EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #60) vs. [8] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) Kuznetsova leads 2-0

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1 MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 6 13, ,439,350 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT WTA Information: facebook.com/wta Tournament Info: WTA Communications: Alex Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Kate Goff (kgoff@wtatennis.com), Jeff Watson (jwatson@wtatennis.com) Onsite Media Desk: MUTUA MADRID OPEN QUARTERFINALS COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #20) vs. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #8) First meeting EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #60) vs. [8] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) Kuznetsova leads 2-0 [14] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #17) vs. [WC] SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #83) First meeting KIKI BERTENS (NED #19) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #22) First meeting A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT PLAYER RANK NAT AGE MADRID W-L (MD)* YTD W/L* CAREER W/L* YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $^ YTD TITLES [3] Simona Halep 8 ROU ,983 15,754, [8] Svetlana Kuznetsova 9 RUS ,614 22,781, [14] Kristina Mladenovic 17 FRA ,159 5,582, Kiki Bertens 19 NED ,816 2,488, CoCo Vandeweghe 20 USA ,967 3,878, Anastasija Sevastova 22 LAT ,125 1,932, Eugenie Bouchard 60 CAN ,363 5,330, [WC] Sorana Cirstea 83 ROU ,497 3,634, *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament CAREER TITLES POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS TOP HALF MLADENOVIC CIRSTEA BOUCHARD Mladenovic leads 2-1 Bouchard leads 1-0 KUZNETSOVA Mladenovic leads 1-0 Kuznetsova leads 4-0 POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS BOTTOM HALF BERTENS SEVASTOVA VANDEWEGHE First meeting First meeting HALEP Halep leads 2-1 Series tied 3-3 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES: MUTUA MADRID OPEN MADRID, ESP MAY 6 13, ,439,350 - PREMIER MANDATORY EVENT QUARTERFINAL QUICK HITS Eight of the world s Top 10 players lined up at the start of the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open, with two progressing to the quarterfinals No.8 Simona Halep and No.9 Svetlana Kuznetsova Two former Madrid finalists remain in contention: Halep (2016 champion and 2014 R-Up) and Kuznetsova (2015 R-Up) Three of the remaining eight players are contesting their first QF at Premier Mandatory level: Kiki Bertens, Eugenie Bouchard and CoCo Vandeweghe. Additionally, wins today would also mean a first SF at this level for Sorana Cirstea and Anastasija Sevastova Just one of the Madrid quarterfinalists has won a WTA singles title so far in 2017: Kristina Mladenovic (St Petersburg). But all of the last eight have won at least one career title previously Cirstea is the third wildcard to ever reach the Madrid quarterfinals, having also reached this stage as a WC in 2016 (also Anabel Medina Garrigues in 2013) PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN SINGLES EUR RANK RANK DOUBLES EUR POINTS POINTS Winner 1,043, Winner 323, Runner-Up 511, Runner-Up 158, Semifinalist 257, Semifinalist 79, Quarterfinalist 130, Quarterfinalist 40, Round of 16 68, Round of 16 20, Round of 32 32, Round of 32 10, Round of 64 15, Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

3 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #20) vs. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #8) Head to Head: First meeting COCO VANDEWEGHE (25) $698,967 $3,878,767 0 / 2 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) MADRID W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * SIMONA HALEP (25) $293,983 $15,754,771 0 / 14 0 / / / / / / 5-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 2-8 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) * 2-1 / * Updated entering Madrid QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #20) R16: d. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #24) 5-7,6-4,7-5 (2h27) R32: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #35) 6-2,4-6,6-3 (2h14) R64: d. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #65) 6-4,7-6(7) (1h36) vs. [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #8) R16: d. [16] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #26) 6-4,4-6,6-4 (1h51) R32: d. ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #34) 6-3,2-6,7-6(2) (1h55) R64: d. KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #58) 6-1,6-2 (0h57) Total games: 84 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 6h17 Average time on court: 2h06 Average rank of opponent: 41 Total games: 75 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 4h43 Average time on court: 1h34 Average rank of opponent: 39 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY MADRID Tournament History * Qualifying match COCO VANDEWEGHE 2016 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #13) 7-6(4) R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #19) 7-6(3) R2* L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #115) 6-7(3) (3) R1* W - ESTRELLA CABEZA CANDELA (ESP #202) 7-6(4) 6-4 SIMONA HALEP 2016 F W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #38) SF W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #23) QF W - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #34) R16 W - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #15) R2 W - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #75) R1 W - MISAKI DOI (JPN #43) R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #27) 7-6(6) F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #9) SF W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 6-7(4) QF W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) R16 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #16) R2 W - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #146) R1 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #99) R1 L - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #47) R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #72) (6) 2011 R1 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #12) R2* W - BEATRIZ GARCÍA VIDAGANY (ESP #173) R1* W - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #319) (6) 2010 R1* L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #88) Vandeweghe: Making second appearance at Mutua Madrid Open. Has posted best result by reaching QF, improving on 2r run in 2015 (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Contesting first Premier Mandatory QF of career Defeated clay court expert Suárez Navarro in R16 here, having seen off recent Stuttgart champion Siegemund in 2r Coming off 2r run at Stuttgart (l. Ka.Pliskova) Helped USA advance to Fed Cup final, who defeated reigning champion Czech Republic over the weekend. Vandeweghe went 2-0 in singles (d. Vondrousova, Siniakova) to set up showdown vs. Belarus in November in Minsk Those Fed Cup wins stopped a three-match losing streak, at Dubai (l. Riske), Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Safarova) and Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

