WTA ELITE TROPHY ZHUHAI SEMI-FINAL MATCH-UPS

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1 MATCH 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 WTA ELITE TROPHY ZHUHAI SEMI-FINAL MATCH-UPS Not before 4.30pm [7] JULIA GOERGES (GER #18) vs. [5] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #15) Goerges leads 3-1 Not before 7.00pm [2] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #12) vs. [9] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #20) First meeting FINAL ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS Group Azalea Group Camellia PLAYER MATCH SETS GAMES MATCH SETS GAMES PLAYER [7] GOERGES [5] SEVASTOVA [10] RYBARIKOVA [11] STRYCOVA [1] MLADENOVIC [3] STEPHENS Goerges d. Rybarikova 61 76(5) Sevastova d. Stephens Rybarikova d. Mladenovic (5) Sevastova d. Strycova Georges d. Mladenovic 62 76(4) Strycova d. Stephens 50 ret. (left knee injury) Group Bougainvillea PLAYER MATCH SETS GAME Group Rose PLAYER MATCH [2] VANDEWEGHE [9] BARTY [12/WC] PENG [4] PAVLYUCHENKOVA [6] VESNINA [8] KERBER Vandeweghe d. Peng Pavlyuchenkova d. Kerber Vandeweghe d. Vesnina Barty d. Pavlyuchenkova Peng d. Vesnina ret. (low back injury) Barty d. Kerber SET S GAMES POTENTIAL FINAL HEADS-TO-HEADS VANDEWEGHE BARTY GOERGES Series tied 2-2 First meeting SEVASTOVA First meeting First meeting Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES: HENGQIN LIFE WTA ELITE TROPHY ZHUHAI ZHUHAI, CHINA OCT 31 NOV 5, 2017 USD $2,280,935 SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS All four semifinalists are making their tournament debut at the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai CoCo Vandeweghe is the only one of the Top 4 seeds to survive the group stage and is also the only semifinalist to have dropped a set, Peng Shuai taking her the distance during their opening match in Group Bouganvillea Ashleigh Barty has enjoyed the smoothest passage to the last four, spending 2hr 22mins on court and dropping only 12 games. Julia Goerges and Anastasija Sevastova were nearly as efficient, conceding only 15 games apiece. Vandeweghe, meanwhile, has been on court for 3hrs 13mins, giving up 16 games Three of the final four here in Zhuhai have won a title in 2017 Barty (Kuala Lumpur), Goerges (Moscow) and Sevastova (Mallorca). Vandeweghe is bidding to reach her second final of the season, having finished runner-up to Madison Keys at Stanford Goerges hit four aces in the round robin stage, taking tally for 2017 to 405 second on tour to Karolina Pliskova s total of 452. However, she has been overshadowed in the serving stakes by her fellow semi-finalists this week; Sevastova has five, Vandeweghe has 17 and Barty leads the way with 20 By reaching the semi-finals, Vandeweghe has secured her first year-end Top 10 finish (at No.10). Sevastova can move as high as No.11 by winning the title, while Barty and Goerges would be No.14 with victory on Sunday 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 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

3 MATCH NOTES ZHUHAI - CHINA Oct 31 - Nov 05, 2017 $2,280,936 CH [7] JULIA GOERGES (GER #18) vs. [5] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #15) Head to Head: JULIA GOERGES leads MALLORCA GRASS O F ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA mins 2013 AUCKLAND HARD O R1 JULIA GOERGES mins 2011 LUXEMBOURG HARD I QF JULIA GOERGES 5-2 ret. right hip injury 25 mins 2011 LINZ HARD I R1 JULIA GOERGES (7) 133 mins JULIA GOERGES (29) $981,666 $5,961,775 1 / 3 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 (MD) * YTD / CAREER (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK (MD) * ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (27) $1,482,514 $3,079,429 1 / 2 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD (MD) * / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander (MD) * 1-3 / / 7-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 (MD & Q) * 1-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 (MD & Q) * 2-4 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 (MD & Q) * 5-6 / * Updated entering 2017 Zhuhai SF ZHUHAI Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration RR J. GOERGES d. M. RYBARIKOVA 6-1,7-6(5) 99 mins RR J. GOERGES d. K. MLADENOVIC 6-2,7-6(4) 96 mins Rnd Result Duration RR A. SEVASTOVA d. B. STRYCOVA 6-3, mins RR A. SEVASTOVA d. S. STEPHENS 7-5, mins GOERGES: Zhuhai Making debut at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Posted straight set wins in both Azalea Group matches, against Rybarikova and Mladenovic. Record since start of grass court season now stands at Having won her previous tournament at Moscow, is on a seven match winning run her longest streak since winning nine in a row in spring 2011 (Stuttgart WON, Madrid SF) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 Hit four aces during two round robin matches, taking tally for 2017 to 405. Only two other players have reached the 400 ace mark in a season: S.Williams ( ) and Ka.Pliskova ( ) Faces No.15 Sevastova today. Has won three of four career meetings with Latvian, although lost the only one in the past four years, in the final of this summer s Mallorca Open Owns 8 6 record against Top 20 in 2017, posting wins over No.10 Mladenovic (Zhuhai), No.10 A.Radwanska and No.4 Svitolina (Cincinnati), No.17 Pavlyuchenkova (Mallorca), No.14 Mladenovic (Rome), No.13 Svitolina (Fed Cup), No.18 Stosur (Indian Wells) and No.19 Wozniacki (Auckland) Is contesting 25th career SF (10 14 record). Six of these have come in 2017, at Auckland (l. Konjuh), Budapest (l. Babos), Mallorca (d. Bellis in SF, l. Sevastova in F), Bucharest (d. Bogdan in SF, l. Begu in F), Washington DC (d. Petkovic in SF, l. Makarova in F) and Moscow (d. Vikhlyantseva in SF, d. Kasatkina in F) Bidding to register 47th main draw win of the season today. By contrast, posted 21 in the whole of 2016 Has won 33 of these on hard courts only Wozniacki (41), Ka.Pliskova (39) and Svitolina (34) have more on the surface Entering this week, had won only three matches in her past seven tournaments on Chinese soil Contesting Zhuhai ranked No.18 her highest position since January Will finish the year in the Top 20 for the first time since 2012 and will be the highest ranked German. She can move to No.16 by reaching the final (or No.17 if Barty reaches the final) and a new career high of No.14 by winning the title Celebrated 29th birthday on Thursday is the oldest of the four semifinalists Season Coming off title run at Moscow, ending six year title drought. Defeated three Russians en route to title (Monova, Vikhlyantseva and Kasatkina in F). Career record in finals now 3 7 By winning the title, overtook Kerber to become German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for first time since February Also assured her a place in the field for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai Notched back to back 2r appearances during Asian swing in Wuhan (l. A.Radwanska) and Beijing (l. Strycova) Enjoyed strong results during US Open Series, which began with a ninth WTA singles final of career at Washington, DC (l. Makarova in F, at one point having served for the match) and ended with fifth career Grand Slam R16 appearance at US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens in 3s). Was seeded (No.30) at a Slam for the first time since 2013 Roland Garros Also lost to Stephens in Cincinnati QF, having defeated two top 10 player en route (No.10 Radwanska and No.4 Svitolina). Fell 1r at Toronto (l. Bellis) Prior to US Open Series, reached final of Bucharest (l. Begu) and fell 1r at Bastad (ret. vs. Tomova w/bilateral thigh injury) Grass court swing culminated in 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Tsurenko). Prior to reaching All England Club, made final at Mallorca, her first on grass (l. Sevastova) On clay, reached R16 at Rome (l. Muguruza) and made 2r on home soil at Nürnberg (l. Witthoeft). Posted 1r exits at Prague (l. Strycova), Madrid (l. Duque Mariño) and Roland Garros (l. Brengle)

5 Played major part in Germany s Fed Cup play off win vs. Ukraine in April, winning both singles rubbers d. Svitolina and Tsurenko Sunshine Double saw 3r runs at both Indian Wells (l. Davis) and Miami (l. Ozaki) Strong early season form highlighted by SF runs at Auckland (l. Konjuh) and Budapest (l. eventual champion Babos); also advanced to QF at Biel (ret. vs. Strycova w/right wrist injury) Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Jankovic) Grand Slam History 2017 US Open marked 39th 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 result at Wimbledon were 3r appearances in 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) Career Qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in doubles (w/ka.pliskova) 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 Owns three WTA singles titles, at 2010 Bad Gastein (d. Bacsinszky in F), 2011 Stuttgart (d. Wozniacki in F) and 2017 Moscow (d. Kasatkina in F); also finished runner up at 2017 Washington DC, 2017 Bucharest, 2017 Mallorca, 2016 Auckland, 2012 Linz, 2012 Dubai and 2010 Luxembourg Landed fifth WTA doubles title at 2015 New Haven (w/hradecka, d. Chuang/Liang in F). Owns a 5 11 record in doubles finals Struggled with form in 2014, losing in 1r or 2r at 15 events and at one point dropping out of Top 100, but reached two SFs, at Pattaya City (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Québec City (l. Lucic Baroni), and QF at Strasbourg Has two wins over World No.1s, coming over Wozniacki at 2011 Stuttgart and 2011 Madrid German Fed Cup Team, 2008, Currently the No.1 German of seven women ranked inside the Top 100 (as at October 30, 2017). Former World No.15 (April 2012) Other Information 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 Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka

6 SEVASTOVA: Zhuhai Making debut appearance at Zhuhai In round robin matches, saw off Stephens and the in form Strycova in straight sets to register first wins since US Open These were first victories on Chinese soil since run through qualifying at to QFs at 2010 Beijing. Had suffered seven straight 1r exits here, most recently last month at Wuhan (l. Makarova) and Beijing (l. Sharapova) Faces No.18 Goerges today. Owns 5 6 record against Top 20 players in 2017, with wins coming against No.18 Stosur and No.7 Konta (both Stuttgart), No.3 Ka.Pliskova and No.19 Bertens (both at Madrid), and Stephens (Zhuhai) Is contesting ninth SF of career. Is 1 2 in SFs this year (4 4 across entire career), falling at this stage at Dubai (l. Wozniacki) and Madrid (l. Halep) and going on to lift the title at Mallorca (d. Garcia in SF, d. Goerges in F) Playing Zhuhai on a career high ranking of No.15. Could move to No.14 by reaching the final and as high as No.11 by lifting the title 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

7 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

8 MATCH NOTES ZHUHAI - CHINA Oct 31 - Nov 05, 2017 $2,280,936 CH [2] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #12) vs. [9] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #20) Head to Head: First meeting 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 (MD) * YTD / CAREER (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD (MD) * ASHLEIGH BARTY (21) $1,207,957 $2,172,609 1 / 1 3 / / / / / / 6-13 YTD / CAREER Left Hander (MD) * 4-2 / / 3-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 (MD & Q) * 1-5 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 (MD & Q) * 4-6 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 (MD & Q) * 9-11 / 9-16 * Updated entering 2017 Zhuhai SF ZHUHAI Tournament Performance * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration RR C. VANDEWEGHE d. S. PENG 3-6,6-3, mins RR C. VANDEWEGHE d. E. VESNINA 6-3, mins Rnd Result Duration RR A. BARTY d. A. KERBER 6-3, mins RR A. BARTY d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 6-4, mins 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 on Chinese soil a 1r triumph over Vekic this year in 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 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 Recovered from a set down to defeat Chinese No.1 Peng in first round robin match, securing a spot in fourth SF of 2017 with victory over Vesnina on Thursday Hit 11 aces and no double faults in her win over Vesnina. She is only the third player this year to hit 10+ aces in a match with without blotting their record with a double fault (also Broady and Ka.Pliskova) Faces No.20 Barty for the first time today. Owns 10 7 record against Top 20 in 2017, with eight of these wins coming on hard courts Has a 1 2 record in SFs this year, falling at this stage at Australian Open (l. V.Williams) and US Open (l. Keys) and winning at Stanford (d. Bellis, l. Keys in F) Is bidding to become the second American to reach the final in Zhuhai (V.Williams won the title in 2015) Contesting Zhuhai on career high ranking of No.12 (first achieved October 23, 2017). By reaching SF, is guaranteed to overtake Mladenovic and finish the year at No.10 Is second for percentage of points won on 1st serve on tour in 2017 with 73.1%, behind Kvitova (74%) Is the highest ranked member of the US team that will travel to Minsk to face Belarus in next week s Fed Cup final (also Stephens, Rogers and Riske) 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)

10 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

11 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 BARTY: Zhuhai Making debut appearance in Zhuhai and contesting third career tournament in China (also 2017 Wuhan and Beijing) Won both Rose Group matches, against Pavlyuchenkova and Kerber, in straight sets. Has now posted 17 5 record since Wimbledon Faces World No.12 Vandeweghe today has nine 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 and No.19 Kerber (both Wuhan) Is contesting fourth SF of career, all of which have come this year. She owns a perfect 3 0 record in these matches at Kuala Lumpur (d. Han in SF, d. Hibino in F), Birmingham (d. Muguruza in SF, l. Kvitova in F) and Wuhan (d. Ostapenko in SF, l. Garcia in F) 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 Is projected to be ranked No.16 in next week s official year end WTA Rankings by reaching the SF (unless Goerges wins the title) and could climb as high as No.14 by winning the title Ranks fifth on tour in percentage of service games won (76%) Konta leads with 79.3%

12 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) 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)

13 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 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