MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SEMIFINALS (SATURDAY)

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1 MATCH NOTES: MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SAN JOSE, USA JULY 30 AUG 5, 2018 USD $733,900 PREMIER WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: WTA Communications: Estelle LaPorte Catherine Sneddon SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SEMIFINALS (SATURDAY) Stadium [4] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) vs. [5] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #24) Mertens leads 3-0 Mertens won previous meeting, in this year s Hobart final Both players can move to new career-high rankings by reaching the final Buzarnescu bidding for fifth career Top 20 win DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #42) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #49) First meeting Both players attempting to reach their first WTA final Collins has risen over 100 places in the rankings in the past 12 months QF win over Williams was Sakkari s fifth against a Top 20 player A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER RANK AGE NAT SAN JOSE (MD) W/L* YTD W/L* CAREER W/L* YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER TITLES [4] Elise Mertens BEL ,508,500 2,304,740 4 [5] Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU ,079 1,220,896 0 Danielle Collins USA , ,852 0 Maria Sakkari GRE ,523 1,452,151 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS MERTENS BUZARNESCU COLLINS Mertens leads 1-0 First meeting SAKKARI Mertens leads 3-2 First meeting Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES: MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC SAN JOSE, USA JULY 30 AUG 5, 2018 USD $733,900 PREMIER SEMIFINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT BEST SAN JOSE RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) CAREER SF W/L CAREER SF W/L [4] Elise Mertens WON (3): Hobart, Lugano, Rabat SF (1): Rabat (WON) [5] Mihaela Buzarnescu R-Up (2): Hobart, Prague SF (1): Prague (R-Up) Danielle Collins SF (2): Miami, San Jose SF (1): 2018 N/A Maria Sakkari SF (2): Istanbul, San Jose SF (1): 2018 N/A BY THE NUMBERS 154 Exactly 12 months ago, Danielle Collins was ranked No Elise Mertens has been broken only twice so far, winning 89.5% of her service games her 2018 average is 70.5% 66 Maria Sakkari has won 66.7% of her return games this week her season average is 32.1% - breaking serve 18 times in three matches 34 By reaching the final, Mihaela Buzarnescu will notch up her 34th tour-level victory of Prior to this season, her career total number of wins at this level stood at three 15 The progress of Collins ensures that for an eighth straight year the United States has at least one semifinal representative at the tournament 4 All four semifinalists are making their tournament debut 0 Mertens and Sakkari are both yet to drop a set. The last player to win this title without dropping a set was Serena Williams in 2012 ELSEWHERE ON TOUR Last night s rain means that it will be a bumper order of play at the Citi Open on Saturday, with three of the four singles quarterfinals still to be completed. The only player already through to the last four is Andrea Petkovic, who saved three match points to defeat Belinda Bencic (8). Bidding to join her are Yulia Putintseva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Zheng Saisai, Allie Kiick, Magda Linette and Donna Vekic. RANKING PROJECTIONS By reaching the final Elise Mertens can overtake Venus Williams and move to a career-high of No.14. That is the highest she can climb this week. Mihaela Buzarnescu is projected to maintain her career-high ranking of No.24 by reaching the semifinals. She can move to No.21 with a runner-up finish and No.20 by lifting the title. Her run this week has guaranteed Danielle Collins a new career-best ranking of No.35. Although she could go to No.30 with a final appearance and No.26 with the title. Maria Sakkari is already projected to return to the Top 40, but could reach the Top 35 by making the final and the Top 30 for the first time with the title. WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM SAN JOSE Every main draw match from San Jose is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch all the action at home or on the go. You won t want to miss a minute of this year s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously with the multibox feature. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

3 MATCH NOTES SAN JOSE - USA, CA Jul 30 - Aug 05, 2018 $799,000 PREMIER [4] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) vs. [5] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #24) Head to Head: ELISE MERTENS leads HOBART HARD O F ELISE MERTENS mins 2015 ITF/KOKSIJDE CLAY O R16 ELISE MERTENS N/A 2015 ITF/SANTA MARGHERITA DIPULA 5 CLAY O QF ELISE MERTENS N/A ELISE MERTENS (22) $1,508,500 $2,304,740 3 / 4 3 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) SAN JOSE W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (30) $844,079 $1,220,896 0 / 0 1 / / / / / / 5-0 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / / 1-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / / 2-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-5 / / 4-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-8 / 4-9 * Updated entering 2018 San Jose SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [4] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) QF: d. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #48) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h33) R16: d. ASHLEY KRATZER (USA #251) 6-2,6-0 (1h02) R32: BYE [5] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #24) QF: d. AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #65) 6-1,7-5 (1h25) R16: d. AMANDA ANISIMOVA (USA #198) 7-5,2-6,6-1 (1h46) R32: d. SACHIA VICKERY (USA #73) 6-3,4-6,6-3 (1h58) vs. Total games: 36 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 4-0 Total time on court: 2h35 Average time on court: 1h18 Average rank of opponent: 150 Total games: 74 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-2 Total time on court: 5h09 Average time on court: 1h43 Average rank of opponent: 112 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MERTENS: San Jose Making debut appearance at the Bay Area event, having never previously contested Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic s predecessor in Stanford Contesting 2018 San Jose at a career-high ranking of No.15, first posted week after Roland Garros (June 11, 2018). Last year began North American hardcourt swing at No.47 Will move to a career-high No.14 by reaching the final Seeded No.4 this week her highest seeding at a WTA Premier-level tournament (previous best was No.7 at 2018 Birmingham After 1r bye, defeated No.251 Kratzer in 2r and Konta in QF. These were her 33rd and 34th wins of 2018 only Kerber (39), Kvitova (38) and Halep (37) own more wins this season (none of whom are playing an event this week). In contrast, prior to this season had 35 tour-level match wins across entire career Faces Buzarnescu today won all three of their previous meetings, most recently to successfully defend her Hobart title this January However, has lost other three matches with Romanians this year in straight sets, against Cirstea at Doha and Halep at Madrid and Roland Garros Bidding to reach sixth career final and first at a Premier-level tournament. Win-loss record in career SF stands at 5-4 Season Reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) for her career-best result at the All England Club Also reached 3r at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Sabalenka) and fell in 2r at s-hertogenbosch (l. Lottner) and 1r at Birmingham (l. Jakupovic) In doubles, won fifth career title at s-hertogenbosch and finishing R-Up at Birmingham (both w/schuurs) Started clay court season with back-to-back titles at Lugano (d. Sabalenka in F) and Rabat (d. Tomljanovic in F). One of six players to win multiple titles on tour so far this year (3), along with Kvitova (5), Svitolina (3), Halep (2), Kerber (2) and Wozniacki (2) Fell to World No.1 Halep at other two clay court events, in R16 at Roland Garros and 2r at Madrid. Finished clay swing with tour s best record on the surface 16-2 win-loss, edging Halep s 16-3 record Also won doubles title at Lugano (w/flipkens, d. Lapko/Sabalenka in F) Won both rubbers (d. Errani and Paolini) to help Belgium to 4-0 victory in its World Group I play-off against Italy Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Q.Wang) and reached 3r at Miami (l. Konta) Fell 2r in Doha (l. Cirstea), followed by a 1r exit in Dubai (l. Bellis) Went 1-1 in Fed Cup World Group play for Belgium vs. France (d. Parmentier, l. Mladenovic). France won tie 3-2 Achieved Grand Slam breakthrough at Australian Open; making debut at event, advanced to first SF at a major d. No.23 Gavrilova in 2r and No.4 Svitolina in QF first win over a Top 5 opponent en route before falling to No.2 seed and eventual champion Wozniacki (ending 10-match win streak)

5 With Australian Open results, made Top 20 debut at No.20 (week of January 29, 2018) Passed $1 million in career prize money with 3r victory over Cornet at Australian Open Enjoyed successful title defense at 2018 Hobart (d. Buzarnescu in F), having won her maiden title there in Completed sweep of titles by teaming up with Schuurs to defeat L.Kichenok/Ninomiya in doubles final Began 2018 season at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 2-1 in singles play (d. Bouchard and Gavrilova, l. Kerber) and 2-1 in doubles (w/goffin) Career Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish in career 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) one of five qualifiers to win a singles title in 2017 Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l. Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig) Won second career doubles title at 2017 Guangzhou (w/schuurs) and reached finals at 2017 Bucharest (w/schuurs) and Istanbul (w/melichar) Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 s-hertogenbosch as qualifier, advanced to QF (l. Mladenovic) In 2016 also reached 2r on grass at Mallorca (as qualifier, d. Schiavone in 1r, l. Jankovic) and fell in qualifying on nine occasions: Auckland, Australian Open, St Petersburg, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Gstaad, Bastad, Linz and Luxembourg Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/mestach). Now has five doubles titles also 2017 Guangzhou (w/schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/flipkens) and 2018 s-hertogenbosch (w/schuurs) Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying) Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010 Grand Slam History Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF) In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep) and Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova) Fell 1r at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2016 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muguruza in 3s)

6 Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon, 2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon Other Information Currently coached by Dieter Kindlmann Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy in Paris Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM) Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English Was home schooled BUZARNESCU: San Jose Contesting a Bay Area event for the first time in her career, having never previously played the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic s predecessor in Stanford In parallel week in 2017, played ITF event at $25k Woking-GBR, ranked No.142 in contrast, contesting week of 2018 San Jose at a career-high ranking of No.24 (first set July 23, 2018) Can rise to No.21 by reaching the final and is projected to move to No.20 by lifting the title Scored three-set wins over Vickery in 1r and Anisimova in 2r is now 5-2 vs. women from USA in 2018 at tour-level; also defeated Riske (Hobart), King (Roland Garros) and Falconi (Nottingham), and lost to Brady (Indian Wells) and Keys (Roland Garros) Has now contested 18 three-set matches this season; Siniakova (also 18) is the only other player on tour to have played as many Win over Anisimova was also 400th of her career (including ITF Circuit) Saw off Tomljanovic in QF to record 33rd tour-level main draw win this season, the fifth-most in Prior to 2018, had three WTA wins to her name Faces No.15 Mertens in SF today; owns four Top 20 career wins, against No.6 Ostapenko (2018 Doha), No.4 Svitolina (2018 Roland Garros), No.5 Svitolina (2018 Birmingham) and No.20 Bertens (2018 Eastbourne) Has advanced to SF at a WTA tournament for the sixth time in Also reached this stage at Hobart R-Up, Prague R-Up, Strasbourg SF, Birmingham SF and Bucharest SF Bidding to reach her third career WTA final and first at a Premier-level event

7 Seeded No.5 this week third time seeded at Premier level or above (also No.15 at Charleston, No.31 at Roland Garros and No.28 Wimbledon) Making her WTA-leading 21st main draw appearance this week. To date, there have been 24 possible opportunities to compete on the tour-calendar No.2 seed in doubles draw w/watson play L.Kichenok/N.Kichenok in SF today Season Coming off SF showing at home tournament in Bucharest (l. eventual R-Up Martic) Made Wimbledon main draw debut earlier in July, reaching 3r (l. Ka.Pliskova). Was second time reaching 3r at a Grand Slam, having progressed to R16 at Roland Garros this year Wimbledon was just the fourth grass court event of her career at tour-level Made R16 showing at Eastbourne (l. Ostapenko); win over No.20 Bertens in 2r marked fourth career win over a Top 20 player (4-9 career record), with previous wins all coming earlier this year over No.6 Ostapenko (Doha), No.4 Svitolina (Roland Garros) and No.5 Svitolina (Birmingham) Made SF run at Birmingham (l. eventual champion Kvitova) her first QF and SF at WTA Premier-level Reached QF at Nottingham (l. Osaka) in what was her first-ever WTA-level tournament on grass Reached third and fourth WTA doubles finals of the season (and career) at Nottingham (w/watson, l. Rosolska/Spears in F) and Eastbourne (w/begu, l. Dabrowski/Xu in F). Now has 1-3 record in doubles finals Enjoyed run to R16 at Roland Garros, her best result at a major (l. Keys). Produced one of biggest upsets at this year s Roland Garros by defeating World No.4 Svitolina in straight sets in 3r Finished with an 11-7 record on clay in 2018, highlighted by R-Up finish at Prague (l. Kvitova) and SF at Strasbourg (l. eventual R-Up Cibulkova) Won 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 then-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 included 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 Advanced to SF at $100k ITF/Midland, MI-USA (l. Brengle) after 1r exit at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) Reached first career WTA singles final 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

8 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 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) Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marked fourth main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Has been seeded twice at a Grand Slam in her career was No.31 seed at 2018 Roland Garros, and No.29 seed at 2018 Wimbledon Advanced to R16 at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys) for her best result at a major to date; also made 3r at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Ka.Pliskova) 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) Reached QF stage in doubles at 2018 Roland Garros (w/bara, l. H.Chan/Z.Yang) 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) 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

9 Dream doubles partners are childhood idol Pete Sampras and all-time favorite player Serena Williams Friends on tour include regular doubles partner Heather Watson, other Romanians and Caroline Wozniacki Favorite foods are pizza and carbonara pasta Gained PhD in sports science from UNEFS in Bucharest

10 MATCH NOTES SAN JOSE - USA, CA Jul 30 - Aug 05, 2018 $799,000 PREMIER DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #42) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #49) Head to Head: First meeting DANIELLE COLLINS (24) $639,126 $803,852 0 / 0 0 / / / / / 12-6 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) SAN JOSE W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * MARIA SAKKARI (23) $512,523 $1,452,151 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / 1-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 1-1 / / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 1-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / 3-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-5 / 5-12 * Updated entering 2018 San Jose SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #42) QF: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #108) 6-7(4),3-0 Ret. back problem (1h36) R16: d. VERA LAPKO (BLR #69) 6-1,3-6,6-1 (1h52) R32: d. DANIELLE LAO (USA #234) 7-6(2),6-3 (1h47) MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #49) QF: d. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #14) 6-4,7-6(2) (1h43) R16: d. [8] TIMEA BABOS (HUN #38) 6-0,6-1 (0h55) R32: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #97) 6-2,6-2 (1h19) vs. Total games: 61 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 5-2 Total time on court: 5h15 Average time on court: 1h45 Average rank of opponent: 137 Total games: 52 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 3h57 Average time on court: 1h19 Average rank of opponent: 50 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

11 COLLINS: San Jose Making debut appearance at the Bay Area event, having never previously contested Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic s predecessor in Stanford Currently ranked No.42. By comparison, this time last year was No.154 Is projected to move to a career-high No.35 by reaching the SF. Will rise to No.30 with R-Up finish and can move to No.26 if she wins the title Playing back on home soil after posting an impressive 17-4 record in the States earlier this season, including a title at WTA 125k series event at Newport Beach and a SF run at Miami Overcame qualifier Lao in 1r, 19-year-old Lapko in 2r and Azarenka (via ret. back) to increase her tour level main draw win tally to 16. Prior to 2018 Indian Wells, had played only three tour-level matches (losing all three) Victory over Lapko improved her record against teenagers this year to 5-0 (Zhuk and Bouzkova at WTA 125k Newport Beach, Zhuk at Indian Wells and Swan at Eastbourne) Faces No.49 Sakkari today for the first time in her career. Owns six Top 50 wins, all scored in 2018: No.14 Keys (Indian Wells), No.37 Begu, No.16 Vandeweghe and No.8 V.Williams (all Miami), No.43 Cirstea (Rome) and No.26 Suárez Navarro (Eastbourne) This is her second SF appearance at WTA level also 2018 Miami (l. Ostapenko) Only US players to reach SF from 12 that begun the singles main draw 2010 was the last time there was no American representative in the last four at the tournament Season Made 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Mertens) In other grass court outings, reached R16 at Eastbourne (l. Kerber) and fell 1r at Mallorca (l. Peterson); posted career-high ranking of No.39 on June 11, 2018 On clay, posted 2r showings at Rome (as qualifier, l. Kasatkina) and Strasbourg (l. Q.Wang) and fell 1r at Madrid (as qualifier, l. Sasnovich) and Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki) Made QF at Monterrey (l. Bogdan) Became first qualifier to reach Miami SF (l. Ostapenko), scoring first Top 10 win over V.Williams en route. Earned USD$327,965 by reaching the last four at Key Biscayne, more than doubling her career earnings at the time Posted first tour-level wins during R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro), where she scored her first Top 50 win over No.15 Keys in 2r Made QF run at WTA 125k Series event at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Errani). At the time, defeat of No.56 Linette in 2r was best win by-rank of career, and second Top 100 (after d. No.98 Voegele 2016 New Haven qualifying) Opened season by falling in qualifying at Australian Open, losing to Allertova in final round Won WTA 125k Series event at Newport Beach in January (d. Tomljanovic in SF, d. Zhuk in F) Also this season contested $100k ITF/Midland,MI-USA (l. Abanda in 1r)

12 Career Ended 2017 at No.167, in what was first season as a professional Contested one tour-level main draw last season, at Indian Wells (as WC, l. Puig in 1r). Fell in qualifying five times, at Monterrey, Wimbledon, US Open, Tokyo [Japan Open] and Tokyo [PPO] Closed out 2017 season at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Vickery in 1r) Won two singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2017, at $25k ITF/Bethany Beach, DE-USA and $25k ITF/Norman, OK-USA, taking total tally to four Enjoyed illustrious college career at University of Virginia, claiming two NCAA singles titles in three seasons; became only the seventh woman to win two NCAA singles titles Finished 2016 strongly, winning $50k ITF/Stillwater-USA, reaching final at $50k ITF/Macon-USA and 2r at WTA 125K Series in Honolulu Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 New Haven (l. Hsieh) Graduated in 2016 as the top-ranked collegiate player in the country with a degree in media studies Grand Slam History Gained first Grand Slam main draw acceptance at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Wozniacki in 1r) Also fell 1r at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Mertens) and US Open twice, entering her home slam on a wild card in 2014 (l. Halep in 1r) and 2016 (l. Rodina in 1r) Fell in qualifying at Australian Open in 2018 Other Information Named 2016 Honda Sport Award winner for tennis and candidate for Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Introduced to tennis by father aged three Going to the beach, fishing and running Coached by Chip Brooks SAKKARI: San Jose Contesting the Bay Area event for the first time in her career, having never previously played the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic s predecessor in Stanford 1r win over McHale here on Monday snapped four-match losing streak began with 3r loss at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) and stretched to Birmingham (Goerges), Eastbourne (Kuznetsova) and Wimbledon (l. Kenin) Saw off Babos in under an hour in 2r and then upset No.14 Williams to reach third WTA SF, all of which have come on hard courts; also made it this far at 2017 Wuhan (l. Garcia) and 2018 Istanbul (l. Hercog) Hit 21 winners to upset two-time champion V.Williams and score her fifth career Top 20 win also No.6 Wozniacki (2017 Wuhan), No.16 Vandeweghe (2018 Indian Wells), No.15 Bertens and No.5 Ka.Pliskova (both 2018 Rome)

13 Faces No.42 Collins in SF today the last time the tournament had a finalist ranked outside the Top 30 was 2012 (No.120 Vandeweghe) Is projected to move in to the Top 40 by reaching the SF. Can return to the Top 35 with R-Up finish and can move to a new career-high No.26 with the title During North American hard court swing last year, fell in qualifying at New Haven and reached 3r at US Open (l. V.Williams) Season Entered 2018 San Jose on a four-match losing streak, which began with 3r loss at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) and stretched to Birmingham (Goerges), Eastbourne (Kuznetsova) and Wimbledon (l. Kenin) 3r run at Roland Garros marked joint-best result at a Slam, and best result in Paris. Has now reached 3r at all four Majors also 2017 Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta) and 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) Rose to a new career-high ranking after Roland Garros at No.33 (June 11, 2018) Entered Paris after 3r run at Rome d. No.15 Bertens and No.5 Ka.Pliskova before falling to No.12 Kerber Defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome 2r was first career Top 5 win Had 1r exit in Madrid (l. eventual runner-up Bertens) Reached SF in Istanbul (l. Hercog), her first semifinal appearance of 2018 and first since 2017 Wuhan Made 3r at Miami. Upset a pair of opponents ranked above her, No.49 Krunic in 1r and No.28 Kontaveit in 2r; run helped her return to Top 50 Enjoyed a R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Osaka in 3s was the only player to take a set off eventual champion) Made 2r exit at Acapulco (l. eventual R-Up Voegele). 1r defeat of Arruabarrena was first main draw win of 2018 During Middle Eastern swing, made 1r exit at Doha (l. Cirstea) and fell in Dubai qualifying Began 2018 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. Kovinic) followed by 1r qualifying defeat at Sydney (l. Cepede Royg). Fell in 1r at Australian Open (l. Siniakova) and St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) Career Registered second-consecutive Top 100 year-end finish in 2017, finishing at No.52 the highest year-end finish by a Greek player since Daniilidou in 2007 (No.43) and the only Greek player to record a Top 100 finish in the last seven years (since No.90 Daniilidou in 2011) Notched a then-career best win and first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 Wuhan Open became just second qualifier to reach Premier-level SF in 2017 (Mertens at New Haven) Enjoyed a career-best year at the majors, progressing to 3r for first time on three different occasions: Australian Open (l. Lucic Baroni), Wimbledon (l. Konta) and US Open (l. V.Williams) Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017 Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) at the time, achieved best win by ranking defeating No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r

14 Elsewhere, played mainly ITF for first half of 2016 season, falling in qualifying at Brisbane, Hobart, Rio de Janeiro, Monterrey, Indian Wells, Madrid and Roland Garros before making 2r at Wimbledon main draw (d. S.Zheng, l. V.Williams in 3s). After Wimbledon, only other main draw win in 2016 came in 2r showing at Tashkent (d. Schmiedlova, l. Flipkens) Also played main draw again at 2016 Gstaad (l. Kontaveit in 1r), New Haven (as qualifier. L. Rodina 1r), Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. Putintseva), Seoul (l. S.Zhang) and Hong Kong (l. World No.1 Kerber) Opened 2016 by falling in qualifying at Brisbane and Hobart and 2r 2016 Australian Open (posted first Grand Slam main draw win vs. Y.Wang, l. Suarez Navarro) Owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010 at $10k ITF/Mytilino GRE. Owns seven singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marked 11th Grand Slam main draw appearance Has reached 3r at all four of the majors at 2017 Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) 3r run at 2017 Australian Open saw her become first Greek woman to reach the 3r at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta) At 2016 Australian Open, reaching 2r, (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open At all Grand Slams, Daniilidou reached R16 at 2002 Wimbledon, 2003 Australian Open and 2004 US Open Other Information Working with today s opponent Collins ex-coach Tom Hill this week in San Jose Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 has trained there for two years Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player too, however didn t start because of her just liked the sport. Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much