[8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #19) vs. [9] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #20) Kerber leads 1-0

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1 NOTES: HENGQIN LIFE WTA ELITE TROPHY ZHUHAI ZHUHAI, CHINA OCT 31 NOV 5, 2017 USD $2,280,935 WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: WTA Communications: Xu Yanyan Viviana Wang Chase Altieri Kate Goff DAY 3 MATCH-UPS [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #19) vs. [9] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #20) Kerber leads 1-0 [5] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #15) vs. [11] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #23) Strycova leads 2-0 [2] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #12) vs. [6] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #17) Vandeweghe leads 1-0 ZHUHAI QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Tuesday October 31 Sunday November 5 Singles Final: Sunday, November 5, NB 4:00pm Doubles Final: Sunday, November 5, 1:30pm Venue: Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Center Staging: Tournament s third year Draw sizes: 12 singles / 6 doubles teams Surface: Hard / Outdoors Total prize money: USD $2,280,935 Tennis Ball: Yonex 2016 Singles Final: [3] Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. [4] Elina Svitolina (UKR) Doubles Final: [2] Ipek Soylu/Xu Yifan (TUR/CHN) d. [6/WC] Yang Zhaoxuan/You Xiaodi (CHN/CHN) PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2016 Petra Kvitova Elina Svitolina 2015 Venus Williams Karolina Pliskova MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS (excludes qualifiers) Singles wildcards: Peng Shuai (CHN) Youngest singles player: Ashleigh Barty, 21 (April 24, 1996) Oldest singles player: Peng Shuai, 31 (January 8, 1986) Main draw debutantes: Ashleigh Barty (AUS), Julia Goerges (GER), Angelique Kerber (GER), Kristina Mladenovic (FRA), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS), Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK), Anastasija Sevastova (LAT), Peng Shuai (CHN), Sloane Stephens (USA), CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES ZHUHAI - CHINA Oct 31 - Nov 05, 2017 $2,280,936 CH [8] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #19) vs. [9] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #20) Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads BRISBANE HARD O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins ANGELIQUE KERBER (29) $1,106,195 $20,427,979 0 / 10 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ZHUHAI 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) * ASHLEIGH BARTY (21) $1,207,957 $2,172,609 1 / 1 3 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-6 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 8-11 / 8-16 * Updated entering 2017 Zhuhai RR ZHUHAI Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration RR A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA d. A. KERBER 6-3,3-6, mins Rnd Result Duration RR A. BARTY d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-4, mins KERBER: Zhuhai Making debut at Zhuhai One of two Grand Slam champions in the field (also Stephens) Lost opening match to Pavlyuchenkova in 3s. Is now 8 8 in three set matches this year posted 18 6 record in 2016 Faces World No.20 Barty today has one Top 20 win this year (No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Tokyo [PPO]). By contrast registered 24 in 2016 Will win Rose Group and advance to fourth SF of 2017 by with straight set victory over Barty Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 With victory today, would pass 30 win mark for the sixth consecutive season. In 2016 posted win loss record Is one of two players from Germany in the field this week (also Goerges). Only other German to reach Zhuhai was Petkovic in 2015 (lost in round robin) Best result of career in mainland China was SF run at 2015 Wuhan Season Coming off 1r exit at Luxembourg (as top seed, l. Puig) Highlight of Asian swing was reaching SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Pavlyuchenkova). Also fell 2r at Beijing (l. Cornet) and 1r at Wuhan (l. Garcia) Posted 1 3 record on hard courts over summer, reaching R16 at Toronto (l. Stephens) and suffering opening match losses at Cincinnati (after 1r bye, l. Makarova) and US Open (l. Osaka) At Wimbledon, fell to eventual champion Muguruza in R16 was the only player to take a set from the Spaniard during the fortnight By failing to reach final, Kerber surrendered No.1 ranking to Ka.Pliskova having spent non consecutive 34 weeks at summit Arrived in London after QF run at Eastbourne (l. Konta). After 1r bye, defeated Kr.Pliskova in 2r after coming within two points of defeat in third set. Win ended a three match losing streak, stretching back to Madrid Withdrew from Birmingham w/left thigh injury Opened 2017 WTA clay court season at Stuttgart as two time defending champion, lost opening match (after 1r bye, l. Mladenovic). Reached 3r at Madrid (forced to retire vs. Bouchard w/left thigh injury) and lost 2r opener at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Kontaveit) In April, represented Germany in Fed Cup win vs. Ukraine, going 1 1 in singles (d. Tsurenko, l. Svitolina) to advance World Group in 2018, and reached 26th tour level final of career at 2017 Monterrey (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F). Record in finals now stands at Posted solid results during Sunshine Double, reaching R16 at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina) and QF at Miami (l. V.Williams) Having lost World No.1 ranking to S.Williams after 2017 Australian Open, reclaimed the top spot after fortnight of Indian Wells due to S.Williams s withdrawal w/left knee injury During Middle Eastern swing, lost opening match at Doha (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina) before strong SF run at Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) As defending champion, reached R16 at 2017 Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) Began 2017 season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and made 2r exit at Sydney (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina)

4 Grand Slam 2017 US Open marked 40th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first German to win a Grand Slam singles title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d. Hingis in F). Just the fourth player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros) Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left handed player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) In 2016, also finished R Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams). Is fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997) Since her first R16 effort at a major at 2011 US Open (progressed to SF), has reached at least this stage at 15 of 24 Slams contested Roland Garros remains the only major where she has yet to reach the final. Best result is 2012 s QF run (l. Errani) Was top seed at a Grand Slam for the third time in career at 2017 Wimbledon Career Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so After 2016 US Open, aged 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001 Secured the 2016 year end World No.1 ranking only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12 3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4 Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open)

5 Reached a career best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first two majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F) 2016 Stuttgart marked first time she had successfully defended a title in her career; the first German (and seventh player overall) to do so in Stuttgart Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Other runner up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (l. Puig, won silver medal) Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs. eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montréal (l. eventual champion Halep) Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 3r at Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka) Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green) Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin Other Information In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez Started playing tennis at the age of three. Enjoys playing on all surfaces; tennis idol growing up was Stefanie Graf Speak three languages: German, Polish, and English Coached by Torben Beltz; also worked with former coach Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh at US Open

6 BARTY: Zhuhai Making debut appearance in Zhuhai and contesting third career tournament in China (also 2017 Wuhan and Beijing) Won opening Rose Group match over Pavlyuchenkova on Wednesday. Has now posted 16 5 record since Wimbledon Faces World No.19 Kerber today has eight career Top 20 wins (all posted this year): No.14 Muguruza (Birmingham), No.18 Vesnina (Toronto), No.9 V.Williams (Cincinnati), No.7 Konta, No.13 A.Radwanska, No.4 Ka.Pliskova and No.10 Ostapenko (all Wuhan) and No.14 Pavlyuchenkova (Wuhan) Will top the Rose Group and advance to the SFs here with either a victory or a three set loss. Kerber will progress with a straight-set win Broke into Top 20 for first time last Monday overtook Gavrilova to become new Australian No.1. This time last year was ranked No.323 Second Australian to play Zhuhai (also Stosur in 2016 lost in round robin) Ranks fifth on tour in percentage of service games won (76%) Konta leads with 79.3% Season Last week, made WTA Finals debut in doubles (w/dellacqua, l. Bertens/Larsson in QF) In last singles outing, fell 2r at Beijing (after 1r performance bye, l. Svitolina) Made third final of season at Wuhan Open. Defeated four Top 15 players (No.7 Konta, No.13 A.Radwanska, No.4 Ka.Pliskova and No.10 Ostapenko) en route to the final (l. Garcia). In singles, matched best Grand Slam run by reaching 3r at US Open (d. No.21 seed Konjuh in 1r, l. eventual champion Stephens). Advanced to championship match in doubles at New Haven (w/dellacqua, l. Dabrowski/Xu in F). Fell 2r in doubles at US Open, but still became third team to secure qualification for season ending WTA Finals In singles, made R16 at Cincinnati, where she scored maiden Top 10 win over No.9 V.Williams in 2r (l. Wozniacki) Prior to beating V.Williams at Cincinnati, only other Top 20 wins came over No.14 Muguruza (2017 Birmingham) and No.18 Vesnina (2017 Toronto) In first tournament since Wimbledon, reached R16 at Toronto (as qualifier, l. Muguruza in 3s) Fell in the opening round of Wimbledon to Svitolina (8) Entered Wimbledon after R Up finish in Birmingham (l. Kvitova). Was the first Australian woman to reach the title match at Birmingham since Jenny Byrne in 1992 (l. Schultz) Also won fifth doubles title in Birmingham, w/dellacqua (d. H.Chan/Zhang in F) and finished R Up at Eastbourne, w/dellacqua (l. Y.Chan/Hingis)

