ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY FINAL. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Vekic leads 3-0 A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS

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1 MATCH NOTES: ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 3, 2019 USD $823,000 PREMIER WTA Website: Tournament Website: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta facebook.com/formulatx Chris Whitmore Adam Lincoln SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY FINAL [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Vekic leads 3-0 Vekic is appearing in her debut WTA Premier-level final, having dropped just one set all week Bertens is through to her first final of 2019, and has reached at least two finals in each of the last four seasons PLAYER RANK AGE NAT A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS [8] Donna Vekic CRO ,598 2,652,164 2 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament PLAYER BEST 2019 RESULT ST. PETERSBURG (MD) W/L* YTD W/L (MD)* FINAL RECORDS BEST ST.PETERSBURG RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) [2] Kiki Bertens F (1): St. Petersburg F (1): Seoul (WON) 7-2 [8] Donna Vekic F (1): St. Petersburg F (1): Washington D.C. (R-Up) 2-4 *W/L records do not include walkovers CAREER W/L (MD)* YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ [2] Kiki Bertens 8 27 NED ,098 6,655,222 7 CAREER F W/L* CAREER TITLES BY THE NUMBERS 89.5 Vekic holds the best service game winning percentage among the St. Petersburg field this week at 89.5% 27 Bertens has served a tournament-leading 27 aces this week in only three matches played 4 Today marks the fourth meeting between Vekic and Betens, with all four coming on hard courts 2 Vekic posted her career best win by ranking over World No.2 Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals ON THIS DAY: FEBRUARY : France s Kristina Mladenovic defeated defending champion Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals here in St. Petersburg to advance to her career first WTA Premier level final and eventually lift her maiden WTA singles title. RANKING UPDATE Kiki Bertens will remain as World No.8 regardless of today s result. Donna Vekic is guaranteed a new career high ranking following St. Petersburg. The Croat will enter the WTA Top 25 with a runner-up finish and can climb as high as No.23 with the title. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

2 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Head to Head: DONNA VEKIC leads BRISBANE HARD O R16 DONNA VEKIC 7-6(5) mins 2016 SAN ANTONIO HARD O R16 DONNA VEKIC 7-6(3) mins 2015 TASHKENT HARD O R1 DONNA VEKIC mins DONNA VEKIC (22) $139,598 $2,652,164 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY KIKI BERTENS (27) $133,098 $6,655,222 0 / 2 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0 / 7 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-3 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-3 / / 5-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 7-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 7-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg Final ROAD TO THE FINAL [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) SF: d. VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) 6-2,6-2 (1h10) QF: d. [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) 6-4,6-1 (1h23) R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h06) Total games: 78 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 5h54 Average time on court: 1h29 Average rank of opponent: 80 [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) SF: d. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) 7-6(5),6-2 (1h38) QF: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) 6-2,3-6,6-0 (1h31) R16: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) 6-4,6-2 (1h01) R32: BYE Total games: 62 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 4h10 Average time on court: 1h23 Average rank of opponent: 63 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match DONNA VEKIC 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) KIKI BERTENS 2018 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #197) R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #67) VEKIC: St Petersburg Making third appearance at St. Petersburg and has posted best result by reaching the final this year, bettering 2r appearance in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova) In other outing here, made 1r exit in 2018 (l. Siniakova) Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year Will post a new career-high ranking on Monday by strong results this week will enter the Top 25 and could climb as high as No.23 by lifting the trophy Has dropped just one set all week, in her opening round match against Bacsinszky Posted best win of career with defeat of No.2 Kvitova in QF this week, bettering victory over No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] Was first time facing opposition ranked inside the World s Top 2; had previously faced No.3 ranked players (Muguruza at 2018 Madrid and Kerber at 2017 Toronto) Defeated wildcard Zvonareva in her second Premier-level SF of 2019 (also reached Brisbane SF). By contrast, reached one such SF across the whole of last season (making last four at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]) Fired 21 winners against the Russian s seven in her SF win over Zvonareva Faces No.8 Bertens today in her career first at WTA Premier level final. Holds 2-4 record in finals, most recently falling at this stage at 2018 Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova). Bidding for first title since 2017 Nottingham (d. Konta in F) Owns 3-0 record vs. the Dutchwoman, winning six of the eight sets played. Came back from two match points down in their 2hr23min battle at 2019 Brisbane Owns 2-1 record vs. Top 10 players this season (7-14 career record), scoring wins over No.9 Bertens (Brisbane) and No.2 Kvitova (St. Petersburg) and falling to No.8 Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane) Holds a tournament-leading 89.5% service game winning percentage compared to Bertens 83.9% Has eight main draw match wins so far in 2019 didn t score eight wins in 2018 until the clay swing at Istanbul in April Season Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Saved two match points to defeat No.9 Bertens in 2r at Brisbane; in total owns seven Top 10 wins also No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.8 Konta (2018 Nottingham), No.4 Stephens (2018 Wimbledon), No.9 Stephens, No.4 Garcia (both at 2018 Tokyo) and No.2 Kvitova (2019 St. Petersburg) Career Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham; career record in finals now stands at 2-4 Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges) Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign anked No.54 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.hibino) and QF at Baku When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, , 2017 Grand Slam History 2019 Australian Open marked 22nd main draw Grand Slam appearance Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching 2018 Wimbledon R16 (l. Goerges) Next best results at the majors came with 3r runs at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) At Australian Open, reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Personal Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team Favorite surface is hard Speaks Croatian, English and Italian Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive BERTENS: St. Petersburg Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, through to final for first time today Lost openers in 2017 (l. Beck) and 2018 (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) Bertens is contesting the week of St. Petersburg at a career-high ranking of No.8 (achieved January 28, 2019). By contrast, was ranked No.28 this time last year Bertens is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world After 1r bye, opened 2019 St. Petersburg campaign by hitting 13 aces to secure victory over qualifier Bonaventure The Dutchwoman has hit 10+ aces four times this year (in 8 matches) Kiki Bertens: Most Aces in Sydney SF 15 aces vs Barty (career-high) *2019 St. Petersburg R16 13 aces vs Bonaveture 2019 Brisbane R16 11 aces vs Vekic 2019 Australian Open R aces vs Riske *3rd most in career Bertens won 90.3% of first service points won (28-of-31) in her 2r win over Bonaventure on Thursday. It was her second-highest percentage of first serve points won in a match. Only better performance came at 2014 Roland Garros (92.3%, R32 vs. Soler-Espinosa) Has served a tournament-leading 27 aces this week in only three matches played Avenged an Australian Open loss to Pavlyuchenkova in the St. Petersburg QF on Friday Scored first Top 10 win of 2019 in her first attempt against No.10 Sabalenka in SF. Now holds a career record vs. such players; scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season The meeting against Sabalenka in SF marked the first between two Top 10 players at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy

5 Faces No.30 Vekic today in their fourth career meeting. Aiming for first win over the Croat having held two match points in their 2r meeting at Brisbane earlier this year 2019 St. Petersburg marks her 10th career tour-level final (7-2 record) and first of Has reached at least two finals in each of the last four seasons, including four in 2018: Charleston (WON, d. Goerges in F), Madrid (R-Up, l. Kvitova in F), Cincinnati (WON, d. Halep in F) and Seoul (WON, d. Tomljanovic in F) At World No.8, would become the highest ranked player to lift the St. Petersburg title. Previous highest ranked champion here was No.16 Vinci in 2016 (d. No.11 Bencic in F) Season Coming off 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous results were QF runs at Hobart Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (d. Mertens, l. Vekic) Career Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-best four singles finals across the season and breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) first Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 Won the WTA s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 Won three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F) Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) and picked up a doubles title at 2018 Brisbane (w/schuurs) Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani) Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles and doubles Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , Grand Slam History 2019 Australian marked 27th main draw Grand Slam appearance Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) Personal Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physiotherapist, fitness coach and hitting partner Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

6 MATCH NOTES: ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 3, 2019 USD $823,000 PREMIER WTA Website: Tournament Website: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta facebook.com/formulatx Chris Whitmore Adam Lincoln SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY SEMIFINALS [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Bertens leads 2-0 Newly Top 10 debutant Sabalenka is into her ninth career WTA semifinal (6-2 record) and second of 2019 Bertens claimed a tour-leading 12 wins over Top 10 players in 2018 and aiming for her first of 2019 today [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) Zvonareva leads 1-0 Vekic is through to her second semifinal of the season, having also reached this stage in Brisbane Zvonareva is into her first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals in Istanbul PLAYER RANK AGE NAT A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS ST. PETERSBURG (MD) W/L* YTD W/L (MD)* CAREER W/L (MD)* [WC] Vera Zvonareva RUS ,271 13,957, *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ [2] Kiki Bertens 8 27 NED ,098 6,655,222 7 [4] Aryna Sabalenka BLR ,388 2,454,327 3 [8] Donna Vekic CRO ,598 2,652,164 2 SABALENKA BERTENS ZVONAREVA VEKIC CAREER TITLES PLAYER BEST 2019 RESULT SEMIFINAL RECORDS BEST ST.PETERSBURG RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) CAREER SF W/L* [2] Kiki Bertens SF (2): Sydney, St. Petersburg SF (1): Seoul (WON) [4] Aryna Sabalenka WON (1): Shenzhen SF (1): Shenzhen (WON) [8] Donna Vekic SF (2): Brisbane, St. Petersburg SF (1): Washington D.C. (R-Up) CAREER F W/L* [WC] Vera Zvonareva SF (2): Shenzhen, St. Petersburg SF (1): Tokyo (R-Up) *W/L records do not include walkovers Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

7 MATCH NOTES: ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 3, 2019 USD $823,000 PREMIER BY THE NUMBERS 97 At No.97, wildcard Zvonareva is the lowest ranked player to reach the semifinal stage in St. Petersburg 7 Vekic has seven main draw wins so far this season didn t score this many in 2018 until the clay swing 4 For the fourth year in a row, four different countries are represented in the St. Petersburg semifinals (Russia, Belarus, Croatia and Netherlands) 1 The meeting between Sabalenka and Bertens today is the first between two Top 10 players at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 0 No non-european woman has reached singles semifinals here in four years of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Countries include: Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland ON THIS DAY: FEBRUARY : World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki lost to Daria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals of the St.Petersburg Ladies Trophy in what was her first event since reclaiming the World No.1 ranking after lifting her maiden Grand Slam trophy at the 2018 Australian Open. RANKING UPDATE Kiki Bertens will remain as World No.8 regardless of this week s result. Aryna Sabalenka, who made her Top 10 debut this week at No.10, will rise to a new career high of No.9 on Monday. Donna Vekic is guaranteed a new career high ranking following St. Petersburg. The Croat will rise to No.28 by reaching the SF, No.25 with a runner-up finish and No.23 with the title. Vera Zvonareva is projected to climb into the Top 80 with her SF result, Top 65 should she reach the final and could climb as high as No.52 by lifting the trophy this week. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

8 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 KIKI BERTENS mins 2017 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD I R1 KIKI BERTENS (6) 6-4 n/a ARYNA SABALENKA (20) $305,388 $2,454,327 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY KIKI BERTENS (27) $133,098 $6,655,222 1 / 3 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0 / 7 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-3 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-3 / / 6-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 3-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 8-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 St. Petersburg SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) QF: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) 6-3,6-4 (1h26) R16: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) 6-1,6-4 (1h10) R32: BYE [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) QF: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) 6-2,3-6,6-0 (1h31) R16: d. YSALINE BONAVENTURE (BEL #148) 6-4,6-2 (1h01) R32: BYE Total games: 36 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h36 Average time on court: 1h18 Average rank of opponent: 65 Total games: 41 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h32 Average time on court: 1h16 Average rank of opponent: 90 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ARYNA SABALENKA 2017 R1-Q L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #88) KIKI BERTENS 2018 R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #197) R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #67) SABALENKA: St. Petersburg Making main draw debut at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Fell 1r in qualifying in 2017 Contesting week of St. Petersburg on a career-high ranking of No.10 (achieved January 28, 2019). Will reach a new career high of No.9 on Monday following this week s results; by contrast, was No.65 this time last year Cracked the Top 10 bracket after reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova) After 1r bye, defeated No. 52 Van Uytvanck in 2r on Thursday without dropping a set Posted another straight sets victory over No.78 Alexandrova in QF on Friday The last time she defeated Alexandrova, she went on to win the tournament, at 2019 Shenzhen (d. Alexandrova in 2r) Through to her ninth tour level SF today (6-2 record), and fourth at Premier level -first Belarussian to reach this stage at St. Petersburg Faces No.8 Bertens today for third time; lost both previous meetings at 2018 Roland Garros and 2017 Fed Cup Owns 8-6 record vs. Top 10 opponents (main draw and qualifying), with most recent win coming over No.8 Garcia at 2018 Beijing Seeded No.4 this week only one seeded player has won the title here (No.2 Vinci in 2016) Season Opened 2019 season by lifting third title of career at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 3-3 record in career singles finals Followed up Shenzhen title with opening match loss at Sydney (l. Kvitova) Suffered 3r exit at Australian Open (l. Anisimova) Career Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and amking SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos) Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko) Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles as side lost to USA Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic) In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/Tianjin-CHN and $50kITF/Toyota-JPN Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/Minsk-BLR Grand Slam History 2019 Australian Open marked sixth career main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Advanced to R16 for first time at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s)

10 Only previous Grand Slam win came during 2r showing on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, d. Khromacheva, l.witthoeft) Made 1r exit on next three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2018Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu) Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros Was No.26 seed at 2018 US Open first Grand Slam seeding of her career Other Coached by former ATP player Dmitry Tursunov Since their partnership formed this summer, the pairing has scored the best win-by-ranking of her career over No.2 Wozniacki enroute to a R16 finish in Montréal. Then in Cincinnati, the Belarusian dropped three consecutive seeds (No.9 Ka.Pliskova, No.6 Garciaand No.13 Keys) en route to SF, before capturing her first career titles at New Haven and Wuhan Started playing aged six Prefers playing on hard courts BERTENS: St. Petersburg Making third main draw appearance at St. Petersburg, through to SF for first time today Lost openers in 2017 (l. Beck) and 2018 (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) After 1r bye, opened 2019 St. Petersburg campaign by hitting 13 aces to secure victory over qualifier Bonaventure on Thursday Bertens is averaging a WTA-leading 9.3 aces per match in 2019 The Dutchwoman has hit 10+ aces four times this year (in 8 matches) Kiki Bertens: Most Aces in Sydney SF 15 aces vs Barty (career-high) *2019 St. Petersburg R16 13 aces vs Bonaveture 2019 Brisbane R16 11 aces vs Vekic 2019 Australian Open R aces vs Riske *3rd most in career Bertens won 90.3% of first service points won (28-of-31) in her 2r win over Bonaventure on Thursday. It was her second-highest percentage of first serve points won in a match. Only better performance came at 2014 Roland Garros (92.3%, R32 vs. Soler-Espinosa) Avenged an Australian Open loss to Pavlyuchenkova in the St. Petersburg QF on Friday Faces No.10 Sabalenka for third time today; has won both previous matches against the Belarussian Has record vs. Top 10 opponents; scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season The meeting between Sabalenka and Bertens is the first between two Top 10 players at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Bertens is contesting the week of St. Petersburg at a career-high ranking of No.8 (achieved January 28, 2019) At No.8, Bertens is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world Is highest ranked player to reach SF stage Season Coming off 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous results were QF runs at Hobart Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (d. Mertens, l. Vekic) Career Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a career-best four singles finals across the season and breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) first Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Brenda Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 Won the WTA s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 Won three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova in F) Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Prior to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) and picked up a doubles title at 2018 Brisbane (w/schuurs) Season highlights in 2017 were winning titles at Nürnberg and Gstaad. Also posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015

11 Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani) Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles and doubles Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier in just her second main draw appearance Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 doubles titles at this level Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , Grand Slam History Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US Open (l. Vondrousova) Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) Personal Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter; brought former WTA player Elise Tamaela into coaching team during off-season In November 2018, announced engagement to boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as part of her team as a physiotherapist, fitness coach and hitting partner Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

12 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) Head to Head: VERA ZVONAREVA leads WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 VERA ZVONAREVA mins DONNA VEKIC (22) $139,598 $2,652,164 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY VERA ZVONAREVA (34) $66,271 $13,957,822 0 / 2 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0 / 12 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-1 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-1 / / 5-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 7-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 7-32 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / * Updated through entering 2019 St. Petersburg SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) QF: d. [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) 6-4,6-1 (1h23) R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h06) [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) QF: d. [3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) 6-3,7-6(3) (1h47) R16: d. [5] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) 4-6,6-4,6-4 (2h00) R32: d. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #60) 6-3,6-4 (1h14) Total games: 62 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 4h44 Average time on court: 1h35 Average rank of opponent: 74 Total games: 71 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h01 Average time on court: 1h40 Average rank of opponent: 29 ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match DONNA VEKIC 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) VERA ZVONAREVA 2018 R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #6) 7-6(6) 6-3 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

13 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER 2017 R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) VEKIC: St Petersburg Making third appearance at St. Petersburg and has posted best result by reaching SF this year, bettering 2r appearance in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova) In other outing here, made 1r exit in 2018 (l. Siniakova) Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year Will post a new career-high ranking on Monday by virtue of reaching St. Petersburg SF is guaranteed to reach No.28, and could peak as high as No.23 by lifting the trophy In opening match this week, overcame Bacsinszky in three sets in what was the pair s first meeting Defeated No.106 Kudermetova in 2r on Wednesday Posted best win of career with defeat of No.2 Kvitova in QF, bettering victory over No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] Was first time facing opposition ranked inside the World s Top 2; had previously faced No.3 ranked players (Muguruza at 2018 Madrid and Kerber at 2017 Toronto) Is through to her second WTA Premier level semifinal of season, after SF run at Brisbane in contrast, reached one such SF across the whole of last season (making last four at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]) Through to her tenth tour level SF today owns a 6-3 record at this stage Faces wildcard Zvonareva for second time; lost previous meeting at 2014 Wimbledon in 2r Bidding to reach her second final at WTA Premier level, and first in over years, following R-Up finish at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) Has seven main draw match wins so far in 2019 didn t score seven wins in 2018 until the clay swing (Lugano) Season Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Saved two match points to defeat No.9 Bertens in 2r at Brisbane; in total owns seven Top 10 wins also No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.8 Konta (2018 Nottingham), No.4 Stephens (2018 Wimbledon), No.9 Stephens, No.4 Garcia (both at 2018 Tokyo) and No.2 Kvitova (2019 St. Petersburg) Career Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham; career record in finals now stands at 2-4 Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges) Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign anked No.54 Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l.hibino) and QF at Baku When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2018 Washington DC, owns a 2-4 record in singles finals Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title

14 Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, , 2017 Grand Slam History 2019 Australian Open marked 22nd main draw Grand Slam appearance Achieved deepest run at a Slam by reaching 2018 Wimbledon R16 (l. Goerges) Next best results at the majors came with 3r runs at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) At Australian Open, reached 2r in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Personal Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team Favorite surface is hard Speaks Croatian, English and Italian Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive ZVONAREVA: St. Petersburg Making second appearance at St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, entering 2019 main draw on a wildcard Had 2r run here last year (l. Ostapenko). Defeated No.28 Bertens via retirement to record first victory over a Top 30 player since 2015 Shenzhen (d. No.22 Peng) Lifted eighth career doubles trophy here last year (w/bacsinszky, d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) Best result by a wildcard here was Kvitova in 2018, who won the event (d. Mladenovic in F). Wildcard Vikhlyantseva made the SF in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) Defeated fellow Russian and wildcard Makarova in 1r Overcame No.16 Goerges in 2r; now holds 2-0 record vs the German Defeated No.12 Kasatkina in QF in the pair s first meeting, marking the first QF meeting of two Russians at St. Petersburg Has defeated two Top 20 players in the same tournament for the first time since 2011 Miami (d. No.10 Bartoli in R16 and No.14 A.Radwanska in QF, l. No.8 Azarenka in SF) Through to her first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals in Istanbul (l. Azarenka in SF) Faces No.30 Vekic today in their career second meeting; won previous meeting at 2014 Wimbledon in 2r Aiming for first final appearance since 2011 Tokyo [PPO] (l. A.Radwanska in F); career record in singles finals is Will return to the Top 80 for the first time since 2012 by reaching the SF this week, and can climb as high as No.52 with the title Only Russian to reach the SF stage; four made it to QF stage (also Pavlyuchenkova, Kasatkina and Alexandrova) Season Fell in 1r of qualifying at Australian Open (l. Sharma) Began 2019 campaign with SF run at Shenzhen (l. Riske via ret.) Career Finished 2018 season ranked No.123, up from No.204 in season highlights were doubles titles at St. Petersburg (w/bacsinszky, d. Kudryavtseva/Srebotnik in F) and Moscow [River Cup] w/potapova, d. Panova/Voskoboeva in F now owns 9-6 career record in doubles finals At 2018 Wimbledon, overcame three rounds of qualifying to enter her first Grand Slam main draw in over three years, falling to eventual champion Kerber in 1r. Previous main draw appearance at a major was 2015 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams in 2r) Returned to the tour in 2017 following a two-year hiatus, finishing with a year-end ranking of No.204 Comeback season was highlighted by ITF $15k title at Sharm El Sheikh, runner-up finish at WTA 125k event at Dalian (l. Kozlova) and a SF finish at International-level tournament in Tashkent (l. eventual champion K.Bondarenko) Prior to her return to the game, her last results surfaced in 2015 highlighted by QF appearances at Shenzhen Open (l. Bacsinszky via ret.) and PTT Pattaya Open (l. Erakovic) A 2013 shoulder injury sidelined her for a year and a half prior to returning for another injury-stricken season in best result was 3r finish at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Diyas) Has won 12 career WTA singles titles (most recent 2011 Baku); biggest title to date is 2009 Indian Wells Finished ranked in Top 10 four consecutive years ( ), including a year-end No.2 ranking in 2010 became fifth Russian to rank in Top 2 in October 2010 and held No.2 for 14 weeks (Oct. 25, 2010 to Jan. 30, 2011) Has four wins vs. World No.1s: Maria Sharapova (2007 Indian Wells), Jelena Jankovic (2008 WTA Championships) and Caroline Wozniacki, twice (2011 Doha and WTA Championships)

15 Participated at WTA Championships six times in career (2004, ; includes 2009 as alternate); reached final in 2009 (l. V.Williams) Has won seven doubles titles, including 2009 Indian Wells (w/azarenka), completing singles-doubles sweep. Most recently lifted 2018 St. Petersburg doubles trophy (w/bacsinszky) Missed second half of 2005 season with left ankle injury; missed four months of 2007 with left wrist injury; also missed two months in 2009 due to a right ankle injury; had surgery to remove scar tissue in November 2009 Represented Russia in Olympics twice: 2008 Beijing (replaced Sharapova, won singles bronze) and 2012 London Grand Slam History 2018 US Open marked the 43rd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals in 2010 as runner-up at both Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and US Open (l. Clijsters) At 2010 Wimbledon, became third Russian to reach Wimbledon final (Morozova, Sharapova) and second lowest-ranked finalist (No.21). At the time, only three players (Tauziat, Garrison and Schiavone) had played more majors before reaching first final Is a two-time semifinalist at Australian Open (2009 and 2011) and advanced to first-career major QF at 2003 Roland Garros In doubles, she has won four Grand Slam titles, with two coming in women s doubles, the first one at the 2006 US Open (w/dechy), and the other at 2012 Australian Open (w/kuznetsova). Her other two came in mixed doubles at 2004 US Open (w/b.bryan) and 2006 Wimbledon (w/ram) Other Information Coached by Alexei Filenkov Mother, Natalia, was an Olympic bronze medalist in field hockey (introduced her to tennis at age 6) Graduated from Russian State Academy of Physical Education and earned second degree in international economic relations at Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow Works with International Rett Syndrome Foundation to increase awareness and raise funds for research (Rett Syndrome is a nervous system disorder that leads to developmental reversals) In 2008, participated in UNESCO Regional Conference Political Involvement of Women in the Caucasus to contribute to the idea of giving women equal chances in life Got married in 2016 to Aleksandr Kucher and gave birth to her first child

16 MATCH NOTES: ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 3, 2019 USD $823,000 PREMIER WTA Website: Tournament Website: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta facebook.com/formulatx Chris Whitmore Adam Lincoln 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. ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY QUARTERFINALS [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) Kvitova leads 1-0 First meeting in five years Kvitova looking to add to her perfect 6-0 record in St. Petersburg as the defending champion Vekic competing this week at No.30, one spot shy of her career high No.29 [3] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. [WC] VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #97) First Meeting After 1r bye, Kasatkina is through to QF having not played a match after Sharapova withdrew w/shoulder injury in the 2r Zvonareva bidding for first Premier-level SF since 2011 WTA Finals [Q] EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #78) vs. [4] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #10) Series tied 1-1 Alexandrova is bidding for first SF appearance of career at WTA-Premier Level Sabalenka is contesting St. Petersburg after breaking into the Top 10 for the first time, and bidding to reach her second SF of 2019 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32) vs. [2] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) Bertens leads 3-2 Bertens is contesting St. Petersburg at career-high ranking of No.8 lost two most recent encounters with the Russian at 2019 Australian Open and 2018 Wuhan Pavyluchenkova is making her third appearance at St. Petersburg, and bidding to reach first SF since 2018 Strasbourg Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

17 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) vs. [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads MIAMI HARD O R3 PETRA KVITOVA mins PETRA KVITOVA (28) $1,679,805 $29,022,012 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY DONNA VEKIC (22) $139,598 $2,652,164 1 / 26 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ST. PETERSBURG W-L (MD) * 0 / 2 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 6-2 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-2 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 6-32 * Updated entering QF at St. Petersburg ROAD TO THE QF [1] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #2) R16: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #51) 6-2,7-6(3) (1h40) R32: BYE [8] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #30) R16: d. VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA (RUS #108) 6-4,6-3 (1h15) R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h06) Total games: 21 Won/lost: 13-8 Sets won/lost: 2-0 Total time on court: 1h40 Average time on court: 1h40 Average rank of opponent: 51 Total games: 45 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h21 Average time on court: 1h41 Average rank of opponent: 110 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

18 MATCH NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - RUSSIA Jan 28 - Feb 03, 2019 $823,000 PREMIER ST. PETERSBURG Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match PETRA KVITOVA 2018 F W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #10) DONNA VEKIC 2018 R1 L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) R16 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) KVITOVA: St. Petersburg Making second consecutive appearance at 2019 St. Petersburg. Returns as defending champion (d. Mladenovic in 2018 F) Defeated three consecutive Top 20 players en route to title here in 2018 (d. No.6 Ostapenko, No.12 Goerges and No.10 Mladenovic) 2018 St. Petersburg title marked first of a tour-leading five WTA singles titles in 2018 Aiming to defend a title for the third time in her career, having done so at New Haven ( ) and Birmingham ( ) After 1r bye, overcame No.51 Azarenka in straight sets in 2r on Wednesday Is on a six-match winning streak at St. Petersburg, faces No.30 Vekic in QF today for the first time in five years; won only previous encounter at 2014 Miami Competing this week at a career-high ranking of World No.2 (first achieved on October 31, 2011). By contrast, was ranked No.29 this time last year Season Coming off third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reaching World No.1 ranking Was seeded No.8 at Melbourne Park has now been seeded at the past 33 Grand Slams she has contested, since first seeding at 2010 US Open Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F); career record in finals now stands at 26-8 Went on 11-match winning streak between Sydney (5 wins) and Melbourne (6 wins). Last season posted two separate winning streaks longer than this: 14 matches (St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6) and Indian Wells (1), and 13 matches (Prague (5), Madrid (6) and Roland Garros (2) Opened 2019 campaign with 2r showing at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) Grand Slam History 2019 Australian Open marked 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching her third career major final (l. Osaka in F) Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens, Wozniacki, Halep and Osaka) Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. Navratilova) Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results are SF at 2012 (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Career Won a WTA Tour-leading five titles in 2018, at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the year ranked No.7 Titles came on all three surfaces first player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a season since S.Williams in The Czech has won at least one title every year dating back to 2011 Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand

19 Won title at 2017 Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F). Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F) Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) Part of Czech Republic s Fed Cup winning team in , and 2018 Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 Other Nominated for 2018 WTA Player of the Year after winning a tour-leading five WTA singles titles A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 Fitness trainer is David Vydra Parents are Jiri and Pavla VEKIC: St Petersburg Making third appearance at St. Petersburg, and has posted best result by reaching QF this year bettering 2r runs in 2017 after coming through qualifying (l. Cibulkova) Made 1r exit here in 2018 (l. Siniakova) Contesting St. Petersburg ranked No.30, one off career-high No.29 (achieved January 7th, 2019). By contrast, was No.50 this time last year In opening match this week, overcame Bacsinszky in three sets in what was the pair s first meeting Defeated No.106 Kudermetova in 2r on Wednesday Faces No.2 Kvitova in QF today for the second time; lost their only previous meeting at 2014 Miami A win would be best-by-ranking, bettering victory over No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO] First time facing opposition ranked inside the World s Top 2; had previously faces No.3 ranked players (Muguruza at 2018 Madrid and Kerber at 2017 Toronto) Bidding to reach second SF at WTA Premier level this season (after SF run at Brisbane) reached one such Premier SF across the whole of last season (making SF at 2018 Tokyo PPO) Season Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Saved two match points to defeat No.9 Bertens in 2r at Brisbane; now owns six Top 10 wins also No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.8 Konta (2018 Nottingham), No.4 Stephens (2018 Wimbledon), No.9 Stephens and No.4 Garcia (both at 2018 Tokyo) Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) Career Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering a career-best 31 tour-level wins Season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham; career record in finals now stands at 2-4 Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges) Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign anked No.54 Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY. Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges