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2021 AUSTRALIAN OPEN – WOMEN’S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEB 8 – 20, 2021 – GRAND SLAM

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DAY 13 – FINAL

[22] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #24) vs. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3)

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FINALISTS

CAREER SLAM RECORDS – BY ROUNDS REACHED

PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F* W TOTAL* [3] Naomi Osaka 2 1 9 2 - - 1 3 18 [22] Jennifer Brady 7 4 - 2 - 1 1 - 15

*Includes 2021 Australian Open

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 10-YEAR FINAL HISTORY

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP SCORE 2020 (14) Sofia Kenin (USA #15) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP #32) 46 62 62 2019 (4) Naomi Osaka (JPN #4) (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE #6) 76(2) 57 64 2018 (2) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #2) (1) Simona Halep (ROU #1) 76(2) 36 64 2017 (2) Serena Williams (USA #2) (13) Venus Williams (USA #17) 64 64 2016 (7) Angelique Kerber (GER #6) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) 64 36 64 2015 (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) 63 76(5) 2014 (4) Li Na (CHN #4) (20) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #24) 76(3) 60 2013 (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #1) (6) Li Na (CHN #6) 46 64 63 2012 (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #3) (4) Maria Sharapova (RUS #4) 63 60 2011 (3) Kim Clijsters (BEL #3) (9) Li Na (CHN #11) 36 63 63

PLAYER RANK AGE NAT AO (MD) W/L* YTD W/L*

CAREER (MD) W/L*

CAREER PRIZE $^ TITLES

[3] Naomi Osaka 3 23 JPN 21-4 9-0 145-73 17,770,234 6 [22] Jennifer Brady 24 25 USA 9-3 9-2 60-57 2,014,115 1

Osaka leads 2-1 Osaka beat Brady in three sets in SF of last year’s US Open… Brady is the seventh woman to reach her maiden Grand Slam final in the past nine majors… Osaka has won all three previous Grand Slam finals

she has contested… Brady is projected to break into Top 20 in new rankings… Osaka has not lost a match in over a year… Brady has faced only two players ranked inside Top 50 en route to the final



FINAL – QUICK-HITS

• Naomi Osaka is contesting her fourth Grand Slam final – and second at the Australian Open – while Jennifer Brady is appearing in the championship match at a major for the first time

• Osaka was champion at Melbourne Park in 2019 and is bidding to become the 12th woman in the Open Era to win multiple Australian Open titles

• Victory would also see Osaka lift her fourth major. Only 15 women in the Open Era have reached this total, with

Serena Williams (23), Venus Williams (seven) and Kim Clijsters (four) the three active players on this list• Osaka is also bidding to become the first woman since Monica Seles in the early 1990s to emerge victorious

from the first four Grand Slam finals of her career• Meanwhile, Brady is attempting to become the 55th woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era• Brady is also the seventh woman in the past nine majors to appear in a maiden final:

In the Open Era, 12 women have celebrated winning their maiden major at the Australian Open: Kerry Melville-Reid (1977 Jan), Chris O’Neil (1978), Barbara Jordan (1978), Hana Mandlikova (1980), Mary Pierce (1995), MartinaHingis (1997), Jennifer Capriati (2001), Amélie Mauresmo (2006), Victoria Azarenka (2012), Angelique Kerber(2016), Caroline Wozniacki (2018) and Sofia Kenin (2020)

With Osaka aged 23 and Brady 25, for the eighth time in the past nine majors the champion will be 25 or under Osaka has dropped one set and conceded 39 games en route to the final, while Brady has given up two sets

and 40 games However, Osaka came closest to defeat, saving two match points against Garbiñe Muguruza in the fourth round.

In the Open Era, six women (on seven occasions) have won the Australian Open after saving match point: MonicaSeles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002), Serena Williams (2003 and 2005), Li Na (2014), Angelique Kerber (2016) andCaroline Wozniacki (2018)

Ranked No.24 coming into the tournament, Brady is the fifth woman ranked outside Top 20 to reach the final atMelbourne Park since 2000. Should she triumph, the American would be the lowest-ranked Australian Openwinner since No.81 S.Williams in 2007

Osaka can rise to No.2 in the new rankings by lifting the title, while Brady is guaranteed to make her Top 20debut on Monday, at No.13 with a runner-up finish and No.12 should she leave with the trophy

GRAND SLAM PLAYER RESULT 2021 Australian Open Jennifer Brady ???

2020 Roland Garros Iga Swiatek Champion 2020 Australian Open Sofia Kenin Champion

2019 US Open Bianca Andreescu Champion 2019 Roland Garros Ashleigh Barty Champion 2019 Roland Garros Marketa Vondrousova Runner-Up

2018 US Open Naomi Osaka Champion



ROAD TO THE FINAL

BRADY OSAKA Aliona Bolsova (ESP) 6-1 6-3 First round Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-1 6-2Madison Brengle (USA) 6-1 6-2 Second round Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-2 6-3[Q] Kaja Juvan (SLO) 6-1 6-3 Third round [27] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 6-3 6-2[28] Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-1 7-5 Fourth round [14] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 4-6 6-4 7-5Jessica Pegula (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-1 Quarterfinals Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 6-2 6-2[25] Karolina Muchova (CZE) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Semifinals [10] Serena Williams (USA) 6-3 6-4

Total time on court: 7h 58m Total time on court: 7h 43m

MATCH STATS

ACTIVE GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS

PLAYERS GS TITLES GRAND SLAM TITLES BREAKDOWN

Serena Williams 23 Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14

Venus Williams 7 Wimbledon: 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08; US Open: 2000-01 Kim Clijsters 4 Australian Open: 2011; US Open: 2005, 2009-10 Angelique Kerber 3 Australian Open: 2016; US Open: 2016; Wimbledon: 2018 Victoria Azarenka 2 Australian Open: 2012-13 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 Roland Garros: 2009; US Open: 2004 Petra Kvitova 2 Wimbledon: 2011, 2014 Garbiñe Muguruza 2 Roland Garros: 2016; Wimbledon: 2017 Simona Halep 2 Roland Garros: 2018; Wimbledon: 2019 Naomi Osaka 3 US Open: 2018, 2020; Australian Open: 2019 Jelena Ostapenko 1 Roland Garros: 2017 Sloane Stephens 1 US Open: 2017 Samantha Stosur 1 US Open: 2011 Ashleigh Barty 1 Roland Garros: 2019 Bianca Andreescu 1 US Open: 2019 Sofia Kenin 1 Australian Open: 2020 Iga Swiatek 1 Roland Garros: 2020

PLAYER FASTEST SERVE ACES DOUBLE FAULTS SERVICE GAMES WON RETURN GAMES WON Jennifer Brady 119 mph 32 13 53/62 (.855) 27/58 (.466) Naomi Osaka 122 mph 44 20 52/60 (.867) 25/56 (.446)



FIRST-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPS PLAYER AGE

YRS, MOS FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE TOTAL OPEN ERA GS TITLES (SGL)

****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25,10 1968 Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24,8 1968 Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23,2 1968 US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26,6 1969 Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30,9 1969 Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19,10 1971 Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19,6 1974 Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20,2 1976 Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29,4 1977 Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20,1 1977 Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROU) 23,4 1978 Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21,9 1978 Wimbledon 18 O'Neil, Christine (AUS) 22,9 1978 Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16,9 1979 US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22,8 1979 Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18,10 1980 Australian Open 4 Graf, Stefanie (GER) 17,11 1987 Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17,6 1989 Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16,6 1990 Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20,4 1990 US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22,3 1994 Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20,0 1995 Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16,4 1997 Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19,10 1997 Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29,9 1998 Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22,3 1998 US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17,11 1999 US Open 23 Williams, Venus (USA) 20,0 2000 Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24,10 2001 Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21,0 2003 Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22,11 2004 Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17,2 2004 Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19,2 2004 US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22,2 2005 US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26,6 2006 Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20,7 2008 Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29,11 2010 Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29,3 2011 Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21,3 2011 Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27,5 2011 US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22,6 2012 Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28,9 2013 Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33,7 2015 US Open 1 Kerber, Angelique (GER) 28,0 2016 Australian Open 2 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP) 22,8 2016 Roland Garros 2 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 20,0 2017 Roland Garros 1 Sloane Stephens (USA) 24,5 2017 US Open 1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 27,6 2018 Australian Open 1 Simona Halep (ROU) 26,8 2018 Roland Garros 2 Naomi Osaka (JPN) 20,11 2018 US Open 3 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 23,1 2019 Roland Garros 1 Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 19,2 2019 US Open 1 Sofia Kenin (USA) 21,1 2020 Australian Open 1 Iga Swiatek (POL) 19,4 2020 Roland Garros 1

*Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titlesbetween 1960 and 1966** Jones won two pre-Open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a 2nd at theFrench again in 1966*** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon 1966-67, US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was

aged 22 years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 French Open - the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era



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[22] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #24) VS. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3)Head-to-head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 2-1

2020 US OPEN HARD O SF NAOMI OSAKA 7-6(1) 3-6 6-32018 CHARLESTON CLAY O R1 NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-42014 ITF/NEW BRAUNFELS HARD O R1 JENNIFER BRADY 6-4 6-4

BRADY: Australian Open

• Contesting fourth Australian Open main draw and has advanced to her maiden Grand Slam final

• Previous best result at Melbourne Park came on Grand Slam debut in 2017 when she made R16 (as

qualifier, l. Lucic-Baroni) – first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the Australian Open in Open Era

• Fell 1r in in 2018 (l. Linette) and 2020 (l. Halep), and in qualifying in 2019

• At the other three Slams, best results came at US Open where she reached SF in 2020 and R16 in 2017; is

yet to make it beyond 2r at either Roland Garros or Wimbledon

• Opened this year’s Australian Open by winning all eight service games in 6-1 6-3 victory over Bolsova

• Repeated the trick in 6-1 6-2 win over Brengle in 2r, with her opponent failing to create a break point

• Only previous meeting with a fellow American at a major was 2r win over Bellis during 2020 US Open SF run

• Fired 23 winners to defeat No.104 Juvan on Saturday, bringing her record in Grand Slam 3r matches to 4-0

• Won the first five games of the match to lay the foundations for a 6-1 7-5 victory over Vekic in R16

• Had her serve broken four times but fought back to beat compatriot and good friend Pegula 4-6 6-2 6-1 in QF

• Along with S.Williams was one of two Americans in SF – there has now been at least one American

semifinalist at 11 consecutive Grand Slams

• Fired eight aces to see off Muchova in SF – has struck 32 aces in her six matches

• Including these 32 aces, winners count for the fortnight stands at 130

BRADY OSAKA Career Prize Money $2,014,115 Career Prize Money $17,770,234 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Apr. 12, 1995 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Oct. 16, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 6 Tournament W-L (MD) 9-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 21-4Grand Slam W-L (MD) 21-14 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 52-14YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-2 / 60-57 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 9-0 / 145-733-Set (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 20-19 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 43-19Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 14-20 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 26-24Hard Court (YTD / Career) 9-2 / 51-38 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 9-0 / 115-50Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-11 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 12-20Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 10-17 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 30-32Coach Michael Geserer Coach Wim Fissette

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• After results this fortnight, has now won 22 of her past 28 matches on Tour, with 18 of these wins coming in

straight sets

• Conceded 40 games – and two sets – en route to the final, one game more than her opponent, Osaka. By

contrast, both players have dropped fewer games than last year’s finalists, Kenin (50) and Muguruza (47)

• No.33 Vekic and No.27 Muchova are the only Top 50 players she has faced this fortnight

• Takes on No.3 Osaka in today’s final – her first match against a Top 10 player since losing SF to then-No.9

Osaka in three high-quality sets at 2020 US Open

• Owns two Top 10 wins in her career, over No.1 Barty at 2020 Brisbane and No.6 Svitolina at 2020 Dubai

• First faced Osaka at $50k ITF/New Braunfels-TX, USA in 2014, beating her fellow teenager when both were

still ranked outside Top 200

• Lost their most recent encounter in three high-quality sets in SF at 2020 US Open, despite dropping serve on

only one occasion

• Is the 15th American woman to reach the Australian Open final in the Open Era. An American has lifted the

Australian Open title a total of 18 times in the Open Era – most of any country followed by Australia with 10

• At least one American has now reached the final at 18 of the last 25 Grand Slams, winning the title on eight

occasions

• Is also the seventh woman to make her debut in a Grand Slam final in the past nine majors, following on from

Osaka (2018 US Open - WON), Barty (2019 Roland Garros – WON), Vondrousova (2019 Roland Garros –

R-Up), Andreescu (2019 US Open – WON), Kenin (2020 Australian Open – WON) and Swiatek (2020

Roland Garros – WON)

• At No.24 coming into the tournament, is the fifth woman ranked outside Top 20 to reach the final at

Melbourne Park since 2000. Bidding to be the lowest-ranked Australian Open winner since No.81 S.Williams

in 2007

• By reaching the final will break into Top 20, at No.13, while is projected to reach No.12 with the title

• Entered doubles w/Barty (withdrew prior to 2r match against No.2 seeds Mertens/Sabalenka)

• Opened 2021 campaign with 1r exit at Abu Dhabi before bouncing back to reach SF at last week’s

Grampians Trophy

Career Milestones • Posted career-best Grand Slam run at the 2020 US Open by reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s)

– had not dropped a set through first five rounds including wins over fellow Top 50 players Garcia, Kerber

and Putintseva. Was first former college player to reach US Open SF since Lori McNeil in 1987

• Lifted maiden WTA title at 2020 Lexington in first career final appearance (d. Teichmann in F) - did not drop a

set and was broken just three times all week

• Earned second Top 10 win of career in defeat of No.6 Svitolina en route to SF at 2020 Dubai as a qualifier (l.

eventual champion Halep); also beat No.17 Vondrousova and No.16 Muguruza that week to reach first SF at

a WTA500 event




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• Scored first career Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty at 2020 Brisbane as a qualifier (l. Kvitova in QF); broke

into Top 50 following result (No.49 on January 13, 2020)

• Ended 2019 season back in Top 60 after dipping as low as No.125 at one point. Season highlights included

SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual champion Garcia), 3r showings at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova), Indian

Wells (l. Barty) and Beijing (l. Andreescu)

• Posted first Top 100 year-end finish in 2017 (at No.64) during a campaign in which she reached first WTA

career SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. eventual R-Up Gavrilova)

• Came through qualifying at 2017 Australian Open and went on to become first major debutante to reach R16

at a Slam since Smitkova at 2014 Wimbledon. Defeated Zanevska in 1r, Watson in 2r (saved 5mp) and

No.14 seed Vesnina in 3r, losing to Lucic-Baroni; became first American female qualifier to reach R16 at the

Australian Open in Open Era

• Also became just sixth player to make R16 on Australian Open debut in last 22 years: V.Williams (1998),

Suárez Navarro (2009), Bouchard (2014), Gasparyan and Konta (2016) – since then Anisimova (2019),

Collins (2019) and Gauff (2020) have joined this list

• Posted first WTA main draw wins during QF run at 2016 Guangzhou (d. Pivovarova and Kovinic)

• Fell 1r in first career main draw appearances at tour level in 2016 – at Rio de Janeiro (as qualifier), Stanford

and Montréal

• Made WTA qualifying draw at 2015 Cincinnati (l. Falconi in 1r)

• Made ITF Circuit debut at $10k ITF/Evansville, IN-USA in 2010; owns four singles and four doubles ITF

Circuit titles

• Played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles – part of 2014 team that won NCAA

Division 1 Women’s Tennis National Championship

OSAKA: Australian Open

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Australian Open as one of five former champions in the draw (also

S.Williams, Azarenka, Kerber and Kenin)

• Lifted her second career Grand Slam title here in 2019, defeating three straight Top 10 opponents in the

last three rounds: No.7 Svitolina, No.8 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Kvitova in F

• Reached 3r last year in title defense, falling to American teenager Gauff

• Also advanced to 3r on debut here as a qualifier in 2016 ranked No.127, defeating No.21 Svitolina in 2r

before falling to No.16 Azarenka

• Defeated No.38 Pavlyuchenkova in 1r – has yet to fall at the opening hurdle at Melbourne Park, with worst

performance coming in 2017 when she fell 2r to No.9 Konta

• Improves excellent record in career Grand Slam 1r matches to 16-2; two defeats were at 2017 Roland

Garros (l. Van Uytvanck) and 2019 Wimbledon (as No.2 seed, l. Putintseva)






• Defeated No.43 Garcia in 2r, firing 10 aces and without facing a single break point; now owns 15-1 record

in career Grand Slam 2r matches only falling at this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Konta)

• In the 3r, broke serve four times and fired 26 winners against No.30 Jabeur in what was her first match

against a Top 30 ranked opponent since defeating No.27 Azarenka in the 2020 US Open final

• Saved two match points to defeat No.14 Muguruza in R16 and register her 50th career Grand Slam

victory

• In the Open Era, six women (on seven occasions) have won the Australian Open after saving match point:

Monica Seles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002), Serena Williams (2003 and 2005), Li Na (2014), Angelique

Kerber (2016) and Caroline Wozniacki (2018)

• Hit seven aces and won all eight service games during comfortable QF win over No.71 Hsieh – the only

player outside Top 50 she faced this fortnight

• Also beat Hsieh en route to 2019 Australian Open title, although on that occasion she was forced to fight

back from 7-5 4-1 down

• Improves to 4-0 in Grand Slam QF matches; has gone on to win the title each time after advancing past

the R16 (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open, 2020 US Open)

• Recovered from being broken in the first game of the match to inflict upon S.Williams the first Australian

Open SF defeat of her career (was previously 8-0 in SF matches at Melbourne Park)

• Across the four majors, now owns 7-3 record in matches against Slam champions, winning the past six:

S.Williams (2018 US Open), Kvitova (2019 Australian Open), Azarenka (2019 Roland Garros), Azarenka

(2020 US Open), Muguruza (2021 Australian Open) and S.Williams (2021 Australian Open)

• Has struck 151 winners en route to SF, including a tournament-leading 44 aces

• Faces Brady in today’s final; is 3-0 in Grand Slam finals, beating S.Williams (2018 US Open), Kvitova

(2019 Australian Open) and Azarenka (2020 US Open)

• Record versus American opposition at Grand Slams stands at 8-4, including victory over Brady in 2020

US Open SF, a match featuring 70 winners (including 19 aces) and just two breaks of serve

• Bidding to become the 16th woman to win four or more Grand Slam titles in the Open Era. Will also

become the 12th woman to lift multiple Australian Open titles in the Open Era

• Last woman to win her first four major finals was Seles (1990 Roland Garros, 1991 Australian Open, 1991

Roland Garros and 1991 US Open)

• Seeded No.3 this fortnight. The No.3 seed has reached the final here on nine occasions, lifting the title six

times – most recently Azarenka in 2012

• Currently on 20-match win streak with last loss coming at the hands of No.78 Sorribes Tormo on Fed Cup

duty for Japan at the start of last February. Since the Tour’s resumption in the summer has won four

matches at Western & Southern Open (withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against Azarenka),

seven during US Open title run, three at Yarra Valley Classic (withdrew w/right shoulder injury) and six at

Australian Open

• Is only the third woman since 2010 to go unbeaten for 20 or more matches, joining S.Williams (27 wins

between 2014 WTA Finals and 2015 Madrid) and Azarenka (26 wins between 2012 Sydney and Miami)

• Will rise to No.2 in the new rankings by lifting the title






• Coming off SF showing last week in the Gippsland Trophy before pulling out of her match against Mertens

due to a right shoulder injury

• Began her Australian swing this year at the Day at the Drive exhibition event in Adelaide losing to

S.Williams in a match tie-break

Career Milestones

• Concluded last year by coming from a set and a break down to beat Azarenka in 2020 US Open final and

lift the third Grand Slam title of career – is the 20th woman to win three or more majors in the Open Era

• Began last season with SF showing at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and 3r exit at

Australian Open (l. Gauff)

• Aside from US Open triumph, highlight of 2020 campaign was R-Up finish at Western & Southern Open –

withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against Azarenka

• Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d. Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach

World No.1 ranking following the tournament

• In addition, won back-to-back titles for first time in her career at Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and

Beijing (d. Barty in F); defeated No.1 Barty in Beijing final for second career victory over world No.1 (also

beat Halep at 2018 Indian Wells)

• Enjoyed break-out season in 2018, posting a 40-20 record resulting in a No.5 (first Top 10 season), up

from No.68 in 2017

• Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indian Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam

crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F)

• En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska,

Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight was against Sakkari in R16

• Reached one further final in 2018, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam

since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in

Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d)

• Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included 3r

runs at Wimbledon and US Open

• Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over

defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win

• Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l.

Wozniacki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open

• Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualifying

(achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of

main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r

• Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. Dabrowski)




Previously in a Grand Slam

BRADY, JENNIFER Singles Activity:

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORAUSTRALIA29 Jan 20172017

Rank: Seed:116

WR128 122ZANEVSKA, MARYNA BEL 6-3 6-2

WR64 81WATSON, HEATHER GBR 2-6 7-6(3) 10-8

WR32 18 14VESNINA, ELENA RUS 7-6(4) 6-2

LR16 79LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA CRO 6-4 6-2

280.00 USD PRIZE: 160,622RANK POINTS:W/ L 1/3 160,622USD PRIZE:

-------------------------This Event Only----------------------------------------- Y-T-D- Grand Slams ------------------

ROLAND GARROS 128Draw:CLAYOUTDOORFRANCE11 Jun 20172017

Rank: Seed:88

LR128 14 13MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA FRA 3-6 6-3 9-7



WIMBLEDON 128Draw:GRASSOUTDOORGREAT BRITAIN16 Jul 20172017

Rank: Seed:93

WR128 125KOVINIC, DANKA MNE 6-3 6-1

LR64 9 8CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK 6-4 6-4



US OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORUSA, NY10 Sep 20172017

Rank: Seed:91

WR128 93PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 6-4 3-6 6-1

WR64 25 23STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 6-1 6-1

WR32 57NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 6-3 4-6 7-6(3)

LR16 1 1PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 6-1 6-0




Rank: Seed:65

LR128 74LINETTE, MAGDA POL 2-6 6-4 6-3




Rank: Seed:86

WR128 216HESSE, AMANDINE FRA 6-1 6-1

LR64 98PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 6-4 6-3




Rank: Seed:74

WR128 67KOZLOVA, KATERYNA UKR 6-2 6-7(4) 6-2

LR64 27 28KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 6-2 7-6(4)



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BRADY, JENNIFER Singles Activity:


Rank: Seed:66

LR128 59BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 6-3 6-3




Rank: Seed:80

WR128 103JOROVIC, IVANA SRB 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5

LR64 71HERCOG, POLONA SLO 6-3 6-7(8) 6-4




Rank: Seed:67

LR128 24 24MARTIC, PETRA CRO 3-6 6-3 6-4




Rank: Seed:67

LR128 46SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA BLR 6-1 4-6 6-0



AUSTRALIAN OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORAUSTRALIA02 Feb 20202020

Rank: Seed:49

LR128 3 4HALEP, SIMONA ROU 7-6(5) 6-1



US OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORUNITED STATES, NY13 Sep 20202020

Rank: Seed:41 28

WR128 62BLINKOVA, ANNA RUS 6-3 6-2

WR64 188BELLIS, CATHERINE USA 6-1 6-2

WR32 50GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 6-3 6-3

WR16 23 17KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-1 6-4

WQ 35 23PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 6-3 6-2

LS 9 4OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3



ROLAND GARROS 128Draw:CLAYOUTDOORFRANCE10 Oct 20202020

Rank: Seed:25 21

LR128 188TAUSON, CLARA DEN 6-4 3-6 9-7



Grand Slam Match Record: 14/15



OSAKA, NAOMI Singles Activity:


Rank: Seed:127

WR128 104VEKIC, DONNA CRO 6-3 6-2

WR64 21 18SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 6-4 6-4

LR32 16 14AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 6-1 6-1



FRENCH OPEN 128Draw:CLAYOUTDOORFRANCE05 Jun 20162016

Rank: Seed:101

WR128 36 32OSTAPENKO, JELENA LAT 6-4 7-5

WR64 52LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA CRO 6-3 6-3

LR32 6 6HALEP, SIMONA ROU 4-6 6-2 6-3




Rank: Seed:81

WR128 30 28VANDEWEGHE, COCO USA 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4

WR64 103DUAN, YING-YING CHN 6-4 7-6(3)

LR32 9 8KEYS, MADISON USA 7-5 4-6 7-6(3)




Rank: Seed:48

WR128 183KUMKHUM, LUKSIKA THA 6-7(2) 6-4 7-5

LR64 9 9KONTA, JOHANNA GBR 6-4 6-2




Rank: Seed:55

LR128 113VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BEL 6-3 7-5




Rank: Seed:59

WR128 100SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 6-3 7-6(3)

WR64 23 22STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 6-1 0-6 6-4

LR32 11 10WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 7-6(3) 6-4




Rank: Seed:45

WR128 6 6KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-3 6-1

WR64 90ALLERTOVA, DENISA CZE 6-3 4-6 7-5

LR32 418KANEPI, KAIA EST 6-3 2-6 7-5







Rank: Seed:72

WR128 250KUCOVA, KRISTINA SVK 7-5 6-2

WR64 19 16VESNINA, ELENA RUS 7-6(4) 6-2

WR32 17 18BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 6-4 6-2

LR16 1 1HALEP, SIMONA ROU 6-3 6-2




Rank: Seed:20 21

WR128 95KENIN, SOFIA USA 6-2 7-5

WR64 51DIYAS, ZARINA KAZ 6-4 7-5

LR32 13 13KEYS, MADISON USA 6-1 7-6(7)




Rank: Seed:18 18

WR128 61NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 6-4 6-1

WR64 122BOULTER, KATIE GBR 6-3 6-4

LR32 10 11KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-2 6-4




Rank: Seed:19 20

WR128 146SIEGEMUND, LAURA GER 6-3 6-2

WR64 162GLUSHKO, JULIA ISR 6-2 6-0

WR32 33SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA BLR 6-0 6-0

WR16 20 26SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 6-3 2-6 6-4

WQ 36TSURENKO, LESIA UKR 6-1 6-1

WS 14 14KEYS, MADISON USA 6-2 6-4

WF 26 17WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 6-2 6-4

2,000.00 USD PRIZE: 3,800,000RANK POINTS:W/ L 3/14 4,272,74USD PRIZE:



Rank: Seed:4 4

WR128 80LINETTE, MAGDA POL 6-4 6-2

WR64 78ZIDANSEK, TAMARA SLO 6-2 6-4

WR32 27 28HSIEH, SU-WEI TPE 5-7 6-4 6-1

WR16 12 13SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA LAT 4-6 6-3 6-4

WQ 7 6SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 6-4 6-1

WS 8 7PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 6-2 4-6 6-4

WF 6 8KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4







Rank: Seed:1 1

WR128 90SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA SVK 0-6 7-6(4) 6-1

WR64 43AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 4-6 7-5 6-3

LR32 42SINIAKOVA, KATERINA CZE 6-4 6-2

130.00 USD PRIZE: 164,728RANK POINTS:W/ L 1/9 3,215,17USD PRIZE:



Rank: Seed:2 2

LR128 39PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 7-6(4) 6-2




Rank: Seed:1 1

WR128 84BLINKOVA, ANNA RUS 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

WR64 53LINETTE, MAGDA POL 6-2 6-4

WR32 140GAUFF, CORI USA 6-3 6-0

LR16 12 13BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 7-5 6-4



AUSTRALIAN OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORAUSTRALIA02 Feb 20202020

Rank: Seed:4 3

WR128 59BOUZKOVA, MARIE CZE 6-2 6-4

WR64 42ZHENG, SAISAI CHN 6-2 6-4

LR32 67GAUFF, CORI USA 6-3 6-4



US OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORUNITED STATES, NY13 Sep 20202020

Rank: Seed:9 4

WR128 81DOI, MISAKI JPN 6-2 5-7 6-2

WR64 74GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 6-1 6-2

WR32 137KOSTYUK, MARTA UKR 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2

WR16 21 14KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 6-3 6-4

WQ 93ROGERS, SHELBY USA 6-3 6-4

WS 41 28BRADY, JENNIFER USA 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3

WF 27AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 1-6 6-3 6-3



Grand Slam Match Record: 14/46


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Not many collegiate athletes, let alone tennis players, are able to make

the transition to the pro tour, and those that do very rarely tend to pan

out, but Jennifer Brady has proven to be an exception to those trends.

The 2014 NCAA National Champion from UCLA turned pro in the summer

of 2015 and made a name for herself in 2017 after producing a breakout

campaign which led to the first Top 100 finish of her career, ending the

year at No.64.

The American turned in strong performances at the Grand Slams in 2017,

reaching the last 16 at the Australian Open and US Open. She won

through three rounds of qualifying at the Australian Open and went on to

become the first American female qualifier to reach the fourth round at

Melbourne Park in the Open Era.

In what has become a breakout season for the American, 2020 has seen

her record her first Top 10 win over World No.1 Barty, claim her first WTA

title at Lexington and enter her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open.

JENNIFER

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2014 NCAA National Champion at UCLA

Claimed maiden WTA title at 2020 Lexington

Achieved career‐high ranking of No.40 on August 17, 2020

First American female qualifier to reach R16 at Australian Open in Open Era

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Naomi Osaka is firmly at the forefront of the youth movement on the WTA Tour. With

six titles to her name, including three Grand Slams, the 21‐year‐old has proven she

has the game and the firepower to handle the big stages.

The 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion captured her first career title at

Indian Wells and made waves around the globe when she stunned Serena Williams to

lift her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open. Osaka became the first ever Japanese

player – man or woman – to win a major singles title.

After making her debut appearance at the WTA Finals in Singapore, Osaka began the

2019 season with a bang – she lifted her second straight major trophy at the

Australian Open and ascended to the top of the rankings, becoming Asia’s first ever

WTA World No.1. She rounded off her 2019 campaign by lifting back‐to‐back titles at

the Pan Pacific Open in Osaka and the China Open, securing her second straight WTA

Finals qualifications and a career‐high year‐end ranking of World No.3.

Osaka’s success has resulted in numerous sponsorship deals, most notably with top

Japanese brands – Nissan and Citizen.

NAOMI

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First Japanese player – man or woman – to win a Grand Slam singles title at 2018 US Open

Became first ever WTA World No.1 from Asia following second Grand Slam title at 2019 Australian Open

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2016

2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational champion

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