7 Opened grass season at Nottingham where she advanced to QF (l. eventual runner up Konta) Made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Keys) but finished R Up in doubles w/dellacqua (l. Mattek Sands/Safarova); Barty/Dellacqua now 0 4 in Grand Slam doubles finals Prior to Roland Garros enjoyed QF run at Strasbourg (l. compatriot Gavrilova after serving for match at 5 4 up in final set). Won fourth career doubles title in Strasbourg (w/dellacqua) defeated Chan/Chan in final Only other clay result in singles this year came in Rome fell in qualifying Made tournament debut in singles in Miami, reaching 2r (l. Stosur); previously played doubles w/dellacqua in 2014 (1r) Landed first WTA career singles title at Kuala Lumpur in February (qualified, d. Hibino in F) Also won third career doubles title in Kuala Lumpur (w/dellacqua) was first doubles title since 2014 Strasbourg. One of three players to complete singles doubles sweep at same tournament (also Begu at Bucharest, w/olaru, and Bertens at Gstaad, w/larsson) After Australian Open run, represented Australia in Fed Cup Week I tie vs. Ukraine went 0 1 in singles (l. Svitolina) and 1 0 in doubles (w/dellacqua, d. N.Kichenok/Savchuk) Posted best result at a Grand Slam event, reaching R32 at Australian Open, falling to Barthel in three sets Withdrew in final round of Hobart qualifying with a right arm injury Began season at Brisbane made 2r exit (l. Kerber). Her 1r defeat of Krunic marked first tour level main draw win since 2016 Nottingham (June) and first such win on home soil since 2014 Brisbane (d. Hantuchova in 1r, l. Sharapova) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 13th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Matched best result at the majors by advancing to 3r at Flushing Meadows, having also reached this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Barthel) Has reached 2r at 2013 US Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko), but never been beyond 1r at Wimbledon in two attempts (2012 and 2017) First Grand Slam main draw appearance (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia s 2012 WC Play Off in Dec Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/dellacqua) Career After 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Strycova in 1r) took break from tennis that lasted almost two years Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all rounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the Women s Big Bash League Comeback hindered by right arm injury sustained in August 2016, following promising start: returned at $50k ITF/Eastbourne GBR in May, advancing to SF as a qualifier (l. Riske) and the following week, QF at WTA

8 International level Nottingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Subsequently fell in 2r of qualifying at Wimbledon Ended 2016 season at WTA 125K Series event at Taipei in November, reaching QF (as qualifier, ret. vs. Rodina) Posted 16 4 win loss record in singles in 2016 Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 Hobart (l. Mattek Sands in 1r) Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2013 Birmingham, and second in doubles at 2014 Strasbourg (both w/dellacqua) Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30 On ITF Circuit, has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles (including three in 2016) Won 2011 Wimbledon girls singles title; finished 2011 as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva In juniors, won national singles titles in 18&U, 16&U, 14&U and 12&U age categories Member of Junior Fed Cup winning team in 2011 (Australia d. Canada in F) Other Information Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to the sport In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women's Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

9 MATCH NOTES ZHUHAI - CHINA Oct 31 - Nov 05, 2017 $2,280,936 CH [5] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #15) vs. [11] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #23) Head to Head: BARBORA STRYCOVA leads TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC HARD O R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA 7-6(2) 4-1 ret. (right hip injury) 103 mins 2010 LINZ HARD I R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA 6-7(5) mins ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (27) $1,482,514 $3,079,429 1 / 2 0 / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ZHUHAI W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * BARBORA STRYCOVA (31) $1,308,107 $6,995,049 1 / 2 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * / / 4-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-3 / / 2-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-5 / / 5-13 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-7 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-8 / * Updated entering 2017 Zhuhai RR Rnd Result Duration RR A. SEVASTOVA d. S. STEPHENS 7-5, mins ZHUHAI Tournament Performance ZHUHAI Tournament History BARBORA STRYCOVA 2016 R1 W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #17) R1 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #13) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

10 SEVASTOVA: Zhuhai Making debut appearance at Zhuhai In opening Camellia Group match on Wednesday, defeated Stephens to register first win since US Open This was first win on Chinese soil since run through qualifying at to QFs at 2010 Beijing. Since then had suffered seven straight 1r exits, most recently last month at Wuhan (l. Makarova) and Beijing (l. Sharapova) Now owns 5 6 record against Top 20 players in 2017, with other wins all coming on clay against No.18 Stosur and No.7 Konta (both Stuttgart), No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.19 Bertens (both at Madrid) Will advance to fourth SF of 2017 (also Dubai, Madrid and Mallorca) with victory over Strycova today Playing Zhuhai on a career high ranking of No.15 Season Coming off opening match exits at Wuhan (l. Makarova), Beijing (l. Sharapova) and Moscow (after 1r bye, l. Begu) her seventh, eighth and ninth opening match losses of 2017 Enjoyed second straight QF run at US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens in final set tie break) Completed US Open preparation with run to R16 at Cincinnati (l. Halep), having also made a 2r exit at Toronto (l. Osaka) After Wimbledon, returned to clay, posting QF runs at Bucharest (l. Bogdan) and Bastad (l. eventual champion Siniakova) Posted then career high ranking of No.16 on July 31, 2017 Grass court swing highlighted by lifting second career title, at Mallorca (d. Goerges in F). Also advanced to doubles final at Mallorca, however conceded w/o citing left thigh injury (w/jankovic, l. Chan/Hingis) Fell 1r at Nottingham (l. McHale) and made 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Watson) At 2017 Roland Garros fell to No.290 Martic in 3r (her worst loss by ranking since No.379 Townsend at 2016 Indian Wells) Enjoyed a good clay court swing prior to Paris upset, reaching first Premier Mandatory level SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Halep). Best previous showing at that level was QF at 2010 Beijing (l. Li) Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in 2r at Madrid her joint best career win by ranking, having defeated No.3 Muguruza at 2016 US Open. Now owns a 2 5 career record vs. Top 5 opponents and is 5 13 vs. Top 10 Following Madrid, made Top 20 rankings debut, at No.18 Also advanced to consecutive QF at Charleston (l. Siegemund) and Stuttgart (l. Halep). Fell 2r at Rome (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Suffered opening match defeats at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Davis) and Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) In February, reached SF at Dubai (l. Wozniacki) her first SF on tour since summer of 2016 (Bucharest, R Up, l. Halep) Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova) Began 2017 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers). Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. No.7 seed Muguruza) In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/minella), lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk

11 Grand Slam 2017 US Open marked 19th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Has reached QFs on two occasions, at US Open in 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. Stephens) Best result elsewhere is reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open, before her two year absence from the game (l. Wozniacki) Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros; this was the first time a Latvian woman reached 3r in the Open Era (also eventual champion Ostapenko). Latvian born Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 whilst representing the USSR Has won just one match in five visits to Wimbledon, reaching 2r in 2017 Career Finished 2016 at a career best No.35; previous best season finish came in 2010 at No season highlights included reaching second and third WTA singles finals of career, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and Bucharest (l. Halep in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras (d. Parra Santonja in F), when she became first Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years (Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady) Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries mostly muscular and back related but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed During break from tennis studied leisure management Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles Member of Latvian Fed Cup Team , Currently the Latvian No.2, behind Ostapenko, of two in Top 100 (October 30, 2017) Other Information Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German Trains and resides in Vienna and coached by Ronald Schmidt Other sports interests are soccer and jet skiing

12 STRYCOVA: Zhuhai Making second appearance at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai. Last year, bowed out in round robin stage (1 1 record) Faces No.15 Sevastova in first match today, knowing that defeat will result in another group stage exit Won two previous meetings with Sevastova, although the most recent of these was six years ago Owns 6 8 record against Top 20 players in 2017: No.18 Vinci and No.20 Wozniacki (both at Sydney), No.15 Muguruza (Eastbourne), No.13 Mladenovic (Toronto), No.7 Konta (Tokyo [PPO]) and No.1 Muguruza (Beijing) Win over Muguruza at Beijing (ret. w/viral illness) was first over a WTA World No.1 now owns 1 4 mark vs. World No.1s, losing to Henin (2004 Indian Wells, 2004 Olympics), Wozniacki (2011 Charleston) and Kerber (2016 Beijing) Has recent form in China, having reached QFs at 2014 Shenzhen, 2016 Wuhan and a few weeks ago in Beijing. Furthest run on Chinese soil was SF showing at 2004 Guangzhou Bidding to register 43rd win of 2017 of the players competing in Zhuhai, only Goerges (45) has won more Currently ranked No.23. Is targeting second straight year end Top 20 finish (ended 2016 at No.20) Season Coming off winning the second title of her career, at Linz (d. Rybarikova in F). Now 2 6 in WTA finals During Asian swing made QF runs at Tokyo [PPO] (l. eventual R Up Pavlyuchenkova) and Beijing (l. Kvitova) and 2r exit at Wuhan (l. Ostapenko) Made 2r at US Open (l. Brady). Also made doubles SF in New York (w/safarova, l. Hradecka/Siniakova) Made R16 run at Toronto (d. Mladenovic and Gavrilova, l. Halep). Win over Gavrilova was 500th of her career (all levels). Upset of No.13 Mladenovic was her fourth against a Top 20 player in 2017 also No.18 Vinci and No.20 Wozniacki (both at Sydney), and No.15 Muguruza (Eastbourne) Other outings on hard this summer ended in 1r exits at Cincinnati (l. Makarova) and New Haven (l. Kasatkina) Highlight of grass court season was QF at Eastbourne (l. Watson). Also made 2r at Birmingham (l. eventual runner up Barty) and Wimbledon (l. Osaka) Dropped out of Top 20 after Birmingham (finished R Up in 2016) Finished clay court season by falling 2r at Madrid (l. Arruabarrena), Rome (l. Bacsinszky) and Roland Garros (l. Cornet) Before that made another 2r exit, at Stuttgart (l. Halep); result was sandwiched between second and third SFs of 2017, at Biel (l. qualifier and eventual champion Vondrousova) and at Prague (l. eventual champion Barthel). Defeat to Vondrousova (No.233) was worst by ranking since July 2013 (l. No.242 Piter at $100k ITF/Olomouc CZE) Advanced to R16 at Miami (won 2r against Larsson (3) in three hours and 12 minutes, l. countrywoman Ka.Pliskova). Also appeared in Miami doubles final w/mirza (l. Dabrowski/Xu) Reached 3r at Indian Wells (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

13 During this year s Middle East swing fell 2r at both Doha (l. Stosur) and Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Peng). Was also in Fed Cup action in February went 1 1 in singles (l. Muguruza, d. Arruabarrena) in reigning champion Czech Republic s win over Spain Advanced to R16 at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual champion and No.2 S.Williams) Played in Melbourne having set what remains her career high ranking of No.16 (week of January 16, 2017) Opened 2017 season with QF run at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), followed by SF run at Sydney (l. eventual R Up A.Radwanska) Posted two Top 20 wins en route to Sydney SF: No.18 Vinci in 2r and No.20 Wozniacki in QF (in a match that lasted 3 hours 20 minutes the WTA s eighth longest of 2017). Reached doubles final at Sydney w/mirza (l. Babos/Pavlyuchenkova) Grand Slam History Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at 2014 Wimbledon (posted wins over Li in the last match of the Chinese star s career and Wozniacki en route, l. eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first time in Open Era that three Czech women advanced to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova) Other ventures beyond 3r at major both came at Australian Open, in 2016 (R16 l. Azarenka) and 2017 (R16 l. eventual champions S.Williams). Has reached 3r at Roland Garros in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and US Open in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and 2015 (l. Lisicki) In doubles is a two time losing semifinalist, at 2014 US Open (w/date) and 2015 Australian Open (w/krajicek) Career Posted first Top 20 season finish in 2016 (at No.20); fourth non consecutive Top 50 season Helped the Czech Republic to victory in November s Fed Cup final against France d. Cornet in singles and Garcia/Mladenovic in the decisive doubles rubber (w/ka.pliskova) Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at end of 2016 season went 1 1 in round robin play (d. Vinci, l. eventual champion Kvitova) 2016 season highlighted by reaching second Premier level singles final of career, at Dubai (l. Errani) and third Premier level final at Birmingham (l. Keys). Record in WTA singles finals now stands at 1 6, title coming at 2011 Québec City (d. Erakovic in F) Other singles highlights in 2016 included three QF, at Prague (l. Stosur), Rome (l. Keys) and Wuhan (l. Cibulkova); and R16 at Indian Wells (l. Halep) Also reached five doubles finals in 2016, winning three titles at Birmingham (w/ka.pliskova), Cincinnati and Tokyo [PPO] (both w/mirza). Record in doubles finals now stands at Owns eight wins over Top 10 opponents: No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.8 Wozniacki (2015 Sydney), No.6 Bouchard (2015 Madrid), No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Australian Open), No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid), No.7 Konta (Tokyo PPO) and No.1 Muguruza (Beijing)

14 Won bronze medal in doubles at Rio Olympics (w/safarova, d. Hlavackova/Hradecka in bronze medal match). In addition, competed in singles, reaching 2r (l. Errani) Currently the Czech No.3 (behind Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova) of seven women in Top 100 (as of October 2, 2017) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in Won nine singles and 10 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Two time junior singles Grand Slam winner: won back to back Australian Open girls singles titles, in 2002 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2003; also won three junior doubles titles. Ranked No.1 in both disciplines during junior career ITF Junior World Champion in 2002 Other Information Coached by Lukas Dlouhy Parents are Jindrich and Ilona; sister, Ivona, studied law and lives in US Started playing tennis at age 5

15 MATCH NOTES ZHUHAI - CHINA Oct 31 - Nov 05, 2017 $2,280,936 CH [2] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #12) vs. [6] ELENA VESNINA (RUS #17) Head to Head: COCO VANDEWEGHE leads SYDNEY HARD O R1 COCO VANDEWEGHE ret. (low back injury) 69 mins COCO VANDEWEGHE (25) $2,377,019 $5,556,819 0 / 2 1 / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ZHUHAI 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) * ELENA VESNINA (31) $2,684,693 $11,631,900 1 / 3 3 / / / / / / 6-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-0 / / 3-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-5 / Rnd Result Duration RR C. VANDEWEGHE d. S. PENG 3-6,6-3, mins * Updated entering 2017 Zhuhai RR ZHUHAI Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration ZHUHAI Tournament History ELENA VESNINA 2016 R1 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #14) R1 W - KIKI BERTENS (NED #22) (5) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

16 VANDEWEGHE: Zhuhai Making debut at Zhuhai Qualified comfortably with 2819 points across the regular season only Mladenovic (2885) accumulated more from the 12 qualifiers Entering Zhuhai had won only one match in her past four tournaments in China a 1r triumph over Vekic at 2017 Beijing Seeded No.2 this week joint highest seeding at a WTA event (also No.2 at 2017 Moscow). Previous highest was No.3 at 2015 s Hertogenbosch Recovered from a set down to defeat Chinese No.1 Peng in first round robin match will reach fourth SF of 2017 with victory over Vesnina today Contesting Zhuhai on career high ranking of No.12 (first achieved October 23, 2017) Is second for percentage of points won on 1st serve on tour in 2017 with 73.1%, behind Kvitova (74%) Season Coming off opening round loss at Moscow (after 1r bye, l. Tsurenko) Only outing of Asian swing was 2r at Beijing (ret. w/thoracic spine injury vs. Gavrilova) At US Open reached her second major SF (l. Keys). Along with V.Williams and Stephens made up the sixth all American Grand Slam SF line up. The other occasions were 1979 US Open (Austin, Evert, King, Navratilova), 1981 US Open (Austin, Evert, Navratilova, Potter), 1982 Australian Open (Evert, Jaeger, Navratilova, Shriver), 1983 Australian Open (Garrison, Jordan, Navratilova, Shriver) and 1985 Wimbledon (Evert, Garrison, Navratilova and Rinaldi) Entered US Open following back to back 1r exits at Cincinnati (l. Keys) and Toronto (l. A.Radwanska) Achieved a runner up finish at Stanford (l. today s opponent Keys in F) was first all American final at Stanford since 2012 (S.Williams d. Vandeweghe). Also won Stanford doubles title (w/spears, d. Cornet/Rosolska in F). Career record in doubles finals now 2 1 On grass, reached QF at Wimbledon (l. No.87 ranked Rybarikova), where she upset world No.6 Wozniacki in R16. Was her second QF at the All England Club also 2015 (l. Sharapova) In other two grass court events earlier this summer, reached QF at Birmingham (l. Muguruza) and 1r loss at s Hertogenbosch as defending champion, l. No.66 Witthoeft In opening match at Birmingham, defeated countrywoman McHale in straight sets. Win snapped three match losing streak, starting with QF loss at Madrid, where she reached first Premier Mandatory QF of career (l. eventual champion Halep), followed by 1r exits at Roland Garros (l. Rybarikova, then ranked No.192) and s Hertogenbosch (l. Witthoeft) Helped USA advance to this year s Fed Cup final, defeating reigning champions Czech Republic. Went 2 0 in singles (d. Vondrousova, Siniakova) to set up showdown vs. Belarus in November Fed Cup wins ended a three match losing streak across Dubai (l. Riske in 1r), Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Safarova) and Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cepelova)

17 In February, helped USA to Fed Cup World `Group 4 0 win over Germany in Hawaii 2 0 in singles (d. Goerges, d. Petkovic) Reached first Grand Slam SF of career at 2017 Australian Open (l. V.Williams) in her 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Defeated No.1 Kerber in R16 at 2017 Australian Open her first win over a reigning No.1 Opened 2017 season representing USA w/sock at Hopman Cup in Perth finished as runners up (l. France in F) Subsequently made 2r exit at Sydney (l. qualifier Duan) before SF run at Australian Open Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 28th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best results to date are SF runs at 2017 US Open (l. Keys) and 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R Up V.Williams). Became 21st unseeded player (and Lucic Baroni the 22nd at the same tournament) to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand Slam with 32 seeds) At Wimbledon, reached QF in 2015 (l. Sharapova) and 2017 (l. Rybarikova) Is yet to progress past 2r at Roland Garros Career Posted third consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016, at No.37 same season ending rank as season highlights centered on grass court swing: won second career singles title at s Hertogenbosch (d. Mladenovic in F), SF at Birmingham (l. Strycova) and R16 at Wimbledon (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Also reached QF at 2016 Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Stanford (ret. vs. Riske) In Grand Slam play in 2016, aside from Australian Open and Wimbledon, fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Begu) and 1r at US Open (l. Osaka) In doubles last season, won first career title from first final at Indian Wells (w/mattek Sands, d. Goerges/Pliskova in F) and was runner up at Cincinnati (w/hingis, l. Mirza/Strycova) Advanced to mixed doubles final at 2016 US Open (w/ram, l. Pavic/Siegemund) Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles (w/tecau, l. Vesnina/Soares) Competed in doubles at the Rio Olympics (w/mattek Sands); fell in 2r to eventual silver medalists Hingis/Bacsinszky Won first career singles title at 's Hertogenbosch in June 2014; with Keys also victorious at Eastbourne, marked first time two Americans won titles in the same week since February 2002 (V.Williams at Antwerp, Seles at Doha). Is 2 2 in career singles finals, having also won at s Hertogenbosch in Runner up at 2012 Stanford (as lucky loser, l. S.Williams) and 2017 Stanford (l. Keys) Member of US Fed Cup Team, 2010, Made WTA debut as wildcard at 2006 San Diego; recorded first WTA win (main draw or qualifying) at 2009 Los Angeles (d. Garbin in 1r, l. Pennetta) Winner of two singles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit

18 Other Information Father is Robert, mother's name is Tauna (represented USA at Olympics for swimming in 1976 and volleyball in 1984); grandfather's name is Ernie (played for New York Knicks in 1950s); uncle's name is Kiki (general manager of NBA team the Denver Nuggets and a former UCLA basketball player) After trying out several other sports, started playing tennis with her elder brother, Beau, at the age of 11 VESNINA: Zhuhai Making second appearance at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, having fallen in round robin stage (1 1 record) 12 months ago Faces Vandeweghe in opening match today; requires a win to avoid making second consecutive round robin exit here Has 4 5 record against Top 20 players in 2017, with wins coming over No.2 Kerber, No.13 V.Williams and No.8 Kuznetsova (all Indian Wells) and No.19 Garcia (Cincinnati) Retired injured w/low back injury from only previous meeting with Vandeweghe, at the start of this year at Sydney Season Last week, defense of WTA Finals doubles crown w/makarova ended by Bertens/Larsson in SF Ended regular season singles play with opening round loss on home soil at Moscow (after 1r bye, l. Vikhlyantseva) During Asian swing, reached R16 at Wuhan (l. Sakkari) and Beijing (l. Svitolina). Also fell 1r at Hong Kong (l. Kumkhum) Posted 3r run at US Open at US Open (l. eventual R Up Keys) to match previous best result at event, having also reached this stage in 2009, 2014 and 2016 Played three events on US Open Series this summer, reaching 2r at Toronto (l. qualifier Barty in 3s), 2r at Cincinnati (l. Wozniacki) and falling 1r at New Haven (l. qualifier Bogdan) Won doubles title at Toronto (w/makarova d. Groenefeld/Peschke in F) is now in career doubles finals. The Russians were unveiled as one of the first two pairs to qualify for this year s WTA Finals (also Chan/Hingis) Grass court season ended with 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Azarenka), having reached R16 at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki) Lifted third major doubles title at All England Club (w/makarova d. H.Chan/Niculescu in F ) Advanced to 3r at Roland Garros, matching her best result there (l. Suárez Navarro) Entered 2017 Roland Garros on a four match losing streak fell 2r in Stuttgart (l. Suárez Navarro), then 1r at Madrid (l. Begu), Rome (l. Wang) and Strasbourg (l. Giorgi) Opened clay court season at Charleston, losing opening match (after 1r bye, l. Stollar was R Up there in 2016) Sunshine Double swing saw her capture first WTA Premier Mandatory title at Indian Wells for biggest win of career (d. Kuznetsova in F). Rose to new career high of No.13 with title (week of March 20, 2017)

19 At 31, was fourth oldest player to win the Indian Wells title. In R16, posted best win by ranking of career to date with defeat of No.2 Kerber After Indian Wells, lost opening match at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Tomljanovic) Fell 3r at Dubai (l. Konjuh) and lost 2r at Doha (l. Davis) Opened 2017 season with back to back 1r exits, at Brisbane (l. eventual finalist Cornet) and Sydney (l. Vandeweghe, ret. w/low back injury) Recovered by reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. No.116 Brady) and then QF at St Petersburg (l. Cibulkova) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 47th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Best result across the majors came with SF run at 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Ranked No.50 at the time, was the 19th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam SF since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand Slam with 32 seeds) At Australian Open has reached R16 twice, in 2006 (l. Petrova) and 2013 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) Yet to pass 3r at Roland Garros or US Open Three time Grand Slam doubles champion (all w/makarova) from nine finals. Wins came at 2013 Roland Garros, 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon In mixed doubles, won 2016 Australian Open (w/soares) and is a three time runner up Career Posted first Top 20 season in 2016, ranked No.16 up from No.111 at the end of 2015 (which was first year end finish outside the Top 100 in 10 years) Aside from reaching first Grand Slam singles semifinal of career at Wimbledon, 2016 season highlight was reaching final at Charleston (l. Stephens in F) and winning gold medal in doubles at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/makarova, d. Bacsinszky/Hingis in F). Team also won titles at Montréal and WTA Finals Singapore in 2016 Reached QF at 2016 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro) to return to Top 100 (from No.118). Upset No.4 Halep in 2r; was first Top 10 victory since defeated No.6 Li Na during title run at 2013 Eastbourne Went in singles main draw matches in 2016, most wins since 2013 (30 20) Went 3 2 in 2016 vs. Top 10 opponents this was the first time in her career she achieved three Top 10 wins in a season Owns three WTA singles titles, two coming from the 2013 season (Hobart and Eastbourne), and also 2017 Indian Wells. R Up on seven further occasions most recently at 2016 Charleston (l. Stephens). Owns a 3 7 record in singles finals (was 0 6 in singles finals before winning first title at 2013 Hobart) Has enjoyed great success in doubles w/makarova the team have won three Grand Slam doubles titles (2013 Roland Garros, 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon, and are six time Slam runners up) as well as the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2016 WTA Finals title With various partners has won a total of 18 WTA doubles titles, from 41 finals (18 23) Made WTA debut at 2003 Moscow

20 Other Information Husband is Pavel Tabuntsov (married November 2015) Coached by former Top 10 ATP player Andrei Chesnokov; mother, Irina, introduced her to tennis when she was seven Brother, Dmitriy, is a student and tennis coach First coach was Jurij Judkin, who also coached Sharapova