PORSCHE TENNIS GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINALS

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1 DAILY MATCH NOTES: PORSCHE TENNIS GRAND PRIX STUTTGART, GERMANY APRIL 23-29, 2018 USD $816,000 PREMIER EVENT WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/porschetennisgrandprix WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon Adam Lincoln Onsite Media Desk: SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please your full name and media outlet/publication to to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. PORSCHE TENNIS GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINALS [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [WC] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #16) Halep leads 1-0 Halep has not lost to a player from USA since 1r exit at 2017 Australian Open (l. Rogers) Vandeweghe is first American through to Stuttgart QF since 2015 (Brengle) and looks to knock off the World No.1 player for the third time in her career [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Garcia leads 2-1 Svitolina has won the last five tournaments, not including the WTA Finals, in which she has managed a victory over a Top 10 opponent Garcia is seeking her first Top 10 victory of the year after logging five such wins in the final month of the 2017 season ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #31) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #27) Series tied 1-1 Kontaveit has the second highest average opponent rank of all quarterfinalists (16), behind only today s opponent, Pavlyuchenkova (8) A finals appearance for the Russian would elevate her to the 300-match win club [5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) vs. [4] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #5) Pliskova leads 2-1 Pliskova has now reached the QF stage or better at six of her seven tournaments this season Taking on last year s Roland Garros champion, Ostapenko, for the first time on clay The Latvian is bidding for her third Top 10 win of 2018 A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT PLAYER RANK AGE NAT STUTTGART CAREER CAREER CAREER (MD) W/L W/L PRIZE $ TITLES [1] Simona Halep 1 26 ROU ,974, [3] Elina Svitolina 4 23 UKR ,797, [4] Jelena Ostapenko 5 20 LAT ,928,849 2 [5] Karolina Pliskova 6 26 CZE ,645,928 9 [6] Caroline Garcia 7 24 FRA ,819,312 5 [WC] Coco Vandeweghe USA ,281,502 2 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS ,183, Anett Kontaveit EST ,547,407 1 POTENTIAL SEMI-FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS SVITOLINA GARCIA KONTAVEIT PAVLYUCHENKOVA HALEP Svitolina leads 3-2 Halep leads 3-1 OSTAPENKO Kontaveit leads 2-0 Ostapenko leads 1-0 VANDEWEGHE Svitolina leads 1-0 Series tied 1-1 KA.PLISKOVA First Meeting Ka.Pliskova leads 5-0 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES STUTTGART - GERMANY Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2018 $816,000 PREMIER [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [WC] COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #16) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads MADRID CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (26) $2,238,803 $22,974,818 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) STUTTGART 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) * COCO VANDEWEGHE (26) $352,583 $6,281,502 0 / 2 1 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / / 8-26 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / Rnd Result Duration * Updated entering 2018 Stuttgart QF STUTTGART Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 S. HALEP d. M. RYBARIKOVA 4-6,6-2, mins R1 BYE - R16 C. VANDEWEGHE d. L. SIEGEMUND 6-4,4-6, mins R1 C. VANDEWEGHE d. S. STEPHENS 6-1, mins STUTTGART Tournament History SIMONA HALEP 2017 SF L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #49) COCO VANDEWEGHE 2017 R16 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) 7-6(2) R16 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #71) SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #5) R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #29) (4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 Halep: Stuttgart Making fifth appearance at Stuttgart. Best result at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix came with SF runs in 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Siegemund). After 1r byes, lost opening matches in 2014 (l. Kuznetsova) and 2016 (l. Siegemund) Opening 2018 WTA clay court swing here in Stuttgart, and bidding for her seventh singles clay title this week (after 2013 Budapest, 2013 Nürnberg, 2014 and 2016 Bucharest, 2016 and 2017 Madrid) Enjoyed successful clay court swing in 2017, going 18-3 (second most wins, behind Bertens at 24-6). Solid results saw her defend title at Madrid, as well as reaching two additional finals, at Rome (l. Svitolina) and Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko) Enters Stuttgart as World No.1, marking her 25th non-consecutive week in the top spot (14th most all-time). Cannot be usurped as World No.1 at Stuttgart The last World No.1 to win the title here was Henin in 2007 (d. Golovin in F) After 1r bye, rallied from a set down vs. Rybarikova to prevail Was fifth time this season she has gone on to win after dropping opening set Win takes tally in 2018 to 22-3, joint-most wins this season (Kerber is 22-7 includes her 1r defeat of Kvitova) Has now reached QF stage of all but one of five events contested this year (exception is 3r at Miami, l. A.Radwanska) Faces Vandeweghe today in QF has not lost to a player from USA since 1r exit at 2017 Australian Open (l. Rogers) Season Played first matches of 2018 clay season last weekend, representing Romania in Fed Cup action going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in overall 3-1 defeat of Switzerland in World Group Playoffs 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 Dubai SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury. Injury also forced her to withdraw from Dubai 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 last May; 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. In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3hrs 44 mins, ranks as the third longest women s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, 4r, 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 Played 2018 Australian Open as World No.1 and was top seed at a Grand Slam for the first time Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open

4 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) Reached first career final at 2010 Fés 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, Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 31st Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a three-time 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 final at the 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

5 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 VANDEWEGHE: Stuttgart Making second appearance in Stuttgart on debut here in 2017, fell in 2r to No.3 Ka.Pliskova Opened 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix campaign by winning all American encounter against No.9 Stephens - win was 14th over a Top 10 player and first since upsetting World No.1 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 US Open Had teamed up with Stephens to defeat France last weekend and advance to the Fed Cup Finals for the second consecutive year In 2r on Thursday, defeated defending champion Siegemund. Is now a perfect 3-0 versus the German. Was first time ousting the defending champion of an event since 2017 Australian Open (d champion Kerber) Win also marked first time this season winning back-to-back singles matches Is first player from USA through to Stuttgart QF since Brengle in 2015, who reached the SF that year (l. eventual champion Kerber) Faces World No.1 Halep today owns an impressive 2-1 record vs. World No.1s, defeating Kerber (2017 Australian Open) and Ka.Pliskova (2017 US Open), and losing to S.Williams (2014 Miami) Bidding to reach first SF since R-Up finish at 2017 Zhuhai Playing doubles with Mattek-Sands this week defeated Parra Santonja/Srebotnik in 1r on Wednesday and will face Klepac/Martinez Sanchez on Friday Season Coming off Fed Cup triumph over France last week (though l. Mladenovic in three sets, ending 13-match winning streak in Fed Cup play) Hoisted Miami doubles title w/barty (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova), fell to fellow American Collins in 2r of singles play. Helped make history in Miami as it was the first time since 1985 that USA had a winner in all four events (Stephens, Vandeweghe, Isner and Bryan Brothers) Equaled her career best performance at Indian Wells, reaching R16 (l. Sakkari) Withdrew from Doha w/viral infection In February, helped defending champions United States defeat Netherlands 3-1 in World Group first-round tie (d. Hogenkamp in three sets) Lost to Babos in 1r at Australian Open Started season off at Hopman Cup, partnering with fellow American Jack Sock

6 Career Posted best year-end finish in 2017 at No.10, making her debut in the elite bracket on November 6, 2017 Season highlighted by finishing as R-Up at both Stanford (l. Keys) and WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (l. Goerges), and SF runs at Australian Open (l. V.Williams) and US Open (l. Keys), in addition to QF showing at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) Played inspirational role in Team USA s Fed Cup title triumph, going a perfect 8-0 in singles and doubles across 2017, including winning decisive doubles rubber w/rogers vs. Belarus in final in Minsk USA s first Fed Cup title win in 17 years 2016 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 doubles action, 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 2-3 in career singles finals, having also won at s-hertogenbosch in Runner-up at 2012 Stanford (as lucky loser, l. S.Williams), 2017 Stanford (l. Keys) and WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (l. Goerges) 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 Grand Slam History Made Grand Slam debut as wildcard at 2008 US Open, losing to eventual runner-up Jankovic in 1r Has contested 28 further main draws since then, compiling win-loss record 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, made QF in 2015 (l. Sharapova) and 2017 (l. Rybarikova). Yet to progress past 2r at Roland Garros In 2016, finished R-Up in mixed doubles at both Australian Open (w/tecau, l. Vesnina/Soares) and US Open (w/ Ram, l. Siegemund/Pavic). Also a doubles semifinalist at US Open in 2015 (w/groenefeld) and 2016 (w/hingis) Won 2008 US Open girls singles title as a wildcard without dropping a set (d. Paz in F)

7 Other Information Coached by former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash 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

8 MATCH NOTES STUTTGART - GERMANY Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2018 $816,000 PREMIER [3] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #7) Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads WTA FINALS HARD I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-7(7) mins 2017 BEIJING HARD O QF CAROLINE GARCIA 6-7(5) (6) 202 mins 2015 CINCINNATI HARD O R16 ELINA SVITOLINA mins ELINA SVITOLINA (23) $1,425,958 $8,797,336 2 / 11 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) STUTTGART 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) * CAROLINE GARCIA (24) $438,091 $7,819,312 0 / 5 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 4-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-4 / * Updated entering 2018 Stuttgart QF STUTTGART Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 E. SVITOLINA d. M. VONDROUSOVA 2-6,6-1,3-2 Ret'd 89 mins R1 BYE - Rnd Result Duration R16 C. GARCIA d. M. KOSTYUK 6-1,3-6, mins R1 C. GARCIA d. M. SHARAPOVA 3-6,7-6(6), mins STUTTGART Tournament History CAROLINE GARCIA 2016 R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #31) QF L - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #43) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 SVITOLINA: Stuttgart Making tournament debut at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Enters play as the No.3 seed, her 17 th -straight tournament seeded inside the Top 10 As the world No.4, Svitolina is one of eight Top 10 players in the field at Stuttgart, five have reached QF Opening 2018 clay court swing here in Stuttgart, and playing first match in almost a month, after QF exit at Miami at end of March Enjoyed fruitful clay results in 2017, posting a 15-3 record and lifting two titles, at Istanbul and Rome. Only three players posted more wins on clay last season. Has three clay titles overall, also winning 2015 Marrakech This season, has an overall 19-4 record only Mertens (20), Halep (21) and Kerber (22) have more wins One of three players on tour with multiple titles this season (Brisbane and Dubai) also Kvitova (St. Petersburg and Doha) and Mertens (Hobart and Lugano) Defeated Vondrousova in 2r to advance to her fifth quarterfinal of the season Faces No.7 Garcia in QF action today. Trails career series 1-2. This will be their first meeting on clay court One of two Top 10 matches taking place in Stuttgart also No.6 Pliskova vs. No.5 Ostapenko Looking for her fourth Top 10 victory of the season, and 24 th of her career. Other such wins in 2018 include: No.9 Konta (Brisbane QF), No.4 Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane SF) and No.9 Kerber (Dubai SF) Svitolina has won the last five tournaments, not including WTA Finals, in which she has managed a victory over a Top 10 opponent (2017 Dubai, 2017 Rome, 2017 Toronto, 2018 Brisbane and 2018 Dubai) A win would advance her into third SF appearance this season, she eventually won each of the other two tournaments in which she reached the SF stage Season Coming off 3r exit at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro in straight sets) and QF run at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko). In Miami 2r ended Osaka s eight-match winning streak Made successful title defense at Dubai (d. Kasatkina in F). This was second time in career she has defended a title (also Baku ) Now owns 11-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past seven matches at this stage, last tasting defeat against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai Owns three Top 10 wins in 2018 (No.9 Konta and No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane; No.9 Kerber at Dubai) Made 3r exit at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Advanced to QF at Australian Open for first time (l. Mertens); was on nine-match win streak entering QF Became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Australian Open, surpassing A.Bondarenko who fell in R16 in 2010; K.Bondarenko reached QF at 2009 US Open. Was bidding to become first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal Opened 2018 season by capturing her 10th career WTA title at Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); defeated two Top 10 players en route to title (d. No.9 Konta and No.5 Ka.Pliskova)

10 Career Won 10th and 11th career WTA singles titles at 2018 Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F) and Dubai (d. Kasatkina in F); career record in finals now stands at 11-2, including 5-0 in 2017 Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60) Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On three occasions could have reached World No.1 spot needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 22nd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R Up Halep) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko)

11 Reached R16 at 2017 US Open Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open) Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Currently working with coach Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes GARCIA: Stuttgart Making third main draw appearance at Stuttgart. Matched her best result by reaching QF, also did so in her first appearance (l. Brengle in 2015) Enters Stuttgart as the sixth seed her ninth consecutive tournament as a Top 10 seed As the world No.7, Garcia is one of eight Top 10 players in the field at Stuttgart, five have reached QF Defeated No.41 Sharapova for the first time in her career in the opening round. Followed that by taking down 15-year-old qualifier Koostyuk in 2r, advancing to her third QF of the season, she is 0-2 in quarterfinal matches this year Faces No.4 Svitolina today. Holds a 2-1 record against the Ukrainian, with both wins coming last season (2017 Beijing and the 2017 WTA Finals) This will be their first meeting on clay court One of two Top 10 matches taking place in Stuttgart also No.6 Pliskova vs. No.5 Ostapenko Looking for first Top 10 win of the season after logging five such wins in the final month of the 2017 season The French No.1 is participating in her second clay court event of the season (also Charleston) after finishing last season 12-6 on clay The last Frenchwomen remaining in this week s draw Season Coming off a R16 loss in her first clay court event of the season at 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)

12 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 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 13 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), and No.4 Svitolina and No.6 Wozniacki (2017 WTA Finals) 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

13 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 24th Grand Slam main draw appearance; was seeded No.8, her highest seeding at a major to date 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 this stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) Reached 3r US Open in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Kvitova) 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 In juniors, singles runner up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events Other Information Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia 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

14 MATCH NOTES STUTTGART - GERMANY Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2018 $816,000 PREMIER ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #31) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #27) Head to Head: INDIAN WELLS HARD O R64 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA mins 2015 US OPEN HARD O R2 ANETT KONTAVEIT mins ANETT KONTAVEIT (22) $282,447 $1,547,407 0 / 1 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) STUTTGART 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) * ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (26) $204,559 $8,183,067 0 / 11 0 / / / / / / 6-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 3-5 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / 6-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-2 / * Updated entering 2018 Stuttgart QF STUTTGART Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 A. KONTAVEIT d. A. KERBER 6-0,2-0 Ret'd 39 mins R1 A. KONTAVEIT d. K. MLADENOVIC 5-7,7-6(3),7-6(5) 189 mins Rnd Result Duration R16 A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA d. G. MUGURUZA 7-5, Ret'd 45 mins R1 A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA d. M. KEYS 7-6(7),5-7, mins STUTTGART Tournament History ANETT KONTAVEIT 2017 QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #0) ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2016 R1 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #71) R16 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #9) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) R1 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #21) R16 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

15 KONTAVEIT: Stuttgart Making second appearance in Stuttgart. Matched her career-best result by reaching the QF stage also did so as a qualifier last year (l. Sharapova) Achieved one of the best wins of her career last year at this tournament, ousting No.6 Muguruza in R16 Defeated No.20 Mladenovic in 1r in an epic match lasting over three hours (3:09), the second longest WTA Tour match of 2018 Followed that with a masterful display against No.12 Kerber in 2r, winning all eight games before Kerber retired in the second set Won 17 of a possible 20 return points against Kerber, including a perfect 12/12 1 st return points won The win improved her record against Top 20 opponents to 3-0 this season, 2-0 for the tournament. Other win came against No.7 Ostapenko in 3r of Australian Open. Faces No.27 Pavlyuchenkova in QF action today. All-time series tied 1-1, this will be their first match on clay court Has the second highest average opponent rank of all quarterfinalists in Stuttgart (16), behind only today s opponent Pavlyuchenkova (8) Achieved back-to-back wins for the first time since the Australian Open (d. Krunic, Barthel and Ostapenko) Appearing in her first QF match of the season, went 3-2 in such matches through 2017 Only Estonian player in action this week Season Coming off an opening round defeat in Lugano (l. Lapko) Was unable to advance past the 2r of Miami (l. Sakkari) or Indian Wells (l. Sasnovich) Achieved her 50th career main draw victory in Dubai (d. Stosur in 1r) Fell in 2r of Dubai (l. Osaka) after 1r exit at Doha (l. Cornet) to finish the Middle East swing with a 1-2 record At Australian Open, upset No.7 Ostapenko her third Top 10 win en route to R16 (l. Suárez Navarro) Opened 2018 season by reaching 2r at Brisbane (l. eventual runner-up Sasnovich) and contested qualifying at Sydney (ret. w/dizziness vs. Aoyama) Career Breakthrough season in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 first year-end finish inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top season highlighted by winning first career singles title at s-hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached finals at Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens) Hit career-high singles ranking of No.27 on July 24, 2017 following run at Gstaad

16 Also advanced to quarterfinals at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart and Rome, where she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100 One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100 Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152 Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r) Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r) Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010 Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva along the way Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 12th Grand Slam main draw appearance, reaching R16 for the second time at this level (l. Suárez Navarro) Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16 In 2017 also reached 3r at Wimbledon, (l. Wozniacki) and fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) All other appearances at the majors to date have all ended in 1r exits: Australian Open in 2016 (l. Muguruza) and 2017 (l. Sakkari); Wimbledon in 2014 (as qualifier, l. Dellacqua), 2015 (l. Azarenka) and 2016 (l. Strycova); and 2016 and 2017 US Open (l. Vesnina) Runner-up in 2012 US Open girls singles (l. Crawford) Other Information Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia; now training in Istanbul. Coached by Glenn Schaap Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn Growing up, admired Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka was playing a challenger in Australia when Azarenka won her first Australian Open title and watched the match on TV Off-court training includes Pilates Finished high school studies (online) in 2016 Goal is to reach Top 10

17 PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Stuttgart Making sixth appearance at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Enjoying best career run at Stuttgart, advancing to the QF for the first time Won eight of the final 10 points to defeat Keys in marathon 1r encounter on Wednesday Followed that with her first ever victory over No.3 Muguruza, her first Top 5 win of 2018 and 11 th of her career The win was her fifth career victory over the world No.3 also Jankovic (2009 Indian Wells), V. Williams (2009 Tokyo and 2009 Beijing) and Zvonareva (2011 French Open). Best career win remains win over No.1 Kerber in 2017 Monterrey Final Achieved back-to-back wins for the first time since winning Hong Kong title in October 2017 Boasts the highest average rank of opponents beaten in Stuttgart among quarterfinalists (8) Appearing in first QF of 2018, held a 4-5 record in such matches last season Would reach 300 career wins with a Final appearance Only Russian player, of four to reach the main draw, to appear in the QF Season Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kerber) and made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Anisimova in straight sets) Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Konta), Doha (l. Cibulkova) and on home soil at St. Petersburg (l. Makarova) Started off 2018 campaign at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 0-3 in singles play (l. Vandeweghe, Bencic and Osaka) and 2-1 in doubles action (w/khachanov) Scored 1r win at Australian Open over Kozlova, before exiting in 2r (l. Bondarenko) Career 2017 marked her 10th consecutive Top 50 finish, including second Top 20 finish at No.15 (also finished No.16 in 2011) Owns 11 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and Hong Kong Notched first win over a reigning World No.1 en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 (d. then-no.1 Kerber) Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/babos) In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

18 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 41st career main draw appearance at a major Completed set of career Grand Slam QFs by reaching this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) Had previously reached last eight at 2011 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone), 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Also made doubles QF at all majors: 2013 Australian Open and Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open One of just six active players to achieve feat of reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova, Schiavone and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011 Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova ) As well as twice winning the girls singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title) and was runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles titles Other Information Coached by Simon Goffin. Previously coached by father, Sergey and brother, Aleks Introduced to tennis at age six by family Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer

19 MATCH NOTES STUTTGART - GERMANY Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2018 $816,000 PREMIER [5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #6) vs. [4] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #5) Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads WTA FINALS HARD I R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO mins 2017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O R2 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins KAROLINA PLISKOVA (26) $810,537 $11,645,928 0 / 9 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) STUTTGART 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) * JELENA OSTAPENKO (20) $996,529 $5,928,849 0 / 2 1 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-4 / / 8-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / * Updated entering 2018 Stuttgart QF STUTTGART Tournament Performance Rnd Result Duration R16 K. PLISKOVA d. V. KUDERMETOVA 7-6(4), mins R1 K. PLISKOVA d. K. BERTENS 6-2, mins Rnd Result Duration R16 J. OSTAPENKO d. Z. DIYAS 6-3, mins R1 BYE - STUTTGART Tournament History KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2017 QF L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #49) 7-6(3) JELENA OSTAPENKO 2017 R1 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #23) 7-6(3) 7-6(3) 2016 QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #2) (8) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

20 KA.PLISKOVA: Stuttgart Making third consecutive appearance at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, where she is through to QF for third time Fell at this stage in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Siegemund) In 1r, defeated recent Charleston champion Bertens in straight sets Fired 15 aces in 2r win over qualifier Kudermetova on Thursday. Has now hit 140 aces from 22 matches in 2018 (second on tour to Goerges, who has 155 from 24 matches) Has now reached QF or better at six of her seven tournaments in 2018 (exception was 3r loss to Bellis at Doha) Faces No.5 Ostapenko today. Is waiting for first Top 5 win of the season; by contrast went 4-1 against Top 5 players in 2017, defeating No.5 Cibulkova (Doha), No.5 Wozniacki (Cincinnati), No.5 V.Williams and No.2 Muguruza (both at 2017 WTA Finals) One of two former or current WTA World No.1s in QF action in Stuttgart, along with Halep Season Went 1-1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) to help Czech Republic reach its sixth Fed Cup final in the past eight years with a 4-1 win over Germany here at Porsche Arena last weekend. The Czechs will host the USA in November s final Posted QF showings at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and Miami (l. Azarenka) Reached QF at Dubai (l. Kerber). Made 3r exit at Doha (l. Bellis) to finish the Middle East swing with a 2-2 record Advanced to QF in first Grand Slam of the year at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep); defeated countrywomen Safarova and Strycova back-to-back in 3r and R16 in Melbourne Nominated for Czech Republic s Fed Cup World Group I QF tie vs. Switzerland but did not play a singles or doubles match due to illness Began 2018 season in Brisbane; as defending champion, advanced to SF (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Career Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish. Year-end ranking has improved continuously for 12-straight seasons Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Is the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA) Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F) Qualified for WTA Finals for second year-in-a-row, reaching SF stage (l. eventual champions Wozniacki) In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. Lucic Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) Advanced to SF stage at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results matched her best result at a WTA Premier-Mandatory tournaments (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016). Also reached SF at 2017 Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Muguruza) Led the WTA in 2017 for aces served 452 from 68 matches. Also posted joint-second most match wins 53 (level with Svitolina, behind Wozniacki 60)

21 Holds a 9-10 record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2017 Eastbourne) Career wins over Top 10 opponents stands at 20-32, most recent wins coming over No.2 Muguruza and No.5 V.Williams at 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore (went 4-1 vs. Top 5 in 2017 season) Enjoyed a break-out year in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015) Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also contested the doubles competition (w/goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before teaming w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the Cup in five out of the last seven Captured fifth career doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title Claimed status as Czech Republic s top-ranked player for first time in August 2016, overtaking Kvitova Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova) Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F). Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American s 186-week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams). Furthermore, defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament Prior to 2016 US Open, was sole Top 20 player still to pass 3r at a major Is one of nine players born in 1990s to reach major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Muguruza, Ostapenko, Stephens and Wozniacki) At Australian Open, best results came with QF run in 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni) and 2018 (l. Halep) while she has also achieved best result at Roland Garros that year, advancing to SF (l. Halep) In six Wimbledon appearances, has yet to make it beyond 2r Australian Open girls singles champion in 2010 d. Robson in F Other Information Nominated for 2017 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated for the same award in 2016, in addition to WTA Most Improved Player in 2014 Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club Coached by Tomas Krupa since start of 2018 season. Had worked with Australian tennis legend Rennae Stubbs at 2017 Singapore. Parted ways with David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova, after 2017 US Open Got engaged to fiancé Michal Hrdlicka during 2017 Wimbledon

22 OSTAPENKO: Stuttgart Making second main draw appearance at Stuttgart, where she fell in the 1r last year Won the doubles title at Stuttgart last season (w/partner Atawo), lost in QF of the doubles tournament this season w/ Savchuk Contesting Stuttgart ranked a career-high No.5. This time last year, was ranked No.50 After 1r bye, fired 22 winners during quick-fire win over qualifier Diyas on Thursday. Has now won past 10 matches on clay (2017 Roland Garros 7, 2018 Fed Cup 2) Faces No.6 Ka.Pliskova in the QF today; bidding for third Top 10 win of 2018 (also No.9 Kvitova and No.4 Svitolina in Miami) Appearing in her third QF of 2018 also Miami (l. Stephens in F) and St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Kvitova in QF) Only Latvian in play this week after Sevastova withdrew from the main draw due to illness Season Last weekend won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Russia 3-2 and reach the Fed Cup World Group II for the first time Reached her first final of 2018 in Miami (l. Stephens in F). The result was her best showing at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament. Record in singles finals now stands at 2 4 At 20 years, 297 days old, became the youngest player to reach Miami final since Azarenka (19 years, 237 days) won the title in 2009 Saw off No.9 Kvitova in R16 and No.4 Svitolina in Miami QF to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time in her career Made 3r exit at Indian Wells (l. Martic) Suffered opening match defeat Doha (after 1r bye, l. Buzarnescu in straight sets) and Dubai (l. Vesnina) At Doha, won third career WTA doubles title w/dabrowski (d. Klepac/Martínez Sánchez in F) Represented Latvia in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group competition, helping team reach World Group II play-offs for the first time, going 3-1 in singles Reached QF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kontaveit) Began 2018 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Sydney (l. Makarova) Career Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish)