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26 PREVIEW NOTES: ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL ACAPULCO, MEX FEB 27 MARCH 4, 2017 USD $250,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/abiertomexicanodetenis WTA Communications: Kate Goff ACAPULCO QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday - Saturday, February 27 March 4, 2017 Singles Final: Saturday, March 4, 6:30pm Doubles Final: Saturday, March 4, TBC Venue: The Acapulco Princess Mundo Imperial Hotel Status: International event Staging: th year Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 24 singles qualifying Surface: Hardcourt SOLFLEX / Outdoors Total prize money: USD $250,000 Tennis Ball: Wilson US Open Regular Duty 2016 Singles Final: [2] Sloane Stephens (USA) d. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (5) 2016 Doubles Final: [1] Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) d. [2] Kiki Bertens (NED)/Johanna Larsson (SWE) PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN SINGLES USD $ RANK RANK DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 43, Winner 12, Runner-Up 21, Runner-Up 6, Semifinalist 11, Semifinalist 3, Quarterfinalist 6, Quarterfinalist 1, Round of 16 3, Round of Round of 28 2,100 1 PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2016 Sloane Stephens Dominika Cibulkova 2015 Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia 2014 Dominika Cibulkova Christina McHale 2013 Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro 2012 Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta If highlighted denotes competing in 2017 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL main draw Please visit WTAtennis.com for a complete Honor Roll MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS (excludes qualifiers) Singles wildcards: Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), Renata Zarazuá (MEX) Youngest singles player: Renata Zarazuá, 19-years-old (September 30, 1997) Oldest singles player: Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 34-years-old (March 9, 1982) Singles withdrawals: Sara Errani (continued right adductor), Viktorija Golubic (left thigh), Monica Niculescu (continued right knee), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (right shoulder) Main draw debutantes: Annika Beck (GER), Belinda Bencic (SUI), Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR), Kirsten Flipkens (BEL), Nicole Gibbs (USA), Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), Varvara Lepchenko (USA), Jelena Ostapenko (LAT), Andrea Petkovic (GER), Renata Zarazuá (MEX) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

27 PREVIEW NOTES: ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL ACAPULCO, MEX FEB 27 MARCH 4, 2017 USD $250,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS Only one former Acapulco finalist is competing Christina McHale (2014 R-Up) Top seed Mirjana Lucic-Baroni is playing in her first tournament since completing a dream run to the SFs at the Australian Open, where she defeated two Top 5 players en route (No.3 A.Radwanska and No.5 Ka.Pliskova) Former World No.7 Belinda Bencic is looking to gain back momentum after falling to No.125 in the WTA rankings her lowest held ranking since March 2014 (No.140) Ajla Tomljanovic enters Acapulco with a special ranking of No.75 and is playing in her first tour-level event since 2016 Australian Open. The 23-year-old has not won a main draw match since September 2015 at Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier earned her 400th career win by reaching the 2r last week at Budapest One To Watch Kristina Mladenovic. The 23-year-old is coming off a 3r exit at Dubai, where she defeated No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in straight sets. The Frenchwoman clinched her career first title the week prior at St. Petersburg SERVING OUTSIDE THE LINES WTA CHARITIES A Kids Day clinic will be held on Thursday, March 2 to benefit underprivileged communities in the area PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY WIN-LOSS WIN % [1] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO QF (2): 2015 (l. Garcia), 2016 (l. McHale) [2] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 1r (1): 2014 (l. McHale) [3] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) Making tournament debut - - [4] Monica Puig (PUR) QF (1): 2015 (l. Karatantcheva) 2r (1): 2016 (l. Wickmayer) COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Excluding qualifiers, a total of 14 countries are represented in the main draw, led by the USA with six players: Belgium (2) Canada (1) Croatia (2) France (2) Germany (3) Great Britain (1) Italy (1) Latvia (1) Mexico (1) Montenegro (1) Puerto Rico (1) Switzerland (1) Ukraine (3) United States (6) Kirsten Flipkens, Yanina Wickmayer Eugenie Bouchard Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Ajla Tomljanovic Kristina Mladenovic, Pauline Parmentier Annika Beck, Julia Goerges, Andrea Petkovic Heather Watson Francesca Schiavone Jelena Ostapenko Renata Zarazuá Danka Kovinic Monica Puig Belinda Bencic Kateryna Bondarenko, Daniela Hantuchova, Lesia Tsurenko Madison Brengle, Louisa Chirico, Nicole Gibbs, Varvara Lepchenko, Christina McHale, Shelby Rogers Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2