranking of No.76 (May 29, 2017), having begun 2017 as No.271 Prior to Roland Garros made QF run at Strasbourg (l. compatriot Gavrilova after serving for match at 5 4 up in final set) ranking rose from No.84 to No.76 as a result Won fourth career doubles title in Strasbourg (w/dellacqua) defeated Chan/Chan in final Only other clay appearance in singles this year came in Rome fell in qualifying Made tournament debut in singles in Miami this year, reaching 2r (l. Stosur); previously played doubles w/dellacqua in 2014 (1r) Landed first WTA career singles title at Kuala Lumpur in February (qualified, d. Hibino in F) Also won third career doubles title in Kuala Lumpur (w/dellacqua) was first doubles title since 2014 Strasbourg Began season at Brisbane made 2r exit (l. Kerber). Her 1r defeat of Krunic marked first tour level main draw win since 2016 Nottingham (June) and first such win on home soil since 2014 Brisbane (d. Hantuchova in 1r, l. Sharapova) Withdrew in final round of Hobart qualifying with a right arm injury Following Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

19 Australian Open run, represented Australia in Fed Cup Week I tie vs. Ukraine went 0 1 in singles (l. Svitolina) and 1 0 in doubles (w/dellacqua, d. N.Kichenok/Savchuk) Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open; all w/dellacqua) After 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Strycova in 1r) took break from tennis that lasted almost two years Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all rounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the Women s Big Bash League Comeback hindered by right arm injury sustained in August 2016, following promising start: returned at $50k ITF/Eastbourne GBR in May, advancing to SF as a qualifier (l. Riske) and the following week, QF at WTA International level Nottingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Subsequently fell in 2r of qualifying at Wimbledon Ended 2016 season at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei in November, reaching QF (as qualifier, ret. vs. Rodina) Posted 16 4 win loss record in singles in 2016 Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 Hobart (l. Mattek Sands in 1r) First Grand Slam main draw appearance (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia s 2012 WC Play Off in Dec Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2013 Birmingham, and second in doubles at 2014 Strasbourg (both w/dellacqua) Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30 On ITF Circuit, has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles (including three in 2016) Won 2011 Wimbledon girls singles title; finished 2011 as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva In juniors, won national singles titles in 18&U, 16&U, 14&U and 12&U age categories Member of Junior Fed Cup winning team in 2011 (Australia d. Canada in F) Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce Giorgi: Making fourth appearance at Birmingham; entered 2017 main draw following three rounds of qualifying (d. Appleton, Min and Fett, without dropping a set) Playing fourth QF of season to date and through to last eight here for the first time, having previously reached 2r in 2014 (d. Dunne, l. Flipkens). Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Vekic) and 2016 (l. Watson) Her 2r defeat of No.5 Svitolina on Thursday marked third career win over a Top 5 opponent previously defeated No.5 Sharapova at 2014 Indian Wells and No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Prague Coming off 2r at 's Hertogenbosch (l. Witthoeft), where she lifted the only WTA title of career (on grass) 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 struggled w/back injury throughout the year

20 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, Favorite book is The Diary of Anne Frank Coached by father, Sergio Giorgi