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1 2017 US OPEN - WOMEN S MATCH NOTES NEW YORK, NY, USA AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: facebook.com/usopentennis WTA Information: facebook.com/wta WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Kate Goff (kgoff@wtatennis.com) DAY ONE FEATURED MATCHES [WC] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Sharapova leads 6-0 VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #64) vs. [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) Series tied 1-1 [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) vs. [Q] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #133) First meeting [7] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #78) First meeting [Q] VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #135) vs. [9] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) First meeting JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #87) vs. [11] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #10) Cibulkova leads 1-0 [13] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) vs. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #68) Kvitova leads 4-3 [32] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #34) vs. [WC] SOFIA KENIN (USA #139) First meeting HEATHER WATSON (GBR #74) vs. ALIZE CORNET (FRA #46) Cornet leads 1-0 SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83) vs. ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #47) First meeting 2017 US OPEN SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS ROUND PRIZE MONEY (US$) RANKING POINTS Winner 3,700, R-Up 1,825, SF 920, QF 470, R16 (4r) 253, R32 (3r) 144, R64 (2r) 86, R128 (1r) 50,000 10

2 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM [WC] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) vs. [2] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) Head to Head: MARIA SHARAPOVA leads WTA FINALS HARD I R1 MARIA SHARAPOVA mins 2014 CINCINNATI HARD O QF MARIA SHARAPOVA mins 2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O F MARIA SHARAPOVA (5) mins 2014 MADRID CLAY O F MARIA SHARAPOVA mins 2012 BEIJING HARD O R1 MARIA SHARAPOVA mins 2012 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 MARIA SHARAPOVA mins MARIA SHARAPOVA (30) $100,727 $36,585,213 0 / 35 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance SIMONA HALEP (25) $3,670,662 $19,131,450 1 / 15 0 / / / / / / / / * Qualifying match US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match MARIA SHARAPOVA 2014 SIMONA HALEP 2016 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) R3 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #28) R2 W - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #95) R1 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #113) QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R16 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #12) R3 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #34) R2 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #44) R1 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #56) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

3 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM 2012 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) QF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #22) R3 W - MALLORY BURDETTE (USA #252) R2 W - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #78) R1 W - MELINDA CZINK (HUN #88) R3 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #25) R2 W - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #84) R1 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #102) R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) R3 W - BEATRICE CAPRA (USA #371) R2 W - IVETA MELZER (CZE #68) R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #60) R3 L - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #70) R2 W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #381) R1 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #98) R3 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #32) R2 W - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #90) R1 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #51) F W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #2) SF W - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) SF L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #26) QF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) R16 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-7(6) R3 W - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #154) R2 W - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #104) R1 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #99) R3 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #121) 7-6(6) 6-2 R2 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #65) R1 W - DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #9,999) 6-7(2) R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #83) (3) R3 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #17) R2 W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #65) R1 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #76) R2 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #22) R1 W - IVETA MELZER (CZE #63) (5) 2011 R2 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #76) R1 W - NA LI (CHN #6) R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #5) QF W - TATIANA GOLOVIN (FRA #26) 7-6(4) 7-6(0) R16 W - NA LI (CHN #22) R3 W - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #35) R2 W - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #67) R1 W - MICHAELLA KRAJICEK (NED #36) SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #4) (4) 6-3 QF W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #9) R16 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #42) R3 W - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #87) R2 W - DALLY RANDRIANTEFY (MAD #48) R1 W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #62) R3 L - MARY PIERCE (FRA #29) R2 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #41) (5) 6-1 R1 W - LAURA GRANVILLE (USA #68) R2 L - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #49) R1 W - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #62) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM SHARAPOVA: US Open Making 11th appearance at US Open since tournament debut in 2003 (2r); appearing here at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2014 Champion in 2006 (d. Henin in F) and a two-time semifinalist, in 2005 (l. eventual champion Clijsters) and 2012 (l. eventual runner-up Azarenka) Playing fifth event since return from 15-month suspension under Tennis Anti-Doping Program, which saw her miss 2016 US Open Also missed 2015 US Open due to a leg injury Faces world No.2 Halep in New York today first Top 10 opponent since return to the game; best win this year came over No.20 Lucic-Baroni at Madrid Owns a career record vs. Top 5 opponents, most recently defeating No.2 Halep in round-robin play at 2015 WTA Finals Today s 1r match against Halep is a reprise of the 2014 Roland Garros final, won by Sharapova Owns a 46-3 record in Grand Slam 1r matches and is a perfect 10-0 at US Open; has won her last 22 1r matches at the Slams, most recent loss coming at 2010 Australian Open (l. Kirilenko) Season Playing first match since making 2r exit at Stanford d. Brady in 1r before conceding walkover to Tsurenko due to a left arm injury Win over Brady in 1r was first tour-level outing on North American soil since 2r loss to Gavrilova at 2015 Miami (pulled out of US Open Series later that year w/right leg injury) In addition to Stanford, was awarded wildcards into Toronto and Cincinnati this summer, but withdrew from both events with left arm injury Stanford was first event since Rome (May), where she ret. in third set vs. Lucic-Baroni in 2r due to left thigh injury This year, prior to Rome, made 2r exit at Madrid (as WC, l. Bouchard). In 1r at Madrid, d. No.20 Lucic-Baroni for her first Top 20 win since ousting No.13 Bencic at 2016 Australian Open Upon return to the tour in April, reached SF at Stuttgart (l. Mladenovic in 3s); marked first tournament contested since 2016 Australian Open (QF, l. S.Williams) Win over Vinci in 1r at Stuttgart was first victory since defeating Bencic in R16 at Melbourne. Her match vs. Vinci was also her first on clay since R16 loss to Safarova at 2015 Roland Garros After Stuttgart run, re-entered rankings at No.262 for the week of Madrid; No.146 this fortnight at US Open Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

5 Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marks 50th main appearance at a Grand Slam Five-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2004 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F), 2008 Australian Open (d. Ivanovic in F), 2012 Roland Garros (d. Errani in F to complete career Grand Slam) and 2014 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) Remains the last teenager to win a Grand Slam title, aged 19 years, 132 days at the 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F) Is one of six women to complete career Grand Slam in Open Era (also Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf and S.Williams) Owns a 5-5 record in Grand Slam finals, finishing runner-up three times at the Australian Open (2007, 2012, 2015) as well as 2011 Wimbledon and 2013 Roland Garros Career Prior to 2016 Australian Open, was forced to withdraw from Brisbane (as defending champion) in opening week of that season w/left forearm injury Loss to S.Williams at 2016 Australian Open was her 18th consecutive defeat to the American (record stands at 19-2 in Williams s favor) Ended 2015 at No.4 on WTA Rankings for her fifth consecutive Top 5 finish, and ninth overall Won two WTA titles in 2015 season, at Brisbane (d. Ivanovic in F) and Rome (d. Suárez Navarro in F) won at least one title each year between 2003 and 2015 (13 straight years). Owns 35 WTA titles overall (35-23 record in finals), third most among active players, behind S.Williams and V.Williams Owns 11 tour-level titles on clay, at one point going 7-0 in clay court finals As defending champion, fell in R16 at 2015 Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Safarova); advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) In 2015, appeared at season-ending WTA Finals for eighth time posted perfect 3-0 record in RR stage (l. Kvitova in SF). Was champion on debut appearance at the season finale in Los Angeles in 2004 (d. S.Williams in F) Part of Russian Fed Cup team that finished runners-up to Czech Republic in November 2015, despite winning both rubbers vs. Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova Owns a 7-16 lifetime record vs. reigning world No.1s, most recently defeating Azarenka at 2012 WTA Finals; also owns two wins vs. No.1s at Slams Mauresmo (2006 US Open) and Henin (2008 Australian Open) Absent from singles (played one doubles match, at 2009 Indian Wells w/vesnina) from August 2008 to May 2009 (Warsaw) following right shoulder surgery (October 15, 2008) On August 22, 2005, became 16th woman (first Russian) to reach No.1; held No.1 ranking for a total of 21 non-consecutive weeks (including four weeks in 2012) Other Information Autobiography, Unstoppable: My Life So Far, is due for release in September 2017

6 Started playing at age 4; at age 6 took part in Moscow exhibition that featured Martina Navratilova Began training at Bollettieri Academy at age 9 (required two-year separation from mother due to visa restrictions and finances) Among her business interests is a Brand Ambassador for Porsche and Evian; has a premium candy line, Sugarpova; has a skincare range called Supergoop! Has a strong following on social media (in 2014 became first tennis player, male or female, to pass 15 million fans on Facebook) Coached by Sven Groeneveld (since start of 2014), who is Dutch; physiotherapist Jerome Bianchi is French; and longtime physical trainer, Yutaka Nakamura, is Japanese. Hitting partner is former ATP player Alex Kuznetsov HALEP: US Open Making eighth appearance at US Open. Achieved best result to date when she advanced to SF in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and backed that up with QF run last year (l. S.Williams) Owns a record in Grand Slam 1r matches (6-1 at US Open) One of eight players who have a chance to claim the WTA World No.1 ranking at the US Open this fortnight enters tournament just five points behind the incumbent, Karolina Pliskova. As such, is in the driver s seat to claim top spot, even if she loses in 1r her seven rivals all need to reach at least R16 to have a chance: 1R 2R 3R R16 QF SF R-UP WIN Points HALEP MUGURUZA SVITOLINA PLISKOVA WOZNIACKI KONTA KUZNETSOVA WILLIAMS Has come within one win of claiming top spot on three occasions already this summer in the final at Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), the quarterfinals at Wimbledon (l. Konta) and final at Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) Heading into US Open has gone so far this season; only Wozniacki (48), Svitolina (45) and Ka.Pliskova (42) have won more matches in 2017 (Muguruza has also won 39)

7 Enters US Open having reached the QF or better at 10 consecutive tournaments last failed to do so at Indian Wells in March (reached 3r) Season Coming off fourth final of 2017 season at Cincinnati (l. Muguruza); record in career singles finals now stands at Would have ascended to World No.1 had she won the match Following loss to Muguruza in Cincy final owns 3-4 record against Top 10 players in 2017, defeating No.6 Svitolina and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (both at Roland Garros) and No.7 Konta (Cincinnati) The week prior, advanced to SF at Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) In first tournament of US Open Series reached QF at Washington DC (ret. in third set vs. eventual champion Makarova w/heat illness) Before this, reached QF on grass at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki in 3s) and Wimbledon (l. Konta), narrowly missing out on claiming the No.1 Reached second Grand Slam final of career at Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko in 3s, having led with game point) Could have ascended to top spot with victory over Ostapenko in Roland Garros final; despite loss, returned to previous career high rank of No.2, a position she first ascended to on August 11, 2014 and most recently held the week beginning January 18, 2016 Entered Paris after reaching finals in consecutive weeks firstly defending Madrid title (d. Mladenovic in F) and then R Up at Rome (l. Svitolina in F). Struggled w/right ankle injury in lead up to Roland Garros after a fall in Rome final 2017 Mutua Madrid Open crown was also third WTA Premier Mandatory title, having also won at 2015 Indian Wells and 2016 Madrid Posted SF showing at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) marked first SF of season Claimed wins over Konta and Watson during Romania s 3 2 Fed Cup World Group II play off victory over Great Britain in April. Lost dead doubles rubber w/niculescu vs. Rae/Robson Reached QF at 2017 Miami (l. eventual champion Konta) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) after skipping Middle East Swing due to a left knee injury same injury that forced withdrawal from QF vs. Vikhlyantseva at St Petersburg Made 1r exit at Australian Open for second successive year (l. Rogers in 2017, l. Zhang in 2016, who was 0 14 at Grand Slams entering match and ranked No.133 at the time) Opened 2017 season at Shenzhen, with 2r exit (d. Jankovic in 1r, l. eventual champion Siniakova) Spent pre season training with coach Darren Cahill in Adelaide Grand Slam 2017 US Open marks 30th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two time Slam finalist, having finished runner up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) Semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard), in addition to SF run at US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

8 At the Australian Open has twice advanced to QF, in 2014 (l. eventual R Up Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Makarova) Career Posted third straight Top 5 season finish in 2016, at No.4, down from career high No.2 in Season ending ranking had improved eight years in a row until season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F for second title at Premier Mandatory level, after 2015 Indian Wells), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F) Went on a 13 match winning streak thanks to titles at Bucharest (five wins) and Montréal (five wins) and SF run at Cincinnati (three wins). Was second longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16) Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina) Qualified for WTA Finals in Singapore for the third time, going 1 2 in round robin play d. Keys, l. Kerber and Cibulkova; did not progress to SF Also in 2016 reached SF at Sydney (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) and Wuhan (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and back to back QF at Indian Wells (l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky) At the Slams in 2016, made R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stosur) and posted QF runs at Wimbledon (l. eventual R Up Kerber) and US Open (l. S.Williams) Went 6 7 vs. Top 10 opponents in 2016, wins being over No.9 Kvitova (Fed Cup), No.9 Keys (Wimbledon and Wuhan), No.2 Kerber (Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) and No.7 Keys (WTA Finals Singapore) Record vs. World No.1 players is 1 10, win coming at 2014 WTA Finals Singapore vs. S.Williams (RR stage) Career record vs. Top 5 players is 8-24, with wins coming over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to as high as No.2 in the world, winning seven titles in this period Became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making Top 10 debut week of January 27, 2014; now highest ranked Romanian woman ever Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Other Information Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Speaks Romanian and English Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita

9 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #64) vs. [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) Head to Head: BRISBANE HARD O R16 VARVARA LEPCHENKO 7-6(9) mins 2015 WIMBLEDON GRASS O R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins VARVARA LEPCHENKO (31) $333,065 $4,029,216 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 4-25 WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (23) $4,394,182 $14,477,347 2 / 5 0 / / / / / / / / * Qualifying match US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match VARVARA LEPCHENKO 2016 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2016 R3 L - ANA KONJUH (CRO #92) R2 W - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #15) R1 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #259) (9) R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #20) R3 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) R2 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #37) 7-6(7) 6-2 R1 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #90) R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R2 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) R1 W - ELISE MERTENS (BEL #137) R2 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #97) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2 R1 W - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #49) R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #121) (4) 2012 R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #10) (6) 6-1 R2 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) R1 W - ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #83) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM 2013 R1 L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #214) 6-7(5) (5) 2012 R3 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 7-6(5) 6-2 R2 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #163) R1 W - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #77) R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #14) R2* L - JUNRI NAMIGATA (JPN #152) R1* W - CLAIRE FEUERSTEIN (FRA #197) R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #35) R2* L - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #123) R1* W - MARGALITA CHAKHNASHVILI-RANZINGER (GEO #210) 2007 LEPCHENKO: US Open (3) 6-3 R2* L - SUNITHA RAO (IND #220) R1* W - ANGELIKA ROESCH (GER #205) R2 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #25) R1 W - CATALINA CASTAÑO (COL #42) 6-7(9) R3* W - ASHLEY WEINHOLD (USA #567) R2* W - ERIKA TAKAO (JPN #170) R1* W - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #710) R1* L - KATARINA KACHLIKOVA (SVK #229) (1) 6-2 Making 12th consecutive visit to New York and 39th consecutive Grand Slam appearance dating back to 2008 Wimbledon (incl. qualifying) Compiled a lifetime record at the Grand Slam level, including a record at US Open Owns a record in 1r Grand Slam matches, including a 5-3 mark in the 1r of US Open One of best Grand Slam results came at 2015 US Open when she reached the R16 (l. Azarenka) Takes on No.3 Muguruza in today s 1r action, having won their only meeting on hardcourts at 2016 Brisbane Only prior meeting between the two was in the 1r at 2015 Wimbledon where Muguruza won in straight sets Lepchenko holds a 4-14 career record vs. Top 5 players in the world and has an 0-8 record vs. Top 10 in Grand Slams Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

11 Season Enters New York after 1r exit in Cincinnati to Barty In first action back from Wimbledon, defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in three sets in Toronto, fell in 2r to Garcia Suffered a 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Hercog) Other grass court results were 2r at Mallorca (l. eventual champion Sevastova) and 1r defeats at Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. S.Zhang) and 's-hertogenbosch (l. Giorgi) Highlight of clay court season was reaching sixth singles SF of career, at Rabat (l. Schiavone); only other main draw wins on the surface came during 2r showings at Nürnberg (l. Cirstea) and Roland Garros (l. Vesnina) Elsewhere, fell 1r at Charleston (l. Safarova) and lost in qualifying at Stuttgart and Rome Won through qualifying to make 2r at Indian Wells (l. Babos) and Miami (l. Wozniacki) Began season with 2r run in Auckland (l. Wozniacki), followed by exit in Sydney qualifying Advanced to 2r at Australian Open (d. No.19 seed Bertens in 1r, l. Duan); also reached QF of ITF/$100k at Midland-USA (l. Sebov) and fell 1r at Acapulco (l. eventual R-Up Mladenovic) Grand Slam History Best result at Grand Slam level is making R16 at 2015 US Open (l. Azarenka) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. Kvitova) Had a career year in doubles in 2013 as she partnered with Zheng to make a SF run at Australian Open and then a QF run at Roland Garros Career Ended 2016 at No.87 first finish outside Top 50 since 2011 (No.110) 2016 season highlighted by QF appearances at Brisbane (l. Suárez Navarro), Nürnberg (l. Duque-Marino) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. Zhang) Also reached 3r at both Australian Open (l. Zhang) and US Open (l. Konjuh); 2r at Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Kerber) and 1r at Roland Garros (l. Makarova) Is 4-14 lifetime against Top 5 players, owning wins over No.5 A.Radwanska (2014 Stanford), No.5 A.Radwanska (2014 Seoul), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Stanford) and No.3 Muguruza (2016 Brisbane via ret.) Ended 2015 at No.46 for third non-consecutive Top 50 finish 2015 season highlights were reaching SF at Stanford for second year in a row (l. Ka.Pliskova); was second Premier-level SF of 2015, after Brisbane in January (l. Ivanovic). Other 2015 highlight was 3r run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Halep in 3s) Currently the American No.10 of 14 women in the Top 100 (August 27, 2017) Reached career-first WTA singles final at 2014 Seoul (l. Ka.Pliskova in F) Played first professional match in WTA qualifying at 2000 Tashkent; made main draw debut there in 2001

12 Other Information Born in Uzbekistan; received political asylum in the US in 2001; changed nationality in 2007; officially became a US citizen in September 2011 Coached by father, Peter Lepchenko and hitting partner Krisjanis Stabing MUGURUZA: US Open Making fifth career stop at US Open and 15th consecutive Grand Slam appearance Owns a record at the Grand Slam level, including a 2-4 mark at US Open Compiled a 16-3 mark in 1r Grand Slam matches, including 11 consecutive 1r wins dating back to 2015 Australian Open; 2-2 in 1r play at US Open Best previous results in New York were two 2r finishes in 2016 (l. Sevastova) and 2015 (l. Konta) Seeking 40th victory of the season as she takes on No.64 Lepchenko in today s 1r action - only Wozniacki (48), Svitolina (45) and Ka.Pliskova (42) have more wins this year (tied w/halep at 39) Has a lifetime record vs. Top 100 (34-15 this season), and is 27-4 vs. players ranked outside the Top 50 in Grand Slams Sits atop the Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard at No.1 and is also the WTA leader in prize money this season with $4,394,182 Season Arrives in New York on 15-2 run dating back to the beginning of Wimbledon, recent form includes five Top 10 wins (No.1 Kerber, No.8 Kuznetsova, No.8 Kuznetsova, No.1 Ka. Pliskova, and No.2 Halep) Added Cincinnati title to summer resume after defeating No.8 Kuznetsova, No.1 Ka.Pliskova, and No.2 Halep en route to title Followed up Wimbledon title with semifinal showing in Stanford (l. eventual champion, Keys) and quarterfinal in Toronto (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Notched second Grand Slam title at 2017 Wimbledon defeating V.Williams in F Added this to 2016 Roland Garros triumph to become one of eight active players have won two or more major titles (also S.Williams - 23, V.Williams - 7, Sharapova - 5, Azarenka - 2, Kerber - 2, Kuznetsova - 2 and Kvitova - 2) Dropped only one set at All England Club, during 2hr 20min R16 encounter against No.1 Kerber. Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams Ranked No.15 entering 2017 Wimbledon (July 3, 2017) her lowest ranking for two years (No.20 on June 29, 2015). Rose to No.5 by lifting the title and is No.6 at present (August 14, 2017) Heading into Wimbledon, made SF run at Birmingham (l. Barty, which was first SF on grass since 2015 Wimbledon) and 2r exit at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Strycova 61 60) Clay court swing culminated in reaching R16 at Roland Garros (as defending champion, l. Mladenovic)

13 Arrived in Paris after SF run at Rome defeated V.Williams in QF, forced to retire vs. eventual champion Svitolina w/neck injury at 1 4 down. Suffered back to back opening match losses at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Kontaveit) and Madrid (l. Bacsinszky in 1r) On North American hard courts this spring, reached QF at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova) and was forced to retire w/heat related illness vs. eventual R-Up Wozniacki in R16 at Miami During Middle Eastern swing, fell in 2r at both Doha (l. Zhang) and Dubai (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Bondarenko w/left Achilles injury) Began 2017 season strongly with SF run at Brisbane ret. vs. Cornet trailing 4 1 (w/right thigh injury). Was first SF since Cincinnati last August (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and second since run to final at Roland Garros Followed this up by reaching QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) for first time after R16 efforts in 2014 and 2015 In February, represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic, going 1 1 in singles (d. Strycova, l. Ka.Pliskova) Grand Slam History Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning the titles at 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) and at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slams. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon) One of five women to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams) Became only player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) Became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario defeated Seles in the final. Also the 45th woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Is one of seven women (also Bouchard, Halep, Kvitova, Ostapenko, Ka.Pliskova and Wozniacki) born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open has reached 2r twice ( ) Career Posted second Top 10 season finish in 2016, at No.7 Finished 2016 season with second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals in Singapore went 1 2 in round robin play and did not progress to SF

14 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to career high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) In other Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and fell 2r at both Wimbledon (l. qualifier Cepelova) and US Open (as No.3 seed, l. Sevastova) Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Rome (l. eventual R Up Keys was first time winning three consecutive matches since 2015 WTA Finals) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and made QF at Doha (l. Petkovic) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 4 3 career record in singles finals in addition to 2017 Wimbledon, won 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart (as qualifier, d. Koukalova in F, did not drop a set en route) Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career Other Information At US Open, will debut new Adidas tennis line designed by musician Pharrell Williams Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain Coached by Sam Sumyk. Also worked with Conchita Martínez during Wimbledon title run

15 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) vs. [Q] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #133) Head to Head: 0-0 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (27) $2,169,720 $24,255,896 0 / 25 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (29) $63,941 $254,442 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 0-0 * Qualifying match *R3 W - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #107) 6-7(4),6-2, mins *R2 W - GRACE MIN (USA #166) 6-3, mins *R1 W - MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE #171) 4-6,6-2, mins US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2016 SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) QF W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) R16 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #9) R3 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #58) R2 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #10) R1 W - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #146) R2 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #149) (1) MIHAELA BUZARNESCU 2015 R1* L - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #118) R1* L - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #167) (3) 2011 R3* L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #90) R2* W - KATHRIN WOERLE-SCHELLER (GER #134) R1* W - LAUREN ALBANESE (USA #247) R1 W - JAMIE LOEB (USA #413) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

16 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM 2014 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) SF W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #39) 7-6(1) 4-3 QF W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #14) R16 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) R3 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #19) R2 W - ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #120) R1 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #43) R3 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #136) R2 W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #85) R1 W - YING-YING DUAN (CHN #133) R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #96) SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #27) QF W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #11) (5) R16 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #17) 6-7(6) R3 W - VANIA KING (USA #103) R2 W - ARANTXA RUS (NED #82) R1 W - NURIA LLAGOSTERA VIVES (ESP #125) SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #8) QF W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #45) R16 W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #17) R3 W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #77) R2 W - KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #84) R1 W - CHELSEY GULLICKSON (USA #9,999) F L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) SF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #50) QF W - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #70) R16 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #6) (5) 7-6(3) R3 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #26) R2 W - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #137) R1 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #87) R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) R3 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #14) R2 W - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #133) R1 W - AHSHA ROLLE (USA #146) R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #96) R1 W - TZIPORA OBZILER (ISR #97) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

17 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM WOZNIACKI: US Open Making 11th consecutive appearance at US Open, where she is a two-time runner-up, in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams) In addition has reached SF at Flushing Meadows on three occasions, in 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonareva), 2011 (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Kerber) Enters this year s tournament ranked No.5 her highest ranking since August 31, Was ranked No.74 entering last year s tournament; since then has won more matches (69) than any player on tour (the next on the list is Svitolina, with 60) Is one of eight players capable of finishing the fortnight as World No.1. To do so, would need to win the title and hope other results go her way: 1R 2R 3R R16 QF SF R-UP WIN Points HALEP MUGURUZA SVITOLINA PLISKOVA WOZNIACKI KONTA KUZNETSOVA WILLIAMS Begins her challenge against qualifier Buzarnescu; has won her past 11 meetings with qualifiers, last tasting defeat against Puig at 2016 Eastbourne Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

18 Bidding for 100th Grand Slam main draw victory today (99-41). Only 10 active players have reached the century: PLAYER W-L Serena Williams Venus Williams Maria Sharapova Svetlana Kuznetsova Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwanska Jelena Jankovic Francesca Schiavone Patty Schnyder Caroline Wozniacki Over a third of these wins have come at Flushing Meadows, where she owns a record only three active players have more: S.Williams (89), V.Williams (71) and Kuznetsova (34). By comparison, record at the other majors is at Australian Open, at Wimbledon and at Roland Garros Season Coming off QF showing at Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova). Win-loss record in 2017 is currently Svitolina (45-10) and Ka.Pliskova (42-12) are the only other players to pass the 40-win mark. Also leads the tour in hard court wins, with 29, followed by Ka.Pliskova (28) and Svitolina (26) Also since Wimbledon, posted R-Up finishes at Bastad (l. Siniakova in F) and Toronto (l. Svitolina). Now 0-6 in finals in 2017, having also finished runner-up at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova), Dubai (l. Svitolina), Miami (l. Konta) and Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova) Last player to lose six finals in a season was Sharapova in 2012 (3-6 record). Meanwhile, Davenport in 2000 was the last player to lose six straight finals in a season (4-8 record) Upset No.1 Ka.Pliskova en route to Toronto final to score first victory over a current World No.1; was previously 0-6 against World No.1s. Returned to Top 5 for first time since August 31, 2015 after Toronto run At Wimbledon, fell in R16 for the sixth time in her career (l. Vandeweghe) In only grass court tune-up event, posted runner-up finish at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), where she is a former champion (2009 d. Razzano in F) and three-time semifinalist ( ) Has a 8-5 record against Top 10 players in 2017, defeating No.6 A.Radwanska (Doha), No.9 Keys (Indian Wells), No.6 Muguruza (Miami), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (Miami), No.9 Kuznetsova (Roland Garros), No.2 Halep (Eastbourne), No.10 A.Radwanska (Toronto) and No.1 Ka.Pliskova (Toronto) Prior to Roland Garros, forced to retire in 1r match vs. Rogers at Strasbourg (w/lower back injury). Same problem forced her to withdraw from Rome the previous week

19 Other clay results this season included QF at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko), 2r at Prague (l. Ostapenko) and 2r at Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) After 2017 Madrid, returned to Top 10 (at No.10) in rankings for first time since September 2015 (when she was No.6, week of Tokyo [PPO]). Dropped out again a week later, but returned to the elite bracket after Roland Garros Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in Miami SF. Before this, previous win over a Top 3 player was against No.3 Halep at 2015 Stuttgart. Has now reached the final of each of the WTA s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing (2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013) Also during this year s Sunshine Double, reached QF at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic) Opened 2017 season with back to back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova) Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marks 42nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Made debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) Is a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams) At Australian Open, reached SF in 2013 (l. Li, having held match point), while at Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and again this year (l. eventual champion Ostapenko) Has reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, including 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) Career Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 lowest year end ranking since 2007 (No.64) having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery; defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running ( ) Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four time champion ( ; at one point enjoyed 21 match win streak at event) Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova) Missed entire clay season in 2016 w/right ankle injury Returned to action following two and a half months out w/right ankle injury during grass swing, making comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina) Ended 2015 ranked No.17 first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was longest active streak)

20 Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot 2010 and 2011 Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams 72, V.Williams 49 and Sharapova 35) for singles titles (25) 20 of which have come on hard courts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles) By reaching 2017 Miami final became just the eighth player to reach $23 million in career prize money currently seventh on the all-time list and will overtake Clijsters in sixth should she reach the round of 16 at 2017 US Open Other Information Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March As part of the announcement she launched the program s annual Aces for Humanity campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA Ambassadors on the WTA Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka) BUZARNESCU: US Open Making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open On Friday, recovered from a break down in the third set of her final qualifying match against Duque-Mariño. Had fallen eight times in Grand Slam qualifying before this week, including at 2011, 2012 and 2015 US Opens Those three victories in qualifying has improved her record since the start of June to 29-4 has risen 400 places in the rankings since the start of 2017 Faces No.5 Wozniacki today; prior to 2017 US Open, had only faced Top 100-ranked opponents on five occasions (1-4 win-loss record) l. No.90 Erakovic (2011 US Open qualifying), l. No.90 Goerges (2009 $100k ITF/Bucharest-ROU), l. No.76 Granville (2006 $75k ITF/Albuquerque, NM-USA), d. No.98 Ondraskova (2006 $50k ITF/Rimini-ITA) and l. No.79 Frazier (2005 $50k ITF/Ashland, KY-USA) Contesting her first tour-level main draw; previously fell in qualifying on 16 occasions, at 2007 Fés, 2007 Istanbul, 2008 Strasbourg, 2011 US Open, 2012 Australian Open, 2012 Acapulco (l. Muguruza), 2012 Copenhagen, 2012 Roland Garros, 2012 Wimbledon, 2012 Budapest, 2012 US Open, 2015 Bucharest, 2015 US Open, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Wimbledon One of six Romanians playing this week (also Begu, Bogdan, Cirstea, Halep and Niculescu) Season

21 Coming off a series of strong post-wimbledon results on ITF Circuit, highlighted by 18th and 19th career titles at this level at $25k ITF/Getxo-ESP, $60k ITF/Versmold-GER and R-Up at $25k ITF/Woking-GBR Reached career-high ranking of No.132 on August 14, 2017 Only grass court tournament was qualifying exit at Wimbledon (l. Martic) In June, won back-to-back titles on clay at $60k ITF/Hodmezovasarhely-HUN and on hard at $60k ITF/Izmir-TUR Only other clay court outings, reached QF at $25k ITF/Bastad-SWE In March and April, played exclusively on ITF Circuit, highlighted by QF at $25k ITF/Khimki-RUS Began 2017 by making qualifying exit at Australian Open Career Finished 2016 ranked No.351 (down from No.260 in 2015) Posted a 9-11 win-loss record in 2016, with best result a QF run at $50k ITF/Hodmezovasarhely-HUN In 2015, won 48 matches, four ITF Circuit titles and rose over 600 places in the rankings, finishing at No.260 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Fés. Since then has fallen in qualifying at 15 other events, including eight Grand Slams Has won 19 singles and 32 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Made professional debut at 2004 $10k ITF/Bucharest-ROU (l. Savu in 1r) Other Information Coached by father, Mihai, a former Romanian intercollegiate tennis player, mother is Marcela (pharmacist). Introduced to tennis at age 4 by parents Has been part of the Romanian national Tennis federation since 12 Grew up idolizing Pete Sampras and Monica Seles Gained PhD in sports science from UNEFS in Bucharest

22 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM [7] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) vs. ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #78) Head to Head: 0-0 JOHANNA KONTA (26) $2,635,129 $5,840,958 2 / 3 0 / / / / / / / / 10-7 WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) US OPEN W-L (MD) * 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2017 US Open 1r US OPEN Tournament Performance ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (24) $177,113 $1,234,992 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 2-2 * Qualifying match US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match JOHANNA KONTA 2016 R16 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) R3 W - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #26) R2 W - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #71) R1 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #109) R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC 2016 R1 L - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #69) R3* W - ELITSA KOSTOVA (BUL #135) (2) R2* W - KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #122) R1* W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #224) R1 L - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #81) R3 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #18) 7-6(2) 6-3 R2 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #9) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2 R1 W - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #119) R3* W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #263) R2* W - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #202) R1* W - REKA-LUCA JANI (HUN #212) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

23 MATCH NOTES US OPEN - USA, NY Aug 28 - Sep 10, 2017 $0 GRAND SLAM 2014 R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #155) R1* L - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #151) R2 L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #67) R1 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #59) R3* W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #193) R2* W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #157) R1* W - KAI-CHEN CHANG (TPE #113) (5) 2014 R16 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #17) R3 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) R2 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #27) 7-6(4) R1 W - KATARZYNA PITER (POL #111) R3* W - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #124) R2* W - DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #172) R1* W - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #226) R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #191) (5) R3* W - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #456) R2* W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #152) R1* W - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #188) R2* L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #66) R1* W - RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #202) R2* L - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #193) R1* W - RENATA VORACOVA (CZE #128) KONTA: US Open Making fifth main draw appearance in New York Owns a lifetime mark in Grand Slams, including a 7-4 record at US Open Holds a 7-8 record in 1r at Grand Slams and is 3-1 in 1r at US Open Advanced to the R16 or better at five of the last eight Grand Slams, incl. two SF finishes (2016 Australian Open, 2017 Wimbledon) and one QF finish (2017 Australian Open) Has advanced to the R16 at US Open the past two years (2016 l. Sevastova, 2015 l. Kvitova) Takes on No.78 Krunic for the first time in today s 1r action owns an 11-7 record against players ranked outside the Top 50 at Grand Slams Season Coming off a strong showing in Cincinnati, defeating No.11 Cibulkova to reach the QF stage before losing to No.2 Halep 64 76(1) Fell at the first hurdle in Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Makarova after holding 2mp in second set) At Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. V.Williams) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

24 Had previously won one match from other five visits to All England Club, in 2016 (d. Puig, l. Bouchard in 2r) Upset No.2 Halep in QF at Wimbledon, coming within two points of defeat; overall record vs. Top 5 stands at 5-7; previous wins coming over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami and No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne Reached a career high ranking of No.4 following Wimbledon run (July 17, 2017) Played three grass court events in lead up to Wimbledon, reaching first final of career on the surface at Nottingham (as top seed, l. Vekic in F); now owns 3-2 record in WTA singles finals Following Nottingham fell in 2r at Birmingham (l. Vandeweghe) but then reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match against Kerber was second of day, after she defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16 With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at 1979 Boston Best showing of this year s clay court season was R16 run at Rome (l. V.Williams) Opened clay court season in Great Britain s Fed Cup World Group II play off defeat against Romania (d. Cirstea, l. Halep) on clay in Constanta Went on to post opening match loss at Stuttgart (after 1r bye, l. Sevastova) and 1r exit at Madrid (l. Siegemund). Owns just four WTA main draw wins on clay in career, coming at 2016 Rome (d. Larsson and Vinci), 2017 Stuttgart (d. Osaka) and 2017 Rome (d. Putintseva) Earlier this year won third and most prestigious WTA tournament of her career at Premier Mandatory level Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) Miami title was second of 2017, after Sydney. Is one of seven players this year to win at least two titles, along with Bertens (Nürnberg, Gstaad), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati) Made 3r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, defeated countrywoman Watson in 2r before falling to Garcia in third set tie break) Withdrew from Dubai w/foot injury. In February also helped Britain defeat Portugal, Latvia, Turkey and Croatia to reach the Fed Cup World Group II promotional play off. Alongside Watson came from a set down in the decisive doubles against Croatia Reached QF at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), following SF run at Melbourne Park in 2016 (l. eventual champion Kerber) Arrived in Melbourne having won second WTA singles title at Sydney, the city where she was born, on main draw debut (d. A.Radwanska in F). First British woman to win Sydney title since Durie in 1983 Opened 2017 season with SF effort at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Siniakova) Grand Slam History