5 Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cepelova) In February, represented USA in Fed Cup World Group 4-0 win over Germany in Hawaii last weekend went 2-0 in singles (d. Goerges, d. Petkovic) Reached first Grand Slam SF of career at 2017 Australian Open (l. V.Williams) in her 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance Was 21st unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand Slam with 32 seeds) Prior to run in Melbourne, previous best singles result at Grand Slam level was reaching QF at 2015 Wimbledon (l. Sharapova), where she also reached R16 in 2016 (l. Pavlyuchenkova). Yet to pass 2r at Roland Garros (2011, ) or US Open (2008, ) Defeated No.1 Kerber in R16 at 2017 Australian Open her first win over a reigning No.1. Now 1-1 vs. No.1s (l. S.Williams at 2014 Miami); also defeated No.7 Muguruza in QF, her second Top 10 win of the tournament Now has 10 career wins over Top 10 opponents, heading into today s match against No.8 Halep. Before defeats of Kerber and Muguruza in Melbourne, most recent win was over No.7 Vinci at 2016 Wimbledon. Went 4-1 vs. Top 10 in 2016, other wins being over No.7 Bencic (Doha), No.6 Suárez Navarro (Miami) and No.3 A.Radwanska (Birmingham). Loss was to No.3 Muguruza (Cincinnati) Following Australian Open result, ranking rose to No.20 (up from No.35); currently at No.20 (May 8, 2017) Opened 2017 season at Hopman Cup in Perth, finishing as R-Up w/sock (l. France in F) Subsequently made 2r exit at Sydney (l. qualifier Duan) Posted third consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016, at No.37 same season-ending rank as season highlights centered on grass court swing: won second career singles title at s-hertogenbosch (d. Mladenovic in F), SF at Birmingham (l. Strycova) and R16 at Wimbledon (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Also reached QF at 2016 Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Stanford (conceded ret. vs. Riske w/right ankle injury) In Grand Slam play in 2016, aside from Australian Open and Wimbledon, fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Begu) and 1r at US Open (l. Osaka)

6 In doubles last season, won first career title from first final at Indian Wells (w/mattek-sands, d. Goerges/Pliskova in F) and was runner-up at Cincinnati (w/hingis, l. Mirza/Strycova) Advanced to mixed doubles final at 2016 US Open (w/ram, l. Pavic/Siegemund) Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles (w/tecau, l. Vesnina/Soares) Competed in doubles at the Rio Olympics (w/mattek-sands); fell in 2r to eventual silver medalists Hingis/Bacsinszky Won first career singles title at 's-hertogenbosch in June 2014; with Keys also victorious at Eastbourne, marked first time two Americans won titles in the same week since February 2002 (V.Williams at Antwerp, Seles at Doha) Now 2-1 in career singles finals, having also won at s-hertogenbosch in Runner-up at 2012 Stanford (as lucky loser, l. S.Williams) Member of US Fed Cup Team, 2010, Made WTA debut as wildcard at 2006 San Diego; recorded first WTA win (main draw or qualifying) at 2009 Los Angeles (d. Garbin in 1r, l. Pennetta) Winner of two singles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit No.4 ranked US women of 14 in current Top 100 (week of May 8, 2017) As a wildcard, won 2008 US Open girls' singles title without dropping a set Coached by Craig Kardon; trainer is Julian Romero Halep: Making seventh main draw appearance at Madrid (and eighth overall), and returning in 2017 as the defending champion (d. Cibulkova in F in 2016). Also reached the championship match in 2014 (l. Sharapova in F) Made four 1r exits, in 2011 (as qualifier, l. Bartoli), 2012 (l. V.Williams), 2013 (l. Domínguez Lino) and 2015 (l. Cornet). Fell in 2010 qualifying Recovered from 2-5 in final set to defeat Vinci in 3r on Tuesday, and was also taken the distance by Stosur in R16 on Wednesday Coming off SF showing at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Siegemund) marked first SF of season

7 Has won 19 of her past 22 matches on clay (defeats coming vs. Siegemund at 2016 Stuttgart, Gavrilova at 2016 Rome, Stosur at 2016 Roland Garros and Siegemund at 2017 Stuttgart) Improved her ranking to World No.4 by reaching Stuttgart SF last month; No.8 again this week 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 rubber doubles 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, reaching 2r (d. Jankovic in 1r, l. eventual champion Siniakova) Spent pre-season training with coach Darren Cahill in Adelaide 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. Sevatsova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F). Record in tour-level finals now stands at 14-8, eight of her titles coming on hardcourts 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 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 Other notable results in 2016 included reaching SF at Sydney (l. Kuznetsova), Cincinnati (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova) and back-to-back QF at Indian Wells (l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky) At the other 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) Withdrew from opening tournament of 2016 season at Brisbane (w/left Achilles injury) along with Birmingham (w/left Achilles injury) and Tokyo [PPO] (w/left hamstring injury)

8 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 (Montreal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) and No.7 Keys (WTA Finals) Has reached SF or better at all of the Grand Slams apart from Australian Open. Best results at majors are R-Up at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), SF at 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open, and QF at Australian Open ( ) Record vs. World No.1 players is 1-10, win coming at 2014 WTA Finals Singapore vs. S.Williams (group stage) 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, Roland Garros girls singles champion Coached by Australian Darren Cahill after parting ways with former coach Victor Ionita in June 2015

9 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #60) vs. [8] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) Head to Head: SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA leads CINCINNATI HARD O R2 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA mins 2014 OEIRAS (ESTORIL) CLAY O QF SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA mins EUGENIE BOUCHARD (23) $176,363 $5,330,544 0 / 1 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) MADRID W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (31) $924,614 $22,781,615 0 / 17 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 4-1 / / 9-10 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-0 / / 3-12 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) * 2-3 / * Updated entering 2017 Madrid QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #60) R16: d. [1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-3,5-0 Ret'd (0h57) R32: d. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #258) 7-5,2-6,6-4 (2h51) R64: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #43) 6-4,4-6,6-1 (2h02) vs. [8] SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #9) R16: d. QIANG WANG (CHN #64) 6-4,7-5 (1h28) R32: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #39) 2-6,7-6(9),6-2 (2h24) R64: d. YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #51) 6-4,6-3 (1h12) Total games: 71 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h50 Average time on court: 1h57 Average rank of opponent: 101 Total games: 70 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h04 Average time on court: 1h41 Average rank of opponent: 51 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

10 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY MADRID Tournament History * Qualifying match EUGENIE BOUCHARD 2016 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #34) R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #23) R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 7-6(3) 6-2 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 2016 R1 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #44) F L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) SF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) QF W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #14) (5) 7-6(3) R16 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #26) (5) R2 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) R1 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #8) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) (6) R1 W - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #21) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) R2 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #11) 7-6(2) R1 W - JIE ZHENG (CHN #50) R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 7-6(5) R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #28) R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #22) R2 L - ALONA BONDARENKO (UKR #46) R1 BYE Bouchard: Making fourth consecutive main draw appearance at Mutua Madrid Open; contesting first QF at Premier Mandatory level Prior to 1r win over Cornet on Saturday, had never won a match in Madrid, posting 1r exits in 2014 (l. Begu), 2015 (l. Strycova), 2016 (l. Radwanska) Defeated World No.2 Kerber in 3r on Wednesday (via retirement, leading left thigh injury) marked joint-best career win by ranking, having also defeated No.2 Kerber at 2016 Rome; now owns a 3-12 record vs. Top 5 opponents Plays No.9 Kuznetsova today; owns a 2-1 record vs. Top 10 opponents in 2017, with wins over No.6 Cibulkova (Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (Madrid). Sole loss came against No.10 Konta (Sydney) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

11 Overcame WC Sharapova on Monday; had lost all four of their previous career meetings, taking only one set (in SF at 2014 Roland Garros) Defeated both Cornet (1r) and Sharapova (2r) in three sets here, having not won a match that went the distance since the 2016 Rogers Cup (July) 2017 Madrid marks second tour-level QF of season, having advanced to SF at Sydney (l. Konta) Enters Madrid after 1r loss at Istanbul (l. Cepelova) Played first event of clay court season at $80k ITF/Indian Harbour-USA, reaching QF (l. Duval), ending five-match losing streak stretching back to Australian Open Fell 1r at Monterrey (l. Sorribes Tormo), Miami (l. Barty), Indian Wells (l. Beck) and Acapulco (l. Tomljanovic) Opened 2017 season at Brisbane, making 1r exit (l. Rogers) but advanced to SF at Sydney (l. eventual champion Konta) SF run at Sydney included 11th victory over a Top 10 opponent No.6 Cibulkova, was also first SF at Premier-level or above since reaching final at Premier-5 level Wuhan in 2014 (l. Kvitova) Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe); 2017 Australian Open marked 16th Grand Slam main draw Is a Grand Slam finalist, reaching the title match a 2014 Wimbledon (l. Kvitova). Was the first Canadian to ever reach a Grand Slam final; since joined by Milos Raonic at 2016 Wimbledon After 2014 Wimbledon made Top 10 debut at No.7, beating previous Canadian best of No.8 (Bassett Seguso). Climbed to a career high No.5 on October 20, 2014 Best Grand Slam results outside of Wimbledon and Australian Open are making SF at 2014 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion and today s opponent Sharapova) and R16 at US Open in 2014 (l. Makarova) and 2015 (l. Vinci) Ended 2016 at No.47, up one place from No.48 in Best year-end finish of career came in 2014, at No.7 Currently ranked No.60 (May 8, 2017) 2016 season highlights included reaching fifth and sixth career singles finals, at Hobart (l. Cornet) and Kuala Lumpur (l. Svitolina) Ended 2016 with win-loss record (tour level, main draw only), over double the number of wins posted during 2015 (12-18) In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 2r at Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska) and Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky), 3r at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) and 1r at US Open (l. Siniakova)

12 Owns a 1-5 record in career singles finals, sole title coming at 2014 Nürnberg (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) Qualified for 2014 season ending WTA Finals Singapore, becoming first Canadian to qualify in 25 years. Went 0-3 in round-robin stage Named 2013 WTA Newcomer of the Year, as voted by international tennis media In juniors, won Wimbledon girls' singles title in 2012 Currently coached by Thomas Hogstedt. Previously worked with Sam Sumyk and Nick Saviano Kuznetsova: Making ninth appearance at Madrid; runner-up in 2015 (l. Kvitova in F) Only won three matches in seven other visits, reaching R16 in 2013 (l. Kerber) and 2r in 2014 (l. A.Radwanska) This week, save 1mp in 2r win over No.39 Riske Faces No.60 Bouchard today in their third career meeting (and second on clay). A loss today would mark worst defeat by ranking since 2016 US Open (l. No.74 Wozniacki) Opened 2017 clay court season with 2r showing at Stuttgart (d. Bertens, l. eventual champion Siegemund) One of six Russians entered in the singles draw this week. Is sole Russian to advance to QF stage Has not won a clay court tournament since winning Roland Garros in 2009 Of seven tournaments contested this season has advanced past QF once, reaching final at Indian Wells (l. Vesnina) Has reached at least the QF stage at nine of her last 15 tournaments 2016 Cincinnati (QF), 2016 Wuhan (SF), 2016 Tianjin (SF), 2016 Moscow (WON), 2016 WTA Finals (SF), 2017 Brisbane (QF), 2017 St. Petersburg (QF), 2017 Indian Wells (R-Up) and 2017 Madrid (QF) Made R16 at Miami (l. V.Williams) 2017 Indian Wells marked her 40th career final (l. Vesnina in F), the fifth-most among active players (behind S.Williams 92, V.Williams 81, Sharapova 58, and Wozniacki 45). Rose to No.7 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Indian Wells final; currently No.9 (May 8, 2017) Made QF run at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Putintseva). Was forced to withdraw from Doha and Dubai w/abdominal injury

13 Enjoyed run to R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova). Was 57th time contesting main draw at a Grand Slam, which is the seventh most among active players. Prize money from 2017 Australian Open saw her pass the US$22 million mark only 10 other players have achieved this milestone Opened 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. Muguruza). Posted 2r exit at Sydney (as defending champion, l. Pavlyuchenkova) Secured her 600th match win (all levels) at 2017 Brisbane (1r, d. Chirico) is one of six active players to reach the milestone, after V.Williams, S.Williams, Jankovic, Schiavone and Sharapova. Currently sits 18th on all-time list for match wins Made sixth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, where she qualified for SF for the first time (l. Cibulkova); in five previous appearances (2004, ), had never progressed beyond group stage. Her gap of six years between WTA Finals (2009 to 2016) was most since Capriati and Frazier s seven year gaps (both from ) Defeat of Gavrilova in final at 2016 Moscow secured place at WTA Finals - entered tournament on a wildcard, knowing she would only qualify for Singapore should she successfully defend the title she won in After 1r bye, defeated Cornet (2r), Babos (QF) and Svitolina (SF) before emphatic victory against Gavrilova in the final Defeat of No.3 A.Radwanska and No.5 Ka.Pliskova at WTA Finals improved record vs. Top 5 opponents to 5-4 in 2016, with other wins against No.2 Halep (Sydney), No.1 S.Williams (Miami) and No.4 A.Radwanska (Wuhan) Including defeats of A.Radwanska and Ka.Pliskova in Singapore, won 22 three-set matches in 2016, the most on the WTA for the season, and most for three years (Kvitova, 25 in 2013) Won two singles titles in 2016, at Sydney (d. Puig in F) and Moscow (d. Gavrilova in F). Also finished R-Up at Miami (l. Azarenka in F). Record in WTA singles finals now stands at In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Muguruza) and Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2r at Australian Open (l. K.Bondarenko) and US Open (l. Wozniacki) Wimbledon result saw her return to the Top 10 (at No.10) for first time since May 2010 Other notable results in 2016 included SF run at Prague (conceded w/o vs. Stosur w/abdominal injury) and QF at Rome (l. eventual champion S.Williams), Montréal (l. eventual champion Halep) and Cincinnati (l. champion Ka.Pliskova) Advanced to 3r at Rio Olympics (l. Konta). Also competed in doubles w/kasatkina (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in 3r) Owns seven wins over reigning world No.1s (7-20 record), most recently defeating S.Williams at 2016 Miami. Defeated Mauresmo, Safina and Henin twice each when they were No.1; one of only two players (also S.Williams) to beat Henin twice when she was No.1

14 A two-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2004 US Open (d. Dementieva in F) and 2009 Roland Garros (d. Safina in F). Has also achieved runner-up finishes at 2006 Roland Garros (l. Henin) and 2007 US Open (l. Henin). At Wimbledon, has reached QF three times, in 2003, 2005 and 2007 Her 16 career doubles titles (most recently 2013 Moscow w/stosur) includes two Grand Slam titles, both at the Australian Open in 2005 (w/molik) and 2012 (w/zvonareva) One of five Russians to rank in Top 2 (also Myskina, Sharapova, Zvonareva, Safina); had chance to become No.1 by winning 2008 Roland Garros (fell two matches short with SF loss to Safina); also achieved career-high No.3 in doubles (June 7, 2004) Ranked continuously in Top 20 from March 1, 2004 to July 11, 2010 (including over four years ranked continuously in Top 10 April 2006 to June 2010) Russian Fed Cup Team, 2004, , ; Russian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008, 2016 Coached by Carlos Martínez

15 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY [14] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #17) vs. [WC] SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #83) Head to Head: First meeting KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (24) $724,159 $5,582,630 1 / 1 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) MADRID W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * SORANA CIRSTEA (27) $241,497 $3,634,356 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / 8-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-0 / / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / / 9-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / * Updated through entering 2017 Madrid QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS [14] KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #17) R16: d. OCEANE DODIN (FRA #63) 6-2,6-1 (0h58) R32: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #33) 6-3,1-6,7-6(1) (2h25) R64: d. ANA KONJUH (CRO #29) 5-7,6-3, Ret'd (1h19) vs. [WC] SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #83) R16: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #53) 7-5,3-6,6-1 (1h56) R32: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #55) 6-3,6-2 (1h00) R64: d. [13] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 6-1,3-6,7-6(5) (2h25) Total games: 65 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 5-2 Total time on court: 4h42 Average time on court: 1h34 Average rank of opponent: 42 Total games: 74 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h21 Average time on court: 1h47 Average rank of opponent: 41 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

16 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY MADRID Tournament History * Qualifying match KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 2016 R1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #74) R1* L - MISAKI DOI (JPN #112) R1 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #35) R2* W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #69) R1* W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #75) (5) 2013 R2 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #12) 6-7(5) R1 W - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #65) SORANA CIRSTEA 2016 QF L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #38) R16 W - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #44) (9) R2 W - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #52) R1 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #24) R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) (4) 2013 R2 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) R1 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #42) R2 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #30) R1 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-7(6) R1 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #16) R1 L - ALONA BONDARENKO (UKR #46) Mladenovic: Making fourth main draw appearance at Madrid, appearing in the QF for the first time bidding for second SF at Premier Mandatory level, after 2017 Indian Wells Reached 2r on debut in 2013 (l. Kirilenko), falling 1r in 2014 (as qualifier, l. Kirilenko) and 2016 (l. Lucic-Baroni). Exited during qualifying in 2015 Defeated Dodin in 3r in 58min. Has now registered 25 wins in By contrast, in 2016 did not reach this total until Wuhan in September Here at Madrid, defeated Konjuh via ret. (w/left abdominal injury) in 1r and then Davis on third set tie-break in 2r Faces wildcard and No.83 Cirstea today. Has fallen to players ranked outside the Top 50 on three occasions in 2017: No.127 Mertens (Hobart), No.76 Wang (Dubai) and No.95 Tig (Miami) Has served joint second-most aces (19) this week along with today s opponent Cirstea. Fellow quarterfinalist Vandeweghe has served 20 aces so far at 2017 Madrid 2017 Madrid marks fifth QF of season, and has now reached this stage or better in five of the nine tournaments contested, also at St Petersburg (Won), Acapulco (R-Up), Indian Wells (SF) and Stuttgart (R-Up) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

17 Is the only player remaining in the Madrid field to have clinched a title in 2017, having lifted maiden trophy at St Petersburg in February (d. Putintseva in F) Coming off R-Up finish at Stuttgart (l. Siegemund). Defeated World No.2 Kerber en route to final her first win over the German and joint-best career result by ranking (also defeated No.2 Li at 2014 Roland Garros); record vs. Top 5 players is now 5-7 other wins came against No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai) and No.4 Halep (2017 Indian Wells) Represented France in Fed Cup win over Spain in World Group play-off, going 2-0 in singles (d. Sorribes-Tormo, Soler-Epsinosa) Suffered opening match defeat at Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.95 Tig). Was worst loss-by-ranking since falling to No.139 Sorribes Tormo at 2016 Seoul Posted strong SF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and former World No.1 Wozniacki Indian Wells result saw her break in Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to be the new French No.1. Playing Madrid at career-high No.17 (first achieved week of May 1, 2017) Entered Miami after reaching second WTA final of 2017, finishing R-Up finish at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko). Now 1-4 in WTA singles finals Lifted first career title in St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F); also defeated No.11 V.Williams in 2r. Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title Followed this by going 1-1 in France s Fed Cup loss to Switzerland. Opening day victory over Belinda Bencic extended winning streak to six matches her longest run since following up victory at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei by reaching second round of Australian Open (October 2012-January 2013) Then reached 3r at Dubai (upset No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova in 2r, l. Wang) Opened season with back-to-back 1r exits at Hobart (l. eventual champion Mertens) and Australian Open (l. Konjuh). In doubles, reached SF w/garcia in Melbourne (l. eventual R-Up Hlavackova/Peng) Ended 2016 at No.42, down from career-best year-end finish of No.29 in 2015; currently ranked at No.19, having briefly dropped out of Top 50 in 2017 due to early Australian Open exit Reached second and third WTA singles finals in 2016, at s-hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki). Other career final was R-Up finish at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur) Also enjoyed SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual R-Up Lucic-Baroni) and QF showings at Eastbourne (l. Puig) and Washington D.C. (l. eventual champion Wickmayer)

18 In doubles, season highlight in 2016 was teaming with Garcia to win her first Grand Slam doubles title at Roland Garros. They were the first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final vs. Czech Republic in 2016 (l. Ka.Pliskova) Won four doubles titles in 2016 with Garcia: Charleston (d. Mattek-Sands/Safarova), Stuttgart (d. Hingis/Mirza), Madrid (d. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (d. Makarova/Vesnina). In addition, also finished runners-up at Sydney, Dubai, US Open and Beijing (all w/garcia). Team qualified for WTA Finals Singapore, losing in SF. By winning the tournament, could have become joint-world No.1s Also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore in doubles w/babos. Went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress Overall, owns record in career doubles finals; has won 16 WTA doubles titles in addition to two mixed doubles titles 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open (w/daniel Nestor) Across all Grand Slams, QF at 2015 US Open remains best result. Has achieved 3r showings at each of the other majors: Australian Open (2016), Roland Garros ( ) and Wimbledon (2015) Prior to defeat of Halep at 2015 Birmingham, all previous Top 10 wins of career had come in France: No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.10 Halep (2014 Paris [Indoors]), No.6 Kvitova (2013 Paris [Indoors]) and No.6 Bouchard (2015 Roland Garros) Won mixed doubles titles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished runner-up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/nestor) 2009 Roland Garros girls singles champion Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007 Currently without a coach Cirstea: Making seventh main draw appearance at Madrid. Has equaled best result here by reaching QF, having also reached this stage in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova). Fell 2r in 2012 (l. Medina Garrigues) and 2013 (l. Errani), and exited 1r in 2009 (l. Bondarenko), 2010 (l. Pennetta) and 2014 (l. Kvitova) Bidding for first SF at Premier Mandatory level This week at Madrid, defeated No.16 Pavlyuchenkova in 1r to improve record vs. Top 20 opponents to 2-4 in 2017 also d. No.12 Suárez Navarro at Australian Open (previous win against such player came against No.10 Errani at 2014 Dubai); plays No.17 Mladenovic today

19 Has become third wildcard to ever reach the QF stage at Madrid, having also achieved this feat in 2016 (also Medina Garrigues in 2013) Has served joint second-most aces (19) this week along with today s opponent Mladenovic. Fellow quarterfinalist Vandeweghe has served 20 aces so far at 2017 Madrid Is bidding to advance to first tour-level SF since 2016 Rio de Janeiro (l. Rogers) Of the four Romanians to start in main draw in Madrid, two have advanced to QF also Halep; Begu reached 3r (l. Bertens), Niculescu fell in 1r (l. Wozniacki) Coming off QF showing at Istanbul (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and 1r exit at Biel (l. Vekic) Sunshine Double results included 1r loss at Indian Wells (l. Niculescu) and 3r appearance at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Earlier this season, fell 1r at Budapest (l. Witthoeft) and Taipei City (l. Ozaki) Between Taipei City and Budapest lost singles rubber against Wickmayer during Romania s Fed Cup defeat vs. Belgium Opened 2017 season by reaching 2r at Shenzhen (d. Kucova, l. A.Radwanska) At Australian Open, achieved second-best Slam result by reaching R16 (upset No.10 seed Suárez Navarro in 2r, l. Muguruza); her previous best result in Melbourne was reaching 3r in 2012 (l. Errani) and 2013 (l. Li); 1r win over Khromacheva in Melbourne was first Grand Slam main draw victory since 2014 US Open (d. Watson in 1r) Finished 2016 season at No.81, up from No.244 in 2015; has finished in Top 100 in eight non-consecutive years Season highlights in 2016 were SF run at Rio de Janeiro (l. Rogers) and making QF at Premier Mandatory Madrid (as wildcard, l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) and Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) Struggled with a right shoulder injury over past couple of years, which contributed to loss of form and ranking drop; currently playing with an abbreviated service motion and continues rehab Owns one WTA singles title from 2008 Tashkent (d. Lisicki in F); additional career singles highlights R-Up at 2013 Toronto (l. S.Williams) and 2007 Budapest (l. Dulko) 2017 Australian Open marked 33rd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam -- best showing at a major came at 2009 Roland Garros (QF, l. Stosur) Also owns four doubles titles 2011 Dallas (w/brianti), 2010 Oeiras (w/medina Garrigues), 2008 Fès (w/pavlyuchenkova) and Luxembourg (w/erakovic) Career-high ranking of No.21 (reached August 21, 2013)

20 Currently is the No.4 Romanian woman out of four in Top 100 (as of May 8, 2017) Member of Romania s Fed Cup team 2006, , and 2017; also part of Romanian Olympic Team 2008 and 2012 Made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Stockholm (l. Kanepi in 1r) On ITF Circuit owns eight singles and nine doubles titles Introduced to tennis at age four by mother Coached by Marius Comanescu

21 MATCH NOTES MADRID - SPAIN May 06 - May 13, 2017 $5,924,318 PREMIER MANDATORY KIKI BERTENS (NED #19) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #22) Head to Head: First meeting KIKI BERTENS (25) $186,816 $2,488,043 0 / 2 1 / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) MADRID W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (27) $335,125 $1,932,040 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / 10-3 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / 3-11 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / / 8-24 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / 9-24 * Updated entering Madrid QF ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS KIKI BERTENS (NED #19) R16: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #36) 6-1,7-5 (1h27) R32: d. TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #28) 6-2,6-2 (1h13) R64: d. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #41) 6-1,7-6(4) (1h31) vs. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #22) R16: d. LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #62) 7-5,6-2 (1h22) R32: d. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 6-3,6-3 (1h18) R64: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #31) 6-2,6-4 (0h59) Total games: 55 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 4h11 Average time on court: 1h24 Average rank of opponent: 35 Total games: 56 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 3h39 Average time on court: 1h13 Average rank of opponent: 32 MADRID Tournament History * Qualifying match KIKI BERTENS 2013 R1 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #32) (8) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

22 Bertens: Making second appearance at Madrid; through to first QF at Premier Mandatory level Including three wins so far this week at Madrid, record on clay since start of 2016 stands at 32-8 Is also through to QF in doubles here at Madrid w/bertens, d. top seeds Mattek-Sands/Safarova in 2r Coming off 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. Kuznetsova). Was in Fed Cup action on clay before that went 2-0 in singles (d. Sramkova and Cepelova) as Netherlands beat Slovakia 3-2 in World Group In opening clay court tournaments of 2017 reached R16 at Charleston (l. Lucic-Baroni) then QF at Bogotá (l. eventual champion Schiavone) Fell 2r at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Ozaki) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Bacsinszky in final set tie-break after holding four match points) Indian Wells run ended run of four consecutive first-round defeats: Australian Open (l. Lepchenko), St. Petersburg (l. Beck), Doha (l. Wozniacki) and Dubai (l. McHale). Was seeded at Australian Open for the third time in her career at a Grand Slam (also 2016 Wimbledon and 2016 US Open) Between St. Petersburg and Doha went 1-1 in singles (d. Sabalenka, l. Sasnovich) as Netherlands lost to Belarus 4-1 in Fed Cup World Group Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis) won the doubles title (w/larsson). Advanced to QF at Hobart later in January (l. eventual champion Mertens) Finished 2016 ranked No.22 big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in Playing 2017 Madrid on new career high ranking of No.19 (May 8, 2017) Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route). Owns 2-1 record in WTA singles finals, winning 2012 Fes and 2016 Nürnberg. All three finals were on clay In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles falling to Svitolina and Vesnina Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani) Scored best result at a major at 2016 Roland Garros, reaching the SF (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Ranking jumped from No.58 to a then-career high of No.27 Was the first Dutch woman to reach the SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Prior to 2016 Roland Garros, previous best Grand Slam result was also at Roland Garros, making the R16 in 2014 (as qualifier, l. Petkovic), which was the only time she had advanced past the 2r at a major in 15 previous appearances

23 Arrived in Paris having made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title was Vandeweghe at 2014 s-hertogenbosch Advanced to the SF at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu) to break a five-match streak of 1r exits towards end of 2016 Owns a 1-6 lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents, sole win coming vs. No.3 Kerber in 1r at 2016 Roland Garros 1r. Owns a further two Top 10 wins: No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg) and No.9 Bacsinszky (2016 Roland Garros) Dutch No.1, and only player from the Netherlands ranked in the Top 100 (as of May 8, 2017) Won her maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw appearance Owns five doubles titles: 2015 Hobart, 2015 Bastad, 2016 Nürnberg Linz, 2016 Luxembourg, and 2017 Auckland (all w/larsson) On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles and 11 doubles titles Netherlands Fed Cup Team, , Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 s-hertogenbosch (l. 1r) Coached by Raemon Sluiter Sevastova: Making debut appearance at Mutua Madrid Open; through to fourth QF of season to date Contesting her second QF at Premier Mandatory level (also 2010 Beijing; l. Li) Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r here at Madrid her joint-best career win by ranking, having defeated No.3 Muguruza at 2016 US Open to improve record against Top 5 players to 2-4 Coming off QF run at Stuttgart (l. Halep). Recorded first Top 20 win of season over No.18 Stosur in 1r at Stuttgart; followed this by upsetting No.7 Konta in 2r Earlier career Top 10 wins came over No.9 Jankovic (2010 Monterrey), No.8 Beijing (2010 Beijing) and No.3 Muguruza (2016 US Open) 2017 Madrid marks third clay event of season, which began with QF run at Charleston in April (l. Siegemund) Suffered opening match defeats at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) and Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Davis) In February reached SF at Dubai (l. Wozniacki), which was her first SF on tour since summer of 2016 (Bucharest, R-Up, l. Halep) Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova)

24 Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers). Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. No.7 seed Muguruza); enjoyed career first seeding at a Grand Slam (at No.32) In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/minella); pair lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk Playing 2017 Madrid on new career-high ranking of No.22 (May 8, 2017) Finished 2016 at a career-best No.35; previous best season finish came in 2010 at No season highlights were reaching second and third WTA singles final, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and Bucharest (l. Halep in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras (d. Parra Santonja in F). In 2010, won career-first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years (Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady) Had breakthrough run at 2016 US Open, advancing to QF (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta (R16) en route Became first Latvian to reach Grand Slam QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at 1994 Wimbledon. Savchenko also reached the 1988 US Open QF, representing the USSR Post-US Open ranking rose to No.32 (from No.48) 2016 US Open marked 15th Grand Slam main draw appearance; 2016 marked the first time she contested all majors in a calendar year since 2011 Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki) At Roland Garros best result is 2r in 2016 (l. Knapp), but at Wimbledon, has not progressed beyond 1r in four appearances Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries mostly muscular and back-related but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed During break from tennis studied leisure management Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles Latvian Fed Cup Team , Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 Aggressive baseliner; favorite surfaces are hard and clay; favorite shot is backhand Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German Trains and resides in Vienna

25 Coached by Ronald Schmidt