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MATCH NOTES: MIAMI OPEN PRESENTED BY ITAU MIAMI, FL, USA MARCH 20 - APRIL 1, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY WTA Information: www.wtatennis.com @WTA facebook.com/wta Tournament Info: www.miamiopen.com @MiamiOpen facebook.com/miamiopentennis WTA Communications: Alexander Prior (aprior@wtatennis.com), Chase Altieri (caltieri@wtatennis.com), Adam Lincoln (alincoln@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 email sapanalyticsmedia@wtatennis.com to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. MIAMI OPEN - SECOND ROUND (THURSDAY) Stadium [10] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #10) vs. JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #76) Kerber leads 2-0 Pair playing for the first time in nearly six years Kerber has made QF or better on three of past four Miami appearances Larsson bidding for third career Top 10 win [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [LL] OCÉANE DODIN (FRA #98) First meeting Dodin gained lucky loser spot after Bencic s withdrawal Halep bidding to become 14th No.1 seed to win Miami Dodin bidding for second career Top 10 win [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12) vs. [WC] AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #90) Stephens leads 3-0 Stephens win at 2014 Australian Open was most closely contested previous match Tomljanovic staged fightback of her own vs. Tsurenko in 1r Stephens won 12 of past 14 matches in US [WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #186) vs. [14] MADISON KEYS (USA #15) First meeting Azarenka scored 31st main draw win in Miami against Bellis on Wednesday Keys coming off opening match exit to wildcard at Indian Wells Azarenka bidding for best win by ranking since 2016 Miami ON THIS DAY: MARCH 22 Jamea Jackson becomes the first player to challenge a line-call using Hawk Eye in her first-round match at Miami in 2006. Although Jackson failed to overturn the call, she would go on to win the match and make a small piece of tennis history in the process. DOUBLES DRAW GETS UNDERWAY The doubles draw gets up and running on Thursday, with Australian Open champions Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic beginning their campaign with a tricky clash against Ashleigh Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe. WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM MIAMI Every main draw match from Miami 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: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta 1

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY [10] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #10) vs. JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #76) Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 2-0 2012 MADRID CLAY O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-1 6-4 62 mins 2011 DALLAS HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-0 6-1 46 mins ANGELIQUE KERBER 10 3 18-01-1988 (30) $1,225,764 $22,696,243 1 / 11 0 / 0 14-8 18-4 / 371-210 5-2 / 105-81 1-2 / 69-49 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) MIAMI W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * JOHANNA LARSSON 76 92 17-08-1988 (29) $93,673 $3,087,219 0 / 1 0 / 12 6-6 5-4 / 139-156 1-2 / 44-37 5-1 / 40-40 18-4 / 250-137 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-4 / 76-92 2-0 / 31-18 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 8-15 2-3 / 18-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-6 3-3 / 34-52 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-14 6-4 / 78-101 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 8-31 * Updated entering 2018 Miami 2r MIAMI Tournament Performance - 2018 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - Rnd Result Duration R1 J. LARSSON d. K. SINIAKOVA 4-6,7-6(5),7-5 186 mins Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY MIAMI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match ANGELIQUE KERBER 2017 QF L VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #12) 7-5 6-3 2016 SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #8) 6-2 7-5 2015 R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #29) 6-3 3-6 6-3 2014 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 6-2 2013 R3 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 6-4 6-0 2012 R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #31) 7-6(4) 6-1 2011 R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #4) 6-4 6-4 2010 R2-Q L - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #136) 6-4 6-0 JOHANNA LARSSON 2017 R2 L BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #45) 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) 2016 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #54) 4-6 6-1 6-2 2015 R3 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #45) 6-4 6-4 2014 R2-Q L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #94) 6-1 6-1 2013 R1 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #103) 6-4 6-1 2012 R1 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #248) 2-6 6-3 6-2 2011 R3 L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #28) 6-2 6-1 2008 R2 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 6-2 KERBER: Miami Making ninth main draw appearance at Miami Open (and tenth overall). Best result is reaching SF in 2016 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) Other notable results at BNP Paribas Open are making QF in 2014 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2017 (l. V.Williams) Last left-handed player to win the Miami Open was Seles in 1991; last German to win here was Graf in 1996 After 1r bye, faces No.76 Larsson for the first time in nearly six years today; last loss to player outside Top 50 came against No.69 Puig at 2017 Luxembourg Enters Miami with joint-most match wins this season, going 18-4 (Halep is 18-2) Has made at least the QF stage from all five tournaments played in 2018 Has six Top 20 wins this season by contrast recorded only one Top 20 win in entire 2017 season (No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Tokyo [PPO]) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

Season Coming off QF showing at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) Made SF run at Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Defeated No.5 Ka.Pliskova for second Top 5 win in 2018 (also No.5 V.Williams en route to Sydney title) Reached QF at Doha (l. Wozniacki in 3s) Advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points); was first Grand Slam SF since title run at 2016 US Open. No.21 seeding at Australian Open was lowest seed at a Slam since 2012 Australian Open (No.30) Ended 27-tournament title drought (dating back to 2016 US Open) by winning at Sydney (d. Barty in F). Posted wins over No.31 Safarova (saved 2mp), No.5 V.Williams and No.25 Cibulkova en route. Career record in tour-level finals now stands at 11-16 Represented Germany at Hopman Cup w/zverev (R-up to Switzerland) Career Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21 sixth consecutive Top 25 season. Best results of season were R-up finish at Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the WTA rankings Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed $20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so After 2016 US Open, aged 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001 Secured the 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German woman to do so after Graf (eight times) Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18 Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4 Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4 Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open) Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning first two majors, successfully defended title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F) 2016 Stuttgart marked first time she had successfully defended a title in her career; the first German (and seventh player overall) to do so in Stuttgart Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996 Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics (l. Puig, won silver medal)

Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green) Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) and 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) At 2016 Australian Open, became first German to win a Grand Slam singles title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d. Hingis in F). Just the fourth player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros) Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left-handed player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to hold WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997) In 2016, also finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams). Is fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997) Roland Garros remains the only major where she has yet to reach the final. Best result is 2012 s QF run (l. Errani) Was top seed at a Grand Slam for the third time in career at 2017 Wimbledon Other Information In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez Started playing tennis at the age of three. Enjoys playing on all surfaces; tennis idol growing up was Stefanie Graf Speak three languages: German, Polish, and English Coached by Wim Fissette. Ended successful partnership with Torben Beltz during 2018 pre-season

LARSSON: Miami Making seventh main draw appearance at Miami (eighth overall) Reached 3r on debut in 2011 (upset No.6 Li on third-set tie-break in 2r, l. Dulgheru). Also made 3r in 2015 (d. No.11 Safarova in 2r, l. Stephens) Came within two points of defeat in second set of 1r win over Siniakova on Tuesday Faces No.10 Kerber today; owns two wins over Top 10 players: No.6 Li at 2011 Miami and No.8 Vinci at 2016 New Haven Bidding to register back-to-back wins for second time this season (other occasion during QF run at Budapest) Season Contested qualifying at Indian Wells Posted QF showing at Budapest (l. Cibulkova) Reached 2r at Taipei City (l. Linette after holding four mp) Began season with qualifying defeat at Sydney and 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Kumkhum) Career Posted eighth consecutive Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.80 (down from career-high No.50 in 2016) Singles season highlighted by SF run at Bogotá and QF efforts at Gstaad, Linz and Luxembourg; also won 13th ITF singles title of career at $100k ITF/Contrexeville-FRA A 13-time WTA doubles title winner, enjoyed continued success here in 2017, collecting titles at Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/bertens); team of Bertens/Larsson also qualified for WTA Finals for the first time, advancing to final (entered title match on 10-match streak, l. Babos/Hlavackova) Ended 2016 season at No.50 highest year-end finish. Season highlights included reaching first SF at WTA Premier-level at New Haven (qualified and defeated two Top 20 players en route, l. Svitolina) Also made semifinal runs at 2016 Hobart (l. eventual champion Cornet) and at Bastad (as defending champion, l. Siniakova) In addition, reached QFs at Acapulco (l. eventual finalist Cibulkova), Rabat (l. eventual champion Bacsinszky), Gstaad (l. Bacsinszky), Seoul (l. eventual champion Arruabarrena) and Luxembourg (l. eventual finalist Kvitova) Rose to career-high ranking following US Open 3r run No.45 (September 19, 2016) Winner of one WTA singles title, at International-level Bastad in 2015 (d. Barthel in F) Also a three-time singles runner-up, at 2010 Portoroz (l. Chakvetadze), 2011 Bastad (l. Hercog) and 2013 Bastad (l. S.Williams)

Made Top 100 debut on June 14, 2010 and cracked Top 50 on July 11, 2011 at No.46 Owns eight Top 20 wins: No.6 Li Na (2011 Miami), No.11 Bartoli (2012 Cincinnati), No.18 Goerges (2012 Auckland), No.13 Pennetta (2014 Roland Garros), No.11 Safarova (2015 Miami), No.20 Petkovic (2015 Linz) and most recently No.16 Bacsinszky and No.8 Vinci (2016 New Haven) On ITF Circuit, winner of 13 singles titles and 16 doubles titles Played first WTA qualifying at 2004 Stockholm, and main draw debut at same tournament in 2006 (both as wildcard) Swedish Fed Cup Team, 2005-2015, 2017, Swedish Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History Has appeared in 30 Grand Slam main draws, having made debut at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Amanmuradova in 2r) Reached 3r on three occasions, at 2016 US Open (l. S.Williams), 2014 Roland Garros (l. Bouchard) and 2014 US Open (l. Jankovic) In doubles, best results are QF showings at 2015 Australian Open and 2016 Roland Garros (both w/bertens) Other Information Coached by Pontus Norberg this week in Miami Started playing tennis at age 5 Loves watching all sports (live or on TV); skiing is favorite

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [LL] OCEANE DODIN (FRA #98) Head to Head: First meeting SIMONA HALEP 1 2 27-09-1991 (26) $2,177,193 $22,913,208 1 / 16 1 / 1 15-6 18-2 / 299-142 6-1 / 85-46 2-2 / 37-48 18-2 / 181-90 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) MIAMI 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) * OCEANE DODIN 98 343 24-10-1996 (21) $51,879 $913,910 0 / 1 0 / 0 1-1 1-2 / 24-30 1-0 / 13-11 0-2 / 4-10 1-2 / 13-18 3-0 / 28-11 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-5 0-1 / 8-26 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-0 1-1 / 28-42 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-3 3-1 / 78-63 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-7 Rnd Result Duration * Updated entering 2018 Miami 2r MIAMI Tournament Performance - 2018 "-Q" Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - R1 O. DODIN d. V. CEPEDE ROYG 6-4,6-7(3),6-3 133 mins R2-Q A. RISKE d. O. DODIN 6-1, Ret'd 37 mins R1-Q O. DODIN d. N. BROADY 4-6,7-5,6-3 145 mins MIAMI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2017 QF L JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #11) 3-6 7-6(7) 6-2 2016 QF L - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #20) 4-6 6-3 6-2 2015 SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 4-6 7-5 OCEANE DODIN 2017 R128 L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #57) 6-2 6-1 2015 R1-Q L - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #72) 6-4 4-6 6-1 2013 R3 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-1 6-0 2012 R3 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-4 7-6(6) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY 2011 R2 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #15) 6-0 6-4 HALEP: Miami Making sixth appearance in Miami, her best result here was 2015 reaching the SF (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Followed this with back to back QFs (l. Bacsinszky in 2016 and l. eventual champion Konta in 2017) One of eight players to have held the No.1 ranking to begin 2018 Miami main draw, (also S.Williams, Ka.Pliskova, Kerber, V.Williams, Azarenka, Wozniacki and Muguruza) Enters fortnight of BNP Paribas Open as World No.1 and top seed. The No.1 seed has won the title at Indian Wells 13 times, most recently in 2015 (S.Williams) Will spend her 20th and 21st weeks as World No.1 during Miami, moving her past Kim Clijsters (20 weeks), level with Maria Sharapova and Tracy Austin (21 weeks apiece). Has never lost her first match in Miami, looking to preserve that record against LL Dodin today in 2r (1r bye) Lost to French opposition in 2012 on her second Miami appearance to No.7 Bartoli in 3r Her worst defeat by ranking in Miami was to No.20 Bacsinszky in 2016, a loss today would eclipse this (Dodin is No.98) Contesting doubles this fortnight w/begu playing Goerges/Mattek-Sands in 1r. Exited 2018 Indian Wells in 1r on last outing as a pair Season Coming off the back of SF appearance in Indian Wells, losing to eventual champion Osaka. This was only her third loss to date this season Forced to withdraw prior to Dubai SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury. Injury also forced her to withdraw from Dubai Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/begu) titles at Shenzhen, China. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her 16th career title and first since Madrid last May; doubles title was first of career Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open in Melbourne in January; succumbed to Wozniacki in the final in three sets In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3hrs 44 mins, 46 64 15-13 ranks as the third longest women s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, 4r, 4h44) and Strycova d. Kulikova (2010, 1r, 4h19). Also equal longest in terms of number of games (48) Saved another two match points in defeat of Kerber in SF believed to be first player to save MPs in multiple matches and reach a Grand Slam final Played 2018 Australian Open as World No.1 and was top seed at a Grand Slam for the first time Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

Career Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 became the 25th woman to reach the top spot since computer rankings began in November 1975, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1 Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) the third Premier Mandatory title of career (after 2015 Indian Wells and 2016 Madrid); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome (l. Svitolina), Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Beijing (l. Garcia) 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F) Bucharest and Montréal results started 13-match winning streak that ended in SF at Cincinnati. Was second-longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16) Won first career doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/begu, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) Also reached the first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina) Career record vs. Top 5 players is 8-26. Wins coming over No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome) Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Wiliams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses were to No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles in this period Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making debut there in week of January 27, 2014 Qualified four times for WTA Finals in Singapore (2014-17), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage) Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May) Reached first career final at 2010 Fés in just her third main draw appearance Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals Former junior World No.1 Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-17 Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 31st Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a three-time Slam finalist, having finished runner-up at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s) First Romanian woman to advance to final at the Australian Open Also semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Won Roland Garros girls singles title in 2008

Other Information Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita Endorsement portfolio currently includes Mercedes-Benz and Hublot; recently signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began wearing their kit at 2018 Doha DODIN: Miami Making her second main draw appearance in Miami (third overall). In the main draw as a lucky loser (after Bencic s withdrawal w/right foot injury), winning her 1r encounter with Cepede Royg. Previously fell in 2015 qualifying (l. Dulgheru) and 2016 main draw 1r (l. Parmentier) Cepede Royg result was first tour-level main draw win for 2018, on her third attempt (l. Bouchard in Australian Open 1r and l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck in Budapest 1r) Faces Halep for the first time today, also playing a World No.1 for the first time in her career. Has a 1-0 record v Top 5 opponents (d. No.5 Cibulkova 2017 Madrid) One of four French players starting the main draw (Garcia, Mladenovic, Cornet), all of whom are still in the draw Season Prior to Miami, is without a tour-level main draw match win in 2018 Her only win this season came in 1r qualifying of St. Petersburg (d. Jovanovski Petrovic), leaving her 1-4 for the season Has fallen in qualifying St. Petersburg and Doha, also losing 1r at Australian Open (l. Bouchard) and Budapest (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck) Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked her tenth Grand Slam main draw appearance Fell to Bouchard in 1r of 2018 Australian Open Reached 2r in major debut as a wildcard at 2015 Australian Open (d. Riske, l. Ka.Pliskova) Has returned to 2r but no further on four subsequent occasions, at Australian Open (2017), Roland Garros (2017) and US Open (2015 & 2017) Suffered a 1r exit in Wimbledon debut in 2017 (l. Safarova)

Career Posted second Top 100 season finish in 2017, reaching career high WTA singles ranking No.46 on June 12 Highlights included SF at Washington DC (l. Makarova) and first Premier Mandatory R16 at 2017 Madrid (l. Mladenovic) Captured maiden career title at 2016 Québec City (d. Davis in F) on ranking of No.132. Following this result, made Top 100 debut (September 19, 2016) Québec City run formed centerpiece of 16-match win streak that began with title at $25k ITF/Barcelona-ESP and concluded with SF effort at $25k ITF/Clermont-Ferrand-FRA Also appeared in QF at 2016 Linz (as qualifier, l. Keys) Ended 2016 season by defeating Davis in final of $100k ITF/Poitiers-FRA her eighth ITF Circuit singles title Made tour-level debut in 2015 at Australian Open (as a wildcard), then reached Strasbourg main draw as a lucky loser, received another WC into Roland Garros, bowed out of the 1r at s-hertogenbosch, made 2r at US Open (defeating 2008 runner-up Jankovic) and fell 1r at Luxembourg (as qualifier) Other Information Is an only child; started playing tennis with parents; father is a tennis coach and mother travels with her Favorite surface is hard; favorite shot is serve; favorite tournament is Australian Open (made tour-level main draw debut there and won first main draw match) Enjoys fashion and reading fashion magazines Tennis idols are Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer Short-term goal this year is to reach Top 50 and long-term goal is to be No.1 Has always trained in France and is supported by the French Tennis Federation Coached by father Frederic Dodin

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY [13] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #12) vs. [WC] AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #90) Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads 3-0 2014 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-4 6-0 70 mins 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 3-6 6-2 7-5 127 mins 2010 ITF/ALBUQUERQUE HARD O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS 6-0 6-1 SLOANE STEPHENS 12 102 20-03-1993 (25) $123,206 $8,431,310 0 / 5 0 / 0 8-6 3-4 / 162-116 1-2 / 53-37 1-1 / 45-20 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) MIAMI W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 90 33 07-05-1993 (24) $88,076 $1,709,665 0 / 0 0 / 0 8-6 2-2 / 51-71 1-1 / 22-27 0-0 / 24-16 3-4 / 107-77 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 2-2 / 33-44 1-0 / 13-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 3-8 0-0 / 4-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 1-0 0-0 / 9-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-2 0-1 / 22-46 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 4-15 * Updated entering 2018 Miami Open 2r MIAMI Tournament Performance - 2018 Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - Rnd Result Duration R1 A. TOMLJANOVIC d. L. TSURENKO 3-6,6-4,7-5 143 mins Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY MIAMI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match SLOANE STEPHENS 2016 R2 L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #69) 6-3 6-0 2015 QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) 6-1 7-5 2014 R3 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) 6-1 6-0 2013 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 4-6 6-2 6-0 2012 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-4 6-2 2011 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #50) 6-4 6-2 2010 R1-Q L - LATISHA CHAN (TPE #94) 6-1 6-2 AJLA TOMLJANOVIC 2017 R32 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #36) 6-1 6-3 2015 R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #54) 6-4 6-3 2014 R3 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #49) 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(2) 2013 R16 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #28) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3 2011 R1 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #127) 3-6 7-5 6-0 2010 R1 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #48) 6-7(1) 7-6(3) 7-5 2009 R1-Q L - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #99) 6-3 6-2 2008 R1-Q L - EKATERINA BYCHKOVA (RUS #105) 6-1 7-5 STEPHENS: Miami Making seventh main draw appearance at Indian Wells (10th overall). Best result was QF run in 2015 (l. Halep). Also made R16 in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) Returns to Miami as No.12 seed. Missed last year s tournament with left foot injury (was ranked No.69 at the time) Has won last 12 of her last 14 matches on US soil, only losses coming to Halep at 2017 Cincinnati and Kasatkina at 2018 Indian Wells Owns 26 career wins at the Premier Mandatory level, nine of which have come in Miami Faces wildcard Tomljanovic in today s match. Stephens has won each of their previous three meetings including coming from 5-3 down in the final set to triumph at 2014 Australian Open Boasts 14-5 record against wildcards throughout her career Received a 1r bye, holds a 7-4 career record in main draw matches following a bye Currently riding a four-match win streak against Australian players, career record sits at 7-2 One of 19 Americans in 2018 Miami Open field, only No.8 V. Williams is ranked higher Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

Season Reached 3r of Indian Wells. Defeated former No.1 Azarenka in 2r before falling to eventual Runner-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 4-19 record against Top 5 players, with wins against 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 Rose as high as No.11 in the rankings on October 21, 2013 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 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) 14th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth undressed champion. Fourth player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam 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 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 QF at 2013 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli) Has reached R16 at Roland Garros on four occasions (2012-15) 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 TOMLJANOVIC: Miami Making seventh main draw appearance at Miami all as a wildcard. Through to 2r for fourth time, reached as far as R16 in 2013 (l. Flipkens), also reached 3r in 2014 (l. Lepchenko) and, most recently, in 2017 (l. Safarova) Making third main draw appearance at a WTA tournament this season Upset No.41 Tsurenko in opening round, winning seven of the final eight games to defeat the Ukrainian The upset was her best victory since last year s Miami Open, when she defeated No.13 Vesnina in 2r Faces No.12 Stephens today. Holds four career Top 20 wins: No.13 Vesnina (2017 Miami), No.18 Keys (2015 Stanford), No.16 Jankovic (2015 Brisbane) and No.3 Radwanska (2014 Roland Garros) One of four Australians in starting field at 2018 Miami Open Season Reached a pair of back-to-back SF at the 125k Series level - Newport Beach (l. eventual champion Collins) and Indian Wells (l. Bondarenko) before failing to make it through qualifying at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Suffered 1r loss in Melbourne (l. Safarova) Began 2018 with a 2r appearance in Brisbane (l. Konta in 3s)

Career Started 2017 season at Acapulco, advancing to 2r (d. No.6 seed Bouchard, l. Flipkens via ret. w/right shoulder injury). Win over Bouchard was first main draw win since 2015 Tokyo [Japan Open]; advanced to SF (l. eventual champion Wickmayer) 2017 Acapulco marked first tournament since 2016 Australian Open due to shoulder surgery Defeated No.13 Vesnina on her way to a 3r exit at Miami (l. Safarova) also reached 2r at US Open (l. Krunic) and Linz (l. Buzarnescu). Suffered 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Goerges), Nürnberg (l. Flipkens), Roland Garros (l. Bertens), Stanford (l. Vandeweghe) and Luxembourg (l. Van Uytvanck) On ITF Circuit, finished R-Up in final tournament of 2017 at $100k ITF/Dubai-UAE (l. Bencic) in December and also reached finals at $60k ITF/Sacramento (l. Anisimova), CA-USA and $80k Waco, TX-USA (l. Townsend) Owns four wins over Top 20 ranked players, against No.16 Jankovic (2015 Brisbane), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Roland Garros), No.18 Keys (2015 Stanford) and No.13 Vesnina (2017 Miami) Finished 2016 season at No.930 after playing only two tournaments all year Brisbane and Australian Open Ended 2015 at No.66 for her third consecutive Top 100 finish (career-best is No.63 in 2014) Made first WTA final of career in 2015, finishing R-Up at Pattaya City (l. Hantuchova in 3s) previously, had never been past the QF at any WTA event Reached first Premier-level QF of career in 2015, at Stanford (l. No.11 Ka.Pliskova). Other notable results in 2015 were SF run at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. eventual champion Wickmayer) and QF at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Stosur) Improved ranking from No.453 to No.78 in 2013 season biggest jump of any player in Top 100 Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007. WTA main draw debut came at 2009 Indian Wells (as WC, l. 1r) As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.4 in singles and No.4 in doubles. Member of Croatia s victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009 Grand Slam History Best Grand Slam result was R16 run at 2014 Roland Garros (d. d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r, No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Navarro) At Grand Slam level has reached 2r at Australian Open twice, in 2014 (l. Stephens) and 2015 (l. Lepchenko); also advanced to 2r at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2r at US Open in 2013 (as qualifier, l. Cornet) and 2017 2017 US Open marked 13th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Made debut at 2013 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Bojanovski) Won the junior doubles crown in Australia in 2009 (w/mchale)

Other Information Coached and fitness trainer is father Ratko Tomljanovic Started playing tennis at age 7 (introduced by sister) Speaks Croatian, English, German Best tennis memory was first time on court with Chris Evert Announced in 2014 she would switch nationalities and start representing Australia (first did so at 2014 US Open) Moved to Brisbane in November 2014 with Australian residency; parted ways with coach David Taylor in June 2015

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY [WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #186) vs. [14] MADISON KEYS (USA #15) Head to Head: First meeting VICTORIA AZARENKA 186 281 31-07-1989 (28) $39,905 $28,471,094 0 / 20 0 / 6 31-6 2-1 / 414-149 0-0 / 77-51 0-0 / 60-39 2-1 / 284-88 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) MIAMI 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) * MADISON KEYS 15 22 17-02-1995 (23) $385,367 $7,919,192 0 / 3 0 / 0 8-7 5-4 / 155-96 0-2 / 40-39 0-1 / 37-36 5-4 / 97-66 0-0 / 44-12 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 12-16 0-0 / 28-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 5-17 0-0 / 63-61 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 13-25 0-1 / 111-85 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 27-40 Rnd Result Duration R1 V. AZARENKA d. C. BELLIS 6-3,6-0 66 mins * Updated entering 2018 Miami 2r MIAMI Tournament Performance - 2018 Rnd Result Duration R1 BYE - Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

MATCH NOTES MIAMI - USA, FL Mar 20 - Mar 31, 2018 $8,648,508 PREMIER MANDATORY MIAMI Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match VICTORIA AZARENKA 2016 F W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #19) 6-3 6-2 2015 R3 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #28) 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 2012 QF L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-3 6-3 2011 F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #13) 6-1 6-4 2010 R16 L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #16) 6-4 6-0 2009 F W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-3 6-1 2008 R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #4) 1-6 7-5 6-0 2007 R3 L - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-3 MADISON KEYS 2017 R3 L LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP#72) 7-5 7-5 2016 QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #3) 6-3 6-2 2015 R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #45) 6-4 6-2 2014 R3 L - NA LI (CHN #2) 7-6(3) 6-3 2013 R2 L - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #81) 6-1 5-7 7-6(7) 2012 R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-1 6-1 2011 R1 L - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #41) 3-6 6-1 7-6(2) 2006 R3 L - ANASTASIA MYSKINA (RUS #12) 6-3 7-5 AZARENKA: Miami Making 10th Miami main draw appearance. Won the title in 2009, 2011 and 2016 currently on a seven-match winning streak in Miami after missing the 2017 event 2016 triumph here made her only the third woman (after Graf in 1994 and 1996, and Clijsters in 2005) to achieve the Sunshine Double One of six former champions to start 2018 Miami Open draw (also Konta 2017; A.Radwanksa 2012; S.Williams 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015; V.Williams 1998, 1999, 2001; Kuznetsova - 2006) Received wildcard into this year s draw. Best previous wildcard result here was a SF in 2010 from Henin Following 1r win over Bellis, now has a 31-6 record here in Miami (33-6 including qualifying wins in 2006) Plays No.15 Keys today. Win would be best (in terms of ranking) since upsetting No.3 Kerber in 2016 Miami SF One of three Belarusians to begin 2018 Miami main draw (also Sabalenka and Sasnovich) Has entered doubles as WC with Sabalenka (play Gavrilova/Stosur in 1r) Coming off a 2r appearance at Indian Wells, beating Watson in 1r before falling to reigning US Open champion No.13 Stephens Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/wta Facebook: www.facebook.com/wta YouTube: www.youtube.com/wta Insights from

Career Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child Leo in December 2016 Comeback tournament was on the grass of 2017 Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last tournament contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r) Followed this up with R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play any tournaments after Wimbledon due to personal reasons Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season after going on maternity leave (announced pregnancy mid-july). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and Sunshine Double of Indian Wells and Miami third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005 Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career (20-16 record in finals) Posted 26 3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l. Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury) Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion, reaching final at Istanbul in 2011 (l. Kvitova) Two-time Grand Slam champion, capturing back-to-back titles at the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2013 (d. Li in F). Also two-time finalist at US Open, in 2012 and 2013, falling to S.Williams on both occasions Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks Began 2012 with 26-match win streak best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69 matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA s year-end No.1 Owns 3 9 record vs. World No.1s, with wins coming over S.Williams at 2009 Miami, 2013 Cincinnati and 2016 Indian Wells. Losses were to Safina (2009 Roland Garros), Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells) and S.Williams (2010 Australian Open, 2013 Rome, 2013 US Open, 2013 Brisbane, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros, 2015 Wimbledon) Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 London Olympics bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/mirnyi) Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year Grand Slam History 2017 Wimbledon marked 42nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, and first since 2016 Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp in 1r w/right knee injury) Is a two time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and again in 2013 (d. Li in F). Also a two time Grand Slam runner up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams both times in 3s) Reached Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best results at Roland Garros have been QF appearances in 2009 and 2011

Three Grand Slam doubles finals, at 2008 Australian Open (w/peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/vesnina) and 2011 Australian Open (w/kirilenko). Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/mirnyi) and 2008 Roland Garros (w/b.bryan) Won girls singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005 Other Information Coached by Slava Konikov. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016 Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father's name is Fedor and older brother is Max At 15, moved from hometown Minsk to train in Scottsdale, Arizona KEYS: Miami Making eighth consecutive appearance at Miami Best result was 2016 s QF run (d. No.9 Vinci in 3r, l. Kerber). Also made 3r in 2014 (l. Li) and 2017 (l. Arruabarrena) After 1r bye, faces wildcard Azarenka today. In previous tournament at Indian Wells, lost to wildcard Collins in 2r after 1r bye Has never played Azarenka before. Only previous matches against a Belarusian were victories over Govortsova at 2015 Wimbledon and in qualifying for 2012 Miami One of 19 US players to begin the main draw at 2018 Miami Open Season Coming off 2r exits at Indian Wells (l. Collins) and Doha (l. Bellis in 3s) Reached Grand Slam QF for fourth time in career at this January s Australian Open (l. Kerber) Posted 13th career win over a Top 10 opponent when she defeated No.8 Garcia in R16 in Melbourne; owns a 13-25 record against Top 10 players At Australian Open, was one of just two players to reach last eight who also reached quarters at the previous Slam, 2017 US Open (also Ka.Pliskova) Started 2018 campaign in Brisbane where she made 1r exit (l. Konta)

Grand Slam History 2018 Australian Open marked 22nd 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 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) 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, finishing fourth in singles 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)

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 and Dieter Kindlmann. Fitness coach is Rodney Marshall Previously coached by Jesse Levine and Thomas Hogstedt In build up to Miami Open, attended Miami Heat s 149-141 victory over Denver Nuggets on Monday and hosted a FearlesslyGIRL summit focusing on boosting girls' self-esteem and curbing cyber-bullying Unveiled as Evian s first American ambassador in 2017. Prior to 2016 US Open was unveiled as ambassador for FearlesslyGIRL, an organization dedicated to empowering young women and their communities