WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QATAR FEBRUARY 11-16, 2019 USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT

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1 QATAR TOTAL OPEN FEBRUARY 11 16, 2019

2 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QATAR FEBRUARY 11-16, 2019 USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/qatartennis WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan (xyanyan@wtatennis.com) QATAR TOTAL OPEN - FINAL MATCH-UP [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) Halep leads 2-0 Halep dropped only three games in each of her previous meetings with Mertens... Mertens has claimed two Top- 10 wins already this week... Halep appearing in first final since last summer... Henin, the 2007 champion, is the only Belgian other than Mertens to reach the final here... Halep trailed 4-1 in the final set against Svitolina in SF HARDCOURT BREAKDOWN HALEP Win/Loss: Winning Percentage:.672 Final Record: 10-7 MERTENS Win/Loss: Winning Percentage:.619 Final Record: 2-0 THE FINALISTS PLAYER DOHA W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [1] Simona Halep ,063 28,350, Elise Mertens ,333 3,326, FINAL RECORDS PLAYER 2019 BEST RESULT BEST DOHA RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [1] Simona Halep FINAL (1): Doha WON (1): Cincinnati (R-UP) Elise Mertens FINAL (1): Doha FINAL (1): Rabat (WON) 4-1

3 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING WATCH Simona Halep s progress this week guarantees she will move to No.2 in next week's rankings. Since June 12, 2017, Halep has been ranked either No.1 or No.2 for all bar the past three weeks. Elise Mertens will rise from No.21 to No.18 by reaching the final and is projected to go to No.16 with a title run. Her career-high ranking is No.12 (first achieved on November 26, 2018). And if the Belgian is looking for good omens the rankings provide one: Petra Kvitova, last year's champion, also entered the tournament at No.21. DOUBLING DOWN Simona Halep has won multiple titles at four tour stopoffs during her career: Bucharest (2014 and 2016), Madrid (2016 and 2017), Shenzhen (2015 and 2018) and Montréal (2016 and 2018). Today she attempts to add a fifth city to this list and in doing so become only the fourth player to be crowned a two-time champion in Doha. MAKING THE STEP UP Five years ago, victory for a 22-year-old Simona Halep in the final of the Qatar Total Open proved to be a harbinger of future glories. Elise Mertens, 23, will attempt to follow in her footsteps on Saturday and win the biggest trophy of her career at the same venue. A serial winner at the WTA's International-level tournaments, Mertens's deepest runs at the rungs above have been semifinal showings at New Haven in 2017 and the Australian Open and San Jose in Since Doha was introduced to the tour in 2001 only three players have been crowned multiple champions here: Anastasia Myskina ( ), Maria Sharapova (2005 and 2008) and Victoria Azarenka ( ). 5 Elise Mertens five previous WTA finals have been at International-level tournaments at Hobart (twice), Lugano, Istanbul and Rabat. DOUBLES UPDATE No.4 seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Demi Schuurs ended the run of alternate pairing Ons Jabeur and Alison Riske on Friday, triumphing to reach the final in their first tournament as a team. On the other side of the draw 2016 champions Chan Hao-Ching and Latisha Chan reached their second final here with a (2) victory over Veronika Kudermetova and Jelena Ostapenko. ONE WEEK ON What a difference a week makes in tennis. Last weekend, Elise Mertens failed to win a set in singles rubbers against Alize Cornet and then Caroline Garcia as Belgium slumped to a 3-1 Fed Cup defeat to France on home soil in Liège. Fast-forward seven days and she has doubled her win tally for the season and is on the cusp of her biggest title. ON THIS DAY On February 16, 1926, Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills met in a celebrated encounter billed as the match of the century, in Cannes, France. It would be the only time the two legends faced off in their storied careers, with Lenglen running out a winner.

4 SIMONA HALEP VS ELISE MERTENS DOHA Former champion Halep is playing Qatar Total Open for the sixth time. Reached the SF here last year before granting Muguruza a walkover due to a foot injury Defeated three Top 10 players to win the title here in 2014 (d. No.7 Errani in QF, No.4 A.Radwanska in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). One of two former champions to begin the draw along with Suarez Navarro (2016) Bidding to become the fourth two-time champion in Doha following Myskina ( ), Sharapova (2005, 2008) and Azarenka ( ) Following 1r bye, defeated Tsurenko in 2r on Wednesday to reach first QF of the season Won 63% of her return games against Tsurenko. The Romanian owns a record when winning 60% of her return games in a match (lone loss to Suarez Navarro at 2015 Rome SF) Defeated No.16 Goerges in the QF on Thursday to score her second Top 20 win of the season (also No.5 Ka.Pliskova in last weekend s Fed Cup World Group tie) Recovered from 4-1 down in final set to beat No.7 Svitolina in SF This was her 14th victory in Doha, moving her into joint-fourth place (level with Azarenka) on the list for most match wins here after Wozniacki (19 wins), A.Radwanska (17), Kuznetsova (16) Faces Mertens today in 34th career final. Twice beat the Belgian comfortably during last year's clay court season, including en route to Roland Garros title Appearing in first final since R-Up finish at 2018 Cincinnati (l. Bertens in F) and aiming for first title since the week before at Montreal (d. Stephens in F) Would secure her 200th career main draw win by lifting the title this week SEASON Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) DOHA Making second appearance at Qatar Total Open, having reached 2r on debut in 2018 (l. Cirstea) Broke serve four times to defeat Siniakova in 1r In 2r, defeated lucky loser Kr.Pliskova (replaced sister Ka.Pliskova who withdrew w/viral illness) Broke serve four times to beat No.8 Bertens in QF Followed this with another upset in SF, this time over No.6 Kerber; now owns five Top 10 wins, having previously defeated No.10 Cibulkova at 2017 Beijing, No.4 Svitolina at 2018 Australian Open and No.3 Stephens at 2018 Cincinnati Run this week has doubled her match wins for the season to eight. By contrast, in 2018 reached this total during Australian Open Through to first final since Rabat last May (d. Tomljanovic in F). Owns 4-1 record in finals, winning three in 2018 (Hobart, Lugano and Rabat) Six finals in Doha's history have gone to three sets, including two of the past three Currently ranked No.21. Last year's champion Kvitova was also ranked No.21 heading into the tournament Will rise to No.18 as runner-up and No.16 with title Has won 78.6% of her service games across her four matches (season average 69.6%). Only Goerges (82.9%) has won a higher percentage, while Halep's percentage is 74.3% (season average 76%) Sole Belgian represented in Doha this week (main draw, qualifying and doubles) SEASON Lost both singles rubbers during Belgium s 3-1 home defeat to France in Liege (l. Cornet and Garcia) Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Keys) Began season by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Bertens) and reaching QF at Sydney (l. Barty) CAREER MILESTONES Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their name - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47), registered more. By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/schuurs) Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish

5 SIMONA HALEP VS ELISE MERTENS CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Started working with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput this week. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 s-hertogenbosch made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/mestach). Now has six doubles titles also 2017 Guangzhou (w/schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/flipkens), 2018 s-hertogenbosch (w/schuurs) and 2018 Wuhan (w/schuurs) Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying) Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep), Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova), and US Open where she also reached R16 (l. Stephens) Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon PERSONAL After successful trial towards the end of 2018, brought David Taylor on as full-time coach during off season Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM) Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English Was home schooled

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7 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QATAR FEBRUARY 11-16, 2019 USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/qatartennis WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan (xyanyan@wtatennis.com), Ellie Emerson (emerson@wtatennis.com) QATAR TOTAL OPEN - SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Svitolina leads 4-2 Halep is aiming for her first finals appearance since runner-up finish at 2018 Cincinnati..Svitolina has won seven of the last nine sets against the Romanian [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) First meeting Kerber is through to her first semifinal since title run at 2018 Wimbledon...Mertens is aiming to reach her first final since title run at 2018 Rabat in April HARDCOURT BREAKDOWN HALEP KERBER SVITOLINA MERTENS Win/Loss: Winning Percentage:.671 Semifinal Record: 16-8 Finals: 17 Titles: 10 PLAYER DOHA W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [1] Simona Halep Win/Loss: Winning Percentage:.645 Semifinal Record: Finals: 19 Titles: 7 THE FINAL FOUR Win/Loss: Winning Percentage:.661 Semifinal Record: Finals: 11 Titles: 9 Win/Loss: Winning Percentage:.614 Semifinal Record: 2-4 Finals: 2 Titles: ,063 28,350, [3] Angelique Kerber [4] Elina Svitolina Elise Mertens ,103 27,371, $356,901 $13,465, ,333 3,326,

8 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING WATCH Simona Halep s win over Lesia Tsurenko on Wednesday means that she will rise to No.2 in the new rankings. Elina Svitolina can return to the Top 5 by reaching the final this week. She will move to No.6 or No.7 as a semifinalist and can climb as high as No.4 with the title this week. Angelique Kerber will drop to No.7 as a semifinalist, but can move to No.5 or No.6 as runner-up and No.4 with the title. Elise Mertens will rise to No.20 by reaching the semifinal stage, No.18 as runner-up, or No.16 with the title. NEW YEAR, SAME YOU Serena Williams first debuted in the WTA Top 10 in April of rising from No.11 to No.9 following the Miami Open On Monday, February 18th, nearly 20 years after making her debut in the elite bracket, Williams will return to the Top 10 at No.10. This will mark her first time back in this top group since the week of July 3, Over the course of her 23 years on tour, 15 of those seasons have culminated in a year-end Top 10 finish, including five occasions ending the year as the World No.1 Here s a blast-from-the-past look at the WTA Top 10 on April 4, 1999 when Serena made her debut: WTA TOP 10 - Serena s Debut POTENTIAL H2HS HALEP SVITOLINA KERBER Halep leads 6-4 Svitolina leads 8-5 MERTENS Halep leads 2-0 Svitolina leads Martina Hingis 2. Lindsay Davenport 3. Jana Novotna 4. Monica Seles 5. Steffi Graf 6. Venus Williams 7. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 8. Mary Pierce 9. Serena Williams 10. Patty Schnyder DOUBLES UPDATE ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS On February 15, A battle of different generations, fifteen-year-old Andrea Jaeger beats Virginia Wade, who at 35 years old is old enough to be Jaeger s mother, by a 6-3, 6-1 margin to win the WTA Tour event in Oakland, California. Entering the semifinal round, the lone seeds remaining are [4] Anna-Lena Groenfeld / Demi Schuurs who take on the late entry alternate duo of Ons Jabeur / Alison Riske who upended the No.1 seeds Nicole Melichar / Kveta Peschke in the first round. The bottom half semifinal will pit the Chan sisters (Hao- Ching and Latisha) against Veronika Kudermetova / Jelena Ostapenko. Ostapenko is defending doubles champion from last year, after hoisting the trophy with then-doubles partner Gabriela Dabrowski. On February 15, Zina Garrison defeats Sylvia Hanika of West Germany, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to win the Virginia Slims of San Francisco.

9 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads ROME CLAY O F ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2017 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2017 TORONTO HARD O SF ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2017 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP (6) mins 2017 ROME CLAY O F ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2013 SOFIA HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (27) $205,063 $28,350,642 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $356,901 $13,465,526 0 / 18 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * 0 / 13 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) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha Semifinals ROAD TO THE FINAL [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) QF: d. [9] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) 7-6(1),7-6(6) (2h01) R16: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #24) 6-2,6-3 (1h19) R32: BYE [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) QF: d. KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #132) 6-4,6-2 (1h22) R16: d. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) 6-4,6-4 (1h20) R32: BYE Total games: 43 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 3h20 Average time on court: 1h40 Average rank of opponent: 20 Total games: 38 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h42 Average time on court: 1h21 Average rank of opponent: 77 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

10 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER DOHA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2018 SF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) W/O ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #21) R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #118) 6-7(1) F W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #62) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) (4) R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #34) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

11 SIMONA HALEP VS ELINA SVITOLINA DOHA Former champion Halep is playing Qatar Total Open for the sixth time. Reached the SF here last year where she gave Muguruza a walkover to the final due to a foot injury Defeated three Top 10 players to win the title here in 2014 (d. No.7 Errani in QF, No.4 A.Radwanska in SF and No.9 Kerber in F). One of two former champions to begin the draw along with Suarez Navarro (2016) Bidding to become the fourth two-time champion in Doha following Myskina ( ), Sharapova (2005, 2008) and Azarenka ( ) Following 1r bye, defeated Tsurenko in 2r on Wednesday to reach first QF of the season Won 63% of her return games against Tsurenko. The Romanian owns a staggering record when winning 60% of her return games (lone loss to Suarez Navarro at 2015 Rome SF) Defeated No.16 Goerges in the QF on Thursday to improve record vs. Top 20 players this season to 2-2, most recently over No.5 Ka.Pliskova in last weekend s Fed Cup World Group tie. Losses came against No.15 Barty (Sydney) and No.26 S.Williams (Australian Open) Win over Goerges marked her 13th in Doha, moving her into fifth place on the list for most match wins here after Wozniacki (19 wins), A.Radwanska (17), Kuznetsova (16) and Azarenka (14) Faces No.7 Svitolina today in their seventh career meeting. Trails 2-4 in their career head-to-head and 1-2 on hard courts Aiming for first final since R-Up finish at 2018 Cincinnati (l. Bertens in F) and first title since the week before at Montreal (d. Stephens in F) Would secure her 200th career main draw win by lifting the title this week SEASON Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) DOHA Making fifth main draw appearance at Doha, where she is through to SF for first time Made R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Enters 2019 Doha as a wildcard. Best result by a wildcard in Doha was a R-Up finish by Azarenka in 2015 (l. Safarova in F) Following 1r bye, defeated No.22 Ostapenko for the first time in 2r to improve her record vs. Top 30 in 2019 to 2-2. Also defeated No.17 Keys (Australian Open), losses came against No.30 Sasnovich (Brisbane) and No.4 Osaka (Australian Open) In QF, scored ninth consecutive win over a qualifier against Muchova. Last loss to a qualifier came against Giorgi at 2017 Birmingham Faces No.3 Halep today. Has won seven of the last nine sets against the Romanian, including three consecutive straight set wins before a 3s loss at 2017 Roland Garros A win today would mark her 30th career victory over a Top 10 player (29-33 record) Owns career record against Top 5 players. In 2017, held the best winning percentage against Top 5 players (8-1) Holds career record in SF. Bidding for first title of the season, having won four in 2018 and a tour-leading five in 2017 (owns 13-2 record in finals) One of two Ukrainians to begin the main draw this week (also Tsurenko) SEASON Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich). Also fell 1r in doubles w/sevastova (l. Hozumi/Rosolska) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

12 SIMONA HALEP VS ELINA SVITOLINA CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Started working with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput this week. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai, won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing, then reached R16 at Indian Wells falling to Muguruza in three sets Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-us Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) PERSONAL Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of her promotion of women s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by performing off-court promotional and charitable activities

13 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) Head to Head: 0-0 ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $215,103 $27,371,944 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY ELISE MERTENS (23) $166,333 $3,326,579 0 / 12 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * 0 / 4 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 7-5 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 7-5 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 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) * 2-4 / 8-24 * Updated entering 2019 Doha Semifinals ROAD TO THE FINAL [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) QF: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #49) 1-6,6-2,7-6(4) (2h07) R16: d. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) 6-1,7-6(3) (1h21) R32: BYE ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) QF: d. [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) 6-4,6-3 (1h30) R16: d. KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #90) 6-2,7-6(3) (1h47) R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #44) 6-4,6-2 (1h20) Total games: 48 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h28 Average time on court: 1h44 Average rank of opponent: 35 Total games: 58 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 4h37 Average time on court: 1h32 Average rank of opponent: 47 DOHA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 7-6(4) ELISE MERTENS 2018 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #38) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

14 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER 2017 R16 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) R2 L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #73) R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #10) R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) R2 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #46) R1 L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #101) 7-6(3) R1-Q L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #183) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

15 ANGELIQUE KERBER VS ELISE MERTENS DOHA Making ninth main draw appearance at Doha (10th overall). Former finalist in 2014 (l. Halep in F) Last year here lost to then-world No.1 Wozniacki in three sets in QF stage Following 1r bye, defeated No.20 Kontaveit on Tuesday for first Top 20 win since defeating No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals ( career record against Top 20 players) Win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Completed comeback win over No.49 Strycova in QF, improving to 8-1 record against the Czech Match against Strycova marked her first three set match of In 2018, went 12-9 in such matches Through to first SF since title run at 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F). Owns career record in SF Faces No.21 Mertens today in their first tour-level meeting. Defeated the Belgian at the Hopman Cup in 2018, needing two tiebreaks to secure the victory Has fallen to a player ranked outside the Top 20 once in 2019 (l. No.35 Collins at Australian Open). In 2018, fell to players outside the Top 20 on five occasions Has not faced a Belgian player since 2017 Wimbledon (d. Flipkens in 2r) A win today would mark her 10th at Doha (9-8 record) One of two Germans to contest this week s draw along with Goerges SEASON Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 final appearances is the joint-10th-most among active players DOHA Making second appearance at Qatar Total Open, having reached 2r on debut in 2018 (l. Cirstea) Broke serve four times to defeat Siniakova in 1r In 2r, defeated lucky loser Kr.Pliskova (replaced sister Ka.Pliskova who withdrew w/viral illness) Upset No.8 Bertens in QF to score fourth career Top 10 win (4-10 record), having previously defeated No.10 Cibulkova at 2017 Beijing, No.4 Svitolina at 2018 Australian Open and No.3 Stephens at 2018 Cincinnati Through to first SF since San Jose last August (l. eventual champion Buzarnescu in SF) Faces No.6 Kerber today. Holds 1-0 record vs. left handed players this season (8-2 career record), having defeated Kr.Pliskova in 2r this week Aiming to reach first final since title run at 2018 Rabat in April (d. Tomljanovic in F). Owns 4-1 record in finals, winning three in 2018 (Hobart, Lugano and Rabat) Among the semifinalists this week, holds the best service game winning percentage at 80% ahead of Svitolina (78.9%), Halep (73.9%) and Kerber (70.8%) Sole Belgian represented in Doha this week (main draw, qualifying and doubles) SEASON Fell in 2r at the Australian Open (d. Burel, l. Yastremska) Opened 2019 season with straight set 1r exits in Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) and Sydney (l. Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their name - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47), registered more. By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/schuurs) Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

16 ANGELIQUE KERBER VS ELISE MERTENS CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Also in 2018, posted SF runs at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having held match point) Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open and US Open and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) PERSONAL Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 s-hertogenbosch made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/mestach). Now has six doubles titles also 2017 Guangzhou (w/schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/flipkens), 2018 s-hertogenbosch (w/schuurs) and 2018 Wuhan (w/schuurs) Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying) Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep), Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova), and US Open where she also reached R16 (l. Stephens) Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon PERSONAL After successful trial towards the end of 2018, brought David Taylor on as full-time coach during off season Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM) Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English Was home schooled Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

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18 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QATAR FEBRUARY 11-16, 2019 USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/qatartennis WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan (xyanyan@wtatennis.com), Ellie Emerson (emerson@wtatennis.com) QATAR TOTAL OPEN - QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) vs. [Q] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #132) First meeting Muchova facing Top-10 opposition for the second time in her career... Svitolina through to QF in Doha for the first time... Muchova will guarantee Top 100 debut with victory today BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #49) vs. [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Kerber leads 7-1 All seven of Kerber s previous wins over Strycova have been in straight sets... Entering Doha, Strycova had only one win to her name this season... Kerber bidding to reach first SF since winning Wimbledon [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. [9] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) Halep leads 2-0 Halep has dropped only seven games across previous two meetings... Goerges missed five match points in second set before eventually beating Riske in second-round... Halep champion here in 2014 [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) Mertens leads 2-1 Bertens won in three sets when the two met last month in Brisbane... Mertens bidding to reach first SF on tour since last summer... Bertens has come from a set down to win both matches this week A LOOK AT THE QUARTERFINALISTS PLAYER DOHA W/L YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER TITLES [1] Simona Halep ,063 28,350, [3] Angelique Kerber ,103 27,371, [4] Elina Svitolina $356,901 $13,465, [5] Kiki Bertens ,598 6,796, [9] Julia Goerges ,351 8,739, Elise Mertens ,333 3,326, Barbora Strycova ,903 9,206, [Q] Karolina Muchova , ,

19 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKING WATCH Simona Halep s win over Lesia Tsurenko on Wednesday means that she will rise to No.2 in the new rankings. Meanwhile, Kiki Bertens progress this week also keeps alive her chances of making a Top 5 debut this week. Depending on other results, the Dutchwoman can achieve the feat by reaching the final. Betty Stove is the only Dutchwoman to reach the WTA Top 5 (debuted July 3, 1977 at a career-best No.5). Two other players in with a shout of a Top 5 spot on Monday are Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina, although to do so both would need to at least reach the final. Further down the WTA pecking order, qualifier Karolina Muchova s performances have guaranteed her a new career-high ranking. Should the young Czech reach the semifinals, she will break into the Top 100. QUALIFIED SUCCESS By beating Hsieh Su-Wei on Wednesday, Karolina Muchova became the 10th qualifier to reach the quarterfinals of the Qatar Total Open. However, all nine of her predecessors have fallen at this hurdle. Can Muchova buck the trend? PLAYER YEAR QUARTERFINAL CONQUEROR CiCi Bellis 2018 Simona Halep Lauren Davis 2017 Carolina Wozniacki Elena Vesnina 2016 Carla Suárez Navarro Petra Cetkovska 2014 Angelique Kerber Peng Shuai 2011 Marion Bartoli Kateryna Bondarenko 2007 Jelena Jankovic Maria Kirilenko 2005 Amelie Mauresmo Henrieta Nagyova 2001 Sandrine Testud Lina Krasnoroutskaya 2001 Barbara Schett DOUBLES UPDATE SERVING NOTICE Last year, Julia Goerges was anointed the WTA s new Ace Queen after firing down 474 of them across the season, nearly 100 more than her nearest challenger Karolina Pliskova (393). The German has been on top serving form in Doha so far, hitting a tournament-leading 18 aces across her two matches and winning 21 of 23 service games (91.3%). These performances have also seen her close in on early pacesetter Kiki Bertens on 2019 s aces leaderboard. Bertens, who has passed the 100-ace mark this week, has shown a marked improvement in her service potency this campaign, averaging 7.92 aces per match compared to last season s average (4.71). There were upsets galore in the opening round of the doubles at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, with the top three seeds all falling by the wayside. No.1 seeds Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke failed to make the most of a bright start as they were upended by late alternates Ons Jabeur and Alison Riske, Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova, the No.2 seeds, lost to Veronika Kudermetova and Jelena Ostapenko, while No.3 seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan fell to Lara Arruabarrena and Kaitlyn Christian. ON THIS DAY On February 14, 2008, Monica Seles s love affair with the WTA came to end as she officially announced her retirement after a career that brought her nine major titles. PLAYER NUMBER OF ACES MATCHES PLAYED Kiki Bertens Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova Viktoria Kuzmova 71 8 Karolina Pliskova Julia Goerges 68 10

20 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) vs. [Q] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #132) Head to Head: First meeting ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $356,901 $13,465,526 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY KAROLINA MUCHOVA (22) $59,426 $319,293 0 / 13 0 / SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * 0 / 0 0 / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-1 / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-1 / / 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) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-2 * Updated entering 2019 Doha QF DOHA Tournament Performance "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration R16 E. SVITOLINA d. J. OSTAPENKO 6-4, mins R1 BYE - R16 K. MUCHOVA d. S. HSIEH 6-2,6-4 R1 K. MUCHOVA d. S. STOSUR 6-4,6-2 R3-Q K. MUCHOVA d. L. SAMSONOVA 6-1,3-6,6-1 R2-Q K. MUCHOVA d. K. PLISKOVA 6-3,4-6, mins 81 mins 106 mins 120 mins R1-Q K. MUCHOVA d. A. NAIMI 6-0, mins DOHA Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #21) R1 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #62) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) (4) R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #34) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

21 ELINA SVITOLINA VS KAROLINA MUCHOVA DOHA Making fifth main draw appearance at Doha, where she is through to QF for first time Made R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Enters 2019 Doha as a wildcard. Best result by a wildcard in Doha was a R-Up finish by Azarenka in 2015 (l. Safarova in F) Defeated No.22 Ostapenko for the first time in 2r to improve her record v Top 30 in 2019 to 2-2. Also defeated No.17 Keys (Australian Open), losses came against No.30 Sasnovich (Brisbane) and No.4 Osaka (Australian Open) Faces qualifier Muchova for the first time today. Is on an eight match-winning streak against qualifiers. Last loss to a qualifier came against Giorgi at 2017 Birmingham One of two Ukrainians to begin the main draw (also Tsurenko) SEASON Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich). Also fell 1r in doubles w/sevastova (l. Hozumi/Rosolska) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) Her five titles in 2017 were Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) DOHA Making debut appearance at Doha after coming three rounds of qualifying 2019 Doha marks her first main draw appearance at a WTA Premier-level event Competing this week ranked No.132 two spots shy from her career high of No.130 (achieved on January 28, 2019). By reaching QF will move inside Top 110 By defeating Stosur and Hsieh in the first two rounds has reached her maiden WTA QF. First time has recorded back-to-back main draw victories since a 3r showing at 2018 US Open (l. Barty) Faces No.7 Svitolina today in her second career meeting against a Top 10 ranked opponent, having fallen to No.8 Ka.Pliskova earlier this season at the Australian Open. Upset No.31 Hsieh in straight sets in the 2r for her second career victory over a Top 50 opponent. Also defeated No.12 Muguruza at 2018 US Open Bidding to become first qualifier to make SF here. Last qualifier to reach Doha QF was Bellis in 2018 One of four Czech players competing in singles here in Doha also Kr.Pliskova, Siniakova and Strycova. A Czech player has lifted the Doha title in three of the last four years, including Safarova (2015), Ka.Pliskova (2017) and Kvitova (2018) SEASON Qualified at the Australian Open, falling to Ka.Pliskova in 1r 2019 Australian Open marked her second main draw appearance at the majors (following 2018 US Open) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making qualifying exit (l. Potapova after holding 2MP) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 ranked No.145, her first Top 200 season (up from her previous best of No.208 in 2016) 2018 season highlight was making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open (as qualifier, l. Barty in 3r) Also contested WTA qualifying in 2018 at Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Luxembourg Reached three ITF Circuit finals in 2018, including back-to-back finals at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER (l. Dart) and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beauborg-FRA (l. Blinkova). Also reached the final at $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE (l. Ferro) Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as qualifier, l. Hon). Also contested qualifying at s-hertogenbosch and Tokyo [Japan Open] and finished R-Up at one ITF Circuit event

22 ELINA SVITOLINA VS KAROLINA MUCHOVA CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On four occasions could have reached World No.1 spot at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-us Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Won second career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and posted win-loss record; at tour-level fell in qualifying at US Open On ITF Circuit has won two titles in singles and one in doubles Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2013 GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked second Grand Slam main draw of her career (as qualifier, l. Ka.Pliskova in 1r) Reached 3r at 2018 US Open in her main draw debut at the majors (as qualifier, l. Barty in 3r) Earned USD$156,000 in prize money during last year s Flushing Meadows run, more than doubling her career total Previously fell in qualifying at US Open in 2016, and Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2018 PERSONAL Born in city of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, but moved to train in Prague this year Started playing tennis at aged seven with dad, a former professional footballer in Czech Republic Roger Federer was tennis idol growing up Coached by Emil Miske GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

23 ELINA SVITOLINA VS KAROLINA MUCHOVA PERSONAL Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of her promotion of women s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by performing off-court promotional and charitable activities

24 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #49) vs. [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads DUBAI HARD O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2016 BEIJING HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER (4) 95 mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(5) mins 2016 MADRID CLAY O R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA mins 2016 MIAMI HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2014 WUHAN HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2009 BASTAD CLAY O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2008 ITF/KRAKOW HARD I QF ANGELIQUE KERBER N/A BARBORA STRYCOVA (32) $134,903 $9,206,957 0 / 2 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $215,103 $27,371,944 0 / 12 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-2 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 6-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 9-53 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha QF DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 B. STRYCOVA d. A. BLINKOVA 6-0,3-6, mins R1 B. STRYCOVA d. F. AL NABHANI 6-1, mins Rnd Result Duration R16 A. KERBER d. A. KONTAVEIT 6-1,7-6(3) 81 mins R1 BYE - Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

25 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER DOHA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match BARBORA STRYCOVA 2018 R2 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #10) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #21) R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 7-6(2) R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #17) (5) 2012 R1 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #48) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 7-6(4) R16 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) R2 L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #73) R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #10) R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) R2 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #46) R1 L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #101) 7-6(3) R1-Q L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #183) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

26 BARBORA STRYCOVA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER DOHA Making sixth appearance at Doha, where she is through to QF for the first time In 1r defeated Al Nabhani in the sole main draw match played on Monday. Also defeated Al Nabhani in 1r two years ago, winning 12 of the last 13 games Prevailed in see-saw 2r encounter with Blinkova to register back-to-back wins for the first time since Linz in October 2018 Faces No.6 Kerber today in their ninth career meeting. A win today would mark her 10th career victory over a Top 10 player (9-53 career record), and first since defeating No.3 Muguruza at 2018 Birmingham Owns 1-0 record vs. left-handed opponents in 2019 (25-27 career record), having defeated Townsend at Auckland in her first match of the season One of four Czechs in main draw (also Siniakova, qualifier Muchova and lucky loser Kr.Pliskova). A Czech has won the title here in three of the past four years: Safarova (2015), Ka.Pliskova (2017) and Kvitova (2018) At 32, is the oldest player left in the draw Was seeded No.2 in the doubles draw w/hsieh (l. Kudermetova/Ostapenko in 1r) SEASON Began season by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Anisimova) Followed this with 1r exits at Sydney (l. Diyas) and Australian Open (l. Putintseva) At Australian Open, also made fifth career major doubles SF (w/vondrousova, l. eventual champions Stosur/Zhang) Was not in Fed Cup action last week, having retired from the competition after helping the Czechs reclaim their title at the end of 2018 CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 at No.33 - her fifth consecutive Top 50 finish - after posting record 2018 season highlights include making QF at Auckland (l. Hsieh) and Sydney (l. Barty) as well as a SF run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) Made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) for third consecutive year and R16 at Roland Garros her best result in Paris to date (l. Putintseva) Beat No.3 Muguruza in R16 at 2018 Birmingham to register sixth Top 5 win of career previous wins came against No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Australian Open), No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid) and No.1 Muguruza (2017 Beijing) DOHA Making ninth main draw appearance at Doha (10th overall). Former finalist in 2014 (l. Halep in F) Last year here lost to then-world No.1 Wozniacki in three sets in QF stage Following 1r bye, defeated No.20 Kontaveit on Tuesday for first Top 20 win since defeating No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals Win over Kontaveit marked 600th career win across all levels ( record) Faces No.49 Strycova today. Has not fallen to a player ranked outside the Top 40 in 2019, and did so just twice in l. No.61 Riske (Mallorca) and No.45 Zhang (Beijing) Owns 5-6 record in QF matches since start of 2018 One of two Germans in the draw this week along with Goerges (also through to QF) SEASON Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 final appearances is the joint-10th-most among active players Also in 2018, posted SF runs at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having held match point) Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati

27 BARBORA STRYCOVA VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Enjoyed successful 2018 season in doubles, winning titles at Indian Wells (w/hsieh, d. Makarova/Vesnina), Rome (l. Barty/Schurs, New Haven (d. Hsieh/Siegemund), Tokyo (l.kato/ninomiya) Wuhan (d.mertens/ Schuurs) and Beijing (d. Dabrowski/Xu) Also part of Czech Republic team that beat USA 3-0 in Fed Cup World Group final (d. Kenin in day 1 singles rubber) Clinched second tour-level singles title at 2017 Linz (d. No.1 seed Rybarikova in F). Holds a 2-6 record in singles finals, with other title coming at 2011 Québec City (d. Erakovic in F) Posted career-high singles ranking of No.16 on January 16, 2017 Owner of 23 career doubles titles. Reached best doubles ranking (No.5) on October 29, 2018 Won doubles bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/ Safarova) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in Won nine singles and 10 doubles titles on ITF Circuit ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at 2014 Wimbledon (d. Li in the last match of the Chinese star s career and Wozniacki en route, l. eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first time in Open Era that three Czech women advanced to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova) Also made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Azarenka), 2017 (l. S.Williams) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Roland Garros in 2018 (l. Putintseva) Reached 3r at US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2015 (l. Lisicki) and 2018 (l. Mertens) At 2010 Australian Open played what was then the longest Grand Slam match (d. Kulikova in four hours and 19 minutes since surpassed by Kuznetsova-Schiavone at 2011 Australian Open) In doubles is a five-time semifinalist, at 2014 US Open (w/date), 2015 Australian Open (w/krajicek), 2017 US Open (w/safarova), 2018 Roland Garros (w/sestini Hlavackova) and 2019 Australian Open (w/ Vondrousova) PERSONAL Coached by David Kotyza and also works with Lukas Dlouhy Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied law and lives in US Started playing tennis at age 5 Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (l. Puig, won silver medal) Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green). Career record in tour-level finals is Made WTA debut in qualifying at 2003 Berlin GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) PERSONAL Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez Speaks three languages: German, Polish, and English

28 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. [9] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads MIAMI HARD O R3 SIMONA HALEP mins 2014 MADRID CLAY O R1 SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (27) $205,063 $28,350,642 0 / 18 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * JULIA GOERGES (30) $111,351 $8,739,847 1 / 7 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 8-2 / / / / / 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) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha QF DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 S. HALEP d. L. TSURENKO 6-2, mins R1 BYE - Rnd Result Duration R16 J. GOERGES d. A. RISKE 6-1,6-7(5), mins R1 J. GOERGES d. A. TOMLJANOVIC 6-2, mins Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

29 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER DOHA Tournament History SIMONA HALEP 2018 SF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) W/O JULIA GOERGES 2018 QF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #21) R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #118) 6-7(1) F W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) R1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #21) R2 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #114) 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 2008 R1 L - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #36) R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #5) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

30 SIMONA HALEP VS JULIA GOERGES DOHA Former champion Halep is playing Qatar Total Open for the sixth time. Reached the SF here last year where she gave a walkover to Muguruza due to a foot injury Defeated three Top 10 players to win the title here in 2016 (d. Kerber in F). One of two former champions to begin the draw along with Suarez Navarro (2016) Playing as top seed for the first time in Doha this week Victory over Tsurenko in 2r marked her 12th in Doha, moving her into joint-fifth place on the list for most match wins here after Wozniacki (19 wins), A.Radwanska (17), Kuznetsova (16), Azarenka (14) Led the tour in return games won (48.5%) in 2018 has dropped off to 31.3% so far this season. In 2r win over Tsurenko, broke five out of eight times (62.5%). The Romanian owns a staggering record when winning 60% of her return games (lone loss to Suarez Navarro at 2015 Rome SF) Faces off against No.16 Goerges in today s QF. Owns a career record vs. Top 20 opponents, most recently over No.5 Ka.Pliskova in last weekend s Fed Cup World Group tie SEASON Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round at the weekend and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Qualified for the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore after reaching the F in Montréal but forced to withdraw from season-ending finale w/back injury Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing DOHA Making sixth main draw appearance in Doha this week, where she is through to QF for a second time Also made QF in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Inherited Barty s seeded berth after the Australian s withdrawal after the draw had been made (hip injury), Hit 18 aces to defeat Tomljanovic and then Riske in opening two matches. Spurned five match points in second set before beating Riske in decider Takes on No.3 Halep in today s quarterfinal. Holds an 8-17 record vs. Top 5 opponents with last victory coming over a year ago against No.3 Wozniacki in Auckland final Momentum plays a big part in the German s game dating back to the start of 2018, when winning at least two matches at a tournament, she has made the SF or better on six occasions: 2018 Auckland (WON), 2018 St. Petersburg (SF), 2018 Charleston (R-Up), 2018 Wimbledon (SF), 2018 New Haven (SF) and 2019 Auckland (WON) SEASON Reached R16 at St. Petersburg (l. Zvonareva) As No.14 seed, suffered 1r upset at Australian Open (l. Collins in 3s) Opened 2019 season by defending her title at Auckland (d. Andreescu in F). Following Auckland run, career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 7-8 CAREER MILESTONES Registered third year-end Top 20 finish in 2018, at No.14 (also No.14 in 2017 and No.18 in 2012). Reached career-high No.9 on August 20, highlights were titles at Auckland (d. Wozniacki in F) extended title streak to three, having previously won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season and Luxembourg (d. Bencic in F). Also finished R-Up at Charleston (l. Bertens) and enjoyed SF runs at New Haven (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Zhuhai (l. Barty) Struck 492 aces in Also hit 412 aces in 2017 season only two other players have reached the 400-ace mark in a season: S.Williams ( ) and Ka.Pliskova ( ) Posted 46 main draw wins in 2018 only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47) had more to their names Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, winning Moscow (d. Kasatkina in F) and biggest title of career at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (d. Vandeweghe in F). Finished R-Up at Mallorca, Bucharest and Washington, DC

31 SIMONA HALEP VS JULIA GOERGES CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses vs. No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals), No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) on January 27, 2014 Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Reached first career final at 2010 Fès in just her third main draw appearance Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Started working with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput this week. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having also won 2010 Bad Gastein By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to become German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for first time since February 2013 Owns a 7-8 record in WTA singles finals; is 5-11 in WTA doubles finals, most recently winning at 2015 New Haven (w/hradecka) Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, reaching final at Indian Wells (w/ka.pliskova) and qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set career-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) Made WTA main draw debut at 2007 Doha Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germany in 2005 Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 44th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber winning title at All England Club in 2018, it marked the first time that two Germans reached the last four at the same Slam since 1993 Roland Garros Huber (SF) and Graf (Champion) Previously had reached R16 but never further on five occasions, at Australian Open ( and 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, negotiating qualifying before losing to eventual champion Henin in 1r In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/groenefeld and 2016 w/ka.pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/ka.pliskova) Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) PERSONAL Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike Began playing tennis aged 6. Tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross country skiing combined with shooting) Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger

32 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) vs. ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) Head to Head: ELISE MERTENS leads BRISBANE HARD O R1 KIKI BERTENS (6) mins 2017 NEW HAVEN HARD O R1 ELISE MERTENS mins 2017 HOBART HARD O QF ELISE MERTENS mins KIKI BERTENS (27) $274,598 $6,796,722 1 / 8 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * ELISE MERTENS (23) $166,333 $3,326,579 0 / 4 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-5 / / / / / 18-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 6-9 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-4 / 7-24 * Updated entering 2019 Doha QF DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 K. BERTENS d. C. SUÁREZ NAVARRO 2-6,6-1, mins R1 K. BERTENS d. C. GIORGI 0-6,7-6(7), mins Rnd Result Duration R16 E. MERTENS d. K. PLISKOVA 6-2,7-6(3) 107 mins R1 E. MERTENS d. K. SINIAKOVA 6-4, mins DOHA Tournament History KIKI BERTENS 2017 R1 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) ELISE MERTENS 2018 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #38) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

33 KIKI BERTENS VS ELISE MERTENS DOHA Making second main draw appearance at Doha. Lost to eventual runner-up Wozniacki in 1r in only previous appearance here in 2017 Came within two points of defeat during 1r win over Giorgi on Tuesday Beat Suarez Navarro in 2r to register sixth consecutive victory on tour (won title at last tournament in St. Petersburg) Faces Mertens in QF. Won final three games of match to edge out the Belgian at Brisbane in January Contesting the week of Doha at a career-high ranking of No.8 (first achieved January 28, 2019). By contrast, was ranked No.28 this time last year Is the highest-ranked Dutch woman since Stove in 1977, who reached No.5 in the world. Only Dutchwoman in the draw this week. Could make Top 5 debut by reaching final this week in Doha Has struck a WTA-leading 103 aces in 13 matches this season (including results this week); struck 325 during entire 2018 season (third-most on tour) SEASON Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level - earlier this month at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) Made 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 (l. Vekic, having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) CAREER MILESTONES 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) 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) DOHA Making second appearance at Qatar Total Open, having reached 2r on debut in 2018 (l. Cirstea) Broke serve four times to defeat Siniakova in 1r In 2r, beat lucky loser Kr.Pliskova (replaced sister Ka.Pliskova who withdrew w/viral illness) Faces No.8 Bertens in QF, bidding to reach first SF since Sana Jose last August Owns three Top 10 wins in career, over No.10 Cibulkova at 2017 Beijing, No.4 Svitolina at 2018 Australian Open and No.3 Stephens at 2018 Cincinnati Only Belgian competing in Doha this week (main draw, qualifying and doubles) SEASON Fell in 2r at the Australian Open (d. Burel, l. Yastremska) Opened 2019 season with straight set 1r exits in Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) and Sydney (l. Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their name - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47), registered more. By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/schuurs) Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 s-hertogenbosch made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic) Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/mestach). Now has six doubles titles also 2017 Guangzhou (w/schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/flipkens), 2018 s-hertogenbosch (w/schuurs) and 2018 Wuhan (w/schuurs) Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying) Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

34 KIKI BERTENS VS ELISE MERTENS CAREER CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY 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, most recently at 2018 Brisbane (w/schuurs) 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) Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep), Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova), and US Open where she also reached R16 (l. Stephens) Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon PERSONAL After successful trial towards the end of 2018, brought David Taylor on as full-time coach during off season Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM) Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English Was home schooled 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

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36 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QATAR FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019 USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/qatartennis WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan (xyanyan@wtatennis.com), Ellie Emerson (emerson@wtatennis.com) QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DAY 3 MATCH-UPS [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #24) Halep leads 5-0 A victory today for Halep would move her into joint-fifth place on the list for most match wins here... Tsurenko is bidding for her third career victory over a Top 5 player ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) First meeting Mertens is seeking her third career Top 5 win today...pliskova is one of a tournament-leading four Czechs in the draw...a Czech has won the title here in three of the past four years ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Kontaveit leads 2-0 Kontaveit is bidding for her second victory of the year over a Top 10 player...whereas Kerber has lost her opening round match here on five previous occasions, most recently 2017 (l. Kasatkina) [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) Ostapenko leads 2-0 A win today for Svitolina would mark her fifth of the season; by contrast, held nine wins entering 2018 Doha...Ostapenko is aiming to win back-to-back matches for the first time since 2018 US Open

37 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES TOP 10 WATCH There will be a new WTA World No.2 on Monday, February 18th. Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova have a chance to climb to No.2 this week in Doha: Halep, by winning her opening match in Doha, can move to No.2, unless Pliskova wins the title Pliskova needs to win the title, coupled with Halep not advancing to the final, to move to No.2 If Halep does not reach QFs and Pliskova does not win the Doha title, then Sloane Stephens will move to a new career-high ranking of No.2 Kiki Bertens has a chance to make her Top 5 debut this week in Doha if she reaches the final (depending on other results). Betty Stove is the only Dutchwoman to reach the WTA Top 5 (debuted July 3, 1977 at a career-best No.5). Bertens can move as high as No.3 this week (if Halep does not win a match). With Caroline Wozniacki (withdrawal) and Anastasija Sevastova (lost 1r) out of the tournament, this means Serena Williams will return to the WTA Top 10. NEW YEAR, SAME YOU Serena Williams first debuted in the WTA Top 10 in April of rising from No.11 to No.9 following the Miami Open On Monday, February 18th, nearly 20 years after making her debut in the elite bracket, Williams will return to the Top 10 at No.10. This will mark her first time back in this top group since the week of July 3, Over the course of her 23 years on tour, 15 of those seasons have culminated in a year-end Top 10 finish, including five occasions ending the year as the World No.1 Here s a blast-from-the-past look at the WTA Top 10 on April 4, 1999 when Serena made her debut: WTA TOP 10 - Serena s Debut 1. Martina Hingis 2. Lindsay Davenport 3. Jana Novotna 4. Monica Seles 5. Steffi Graf 6. Venus Williams 7. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 8. Mary Pierce NEW ACE QUEEN? The 2019 season may still be in its relative infancy, but Kiki Bertens is already closing in on the 100-ace mark. Last year, only Julia Goerges (474) and Karolina Pliskova (393) struck more aces than the Dutchwoman (325), who will be looking to add to her tally against Carla Suarez Navarro. 9. Serena Williams 10. Patty Schnyder ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS On February 13, year-old Sania Mirza of India defeats Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Hyderbad Open in Hyderbad, India and become the first woman from India to win a title on the WTA Tour. PLAYER NUMBER OF ACES MATCHES PLAYED Kiki Bertens Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova Viktoria Kuzmova 71 8 Karolina Pliskova 69 11

38 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES COACHES CORNER At the end of the 2018 season, Simona Halep and Darren Cahill mutually parted ways with the Aussie citing to spend more time at home with his family this season. Halep began her 2019 campaign without a confirmed head coach, however, she found the next man for the job at the Australian Open: Thierry Van Cleemput. The 50-year-old Belgian had been spotted near the Halep player box during her fourth-round loss to Serena Williams at the Australian Open and had also been seen in her training sessions that week. It wasn t too long after that Halep confirmed him to be her next head coach. WINNING & TWINNING Karolina Pliskova and Kristyna Pliskova are contesting this week s doubles draw in Doha. This is their first event playing doubles together in Their lone appearance at Doha came back in 2014 when they fell at the R16 stage to Black/Mirza. The twins have won three doubles titles together over their career: 2014 Hong Kong, 2014 Bad Gastein and 2013 Linz. They were also runners-up at 2013 Palermo. They ve faced off in singles on seven occasions with Karolina holding the 4-3 edge. Van Cleemput had worked with his countryman David Goffin for the past five years, during which Goffin had reached a career high of World No.7, winning four tournaments, reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2016 and the Australian Open in Van Cleemput s previous coaching engagements include working with two other fellow Belgians Steve Darcis ( ) and Olivier Rochus ( , ) and serving as the nation s assistant Davis Cup captain between 2002 and 2005.

39 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #24) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads CINCINNATI HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP mins 2014 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R2 SIMONA HALEP mins 2013 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS O QF SIMONA HALEP mins 2012 LINZ HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP mins 2009 OPOLE CARPET I R16 SIMONA HALEP N/A SIMONA HALEP (27) $205,063 $28,350,642 0 / 18 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * LESIA TSURENKO (29) $178,701 $4,021,702 0 / 4 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 6-3 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha 2r DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - Rnd Result Duration R1 L. TSURENKO d. L. ARRUABARRENA 6-3, mins DOHA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2018 SF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) W/O LESIA TSURENKO 2018 R1 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #43) R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #118) 6-7(1) F W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) R1-Q L - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #84) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

40 SIMONA HALEP VS LESIA TSURENKO DOHA Former champion Halep is playing Qatar Total Open for the sixth time. Reached the SF here last year where she gave a walkover to Muguruza due to a foot injury Defeated three Top 10 players to win the title here in 2016 (d. Kerber in F). One of three former champions in the draw along with Suarez Navarro (2016) and Ka.Pliskova (2017) Playing as top seed for the first time in Doha this week Looking for her 12th victory in Doha when takes on Tsurenko in 2r today. Victory would move her into joint-fifth place on the list for most match wins here after Wozniacki (19 wins), A.Radwanska (17), Kuznetsova (16), Azarenka (14) Has a 5-0 record against Tsurenko. Only time she has dropped a set to the Ukrainian was in the 2r at 2014 Wimbledon SEASON Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Romania to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years Lost to S.Williams in three sets in R16 at Australian Open Fell to Barty in straight sets in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is in career finals Qualified for the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore after reaching the F in Montréal but forced to withdraw from season-ending finale w/back injury Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu).ow 1-1 in career doubles finals Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati and Beijing 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal DOHA Making third main draw appearance at Doha (fourth overall) Dropped just three games in 1r defeat of lucky loser Lara Arruabarrena. Was her first match win here having fallen in 1r in 2016 (l. Vinci) and 2018 (l. Buzarnescu) Bidding for third career victory over a Top 5 player against No.3 Halep today. Previously defeated No.2 Wozniacki on her way to QF at 2018 US Open and No.5 Osaka en route to 2019 Brisbane final Currently ranked at a career-high No.24 (first achieved January 7, 2019). This time last year, was ranked No.40 SEASON Last week was part of Ukrainian team that failed to gain promotion from Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I (lost only singles rubber contested against Peterson during 2-1 loss to Sweden) Fell 2r at Australian Open (l. Anisimova) Began the season with R-Up finish at Brisbane (l. Ka.Pliskova). Now owns 4-1 career record in singles finals Brisbane was first final at a Premier-level tournament; previous best showings at Premier events were SF runs at 2013 Brisbane, 2015 New Haven and 2015 Moscow Rose to career-high No.24 in the rankings after Brisbane run CAREER MILESTONES Posted first Top 30 season in 2018, at No.26; also sixth straight Top 100 year-end finish. Rose to career-high ranking of No.26 on September 10, 2018 Successfully defended her title at Acapulco in 2018 (d. Voegele in F). Has won titles in four consecutive seasons after 2015 Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F), 2016 Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F) and Acapulco in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) and 2018 Other highlights of 2018 season came at the majors, where she reached QF at US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) and R16 at Roland Garros (ret. vs. Muguruza w/leg injury). Also made SF at Hobart and reached QF stage at Birmingham and Cincinnati 2017 season highlighted by third career singles title at Acapulco (d. Mladenovic in F). Also reached SF at Hobart and s-hertogenbosch and QF at Stanford and Moscow In 2016, won second WTA singles title at Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F); also suffered 11 1r losses in 2016, including at three of the majors Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon

41 SIMONA HALEP VS LESIA TSURENKO CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses vs. No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals), No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making debut there in week of January 27, 2014 Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Reached first career final at 2010 Fès in just her third main draw appearance Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, GRAND SLAM HISTORY Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at 2018 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title PERSONAL During the summer of 2016, a left thigh injury forced her withdrawal from Stanford, Montréal, Florianopolis and Rio Olympics SF Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2015, finishing year at a career-high ranking of No.33, having started at No.88. Won title at Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F) and finished season with SF run at Moscow (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova); marked third Premier-level SF appearance of career (after 2013 Brisbane and 2015 New Haven) Member of Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, and Winner of six singles and eight doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007; made WTA main draw debut at 2009 Tashkent GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 30th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result is QF run at 2018 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Has also made R16 showings at 2018 Roland Garros (ret. vs Muguruza w/leg injury) and 2016 US Open (l. Vinci) During 2016 Flushing Meadows run, was joined in 3r by compatriots Svitolina and K.Bondarenko first time three Ukrainians made 3r at the same Grand Slam however she was the only one to advance to R16 Has been to 3r but no further at Australian Open (2013) and Wimbledon (2017) PERSONAL Coached by Adriano Albanesi Only played tennis occasionally and for fun between ages 14-17; moved to Kiev at 17 to play more seriously Studied at Physical Education & Sports Institute for one and a half years (no longer studying; hopes to return one day) Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Started working with David Goffin s former coach Thierry Van Cleemput this week. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita

42 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER ELISE MERTENS (BEL #21) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) Head to Head: First meeting ELISE MERTENS (23) $166,333 $3,326,579 0 / 4 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $873,311 $15,247,752 1 / 12 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 11-2 / / / / / 7-2 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / 3-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / 7-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha 2r DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R1 E. MERTENS d. K. SINIAKOVA 6-4, mins Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - DOHA Tournament History ELISE MERTENS 2018 R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #38) KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 R16 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #48) 7-6(4) F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) R1 L - MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #41) R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) 7-6(2) R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-6(2) 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

43 ELISE MERTENS VS KAROLINA PLISKOVA DOHA Making second appearance at Qatar Total Open, having reached 2r on debut in 2018 (l. Cirstea) Broke serve four times to beat Siniakova in 1r on Tuesday Faces No.5 Ka.Pliskova in 2r today; owns two Top 5 wins in career, over No.4 Svitolina at 2018 Australian Open and No.3 Stephens at 2018 Cincinnati Only Belgian competing in Doha this week (main draw, qualifying and doubles) SEASON Lost both singles rubbers during Belgium s 3-1 home defeat to France in Liege (l. Cornet and Garcia) Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Keys) Began season by falling 1r at Brisbane (l. Bertens) and reaching QF at Sydney (l. Barty) CAREER MILESTONES Won three titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to their name - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3) Posted 46 main draw match wins in 2018 only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47), registered more. By contrast, prior to last season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/schuurs) Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 s-hertogenbosch as qualifier, advanced to QF (l. Mladenovic) Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/mestach). Now has six doubles titles also 2017 Guangzhou (w/schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/ Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/flipkens), 2018 s-hertogenbosch (w/schuurs) and 2018 Wuhan (w/schuurs) Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying) Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010 DOHA Making sixth consecutive appearance at Doha, where she was champion in 2017 (one of three former champions in this year s draw, along with Halep and Suárez Navarro) After 1r bye, faces Belgian No.1 Mertens today in 2r; has won past six matches against Belgian opposition, with last defeat coming against Flipkens at Dubai in 2014 Last season, suffered defeat three times in matches immediately following 1r byes, at Rome (l. Sakkari),Wuhan (l. Q.Wang) and Moscow (l. Zvonareva) One of a tournament-leading four Czechs in Dohan main draw (also Muchova, Siniakova and Strycova). A Czech has won the title here in three of the past four years (also Safarova in 2015 and Kvitova in 2018) Has played eight three-set matches this season (6-2 record), more than any other player on tour Received doubles WC with sister Kristyna this week (face top seeds Melichar/Peschke in 1r later today); first tournament together since 2018 New Haven SEASON Over the weekend was unable to prevent defending champions Czech Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep) Produced best Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved 4MP to defeat S.Williams in QF Began season by winning 12th career title at Brisbane International (d. Tsurenko in F) has now won at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F) At Grand Slam level last season, made QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams) Made the SF stage at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Stephens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments Part of Czech Republic squad which won a sixth Fed Cup in past eight years in 2018 (played SF tie vs. Germany)

44 ELISE MERTENS VS KAROLINA PLISKOVA GRAND SLAM HISTORY CAREER CONT. Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep), Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova), and US Open where she also reached R16 (l. Stephens) Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon PERSONAL After successful trial towards the end of 2018, brought David Taylor on as full-time coach during off season Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM) Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English Was home schooled Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was 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) 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) 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, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane) Captured fifth WTA 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 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F) At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), while she posted deepest run at 2018 Roland Garros, advancing to SF (l. Halep) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r) PERSONAL Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club Currently coached by Rennae Stubbs; worked with former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martínez at US Open, and previously coached by Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon

45 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #20) vs. [3] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Head to Head: ANETT KONTAVEIT leads STUTTGART CLAY I R16 ANETT KONTAVEIT mins 2017 ROME CLAY O R2 ANETT KONTAVEIT mins ANETT KONTAVEIT (23) $127,466 $2,905,755 0 / 1 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * ANGELIQUE KERBER (31) $215,103 $27,371,944 0 / 12 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 4-2 / / / / / 9-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 9-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha 2r DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R1 A. KONTAVEIT d. L. ZHU 7-6(3), mins Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

46 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER DOHA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ANETT KONTAVEIT 2018 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #39) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2018 QF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 7-6(4) R16 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) R2 L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #73) R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #10) R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) R2 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #46) R1 L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #101) 7-6(3) R1-Q L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #183) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

47 ANETT KONTAVEIT VS ANGELIQUE KERBER DOHA DOHA Playing at the Qatar Total Open for the second time Recovered from 5-2 down in the opening set to beat qualifier Zhu Lin in straight sets in 1r on Tuesday. Takes on No.6 Kerber today, bidding for her second victory of the year over a Top 10 player (also No.7 Kvitova at Brisbane) Holds a 2-0 record against Kerber, with both those victories coming on clay at 2017 Rome and through retirement at 2018 Stuttgart (thigh injury) SEASON Won all three of the singles matches she played at the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I event, including defeating Barritza to help Estonia to a 2-0 victory in their relegation play-off tie against Denmark Lost to Sasnovich in straight sets in 2r at Australian Open Reached 2r in Sydney (l. Mertens) Upset No.7 Kvitova in 2r at Brisbane before falling to Tsurenko in QF CAREER MILESTONES In 2018, season highlighted by fourth WTA singles final at Wuhan (l. Sabalenka); posted 33 main draw wins the first time she had registered 30 or more wins in a single season and finished at No.21 in the rankings Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 run at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF showings at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Breakthrough season came in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 first yearend finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100 Won first career singles title at 2017 s-hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) Also advanced to quarterfinals at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, and Rome, where she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152 Former finalist, making ninth main draw appearance at Qatar Total Open Has lost her opening round match here on five previous occasions, most recently in 2017 (l. Kasatkina) Last year here lost to World No.1 Wozniacki in three sets in QF Best result came in 2014 when finished runner-up to Halep Faces No.20 Kontaveit today; most recent Top 20 win came over No.4 Osaka at 2018 WTA Finals One of two Germans in the draw this week along with Goerges SEASON Won three consecutive tour-level matches for the first time since 2018 Wimbledon title run when reaching R16 at Australian Open (l. Collins). Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of eight active players to achieve the feat) Posted QF run in Sydney (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Kvitova) first QF since Wimbledon title run last July Started off Australian swing by helping Germany finish R-Up to Switzerland at Hopman Cup (posted 4-0 singles record d. Barty, Bencic, Cornet, Muguruza) CAREER MILESTONES Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2 Record in tour-level finals stands at her 28 final appearances is the joint tenth-most among active players Also in 2018, posted SF runs at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having held match point). Returned to Top 10 following Eastbourne result at No.10 Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21 sixth consecutive Top 25 season. Best results of season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so

48 ANETT KONTAVEIT VS ANGELIQUE KERBER CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r) Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva along the way GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2019 Australian Open marked 16th Grand Slam main draw appearance Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16 Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck) Runner-up in 2012 US Open girls singles (l. Crawford) PERSONAL Coached by Nigel Sears Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn After 2016 US Open, aged 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001 Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (l. Puig, won silver medal) Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green). Career record in tour-level finals is Made WTA debut in qualifying at 2003 Berlin GRAND SLAM HISTORY Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1 Kerber hit only five unforced errors to beat S.Williams and lift third major at 2018 Wimbledon In 2016, finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Best result at Roland Garros are QF runs in 2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep) PERSONAL Currently working with former Australian Open finalist Rainer Schüttler, having ended partnership with Wim Fissette at the end of Previously worked with Torben Beltz In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez Speaks three languages: German, Polish, and English

49 MATCH NOTES DOHA - QATAR Feb 11 - Feb 16, 2019 $916,131 PREMIER [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22) Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads MIAMI HARD O QF JELENA OSTAPENKO 7-6(3) 7-6(5) 108 mins 2017 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R16 JELENA OSTAPENKO (6) 104 mins ELINA SVITOLINA (24) $356,901 $13,465,526 0 / 13 0 / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOHA W-L (MD) * JELENA OSTAPENKO (21) $95,160 $7,629,644 0 / 2 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-4 / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / * Updated entering 2019 Doha 2r DOHA Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - Rnd Result Duration R1 J. OSTAPENKO d. M. BUZARNESCU 6-1,4-6, mins DOHA Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #21) R1 L - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #62) JELENA OSTAPENKO 2018 R2 L - MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #43) F L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #11) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) (4) R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #34) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

50 ELINA SVITOLINA VS JELENA OSTAPENKO DOHA Making fifth main draw appearance at Doha. Holds a 2-4 record here, reaching the R16 in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Enters 2019 Doha as a wildcard. Best result by a wildcard in Doha was a R-Up finish by Azarenka in 2015 (l. Safarova in F) Faces No.22 Ostapenko today in their third career meeting. Has not dropped a set in their previous meetings however, three of the four sets were settled in tiebreaks Holds a 1-2 record vs. Top 30 players this season, having defeated No.17 Keys (Australian Open) and losses coming against No.30 Sasnovich (Brisbane) and No.4 Osaka (Australian Open) Bidding for fifth win of the season. By contrast, held nine wins entering 2018 Doha following Brisbane title and QF run at Australian Open One of two Ukrainians to begin the main draw (also Tsurenko, who is already through to 2r) SEASON Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka) Opened 2019 season at Brisbane and suffered 2r exit as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich). Also fell 1r in doubles w/sevastova (l. Hozumi/Rosolska) CAREER MILESTONES Won 13th and most prestigious career WTA singles title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0 during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4 Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) DOHA Making third main draw appearance at Doha Made breakthrough here three years ago when she advanced to final in 2016 on a ranking of No.88 (l. Suarez Navarro), defeating among others Kuznetsova and Kvitova en route One of six former finalists entered this week in Doha also Ka.Pliskova (2017 champion), Suarez Navarro (2016 champion), Halep (2014 champion), Kerber (2014 R-Up) and Stosur (2012 R-Up) Defeated No.29 Buzarnescu in 1r on Tuesday her first win over a Top 30 player since then-no.28 Buzarnescu at 2018 Eastbourne Faces No.7 Svitolina today. Owns 8-11 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, with most recent win coming over then-no.4 Svitolina at 2018 Miami QF (also d. No.9 Kvitova in R16 at Miami en route to final, l. Stephens in F) Aiming to win back-to-back matches for the first time since 3r run at 2018 US Open (d. Petkovic, Townsend before falling to Sharapova) Currently ranked No.22 entering Doha, as opposed to No.6 this time last year SEASON Won both rubbers during Latvia s 4-0 Fed Cup World Group II win over Slovakia last weekend Posted first win of season during 2r showing at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic, l. Pavlyuchenkova) Made 1r exits at first three tournaments of the season Shenzhen (l. Niculescu), Sydney (l. Barty) and Australian Open (l. Sakkari) CAREER MILESTONES Ended 2018 season at No.22, with season highlighted by R-Up finish at Miami (l. Stephens). Record in singles finals now stands at 2-4 Saw off No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina during Miami run to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time in her career Elsewhere in 2018, made SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and reached four further QFs Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Russia 3-2. Latvia will play in 2019 Fed Cup World Group II for the first time Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

51 ELINA SVITOLINA VS JELENA OSTAPENKO CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On four occasions could have reached World No.1 spot at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post-us Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/ Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Won first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where she became the lowest-ranked (No.47), and first unseeded, player to lift the trophy in the Open Era Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in September (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed Seoul title, and subsequent SF runs at Wuhan and Beijing, helped earn her first-ever qualification at WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage d. Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina; was the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 Following run to 3r at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/atawo) 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second-highest year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012 GRAND SLAM HISTORY Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first woman to win her first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F) Is one of seven players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open, Halep at 2018 Roland Garros and Osaka at 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open) Improved upon her 2017 result by reaching the SF of Wimbledon in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018 Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016, however, reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson

52 ELINA SVITOLINA VS JELENA OSTAPENKO GRAND SLAM HISTORY PERSONAL 2019 Australian Open marked 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka) Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) and US Open in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova) Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) Works with Glen Schaap (as of June 2018) and her mother, Jelena Jakovleva Father is Jevgenijs, half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there) Previously worked with David Taylor from December 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis watched Gulbis QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years PERSONAL Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Coach is Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry Ascione Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018 WTA Awards, in recognition of her promotion of women s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by performing off-court promotional and charitable activities

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54 WOMEN S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES DOHA, QAT FEBRUARY 11-17, 2019 USD $916,131 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com facebook.com/wta twitter.com/wta youtube.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/qatartennis WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan (xyanyan@wtatennis.com), Ellie Emerson (emerson@wtatennis.com) QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS [WC] ONS JABEUR (TUN #56) vs. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #26) First meeting Jabeur seeking her first win in Doha on her fifth main draw appearance... Suárez Navarro won her biggest career title here three years ago... This time last year, Jabeur was ranked outside Top 100 CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #19) vs. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #24) Garcia leads 1-0 Garcia won pair s only previous meeting at 2016 Roland Garros... Tsurenko is yet to win a set in Doha from previous two main draw outings... Winner faces top seed Halep in second round [Q] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #132) vs. [6/WC] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) First meeting Wozniacki making 10th appearance at the tournament, the most of any player in the draw... Muchova facing Top-10 opposition for just the second time... Wozniacki must reach final to remain in Top 10 [5] KIKI BERTENS (NED #8) vs. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #28) Series tied 1-1 Players meeting for first time in nearly three years... Bertens contesting Doha ranked a career-high No.8... Giorgi bidding for 10th career Top 10 win and first since September 2018 [Q] AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #41) vs. [9] JULIA GOERGES (GER #16) Goerges leads 2-1 Goerges won in straight sets when the two last met at Indian Wells in Tomljanovic currently at career-high No.41 in the rankings... Goerges was a quarterfinalist here in 2018 CARO S MILESTONE Two-time inalist Caroline Wozniacki will be bidding for a landmark 20th victory at the Qatar Total Open when she steps on court this afternoon. An ever-present at the tournament since 2011, the Dane has already scored more wins than any other player in the tournament s history: PLAYER WINS LOSSES BEST RESULT Caroline Wozniacki 19 9 R-UP (2011, 2017) Agnieszka Radwanska 17 9 SF (2008, , 2016) Svetlana Kuznetsova R-UP (2004, 2007) Victoria Azarenka 14 2 WON ( ) NEW ACE QUEEN? The 2019 season may still be in its relative infancy, but Kiki Bertens is already closing in on the 100-ace mark. Last year, only Julia Goerges (474) and Karolina Pliskova (393) struck more aces than the Dutchwoman (325), who will be looking to add to her tally against Camila Giorgi. PLAYER NUMBER OF ACES MATCHES PLAYED Kiki Bertens Naomi Osaka Petra Kvitova Viktoria Kuzmova 71 8 Karolina Pliskova 69 11