PREVIEW NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN

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1 WTA Information: Tournament Info: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta Alex Prior Catherine Sneddon Chase Altieri Raquel Martin SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. MADRID QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 12, 2018 Singles Final: Saturday, May 12-6:30pm Doubles Final: Saturday, May 12 13:30pm Venue: Caja Mágica Status: WTA Premier Mandatory Event Staging: Tournament s 10th year Draw sizes: 64 singles / 28 doubles / 32 singles qualifying (8 qualifiers) Surface: Red Clay / Outdoors Tennis Ball: Dunlop Fort Clay Court Total prize money: 6,200, Singles Final: [3] Simona Halep (ROU) d. [14] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (5) Doubles Final: [3] Latisha Chan/Martina Hingis (TPE/SUI) d. [5] Timea Babos/Andrea Hlavackova (HUN/CZE) PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN SINGLES EUR RANK POINTS DOUBLES EUR RANK POINTS Winner 1,190, Winner 368, Runner-Up 583, Runner-Up 180, Semifinalist 293, Semifinalist 90, Quarterfinalist 149, Quarterfinalist 46, Round of 16 77, Round of 16 23, Round of 32 36, Round of 32 12, Round of 64 17, MAIN DRAW WITHDRAWALS The following players who appeared on the original entry list have withdrawn from Madrid: Serena Williams (USA) Angelique Kerber (GER) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) Laura Siegemund (GER) Lucie Safarova (CZE) Catherine Bellis (USA) Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 1

2 WTA PREMIER MANDATORY EVENTS The Mutua Madrid Open is one of four WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments, along with the events at Indian Wells, Miami and Beijing, and is mandatory for all players ranked high enough for entry. The Premier Mandatory category came into existence in 2009 as part of the changes implemented under the Roadmap. The winners of these tournaments have been: INDIAN WELLS MIAMI MADRID BEIJING 2009 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Dinara Safina (RUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2010 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) Kim Clijsters (BEL) Aravane Rezai (FRA) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 2011 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Petra Kvitova (CZE) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2012 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) Serena Williams (USA) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 2013 Maria Sharapova (RUS) Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) 2014 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) Serena Williams (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2015 Simona Halep (ROU) Serena Williams (USA) Petra Kvitova (CZE) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 2016 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Simona Halep (ROU) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 2017 Elena Vesnina (RUS) Johanna Konta (GBR) Simona Halep (ROU) Caroline Garcia (FRA) 2018 Naomi Osaka (JPN) Sloane Stephens (USA)?????? SINGLES MAIN DRAW WILDCARDS Laura Arruabarrena (ESP), Georgina García Pérez (ESP), Marta Kostyuk (UKR), Monica Puig (PUR) and Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) have been awarded main draw wildcards to the Mutua Madrid Open in The best performances from a wildcard at the tournament were quarterfinal runs in 2013 by Anabel Medina Garrigues (lost to eventual champion Serena Williams), and by Sorana Cirstea in both 2016 (lost to Dominika Cibulkova) and 2017 (lost to Kristina Mladenovic). PLAYER YEAR ROUND Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 2017 QF Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 2016 QF Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 2013 QF Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 2017 R16 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2013 R16 Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 2011 R16 Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 2010 R16 DEFENDING CHAMPIONS The Mutua Madrid Open has been successfully defended twice, by Serena Williams and Simona Halep. YEAR DEFENDING CHAMPION MADRID RESULT 2010 Dinara Safina 1r 2011 Aravane Rezai 1r 2012 Perta Kvitova 2r 2013 Serena Williams Won 2014 Serena Williams QF 2015 Maria Sharapova SF 2016 Petra Kvitova 3r 2017 Simona Halep Won 2018 Simona Halep TBD 2

3 YOUNGEST AND OLDEST IN SINGLES MAIN DRAW (not including qualifiers) Youngest: Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 15 years old (born June 28, 2002) Oldest: Venus Williams (USA) 37 years old (born June 17, 1980) PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS IN SINGLES MAIN DRAW Champions (3): Simona Halep (2016, 2017), Maria Sharapova (2014), Petra Kvitova (2011, 2015) Runners-Up (8): Kristina Mladenovic (2017), Dominika Cibulkova (2016), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2015), Simona Halep (2014), Maria Sharapova (2013), Victoria Azarenka (2012, 2011), Venus Williams (2010), Caroline Wozniacki (2009) MAKING THEIR MADRID MAIN DRAW DEBUT (not including qualifiers) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Elise Mertens (BEL) Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) Naomi Osaka (JPN) [2016] Georgina García Pérez (ESP) [2010] Maria Sakkari (GRE) [2016, 2017] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) [2016, 2017] Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) [2014] [ ] denotes years lost in qualifying MADRID QUARTERFINALISTS AND BETTER IN LAST FIVE YEARS YEAR WINNER R-UP SF SF QF QF QF QF 2013 S.Williams Sharapova Errani Ivanovic Medina Garrigues Makarova Kerber Kanepi 2014 Sharapova Halep Kvitova A.Radwanska S.Williams Ivanovic Garcia Li 2015 Kvitova Kuznetsova S.Williams Sharapova Suárez Navarro Begu Wozniacki Safarova 2016 Halep Cibulkova Chirico Stosur Begu Cirstea Gavrilova Tig 2017 Halep Mladenovic Kuznetsova Sevastova Bouchard Cirstea Vandeweghe Bertens BEST RESULT BY A QUALIFIER The best results by a qualifier at Madrid were achieved by Lucie Hradecka in 2012 (SF, l. eventual champion S.Williams) and Louisa Chirico in 2016 (SF, l. Cibulkova). A qualifier has reached the last 16 or better five times, most recently by Océane Dodin and Wang Qiang in 2017: PLAYER YEAR ROUND Louisa Chirico (USA) 2016 SF Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 2012 SF Caroline Garcia (FRA) 2014 QF Varava Lepchenko (USA) 2012 QF Vera Dushevina (RUS) 2009 QF Océane Dodin (FRA) 2017 R16 Wang Qiang (CHN) 2017 R16 Elena Vesnina (RUS) 2009 R16 3

4 HALEP ENTERS MADRID AS TOP SEED The top seed has won the title here only twice, most recently in 2013 when S.Williams defeated Maria Sharapova in the final. The earliest the top seed has lost is 1R, in 2016 (A.Radwanska, l. Cibulkova) NO.1 SEEDS PERFORMANCE AT MADRID YEAR NO.1 SEED RESULT 2009 Dinara Safina WON 2010 Serena Williams R Caroline Wozniacki R Victoria Azarenka F 2013 Serena Williams WON 2014 Serena Williams QF 2015 Serena Williams SF 2016 Agnieszka Radwanska 1r 2017 Angelique Kerber 3r 2018 Simona Halep??? TOP 20 DEFENDING RANKING POINTS Madrid is a Premier Mandatory event and any player who gains direct entry into the main draw must count the ranking points. Here is a look at the current WTA Top 20 and the number of points they earned last year: RANK PLAYER RANK PTS Week of April 30, MADRID 1 Simona Halep Caroline Wozniacki Garbiñe Muguruza Elina Svitolina Jelena Ostapenko 5382 DNP 6 Karolina Pliskova Caroline Garcia Venus Williams 4276 DNP 9 Sloane Stephens 3939 DNP 10 Petra Kvitova 3271 DNP 11 Angelique Kerber Julia Goerges CoCo Vandeweghe Madison Keys Daria Kasatkina Anastasija Sevastova Magdalena Rybarikova 2350 DNP* 18 Ashleigh Barty 2318 DNP 19 Elise Mertens 2270 DNP 20 Kiki Bertens *115 points to drop off from $80K/ITF Gifu-JPN 4

5 PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE 2018 marks the fifth and final year that Singapore will host the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global ( ). Play will be held over eight days (October 21-28, 2018) In 2018 the WTA Finals will again feature the Top 8 singles players competing in a round-robin format and the Top 8 doubles teams The Porsche Race to Singapore travels through 30 countries with 54 WTA Premier and International events, in addition to the four Grand Slams Players will be competing for a record $7,000,000 in prize money Singapore is the first city in Asia-Pacific to host the year-end event has also been hosted in Boca Raton, Doha, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Madrid, Munich, New York and Oakland Here are the RTS standings entering Madrid (as of April 30, 2018): SINGLES DOUBLES RANK PLAYER RANK TEAM 1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 1 Elena Vesnina (RUS) / Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 2 Simona Halep (ROU) 2 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Timea Babos (HUN) 3 Angelique Kerber (GER) 3 María José Martinez Sánchez (ESP) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) 4 Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4 Xu Yifan (CHN) / Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 5 Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 5 Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 6 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6 Raquel Atawo (USA) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 7 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 7 Peng Shuai (CHN) / Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 8 Elise Mertens (BEL) 8 Andrea Hlavackova Sestini (CZE) / Latisha Chan (TPE) 9 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 9 CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) / Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 10 Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 10 Barbora Strycova (CZE) / Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 5

6 MADRID HONOR ROLL This is the 10th year of the WTA tournament at Madrid. Here are some facts and figures since 2009: Youngest champion 2011, Petra Kvitova (21 years, 2 months) Oldest champion 2013, Serena Williams (31 years, 7 months) Lowest ranked champion 2010, Aravane Rezai (No.22) Last champion ranked outside Top , Petra Kvitova (No.19) Most singles titles Halep: 2 ( ), Kvitova: 2 (2011, 2015), S.Williams: 2 ( ) Last 3-Set final 2017, Halep d. Mladenovic (5) 6-2 Previous champions in field Simona Halep ( ), Maria Sharapova (2014), Petra Kvitova (2011, 2015) Six different players have won the singles title at Madrid. Simona Halep ( ), Petra Kvitova (2011, 2015), Serena Williams ( ) are the only multiple winners The title has been won twice by the current WTA No.1 ranked player (Safina in 2009 and S.Williams in 2013) and three times by a player who has held the No.1 ranking at some point in their career (S.Williams in 2012, Sharapova in 2014 and Halep ). Of the former champions at Madrid, Aravane Rezai (2010) and Petra Kvitova (2011, 2015) have not held the No.1 ranking The final has featured the Top 2 seeds only once in 2013 No.1 seed S. Williams defeated No.2 seed Maria Sharapova. The No.1 seed has won the final twice overall YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 2009 Dinara Safina (RUS #1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #11) Black/Huber 2010 Aravane Rezai (FRA #22) Venus Williams (USA #4) S.Williams/V.Williams 2011 Petra Kvitova (CZE #19) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #5) 7-6 (3) 6-4 Kirilenko/Azarenka 2012 Serena Williams (USA #9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #1) Vinci/Errani 2013 Serena Williams (USA #1) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) Safarova/Pavlyuchenkova 2014 Maria Sharapova (RUS #9) Simona Halep (ROU #5) Vinci/Errani 2015 Petra Kvitova (CZE #4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS #29) Dellacqua/Shvedova 2016 Simona Halep (ROU #7) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #38) Garcia/Mladenovic 2017 Simona Halep (ROU #8) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA #17) (5) 6-2 L.Chan/Hingis CLAY COURT TITLE LEADERS Among active players, Serena Williams leads for clay court title wins: 1. Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Venus Williams 9 6

7 A SNAPSHOT OF 2018 THE YEAR SO FAR Two Top 10 debuts: Julia Goerges (at No.10 on February 5), Sloane Stephens (at No.9 on April 2) Fewest games dropped en route to a title: Elina Svitolina (26, Dubai) Lowest-ranked player to triumph: No.132 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Bogotá) Multiple titles (not including Prague and Rabat results): Petra Kvitova (2 St Petersburg, Doha), Elina Svitolina (2 Brisbane, Dubai), Elise Mertens (2 Hobart, Lugano) Most finals (not including Mertens s Rabat semifinal result): Petra Kvitova: 3 (St Petersburg, W, Doha, W, Prague, F); Elise Mertens 2 (Hobart, W, Lugano W) Match points saved en route to a title: Angelique Kerber at Sydney (saved 2mp vs. Lucie Safarova in 1r), Caroline Wozniacki at Australian Open (saved 2 mp vs. Jana Fett in 2r), Kiki Bertens at Charleston (saved 1 mp vs. Madison Keys in SF) Maiden titles: Naomi Osaka (Indian Wells) Youngest title winner: Naomi Osaka, Indian Wells (20y 5m 2d) Oldest title winner: Pauline Parmentier, Istanbul (32y 2m 29d) Most doubles titles: Gabriela Dabrowski, Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs have all won two titles so far in Dabrowski triumphed at Sydney (w/xu) and Doha (w/ostapenko), Mertens won Hobart (w/schuurs) and Lugano (w/flipkens), and Schuurs was victorious at Brisbane (w/bertens) and Hobart (w/mertens) Country with most players in singles Top 100 (As of April 30, 2018): USA 15 Doing the Double: Simona Halep and Elise Mertens so far in 2018 have won the singles and doubles title at the same event. Halep did so at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in singles final, teamed with Begu to d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in doubles). Mertens repeated the feat both at Hobart (d. Buzarnescu in singles final, teamed with Schuurs to d. L.Kichenok/Ninomiya in doubles) and Lugano (d. Sabalenka in singles final, teamed with Flipkens to d. Lapko/Sabalenka in doubles) 7

8 COUNTRY BREAKDOWN The draw features seven players who have held the No.1 ranking in their career: Victoria Azarenka, Simona Halep, Garbiñe Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova, Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki The draw features three former champions: Simona Halep (defending champion), Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova All eight former Madrid runners-up in the draw: Kristina Mladenovic, Dominika Cibulkova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki Excluding qualifiers, a total of 25 countries are represented in the main draw, led by Russia with six players: Australia (3) Belarus (2) Belgium (2) China (3) Croatia (2) Czech Republic (4) Denmark (1) Estonia (1) France (3) Germany (1) Great Britain (1) Greece (1) Hungary (1) Japan (1) Kazakhstan (1) Latvia (2) Netherlands (1) Puerto Rico (1) Romania (4) Russia (6) Serbia (1) Slovakia (2) Spain (5) USA (4) Ukraine (3) Ashleigh Barty, Daria Gavrilova, Samantha Stosur Victoria Azarenka, Aliaksandra Sasnovich Elise Mertens, Alison Van Uytvanck Peng Shuai, Wang Qiang, Zhang Shuai Petra Martic, Donna Vekic Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Katerina Siniakova, Barbora Strycova Caroline Wozniacki Anett Kontaveit Alizé Cornet, Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic Julia Goerges Johanna Konta Maria Sakkari Timea Babos Naomi Osaka Zarina Diyas Jelena Ostapenko, Anastasija Sevastova Kiki Bertens Monica Puig Sorana Cirstea, Irina-Camelia Begu, Simona Halep, Monica Niculescu Daria Kasatkina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ekaterina Makarova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Maria Sharapova, Elena Vesnina Aleksandra Krunic Dominika Cibulkova, Magdalena Rybarikova Lara Arruabarrena, Georgina García Pérez, Garbiñe Muguruza, Carla Suárez Navarro, Sara Sorribes Tormo Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Coco Vandeweghe, Venus Williams Marta Kostyuk, Elina Svitolina, Lesia Tsurenko WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM MADRID Every main draw match from Madrid is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch all the action at home or on the go. You won t want to miss a minute of this year s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously with the multibox feature. 8

MUTUA MADRID OPEN FINAL (SATURDAY)

MUTUA MADRID OPEN FINAL (SATURDAY) MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 5-12, 2018 6,200,860 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT WTA Information: Tournament Info: WTA Communications: www.wtatennis.com @WTA facebook.com/wta www.madrid-open.com