2018 ROLAND GARROS DAY FIVE (THURSDAY) 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 FIVE (THURSDAY) FEATURED MATCHES [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [WC] TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #72) Halep leads 1-0 The pair have met once before on hard court at 2017 Cincinnati with Halep winning in straight sets Townsend reached the third round here on her Grand Slam main draw debut in 2014 The Romanian won the junior title here in 2008 [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. [WC] FIONA FERRO (FRA #257) First meeting Muguruza defeated former champion Kuznetsova in the opening round on Tuesday Ferro is one of three wildcards remaining in the draw also Parmentier and Townsend Muguruza is one of five women who could end Roland Garros as World No.1 LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #53) vs. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) Ka.Pliskova leads 6-2 Ka.Pliskova leads overall head-to-head, although Safarova has the advantage on clay 2-1 Safarova advanced to both the singles and doubles finals here in 2015 Ka.Pliskova has never lost to a fellow Czech at Grand Slam level PENG SHUAI (CHN #41) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Peng leads 2-1 Peng defeated Garcia in straight sets in their only previous meeting on clay at 2014 Charleston Peng s defeat of Krunic in opening round was first main draw match win of 2018 season Garcia owns an 8-7 record in Grand Slam 2r matches [11] JULIA GOERGES (GER #11) vs. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #46) Goerges leads 1-0 Goerges saved five match points to win the pair s only previous meeting, at 2017 Washington, DC Van Uytvanck s best Slam result came here in Paris in 2015 by reaching QF The German is bidding to reach 3r here for the fourth time [12] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) vs. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #66) First meeting Roland Garros is the only Slam where Kerber is yet to reach the final Bogdan posted first main draw win in Paris by defeating Vondrousova in opening round Kerber s defeat of Barthel was her 26th victory of the season only trails Kvitova (32) and Halep (29) for most wins in 2018 SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #451) vs. [17] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17) S.Williams leads 1-0 The pair have played just once before, at 2014 Australian Open, with the American winning in just under an hour After her first-round success, S.Williams now owns 317 Grand Slam wins the most in the Open Era Barty is seeded No.17 here in Paris her highest seeding at a Grand Slam [28] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30) vs. DONNA VEKIC (CRO #50) First meeting Sharapova came from 0-3 down in the final set to defeat qualifier Hogenkamp in first round Vekic is bidding to reach the 3r at a Grand Slam for the third time in her career The Russian has never lost a 2r match here 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. [WC] TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #72) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads CINCINNATI HARD O R2 SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (26) $2,758,056 $23,494,071 1 / 16 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 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND TAYLOR TOWNSEND (22) $116,341 $1,106,266 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 0-0 [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) R128: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #83) 2-6,6-1,6-1 (1h35) vs. [WC] TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #72) R128: d. [WC] MYRTILLE GEORGES (FRA #222) 6-4,6-2 (1h24) Total games: 22 Won/lost: 14-8 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Total time on court: 1h35 Average time on court: 1h35 Average rank of opponent: 83 Total games: 18 Won/lost: 12-6 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h24 Average time on court: 1h24 Average rank of opponent: 222 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2017 F L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #47) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24) 7-6(0) R2 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #70) TAYLOR TOWNSEND 2017 R2 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #109) R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) R1 L - TEREZA SMITKOVA (CZE #65) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

3 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2014 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) R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #15) 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). In all other appearances, has never progressed beyond 2r, falling at that stage in 2011 (l. Stosur) and 2015 (l. Lucic-Baroni), and suffering 1r exits in 2010 (as qualifier, l. Stosur), 2012 (l. Cetkovska) and 2013 (l. Suárez Navarro). Fell in 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, Svitolina and Garcia 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) Owns six clay court titles, triumphing at Nürnberg (2013), Budapest (2013), Bucharest (2014, 2016) and Madrid (2016, 2017): Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 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 Since losing to Rogers in 1r at 2017 Australian Open, now has 10-1 record against US players; sole defeat in this run came against Vandeweghe last month in Stuttgart Faces wildcard and world No.72 Townsend in 2r; a loss today would be worst-by-ranking since 2017 US Open 1r (l. No.146 Sharapova) Owns 2-1 record against wildcards at majors: d. Aiava (2018 Australian Open) and Collins (2014 US Open), l. Sharapova (2017 US Open) Owns 14-6 record in Grand Slam 2r matches. Most recent loss at this stage across the majors came at 2015 Roland Garros (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 TOWNSEND: Roland Garros Making fifth appearance at Roland Garros Advanced to 3r on Grand Slam main draw debut in Paris in 2014 (l. Suárez Navarro) her best result cross all four majors. At 18 years, one month was the youngest woman to reach 3r at Paris since 2009 (Pavlyuchenkova) In opening round this year, beat fellow wildcard Georges to reach 2r in Paris for fourth time she has never advanced beyond 1r at any other major One of three wildcards to reach 2r at 2018 Roland Garros (also Ferro and Parmentier). A wildcard has reached R16 or better on four occasions: Best Results by a Wildcard at Roland Garros Round Year Mary Pierce QF 2002 Pauline Parmentier R Jarmila Wolfe R Alexia Dechaume R Faces No.1 Halep in 2r today. Has lost all five previous meetings with Top 10 players: No.1 S.Williams (2014 US Open), No.8 Wozniacki (2015 Auckland), No.8 Wozniacki (2015 Australian Open), No.7 Kuznetsova (2017 Miami) and No.2 Halep (2017 Cincinnati) Best win of career came over No.21 Cornet at 2014 Roland Garros in 2r One of nine US players to reach 2r (also Brady, Dolehide, Keys, Mattek-Sands, Pera, Stephens, Vandeweghe and S.Williams)

7 Ranked No.72 heading into 2018 Roland Garros (posted career-high ranking of No.71 on May 21, 2018) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 11th time contesting a Grand Slam main draw Only Grand Slam main draw wins have come at Roland Garros, reaching 3r and 2r in 2016 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Hsieh) At Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open has never been beyond 1r On US Open debut in 2014, lost to World No.1 Serena Williams Won both the girls singles and doubles titles at 2012 Australian Open, becoming first American to sweep both events at a junior Slam since Davenport in 1992 Also won junior doubles at 2012 Wimbledon (w/bouchard) and 2012 US Open (w/andrews) Season Coming off successful stint on ITF Circuit, highlighted by seventh and eighth career titles at this level at $80K ITF/Dothan, AL-USA (d. Duque-Mariño in F) and $80K ITF/Charleston, SC-USA (d. Brengle in F) Other clay court results included 2r at Charleston (l. Vesnina) and SF showings twice on ITF Circuit During Sunshine Double fell 1r at Indian Wells (as qualifier, l. Collins) and contested qualifying at Miami. Also made 1r exits at WTA 125K Series events at Indian Wells and Newport Beach Won doubles title at WTA 125K Series Indian Wells w/wickmayer (d. Brady/King in F) Opened season at Auckland, reaching 2r (l. A.Radwanska). Followed this with opening match loss at Australian Open (l. Rybarikova) Career Ended 2017 ranked No.105, three spots off career-best year-end finish of No.102 in 2014 Season highlight was 3r run at Miami after coming through qualifying. Upset No.30 Vinci in 2r before losing to No.7 Kuznetsova Also won three singles title on ITF Circuit in 2017, at $25K ITF/Sumter,SC-USA, $25K ITF/Florence,SC-USA and $80K ITF/Waco,TX-USA Cracked Top 100 the week of January 19, 2015 at No.99 Made WTA main draw debut as wildcard at 2013 Indian Wells; in first match posted career first Top 100 win over No.57 Hradecka Has reached one WTA doubles final in career, finishing R-Up at 2013 Washington D.C. (w/bouchard, l. Aoyama/Dushevina) Won the junior singles and doubles titles at 2012 Australian Open; became first American to hold year-end No.1 junior world ranking since Gretchen Rush in 1982 Turned professional at end of 2012 season

8 Other Information Started playing right-handed for two years then switched to lefty Played violin for two years Coached by Donald Young Snr

9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. [WC] FIONA FERRO (FRA #257) Head to Head: 0-0 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 entering 2018 Roland Garros 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND FIONA FERRO (21) $17,703 $229,059 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 0-0 [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) R128: d. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #43) 7-6,6-2 (2h05) vs. [WC] FIONA FERRO (FRA #257) R128: d. CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #61) 6-4,6-2 (1h27) Total games: 21 Won/lost: 13-8 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 2h05 Average time on court: 2h05 Average rank of opponent: 43 Total games: 18 Won/lost: 12-6 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h27 Average time on court: 1h27 Average rank of opponent: 61 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2017 R16 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #14) F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) QF L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #13) 7-6(3) 6-3 FIONA FERRO 2017 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) R3* L - SACHIA VICKERY (USA #165) R1 L - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #76) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2014 QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #18) R3* L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #135) (7) 2014 R1 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #17) MUGURUZA: Roland Garros Making seventh overall appearance at Roland Garros. 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 five players who could finish the tournament as World No.1 (also Halep, Wozniacki, Svitolina and Garcia). 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 Faces No.257 Ferro today a loss would be her worst-by-ranking at Grand Slam level, ahead of No.124 Cepelova (2016 Wimbledon) At all levels, a loss today would be her worst since 2010 New Haven qualifying (l. No.321 Gibbs) Is 2-1 vs. French women at Slams, defeating Parmentier (2014 Roland Garros) and Georges (2016 Roland Garros), and losing to Mladenovic (2017 Roland Garros) 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) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

11 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) 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

12 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 FERRO: Roland Garros Making fourth main draw appearance at Roland Garros all entries, including 2018, have come via a wildcard 1r defeat of Witthoeft on Tuesday marked not only first main draw win in Paris, but across the Grand Slams Defeat of No.61 Witthoeft was first Top 100 win of career. Previous best win rankings-wise of career came over players ranked No Rodina (2016 $25K ITF/Darmstadt-GER) and Maria (2017 Acapulco qualifying) Had previously posted 1r exits here in 2014 (l. Lisicki, which was tour-level main draw debut), 2015 (l. Pereira) and 2017 (l. A.Radwanska) Fell in 2016 qualifying The best result by a WC here in Paris was Pierce s run to QF in 2002 Faces No.3 Muguruza today, which marks highest-ranked opponent faced in career (now ahead of No.10 A.Radwanska at 2017 Roland Garros) Was in doubles action this fortnight teamed w/andrianjafitrimo and lost Dabrowski/Xu in 1r Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks fourth Grand Slam main draw appearance all four having come here in Paris, and best result coming this year by reaching 2r Has fallen in qualifying at 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2016 Roland Garros

13 Season 1r win here in Paris snapped four-match losing streak began with 1r loss at Rabat (as qualifier, l. Badosa Gibert) followed by 1r exits at $100K ITF/Cagnes-sur-Mer-FRA (l. Korpatsch), $60K ITF/Saint-Gaudens-FRA (l. Lapko) and 1r exit at Strasbourg (l. Babos) Rest of 2018 season has been contested at ITF level, aside from falling in qualifying at Stuttgart (which marked first outing at a tour-level event since 2017 Roland Garros) Key result on ITF Circuit this year was landing first ITF singles title at $25K ITF/Grenoble-FRA (d. Molinaro in F) Career 2018 Roland Garros is ninth tour-level main draw appearance: , Roland Garros, 2017 Acapulco (as qualifier, l. McHale in 1r), 2017 Bogotá (as qualifier, l. Larsson in 1r), 2017 Istanbul (as qualifier, l. Cirstea in 1r), 2018 Rabat (as qualifier, l. Badosa Gibert in 1r) and 2018 Strasbourg (l. Babos) Ended 2017 ranked No.325 (down from No.235 in 2016) Contested WTA 125K Series at Limoges in 2016, falling 1r (l. Jorovic) Owns a career-high ranking of No.197 (May 1, 2017) Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Strasbourg Other information Coach is Stéphane Huet Has three brothers, one young and two older Older brothers run an Italian restaurant in South of France; parents run two hotels in South of France Favorite surface is clay Born in Libramont, Belgium, and introduced to tennis aged 7 via brothers If not a tennis player would study medicine at university Enjoys reading

14 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #53) vs. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(6) mins 2016 BEIJING HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-7(7) mins 2016 WUHAN HARD O R2 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2016 PRAGUE CLAY O SF LUCIE SAFAROVA (4) 100 mins 2016 STUTTGART CLAY I R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(4) mins 2015 DUBAI HARD O QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA (5) mins 2015 ANTWERP HARD I QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(5) mins 2012 PRAGUE CLAY O R16 LUCIE SAFAROVA LUCIE SAFAROVA (31) $195,291 $12,204,095 0 / 7 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 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $1,335,559 $12,170,950 1 / 10 0 / / / / / / / / LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #53) R128: d. [WC] JESSIKA PONCHET (FRA #227) 6-4,6-1 (1h12) vs. [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) R128: d. [Q] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (CZE #234) 7-6(6),6-4 (1h38) Total games: 17 Won/lost: 12-5 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h12 Average time on court: 1h12 Average rank of opponent: 227 Total games: 23 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h38 Average time on court: 1h38 Average rank of opponent: 234 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match LUCIE SAFAROVA 2017 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

15 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM R1 L - VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #97) R3 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24) (0) F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) (2) R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #28) R1 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #54) 7-6(5) R2 L - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #48) R2 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #18) R2 L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #52) R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #3) 6-7(5) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #2) R16 L - ANNA CHAKVETADZE (RUS #9) R1 L - ANDA PERIANU (ROU #177) (7) 2005 R1 L - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #35) SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) R1 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #108) R2 L - ANDREEA MITU (ROU #100) (5) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #72) R1 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #8) R2* L - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #159) SAFAROVA: Roland Garros Making 14th consecutive appearance at Roland Garros. Former R-Up, losing to S.Williams in 2015 final En route to 2015 final, defeated No.2 seed and reigning champion Sharapova in R16, Muguruza in QF and former No.1 Ivanovic in SF Other standout performances are R16 showings in 2007 (d. Mauresmo in 3r, l. Chakvetadze) and 2014 (d. Ivanovic in 3r, l. Kuznetsova) Two-time doubles champion in 2015 and 2017 (both w/mattek-sands) 2018 Roland Garros marks 51st major main draw appearance one of 10 active players to have played 50 or more Grand Slam main draws In 1r this year, defeated wildcard Ponchet only her fourth win of the season Heading into today s match against No.6 Ka.Pliskova has 26 career wins over Top 10 opponents, most recently defeating No.6 Cibulkova at 2017 Birmingham Currently the Czech No.4 of seven women in current Top 100 (week of May 28, 2018). Five other Czechs are still in draw (Kvitova, Ka.Pliskova, Siniakova and Strycova) Playing doubles w/kuznetsova this fortnight beat Bencic/Vondrousova in 1r on Wednesday Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

16 Grand Slam History Is a Grand Slam finalist, advancing to championship match at 2015 Roland Garros (l. S.Williams) Reached SF at the Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual champion Kvitova), while at Australian Open, best run was a QF showing in 2007 (l. Vadisova); at US Open, reached R16 in 2014 (l. Peng) 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) Season Last week fell in 2r in comeback tournament at Strasbourg (d. Melnikova, l. Hsieh) Sidelined due to illness for most of spring, missing first three Premier Mandatory tournaments of 2018, at Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid Suffered 1r exits at Doha (l. Goerges) and Dubai (l. Garcia) Member of Czech Fed Cup team that advanced to World Group semifinals for 10th year in a row played dead doubles rubber w/strycova (l. Bacsinszky/Teichmann) Posted 3r effort at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) Began 2018 season with 1r exit at Sydney (l. Kerber after holding 2mp) Career Finished 2017 season at No.30, up from No.64 in Previously had seven straight Top 50 seasons ( ), which included breakthrough Top 10 season in 2015 In singles, reached 17th career final at 2017 Budapest (l. Babos in F); has reached at least one final in 12 of the last 13 seasons dating back to 2005 (exception being 2013) Also in 2017 reached semifinals at Taipei City, Nottingham, Birmingham and Québec City; ended season in September after Québec City with a left wrist injury On August 21, 2017 became the 35th player to reach the No.1 doubles ranking having won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Charleston (all w/mattek-sands) across the season Missed 2016 Australian Open due to continuing recovery from bacterial infection suffered in second half of 2015 season was first Slam missed in a decade Team of Mattek-Sands/Safarova qualified for WTA Finals at Singapore in , finishing runners-up to Makarova/Vesnina in 2016 Won bronze medal in doubles at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/strycova) Won biggest singles title of career to date at 2015 Doha (d. Azarenka in F); record in tour-level singles finals stands at 7-10, most recent title coming at 2016 Prague Impressive 15-3 record in doubles finals Achieved best Grand Slam singles result at 2015 Roland Garros, where she was runner-up to S.Williams; afterwards, made Top 10 debut on June 8, 2015

17 Ranked in Top 5 in both singles and doubles for two weeks in September 2015 first player since Errani in August 2013 Qualified for WTA Finals in singles in 2015, going 1-2 in round robin play Member of Czech Fed Cup side that captured team competition in and Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2005 and entered Top 50 on November 7 the same year Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Auckland Other Information Father is Milan; mother is Jana; has one sister, Veronika. Began playing at age 3 Tennis players most admired are Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport Coached by Rob Steckley 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 One of seven current or former World No.1s to reach 2r (also Halep, Kerber, Muguruza, Sharapova, S.Williams and Wozniacki) Defeated qualifier Krejcikova in 1r; improves to 3-0 against Czech players at Grand Slam level, having also beaten Safarova and Strycova en route to 2018 Australian Open QF Faces another Czech, Safarova, today one of three 2r match-ups between players from the same country (also Cornet vs. Parmentier and Dolehide vs. Keys) Entering 2r has served second most aces on tour 199 from 32 matches (excludes Fed Cup statistics), trailing Goerges (214 from 29 matches) Has won 11 matches on clay this season (Fed Cup 1, Stuttgart 5, Madrid 4, Roland Garros 1), two 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)

18 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 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)

19 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) 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

20 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM SHUAI PENG (CHN #41) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Head to Head: SHUAI PENG leads MIAMI HARD O R64 SHUAI PENG mins 2016 BEIJING HARD O R2 CAROLINE GARCIA (4) 146 mins 2014 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 SHUAI PENG mins SHUAI PENG (32) $217,460 $8,956,998 0 / 2 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 2r ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND CAROLINE GARCIA (24) $897,218 $8,278,439 0 / 5 0 / / / / / / / / SHUAI PENG (CHN #41) R128: d. ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #47) 6-3,6-4 (1h25) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) R128: d. YING-YING DUAN (CHN #111) 6-1,6-0 (0h58) Total games: 19 Won/lost: 12-7 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h25 Average time on court: 1h25 Average rank of opponent: 47 Total games: 13 Won/lost: 12-1 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 0h58 Average time on court: 0h58 Average rank of opponent: 111 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match SHUAI PENG 2017 R1 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #64) R1 L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #75) CAROLINE GARCIA 2017 QF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 7-6(3) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #2) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

21 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2014 R1 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #19) (8) 2013 R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #5) R1 L - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #43) R2 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #70) R2 L - KAROLINA SPREM (CRO #74) R2 L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #1) (4) R3* L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #117) R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #165) R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R1 L - DINAH PFIZENMAIER (GER #198) R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) R1* L - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #171) PENG: Roland Garros Making 11th main draw appearance at Roland Garros (12th overall) Best results are 3r showings in 2011 (ret. vs. eventual R-Up Schiavone) and 2012 (l. eventual champion Sharapova) Doubles champion w/hsieh in Paris in 2014 (d. Errani/Vinci in F) In 1r this year, defeated Krunic her first tour-level win of 2018 after opening round exits at Australian Open, Taipei City, Doha, Dubai, Madrid and Rome. Last win at this level came over Vesnina at 2017 Zhuhai Faces No.7 Garcia in 2r today. Owns 14 career Top 10 wins, most recently against No.6 A.Radwanska at 2017 Indian Wells Owns record in Grand Slam 2r matches. Last defeat at this stage came against Vekic at 2017 US Open One of three Chinese players to advance to 2r (also Zhang and Q.Wang) Playing doubles this fortnight w/mchale (play No.13 seeds Melichar/Peschke in 1r) Grand Slam History Best result across the majors is SF run at 2014 US Open (ret. vs. Wozniacki w/heat illness). Was the third Chinese player to achieve a Grand Slam SF showing (after Li Na and Zheng Jie) Made R16 at Australian Open (2011, 2015) and Wimbledon ( , 2014), while at Roland Garros reached 3r twice Missed four Grand Slams in a row, from 2015 Wimbledon to 2016 Roland Garros, with a back injury, returning to the majors at the All England Club in 2016 (l. Stephens in 1r) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

22 Two time Grand Slam doubles champion, at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Roland Garros (both w/hsieh) Season Suffered 1r defeats at Madrid (l. Muguruza) and Rome (l. Begu) Reached SF at WTA 125K Series tournament in Anning (l. S.Zheng). Also fell 1r at WTA 125K Series event in Zhengzhou (l. eventual champion S.Zheng) Withdrew from Indian Wells and Miami due to knee injury Made 1r exits at Doha (l. Mladenovic) and Dubai (l. Vesnina) Also fell in opening round at Australian Open (l. No.521-ranked qualifier Kostyuk) and Taipei City (l. Bogdan) Briefly reformed Grand Slam winning partnership with Hsieh at beginning of season. Made SFs Australian Open and finished R-Up at Dubai Career Ended 2017 season at No.27, up from No.109 in Owns nine Top 50 finishes in career, including No.17 in 2011 Won second career singles title at 2017 Nanchang (d. Hibino in F); dropped just one set en route to the title Also reached what was her eighth singles final at 2017 Taipei City; defeated Siniakova, Stosur and Safarova en route to the final before falling to Svitolina, and made SF run at 2017 Tianjin (l. eventual champion Sharapova) In doubles, won 21st career title at 2017 Shenzhen (w/hlavackova) 2016 season highlight was winning first WTA singles title at Tianjin (d. Riske in F). Was previously a six time R Up, at 2006 Strasbourg, 2008 Forest Hills, 2008 Guangzhou, 2011 Brussels, 2013 Brussels, 2014 Shenzhen. Won WTA 125k Series event at Nanchang in 2014 Won two WTA doubles titles in 2016, at Guangzhou (w/muhammad) and Nottingham (w/hlavackova) Played a mix of ITF Circuit and tour level events in 2016, rebuilding her ranking following an injury marred 2015 (back injury). Having last played at 2015 Roland Garros (ret. in 1r match vs. Hercog), returned to tour at 2016 Indian Wells Represented China at the Rio Olympics, making 1r exit in singles (l. Watson) and 2r in doubles (w/zhang) Owns four career Top 5 wins: No.3 Myskina (2003 Sydney), No.5 Schiavone (2011 Doha), No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Brussels) and No.5 A.Radwanska (2014 US Open) Achieved WTA No.1 doubles ranking on February 17, 2014, becoming the first Chinese player to reach this milestone Career-high ranking in singles is No.14 (achieved August 22, 2011) Member of Chinese Fed Cup Team 2001, , 2012, ; Chinese Olympic Team in 2008, 2012, 2016 Other Information Began playing at age eight when an uncle introduced her to the game Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is hard court; plays with two hands off both sides Currently without a coach

23 GARCIA: Roland Garros Making eighth main draw appearance at Roland Garros (and ninth appearance overall) Posted best result here and across the Slams last year, with run to QF (l. Ka.Pliskova) Other results here include reaching 2r three times (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) Seeded No.7 this fortnight in Paris her highest seeding at a Slam (up from No.8 at 2018 Australian Open) Contesting 2018 Roland Garros on a career-high of No.7, first achieved on January 29, 2018 Has a slim chance of ascending to World No.1 this fortnight - would need to win the title with Wozniacki not reaching R16, Halep not reaching SF and Muguruza not reaching the final At 2016 Roland Garros, teamed with Mladenovic to win first Grand Slam doubles title. They were the first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed. Not playing doubles this fortnight Sits 10th on Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard the Top 8 singles qualify for the WTA Finals in October In 1r, needed only 59 minutes to defeat No.111 Duan. Record across the Grand Slams now stands at Faces No.41 Peng today. Has lost twice in 2018 to players ranked outside Top 40: No.450 Rybakina (St Petersburg) and No.104 Riske (Miami) Owns a 8-7 record in Slam 2r matches has not fallen at this stage since 2016 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best Grand Slam singles result to date At Wimbledon, best result is R16 in 2017 (l. Konta) and also reached same stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Kvitova) In juniors, singles runner up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/mladenovic) Season Coming off QF run at Rome losing to World No.1 Halep - is now 0-6 vs. reigning World No.1s Made strong SF run in Madrid (l. Bertens). Also enjoyed a SF run at Stuttgart, her best result at the indoor clay event to date (l. Vandeweghe) At Stuttgart, defeated No.41 Sharapova in 1r, 15-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in 2r, and No.4 Svitolina in QF for first Top 5 win of season Reached R16 on green clay of Charleston (l. Cornet)