MUTUA MADRID OPEN SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY)

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1 MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 7 12, ,200,860 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT WTA Information: Tournament Info: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Chase Altieri (caltieri@wtatennis.com), Raquel Martin (rmartin@wtatennis.com) 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 sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. MUTUA MADRID OPEN SEMIFINALS (FRIDAY) Manolo Santana [7]CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) Bertens leads 2-0 Bertens won most recent match between the two, on Fed Cup duty in 2016 Garcia looking to become third Frenchwoman to make Madrid final Bertens will reach career-high rank with win today [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) vs. [10] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) Kvitova leads 2-0 Kvitova victorious in pair s last meeting, in 2015 Sydney final Pliskova is 0-3 in Premier Mandatory semifinals Kvitova aiming for a WTA-leading seventh Top 10 win of the season A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER RANK AGE NAT MADRID (MD) W/L* YTD W/L* CAREER W/L* YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER TITLES [6] Karolina Pliskova 6 26 CZE ,730 11,786, [7] Caroline Garcia 7 24 FRA ,076 7,859,297 5 [10] Petra Kvitova CZE ,162 25,016, Kiki Bertens NED ,801 3,781,237 5 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS GARCIA BERTENS PLISKOVA Pliskova leads 3-2 Pliskova leads 2-1 KVITOVA Series tied 3-3 Kvitova leads 1-0 SEMIFINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT BEST MADRID RESULT Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1 LAST FINAL REACHED (result) CAREER SF W/L* CAREER FINAL W/L [6] Karolina Pliskova WON (1): Stuttgart SF (1): Stuttgart (WON) [7] Caroline Garcia SF (2): Stuttgart, Madrid SF (1): Beijing (WON) [10] Petra Kvitova WON (3): St. Petersburg, Doha, Prague WON (2): 2011, Prague (WON) Kiki Bertens WON (1): Charleston SF (1): Charleston (WON) *W/L records do not include walkovers

2 MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 7 12, ,200,860 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT BY THE NUMBERS 373 Petra Kvitova has spent 373 minutes on court this fortnight the most of the four semifinalists. Kiki Bertens and Karolina Pliskova have spent the least amount of time, 344 minutes 89 Caroline Garcia has won 89.7% of her service games, the most of any player left in the tournament and up on her season average of 76.4% 70 Bertens s semifinal today will be her 70th match on clay since the start of the 2016 season 50 Bertens has broken serve 20 times this week, winning a tournament-leading 50% of return games 26 Since August 2012, Kvitova has compiled a 26-1 record against Czech players 7 Pliskova has won all seven three-set matches she has played in Garcia can make her Top 5 debut by winning the title 4 Pliskova has had a losing head-to-head record against four of her five opponents this week 2 Both Kvitova (2011 and 2015 Madrid) and Garcia (2017 Beijing) have won a WTA Premier Mandatory title before. Pliskova and Bertens, meanwhile, are bidding to reach their first final at this level 1 Only once before have two players from the same country reached the semifinals in Madrid, when Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova clashed at this juncture in Garcia is yet to drop a set. No woman has ever won the Madrid title without dropping a set DOUBLES UPDATE Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic came within two points of defeat before eventually seeing off Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe to set up a semifinal against No.2 seeds Andrea Sestini Hlavackova and Barbora Strycova. On the other side of the draw top seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina meet Andreja Klepac and María José Martínez Sánchez. ON THIS DAY MAY 11, 2012 Serena Williams brushes aside Maria Sharapova on the blue clay of Madrid to win her 11th straight match and advance to the semifinals. Two days later she repeated the scoreline against Victoria Azarenka to collect her 41st career title. FROM THE PRESS ROOM We played a few times, but it s a few years back. I m a different person from that time. I m feeling confident to beat her but on the other hand she s always playing well against Czech girls. Karolina Pliskova on the challenge of toppling Petra Kvitova I don t know why. Maybe it s extra motivation probably." Petra Kvitova struggles to pin point the reason behind her remarkable record against fellow Czechs I don t know what s happening. I already have three or four bruises, now I have one more! Kiki Bertens reveals the perils of clay court tennis I played her in Fed Cup two, three years ago, then very long time ago, so I don't have any -- I don't really know her. Caroline Garcia is in the dark over her semifinal foe WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM MADRID Every main draw match from Madrid is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch 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 via the multibox. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 3

3 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 05 - May 12, 2018 $6,685,828 PREMIER MANDATORY [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) Head to Head: KIKI BERTENS leads FED CUP WEEK 2 CLAY I R1 KIKI BERTENS ITF/ANKARA HARD O QF KIKI BERTENS CAROLINE GARCIA (24) $478,076 $7,859,297 0 / 5 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) MADRID 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) * KIKI BERTENS (26) $422,801 $3,781,237 1 / 5 1 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 5-21 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-4 / * Updated entering 2018 Madrid SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) QF: d. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #25) 6-2,6-3 (1h17) R16: d. [11] JULIA GOERGES (GER #12) 6-2,6-4 (1h20) R32: d. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #40) 6-3,7-5 (1h31) R64: d. DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #33) 6-1,7-5 (1h40) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #20) QF: d. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #52) 4-6,6-2,6-3 (2h05) R16: d. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) 6-2,6-2 (1h00) R32: d. [15] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #17) 6-1,6-4 (1h13) R64: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #42) 6-4,6-4 (1h26) Total games: 75 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-0 Total time on court: 5h48 Average time on court: 1h27 Average rank of opponent: 28 Total games: 80 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 5h44 Average time on court: 1h26 Average rank of opponent: 28 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 05 - May 12, 2018 $6,685,828 PREMIER MANDATORY MADRID Tournament History CAROLINE GARCIA 2017 R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #64) R2 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #38) KIKI BERTENS 2017 QF L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #22) R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #32) (8) 2015 R16 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) GARCIA: Madrid Making fifth main draw appearance at Madrid. Has advanced to SF for first time Previous best result in Madrid was QF run on debut in 2014 Doubles champion here in 2016 (w/mladenovic, d. Hingis/Mirza in F) Enters Madrid as No.7 seed equaling her highest seeding at a Premier Mandatory tournament to date (also 2018 Indian Wells and Miami) Having fallen in 1r here last year, unseeded and ranked No.23, is defending just 10 ranking points this week Can make Top 5 debut after Madrid if she wins the title. The last time a Frenchwoman was ranked in the Top 5 was the week of June 25, 2007 (Mauresmo at No.4) Broke serve four times to defeat former finalist Cibulkova in 1r on Saturday Followed this with further straight-set victories over Martic in 2r, Goerges in R16 and Suárez Navarro in QF. Is only semifinalist not to drop a set Faces No.20 Bertens today. Has two Top 20 wins to her name this year, against No.4 Svitolina at Stuttgart and No.11 Goerges earlier this week Bidding to become third Frenchwoman to reach Madrid final, after Rezai (who won in 2010) and Mladenovic (who was R-Up in 2017) Owns two clay court titles, won at 2014 Bogotá and 2016 Strasbourg Last season posted a 12-6 record on clay, highlighted by SF run at Strasbourg and QF showing at Roland Garros Season Coming off 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) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

5 Suffered an opening match exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Riske) after a R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) Made back-to-back QF appearances in Doha and Dubai (l. Muguruza on both occasions) Upset by No.450 qualifier Rybakina in 2r at St. Petersburg Advanced to R16 at Australian Open for the first time (l. Keys) Opened season at Brisbane, falling 1r (ret. vs. Cornet w/low back injury) Career Enjoyed break-out year in 2017, ending season at then-career high No.8, winning her first titles at Premier 5 and Premier-Mandatory level, and qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore Lifted two titles in 2017, winning Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back to improve record in WTA singles finals to 5-2. Title runs saw her win 11 matches in a row. This was her joint-best win streak of career also won 11 straight matches in 2014, winning title at Bogotá (5 wins), going 2-0 in Fed Cup action vs. USA, then reaching the QF at Madrid (4 wins) Won 48 main draw matches last season, an increase of 14 on her 2016 total Wuhan marked first Premier 5 title of career, subsequently bettered by Beijing being first Premier Mandatory title of career. Saved 1 match point in QF win vs. Svitolina en route to Beijing title Became third player to reach back to back finals in Wuhan and Beijing. The previous two were Kvitova in 2014 (Wuhan WON, Beijing R Up) and Muguruza in 2015 (Wuhan R Up, Beijing WON) Qualified for 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore, reaching SF (l. V.Williams). Was first French woman through to contest the season-ending event in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F) Has qualified for WTA Finals in doubles twice, in 2015 (w/srebotnik lost in RR stage) and 2016 (w/mladeneovic - SF) Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational (l. Osaka in F) Winner of two WTA singles titles in 2016 at Strasbourg (d. Lucic Baroni in F) and Mallorca (d. Sevastova in F) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, going 1 1 in singles round robin play d. Stosur, l. Konta Represented France at Rio Olympics in singles (2r), doubles (w/mladenovic, 1r) and mixed doubles (w/mahut, 1r) Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic went 2 0 in singles, posting wins over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, although the Czechs won the tie, 3 2 Ended 2016 season with runner up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France (l. Alexandrova in F), where she was the defending champion In addition to winning 2016 Roland Garros, team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova) among eight finals reached in 2016 won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as Roland Garros. Garcia is now 6 10 in tour level doubles finals. Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore advanced to semifinals (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co ranked No.2, a new career high for both players Owns 14 wins over Top 10 players in career: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6 A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic

6 (2015 Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Fed Cup final), No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wuhan), No.3 Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing), No.4 Svitolina and No.6 Wozniacki (both 2017 WTA Finals) and No.4 Svitolina (2018 Stuttgart) Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and won the doubles (w/arruabarrena), becoming first player to win singles and doubles at same event since S.Williams at 2012 Olympics Reached finals in consecutive weeks at 2015 Acapulco and Monterrey (l. Bacsinszky in both) Made WTA and Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 Australian Open, advancing to 2r Played first professional match aged 13 at an ITF event in France in 2007 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 24th Grand Slam main draw appearance; was seeded No.8, her highest seeding at a major to date 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 this stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) Reached 3r US Open in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Kvitova) 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 In juniors, singles runner up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events Other Information Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia Played many sports when she was younger and chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most Enjoys reading and spending time with family BERTENS: Madrid Making third appearance at Madrid, where she has reached SF for the first time at a Premier Mandatory event Previous best Premier mandatory showing was 2017 s QF run here in Madrid (l. Sevastova) Began her week by overcoming a slow start to defeat Sakkari in 1r on Saturday Followed this with upsets over No.17 Sevastova in 2r and No.2 Wozniacki in R16 for her third and fourth Top 20 wins of 2018 (also d. No.14 Keys and No.13 Goerges back-to-back en route to Charleston title) Win over Wozniacki was the best win-by-rank of her career. Only other Top 5 victory also came on clay against then-no.3 Kerber at 2016 Roland Garros Struck 21 winners and broke serve seven times to see off 2014 champion Sharapova in QF to improve record on clay this season to 10-1 (only Kvitova (11) and Mertens (13) have more wins on the surface)

7 Faces No.7 Garcia in SF. In their only previous meeting on clay, won the opening rubber during Netherland s 3-2 defeat to France in Trélazé in April 2016 Match will be her 550th (at all levels) of her career Appearing in 12th WTA SF and a ninth on clay Among active players, sits in ninth place for clay titles won (five) One of just two players to currently be ranked inside the Top 20 in both singles (No.20) and doubles (No.16) also Barty Dutch No.1, and only player from the Netherlands ranked in the Top 100 in singles (as of May 7, 2018) By reaching SF, will equal career-best ranking of No.18. Can move to No.15 by reaching the final and No.12 with the title Season Coming off 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka. Pliskova) Won biggest title of career to date her first at Premier level on green clay of Charleston (d. Goerges in final) Now owns a 5-1 record in singles finals (all having been on clay) with other titles coming at 2012 Fès, 2016 Nürnberg, 2017 Nürnberg and 2017 Gstaad Posted 3r showing at Miami (l. V.Williams after holding 3mp). After 1r bye, beat Lepchenko in 2r to end four-match losing streak Fell 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. S.Williams in the American s first competitive comeback following pregnancy) Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Wang). Forced to withdraw from Doha the week prior w/illness Suffered 1r exit at St. Petersburg (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness) Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), which was best result of career in Melbourne Entered Australian Open following a 2r exit at Sydney (l. No.3 Muguruza) In opening tournament of season fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Konjuh in straight sets); however, teamed up with compatriot Schuurs to win doubles title (d. Klepac/ Martínez Sánchez in F). Career record in doubles finals now stands at 10-4 Career Ended 2017 at No.31, down from career-best year-end finish of No.22 in 2016 Season highlight was winning titles at Nürnberg (as defending champion, d. Krejcikova in F) and Gstaad (d. Kontaveit in F, having finished R-Up there in 2016). Record in finals stands at 5-1 Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Konta (Sydney, Miami), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova

8 (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals) 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. As a result, posted new career-high singles ranking of No.18 (May 29, 2017) Added four WTA doubles titles to her haul in 2017: Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/larsson) Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018) Qualified for her first WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/larsson), advancing to the final (l. Babos/Sestini Hlavackova), defeating defending champions Makarova/Vesnina en route Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route) In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles falling to Svitolina and Vesnina Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani) Scored best result at a major at 2016 Roland Garros, reaching the SF (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) Arrived in Paris having made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title prior to this was Vandeweghe at 2014 s-hertogenbosch Of her four Top 10 wins in career, all have come on clay, and two at Roland Garros: No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Madrid), No.3 Kerber and No.9 Bacsinszky (2016 Roland Garros) and No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg) Won her maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw appearance Owns 10 doubles titles: Hobart and Bastad in 2015, Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg in 2016, Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul, Linz (all w/larsson) in 2017 and Brisbane (w/schuurs) in 2018 On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles and 11 doubles titles Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Ranking jumped from No.58 to a then-career high of No.27 With 2016 SF result, became the first Dutch woman to reach the SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Contested 2017 Roland Garros on a career-high ranking of No.18 (May 29), and as No.18 seed highest at a Slam

9 Has reached 3r at Wimbledon in 2016 (l. Halep) at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Best result at US Open are two 2r runs, on main draw debut in 2012 (l. Puchkova) and 2015 (l. S.Williams) 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) Other Information Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter, although during title run at 2018 Charleston worked with former WTA player Elise Tamaela Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

10 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 05 - May 12, 2018 $6,685,828 PREMIER MANDATORY [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) vs. [10] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads SYDNEY HARD O F PETRA KVITOVA 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 112 mins 2014 WUHAN HARD O R16 PETRA KVITOVA mins KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $950,730 $11,786,121 1 / 10 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) MADRID W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * PETRA KVITOVA (28) $976,162 $25,016,980 3 / 23 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 11-2 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-2 / * Updated entering 2018 Madrid SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [6] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) QF: d. [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) 6-4,6-3 (1h09) R16: d. [9] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #9) 6-2,6-3 (1h03) R32: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #98) 6-2,1-6,7-5 (2h06) R64: d. ELENA VESNINA (RUS #43) 6-4,6-2 (1h26) vs. [10] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #10) QF: d. [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #15) 6-4,6-0 (1h05) R16: d. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #29) 6-7(4),6-3,6-3 (2h14) R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #65) 6-3,7-6(8) (1h53) R64: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #38) 6-1,6-2 (1h01) Total games: 81 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 5h44 Average time on court: 1h26 Average rank of opponent: 38 Total games: 84 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 6h13 Average time on court: 1h33 Average rank of opponent: 37 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

11 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 05 - May 12, 2018 $6,685,828 PREMIER MANDATORY MADRID Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #22) R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #59) 7-6(3) R2 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #28) R1 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #16) (5) R1-Q L - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #98) PETRA KVITOVA 2016 R16 L - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #39) F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #29) SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) 6-7(4) R2 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #71) R2 L - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #105) F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #5) 7-6(3) 6-4 KA.PLISKOVA: 2010 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #45) Madrid Making fifth consecutive appearance at Madrid (sixth overall), where she is through to SF for the first time Had previously never been beyond 2r, falling at this stage on her past three visits Defeated Vesnina in 1r on Saturday to extend winning streak against Russian players to eight matches, stretching back to 2017 Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) Saw off Azarenka in 2r on Monday to avenge Miami QF loss earlier this season. Now holds a perfect 7-0 record in 3s matches in 2018 Overcame No.9 Stephens for the first time in three attempts in R16, then in QF snapped World No.1 Halep s 15-match winning streak in Madrid Hit two aces against Halep to improve her WTA-leading 2018 total to 189 (Goerges is second with 185) Record against reigning No.1s now stands at 2-2; defeated S. Williams at 2016 US Open, and suffered defeats to Halep at 2018 Australian Open and S.Williams at 2014 Stanford Now holds a 3-3 record vs. Top 10 opponents in 2018, 2-1 against the Top 5, having also defeated No.5 Ostapenko (Stuttgart) and falling to No.6 Svitolina (Brisbame), No.1 Halep (Australian Open), and No. 6 Kerber (Dubai) Has won 10 matches on clay this season (Fed Cup 1, Stuttgart 5, Madrid 4), one more than she won in all of 2017 Three Top 10 wins on this season all occurred on clay. Had recorded just one previous Top 10 victory on clay prior to 2018 d. No.9 Kerber at 2014 Nürnberg Holds a career record of in semifinal matches, with two of these coming in 2018 also Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Stuttgart (won the title) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

12 Has lost all three previous Premier Mandatory semifinals: 2016 Indian Wells (l. Azarenka), 2017 Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and 2017 Miami (l. Wozniacki) Faces No.10 Kvitova today. Has won past five matches against Czech players, last tasting defeat against Strycova at 2016 Birmingham This will be the first career meeting with a compatriot when both players are ranked inside the Top 10 Bidding to 10th consecutive win, which would be her longest unbeaten run since summer 2016 when she won 11 on the spin (Cincinnati 5, US Open 6) Has dropped serve six times in four matches and leads the tournament for points won on serve with 67.6% (up on her season average of 61.4%) Can climb as high as No.4 if she reaches the final and Garcia does not win the title Season Withdrew from Prague last week w/right thigh injury 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). Made 3r exit at Doha (l. Bellis) to finish the Middle East swing with a 2-2 record Advanced to QF in first Grand Slam of the year at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep); defeated countrywomen Safarova and Strycova back-to-back in 3r and R16 in Melbourne 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

13 WTA Premier-Mandatory tournaments (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016). Also reached SF at 2017 Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Led the WTA in 2017 for aces served 452 from 68 matches. Also posted joint-second most match wins 53 (level with Svitolina, behind Wozniacki 60) Holds a record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha) Career wins over Top 10 opponents stands at 23-32, most recent wins coming over No.9 Stephens and No.1 Halep at 2018 Madrid Enjoyed a break-out year in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last seven Captured fifth career doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova) 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 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F). Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American s 186-week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Furthermore, defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament Prior to 2016 US Open, was sole Top 20 player still to pass 3r at a major 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

14 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 KVITOVA: Madrid Making ninth main draw appearance at Mutua Madrid Open, as a two-time champion in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2015 (d. Kuznetsova in F) Holds the joint-third most titles at Madrid with two, along with Halep ( ) and S.Williams ( ) Defeated Tsurenko in 1r on Sunday. Has not fallen to a Ukrainian opponent since 2014 Cincinnati (l. Svitolina). Holds a 9-0 record vs. such players since this defeat In 2r, beat Puig for the first time in three attempts. Followed that with a 3s victory over Kontaveit in the R16, to reach her fourth QF of the season has gone on to win the title in each of her previous QF appearances: St. Petersburg, Doha and Prague Hit 26 winners and 18 unforced errors during quick-fire win over Kasatkina to reach fourth Madrid SF. The win was her 10th Top 20 win of 2018 (by contrast posted only four in 2017) Holds a career record of in SF matches including a perfect 3-0 this season Now owns a 24-6 win-loss record at Madrid second best winning percentage (.800). Only S.Williams (.870) owns a better record Missed out on competing here in Madrid in 2017 due to injury Faces No.6 Ka. Pliskova today. Boasts a 6-1 record against Top 10 opponents this season, defeating No.6 Ostapenko and No.10 Mladenovic (both St. Petersburg), No.3 Svitolina, No.10 Goerges, No.1 Wozniacki and No.3 Muguruza (all Doha) Has won 26 of her last 27 matches against Czech opponents dating back to 2012 Madrid only loss coming against Kr.Pliskova earlier this season in Charleston This will be her first match against a countrywoman in which both players are in the Top 10 since the 2015 WTA Finals (d. No.9 Siniakova) Now leads the tour in wins for this season (28-6), ahead of Halep and Mertens (both 25) Going into today s SF, has hit the third-most aces on tour this season with 143, behind Ka.Pliskova (189) and Goerges (185) Can climb to No.9 by reaching the final and as high as No.8 with the title, otherwise she will stay at No.10

15 Season Enters Madrid following her third title of 2018 at Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F) One of two players on tour with three titles this season (also St. Petersburg and Doha) also Mertens (Hobart, Lugano and Rabat). Svitolina holds two titles in 2018 (Brisbane and Dubai) Prague marks 23rd career title. Is fifth among active players for titles won: PLAYER TOUR LEVEL TITLES 1) Serena Williams 72 2) Venus Williams 49 3) Maria Sharapova 36 4) Caroline Wozniacki 28 5) Petra Kvitova 23 =6) Victoria Azarenka 20 =6) Agnieszka Radwanska 20 Fell to Kerber in 1r at Stuttgart after after going 2-0 in singles play against Germany (d. No.11 Goerges and No.12 Kerber) to lead the Czech Republic into the Fed Cup Final against the United States Fell in 2r of Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Kr.Pliskova) following R16 run at Miami (as No.9 seed, l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko) Earlier in March, made 3r exit at Indian Wells (l. Anisimova). Win over Putintseva in 2r matched best win-streak of career: NO. OF WINS DATE TOURNAMENTS Linz (5), WTA Finals (5), Fed Cup (2), Sydney (2) St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6), Indian Wells (1) Fed Cup (2), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (3) Eastbourne (2), Wimbledon (7), Montréal (1) Brisbane (5), Australian Open (4) Lifted the title Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Holds seventh best record among active players for hard court titles won with 17 Defeated No.1 Wozniacki in SF at Doha her 50th career win over a Top 10 opponent Record vs. reigning No.1s now stands at 5-4. Other wins came over Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid ending the American s 27-match winning streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan) Won back-to-back titles at St. Petersburg and Doha for the first time since winning Linz and WTA Finals in 2011 Returned to Top 10 after Doha at No.9 (last appeared in Top 10 week of June 27, 2016) Steered Czech Republic to Fed Cup semifinals for 10th year in a row, posting wins against Switzerland s Bencic and Golubic in Prague Won title at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F); with record, leads active players for indoor hard court wins Has won at least one title every year since 2011 Made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Petkovic in 2hrs 52mins) Opened 2018 season with 2r showing at Sydney (l. Giorgi) after withdrawing from Brisbane w/viral illness

16 Career Finished 2017 ranked No.29, down from No.11 in 2016 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 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) Member of Czech Republic team that successfully defended Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia, d. Mladenovic, then teamed w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic have won the Cup in five times since 2011 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 (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). 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) Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 38th Grand Slam main draw appearance 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 at 2016 Roland Garros, Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros, Stephens at 2017 US Open and Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open) Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results include two SF showings, at 2012 Australian Open (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) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva) Other Information 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