2018 ROLAND GARROS DAY THREE FEATURED MATCHES

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1 2018 ROLAND GARROS WOMEN S DAILY NOTES PARIS, FRANCE MAY 27 - JUNE 10, 2018 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/roland Garros facebook.com/wta Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com) 2018 ROLAND GARROS DAY THREE FEATURED MATCHES [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #83) Halep leads 2-0 Halep dropped just three games in the pair s only previous meeting on clay The Romanian needs to reach the SF or better to have a chance of holding onto the No.1 ranking after Roland Garros Riske is facing a World No.1 player for the first time in her career today [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #43) Muguruza leads 5-1 Two former Roland Garros champions facing off in the opening round Roland Garros is the 17th consecutive Grand Slam that Muguruza has been seeded Kuznetsova is one of only 10 active players to have won more than 100 Grand Slam singles matches DUAN YING-YING (CHN #111) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) First meeting Garcia is seeded No.7 this fortnight at Roland Garros her highest ever seeding at a Slam Duan owns a 0-12 career record against Top 10 players Garcia is one of 10 French women in the main draw the second most of any country after USA with 19 [11] JULIA GOERGES (GER #11) vs. DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #32) Cibulkova leads 1-0 The pair are facing each other for the first time since 2011 Wimbledon Goerges owns two clay court singles titles at 2010 Bad Gastein and 2011 Stuttgart Cibulkova reached the SF here in Paris in 2009 [12] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #12) vs. MONA BARTHEL (GER #117) Kerber leads 3-2 One of four all-country match-ups in the opening round of Roland Garros Kerber has won past 13 matches against German players Barthel owns 13 career wins over Top 20 players, most recently against No.18 Strycova at Prague in 2017 [28] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30) vs. [Q] RICHEL HOGENKAMP (NED #133) Sharapova leads 1-0 Sharapova is facing Hogenkamp for the first time in almost three years and for the first time on clay The Dutchwoman defeated Jabeur in three-set thriller during qualifying competition The Russian completed her career Grand Slam here in at Roland Garros in 2012 KRISTYNA PLISKOVA (CZE #70) vs. SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #451) First meeting S.Williams is contesting her first Slam since winning her 23rd major title at 2017 Australian Open Kr.Pliskova has never progressed past the first round here in three previous attempts The American is a three-time champion here at Roland Garros in 2002, 2013 and 2015 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

2 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ALISON RISKE (USA #83) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads BEIJING HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP mins 2015 ROME CLAY O R2 SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (26) $2,758,056 $23,494,071 1 / 16 1 / / / / / / / / 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) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 1r ROLAND GARROS Tournament Performance ALISON RISKE (27) $152,787 $2,809,534 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / / / 9-7 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2017 F L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #47) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #24) 7-6(0) R2 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #70) F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) (5) R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #20) R1 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #26) R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #6) ALISON RISKE 2017 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #21) R1 L - VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC (SUI #130) R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) 7-6(1) R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #103) 7-6(5) R1* L - IRINA KHROMACHEVA (RUS #226) R1* L - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #215) R1* L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #152) 7-6(4) 6-0 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

3 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2010 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) R2* L - VITALIA DIATCHENKO (RUS #153) HALEP: Roland Garros Making ninth appearance at Roland Garros (10th overall). Has reached two of her three Grand Slam finals here in Paris, finishing R-Up to Sharapova in 2014 and Ostapenko in 2017 Led with game point against Ostapenko in last year s final Aside from two final appearances, other key showing was R16 in 2016 (l. Stosur). In all other appearances, has never progressed beyond 2r, falling at that stage in 2011 (l. Stosur) and 2015 (l. Lucic-Baroni), and suffering 1r exits in 2010 (as qualifier, l. Stosur), 2012 (l. Cetkovska) and 2013 (l. Suárez Navarro). Fell in qualifying in 2009 Enters 2018 Roland Garros as World No.1 and is top seed at a Grand Slam for second time (also 2018 Australian Open) In Open Era, No.1 seed has claimed the Roland Garros title on 18 occasions and finished runner-up 13 times Top seed has lost in 1r on five occasions across all Grand Slams during Open Era: PLAYER TOURNAMENT OPPONENT Virginia Ruzici 1979 Australian Open Mary Sawyer Stefanie Graf 1994 Wimbledon Lori McNeil Martina Hingis 1999 Wimbledon Jelena Dokic Martina Hingis 2001 Wimbledon Virginia Ruano Pascual Angelique Kerber 2017 Roland Garros Ekaterina Makarova Needs to reach SF or better to have a chance of holding onto World No.1 ranking after Roland Garros. Wozniacki is the player most likely to usurp her, although Muguruza, Ka.Pliskova, Svitolina and Garcia could also do so (See WTA Preview Notes for a full breakdown) 2008 Roland Garros girls singles champion. Only five players have won the Roland Garros women s singles title after winning the girls singles title (Durr, Jausovec, Mandlikova, Capriati and Henin) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 Owns six clay court titles, triumphing at Nürnberg (2013), Budapest (2013), Bucharest (2014, 2016) and Madrid (2016, 2017): CLAY COURT TITLES ACTIVE PLAYERS 13 Serena Williams 11 Maria Sharapova 10 Anabel Medina Garrigues 9 Venus Williams 7 Sara Errani 6 Simona Halep 6 Jelena Jankovic 6 Francesca Schiavone 5 Kiki Bertens Faces No.83 Riske today; a loss today would be worst-by-ranking since 2017 US Open 1r (l. No.146 Sharapova) Since losing to Rogers in 1r at 2017 Australian Open, has posted 9-1 record against US players; sole defeat in this run came against Vandeweghe last month in Stuttgart Owns record in Grand Slam 1r matches. Has fallen at this juncture three times in Paris Has reached at least the QF stage in her last eight clay court tournaments 2018 Rome (F), 2018 Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Garros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 Stuttgart (SF), 2016 Bucharest (Won). Last event on clay where she did not reach at least the last eight was 2016 Roland Garros (R16) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 32ndt Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a three-time Grand Slam finalist, having finished runner-up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) First Romanian woman to advance to the final at Australian Open Also semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008 Season Coming off second consecutive R-Up finish at Rome (l. Svitolina in both 2017 and 2018 finals) In other clay court tournaments this season, produced QF showings at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe) Played first matches of 2018 clay season while representing Romania in Fed Cup, going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in 3-1 win over Switzerland in World Group play-off During Sunshine Double, reached SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and made 3r in Miami (l. A.Radwanska) Forced to withdraw prior to Doha SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury. Injury also forced her to withdraw from Dubai

5 Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/begu) titles at Shenzhen, China. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her 16th career title and first since Madrid May 2017; doubles title was first of career Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open in Melbourne in January; succumbed to Wozniacki in the final in three sets. Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3h44, ranks as the third longest women s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, R16, 4h44) and Strycova d. Kulikova (2010, 1r, 4h19). Also equal longest in terms of number of games (48) Saved another two match points in defeat of Kerber in SF believed to be first player to save MPs in multiple matches and reach a Grand Slam final Career Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot since computer rankings began in November 1975, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) the third Premier Mandatory title of career (after 2015 Indian Wells and 2016 Madrid); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome (l. Svitolina), Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Beijing (l. Garcia) 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F) Bucharest and Montréal results started 13-match winning streak that ended in SF at Cincinnati. Was second-longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16) Won first career doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina) Career record vs. Top 5 players is Wins coming over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome) Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Wiliams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses were to No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles in this period Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making debut there in week of January 27, 2014 Qualified four times for WTA Finals in Singapore ( ), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May)

6 Reached first career final at 2010 Fès in just her third main draw appearance Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Former junior World No.1 Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Other Information Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita Endorsement portfolio currently includes Mercedes-Benz and Hublot; recently signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began wearing their kit at 2018 Doha RISKE: Roland Garros Making fifth main draw appearance at Roland Garros (eighth overall) Has only won one match in Paris: made 2r on main draw debut in 2014 (d. Lucic-Baroni, l. Mladenovic) Faces No.1 Halep in 1r today first time facing reigning World No.1 Owns a 1-8 record vs. Top 5 opponents in career, sole win coming over No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Shenzhen. Losses came to No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Wimbledon), No.5 Sharapova (2014 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2015 Rome), No.4 Wozniacki (2015 New Haven), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Shenzhen), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Eastbourne), No.2 Halep (2017 Beijing) and No.3 Muguruza (2018 Monterrey) Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at Has fallen at opening hurdle at past two major appearances, at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Flipkens) One of 19 US players to begin 2018 Roland Garros main draw HOW MANY LEFT AFTER TODAY S PLAY? Playing doubles in Paris w/konta, face Medina Garrigues/Parra Santonja in 1r Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 25th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best result across all majors is a R16 showing at 2013 US Open (d. No.10 Kvitova en route, l. Hantuchova) Has reached 3r at Australian Open in 2014 (l. Kerber) and Wimbledon on three occasions ( , 2017) Season Last week, reached her first career clay court final at Nürnberg (l. Larsson). Career win-loss record in finals now stands at 1-5 In other outings on clay in 2018, fell 1r at Bogotá (l. Jakupovic) and contested qualifying at Madrid and Rome Produced best result at a Premier Mandatory tournament by coming through qualifying to reach 3r at Miami (l. Y.Wang on third set tie-break). Defeated No.7 Garcia en route to register fifth career Top 10 win

7 Other spring results included 2r showing at Monterrey (l. Muguruza), a qualifying exit at Indian Wells and 1r defeats at WTA 125K Series events at Newport Beach and Indian Wells Began season by reaching 2r at Shenzhen (l. Sharapova) and QF at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu). Suffered 1r defeat at Australian Open (l. Flipkens after serving for match in second set) Career Posted fifth consecutive Top 100 season, ending 2017 at No.70 Highlight was finishing R-Up finish in first tournament of the year at Shenzhen (l. Siniakova) Also in 2017 reached QFs at Nürnberg and made 3r at both Australian Open and Wimbledon. Achieved career-high ranking of No.36 on May 15, 2017 Part of Fed Cup winning USA team went 1-0 in quarterfinal win over Germany Finished 2016 at a career-best season-end ranking of No.41. In 2016, advanced to three finals, finishing runner-up at International-level Shenzhen Nottingham and Tianjin Won maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Tianjin without dropping a set (d. Bencic in F) Breakthrough season in 2013 marked first year-end Top 100 finish (No.57). Achieved best result in Grand Slam play to date reaching R16 at 2013 US Open (l. Hantuchova) Rapid rankings rise between 2008 and 2010: was ranked No.895 at end of 2008, rising to No.232 at end of 2009, and No.118 at end of Made Top 100 debut on July 22, 2013 (No.96) Reached first WTA semifinal at 2010 Birmingham (as qualifier, l. Sharapova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston Winner of seven singles and one doubles title on ITF Women s Circuit Other Information Earned tennis scholarship to Vanderbilt University in summer 2009, but after good results and finding financial backing decided to pursue tennis full time and turned pro two weeks before classes were due to begin Engaged to Stephen Amritraj Coached by Billy Heiser

8 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [3] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #43) Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads CINCINNATI HARD O QF GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2017 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2017 BRISBANE HARD O QF GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2016 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2016 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R16 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2015 MADRID CLAY O R2 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA mins GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (24) $861,376 $16,377,998 1 / 6 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) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 1r ROLAND GARROS Tournament Performance SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (32) $103,723 $24,304,423 0 / 17 0 / / / / / / / / ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2017 R16 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #14) F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) QF L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #13) 7-6(3) QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #18) SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 2017 R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #92) 6-7(11) QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2012 R3* L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #135) (7) MUGURUZA: 2012 R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #24) QF L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) 7-6(4) R3 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #30) F W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #1) SF L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #14) QF L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #7) F L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #5) R16 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #12) 7-6(6) R16 L - ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #5) R1 L - MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #19) R2* L - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #166) Roland Garros Making seventh overall appearance at Roland Garros. Champion in 2016, when she became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since Sánchez Vicario in 1998 Defeated S.Williams in 2016 title match one of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur) Other standout results in Paris include back-to-back QFs in 2014 (d. No.1 S.Williams in 2r, l. eventual champion Sharapova) and 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Safarova) and R16 in 2017 (l. Mladenovic) 2018 Roland Garros marks 22nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Owns win-loss record across all majors Faces 2009 champion Kuznetsova today. It is the second year in succession she has met another former title winner in 1r here: defeated 2010 champion Schiavone in 2017 Has beaten Kuznetsova twice before at majors. On both occasions 2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon she won and went on to lift the title Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at 18-3, with losses at this stage coming at the US Open in 2012 (l. Errani) and 2014 (l. Lucic-Baroni) and 2014 Wimbledon (l. Vandeweghe) Enters 2018 Roland Garros as No.3 seed the 17th consecutive major that she has been seeded One of six players who could finish the tournament as World No.1 (also Halep, Wozniacki, Svitolina, Ka.Pliskova and Garcia). The Spaniard will need to reach the final to have a chance at claiming top spot. Muguruza could also move to No.1 by winning the title, so long that she does not face Wozniacki in the final. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 Grand Slam History Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams) Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) The 45th woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title and one of nine women (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Ostapenko, Ka.Pliskova, Stephens and Wozniacki) born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) Season Coming off opening match defeat at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Gavrilova in 3s held 2MP) Advanced to 3r at Madrid (l. Kasatkina) after suffering opening match loss at Stuttgart (ret. vs. Pavlyuchenkova w/lower back injury) Went 2-0 in singles (d. González and Cepede Royg) during Spain s 3-1 Fed Cup World Group II play-off win over Paraguay Won sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F). Now owns 6-4 career record in singles finals Reached R16 at Miami (l. eventual champion Stephens in straight sets) after falling to No.100 Vickery in Indian Wells 2r (after a 1r bye) Made SF in Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina, having held three match points) Reached ninth career singles final in Doha (l. Kvitova in 3s) Made 2r exit at Australian Open as No.3 seed, l. No.88-ranked Hsieh. Was in contention to reclaim No.1 ranking in Melbourne, but needed to reach final and see other results go her way Opened 2018 season with 2r exit at Brisbane (after 1r bye, l. No.53 Krunic led before retiring w/cramp midway through third set) Withdrew before QF match against Gavrilova at Sydney (w/right thigh injury) Career Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Ascended to become the World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Named ITF World Champion for 2017

11 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Dropped just one set en route to title at All England Club, during 2h20 R16 encounter against No.1 Kerber. Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 6 4 career record in singles finals: 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career Other Information Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain Coached by Sam Sumyk KUZNETSOVA: Roland Garros Making 16th consecutive main draw appearance at Roland Garros (and 17th consecutive appearance overall) Champion here in Paris in 2009, defeating No.2 S.Williams in QF and No.1 Safina in F one of only nine players to defeat the World No.1 and No.2 at the same Grand Slam, and the most recent to do so. Has not won a clay court title since triumph here in 2009 Also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. Henin). Other key results here include SF run in 2008 (l. eventual R-Up Safina), and QF runs in 2007 (l. eventual R-Up Ivanovic), 2011 (l. Bartoli), 2013 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2014 (l. eventual R-Up Halep) Holds the second longest streak of consecutive main draw appearances at Roland Garros with 16 behind Schiavone (18) 2017 Roland Garros marks 61st Grand Slam main draw appearance, which is the fourth most among active players One of only 10 active players to have won more than 100 Grand Slam singles matches (152-58). Only S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova have won more matches at the majors

12 Is one of 13 Grand Slam champions in starting field at 2018 Roland Garros (also Azarenka, Kerber, Kvitova, Muguruza, Ostapenko, Schiavone, Sharapova, Stephens, Stosur, S.Williams, V.Williams and Wozniacki) Faces fellow Roland Garros champion Muguruza in 1r today. The Russian is bidding for her 53rd win at the tournament: PLAYER W-L MATCHES PLAYER W-L PCT Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Samantha Stosur (AUS) Record in Grand Slam 1r matches stands at (14-1 at Roland Garros); most recent loss at this stage came at 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic) Owns 27 wins over Top 5 players, with most recent of these against No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Indian Wells Grand Slam History Is a two time Grand Slam champion, winning at 2004 US Open (d. Dementieva in F) and 2009 Roland Garros (d. Safina in F). Also a two time Grand Slam finalist, at Roland Garros in 2006 (l. Henin) and 2007 US Open (l. Henin) One of three Russian women to lift a Grand Slam singles title (also Myskina, Sharapova) Has made QF stage at Australian Open on three occasions and Wimbledon on four occasions At 2011 Australian Open, played her part in setting the record for the longest women's match at a Slam, eventually succumbing to Schiavone in 4 hours and 44 minutes Has two Grand Slam doubles titles to her name, both at the Australian Open in 2005 (w/molik) and 2012 (w/zvonareva). Finished runner-up at other three majors Season Fell 2r at Rome (l. Kontaveit) and 1r at Madrid (l. Martic) Won first matches since return from injury during QF run at Istanbul (d. Q.Wang and Tomova, l. Hercog) Lost opening match in first three comeback tournaments at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Sabalenka), Miami (after 1r bye, l. Diyas) and Lugano (l. Barthel) Missed opening two months of season w/wrist injury Career Posted seventh Top 15 season finish in 2017, ending the year at No.12 Season highlight was reaching final of Indian Wells (l. Vesnina); has now reached a Premier Mandatory final in each of the last three years also at 2015 Madrid (l. Kvitova) and 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka) Posted consistent results at Slams across the year, reaching QF at Wimbledon for first time since 2007 (l. eventual champion Muguruza), and R16 at Australian Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki)

13 Secured 600th match win (all levels) at 2017 Brisbane is one of seven active players to reach the milestone, along with V.Williams, S.Williams, Jankovic, Schnyder, Schiavone and Sharapova Won two titles in 2016, at Sydney and Moscow, and qualified for WTA Finals for sixth time in career (reached SF). Is in WTA singles finals One of five Russians to rank in Top 2; had a chance to become No.1 by winning 2008 Roland Garros (fell two matches short with semifinal loss to Safina) 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) 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 Haul of 16 tour level doubles titles includes two Australian Open crowns, won in 2005 (w/molik) and 2012 (w/zvonareva). Rose as high as No.3 in doubles (week of June 7, 2004) Member of victorious Russia Fed Cup sides in 2004 and Russian Olympic Team, 2004, 2008, 2016 Other Information Father is Alexandr Kuznetsov, cycling coach of six Olympic champions and world champions, including Svetlana's mother, Galina Tsareva (six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records) and Svetlana's brother, Nikolai Kuznetsov (silver medalist at 1996 Atlanta Olympics) Moved at the age of seven to Spain to attend the Sanchez-Casal Academy Coached by Guillermo Cañas

14 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM YING-YING DUAN (CHN #111) vs. [7] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Head to Head: First meeting YINGYING DUAN (28) $132,643 $1,313,649 0 / 1 1 / / / / / / / / 4-3 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) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 1r CAROLINE GARCIA (24) $897,218 $8,278,439 0 / 5 0 / / / / / / / / ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match YINGYING DUAN 2017 R1 L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #102) R1* L - VICTORIA KAN (RUS #326) CAROLINE GARCIA 2017 QF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 7-6(3) R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #2) R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #165) R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #12) R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R1 L - DINAH PFIZENMAIER (GER #198) R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #8) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

15 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2010 R1* L - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #171) DUAN: Roland Garros Making second main draw appearance at Roland Garros Suffered 1r exit in 2017 (l. Maria) and fell in 2015 qualifying Faces No.7 Garcia today is 0-12 vs. Top 10 players in career, with eight such losses coming since the start of 2017 Best career win-by-ranking came against No.12 Bouchard at 2015 Wimbledon Roland Garros is first tournament for over a month last competitive match came at ITF event in China in April Owns 6-6 record in Grand Slam 1r matches. Most recent defeat at this stage came at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Bogdan) One of six Chinese women in the main draw here this fortnight (also Peng, Q.Wang, Y.Wang, Zhang and S.Zheng) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 13th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Achieved best result across the majors when she reached 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) Reached 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. Maria) and 2016 (as LL, l. Vinci), and 2r at the US Open in 2016 (as qualifier, l. Osaka) and 2017 (l. Muguruza) Only other main draw appearance at Roland Garros ended in 1r exit in 2017 (l. Maria) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2013 US Open (l. Wozniacki in 1r) Season Today s match marks first since 2r loss to Fangzhou Liu at ITF $60k/Quanzhou-CHN on April 25 Prior to this, made 2r at WTA 125k Series event in Zhengzhou and also lifted doubles title there (w/y.wang, d. Broady/Wickmayer) During Sunshine Double, won her way through qualifying at Indian Wells but fell 1r (l. Kr.Pliskova). Fell in Miami qualifying Middle Eastern swing saw her reach 2r at Doha (as qualifier, d. Jabeur, l. eventual R-Up Muguruza). Fell in Dubai qualifying Suffered 2r exit at Taipei City (l. eventual runner-up Kozlova) however did land second WTA doubles title there (w/y.wang, d. Hibino/Kalashnikova) Reached 2r at Australian Open, where she pushed No.7 Ostapenko to three sets Fell in qualifying at Sydney Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

16 Opened 2018 season with 2r effort on home soil at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Halep in 3s) Career Highlights Posted first Top 100 season of career in 2017, finishing at No.95 Reached QF as qualifier at 2017 Sydney (l. A.Radwanska) and Kuala Lumpur (l. Linette). Also reached SF at WTA 125K Series at Zhengzhou in 2017 Achieved career-high rank of No.60 the week of April 24, 2017 In doubles, won first tour-level WTA title in 2017 at Zhuhai (w/han) as well as WTA 125K Series event at Hua Hin (w/y.wang) 2016 season highlighted by winning first WTA singles title at International-level Nanchang (d. King in F); remains sole tour-level final to date Reached first two QF of career in 2015, at Pattaya City (l. eventual champion Hantuchova) and Tianjin (l. Kovinic). Finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series event in Suzhou, China in 2014 (l. Friedsam) Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Beijing and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Guangzhou (l. Cirstea) On ITF Circuit has won 11 singles and one doubles title; most recently at $25k ITF/Tianjin-CHN in July 2015 (d. Wang in F) Played first professional match on ITF Circuit in China in 2006 Other Information Started tennis when a friend introduced her to the sport and grew up training with the national program in China Comes from a sporting family: father was a basketball player, mother was a handball player Father moved on to work at a rail company and her mother works in a hospital Attended the Tianjin University of Sport Coached by here by Qian Liang GARCIA: Roland Garros Making eighth main draw appearance at Roland Garros (and ninth appearance overall) Posted best result here and across the Slams last year, with run to QF (l. Ka.Pliskova) Other results here include reaching 2r three times (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) Seeded No.7 this fortnight in Paris her highest seeding at a Slam (up from No.8 at 2018 Australian Open) Contesting 2018 Roland Garros on a career-high of No.7, first achieved on January 29, 2018

17 Has a slim chance of ascending to World No.1 this fortnight - would need to win the title with Wozniacki not reaching R16, Halep not reaching SF and Muguruza not reaching the final At 2016 Roland Garros, teamed with Mladenovic to win first Grand Slam doubles title. They were the first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr triumphed. Not playing doubles this fortnight Sits 10th on Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard the Top 8 singles qualify for the WTA Finals in October Faces No.111 Duan today a loss would be worst-by-ranking since falling to No.450 Rybakina at 2018 St. Petersburg, and worst at Slam level since falling to No.114 Siniakova at 2016 Wimbledon Owns a 15-9 record in Slam 1r matches has not fallen at this stage since 2016 Australian Open (l. Strycova) Record across the Grand Slams stands at Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best Grand Slam singles result to date At Wimbledon, best result is R16 in 2017 (l. Konta) and also reached same stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Kvitova) In juniors, singles runner up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/mladenovic) Season Coming off QF run at Rome losing to World No.1 Halep - is now 0-6 vs. reigning World No.1s Made strong SF run in Madrid (l. Bertens). Also enjoyed a SF run at Stuttgart, her best result at the indoor clay event to date (l. Vandeweghe) At Stuttgart, defeated No.41 Sharapova in 1r, 15-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in 2r, and No.4 Svitolina in QF for first Top 5 win of season Reached R16 on green clay of Charleston (l. Cornet) Suffered an opening match exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Riske) after a R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. Kerber) Made back-to-back QF appearances in Doha and Dubai (l. Muguruza on both occasions) Upset by No.450 qualifier Rybakina in 2r at St. Petersburg Advanced to R16 at Australian Open for the first time (l. Keys) Opened season at Brisbane, falling 1r (ret. vs. Cornet w/low back injury) Career Enjoyed break-out year in 2017, ending season at then-career high No.8, winning her first titles at Premier 5 and Premier-Mandatory level, and qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore

18 Lifted two titles in 2017, winning Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back to improve record in WTA singles finals to 5-2. Title runs saw her win 11 matches in a row. This was her joint-best win streak of career also won 11 straight matches in 2014, winning title at Bogotá (5 wins), going 2-0 in Fed Cup action vs. USA, then reaching the QF at Madrid (4 wins) Won 48 main draw matches last season, an increase of 14 on her 2016 total Wuhan marked first Premier 5 title of career, subsequently bettered by Beijing being first Premier Mandatory title of career. Saved 1 match point in QF win vs. Svitolina en route to Beijing title Became third player to reach back to back finals in Wuhan and Beijing. The previous two were Kvitova in 2014 (Wuhan WON, Beijing R Up) and Muguruza in 2015 (Wuhan R Up, Beijing WON) Qualified for 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore, reaching SF (l. V.Williams). Was first French woman through to contest the season-ending event in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F) Has qualified for WTA Finals in doubles twice, in 2015 (w/srebotnik lost in RR stage) and 2016 (w/mladeneovic - SF) Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational (l. Osaka in F) Winner of two WTA singles titles in 2016 at Strasbourg (d. Lucic Baroni in F) and Mallorca (d. Sevastova in F) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, going 1 1 in singles round robin play d. Stosur, l. Konta Represented France at Rio Olympics in singles (2r), doubles (w/mladenovic, 1r) and mixed doubles (w/mahut, 1r) Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic went 2 0 in singles, posting wins over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, although the Czechs won the tie, 3 2 Ended 2016 season with runner up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France (l. Alexandrova in F), where she was the defending champion In addition to winning 2016 Roland Garros, team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova) among eight finals reached in 2016 won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as Roland Garros. Garcia is now 6 10 in tour level doubles finals. Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore advanced to semifinals (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co ranked No.2, a new career high for both players Owns 15 wins over Top 10 players in career: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6 A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Fed Cup final), No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wuhan), No.3 Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing), No.4 Svitolina and No.6 Wozniacki (both 2017 WTA Finals), No.4 Svitolina (2018 Stuttgart) and No.10 Stephens (2018 Rome) Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and won the doubles (w/arruabarrena), becoming first player to win singles and doubles at same event since S.Williams at 2012 Olympics Reached finals in consecutive weeks at 2015 Acapulco and Monterrey (l. Bacsinszky in both) Made WTA and Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 Australian Open, advancing to 2r Played first professional match aged 13 at an ITF event in France in 2007 Other Information Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia

19 Played many sports when she was younger and chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most Enjoys reading and spending time with family

20 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [11] JULIA GOERGES (GER #11) vs. DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #32) Head to Head: DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA leads WIMBLEDON GRASS O R3 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA mins JULIA GOERGES (29) $486,568 $7,121,643 1 / 5 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ROLAND GARROS 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros 1r DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (29) $206,739 $12,491,326 0 / 8 0 / / / / / / / / ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match JULIA GOERGES 2017 R1 L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #82) R2 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #53) (4) R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) R2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #16) R1 L - ZUZANA KUCOVA (SVK #9,999) 7-6(8) R3 L - ARANTXA RUS (NED #88) 7-6(5) R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #11) DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 2017 R2 L - ONS JABEUR (TUN #114) R3 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) R3 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #18) R2 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #92) QF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #6) R1 L - VANIA KING (USA #115) 6-7(10) R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

21 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2010 R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R1 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #35) R3* L - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #168) SF L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #1) R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #3) GOERGES: Roland Garros Making 10th consecutive main draw appearance at Roland Garros (11th overall) Made main draw debut in Paris in 2009 best result is R16 run in 2015 (d. No.5 Wozniacki en route, l. Errani) Also reached 3r in 2011 (l. Bartoli) and 2012 (l. Rus) Playing this fortnight ranked No.11. By comparison, contested Paris last year at No.51 Entering 2018 Roland Garros, sits in second place on aces leaderboard for the season, with 197 Aces; Ka.Pliskova leads the tour with 198 Owns a record in Grand Slam 1r matches, and 6-3 here in Paris last loss at this stage was at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Tsurenko after holding 1MP) One of seven German women to begin the main draw here this fortnight (also Barthel, Kerber, Maria, Petkovic, Siegemund and Witthoeft) Owns two career clay court singles titles at 2010 Bad Gastein and 2011 Stuttgart Faces No.32 Cibulkova today; has lost to a player ranked outside the Top 30 at her last five Grand Slams 2017 Australian Open (No.54 Jankovic), 2017 Roland Garros (No.82 Brengle), 2017 Wimbledon (No.35 Tsurenko), 2017 US Open (No.83 Stephens) and 2018 Australian Open (No.42 Cornet) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance. Has reached R16 but never further on five occasions, at Australian Open ( and 2015), Roland Garros (2015) and US Open (2017) Best results at Wimbledon have been 3r appearances in Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, coming through qualifying before losing to eventual champion Henin in 1r In doubles, is a three time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/groenefeld and 2016 w/ka.pliskova) and Wimbledon (2016 w/ka.pliskova) Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles (w/zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

22 Season Enters Paris after 1r exit at Nürnberg last week (l. Kr.Pliskova in 3s) Reached 3r in Madrid (l. Garcia) and withdrew from Rome due to illness Began clay court swing at Charleston finished as R-Up (l. Bertens). Career record in WTA singles finals now stands at 5-8 Also made 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. Vondrousova) Part of Germany team that lost 3-2 to Czech Republic in Stuttgart; went 1-1 in singles (d. Ka.Pliskova, l. Kvitova) Suffered 2r loss to Witthoeft in Miami. Made a 3r exit in Indian Wells (l. Sevastova) Reached QF in Doha before retiring in her match against Kvitova due to a hip injury Made her Top 10 debut on February 5, 2018 after SF run at St Petersburg (l. eventual champion Kvitova in 3s) Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Cornet) result ended 15-match winning streak Began 2018 campaign with fifth title of career at Auckland (d.wozniacki in F) extended title streak to three, having previously won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season Career Registered then-career-high ranking and best year-end finish in 2017, at No.14. Second Top 20 finish of career (also No.18 in 2012) Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, winning Moscow (d. Kasatkina in F) and biggest title of career at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (d. Vandeweghe in F). Finished R-Up at Mallorca (l. Sevastova), Bucharest (l. Begu) and Washington, DC (l. Makarova) Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having also won 2010 Bad Gastein By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to become German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for first time since February 2013 Hit 412 aces across 2017 season. Only two other players have reached the 400 ace mark in a season: S.Williams ( ) and Ka.Pliskova ( ) Owns a 5-8 record in WTA singles finals; is 5-11 in WTA doubles finals, most recently winning at 2015 New Haven (w/hradecka) Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. Stephens). Was first final since 2012 Dubai Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, reaching final at Indian Wells (w/ka.pliskova) and qualifying for the WTA Finals for the first time. Set new career-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016 In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid) Made WTA main draw debut as a qualifier at 2007 Doha Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germany in 2005 Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, Other Information

23 Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike Began playing tennis aged 6. Tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis Brand Ambassador of tournament s title sponsor, Porsche Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross country skiing combined with shooting) Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka CIBULKOVA: Roland Garros Making 11th appearance at Roland Garros. Made debut as a qualifier in 2007, reaching 3r (l. Kuznetsova) Best result here in Paris is SF run in 2009 (l. World No.1 Safina). Also reached QF in 2012 (d. No.1 Azarenka in R16, l. Stosur) Entered 2017 Roland Garros ranked No.7; plays this fortnight at No Roland Garros marks 42nd Grand Slam main draw appearance. Win-loss record at this level stands at (24-10 in Paris) Owns a record in Grand Slam 1r matches, and 9-1 here in Paris. Lost at this stage on her previous major appearance at 2018 Australian Open (l. Kanepi) One of five Slovak women to begin the main draw here this fortnight (also Kucova, Kuzmova, Rybarikova and Schmiedlova) Faces No.11 Goerges today; owns career record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents (and 2-3 this season). Both wins came at 2018 Sydney No.15 Sevastova and No.17 Vesnina Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 42nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best result across the majors came with runner-up finish at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li). Defeated four seeds en route to final at Melbourne Park, including No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska to become first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final At Roland Garros, advanced to SF in 2009 (l. eventual R-Up Safina) and QF in 2012 (l. Stosur) Also a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 2016 (l. Vesnina) and US Open in 2010 (l. Wozniacki) Season Enters Paris after advancing to second WTA singles final of 2018 at Strasbourg (l. Pavlyuchenkova). Record in WTA finals now stands at 8-13 (most recent title came at 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore) Held 2MP in Strasbourg final against Pavlyuchenkova; match lasted 3h35 the longest non-slam match of the 2018 season Reached 2r at Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s) Also suffered 1r exits at Madrid (l. Garcia) and Rabat (l. Hercog)