2018 ROLAND GARROS ROUND OF 16 (BOTTOM HALF) MATCHES

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1 2018 ROLAND GARROS WOMEN S DAILY NOTES PARIS, FRANCE MAY 27 - JUNE 10, 2018 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/roland Garros facebook.com/wta Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com) 2018 ROLAND GARROS ROUND OF 16 (BOTTOM HALF) MATCHES [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Kasatkina leads 2-1 The pair are meeting for the third time so far in 2018 with the Russian winning encounters in St Petersburg and Indian Wells in straight sets Kasatkina won the junior title here at Roland Garros in 2014 Wozniacki is one of three players who can finish the tournament as World No.1 (also Halep and Muguruza) [25] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #24) vs. [10] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #10) First meeting Kontaveit is bidding to become the first Estonian woman into the QF here since Kanepi in 2012 Stephens has advanced to R16 here for the fifth time, but never beyond that The Estonian owns five wins against Top 10 opponents so far this season [13] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) vs. [31] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #33) First meeting A win for Keys today would complete her QF sweep of all four Grand Slams Buzarnescu has advanced to R16 in just her third main draw appearance at a Slam The Romanian s 3r defeat of No.4 Svitolina was biggest win of her career [26] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #26) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #98) Strycova leads 2-0 Strycova is seeking her second QF appearance at a Grand Slam today This fortnight is the first time Putintseva has won three consecutive main draw matches since 2017 St Petersburg Entering the tournament, Strycova had not won a singles match since February A LOOK AT THE LAST 16 (BOTTOM HALF) ROLAND CAREER YTD CAREER YTD PRIZE CAREER PLAYER RANK AGE NAT GARROS W/L* W/L* MONEY$^ PRIZE $^ TITLES (MD) W/L* [2] Caroline Wozniacki 2 27 DEN ,508,771 30,343, [10] Sloane Stephens USA ,608,643 9,916,747 6 [13] Madison Keys USA , ,826 3 [14] Daria Kasatkina RUS ,418,446 3,714,099 1 [25] Anett Kontaveit EST ,987 1,835,947 0 [26] Barbora Strycova CZE ,194 7,823,043 2 [31] Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU , ,646 0 Yulia Putintseva KAZ ,793 2,345,185 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 1

2 2018 ROLAND GARROS WOMEN S DAILY NOTES PARIS, FRANCE MAY 27 - JUNE 10, 2018 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS BY ROUND REACHED PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16* QF SF F W TOTAL* [2] Caroline Wozniacki [10] Sloane Stephens [13] Madison Keys [14] Daria Kasatkina [25] Anett Kontaveit [26] Barbora Strycova [31] Mihaela Buzarnescu Yulia Putintseva *Includes 2018 Roland Garros BY THE NUMBERS 1,000,000 Should Mihaela Buzarnescu win her fourth-round match with Madison Keys then her career prize money total will reach $1million. In contrast, Keys reached this this total before she turned This time last year, Buzarnescu was ranked No Anett Kontaveit has spent 323 minutes on court so far this fortnight the most of any player left in the bottom half of the draw 192 Keys has struck the fastest serve of any player left in the tournament at 192mph 23 Thanks to reaching the fourth round, Kasatkina moves to 23 wins for the season. In 2017, she did not reach this total until Tokyo in September 18 Kasatkina has broken serve 18 times en route to the fourth round, more than any other woman on this side of the draw 11 Wozniacki has dropped only 11 games en route to the round of 16 the fewest of any player in the bottom half 7 Entering the tournament, Barbora Strycova had failed to win a match at her past seven tournaments 2 Yulia Putintseva saved two match points in her third-round win over Wang Qiang 0 Buzarnescu, Keys and Wozniacki are all yet to concede a set DOUBLES UPDATE After a slow start, Serena and Venus Williams first Grand Slam since winning 2016 Wimbledon is beginning to gain momentum. After coming within three games of defeat in the opening round, the sisters saw off former Roland Garros doubles champion Sara Errani and her partner Kirsten Flipkens on Friday. Elsewhere in the bottom half, No.9 seeds Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson have made smooth progress through to the third round, while No.2 seeds Andrea Sestini Hlavackova and Barbora Strycova came from a set down to defeat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Samantha Stosur. In the top half of the draw, Timea Babos kept alive her hopes of claiming the No.1 ranking for the first time with a second-round win alongside Kristina Mladenovic against Nao Hibino and Oksana Kalashnikova. Babos needs to reach at least the final to have a chance of taking top spot in the rankings from Latisha Chan. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel: 2

3 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 DARIA KASATKINA mins 2018 ST. PETERSBURG HARD I QF DARIA KASATKINA 7-6(2) mins 2017 DUBAI HARD O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI mins DARIA KASATKINA (21) $1,418,446 $3,714,099 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / / / 6-5 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (27) $3,508,771 $30,343,465 1 / 28 0 / / / / / / / / [14] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #14) R128: d. KAIA KANEPI (EST #52) 6-4,6-1 (1h10) R64: d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #65) 6-3,6-3 (1h20) R32: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #38) 6-1,1-6,6-3 (1h38) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) R128: d. DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #42) 7-6(2),6-1 (1h35) R64: d. [Q] GEORGINA GARCIA PEREZ (ESP #219) 6-1,6-0 (0h52) R32: d. [WC] PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #74) 6-0,6-3 (1h18) Total games: 58 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 4h8 Average time on court: 1h23 Average rank of opponent: 52 Total games: 48 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 3h45 Average time on court: 1h15 Average rank of opponent: 112 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match DARIA KASATKINA 2017 R3 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) R3 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #58) CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2017 QF L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #47) R2 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #72) (4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM KASATKINA: 2014 R1 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #64) 7-6(5) R2 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI PETROVIC (SRB #47) 7-6(2) R3 L - KAIA KANEPI (EST #23) (3) R3 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #29) QF L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #17) R3 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #41) 7-6(3) R3 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #2) R1 L - NATHALIE DECHY (FRA #46) (3) 6-0 Roland Garros Making third consecutive main draw appearance at Roland Garros, where she is through to R16 for the first time Also reached 3r in 2016 (l. Bertens 10-8 in third set after twice serving for the match) and 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Halep) Owns a 0-1 record in Grand Slam R16 matches, having previously fallen at this hurdle at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi) Seeded No.14 at Roland Garros this fortnight highest ever seeding at a Slam, beating her No.22 seeding at 2018 Australian Open Defeated Kanepi in straight sets in opening round on Monday, hitting 16 winners and nine unforced errors; in 2r on Wednesday beat Flipkens, going on the same stats Along with Sharapova, one of just two Russian women to advance to R16 this week from eight in starting field Won junior title at Roland Garros in Was one of six girls singles winners to begin this year s main draw, with two still in contention heading into R16 also Halep (2008) Turned 21 on May 7, 2018, making her the youngest player left in the tournament (followed by Kontaveit) Heading into today s match against No.2 Wozniacki; owns five wins over Top 2 players, including two over Wozniacki this year (as No.2 at Indian Wells and as No.1 at St. Petersburg) Only three other active players registered more wins over Top 2 players before their 21st birthday: NO. OF WINS PLAYER 18 Serena Williams 14 Venus Williams 7 Maria Sharapova 5 Daria Kasatkina Owns wins over all four reigning Grand Slam champions in past year: d. Roland Garros champion Ostapenko at 2017 US Open, Australian Open champion Wozniacki at 2018 St Petersburg and Indian Wells, Wimbledon champion Muguruza at Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

5 2018 Dubai, and US Open champion Stephens at 2018 Indian Wells Played doubles here in Paris with Gavrilova; pair lost to Hibino/Kalashnikova in opening round Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 11th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best results at the majors are R16 runs at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi) and 2018 Roland Garros Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy Season Coming off run to 3r at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina), which followed QF in Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova); d. No.3 Muguruza in Madrid for 11th career Top 10 win (owns career record) Also had 1r exits in Prague (l. Paolini) and Stuttgart (l. Rybarikova) Fell in QF as defending champion at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Goerges). Has now appeared in four QFs in By contrast, reached a total of five QFs in all of 2017 season Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Kenin in 3s) Reached back-to-back finals at Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Premier Mandatory Indian Wells (l. Osaka). Is now 1-3 in WTA singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above Notched her fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Top 20 wins of the season at Indian Wells - No.13 Stephens, No.2 Wozniacki, No.10 Kerber and No.8 V.Williams. Overall in 2018, owns 8-6 record Reached career-high ranking of No.11 following Indian Wells run (March 19, 2018) Retired in Doha 1r vs. Bellis (w/neck injury) Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Mladenovic); defeated No.1 Wozniacki in QF in straight sets to score second career win over a reigning World No.1, the other coming over Kerber at 2017 Sydney One of five players in WTA history to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, others being: V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and Kuznetsova (2) Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Linette) Began 2018 season with back-to-back 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kanepi) and Sydney (l. Strycova) Since start of 2017 record vs. Top 5 stands at 7-5, with wins over No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney), No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha) No.2 Halep (2017 Wuhan), No.1 Wozniacki (2018 St Petersburg), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Dubai), No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Indian Wells) and No.3 Muguruza (2018 Madrid) Career Ended 2017 at career-best No.24, up from No.27 in season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager Ostapenko in final the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

6 Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at 2017 at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/gavrilova) 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held mps), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges) Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro in QF) QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament Lifted maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/vesnina) Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r) Other Information Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her fitness trainer and travels with her Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC Coached by Philippe Dehaes; formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik WOZNIACKI: Roland Garros Making 11th appearance at Roland Garros. Has progressed to QF stage in Paris twice, falling to the eventual champion on both occasions in 2010 (l. Schiavone) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros in 2007 (l. Dechy in 1r) Other key results in Paris include reaching 3r on five occasions 2008 (l. eventual champion Ivanovic), 2009 (l. Cirstea), 2011 (l. Hantuchova), 2012 (l. Kanepi) and now Roland Garros marks 44th Grand Slam main draw appearance her streak of 36 consecutive Slam appearances ended here in Paris in 2016, when she withdrew pre-tournament w/right ankle injury her first missed major since making Grand Slam debut here in 2007 One of six Grand Slam champions through to R16 (also Kerber, Muguruza, Sharapova, Stephens and S.Williams) Can return to No.1 by winning title; is one of three players who could end the tournament as World No.1 (also Halep and Muguruza) In 1r on Monday, hit only 13 unforced errors in a straight-set win over French Open rookie Collins Defeated another Roland Garros debutante García Pérez in 2r on Wednesday

7 Dropped three games against wildcard Parmentier in 3r has conceded 11 games en route to R16, the fewest of any player in bottom half Standing between her and a third QF in Paris is Kasatkina. Owns 3-0 record against Russians at Roland Garros and 10-4 across all the majors, including defeat in most recent match against Makarova at 2017 US Open All eight defeats in 2018 have been to players ranked outside Top 10 Including results this week, owns a record at Slam level eighth most wins among active players Owns four clay court titles: 2009 and 2010 Amelia Island, 2011 Charleston and 2011 Brussels. Last final on the surface was at 2017 Bastad (l. Siniakova in F) Currently in No.2 position on the Porsche Race to Singapore, only 155 points behind No.1 Halep top eight players of 2018 qualify for the season finale at the WTA Finals in Singapore Grand Slam History Captured her first Grand Slam title and the World No.1 ranking at 2018 Australian Open (d. Halep in three sets) becoming just the fourth player all-time (also, Navratilova, Ivanovic and Azarenka) to simultaneously win her maiden major title and ascend to No.1 Saved 2mp (in 2r vs. Fett) en route to the 2018 Australian Open title one of five women to do so in Melbourne Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l. S.Williams). Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon Made Grand Slam debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors until streak was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury) At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 and has reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, including 2017 In juniors, won girls singles title at 2006 Wimbledon and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open Season Coming off QF showing at Rome (l. Kontaveit) Reached R16 at Madrid (l. eventual R-Up Bertens) Made QF at Istanbul (ret. vs. eventual champion Parmentier w/left abdominal injury) Reached R16 at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Puig) Posted SF run at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Fell in QF at St Petersburg (after 1r bye, d. Potapova; l. No.8 seed Kasatkina) Won first Grand Slam title of career at Australian Open (d. Halep in F) became first Danish woman to win a major singles title With her triumph in Melbourne reclaimed the World No.1 ranking for the first time in six years, marking the longest gap between stints at the top spot since the computer rankings were introduced in November 1975 (6 years, 0 days) Opened 2018 season with R-Up finish at Auckland (l. Goerges)

8 Career Posted record in 2017, finishing at No.3 for 10th consecutive Top 20 season and seventh Top 10 finish of career, including six in a row ( ) and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in Season highlight in 2017 was winning biggest title of career to that point at 2017 WTA Finals Singapore (d. V.Williams in F). By winning in Singapore, passed $25 million in career prize money Also defended title at Tokyo PPO (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and reached a further six finals in 2017, finishing as R-Up at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) in back to back weeks, and then Miami (l. Konta), Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova), Bastad (l. Siniakova) and Toronto (l. Svitolina) Scored three wins over No.1-ranked players in 2017, against Ka.Pliskova (Toronto), Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) and Halep (Singapore). Had never previously secured victory over the top-ranked player in her career; lifetime record now stands at 4-6 vs. No.1 players (also beat Halep at 2018 Australian Open) Scored more wins over Top 10 in 2017 (14-6 record) than any other player Owns 28 career singles titles fourth most titles among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) and has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 and 2011 Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever title won by a Danish woman Denmark s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top 50 on January 28, 2008 Debuted in Top 10 on May 18, 2009 Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on January 29, 2018 after Australian Open title for a further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks Qualified for WTA Finals five times ( , 2014, 2017) Winner of two WTA doubles titles 2008 Beijing (w/medina Garrigues) and 2009 Memphis (w/azarenka) Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at 2005 Cincinnati Other Information Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March As part of the announcement she launched the program s annual Aces for Humanity campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight USANA Ambassadors on the WTA Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-new York Knicks forward proposing on holiday in Bora Bora Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki

9 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [25] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #24) vs. [10] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #10) Head to Head: First meeting ANETT KONTAVEIT (22) $570,987 $1,835,947 0 / 1 0 / / / / / / / / 7-7 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 SLOANE STEPHENS (25) $1,608,643 $9,916,747 1 / 6 0 / / / / / / / / 15-5 [25] ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #24) R128: d. MADISON BRENGLE (USA #101) 6-1,4-6,6-2 (1h42) R64: d. [Q] ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #159) 7-5,6-2 (1h37) R32: d. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 7-6(6),7-6(4) (2h04) vs. [10] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #10) R128: d. [LL] ARANTXA RUS (NED #106) 6-2,6-0 (0h49) R64: d. [Q] MAGDALENA FRECH (POL #136) 6-2,6-2 (1h03) R32: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #57) 4-6,6-1,8-6 (2h26) Total games: 71 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h23 Average time on court: 1h48 Average rank of opponent: 89 Total games: 61 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 4h18 Average time on court: 1h26 Average rank of opponent: 100 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match ANETT KONTAVEIT 2017 R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) 6-7(4) R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #11) 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 2015 R2* L - CLOTHILDE DE BERNARDI (FRA #314) SLOANE STEPHENS 2016 R3 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #102) R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R16 L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2014 R3* L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #92) R16 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) R16 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #6) R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #83) KONTAVEIT: Roland Garros Making third main draw appearance at Roland Garros (and fifth appearance overall) Has posted best result this year in Paris by reaching R16, bettering 2r effort in 2017 (l. Muguruza). Posted 1r exit in 2016 (l. V.Williams) and fell in qualifying Has also matched best Grand Slam result, having also reached R16 at 2015 US Open and 2018 Australian Open One of two Estonian women to begin 2018 Roland Garros main draw, along with Kanepi (fell 1r to Kasatkina) Contesting 2018 Roland Garros on a career-high ranking of No.24, achieved on May 28, 2018 Hit 107 winners across opening three rounds, d. Brengle in 1r (51 winners), Niculescu in 2r (31) and Kvitova in 3r (25) Defeat of No.8 Kvitova in 3r was eighth career Top 10 win; now owns 7-8 record overall, including five this season No.7 Ostapenko (Australian Open), No.8 V.Williams (Madrid), No.9 V.Williams and No.2 Wozniacki (Rome) and No.8 Kvitova (Roland Garros) Win over Kvitova also took record vs. lefthanders to 7-7 throughout career Faces No.10 Stephens today; looking to advance to first Grand Slam QF Bidding to be first Estonian woman to reach QF here in Paris since Kanepi in 2012; also aiming to be first Estonian in a Grand Slam QF since Kanepi at 2017 US Open Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 13th Grand Slam main draw appearance Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) only seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16. Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) In 2017 reached 3r at Wimbledon, (l. Wozniacki) and fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza) Aside from 2018 Roland Garros, 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) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

11 Season Has enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018 thus far, coming off SF run at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) Also posted R16 run at Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and made SF stage at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) At Stuttgart, 1r win over Mladenovic lasted over three hours (3:09), the second longest WTA Tour match of 2018; also spent 2:57 on court in her Stuttgart QF match, defeating Pavlyuchenkova in three sets Prior to Stuttgart had lost four consecutive matches, stemming back to 2r at Dubai Fell 1r at Lugano (l. Lapko) After 1r byes, made 2r exits at both Indian Wells (l. Sasnovich) and Miami (l. Sakkari) Achieved her 50th career main draw victory in Dubai (d. Stosur in 1r) before falling in 2r (l. Osaka) Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Cornet) At Australian Open, upset No.7 Ostapenko 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 Enjoyed 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) Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017) Also advanced to quarterfinals at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route, 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 Other Information Working here in Paris with Estonian Fed Cup captain Marten Tamla Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia; now training in Istanbul

12 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 STEPHENS: Roland Garros Making seventh appearance in Paris. Has now reached the R16 for the fifth time - also in 2012 (l. Stosur), 2013 (l. eventual R-Up Sharapova), 2014 (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Also made 3r on her most recent visit in 2016; missed last year s clay court season due to foot injury Defeated lucky loser Rus in 1r and qualifier Frech in 2r Overcame Italian No.1 Giorgi in three sets in 3r on Saturday; Giorgi twice served for the match and came within two points of victory Has now won all four matches with Italian players at majors also defeated Schiavone (2012 US Open), Knapp (2013 Roland Garros) and Vinci (2017 US Open) One of three Americans to advance to R16 this fortnight in Paris (also Keys and S.Williams) The last American women to reach QF at Roland Garros was Rogers (QF) and S.Williams (R-Up) in 2016 Faces No.24 Kontaveit today in their first career meeting; has lost to a player ranked outside Top 20 on four occasions so far this season No.100 Giorgi (Sydney), No.34 Zhang (Australian Open), No.183 Voegele (Acapulco) and No.93 Putintseva (Nürnberg) Holds 3-6 record in Grand Slam R16 matches, and 0-4 here in Paris Since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 18-6 win-loss record (9-4 on clay) One of six Grand Slam champions through to R16 at 2018 Roland Garros (also Kerber, Muguruza, Sharapova, S.Williams and Wozniacki) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 25th Grand Slam main draw appearance Enjoyed fairytale run at US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth undressed champion Was one of four American women to reach SF at 2017 Flushing Meadows (also Keys, Vandeweghe and V.Williams) the sixth time in the Open Era that four Americans have contested the final four at a major Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result to date across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka) Along with Makarova, is one of only two players who ve never held the No.1 ranking, but have managed to beat both V.Williams (2015 Roland Garros and 2017 US Open) and S.Williams (whom she defeated at 2013 Australian Open) at Grand Slam level

13 Also just the second American (after Davenport) to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) Won junior doubles titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in 2010 (all w/babos) Season Coming off 1r exit at Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva) Posted R16 runs at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Garcia). Rome result saw her become the 44th woman in history to pass $10 million in career prize money Made 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe) Won both singles rubbers (d. Mladenovic and Parmentier) during defending champion USA s 3-2 Fed Cup semifinal win over France. Will face Czech Republic in November s final Lifted first Premier-mandatory title of career in Miami (d. Ostapenko) remains perfect in WTA finals for career (6-0) Subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 following her title run at Key Biscayne Helped make history in Miami as the USA provided the winners in all four events (Stephens, Vandeweghe, Isner and Bryan brothers) Reached 3r at Indian Wells. Defeated former No.1 Azarenka in 2r before falling to eventual R-Up Kasatkina Enjoyed a QF run at Acapulco (d. Parmentier and Rus, l. eventual R-Up Voegele) Dropped her 1r match in Melbourne (l. Zhang) and Sydney (l. Giorgi) to start the 2018 season Withdrew from Brisbane w/left knee injury Career Posted second-best year-end finish at No.13 in 2017, one off career-high of No.12 in 2013 At US Open, capped historic summer comeback by upsetting Cibulkova, V.Williams and Keys to become the fifth unseeded woman (ranked No.83) in the Open Era to win a major, doing so just 69 days after returning from an 11-month injury lay-off, and six weeks since her ranking dropped to No.957 Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Only returned to action at 2017 Wimbledon (1r) following 11 months on sidelines with foot injury, having had surgery in January After 1r loss at Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open, also making back-to-back SFs at Toronto and Cincinnati Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, last match came at 2016 Rio Olympics Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) Owns a 6-19 record vs. Top 5 players, with wins against No.5 Ostapenko (2018 Miami), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Miami), No.3 Kerber (2017 Toronto), No.2 Kerber (2016 Charleston via ret. w/viral illness), No.3 Sharapova (2013 Cincinnati) and No.3 S. Williams (2013 Australian Open) At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012

14 Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and went on to win a career-best 39 matches across the season Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 Miami and first WTA main draw at 2010 Indian Wells (as qualifier ranked No.747, fell 2r, l. Zvonareva) Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit Other Information Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Shawn Farrell Started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, California. Two years later relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before moving to Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy Coached by Kamau Murray (started working together in January 2016). Worked with Nick Saviano in 2015

15 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [13] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) vs. [31] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #33) Head to Head: First meeting MADISON KEYS (23) $516,001 $8,049,826 0 / 3 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (30) $263,829 $640,646 0 / 0 1 / / / / / / / / 2-1 [13] MADISON KEYS (USA #13) R128: d. SACHIA VICKERY (USA #76) 6-3,6-3 (0h58) R64: d. CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #125) 6-4,6-1 (1h09) R32: d. [21] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #20) 6-1,7-6(7) (1h23) vs. [31] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #33) R128: d. VANIA KING (USA #1,275) 6-3,6-3 (1h26) R64: d. REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #97) 6-1,6-2 (1h03) R32: d. [4] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #4) 6-3,7-5 (1h37) Total games: 55 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 3h30 Average time on court: 1h10 Average rank of opponent: 74 Total games: 54 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 4h6 Average time on court: 1h22 Average rank of opponent: 459 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match MADISON KEYS 2017 R2 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #290) R16 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #58) 7-6(4) R3 L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #24) MIHAELA BUZARNESCU 2012 R2* L - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #169) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

16 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2014 R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #11) R2 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #86) (2) KEYS: Roland Garros Making sixth main draw appearance at Roland Garros. Best result was R16 showing in 2016 (l. Bertens) and now again in 2018 Reached 3r here in 2015 (l. Bacsinszky) In 1r and 2r, defeated compatriots Vickery and Dolehide, respectively, in straight sets. Hit a total of 40 winners between the two matches (19 vs. Vickery, 21 vs. Dolehide) Dispatched No.20 Osaka in 3r on Friday has dropped just one set against the Japanese woman in three career meetings Has now advanced to the second week of a Grand Slam in 9 of her last 11 attempts Squares off against No.33 Buzarnescu in first career meeting today for spot in Roland Garros QFs. Owns a 5-7 mark vs. Romanian opponents, including an even 2-2 record on clay Holds 4-5 record in Grand Slam R16 matches, fell in lone attempt in Paris in 2016 (l. Bertens) A win today would complete her QF sweep of all four Grand Slams, having reached the 2017 US Open final, 2015 Australian Open SF, and 2015 Wimbledon QF Including victories here in Paris, is 9-3 on clay in In 2017, went 1-4 on this surface, with sole win taking place here at Roland Garros against Barty in 1r One of three American women to reach R16 here (also Stephens and S.Williams) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up finish to Stephens. Best result prior to that was breakthrough SF run at Australian Open in 2015 when she defeated No.18 V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Before Melbourne Park run, had never previously passed 3r at a major. Became just the third American teenager since 1995 to reach SF at the Australian Open also Chanda Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF) At Wimbledon, best result is QF in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska); at US Open, previously advanced to R16 in 2015 (l. S.Williams) and 2016 (l. Wozniacki); at Roland Garros, made R16 in 2016 (l. Bertens) In 2016 was one of only four players to reach at least R16 across the Slams (also A.Radwanska, Suárez Navarro and Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

17 S.Williams) Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to compete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008) Season Enters Paris following Rome withdrawal before R16 meeting with No.1 Halep due to a rib injury Made back-to-back 1r exits at Stuttgart (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Madrid (l. Sorribes Tormo) Booked a spot in Fed Cup final for USA with clinching victory over France s Parmentier in fourth rubber In first clay action of the season, advanced to SF stage in Charleston (l. eventual champion Bertens after holding 1mp) Suffered early 2r exits at Miami (l. Azarenka via ret. w/left thigh injury), Indian Wells (l. Collins) and Doha (l. Bellis) Reached Grand Slam QF for fourth time in career at Australian Open (l. Kerber) Posted 13th career win over a Top 10 opponent when she defeated No.8 Garcia in R16 in Melbourne At Australian Open, was one of just two players to reach last eight who also reached quarters at the previous major, 2017 US Open (also Ka.Pliskova) Started 2018 campaign in Brisbane where she made 1r exit (l. Konta) Career Third successive Top 20 season in 2017, finishing at No.19 despite delayed start having undergone left wrist surgery in November 2016 (first event played was Indian Wells, where she reached R16) Season highlighted by reaching maiden Grand Slam final in New York, losing out to Stephens in 10th all-american US Open final in the Open Era. At 22 was the youngest Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozniacki lost to Clijsters in 2009 Also in 2017, won third career tour-level singles title, and first on hard courts, at Stanford (d. Vandeweghe in F). Previous two titles were won on grass, at 2014 Eastbourne (d. Kerber in F; second youngest title winner of season) and 2016 Birmingham (d. Strycova in F); also a runner-up on four occasions Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), as youngest player in the year-end Top 25 Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th player to reach the elite bracket since computer rankings were introduced. Became first American to make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999 Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on October 10, 2016 Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going 1-2 in round robin play Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova) Owns five career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome and 2017 Stanford) and No.4 Svitolina (2017 US Open) In 2016, advanced to R16 at each of the four majors Advanced to semifinals at 2015 Australian Open (just third American teenager since 1995 to reach last four in Melbourne, after Rubin and Stephens)

18 Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went 1-1 in round robin stage) Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015 Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur) and became youngest American to win a singles title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok) Nominated for WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2013 On ITF Circuit won three singles titles and one doubles title Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994 Other Information Currently coached by Lindsay Davenport. Fitness coach is Rodney Marshall Previously coached by Jesse Levine and Thomas Hogstedt Unveiled as Evian s first American ambassador in Prior to 2016 US Open was unveiled as ambassador for FearlesslyGIRL, an organization dedicated to empowering young women and their communities BUZARNESCU: Roland Garros Making main draw debut at Roland Garros, and just third main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Fell in qualifying here in Paris in 2012 Ranked No.33 and seeded No.31 at 2018 Roland Garros her first seeding at a Grand Slam By contrast, 12 months ago was ranked No.377 since then has posted more wins than any other player, going (including ITF Circuit matches) Yet to drop a set this fortnight, defeating King in 1r and qualifier Peterson in 2r her first main draw Grand Slam wins Produced one of the tournament s biggest upsets by upending World No.4 Svitolina in straight sets in 3r action now owns a 2-4 record against Top 10 players, defeating No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Doha) and now No.4 Svitolina, and losing to No.5 Wozniacki (2017 US Open), No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open), No.10 Goerges (2018 Doha) and No.8 Kvitova (2018 Prague) Now holds 11-6 record on clay in 2018, highlighted by R-Up finish at Prague (l. Kvitova) and SF at Strasbourg (l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) Takes on No.13 Keys in today s R16 action. Is 2-4 vs. Top 20 opponents for her career, including 2-3 on the year Into her first-ever Grand Slam R16 and subsequently seeking to reach her first-ever Grand Slam QF One of five remaining thirtysomethings in the draw (also S.Williams, Sharapova, Strycova, Kerber) out of 23 to start the week

19 Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marks third main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Fell 1r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 US Open (as qualifier, l. No.5 seed Wozniacki) and 2018 Australian Open (l. No.2 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki) Before making main draw debut, had fallen eight times in Grand Slam qualifying previously, at Australian Open (2012, 2017) Roland Garros (2012), Wimbledon (2012, 2017) and US Open (2011, 2012, 2015) Season Coming off SF showing at Strasbourg (l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova after leading ). Bounced back to win first career doubles title at Strasbourg (w/olaru, d. N.Kichenok/An.Rodionova in F) Suffered 1r defeats at both Madrid (l. Sharapova) and Rome (l. Zhang) Reached second WTA singles final of career at Prague (l. Kvitova in 3s); rose to career high-ranking of No.32 following the tournament (May 7, 2018). Also doubles R-Up in Czech capital (w/marozava, l. Melichar/Peschke) Part of Romania team that beat Switzerland 3-1 reach World Group for the second time in four years (l. dead doubles rubber w/cirstea against Golubic/Teichmann) Other clay court results include 2r run in Charleston (l. Errani) and 1r exit at Lugano (l. Sabalenka) Fell 1r back-to-back at Indian Wells (l. Brady) and Miami (l. Flipkens) after a 2r showing at Budapest (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck) Reached R16 at Doha (l. Goerges). Scored career first Top 10 win over No.6 Ostapenko in 2r in straight sets Advanced to SF at $100k ITF/Midland, MI-USA (l. Brengle) after 1r exit at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Reached first WTA singles final of career at Hobart (l. Mertens in 3s), having not dropped a set en route to the final Opened 2018 season at Shenzhen, falling 1r to Sharapova Career Enjoyed breakthrough year in 2017, achieving first Top 100 season of career at No.72. Previous best year-end finish was in 2011 (No.155) Reached first tour-level SF of career at 2017 Linz (having come through qualifying), defeating No.35 Kontaveit en route (l. eventual champion Strycova) Broke into Top 100 after Linz run (October 16, 2017); at 29 was the oldest Top 100 debutante since 33-year-old Obziler on February 19, 2007 at No.96 Made Grand Slam and WTA main draw debut at 2017 US Open as a qualifier (l. Wozniacki in 1r). Prior to US Open breakthrough had made 16 unsuccessful attempts to qualify for tour-level tournaments, including eight Grand Slams, dating back to 2007 Fès Only other main draw appearance in 2017 resulted in 1r exit at Luxembourg

20 Ascent up the rankings helped by strong showings on ITF Circuit in 2017, picking up seven titles, including $100k ITF/Poitiers-FRA and $80k ITF/Biarritz-FRA Posted a 9-11 win-loss record in 2016, with best result a QF run at $50k ITF/Hodmezovasarhely-HUN. Finished year ranked No.351 (down from No.260 in 2015) In 2015, won 48 matches, four ITF Circuit titles and rose over 600 places in the rankings, finishing at No.260 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Fès Has won 22 singles and 34 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Made professional debut at 2004 $10k ITF/Bucharest-ROU (l. Savu in 1r) Other Information Coached by Fratila Septimiu and father, Mihai, a former Romanian intercollegiate tennis player; mother is Marcela (pharmacist). Introduced to tennis at age 4 by parents Has been part of the Romanian national tennis federation since age 12 Grew up idolizing Pete Sampras and Monica Seles Gained PhD in sports science from UNEFS in Bucharest

21 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM [26] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #26) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #98) Head to Head: BARBORA STRYCOVA leads BIRMINGHAM GRASS O R1 BARBORA STRYCOVA mins 2012 BIELLA CLAY O R16 BARBORA STRYCOVA BARBORA STRYCOVA (32) $709,194 $7,823,043 0 / 2 1 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * * Updated entering 2018 Roland Garros R16 ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16 YULIA PUTINTSEVA (23) $150,793 $2,345,185 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 3-5 [26] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #26) R128: d. KURUMI NARA (JPN #96) 1-6,6-3,6-4 (2h28) R64: d. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #36) 6-4,6-2 (1h16) R32: d. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #54) 6-2,6-3 (1h23) vs. YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #98) R128: d. [22] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #21) 6-4,6-3 (1h24) R64: d. JENNIFER BRADY (USA #86) 6-4,6-3 (1h27) R32: d. QIANG WANG (CHN #85) 1-6,7-5,6-4 (2h18) Total games: 61 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h7 Average time on court: 1h42 Average rank of opponent: 62 Total games: 67 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h9 Average time on court: 1h43 Average rank of opponent: 64 ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match BARBORA STRYCOVA 2017 R2 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #43) R3 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #2) (6) R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #49) 7-6(5) 6-2 YULIA PUTINTSEVA 2017 R3 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R2 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #21) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

22 MATCH NOTES ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE May 27 - Jun 10, 2018 $20,298,331 GRAND SLAM 2014 R1 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #92) R1 L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI PETROVIC (SRB #47) R1 L - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #86) R1 L - NA LI (CHN #7) (6) R1 L - ROSSANA DE LOS RÍOS (PAR #102) 7-6(2) R1 L - LOURDES DOMÍNGUEZ LINO (ESP #87) R1* L - EKATERINA DZEHALEVICH (BLR #183) 7-6(5) R1* L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #213) R3* L - YULIYA BEYGELZIMER (UKR #138) R1 L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) R2 L - ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #5) R3* L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #148) R2 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #5) R2* L - TATJANA MARIA (GER #164) STRYCOVA: Roland Garros Making 12th appearance at Roland Garros. Previous best result was 3r finish in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska in 3s) Other than 2016, only other wins in Paris came during 2r showings in 2004 (d. Callens) and 2017 (d. Riske) In 1r, recovered from losing 28-minute opening set to defeat Nara her first win on tour in three months (since d. Krunic in Doha 1r) Followed this with victory over Makarova to reach 3r at a major for the 12th time Swept aside compatriot Siniakova in straight sets in 3r to advance to her first R16 at Roland Garros Win over Siniakova marked her 70th career WTA main draw victory on clay Her record in Paris now stands at 7-11 fewest wins at any of the majors; career record in Grand Slams is Faces off against No.98 Putintseva in today s R16 action won previous two meetings in straight sets Owns a career mark vs. Top 100 opponents, including 9-10 in 2018 Seeking second QF appearance at Grand Slam level, having also reached that stage at 2014 Wimbledon Holds a 3-2 mark vs. Kazak opponents, including 1-0 on clay (defeating Putintseva at 2012 Biella) One of five remaining thirtysomethings in the draw (also S.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Buzarnescu) out of 23 to start the week No.2 seed w/sestini Hlavackova in doubles draw this fortnight Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: