2018 ROLAND GARROS DAY SEVEN (SATURDAY) FEATURED MATCHES

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1 2018 ROLAND GARROS WOMEN S DAILY NOTES PARIS, FRANCE MAY 27 - JUNE 10, 2018 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/roland Garros facebook.com/wta Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com) 2018 ROLAND GARROS DAY SEVEN (SATURDAY) FEATURED MATCHES [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #107) Halep leads 6-1 Halep and Petkovic have met on clay four times, with the Romanian winning the last three matches Second round win over Townsend was her 30th this season Petkovic owns 1-8 record vs. World No.1s with the sole victory coming over Wozniacki at 2011 Miami [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #90) Muguruza leads 2-1 Muguruza defeated Stosur en route to her first Grand Slam title here in 2016 The Australian is bidding for her first Top 10 since defeating No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros Muguruza owns a 10-1 record in Grand Slam 3r matches [28] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30) vs. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) Sharapova leads 1-0 Sharapova won the pair s only previous match in straight sets at the 2015 Fed Cup final Ka.Pliskova has won 12 matches on clay this season, three more than in 2017 The Russian owns a record here at Roland Garros IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #40) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Garcia leads 3-2 Garcia won most recent meeting in three sets at 2017 Bastad Garcia is the only French woman to remain in contention this fortnight Begu owns 3-0 record against French players at Grand Slam level [11] JULIA GOERGES (GER #11) vs. SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #451) S.Williams leads 2-0 S.Williams holds an 11-2 record in Grand Slam 3r matches here in Paris Goerges is one of three German women remaining in the draw Serena is also through to 3r in doubles here with Venus [12] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) vs. [18] KIKI BERTENS (NED #22) Series tied 1-1 Bertens upset No.3 seed Kerber here two years ago in the opening round their only meeting on clay to date The German is bidding to advance to the R16 for the fourth time In 2016, Bertens became the first Dutch woman to reach SF here in Paris since 1971 [24] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #25) vs. [16] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #16) Mertens leads 2-1 The pair have split their two previous meetings on clay Gavrilova saved one match point in her second round win over Pera At No.16, Mertens is seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam [19] MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #18) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #39) Rybarikova leads 2-0 Rybarikova is bidding to be the first Slovak woman to reach R16 in Paris since Cibulkova in 2012 Tsurenko owns a 1-3 record in Grand Slam 3r matches Rybarikova has now reached 3r or better at last four majors Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

2 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #107) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads FED CUP WEEK 2 - PLAYOFFS CLAY I R1 SIMONA HALEP (5) CINCINNATI HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP mins 2014 BEIJING HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP 7-6(4) (1) 155 mins 2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O SF SIMONA HALEP (4) 90 mins 2013 TOKYO HARD O R2 SIMONA HALEP 7-6(4) mins 2013 NÜRNBERG CLAY O F SIMONA HALEP mins 2009 BUCHAREST CLAY O QF ANDREA PETKOVIC (2) SIMONA HALEP (26) $2,758,056 $23,494,071 1 / 16 1 / / / / / / / / [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) R128: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #83) 2-6,6-1,6-1 (1h35) R64: d. [WC] TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #72) 6-3,6-1 (1h08) ANDREA PETKOVIC WTA RANKING 107 PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD 106 DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) (30) YTD PRIZE MONEY $132,749 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,733,721 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 6 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) * 16-7 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 4-6 / YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-5 / YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 2-3 / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND vs. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #107) R128: d. [29] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #31) 7-6(10),6-2 (1h42) R64: d. BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #202) 6-0,7-6(5) (1h20) Total games: 38 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h43 Average time on court: 1h22 Average rank of opponent: 78 Total games: 40 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h2 Average time on court: 1h31 Average rank of opponent: 117 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2017 ANDREA PETKOVIC 2017 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

3 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM F L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #47) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24) 7-6(0) R2 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #70) F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) (5) R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) R1 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #26) R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #6) R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) R2* L - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #153) R1 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #68) R2 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #60) R3 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) (4) 2013 R2* L - YI-MIAO ZHOU (CHN #156) 6-7(1) 7-6(2) QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #6) R1* L - EKATERINA LOPES (RUS #151) R2 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #21) HALEP: Roland Garros Making ninth appearance at Roland Garros (10th overall). Has reached two of her three Grand Slam finals here in Paris, finishing R-Up to Sharapova in 2014 and Ostapenko in 2017 Led with game point against Ostapenko in last year s final Aside from two final appearances, other key showing was R16 in 2016 (l. Stosur). Fell 2r in 2011 (l. Stosur) and 2015 (l. Lucic-Baroni), and suffered 1r exits in 2010 (as qualifier, l. Stosur), 2012 (l. Cetkovska) and 2013 (l. Suárez Navarro). Contested qualifying in 2009 Enters 2018 Roland Garros as World No.1 and is top seed at a Grand Slam for second time (also 2018 Australian Open) In Open Era, No.1 seed has claimed the Roland Garros title on 18 occasions and finished runner-up 13 times Needs to reach SF or better to have a chance of holding onto World No.1 ranking after Roland Garros. Wozniacki is the player most likely to usurp her, although Muguruza could also do so (see WTA Preview Notes for a full breakdown) 2008 Roland Garros girls singles champion. Only five players have won the Roland Garros women s singles title after winning the girls singles title (Durr, Jausovec, Mandlikova, Capriati and Henin) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 Owns six clay court titles, triumphing at Nürnberg (2013), Budapest (2013), Bucharest (2014, 2016) and Madrid (2016, 2017): CLAY COURT TITLES ACTIVE PLAYERS 13 Serena Williams 11 Maria Sharapova 10 Anabel Medina Garrigues 9 Venus Williams 7 Sara Errani 6 Simona Halep 6 Jelena Jankovic 6 Francesca Schiavone 5 Kiki Bertens Recovered from losing first five games to defeat Riske in 1r on Wednesday Hit 21 winners and 13 unforced errors against Townsend in 2r her 30th win of the season (Kvitova, 32, is the only other player to reach this landmark in 2018) Faces No.107 Petkovic in 3r their eighth career meeting but first in more than two years Has 5-1 record against Germans at Grand Slam level, including victory over Petkovic in 2014 Roland Garros SF A loss today would be worst-by-ranking since 2017 US Open 1r (l. No.146 Sharapova) Owns 12-2 record in Grand Slam 3r matches. Only losses at this stage came at 2011 Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska) and 2014 US Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) Has reached at least the QF stage in her last eight clay court tournaments 2018 Rome (F), 2018 Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Garros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 Stuttgart (SF), 2016 Bucharest (Won). Last event on clay where she did not reach at least the last eight was 2016 Roland Garros (R16) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 32nd Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a three-time Grand Slam finalist, having finished runner-up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) First Romanian woman to advance to the final at Australian Open Also semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 Season Coming off second consecutive R-Up finish at Rome (l. Svitolina in both 2017 and 2018 finals) In other clay court tournaments this season, produced QF showings at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe) Played first matches of 2018 clay season while representing Romania in Fed Cup, going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in 3-1 win over Switzerland in World Group play-off

5 During Sunshine Double, reached SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and made 3r in Miami (l. A.Radwanska) Forced to withdraw prior to Doha SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury. Injury also forced her to withdraw from Dubai Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/begu) titles at Shenzhen, China. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her 16th career title and first since Madrid May 2017; doubles title was first of career Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open in Melbourne in January; succumbed to Wozniacki in the final in three sets. Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3h44, ranks as the third longest women s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, R16, 4h44) and Strycova d. Kulikova (2010, 1r, 4h19). Also equal longest in terms of number of games (48) Saved another two match points in defeat of Kerber in SF believed to be first player to save MPs in multiple matches and reach a Grand Slam final Career Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot since computer rankings began in November 1975, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) the third Premier Mandatory title of career (after 2015 Indian Wells and 2016 Madrid); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome (l. Svitolina), Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Beijing (l. Garcia) 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F) Bucharest and Montréal results started 13-match winning streak that ended in SF at Cincinnati. Was second-longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16) Won first career doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina) Career record vs. Top 5 players is Wins coming over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome) Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Wiliams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses were to No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles in this period Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making debut there in week of January 27, 2014

6 Qualified four times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Reached first career final at 2010 Fès in just her third main draw appearance Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Former junior World No.1 Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Other Information Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita Endorsement portfolio currently includes Mercedes-Benz and Hublot; recently signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began wearing their kit at 2018 Doha PETKOVIC: Roland Garros Making eighth main draw appearance at Roland Garros (10th overall) Produced her best performance across all four majors here in 2014, reaching SF (d. former finalist Errani en route, l. today s opponent Halep) Also made QF in Paris in 2011 (l. Sharapova) Scored straight-set victories over Mladenovic in 1r and Mattek-Sands in 2r her third and fourth tour-level wins of 2018 (also d. No.86 Hercog at Miami and No.28 Kvitova at Australian Open) Faces No.1 Halep today. Record against reigning No.1s stands at 1-8: d. Wozniacki (2011 Miami) and l. S.Williams (2010 Rome, 2014 Brisbane, 2014 Rome, 2014 Stanford and 2015 Toronto), Wozniacki (2011 Stuttgart and 2011 US Open), and Azarenka (2012 Stuttgart) Scored most recent Top 10 win over No.5 Muguruza at 2016 Doha Win-loss record in Grand Slam 3r matches stands at 5-6; last reached this stage at 2015 US Open (l. Konta) One of three Germans to reach 3r from seven that began this year s main draw (also Goerges, Kerber). Romania (Begu, Buzarnescu and Halep) and USA (Keys, Stephens and S.Williams) also have three players through to this stage Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 34th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best result at a Slam came at 2014 Roland Garros, where she advanced to SF (l. eventual R-Up Halep)

7 In 2011, her most consistent year at the majors, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Li), Roland Garros (l. Sharapova) and US Open (l. Wozniacki) At Wimbledon, has advanced to 3r on three occasions, in 2011 (l. Pervak), 2014 (l. Bouchard) and 2015 (l. Diyas) Season Coming off 1r exit at Nürnberg (l. Cirstea in 3s after twice coming within two points of victory) On ITF Circuit, made 2r at $100K ITF/Trnava-SVK (l. Nara) and QF at $100K ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA (l. Yastremska) Began clay court season with 1r exits at Charleston (l. Lepchenko) and Prague (l. Siniakova) Produced 2r showing at Miami (as qualifier, l. No.26 seed Gavrilova) Contested qualifying at Indian Wells following a 1r exit at the WTA $125K Series event in Indian Wells (l. Tomljanovic) Made 1r exit at St. Petersburg (as qualifier, l. Begu) before falling in qualifying at Doha At the Australian Open, reached 2r (d. No.28 Kvitova in 1r, l. Davis) Opened 2018 season with qualifying exit at Brisbane (l. Monova) Career Ended 2017 ranked No.97 eighth Top 100 finish of career and just the second outside the Top 50 since 2012 Season highlighted by SF run at 2017 Washington, DC (l. Goerges) Posted three wins vs. Top 50 players in 2017: No.28 Begu and Bertens twice once No.27 and No season highlights included SF at Doha and three QF appearances (Luxembourg, Dubai and Brisbane) Bowed out of 2016 Rio Olympics in 1r of singles (l. Svitolina) and 1r of doubles (w/kerber, l. Errani/Vinci) Scored best result of 2016 with SF run at Doha (ret. vs. Ostapenko). Advanced to SF by defeating No.5 Muguruza; first win over a Top 5 opponent since d. No.2 Azarenka at 2013 Beijing Mixed results across 2015 saw her end season at No.24, qualifying for WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (fell in group stage) Owns lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, most recent win coming over No.5 Muguruza (2016 Doha). Other Top 10 wins were over No.9 Makarova (2015 Miami), No.2 Azarenka (2013 Beijing), No.10 Bartoli (2011 Beijing), No.6 Kvitova (2011 Cincinnati), No.7 Kvitova (2011 Toronto), No.7 Jankovic (2011 Stuttgart), No.6 Jankovic (2011 Miami), No.1 Wozniacki (2011 Miami), No.5 V.Williams (2011 Australian Open, by ret.) and No.6 Kuznetsova (2009 Tokyo) Is a former Top 10 player, cracking the elite bracket at No.9 in September of 2011 and again in May 2015 Won sixth WTA singles title at 2015 Antwerp (d. Suárez Navarro in F via w/o neck injury); owns a 6-11 record in finals, with four of six titles coming on clay the biggest being at Charleston (d. Cepelova in F). Notably also won the Tournament of Champions-Sofia in 2014 (d. Muguruza in SF and Pennetta in F) Is a two-time doubles runner-up, at 2009 Bad Gastein (w/maria) and 2016 Brisbane (w/kerber) Suffered right knee injury at Hopman Cup at end of December 2012, which forced her to miss 2013 Australian and Middle East swings; returned to tour at Indian Wells. Ranking dropped as low as No.177 in March 2013 Member of German Fed Cup Team, 2007, , Made first WTA appearances as a WC in qualifying at 2002 Hamburg and Leipzig

8 Other Information Coached by Dusan Vemic Began playing at age 6 when father introduced her to the sport Speaks French, German, English, Serbian Favorite authors are Goethe, Wilde, Flaubert; people most admired are Goethe (genius in writing) and Che Guevara (genius in fighting)

9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #90) Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads BRISBANE HARD O R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (2) mins 2016 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O SF GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2014 MADRID CLAY O R2 SAMANTHA STOSUR mins GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (24) $861,376 $16,377,998 1 / 6 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) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated through entering 2018 Roland Garros 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND SAMANTHA STOSUR (34) $219,032 $17,301,944 0 / 9 0 / / / / / / / / [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) R128: d. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #43) 7-6,6-2 (2h05) R64: d. [WC] FIONA FERRO (FRA #257) 6-4,6-3 (1h26) vs. SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #90) R128: d. YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #105) 6-2,6-4 (1h27) R64: d. [30] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) 6-2,7-6(1) (1h38) Total games: 40 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h31 Average time on court: 1h46 Average rank of opponent: 150 Total games: 39 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h5 Average time on court: 1h33 Average rank of opponent: 67 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2017 R16 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #14) F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) SAMANTHA STOSUR 2017 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #47) SF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2015 QF L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #13) 7-6(3) QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #18) R3* L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #135) (7) MUGURUZA: 2015 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R16 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #18) SF L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #24) R3 L - GISELA DULKO (ARG #51) F L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #17) (2) 2009 SF L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #7) (5) R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #87) R3 L - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #10) R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #21) R2 L - NATHALIE DECHY (FRA #16) R1 L - ANNA-LENA GROENEFELD (GER #97) R1* L - WYNNE PRAKUSYA (INA #114) Roland Garros Making sixth main draw appearance at Roland Garros (seventh overall). Champion in 2016, when she became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since Sánchez Vicario in 1998 Defeated S.Williams in 2016 title match one of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur) Other standout results in Paris include back-to-back QFs in 2014 (d. No.1 S.Williams in 2r, l. eventual champion Sharapova) and 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Safarova), and R16 in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) Enters 2018 Roland Garros as No.3 seed the 17th consecutive major that she has been seeded One of three players who could finish the tournament as World No.1 (also Halep and Wozniacki). The Spaniard will need to reach the final to have a chance at claiming top spot. Muguruza could also move to No.1 by winning the title, so long that she does not face Wozniacki in the final Opened 2018 Roland Garros campaign with 1r defeat of 2009 champion Kuznetsova. Was second year in succession she has met another former title winner in 1r here: defeated 2010 champion Schiavone in 2017 In 2r defeated wildcard and home favorite Ferro, hitting 26 winners including four aces Faces No.90 Stosur today in their fourth career meeting, and second here in Paris. Defeated the Australian en route to her first Grand Slam title here in 2016 in the SFs Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

11 In their most recent meeting, at 2017 Brisbane, recovered from 4-2 down in the third set to win in 2h45 A loss today would mark worst-by-ranking since falling to No.100 Vickery at 2018 Indian Wells 2r Owns a 10-1 record in Grand Slam 3r matches, with only loss coming at 2016 Australian Open (l. Strycova) Aiming to advance to her fifth consecutive R16 here at Roland Garros, most recently falling at this stage last year (l. Mladenovic) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 22nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Owns win-loss record across all majors (includes 2018 Roland Garros results) Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams) 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 45th woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title and 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 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) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) Season Coming off opening match defeat at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Gavrilova in 3s held 2mp) Advanced to 3r at Madrid (l. Kasatkina) after suffering opening match loss at Stuttgart (ret. vs. Pavlyuchenkova w/lower back injury) Went 2-0 in singles (d. González and Cepede Royg) during Spain s 3-1 Fed Cup World Group II play-off win over Paraguay Won sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F). Now owns 6-4 career record in singles finals Reached R16 at Miami (l. eventual champion Stephens in straight sets) after falling to No.100 Vickery in Indian Wells 2r (after a 1r bye) Made SF in Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina, having held three match points) Reached ninth career singles final in Doha (l. Kvitova in 3s) Made 2r exit at Australian Open as No.3 seed, l. No.88-ranked Hsieh. Was in contention to reclaim No.1 ranking in Melbourne, but needed to reach final and see other results go her way Opened 2018 season with 2r exit at Brisbane (after 1r bye, l. No.53 Krunic led before retiring w/cramp midway through third set)

12 Withdrew before QF match against Gavrilova at Sydney (w/right thigh injury) Career Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Ascended to become the World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Named ITF World Champion for 2017 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Dropped just one set en route to title at All England Club, during 2h20 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 Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 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) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major 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 6 4 career record in singles finals: 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart 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 STOSUR: Roland Garros Making 15th main draw appearance at Roland Garros (16th overall). A former finalist here in 2010 (l. Schiavone), and three-time semifinalist in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), 2012 (eventual R-Up Errani) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Lifted the Roland Garros doubles trophy in 2006 (w/raymond, d. Hantuchova/Sugiyama in F)

13 Contesting 2018 Roland Garros ranked No.90 her lowest held ranking since the week of July 14, 2008 (at No.107) Struck 21 winners to defeat Wickmayer in 1r play on Tuesday, then hit 27 more in 2r to knock out No.28 Pavlyuchenkova her doubles partner this fortnight in Paris to score third Top 30 win of the season, having defeated No.24 Gavrilova twice at Prague (via ret.) and Strasbourg Faces No.3 Muguruza today for a spot in her third straight R16 in Paris, having reached SF in 2016 (l. today s opponent and eventual champion Muguruza) and R16 in 2017 (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) Aiming for first Top 10 win of 2018 in her third attempt, having fallen to No.9 Kerber (Doha) and No.9 Stephens (Madrid). Last win over such players came over No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros R16 (31-78 career record) Holds record in Grand Slam 3r matches. Last loss at this stage came at 2015 Wimbledon (l. Vandeweghe) Competing in doubles field here in Paris (w/pavlyuchenkvoa). The pair faces No.2 seeds Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova in 2r today Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 58th Grand Slam main appearance Owns one Grand Slam singles title, having won 2011 US Open (d. S.Williams in F). One of just five women who have defeated S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Muguruza) Reached the final at Roland Garros in 2010 (l. Schiavone). Also a three-time Paris semifinalist, in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Best result at Wimbledon is reaching 3r three times (2009, 2013, 2015) and at home Slam of Australian Open made R16 in 2006 (l. Hingis) and 2010 (l. S.Williams) In doubles, won 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland Garros (both w/raymond) Season Coming off QF run at Strasbourg (as defending champion, l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) Defeated compatriot Gavrilova in 2r at Strasbourg in a re-match of the 2017 final Fell 1r at Rome (l. Van Uytvanck) after 2r exit at Madrid (l. Stephens) Reached QF at Prague (l. Giorgi) Fell to Kerkhove in Australia s 4-1 Fed Cup play-off win vs. the Netherlands in April Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Miami (l. Puig) and Charleston (l. Ahn) Reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) Made 2r exit at Doha (l. Kerber) and fell 1r at Dubai (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit). In Dubai contested qualifying at a WTA event for first time since Zurich in October 2008 In only other post-australian Open appearance, fell 1r at Taipei City (l. Hibino) Lost to Puig in 1r at Australian Open after holding match point in second set tie-break In lead up to Australian Open, fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Sevastova) and made 2r at Sydney (l. Gavrilova)

14 Career Suffered through an injury-plagued 2017 season, but, still managed to post her ninth consecutive Top 50 finish, ending at No.41 Highlight of reduced season came with ninth career title at Strasbourg (d. Gavrilova in F), along with QF runs at Taipei City (l. Peng), Doha (l. Cibulkova) and Hong Kong (l. Wang) also reached R16 of Roland Garros for sixth time (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) Owner of nine singles titles career record in finals is 9-15, and has advanced to at least one singles final in 11 of past 12 seasons 2016 season highlights included R-Up finish at Prague (l. Safarova in three sets) and advancing to fifth Grand Slam SF of career at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Muguruza). Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26, 2013 Represented Australia at Rio Olympics, progressing to 3r in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), and fell 1r in doubles (w/gavrilova, l. eventual silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/peers, l. Mirza/Bopanna) Won two WTA singles titles in 2015 season, both at International level, at Strasbourg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Bad Gastein (d. Knapp in F). Was second season where had won multiple titles (also 2013 Carlsbad, Osaka) Achieved 500th career match win (all levels) at 2015 Washington DC. Owns two wins over a reigning World No.1: S.Williams (2010 Roland Garros) and Wozniacki (2010 WTA Finals) Former doubles World No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland Garros (both w/raymond) Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/b.bryan) and 2014 Wimbledon (w/zimonjic) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia in 1998, and first WTA main draws in 2002, as a wildcard at Gold Coast and Australian Open Other Information Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during 2016 US Open. Stopped working with long-time coach, David Taylor, after 2016 Roland Garros Friend introduced her to tennis at age eight Off the court, enjoys going to the beach, swimming in the sea, hanging out with friends, surfing and listening to music

15 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [28] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30) vs. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) Head to Head: MARIA SHARAPOVA leads FED CUP FINAL HARD I R1 MARIA SHARAPOVA MARIA SHARAPOVA (31) $516,947 $37,546,423 0 / 36 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) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $1,335,559 $12,170,950 1 / 10 0 / / / / / / / / [28] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30) R128: d. [Q] RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #133) 6-1,4-6,6-3 (1h54) R64: d. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #50) 7-5,6-4 (1h57) vs. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) R128: d. [Q] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #234) 7-6(6),6-4 (1h38) R64: d. LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #53) 3-6,6-4,6-1 (1h45) Total games: 48 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h51 Average time on court: 1h56 Average rank of opponent: 92 Total games: 49 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h23 Average time on court: 1h42 Average rank of opponent: 144 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match MARIA SHARAPOVA 2015 R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #13) 7-6(3) F W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) (5) F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) R1 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #108) R2 L - ANDREEA MITU (ROU #100) (5) 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

16 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2012 F W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #24) SF L - NA LI (CHN #7) R3 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #23) QF L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #19) R16 L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #14) 6-7(6) 7-6(5) SF L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #7) R16 L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #17) QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #12) QF L - PAOLA SUÁREZ (ARG #14) R1 L - MAGUI SERNA (ESP #36) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #72) R1 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #8) R2* L - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #159) SHARAPOVA: Roland Garros Making 14th main draw appearance at Roland Garros, and first since 2015 Is a two-time champion here in Paris, lifting the title in 2012 (d. Errani in F) and 2014 (d. Halep in F) Her triumph here in 2012 saw her complete the Career Grand Slam, having also won 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open Was also R-Up here in 2013 (l. S.Williams in F) Defeated qualifier and No.133 Hogenkamp in 1r on Tuesday, trailing 0-3 in the third set before winning six consecutive games to claim the victory (had lost six consecutive games herself prior to the turnaround) Advanced to the 3r after a straight-set victory over No.50 Vekic. Is now 10-6 vs. Top 50 ranked players this season, including four such wins last month in Rome (d. No.18 Barty, No.34 Cibulkova, No.24 Gavrilova and No.6 Ostapenko before falling to No.1 Halep in SF) 2r win over Vekic marked 590th career WTA main draw victory Her record here at Roland Garros now stands at 55-11, and across the Grand Slams is (third most wins among active players) Squares off against No.6 Ka.Pliskova in today s 3r action owns a record vs. Top 10 opponents in her career. Is 1-2 so far in 2018 (d. No.6 Ostapenko at Rome; l. No.7 Garcia at Stuttgart and No.1 Halep at Rome) Owns a 37-7 mark in Grand Slam 3r matches, including 11-1 here in Paris. Lone loss came against Henin in 2010 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

17 Holds a record vs. Czech opponents, including a 9-2 on clay One of seven remaining thirtysomethings in the draw (also, S.Williams, Stosur, Strycova, Petkovic, Kerber and Buzarnescu) out of 23 in the starting field Among active players has second most clay court titles, with 11 (sits behind S.Williams, on 13) Begins 2018 Roland Garros ranked No.30, up from No.178 at this time last year Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 52nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam the ninth-most among active players Five-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2004 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F), 2008 Australian Open (d. Ivanovic in F), 2012 Roland Garros (d. Errani in F to complete career Grand Slam) and 2014 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) Remains the last teenager to win a Grand Slam title, aged 19 years, 132 days at the 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F) One of six women to achieve career Grand Slam in the Open Era (also Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf and S.Williams) Owns a 5-5 record in Grand Slam finals, finishing as runner-up three times at the Australian Open (2007, 2012, 2015) as well as 2011 Wimbledon and 2013 Roland Garros Season Coming off SF run at Rome (l. World No.1 Halep) and reaching the QF stage at Madrid (l. eventual R-Up Bertens in 3s) Victory in 1r over Buzarnescu at Madrid was first since Australian Open, ending a four-match losing streak began with 3r loss to Kerber in Melbourne, following by 1r exits at Doha (l. Niculescu), Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and Stuttgart (l. Garcia in 3s) In Rome, victory over No.6 Ostapenko in QF marked 21st win on clay over a Top 10 ranked player the most among active players Loss to World No.1 Halep takes lifetime record vs. No.1s to 7-17, most recently defeating Azarenka at 2012 WTA Finals; also owns two wins vs. No.1s at Slams Mauresmo (2006 US Open) and Henin (2008 Australian Open) Withdrew from Dubai and Miami, both due to right forearm injury Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (d. No.14 seed Sevastova in 2r, l. Kerber) Began season by reaching SF at Shenzhen (l. eventual R-Up Siniakova) Career Finished 2017 season at No.60, having played at Stuttgart in April unranked; advanced to SF (l. Mladenovic) and played next event, Madrid, back on WTA Rankings at No.258 Won 36th career WTA singles title at 2017 Tianjin in October (d. Sabalenka in F) In sole Grand Slam appearance of 2017, reached R16 at US Open as a wildcard, falling to Sevastova (upset No.2 Halep in 1r for first win over a Top 10 opponent since d. No.6 Kvitova in 2015 Fed Cup final)

18 In 2016, only competed in Australian Open, falling to S.Williams in QF following her withdrawal from Brisbane (as defending champion) in opening week of that season w/left forearm injury Ended 2015 at No.4 on WTA Rankings for her fifth consecutive Top 5 finish, and ninth overall Won two WTA titles in 2015 season, at Brisbane (d. Ivanovic in F) and Rome (d. Suárez Navarro in F) won at least one title each year between 2003 and 2015 (13 straight years). Owns 36 WTA titles overall (36-23 record in finals), third most among active players, behind S.Williams and V.Williams Owns 11 tour-level titles on clay, at one point going 7-0 in clay court finals As defending champion, fell in R16 at 2015 Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Safarova); advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) In 2015, appeared at season-ending WTA Finals for eighth time posted perfect 3-0 record in RR stage (l. Kvitova in SF). Was champion on debut appearance at the season finale in Los Angeles in 2004 (d. S.Williams in F) Part of Russian Fed Cup team that finished runners-up to Czech Republic in November 2015, despite winning both rubbers vs. Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova Absent from singles (played one doubles match, at 2009 Indian Wells w/vesnina) from August 2008 to May 2009 (Warsaw) following right shoulder surgery (October 15, 2008) On August 22, 2005, became 16th woman (first Russian) to reach No.1; held No.1 ranking for a total of 21 non-consecutive weeks (including four weeks in 2012) Other Information Autobiography, Unstoppable: My Life So Far, was released in September 2017 Started playing at age 4; at age 6 took part in Moscow exhibition that featured Martina Navratilova Began training at Bollettieri Academy at age 9 (required two-year separation from mother due to visa restrictions and finances) Among her business interests is a Brand Ambassador for Porsche and Evian; has a premium candy line, Sugarpova; has a skincare range called Supergoop! Has a strong following on social media (in 2014 became first tennis player to pass 15 million fans on Facebook) Currently coached by Thomas Hogstedt since March The pair last worked together from 2010 to 2013, during which Sharapova completed her Career Grand slam by winning 2012 Roland Garros KA.PLISKOVA: Roland Garros Making seventh main draw appearance at Roland Garros (and eighth overall). Achieved best result here by advancing to SF in 2017 (l. Halep) Prior to last year s run, had never progressed beyond 2r in Paris, falling at this stage in 2014 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. Mitu). Suffered 1r exits in and 2016 Is No.6 seed this fortnight her sixth consecutive major as one of the Top 10 seeds

19 One of seven current or former World No.1s to reach 3r (also Halep, Kerber, Muguruza, Sharapova, S.Williams and Wozniacki) Defeated back-to-back Czech opponents in qualifier Krejcikova and Safarova; improves to 4-0 against Czech players at Grand Slam level, having also beaten Safarova and Strycova en route to 2018 Australian Open QF Faces off against former World No.1 and current No.30 Sharapova in today s 3r. Today s matchup marks the first encounter between two former World No.1 s at this year s event Marks first meeting between the two on the WTA tour Sharapova won lone meeting in 2015 Fed Cup final (although Czechs went on to defend the title) Is 5-3 in Grand Slam 3r matches. Last fell at this stage came at 2016 Australian Open (l. Makarova) Holds a edge over Russian opponents, but is 3-6 on clay Entering 3r has served second most aces on tour 212 from 33 matches (excludes Fed Cup statistics), trailing Goerges (214 from 30 matches) Has won 12 matches on clay this season (Fed Cup 1, Stuttgart 5, Madrid 4, Roland Garros 2), three more than she won in all of 2017 Currently in No.6 position on the Porsche Race to Singapore top eight players of 2018 qualify for the season finale at the WTA Finals in Singapore Grand Slam History 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 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 results came with QF run in 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni) and 2018 (l. Halep) while she has also achieved best result at Roland Garros that year, advancing to SF (l. Halep) In six Wimbledon appearances, has yet to make it beyond 2r Australian Open girls singles champion in 2010 d. Robson in F Season Made SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and fell 2r at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari) Won 10th career title at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in final). Now record in WTA singles finals and 2-1 on clay (lost 2014 Nürnberg and won 2015 Prague) Scored first Top 10 win of season, over No.5 Ostapenko, in Stuttgart QF Went 1-1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) to help Czech Republic reach its sixth Fed Cup final in the past eight years with a 4-1 win over Germany. The Czechs will host the USA in November s final

20 Posted QF showings at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and Miami (l. Azarenka) Reached QF at Dubai (l. Kerber) and made 3r exit at Doha (l. Bellis) Advanced to QF in first Grand Slam of the year at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep) Nominated for Czech Republic s Fed Cup World Group I QF tie vs. Switzerland but did not play a singles or doubles match due to illness Began 2018 season in Brisbane; as defending champion, advanced to SF (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Career Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish. Year-end ranking has improved continuously for 12-straight seasons 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) Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) Qualified for WTA Finals for second year-in-a-row, reaching SF stage (l. eventual champions Wozniacki) 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) Advanced to SF stage at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results matched her best result at a WTA Premier-Mandatory tournament (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016). Also reached SF at 2017 Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Led the WTA in 2017 for aces served 452 from 68 matches. Also posted joint-second most match wins 53 (level with Svitolina, behind Wozniacki 60) Holds a record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha) Career wins over Top 10 opponents stands at 23-32, most recent wins coming over No.9 Stephens and No.1 Halep at 2018 Madrid Enjoyed a break-out year in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) 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 seven 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 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)

21 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 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 Tomas Krupa since start of 2018 season. Had worked with Australian tennis legend Rennae Stubbs at 2017 Singapore. Parted ways with David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova, after 2017 US Open Got engaged to fiancé Michal Hrdlicka during 2017 Wimbledon

22 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #40) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads BASTAD CLAY O R1 CAROLINE GARCIA mins 2016 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 CAROLINE GARCIA mins 2016 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (3) 166 mins 2014 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 7-6(4) 7-6(4) 120 mins 2014 NEW HAVEN HARD O Q-R3 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (5) 169 mins IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (27) $375,229 $4,224,960 0 / 4 1 / / / / / / / / 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) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND CAROLINE GARCIA (24) $897,218 $8,278,439 0 / 5 0 / / / / / / / / IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #40) R128: d. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #77) 6-4,5-7,9-7 (3h19) R64: d. [27] SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #27) 6-3,6-4 (1h54) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) R128: d. YING-YING DUAN (CHN #111) 6-1,6-0 (0h58) R64: d. SHUAI PENG (CHN #41) 6-4,3-6,6-3 (1h55) Total games: 57 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 5h13 Average time on court: 2h37 Average rank of opponent: 52 Total games: 41 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h53 Average time on court: 1h27 Average rank of opponent: 76 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU 2017 R1 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #115) 7-6(2) R16 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #108) CAROLINE GARCIA 2017 QF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 7-6(3) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #2) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: