[30] KIKI BERTENS (NED #32) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) [Q] MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #521) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4)

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1 2018 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S DAILY MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 15-28, 2018 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/australianopen facebook.com/wta Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Alexander Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com) DAY 5 FRIDAY Third Round, Bottom Half [30] KIKI BERTENS (NED #32) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Wozniacki leads 2-0 [Q] MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #521) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) First meeting [7] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #7) vs. [32] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #33) Kontaveit leads 1-0 (first meeting at tour level) KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #94) vs. [19] MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #21) Series tied at 2-2 (Bondarenko leads 2-1 at tour level) ELISE MERTENS (BEL #37) vs. ALIZE CORNET (FRA #42) First meeting KAIA KANEPI (EST #79) vs. CARLA SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP #39) Kanepi leads 5-3 [Q] LUKSIKA KUMKHUM (THA #124) vs. PETRA MARTIC (CRO #81) Kumkhum leads 1-0 (first meeting at tour level) [Q] DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #130) vs. MAGDA LINETTE (POL #74) Allertova leads 1-0 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

2 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM [30] KIKI BERTENS (NED #32) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads DOHA HARD O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI mins 2012 MONTREAL HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI mins KIKI BERTENS (26) $45,014 $3,403,450 0 / 4 1 / / / / / / / / 11-5 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN 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 Australian Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (27) $21,400 $26,856,094 0 / 27 0 / / / / / / / / [30] KIKI BERTENS (NED #32) R128: d. CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #49) 6-7(5),6-4,6-2 (2h23) R64: d. NICOLE GIBBS (USA #113) 7-6(3),6-0 (1h16) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) R128: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #44) 6-2,6-3 (1h11) R64: d. JANA FETT (CRO #119) 3-6,6-2,7-5 (2h31) Total games: 50 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h39 Average time on court: 1h50 Average rank of opponent: 81 Total games: 46 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h42 Average time on court: 1h51 Average rank of opponent: 82 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match KIKI BERTENS 2017 R1 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #88) (5) 2016 R1 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #97) CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2017 R3 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #9) R2 W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #99) R1 W - ARINA RODIONOVA (AUS #178) R1 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #76) (3) 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

3 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM 2015 R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #7) R1 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #158) 7-6(8) R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #14) R1 L - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #51) (8) 2012 R2* L - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #183) (8) 6-3 R1* W - VESNA DOLONC (SRB #112) R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #44) R1 W - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #99) 7-6(1) R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #38) R2 W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #62) R1 W - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #72) R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #75) R3 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #85) R2 W - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #111) R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #36) QF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #14) (4) R16 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #13) R3 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #32) R2 W - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #83) (4) R1 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #103) SF L - NA LI (CHN #11) QF W - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #7) R16 W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #46) R3 W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #32) R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #88) R1 W - GISELA DULKO (ARG #52) R16 L - NA LI (CHN #17) R3 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #28) R2 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #76) R1 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #34) R3 L - JELENA DOKIC (AUS #187) R2 W - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #105) R1 W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #42) R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #3) (2) R3 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #194) R2 W - ALONA BONDARENKO (UKR #21) 7-6(4) 6-1 R1 W - GISELA DULKO (ARG #38) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 BERTENS: Australian Open Making sixth main draw appearance at Australian Open (seventh overall). Has won back-to-back matches at Melbourne for the first time this year, having previously reached the 2r in 2015 (l. Bouchard) Seeded for the seventh consecutive Slam at No.30. Best seeding at the majors came at 2017 Roland Garros (No.18) one year following her run to the SF in Paris Defeated Bellis and Gibbs in opening two rounds here, respectively, improving her record vs. Americans to 3-0 this season (also defeated Kristie Ahn in Sydney 1r) Faces No.2 Wozniacki today in their third career meeting. Holds one win vs. Top 5 ranked players (1-8 career record), coming over No.3 Kerber en route to 2016 Roland Garros SF Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam 3r play, most recently reaching at this stage at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Halep) One of two Dutchwoman competing at 2018 Australian Open (also Hogenkamp, who fell in 1r) Also competing in the doubles field this fortnight in Melbourne (w/larsson) as the No.7 seeds Reached the QF stage in doubles at Melbourne Park in 2015 (w/larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) Enters 2018 Australian Open following a 2r exit at Sydney (l. No.3 Muguruza) In opening tournament of season fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Konjuh in straight sets); however, teamed up with compatriot Schuurs to win doubles title (d. Klepac/ Martínez Sánchez in F). Career record in doubles finals now stands at 10-4 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marks 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Ranking jumped from No.58 to a then-career high of No.27 With 2016 SF result, became the first Dutch woman to reach the SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF) Contested 2017 Roland Garros on a career-high ranking of No.18 (May 29), and as No.18 seed, was highest seeding at a Slam Has reached 3r at Wimbledon in 2016 (l. Halep) at 2018 Australian Open Best result at US Open are two 2r runs on main draw debut in 2012 (l. Puchkova) and 2015 (l. S.Williams) Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/larsson, l. Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) Career Ended 2017 at No.31, down from career-best year-end finish of No.22 in 2016 Season highlight was winning titles at Nürnberg (as defending champion, d. Krejcikova in F) and Gstaad (d. Kontaveit in F, having finished R-Up there in 2016). Record in finals stands at 4-1 Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Konta (Sydney, Miami), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals)

5 Posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level Added four WTA doubles titles to her haul in 2017: Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/larsson) Qualified for her first WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/larsson), advancing to the final (l. Babos/Sestini Hlavackova), defeating defending champions Makarova/Vesnina en route Earned a career-high doubles ranking of No.19 following Singapore run (October 30, 2017) Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route) In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles falling to Svitolina and Vesnina Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics fell in 1r (l. Errani) Scored best result at a major at 2016 Roland Garros, reaching the SF (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) Arrived in Paris having made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title was Vandeweghe at 2014 s-hertogenbosch Of her three Top 10 wins in career, all have come on clay, and two at Roland Garros: No.3 Kerber and No.9 Bacsinszky (2016 Roland Garros) and No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg) Dutch No.1, and only player from the Netherlands ranked in the Top 100 (as of January 15, 2018) Won her maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw appearance Owns 10 doubles titles: Hobart and Bastad in 2015, Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg in 2016, Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul, Linz (all w/larsson) and 2018 Brisbane (w/schuurs) 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) Other Information Coached by Raemon Sluiter Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters WOZNIACKI: Australian Open Making 11th consecutive appearance at Australian Open best result is reaching SF in 2011 (l. Li, having held match point). Quarterfinalist in 2012 (l. Clijsters) and has reached R16 three times, in 2008 (l. Ivanovic), 2010 (l. Li) and 2013 (l. Kuznetsova) Seeded No.2 at 2018 Australian Open - her highest seeding at a major since being top seed at 2012 Australian Open. By contrast was seeded No.19 at last year s tournament Broke serve six times during straight-set win over recent Hobart finalist Buzarnescu in 1r Defeated No.119 Fett in 2r, winning six straight games and saving two match points from being down 1-5 in the third set Faces No.32 Bertens today. Has not dropped a set in their previous two meetings Owns 18-9 win-loss record in 3r at majors, and 5-3 at Australian Open

6 Bidding for 103rd Slam victory today. Only four players in this year s draw have more: V.Williams (262), Sharapova (188), A.Radwanska (124) and Schiavone (105) One of seven current or former World No.1s to start this year s main draw (also Halep, Kerber, Muguruza, Ka.Pliskova, Sharapova and V.Williams) Could reclaim No.1 ranking by reaching SF, along with other results, following this fortnight in Melbourne. Last occupied top spot in January 2012; if she returns to No.1 it would be the longest gap between stints at the top since the computer rankings were introduced in November 1975 (6 years, 0 days). The current record belongs to Serena Williams (5 years, 29 days) Entering 2018 Australian Open, leads the tour with most points won on first serve (76.4%) Opened 2018 season with R-Up finish at Auckland (l. Goerges) her 51st career final (27-24 record) and ninth since the start of 2017 Grand Slam History Two-time Grand Slam runner-up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). First Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon 2018 Australian Open marks 43rd 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) 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) In juniors, won girls singles title at 2006 Wimbledon and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open Career Posted record in 2017, finishing at No.3 for tenth consecutive Top 20 season and seventh Top 10 finish of career, including six in a row ( ) and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in Season highlight in 2017 was winning biggest title of career at 2017 WTA Finals (d. V.Williams in F). By winning in Singapore, passed $25million in career prize money sixth place on the all-time list Also defended title at Tokyo PPO (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and reached a further six finals in 2017, finishing as R-Up at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) in back to back weeks, and then Miami (l. Konta), Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), Bastad (l. Siniakova) and Toronto (l. Svitolina) Scored three wins over No.1-ranked players in 2017, against Ka.Pliskova (Toronto), Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) and Halep (Singapore). Had never previously secured victory over the top-ranked player in her career, lifetime record now stands at 3-6 Owns 27 career singles titles fourth most titles among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) and has won at least one title in ten straight seasons (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 and 2011 Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever title for a Danish woman Has played 42 Grand Slams (2018 Australian Open is 43rd), advancing to two US Open finals 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams) Denmark s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top 50 on January 28, 2008

7 Debuted in Top 10 on May 18, 2009 Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 ranking for total of 67 weeks Qualified for WTA Finals five times ( , 2014, 2017) Winner of two WTA doubles titles 2008 Beijing (w/medina Garrigues) and 2009 Memphis (w/azarenka) Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at 2005 Cincinnati 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 Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-new York Knicks forward proposing on holiday in Bora Bora Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki

8 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM [Q] MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #521) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) Head to Head: First meeting MARTA KOSTYUK (15) $228 $6,733 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 0-0 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN 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 Australian Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND ELINA SVITOLINA (23) $192,652 $7,564,030 1 / 10 0 / / / / / / / / MARTA KOSTYUK (UKR #521) R128: d. [25] SHUAI PENG (CHN #27) 6-2,6-2 (0h57) R64: d. [WC] OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #168) 6-3,7-5 (1h29) vs. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) R128: d. [Q] IVANA JOROVIC (SRB #279) 6-3,6-2 (1h12) R64: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #59) 4-6,6-2,6-1 (2h14) Total games: 37 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h26 Average time on court: 1h13 Average rank of opponent: 98 Total games: 42 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h26 Average time on court: 1h43 Average rank of opponent: 169 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 R3 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #27) R2 W - JULIA BOSERUP (USA #119) R1 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #274) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

9 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM 2016 R2 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #127) R1 W - VICTORIA DUVAL (USA #654) R3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R2 W - NICOLE GIBBS (USA #96) 7-6(3) 7-6(6) R1 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #114) R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #13) R2 W - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #169) R1 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #20) R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #5) KOSTYUK: Australian Open Making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 Australian Open, having received a WC into the qualifying event by virtue of winning the junior title here last year (d. Masarova in F) Defeated Arina Rodionova, Daniela Seguel and Barbora Krejcikova to become the first player born in 2002 to play in a Grand Slam main draw At 15 years, 6 months old, is the youngest player to qualify for a Slam since Sesil Karatantcheva at 2005 Australian Open (15 years 5 months) Defeated No.25 seed Peng Shuai in 1r on Monday to become the youngest player to win a round at the Australian Open since Martina Hingis s quarterfinal in 1996, at 15 years 4 months old Is now the youngest player to win a Slam main draw match since CiCi Bellis defeated Cibulkova at the 2014 US Open when she was 15 years 4 months old Triumphed over Australia s Rogowska in 2r in straight sets, becoming the youngest player to reach the 3r at Melbourne since 1996 when Martina Hingis (15 years, 120 days) reached the QF Is also the youngest player to reach the 3r at a major since 1997 US Open when Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (15 years, 182 days) reached this stage Faces No.4 Svitolina today in her first meeting against a Top 20 ranked opponent. Career-best win was achieved this week with victory over No.27 Peng in 1r One of three Ukrainians through to 3r this week in Melbourne also Svitolina, her opponent today, and K.Bondarenko. This is only the second time in Open Era that three players from Ukraine have advanced to 3r of a Slam (also at 2016 US Open: Svitolina, 3r; K.Bondarenko, 3r; Tsurenko, R16) Is bidding to become the youngest to reach the R16 at a Slam since Anna Kournikova (15 years, 93 days) reached this stage at 1996 US Open Australian Open is just her ninth senior-level tournament, and marks her tour-level main draw debut Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 Two weeks ago, qualified at the $25k ITF/Playford-AUS event but lost in 1r to Valentini Grammatikopoulou Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marks first outing at a Grand Slam, having never previously contested qualifying at any of the majors Aside from 2017 Australian Open girls singles title, won junior doubles at 2017 US Open (w/danilovic) Career Won first ITF Circuit title of career at $25k ITF/Dunakeszi-HUN in 2017 d. Pera in F Played first WTA qualifying at 2017 Mallorca (l. Kalinskaya in 1r) Achieved career high ranking of No.491 on July 17, 2017 Won the ITF Junior Masters event in Chengdu, China in October 2017 Rose as high as No.3 in junior rankings in June 2017 Played first professional event at $10k ITF/Kharkhiv-UKR in August 2016 (fell in 1r) Other Information Born and resides in Kiev, Ukraine Began playing tennis at age five; hails from a tennis family Father is Oleg Kostyuk; mother is Talina (Beyko); one of the reasons Marta started tennis was so she could spend more time with her mother Has two sisters, Zovyana and Mariya Father was technical director of the Antey Cup junior tournament in Kiev; mother achieved a WTA ranking in the 400s in the 1990s and won a $10k ITF title in Kiev in 1994 now coaches Marta along with Croatian former touring pro Luka Kutanjac One of Marta's first coaches was her uncle Taras Beyko, a respected player for the USSR and Ukraine in the late 1980s and early 1990s Currently managed by former ATP player Ivan Ljubicic, who currently coaches Roger Federer Plays right-handed (double-handed backhand)

11 SVITOLINA: Australian Open Making sixth main draw appearance at Australian Open. Has equaled best result at Melbourne Park by reaching the 3r, having also reached this stage in 2014 (l. Stephens), 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2017 (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Contesting 2018 Australian Open as the No.4 seed for the third Slam in a row (also 2017 Wimbledon and US Open) Enters Melbourne after lifting her 10th career WTA title in Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); defeated two Top 10 players en route to title (d. No.9 Konta and No.5 Ka.Pliskova), becoming the only player to hold two Top 10 wins so far in 2018; career record vs. such players is now Is one of nine players to begin 2018 Australian Open to own 10 or more WTA singles titles, and one of six still remaining in the draw: NAME NO. OF CAREER SINGLES TITLES V.Williams (l. Bencic in 1r) 49 Sharapova 36 Wozniacki 27 Kvitova (l. Petkovic in 1r) 20 A.Radwanska 20 Halep 16 Kerber 11 Pavlyuchenkova (l. Bondarenko in 2r) 11 Svitolina 10 Defeated qualifier Jorovic in 1r and Siniakova in 2r. Is now riding a seven match win streak entering the 3r (including Brisbane title) Faces No.521 and countrywoman Kostyuk today for a spot in her first R16 at Melbourne. Has played five Ukrainians in the last five years, triumphing in all occasions, including wins over Kozlova and Kalinina (en route to 2013 $75k ITF/Dontsk-UKR title), Savchuk (2015 Tokyo [PPO]), Bondarenko (2015 Stanford) and Tsurenko (2017 Cincinnati) Has not fallen to a player ranked outside the Top 200 since 2013 at WTA 125k Series event in Cali, Colombia (l. No.228 Castaño when ranked No.102) Holds a 5-5 record in 3r Grand Slam play, including 0-3 here in Melbourne. Advanced to this stage or better at all Slams contested in r at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), QF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), and R16 at Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko) and US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) One of five players who have a chance to finish the Australian Open as WTA World No.1, including reigning No.1 Halep, Wozniacki, Ka.Pliskova and Ostapenko. Would need to at least reach the final, along with other results, to achieve this feat The highest ranked of five Ukrainian women to have earned a spot in the main draw at 2018 Australian Open (also Tsurenko, Kozlova, and joining Bondarenko and today s opponent Kostyuk in 3r) Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marks 22nd Grand Slam main draw appearance, best results coming at Roland Garros with QF runs in 2015 (l. Ivanovic) and 2017 (l. eventual R Up Halep) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko); previous best result at All England Club was 2r in 2015 (l. Dellacqua) and 2016 (l. Shvedova) Has made R16 at US Open (2017) and 3r at the Australian Open ( , )

12 Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open) Career Won 10th career WTA singles title in Brisbane in first event of 2018 season (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 10-2, including 5-0 in 2017 Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles Her five titles in 2017 include Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Is first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On two occasions could have reached World No.1 spot needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage) Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani), QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) and R16 at Miami (l. Makarova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Currently working with Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes

13 IT MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM [7] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #7) vs. [32] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #33) Head to Head: ANETT KONTAVEIT leads ITF/ILKLEY-GBR GRASS O R16 ANETT KONTAVEIT JELENA OSTAPENKO (20) $12,568 $4,944,888 0 / 2 0 / / / / / / / / 4-7 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN 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 Australian Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND ANETT KONTAVEIT (22) $13,422 $1,278,382 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / / / 5-6 [7] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #7) R128: d. FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #93) 6-1,6-4 (1h14) R64: d. YING-YING DUAN (CHN #100) 6-3,3-6,6-4 (1h44) vs. [32] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #33) R128: d. ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #46) 6-4,7-5 (1h22) R64: d. MONA BARTHEL (GER #53) 6-3,4-6,6-3 (1h36) Total games: 45 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h58 Average time on court: 1h29 Average rank of opponent: 97 Total games: 50 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h58 Average time on court: 1h29 Average rank of opponent: 50 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match JELENA OSTAPENKO 2017 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #5) R2 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #31) R1 W - LIN ZHU (CHN #126) R1 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #90) ANETT KONTAVEIT 2017 R1 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #94) R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) R2* L - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #116) R1* W - PAULA KANIA (POL #156) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

14 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM OSTAPENKO: Australian Open: Making third main draw appearance at Australian Open. Best previous result is reaching 3r in 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova) 2018 Australian Open marks 11th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Currently ranked at a career-high No.7 first achieved on October 9, Was ranked No.38 at last year s Australian Open 2018 Australian Open represents first Top 8 seeding at a Slam One of just three Grand Slam champions to reach 3r, along with Kerber and Sharapova Playing first Grand Slam and third tournament overall with new coach, Australian David Taylor working partnership began in December 2017 Began 2018 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Sydney (l. Makarova) Grand Slam History: Won 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F) on only her eighth Grand Slam main draw appearance the fewest number before winning debut Slam title since Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon (on what was seventh appearance) Was the first Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam; previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014 Roland Garros Is one of four players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (Kvitova, at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon and Stephens at 2017 US Open) The last woman to win her debut tour level title at a Grand Slam was Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F); the last player to win their debut title at Roland Garros was Gustavo Kuerten, who lifted the title on June 8, 1997 the day Ostapenko was born Followed Paris victory by posting her second best major result, reaching QF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Along with S.Williams in 2015, is the only woman in the last 10 years to have followed up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon. Before that Henin also achieved the feat in 2007 Also the first woman to back up her maiden Slam title with QF or better at next Slam since Kim Clijsters (US Open Australian Open 2006) Best result to date at Australian Open and US Open is reaching 3r (both in 2017) Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016 Reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/marach, l. eventual champions Kontinen/Watson) Career: Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish) Won career first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where she became the lowest ranked player (No.47), and first unseeded player, to lift the trophy in the Open Era Made Top 20 debut and nearly doubled career prize money earnings by winning the title in Paris entered tournament with USD Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

15 $1.2 million in prize money, and earned a paycheck of approx. USD $1.18 million Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in September (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed; record in singles finals now stands at 2 3 Seoul title helped earn her first-ever qualification at WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage d. Ka. Pliskova; l. V. Williams and Muguruza Was one of nine players in 2017 to win at least two titles, along with Bertens (Nürnberg, Gstaad), Garcia (Wuhan, Beijing), Konta (Sydney, Miami), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat, Hong Kong), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO] and WTA Finals Singapore Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19 year old Kasatkina; was the first all teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova) Made four additional semifinals in 2017: Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova), Wuhan (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Halep) Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1 Reached QF stage at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) Following run to 3r at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017 In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/atawo) 2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur) Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck) Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second highest year end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots) Began playing ITF Circuit events in Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles. Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak) Latvian Fed Cup Team, ; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016 Won girls singles title at 2014 Wimbledon Other Information Works with David Taylor and her mother, Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Scott Byrne. Half brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now) Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis watched Gulbis QF match at Roland Garros from his box in 2014 Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

16 KONTAVEIT: Australian Open Making third main draw appearance at Australian Open; through to 3r for first time Contesting Australian ranked No.33, six places off career-high No.27 (posted July 24, 2017); was ranked outside Top 100 at start of 2017 season Faces off against No.7 Ostapenko in today s 3r play. Owns a 2-5 record vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating No.6 Muguruza at 2017 Stuttgart and No.1 Kerber at 2017 Rome Owns a 1-1 record in Grand Slam 3r matches; looking to reach R16 at a Slam for the second time, after 2015 US Open One of two Estonians through to 3r, along with Kanepi Opened 2018 season by reaching 2r at Brisbane (l. eventual runner-up Sasnovich) and subsequently fell in qualifying at Sydney (ret. vs. Aoyama) Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marks 12th Grand Slam main draw appearance Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16 In 2017 also reached 3r at Wimbledon, (l. Wozniacki) and fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) All other appearances at the majors to date have all ended in 1r exits: Australian Open in 2016 (l. Muguruza) and 2017 (l. Sakkari); Wimbledon in 2014 (as qualifier, l. Dellacqua), 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2016 (l. Strycova); and 2016 and 2017 US Open (l. Vesnina) Runner-up in 2012 US Open girls singles (l. Crawford) Career Breakthrough season in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 first year-end finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top season highlighted by winning first career singles title at s-hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) Hit career-high singles ranking of No.27 on July 24, 2017 following run at Gstaad Also advanced to quarterfinals at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart and Rome, where she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152 Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r) Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva along the way

17 Other Information Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia; now training in Istanbul Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn Growing up, admired Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka was playing a challenger in Australia when Azarenka won her first Australian Open title and watched the match on TV Off-court training includes Pilates Finished high school studies (online) in 2016 Long-term goal is to reach Top 10 Coached by Glenn Schaap

18 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #94) vs. [19] MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #21) Head to Head: ITF/NASSAU-BAH HARD O R16 MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA 7-6(5) DUBAI HARD O R1 KATERYNA BONDARENKO mins 2009 CINCINNATI HARD O R1 KATERYNA BONDARENKO mins 2009 HOBART HARD O R1 MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (6) mins KATERYNA BONDARENKO (31) $11,701 $3,447,919 0 / 2 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN 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 Australian Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (29) $6,140 $4,171,442 0 / 4 0 / / / / / / / / KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #94) R128: d. [Q] VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC (SUI #115) 7-6(3),4-6,6-2 (2h15) R64: d. [15] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #18) 6-2,6-3 (1h14) vs. [19] MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #21) R128: d. TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #89) 6-0,7-5 (1h10) R64: d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #75) 6-4,0-6,6-2 (1h49) Total games: 48 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 3h29 Average time on court: 1h45 Average rank of opponent: 67 Total games: 42 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-1 Total time on court: 2h59 Average time on court: 1h30 Average rank of opponent: 82 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match KATERYNA BONDARENKO 2017 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #24) 7-6(4) 6-4 MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA 2016 R2 L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #103) 7-6(7) R1 W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #41) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

19 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM 2016 R3 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #13) R2 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #20) R1 W - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #67) 7-6(2) R2* L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #137) R1* W - KIMBERLY BIRRELL (AUS #944) R1 L - VANIA KING (USA #66) 7-6(3) R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #54) R2 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #83) R1 W - RALUCA OLARU (ROU #68) (6) 2009 R3 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #24) R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #22) R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #95) R2 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #74) R1 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #40) R1 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #112) R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #18) R1 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #21) R1 L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #2) R1 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #7) 7-6(2) 6-0 R2 W - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #90) R1 W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) 7-6(7) R1 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #69) 7-6(4) R1* L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #192) R3* L - CARA BLACK (ZIM #202) R2* W - EVA HRDINOVA (CZE #242) R1* W - KYRA NAGY (HUN #145) K.BONDARENKO: Australian Open Making eighth main draw appearance and 11th overall appearance at Australian Open Looking to reach R16 here for the first time, after 3r runs in 2009 (l. Zheng) and 2016 (l. Bencic) One of three Ukrainians through to 3r also Svitolina and Kostyuk, who play each other for spot in R16; this is only the second time in Open Era that three players from Ukraine have advanced to 3r of a Slam (also at 2016 US Open: Svitolina, 3r; K.Bondarenko, 3r; Tsurenko, R16) Owns a 1-5 record in Grand Slam 3r matches (0-2 at Australian Open) Doubles champion in 2008, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko Posted her 20th career victory over a Top 20 opponent in 2r versus No.18 Pavlyuchenkova Coming off 2r qualifying loss to Cepede Royg at Sydney last week Started 2018 campaign at Brisbane, advancing through qualifying but coming up short against Bellis in 1r Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

20 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marks 34th Grand Slam main draw appearance. At 2009 US Open became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at a Grand Slam (since matched by Svitolina at 2015 and 2017 Roland Garros). Additionally has made 3r at all of the majors: Australian Open (2009 and 2016), Roland Garros (2009), Wimbledon (2011) and US Open (2016) Played all four Grand Slams in 2016, for first time since US Open marked first Grand Slam appearance since 2012 US Open (l. Jankovic 1r) immediately after that event took time away from tour to give birth to daughter Karin, who arrived in 2013 Captured first and only Grand Slam title of any kind in 2008, winning the doubles event with partner A.Bondarenko Junior singles champion at 2004 Wimbledon (d. Ivanovic in final) Career Finished 2017 at No.95, marking her seventh non-consecutive Top 100 finish Ended the year as Ukrainian No.4, behind Svitolina, Tsurenko and Kozlova 2017 singles season highlighted by winning her second career WTA title at Tashkent (d. No.52 Babos); won first career WTA singles title on grass at 2008 Birmingham (d. Wickmayer in F) Posted one win over a Top 10 opponent in 2017 (No.7 Muguruza at Dubai via ret.) Runner-up in doubles at 2016 New Haven (w/chuang) was first tour-level final of any kind since 2011 Hobart Season highlights in 2015 included reaching two QFs at Istanbul, upsetting V.Williams in 1r (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. eventual champion Wickmayer) Won her way through qualifying at 10 events in 2015 and seven events in 2016 Nominated for WTA Comeback Player Award in 2015 (media vote; won by V.Williams) Made return to tour in April 2014 (fell in qualifying at Katowice). At the Slams, went on to fall in qualifying at Roland Garros, and 2015 Australian Open and Wimbledon, before winning her way through to main draw at 2015 US Open (d. Putintseva, l. Halep) Achieved career-high rank of No.29 in October 2009 Winner of three doubles titles, all w/a.bondarenko 2008 Australian Open, 2008 Paris [Indoors] and 2009 Prague and a four-time runner-up Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, , Was a member of the team that helped secure promotion to World Group for first time in 2010 Other Information Throughout career coached by parents, Vladimir and Natalia Married Kiev businessman Denis Volodko, who is also her full-time coach, on 29 September 2011 Gave birth to her daughter, Karin, in 2013

21 RYBARIKOVA: Australian Open Making ninth main draw appearance at Australian Open Through to 3r in Melbourne for the first time; has now reached at least 3r at last three Grand Slams contested (3r at 2017 US Open and SF at 2017 Wimbledon) Owns a 1-4 record in Grand Slam 3r matches Looking to become first Slovak woman to reach R16 at Australian Open since Cibulkova reached QF in 2015 (backing up her runner-up finish to Li Na in 2014) Seeded at a Grand Slam for just the second time in career; was No.31 seed at 2018 US Open Opened 2018 season with 1r exit at Sydney (l. Bellis) Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marks 38th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam In 2017, became first Slovak woman to reach SF at Wimbledon; previous best results were QF runs by Cibulkova (2011, 2016) and Hantuchova (2002) Became the 24th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand Slam with 32 seeds), and the sixth at Wimbledon, after Zheng Jie (2008) Petra Kvitova (2010), Tsvetana Pironkova (2010), Sabine Lisicki (2011) and Elena Vesnina (2016) Only 10 players in the Open Era played more majors before reaching their first SF: PLAYER GS APPEARANCE FIRST GRAND SLAM SF RESULT LIKHOVTSEVA, Elena (RUS) Roland Garros SF VINCI, Roberta (ITA) US Open R-Up TAUZIAT, Nathalie (FRA) Wimbledon R-Up VESNINA, Elena (RUS) Wimbledon SF PENNETTA, Flavia (ITA) US Open SF SCHIAVONE, Francesca (ITA) Roland Garros WON SUÁREZ, Paola (ARG) Roland Garros SF SAFAROVA, LUCIE Wimbledon SF DECHY, Nathalie (FRA) Australian Open SF PENG, Shuai (CHN) US Open SF RYBARIKOVA, Magdalena (SVK) Wimbledon SF FERNANDEZ, Gigi (USA) Wimbledon SF MALEEVA, Manuela (SUI) US Open SF Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, had never been beyond 3r at any major In addition to reaching 3r at All England Club in 2015, has also reached that stage at US Open in 2008, 2009 and 2017 Yet to pass 2r at Roland Garros Career Posted first Top 20 season in 2017, at No.20, up from No.156 at end of Has registered eight Top 100 seasons On, October 23, 2017 overtook Cibulkova as the Slovak No.1

22 Was seeded No.1 at a WTA tournament for the first time, at 2017 Linz (l. Strycova in F) Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2017, going 1-1 in group stage Finished with 18-1 record on grass in 2017; in addition to SF at Wimbledon, clinched two ITF singles titles at $100k ITF/Surbiton-GBR (d. Watson in F) and $100k ITF/Ilkley-GBR (d. Van Uytvanck in F), and made SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual R-Up Konta) Has won four career singles titles: 2009 Birmingham (d. Li Na in F), 2011 Memphis (d. Marino in F via ret.), 2012 Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2013 Washington, DC (d. Petkovic in F); also a three-time runner-up, at 2011 Guangzhou (l. Scheepers), 2014 New Haven (l. Kvitova) and 2017 Linz (l. Strycova in F) Prior to Roland Garros, played exclusively on ITF Circuit in 2017, clinching back-to-back titles at $80k ITF/Gifu-JPN (d. Zhu in F) and $60k ITF/Fukuoka-JPN (d. Jang in F) In March 2017, ranking fell as low as No.453 before reaching SF at $25k ITF/Istanbul 2-TUR (l. Tomova) Missed second half of 2016 due to wrist and knee surgery. Left wrist injury was a long-standing problem; hyperextended knee during match at $100k ITF/Trnava-SVK in May campaign was highlighted by reaching QF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Azarenka) marked best result at WTA Premier Mandatory level Wins at Indian Wells were first back-to-back WTA main draw victories since July 2015 (at Istanbul) and first time winning four matches in a row since reaching 2014 New Haven final (l. Kvitova) Owns 8-23 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.9 Kerber (2013 Washington), No.8 Bartoli (2013 Toronto), No.2 Halep (2014 New Haven), No.8 Makarova (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Bencic (2016 Indian Wells), No.10 Vinci (2016 Indian Wells), No.2 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Wimbledon) and No.10 Mladenovic (2017 Zhuhai) Owns one WTA doubles title 2012 Budapest (w/husarova); achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No.50 (6 June, 2011) Slovak Fed Cup Team, Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2006 Prague Owns nine singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit Other Information Born in Piestany, Slovakia and began playing tennis at age 8; moved to Bratislava at 15 to train at national tennis center Coached by Peter Huber Admires Roger Federer and Martina Hingis Lucky charm is a toy duck

23 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 15 - Jan 28, 2018 $18,768,094 GRAND SLAM ELISE MERTENS (BEL #37) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #42) Head to Head: First meeting ELISE MERTENS (22) $49,150 $845,390 1 / 2 1 / / / / / / / / 3-0 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN 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 Australian Open 3r ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND ALIZÉ CORNET (27) $25,365 $5,910,844 0 / 5 0 / / / / / / / / ELISE MERTENS (BEL #37) R128: d. [Q] VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK #125) 6-2,6-1 (0h56) R64: d. [23] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #23) 7-5,6-3 (1h51) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #42) R128: d. [WC] WANG XINYU (CHN #641) 6-4,6-2 (1h12) R64: d. [12] JULIA GOERGES (GER #12) 6-4,6-3 (1h31) Total games: 36 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h47 Average time on court: 1h24 Average rank of opponent: 74 Total games: 37 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h43 Average time on court: 1h22 Average rank of opponent: 327 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match ELISE MERTENS 2016 R2* L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #170) R1* W - HEIDI EL TABAKH (CAN #379) ALIZÉ CORNET 2017 R2 L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #94) R1 W - MYRTILLE GEORGES (FRA #200) R2 L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #133) R1 W - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI PETROVIC (SRB #84) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: