ROGERS CUP FINAL (SUNDAY)

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1 MATCH NOTES: ROGERS CUP MONTRÉAL, CANADA AUG 6 12, 2018 USD $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/couperogers WTA Communications: Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. ROGERS CUP FINAL (SUNDAY) Central [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) Halep leads 6-2 Halep has won the pair s last five meetings, including at this year s Roland Garros final Stephens has never beaten a current World No.1 in seven attempts Halep spent over an hour longer on court this week than the American Ten American women have lifted the Rogers Cup in the Open Era A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER RANK AGE NAT ROGERS CUP (MD) W/L* YTD W/L* CAREER W/L* YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER TITLES [1] Simona Halep 1 26 ROU ,483,511 26,219, [3] Sloane Stephens 3 25 USA ,987,641 11,295,745 6 FINAL RECORDS PLAYER [1] Simona Halep *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament BEST 2018 RESULT WON (2): Shenzhen, Roland Garros BEST ROGERS CUP RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) CAREER FINAL W/L WON (1): Roland Garros (WON) [3] Sloane Stephens WON (1): Miami FINAL (1): Roland Garros (R-Up) 6-1 PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS DOUBLES USD $ RANK POINTS Winner 519, Winner 143, Runner-Up 252, Runner-Up 72, Semifinalist 126, Semifinalist 35, Quarterfinalist 60, Quarterfinalist 18, Round of 16 29, Round of 16 9, Round of 32 14, Round of 28 4,530 1 Round of 64 8,015 1 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES: ROGERS CUP MONTRÉAL, CANADA AUG 6 12, 2018 USD $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 BY THE NUMBERS 61 Sloane Stephens has broken serve 21 times en route to the final, winning 61.8% of her return games her season average is 42.7% 40 Simona Halep now has 41 wins to her name this season more than any other player on tour with 23 of these coming on hard courts. Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina (both 21) are the only other players to register more than 20 wins on hard 20 Three of Halep s four opponents have been ranked inside the Top In the Open Era, only 11 players have won multiple Rogers Cups: Evonne Goolagong, Regina Marsikova, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Stefanie Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Justine Henin and Serena Williams. Halep is bidding to become the 12th 0 Stephens is yet to drop a set. The last player to win this title without dropping a set was Serena Williams in 2013 ON THIS DAY: AUGUST 12, 2015 Teenage star Belinda Bencic stunned No.4 seed Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the Rogers Cup. The result was the start of a memorable week for the young Swiss, who scored further upsets over Sabine Lisicki, Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams and then Simona Halep in the final. DOUBLES UPDATE: CHAN BACK TO NO.1 Latisha Chan will return to doubles World No.1 on Monday after reaching the final of the Rogers Cup with Ekaterina Makarova. Playing their first tournament together, Chan and Makarova took their place in Sunday s final by edging past Andreja Klepac and María Jose Martínez Sánchez (3). Chan, who first reached No.1 in the rankings alongside Martina Hingis in late 2017, will now leapfrog Timea Babos to reclaim top spot. Meeting Chan and Makarova in the final will be Ashleigh Barty and Demi Schuurs, who overcame Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2017 Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki 2016 Simona Halep Madison Keys 2015 Belinda Bencic Simona Halep 2014 Agnieszka Radwanska Venus Williams 2013 Serena Williams Sorana Cirstea 2012 Petra Kvitova Li Na 2011 Serena Williams Samantha Stosur 2010 Caroline Wozniacki Vera Zvonareva If highlighted denotes competing in 2018 Rogers Cup main draw, excluding qualifiers WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM MONTRÉAL Every main draw match from Montréal is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch 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 via the multibox. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

3 MATCH NOTES MONTREAL - CANADA Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads ROLAND GARROS CLAY O F SIMONA HALEP mins 2017 CINCINNATI HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP mins 2017 WASHINGTON DC HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 7-6(3) mins 2015 MIAMI HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP mins 2014 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R16 SIMONA HALEP mins 2013 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS mins 2013 HOBART HARD O R16 SLOANE STEPHENS mins 2012 BARCELONA CLAY O R1 SIMONA HALEP mins SIMONA HALEP (26) $5,483,511 $26,219,526 2 / 17 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) MONTREAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * SLOANE STEPHENS (25) $2,987,641 $11,295,745 1 / 6 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 14-5 / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / / 9-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 8-5 / * Updated entering 2018 Montréal F ROAD TO THE FINAL [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) SF: d. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) 6-4,6-1 (1h10) QF: d. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 7-5,6-1 (1h28) R16: d. [13] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #14) 6-2,6-2 (1h11) R32: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) 7-6(9),4-6,7-5 (3h07) R64: BYE Total games: 87 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 6h56 Average time on court: 1h44 Average rank of opponent: 16 Vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) SF: d. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-3,6-3 (1h38) QF: d. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) 6-2,6-2 (1h09) R16: d. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) 6-2,7-5 (1h30) R32: d. FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) 6-0,6-2 (1h20) R64: BYE Total games: 68 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-0 Total time on court: 5h37 Average time on court: 1h24 Average rank of opponent: 61 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

4 MATCH NOTES MONTREAL - CANADA Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 MONTREAL Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2017 SF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) F W - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) 7-6(2) F L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) 7-6(5) 6-7(4) R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #5) R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #32) R16- Q L - VANIA KING (USA #79) 7-6(5) 6-1 SLOANE STEPHENS 2017 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #77) 7-6(2) 7-6(4) 2015 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #62) R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) 6-7(7) (4) 2013 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) (2) HALEP: Montréal Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she was one of four former champions in starting field Captured singles title in 2016 (d. Keys in F) after defeating four Top 20 opponents, including No.2 Kerber in SF Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina) After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r in a match lasting just over three hours the ninth-longest match on tour this season. Has now won past six matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina) Came back later on Thursday to win her second match of the day against V.Williams and reach her ninth QF in 11 tournaments this season Hit 19 winners and only 12 unforced errors to beat No.6 Garcia on Friday her fifth Top 10 win of 2018 (also No.6 Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open; No.7 Garcia at Rome; and No.3 Muguruza and No.10 Stephens both at Roland Garros) Saw off Barty in SF has now won past six matches against Australians (last defeat vs. Stosur at 2016 Roland Garros) Faces No.3 Stephens in today s final; recovered from down to defeat the American in the final of this year s Roland Garros Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), 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) Enters 2018 Montréal as World No.1 and top seed (previous highest Rogers Cup seeding was No.2 in 2015 and 2017) Currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October Last remaining of a tournament-leading six Romanian women in the starting field Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

5 Season Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrew from Eastbourne w/foot injury) Captured first Grand Slam title in fourth final with defeat of Stephens at Roland Garros; now in career finals For second year in a row, runner-up at Rome (l. Svitolina in both 2017 and 2018 finals) In other clay court tournaments this season, produced QF showings at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe) Played first matches of 2018 clay season representing Romania in Fed Cup, going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in 3-1 win over Switzerland in World Group play-off During Sunshine Double, advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and made 3r in Miami (l. A.Radwanska) Forced to withdraw prior to Doha SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury and also withdrew from Dubai Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/begu) titles at Shenzhen. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her 16th career title and first since Madrid May 2017; 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. Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3h44, ranks as the third longest women s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, R16, 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 at Melbourne believed to be first player to save match points in multiple matches and reach a Grand Slam final 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) Reached first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina) Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Williams (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

6 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 Fès 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 Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marked 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros First Romanian woman to advance to final at 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 now the sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title after Durr, Jausovec, Mandlikova, Capriati and Henin 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; earlier this year signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began wearing their kit at 2018 Doha

7 STEPHENS: Montréal Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup, where she is through to final for first time Best previous result was 2017 s SF showing (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki). Four wins during last year s run were first since 2016 Wimbledon (missed 11 months due to foot injury) Also made R16 at Rogers Cup in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic) Enters play at a career-high No.3 ranking, first set on July 16, 2018 After 1r bye, defeated Abanda on Wednesday holds a 3-0 record in matches directly following byes this season. Last loss in such a match occurred at 2016 Miami (l. Watson) Eased past qualifier Suárez Navarro in R16 improving her mark against qualifiers in 2018 to 6-1, with sole loss coming in first match of the year against Giorgi at Sydney In QF, won the first five games to see off No.19 Sevastova in straight sets her seventh Top 20 victory of the season Dethroned defending champion Svitolina in SF; since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 26-9 win-loss record Faces No.1 Halep today; owns 0-7 record against reigning No.1s, losing to Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells), Azarenka (2013 Australian Open), S.Williams (2013 US Open, 2015 Indian Wells, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros) and Halep (2018 Roland Garros) By ranking, best career win was over No.2-ranked Kerber at 2016 Charleston (via ret.) Today marks the eighth final appearance of her career, only defeat at this stage came to today s opponent Halep at this year s Roland Garros In doubles w/bouchard, l. No.2 seeds Chan/Makarova in QF on Friday Bidding to become the 11th different American woman to win the Rogers Cup in the Open Era, following in the footsteps of Bartkowicz (1968), Evert (1974, 1980, ), Louie (1975), DuPont (1979), Austin (1981), Navratilova ( , 1989), Shriver (1987), Capriati (1991), Seles ( ) and S.Williams (2001, 2011, 2013) Season Coming off a 2r exit at Washington DC (l. Petkovic) Fell in 1r of Wimbledon (l.vekic) in her only appearance on grass this season Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to then career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals Other clay results were R16 runs at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Garcia), and 1r exits at Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva) and 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 at Miami(d. Ostapenko in F). 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)

8 Dropped her 1r match at Australian Open (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 six wins vs. Top 5 players: 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 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 Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marks 26th 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 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)

9 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

10 MATCH NOTES: ROGERS CUP MONTRÉAL, CANADA AUG 6 12, 2018 USD $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/couperogers WTA Communications: Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (bshapiro@wtatennis.com) SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. ROGERS CUP SEMIFINALS (SATURDAY) Central [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) First meeting Barty has lost two career meetings with reigning World No.1s Halep has now reached SF or better in four consecutive Rogers Cup campaigns Australian is also through to doubles SF [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Series tied 1-1 Last match between the two came four years ago Svitolina bidding to become first player to win back-to-back Rogers Cup titles since Martina Hingis in 2000 Both players own two Top 5 wins this year A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER RANK AGE NAT ROGERS CUP (MD) W/L* YTD W/L* CAREER W/L* YTD PRIZE MONEY$^ CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER TITLES [1] Simona Halep 1 26 ROU ,483,511 26,219, [3] Sloane Stephens 3 25 USA ,987,641 11,295,745 6 [5] Elina Svitolina 5 23 UKR ,356,254 9,727, [15] Ashleigh Barty AUS ,056,668 3,441,377 2 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS STEPHENS SVITOLINA HALEP Halep leads 6-2 Svitolina leads 4-2 BARTY Stephens leads 1-0 Svitolina leads 4-0 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

11 MATCH NOTES: ROGERS CUP MONTRÉAL, CANADA AUG 6 12, 2018 USD $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 SEMIFINAL RECORDS PLAYER [1] Simona Halep BEST 2018 RESULT WON (2): Shenzhen, Roland Garros BEST ROGERS CUP RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) CAREER SF W/L* CAREER FINAL W/L WON (1): Roland Garros (WON) [3] Sloane Stephens WON (1): Miami SF (1): 2018, Roland Garros (R-Up) [5] Elina Svitolina WON (3): Brisbane, Dubai, Rome WON (1): Rome (WON) [15] Ashleigh Barty WON (1): Nottingham SF (1): Nottingham (WON) *Walkover wins and losses not included in tallies BY THE NUMBERS 10,000,000 Should she successfully defend her title this week, Elina Svitolina will pass $10,000,000 in career prize money 84 Sloane Stephens has been broken only four times so far, winning 84% of her service games her 2018 average is 69.1% 40 By reaching the last four, Halep has become the first player this season to notch up 40 main draw wins 18 It is 18 years since a player won both singles and doubles titles at the Rogers Cup. Ashleigh Barty, who is still in doubles with Demi Schuurs, is on course to emulate Martina Hingis feat 7 Barty is the first Australian woman to reach the semifinals at the Rogers Cup since Samantha Stosur finished runnerup to Serena Williams seven years ago 6 In the Open Era, only six players have won back-to-back Rogers Cups: Evonne Goolagong, Regina Marsikova, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis. Svitolina is bidding to become the seventh 0 Stephens yet to drop a set. The last player to win this title without dropping a set was Serena Williams in 2013 ON THIS DAY: AUGUST 11, 2003 Despite being upset by Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the third round at the previous week s Rogers Cup, Kim Clijsters rises to World No.1 for the first time. The popular Belgian is the 13th different woman to reach No.1 and holds the position for a total of 20 weeks across her entire career. DOUBLES UPDATE: NO.1 ON THE LINE Home hopes were ended on Friday when the surprise run of Eugenie Bouchard and Sloane Stephens was ended with a defeat against No.2 seeds Latisha Chan and Ekaterina Makarova in the quarterfinals. The result keeps alive Chan s hopes of reclaiming the World No.1 ranking from Timea Babos. With Babos and her partner Kristina Mladenovic falling to Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke in the last eight, Chan will return to the summit by reaching the final. Hoping to dash her hopes are Andreja Klepac and María Jose Martínez Sánchez, who booked their place in the semifinals thanks to a tense win over Kiki Bertens and Katarina Srebotnik. WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM MONTRÉAL Every main draw match from Montréal is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch 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 via the multibox. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 2

12 MATCH NOTES MONTREAL - CANADA Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) Head to Head: First meeting SIMONA HALEP (26) $5,483,511 $26,219,526 2 / 17 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) MONTREAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * ASHLEIGH BARTY (22) $1,056,668 $3,441,377 1 / 2 2 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-1 / / 9-27 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-3 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-6 / * Updated entering 2018 Montréal SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) QF: d. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 7-5,6-1 (1h28) R16: d. [13] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #14) 6-2,6-2 (1h11) R32: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) 7-6(9),4-6,7-5 (3h07) R64: BYE Total games: 70 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h46 Average time on court: 1h55 Average rank of opponent: 16 vs. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) QF: d. KIKI BERTENS (NED #18) 6-3,6-1 (0h54) R16: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34) 7-6(3),6-4 (1h47) R32: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #41) 7-6(7),6-2 (1h22) R64: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #55) 6-3,1-6,7-5 (2h46) Total games: 88 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 6h49 Average time on court: 1h42 Average rank of opponent: 37 MONTREAL Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2017 SF L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) ASHLEIGH BARTY 2017 R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) F W - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) 7-6(2) 6-3 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

13 MATCH NOTES MONTREAL - CANADA Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 $2,820,000 PREMIER F L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) 7-6(5) 6-7(4) R2 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #5) R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #32) R16- Q L - VANIA KING (USA #79) 7-6(5) 6-1 HALEP: Montréal Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she was one of four former champions in starting field Captured singles title in 2016 (d. Keys in F) after defeating four Top 20 opponents, including No.2 Kerber in SF Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina) After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r in a match lasting just over three hours the ninth-longest match on tour this season. Has now won past six matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina) Came back later on Thursday to win her second match of the day against V.Williams and reach her ninth QF in 11 tournaments this season Hit 19 winners and only 12 unforced errors to beat No.6 Garcia on Friday her fifth Top 10 win of 2018 (also No.6 Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open; No.7 Garcia at Rome; and No.3 Muguruza and No.10 Stephens both at Roland Garros) Enters 2018 Montréal as World No.1 and top seed (previous highest Rogers Cup seeding was No.2 in 2015 and 2017) Is guaranteed to hold on to the WTA World No.1 Ranking at least through the week of Cincinnati, taking her total to 41 and overtaking Mauresmo at No.11 in the all-time list Also currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October Last remaining of a tournament-leading six Romanian women in the starting field Entering the tournament, led the WTA in 2018 for return games won 50.2% (only player to win more than half return games) Season Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrew from Eastbourne w/foot injury), but arrived in London more than a week early in order to prepare Captured first Grand Slam title in fourth final with defeat of Stephens at Roland Garros For second year in a row, runner-up at Rome (l. Svitolina in both 2017 and 2018 finals) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

14 In other clay court tournaments this season, produced QF showings at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe) Played first matches of 2018 clay season representing Romania in Fed Cup, going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in 3-1 win over Switzerland in World Group play-off During Sunshine Double, advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and made 3r in Miami (l. A.Radwanska) Forced to withdraw prior to Doha SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury and also withdrew from Dubai Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/begu) titles at Shenzhen. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her 16th career title and first since Madrid May 2017; 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. Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3h44, ranks as the third longest women s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, R16, 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 at Melbourne believed to be first player to save match points in multiple matches and reach a Grand Slam final 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) Reached first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina) Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), 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

15 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 Fès 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 Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marked 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Became 49th different woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros First Romanian woman to advance to final at 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 now the sixth woman to go on to win the women s singles title after Durr, Jausovec, Mandlikova, Capriati and Henin 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; earlier this year signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began wearing their kit at 2018 Doha BARTY: Montréal Making second appearance at the Rogers Cup, first in Montréal, having reached the R16 last season when the tournament was held in Toronto Returns to hard courts after posting the most grass court wins on tour (12) went 10-5 on hard earlier this season After recovering from 4-2 down in the third set against Begu in 1r, has beaten Van Uytvanck, Cornet and Bertens in straight sets

16 Win over No.18 Bertens was her second against a fellow Top 20 opponent this year (also No,18 Osaka at Nottingham) Is enjoying her second SF run on hard this season only other appearance at this stage came at Sydney in January (l. Kerber in F) Has now won eight of her last nine matches on cement (R16 in Miami, Fed Cup Week 2 and Montréal), with seven of those victories coming in straight sets Faces No.1 Halep today; owns 0-2 record against reigning World No.1s, losing to S.Williams at 2014 Australian Open and Kerber at 2017 Brisbane In terms of ranking, best career win was over No.4 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Wuhan This is her fourth SF appearance of 2018 is 2-1 in such matches this year, lone loss coming to Pavlyuchenkova (via ret. w/low back injury) at Strasbourg Is the first Australian to reach a Rogers Cup SF since Stosur finished R-Up in 2011 Playing doubles SF w/schuurs later today against No.7 seeds Melichar/Peschke Season Matched her best career result in a Grand Slam by reaching 3r at Wimbledon (l. Kasatkina) Began grass swing by capturing second career title in Nottingham (d. Konta in F); record in WTA singles finals now stands at 2-3 Also reached QF run in Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and R16 at Birmingham (l. Goerges) to finish grass court season with WTA-leading 12 wins Suffered 2r defeat to S.Williams at Roland Garros Enjoyed a SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Pavlyuchenkova via ret.) w/back injury Made 1r exit at Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s) before 2r showing at Madrid (d. Errani before falling to No.2 Wozniacki in 3s) Lifted the doubles trophy at Rome (w/schuurs, d. Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova in F); is now 7-7 in WTA doubles finals After R16 run on green clay of Charleston (l. Sevastova), returned to Australia where she spearheaded the country s return to Fed Cup World Group in 2019, posting singles wins over Kerkhove and Lemoine of the Netherlands Also made R16 run at Miami (l. Svitolina) where she won the doubles event (w/vandeweghe, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari) After reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Osaka) and representing Australia in Fed Cup (vs. Ukraine), took a short break from the tour due to injury (left toe) Posted career-high No.16 ranking following run in Melbourne (January 29, 2018) Started the year with a 1r exit in Brisbane (l. Tsurenko), before finishing R-Up to Kerber in Sydney

17 Career Posted first Top 20 season in 2017 (finishing at a then-career-high No.17) Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) Reached two additional finals in 2017, at Birmingham (l. Kvitova) and Wuhan (l. Garcia) Made Top 20 debut and became Australia s No.1 on October 23, 2017 Winner of seven WTA doubles titles (five w/dellacqua, one w/vandeweghe, one w/schuurs) Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/dellacqua) Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on May 21, 2018 Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that lasted almost two years Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all rounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the Women s Big Bash League Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved her position by 254 spots to end the season at No.17 Nominated for tennis Australia s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017 Return to tennis was initially hindered by right arm injury sustained in August 2016, following promising start: returned at $50k ITF/Eastbourne GBR in May, advancing to SF as a qualifier (l. Riske) and the following week, QF at WTA International level Nottingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30 On ITF Circuit, has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles (including three in 2016) Won 2011 Wimbledon girls singles title; finished 2011 as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva In juniors, won national singles titles in 18&U, 16&U, 14&U and 12&U age categories. Member of Junior Fed Cup winning team in 2011 (Australia d. Canada in F) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marked 16th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Matched best result at the majors by advancing to 3r at Wimbledon in 2018, having also reached this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Barthel), 2018 Australian Open (l. Osaka) and 2017 US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens) Has reached 2r at 2013 US Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. S.Williams) First Grand Slam main draw appearance (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia s 2012 WC Play Off in Dec Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017 (all w/dellacqua) Other Information Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to the sport

18 In April 2018, named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia, In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumiyanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women's Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

19 MATCH NOTES MONTREAL - CANADA Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Head to Head: Series tied CHARLESTON CLAY O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 SLOANE STEPHENS mins SLOANE STEPHENS (25) $2,987,641 $11,295,745 1 / 6 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) MONTREAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA (23) $2,356,254 $9,727,632 3 / 12 0 / / / / / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 21-4 / / 15-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 5-3 / / 6-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-2 / * Updated entering 2018 Montréal SF ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) QF: d. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) 6-2,6-2 (1h09) R16: d. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) 6-2,7-5 (1h30) R32: d. FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) 6-0,6-2 (1h20) R64: BYE Total games: 50 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-0 Total time on court: 3h59 Average time on court: 1h20 Average rank of opponent: 79 vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) QF: d. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) 7-5,6-3 (1h25) R16: d. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43) 6-3,6-4 (1h24) R32: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #20) 6-3,6-7(5),4-3 Ret'd (2h20) R64: BYE Total games: 69 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 6-1 Total time on court: 5h09 Average time on court: 1h43 Average rank of opponent: 26 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

20 MATCH NOTES MONTREAL - CANADA Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 MONTREAL Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SLOANE STEPHENS 2017 SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #77) 7-6(2) 7-6(4) 2015 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #62) R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) 6-7(7) (4) 2013 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) (2) ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) (2) R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #21) STEPHENS: Montréal Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup. Has matched best previous result, having also made SF run last season (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) Also made R16 in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic) Enters play at a career-high No.3 ranking, first set on July 16, 2018 After 1r bye, defeated Abanda on Wednesday holds a 3-0 record in matches directly following byes this season. Last loss in such a match occurred at 2016 Miami (l. Watson) Eased past qualifier Suárez Navarro in R16 improving her mark against qualifiers in 2018 to 6-1, with sole loss coming in first match of the year against Giorgi at Sydney In QF, saw off No.19 Sevastova for her seventh Top 20 win of the season; since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 25-9 win-loss record Faces off against No.5 Svitolina today; owns 2-1 record against Top 5 players in 2018, with both victories coming during Miami title run against No.3 Muguruza and No.5 Ostapenko Today marks her third SF appearance of the season, currently 2-0 at this stage of tournaments (Miami and Roland Garros) In doubles w/bouchard, l. No.2 seeds Chan/Makarova in QF on Friday Lone remaining American in the draw, of four to start the week also McHale, Dolehide and V.Williams Season Coming off a 2r exit at Washington DC (l. Petkovic) Fell in 1r of Wimbledon (l.vekic) in her only appearance on grass this season Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to then career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals Other clay results were R16 runs at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Garcia), and 1r exits at Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

21 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 at Miami(d. Ostapenko in F). 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 at Australian Open (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 six wins vs. Top 5 players: 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 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 Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marks 26th 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

22 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 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) 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 SVITOLINA: Montréal Returns to Rogers Cup action as the defending champion one of two former winners through to SF (also Halep) Has successfully defended a title three times in her career (2014 Baku, 2018 Dubai and 2018 Rome), having only played in four such situations prior to Montréal (also withdrew prior to 2r match at 2017 Kuala Lumpur) After a 1r bye, was leading 2r opponent Buzarnescu in the 3s before serious ankle injury forced the Romanian to retire Broke serve four times to beat Konta in R16, then saw off No.15 Mertens on Friday to reach fourth SF of 2018 Now owns 21-4 record on hard courts this year, just one behind tour leader, Halep Playing in her third tournament in North America this season went 4-2 at Miami and Indian Wells in the spring Owns perfect 3-0 record in SF matches this year, going on to win the title at Brisbane, Dubai and Rome Faces No.3 Stephens today; owns two Top 5 wins in 2018, against No.4 Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane) and No.1 Halep (Rome) Has hit 15 aces so far this week the most among the four players remaining The only player from Ukraine still in play this week, with Tsurenko retiring in her 2r match against Suárez Navarro

23 Season Coming off a 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria) Made a QF run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Buzarnescu), having also fallen to Buzarnescu at Roland Garros 3r Defended her title in Rome (d. Halep in F). Now owns four victories over No.1 ranked players: d. Halep (2018 Rome), S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2017 Brisbane and 2016 Beijing) Boasts 12-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai Owns four Top 10 wins in 2018 (No.9 Konta and No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane; No.9 Kerber at Dubai and No.1 Halep in Rome) Had a 2r exit in Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) after reaching the QF in Stuttgart (l. Garcia) in her first clay tournament of the year Enjoyed a 4-2 record through the Sunshine Double posting a 3r result at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro) and a QF run at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko). Ended Osaka s eight-match winning streak in 2r of Miami Made successful title defense at Dubai (d. Kasatkina in F). This was second time in career she has defended a title (also Baku ) 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) Career Won 12th career WTA singles title at 2018 Rome (d. Halep in F); career record in finals now stands at 12-2, including a current eight match win streak over the 2017 and 2018 seasons 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

24 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 Wimbledon marked 24th 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) Reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) 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

25 MATCH NOTES: ROGERS CUP MONTRÉAL, CANADA AUG 6 12, 2018 USD $2,820,000 PREMIER 5 WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/couperogers WTA Communications: Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com), Bryan Shapiro (bshapiro@wtatennis.com) 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 sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. ROGERS CUP QUARTERFINALS (FRIDAY) [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #18) First meeting Barty has won five straight matches on hardcourts and seven of her last eight Bertens enters today s match on a nine-match winning streak in North America dating back to her title run in Charleston ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) Series tied 1-1 Sevastova is contesting her sixth quarterfinal of the season today while Stephens is making her fourth appearance of the year The American has gone on to reach the final (Roland Garros) or win the title (Miami) when winning three matches in a row at a tournament this season [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) Halep leads 4-1 Halep playing in ninth quarterfinal of the season so far (Montreal is eleventh event of 2018)... Garcia in her seventh quaterfinal of the 2018 season as she looks to reach first semifinal since Madrid [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) Series tied 1-1 Svitolina aims to continue her title defense today, having successfully defended a title three out of four times in her career Mertens is seeking her second straight semifinal appearance having done so last week in San Jose WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM MONTRÉAL Every main draw match from Montréal is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch 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 via the multibox. 1