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1 MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 5-12, ,200,860 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT WTA Information: Tournament Info: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Raquel Martin (rmartin@wtatennis.com) SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. MUTUA MADRID OPEN FINAL (SATURDAY) Manolo Santana [10] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) Kvitova leads 1-0 Kvitova won when pair met at 2015 Wimbledon in 36mins Kvitova aiming to become first three-time Madrid champion Bertens has won four titles and 58 matches on clay since start of 2016 A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER RANK AGE NAT MADRID (MD) W/L* YTD W/L* CAREER W/L* YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ [10] Petra Kvitova CZE ,162 25,016, Kiki Bertens NED ,801 3,781,237 5 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament CAREER TITLES FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT BEST MADRID RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (result) CAREER FINAL W/L [10] Petra Kvitova WON (3): St. Petersburg, Doha, Prague WON (2): 2011, Prague (WON) 23-7 Kiki Bertens WON (1): Charleston FINAL (1): Charleston (WON) 5-1 HONOR ROLL: PREMIER MANDATORY EVENTS YEAR INDIAN WELLS MIAMI MADRID BEIJING 2009 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Dinara Safina (RUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2010 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) Kim Clijsters (BEL) Aravane Rezai (FRA) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Petra Kvitova (CZE) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2012 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) Serena Williams (USA) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2013 Maria Sharapova (RUS) Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) 2014 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) Serena Williams (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2015 Simona Halep (ROU) Serena Williams (USA) Petra Kvitova (CZE) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2016 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Simona Halep (ROU) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2017 Elena Vesnina (RUS) Johanna Konta (GBR) Simona Halep (ROU) Caroline Garcia (FRA) 2018 Naomi Osaka (JPN) Sloane Stephens (USA) TBD TBD Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 5-12, ,200,860 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT BY THE NUMBERS 476 Petra Kvitova has spent 476 minutes on court this week. Kiki Bertens is not far behind, her five matches lasting a combined total of 411 minutes 30 Kvitova is bidding for her 30th win of the season. The earliest she has ever reached this milestone before was at 2011 Roland Garros 24 Bertens has broken serve 24 times this week, winning a tournament-leading 50% of return games 15 By reaching the final Bertens is guaranteed to rise to a career-high ranking of No.15 on Monday 7 Following her semifinal success against Karolina Pliskova, Kvitova has now won a WTA-leading seven matches against Top 10 players in Bertens is attempting to become the second unseeded Madrid champion, after Aravane Rezaï in Both Bertens and Kvitova have dropped one set en route to the final ON THIS DAY MAY 12, 2013 Top seed Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova to defend her Madrid title. Less than a month later in Paris, the American defeated the same opponent to be crowned Roland Garros champion for a second time. FROM THE PRESS ROOM This morning right before the match, I was a little bit nervous. It's another opportunity. I'm just seeing that every day. I'm just trying the best I can. That also keeps me calm. "After first set, I calm down a bit. I really liked that today. Right now I'm just really happy, happy about my performance the whole week. I'm just trying to go there again tomorrow and do the same, then we will see. But right now I'm just enjoying it." Kiki Bertens keeps clam and carries on "It's pretty close, but on other hand it's pretty far. I'm still down-to-earth, trying to be patient, be relaxed before. But obviously I love to play finals. That's why I'm playing tennis, for the titles. Petra Kvitova staying in the moment 0 Bertens is contesting her first Premier Mandatory final Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

3 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 05 - May 12, 2018 $6,685,828 PREMIER MANDATORY [10] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 PETRA KVITOVA mins PETRA KVITOVA (28) $976,162 $25,016,980 3 / 23 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) MADRID W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * KIKI BERTENS (26) $422,801 $3,781,237 1 / 5 1 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 5-4 / * Updated through entering 2018 Madrid Final ROAD TO THE FINAL [10] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) SF: d. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h43) QF: d. [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #15) 6-4,6-0 (1h05) R16: d. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #29) 6-7(4),6-3,6-3 (2h14) R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #65) 6-3,7-6(8) (1h53) R64: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #38) 6-1,6-2 (1h01) Total games: 106 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 7h56 Average time on court: 1h35 Average rank of opponent: 31 vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) SF: d. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) 6-2,6-2 (1h07) QF: d. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #52) 4-6,6-2,6-3 (2h05) R16: d. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 6-2,6-2 (1h00) R32: d. [15] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #17) 6-1,6-4 (1h13) R64: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #42) 6-4,6-4 (1h26) Total games: 96 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 6h51 Average time on court: 1h22 Average rank of opponent: 24 MADRID Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match PETRA KVITOVA 2016 R16 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #39) F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #29) KIKI BERTENS 2017 QF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #22) R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #32) (8) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 05 - May 12, 2018 $6,685,828 PREMIER MANDATORY 2014 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 6-7(4) R2 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #71) R2 L - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #105) F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #5) 7-6(3) R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #45) KVITOVA: Madrid Making ninth main draw appearance at Mutua Madrid Open, as a two-time champion in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2015 (d. Kuznetsova in F) Bidding to become the first three-time titlist in Madrid. Holds the joint-third most titles at Madrid with two, along with Halep ( ) and S.Williams ( ) Missed out on competing here in Madrid in 2017 due to injury Defeated Tsurenko in 1r on Sunday. Has not fallen to a Ukrainian opponent since 2014 Cincinnati (l. Svitolina). Holds a 9-0 record vs. such players since this defeat In 2r, beat Puig for the first time in three attempts. Followed that with a 3s victory over Kontaveit in the R16 to reach her fourth QF of the season has gone on to win the title in each of her previous QF appearances: St. Petersburg, Doha and Prague Hit 26 winners and 18 unforced errors during quick-fire win over Kasatkina to reach fourth Madrid SF. The win was her 10th Top 20 win of 2018 (by contrast posted only four in 2017) Defeated No.6 Ka.Pliskova in SF on Friday to notch seventh Top 10 win in 2018 (7-1 record), have also defeated No.6 Ostapenko and No.10 Mladenovic (both St. Petersburg), No.3 Svitolina, No.10 Goerges, No.1 Wozniacki and No.3 Muguruza (all Doha) Has won 27 of her last 28 matches against Czech opponents dating back to 2012 Madrid only loss coming against Kr.Pliskova earlier this season in Charleston Now owns a 25-6 win-loss record at Madrid second best winning percentage (.801). Only S.Williams (.870) owns a better record Faces No.20 Bertens today in her fourth final of Holds a 3-0 record in finals this season (23-7 career record), lifting two WTA Premier trophies at St. Petersburg and Doha, and one at the International-level at Prague Leads the tour in wins for this season (29-6), ahead of Halep and Mertens (both 25) Going into today s final, has hit the third-most aces on tour this season with 146, behind Ka.Pliskova (193) and Goerges (185) Will climb to No.9 in the WTA rankings by reaching the final and as high as No.8 with the title Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

5 Season Enters Madrid following her third title of 2018 at Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F) One of two players on tour with three titles this season (also St. Petersburg and Doha) also Mertens (Hobart, Lugano and Rabat). Svitolina holds two titles in 2018 (Brisbane and Dubai) Prague marks 23rd career title. Is fifth among active players for titles won: PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL TITLES 1) Serena Williams 72 2) Venus Williams 49 3) Maria Sharapova 36 4) Caroline Wozniacki 28 5) Petra Kvitova 23 =6) Victoria Azarenka 20 =6) Agnieszka Radwanska 20 Fell to Kerber in 1r at Stuttgart after after going 2-0 in singles play against Germany (d. No.11 Goerges and No.12 Kerber) to lead the Czech Republic into the Fed Cup Final against the United States Fell in 2r of Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Kr.Pliskova) following R16 run at Miami (as No.9 seed, l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko) Earlier in March, made 3r exit at Indian Wells (l. Anisimova). Win over Putintseva in 2r matched best win-streak of career: NO. OF WINS DATE TOURNAMENTS Linz (5), WTA Finals (5), Fed Cup (2), Sydney (2) St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6), Indian Wells (1) Fed Cup (2), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (3) Eastbourne (2), Wimbledon (7), Montréal (1) Brisbane (5), Australian Open (4) Lifted the title at Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Holds seventh best record among active players for hard court titles won with 17 Defeated No.1 Wozniacki in SF at Doha her 50th career win over a Top 10 opponent Record vs. reigning No.1s now stands at 5-4. Other wins came 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) Won back-to-back titles at St. Petersburg and Doha for the first time since winning Linz and WTA Finals in 2011 Returned to Top 10 after Doha at No.9 (last appeared in Top 10 week of June 27, 2016) Steered Czech Republic to Fed Cup semifinals for 10th year in a row, posting wins against Switzerland s Bencic and Golubic in Prague Won title at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F); with record, leads active players for indoor hard court wins Has won at least one title every year since 2011 Made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Petkovic in 2hrs 52mins) Opened 2018 season with 2r showing at Sydney (l. Giorgi) after withdrawing from Brisbane w/viral illness Career Finished 2017 ranked No.29, down from No.11 in 2016 Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand Won title at 2017 Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes

6 Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F). Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F) Member of Czech Republic team that successfully defended 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 times since 2011 Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 38th Grand Slam main draw appearance Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros, Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros, Stephens at 2017 US Open and Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open) Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results include two SF showings, at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva) Other Information A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport 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 BERTENS: Madrid Making third appearance at Madrid, where she has reached final for the first time at a Premier Mandatory event Previous best Premier Mandatory showing was QF run here in Madrid in 2017 (l. Sevastova) Began her week by overcoming a slow start to defeat Sakkari in 1r on Saturday Followed this with upsets over No.17 Sevastova in 2r and No.2 Wozniacki in R16 for her third and fourth Top 20 wins of 2018 (also d. No.14 Keys and No.13 Goerges back-to-back en route to Charleston title) Win over Wozniacki was the best win-by-rank of her career. Only other Top 5 victory came against then-no.3 Kerber at 2016 Roland Garros Struck 21 winners and broke serve seven times to see off 2014 champion Sharapova in QF Defeated No.7 Garcia in SF on Friday in what was her 550th career match (at all levels) Improved record on clay this season to Only Kvitova (12) and Mertens (13) have more wins on this surface. In 2017, was the tour leader in match wins on clay (24), ahead of Halep (18) and Ostapenko (16)

7 Faces No.10 Kvitova today in their second career meeting, and first on clay. Holds a 2-4 record vs. Top 10 opponents this season, scoring both wins this week in Madrid over No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia Appearing in seventh WTA final (5-1 record) all of which were on clay. Among active players, sits in ninth place for clay titles won with five, lifting the trophies at 2012 Fed, 2016 Nurnberg, 2017 Nurnberg and Gstaad, and 2018 Charleston Is ensured a new career high singles ranking when the rankings are updated on Monday, May 14. Will move No.15 by reaching the final and can climb as high as No.12 with the title One of just two players to currently be ranked inside the Top 20 in both singles (No.20) and doubles (No.16) also Barty as at May 7, 2018 Dutch No.1, and only player from the Netherlands ranked in the Top 100 in singles (as of May 7, 2018) Season Coming off 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Won biggest title of career to date her first at Premier level on green clay of Charleston (d. Goerges in final) Now owns a 5-1 record in singles finals (all having been on clay) with other titles coming at 2012 Fès, 2016 Nürnberg, 2017 Nürnberg and 2017 Gstaad Posted 3r showing at Miami (l. V.Williams after holding 3mp). After 1r bye, beat Lepchenko in 2r to end four-match losing streak Fell 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. S.Williams in the American s first competitive comeback following pregnancy) Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Wang). Forced to withdraw from Doha the week prior w/illness Suffered 1r exit at St. Petersburg (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), which was best result of career in Melbourne Entered Australian Open following a 2r exit at Sydney (l. No.3 Muguruza) In opening tournament of season fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Konjuh in straight sets); however, teamed up with compatriot Schuurs to win doubles title (d. Klepac/ Martínez Sánchez in F). Career record in doubles finals now stands at 10-4 Career Ended 2017 at No.31, down from career-best year-end finish of No.22 in 2016 Season highlight was winning titles at Nürnberg (as defending champion, d. Krejcikova in F) and Gstaad (d. Kontaveit in F, having finished R-Up there in 2016). Record in finals stands at 5-1 Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Konta (Sydney, Miami), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals) Posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level. As a result, posted new career-high singles ranking of No.18 (May 29, 2017) Added four WTA doubles titles to her haul in 2017: Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/larsson) Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Qualified for her first WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/larsson), advancing to the final (l. Babos/Sestini Hlavackova), defeating defending champions Makarova/Vesnina en route Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route) In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles falling to Svitolina and Vesnina Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani)

8 Scored best result at a major at 2016 Roland Garros, reaching the SF (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) Arrived in Paris having made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title prior to this was Vandeweghe at 2014 s-hertogenbosch Of her four Top 10 wins in career, all have come on clay, and two at Roland Garros: No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Madrid), No.3 Kerber and No.9 Bacsinszky (2016 Roland Garros) and No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg) Won her maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw appearance Owns 10 doubles titles: Hobart and Bastad in 2015, Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg in 2016, Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul, Linz (all w/larsson) in 2017 and Brisbane (w/schuurs) in 2018 On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles and 11 doubles titles Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Ranking jumped from No.58 to a then-career high of No.27 With 2016 SF result, became the first Dutch woman to reach the SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Contested 2017 Roland Garros on a career-high ranking of No.18 (May 29), and as No.18 seed highest at a Slam Has reached 3r at Wimbledon in 2016 (l. Halep) at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Best result at US Open are two 2r runs, on main draw debut in 2012 (l. Puchkova) and 2015 (l. S.Williams) Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) Other Information Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter, although during title run at 2018 Charleston worked with former WTA player Elise Tamaela Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

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MUTUA MADRID OPEN SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 7 12, 2018 6,200,860 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT WTA Information: Tournament Info: WTA Communications: www.wtatennis.com @WTA facebook.com/wta www.madrid-open.com