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

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DAY 8 – FOURTH-ROUND MATCH-UPS

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #57)

JESSICA PEGULA (USA #61) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

[18] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #16) vs. [25] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #27)

[28] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #33) vs. [22] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #24)

Svitolina leads 1-0 Svitolina won in straight sets when they met this January at Abu Dhabi… Pegula is looking to record

the first Top 10 win of her career… Svitolina has made QF twice at Melbourne Park… Pegula appearing in second week of a major for the first time… Svitolina has dropped serve only three times

this tournament… Pegula is the only player left in the draw making last 16 debut at a major

Barty leads 2-0 Barty beat Rogers on a match tie-break during her recent Yarra Valley Classic title run… Rogers

bidding to reach her third Grand Slam QF… Barty has made the fourth round at every major she has contested since 2018 US Open… Rogers is one of three unseeded players to make the last 16… Both

players are yet to drop a set

Mertens leads 1-0 Mertens beat Muchova at the end of last year in Ostrava… Muchova bidding to reach second Grand

Slam QF… Mertens dropped three games in her third-round upset of No.11 seed Bencic… Muchova has struck more than 20 winners in each match so far… Mertens has won 30 matches since the start of August… Czech Republic has provided at least one player in the QF line-up every year since 2017

Vekic leads 1-0 Vekic came out on top when the two met in qualifying at Rome in 2018… Brady’s serve has been broken only once in three matches… Vekic saved a match point in third-round win over Kanepi…

Brady has conceded 11 games en route to the fourth round, the fewest of any player in the top half… Vekic has now reached second week at all four majors… Brady began last year outside Top 50



A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LAST 16

CAREER SLAM RECORDS – BY ROUNDS REACHED

PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16* QF SF F W TOTAL* [1] Ashleigh Barty 9 3 4 4 1 1 - 1 23 [5] Elina Svitolina 6 6 8 5 5 2 - - 32 [18] Elise Mertens 3 - 5 5 2 1 - - 16 [22] Jennifer Brady 7 4 - 3 - 1 - - 15 [25] Karolina Muchova 2 2 2 2 1 - - - 9 [28] Donna Vekic 13 8 4 3 1 - - - 29 Shelby Rogers 11 5 4 1 2 - - - 23 Jessica Pegula 6 1 1 1 - - - - 9

*Includes 2021 Australian Open

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

CAREER (MD) W/L*

CAREER PRIZE $^ TITLES

[1] Ashleigh Barty 1 24 AUS 16-7 7-0 159-65 17,594,569 9 [5] Elina Svitolina 5 26 UKR 20-8 8-2 289-156 19,247,635 15 [18] Elise Mertens 16 25 BEL 13-3 7-0 157-85 7,080,203 6 [22] Jennifer Brady 24 25 USA 6-3 6-2 57-57 2,014,115 1 [25] Karolina Muchova 27 24 CZE 4-2 6-0 43-23 1,420,826 1 [28] Donna Vekic 33 24 CRO 9-8 3-2 135-139 4,050,906 2 Shelby Rogers 57 28 USA 4-4 6-1 71-81 2,929,862 0 Jessica Pegula 61 26 USA 3-1 5-2 37-36 912,198 1




[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) VS. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #57)Head-to-head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 2-0

2021 YARRA VALLEY CLASSIC HARD O QF ASHLEIGH BARTY 7-5 2-6 10-42017 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R2 ASHLEIGH BARTY 7-5 6-1

BARTY: Australian Open

• Making eighth main draw appearance at Australian Open; posted best result in 2020 by reaching SF (l.

eventual champion Kenin)

• Was the first Australian woman to reach SF at Australian Open since Wendy Turnbull in 1984 (l. Evert); the

most recent finalist from the home nation was Turnbull in 1980 and the last champion Chris O’Neil in 1978

• Made first Grand Slam main draw singles appearance here in 2012 after winning Tennis Australia’s 2012

wildcard play-off (l. Tatishvili in 1r)

• Was doubles R-Up at 2013 Australian Open w/Dellacqua (l. Errani/Vinci)

• Lifted sole Grand Slam title at 2019 Roland Garros (d. Vondrousova in F) – is one of 16 major champions in

the draw, but the only one to reach R16 in the top half of the draw (Halep, Muguruza, Osaka, Swiatek and

S.Williams did so in the bottom half)

• Will spend her 62nd and 63rd week as World No.1 during 2021 Australian Open (first achieved June 24,

2019)

• Seeded No.1 for the third time at a major (also 2019 Wimbledon and 2020 Australian Open). S.Williams in

2015 was the last No.1 seed to lift Australian Open title

• The top seed has now reached R16 or better every year at the Australian Open since Virginia Ruzici’s 1r exit

in 1979 (l. Mary Sawyer)

BARTY ROGERS Career Prize Money $17,594,569 Career Prize Money $2,938,632 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) April 24, 1996 (24) Date of Birth (Age) Oct.13, 1992 (28) Singles Titles 9 Singles Titles 0 Australian Open W-L (MD) 16-7 Australian Open W-L (MD) 4-4Grand Slam W-L (MD) 39-21 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 24-22YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-0 / 159-65 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-1 / 71-813-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 49-19 3-Set (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 24-36Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 26-19 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 26-22Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 7-0 / 109-43 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 6-1 / 39-46Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 18-20 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 3-10Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 38-38 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 14-23Coach Craig Tyzzer Coach Mark Gellard

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• Made a flying start to her title bid this year, dropping just 10 points against Kovinic to become the first home

player since Wendy Turnbull in 1985 to win an Australian Open match 6-0 6-0. It was the first time she had

registered this scoreline since beating Garcia on the opening day of the 2019 Billie Jean King Cup final

• Fended off second-set break points to beat wildcard Gavrilova 6-1 7-6 (7) in 2r; now owns 26-6 career record

against fellow Australians (5-2 in Tour-level matches)

• Recovered from 0-2 down in the first set and 2-4 in the second to close out a 6-2 6-4 victory over No.29 seed

Alexandrova in 3r

• Has dropped the second-fewest games of any player in top half of draw (behind Brady, 11, and level with

Pegula, also 13)

• In her three matches so far, has struck 44 winners (including 16 aces), and won 17 of 24 return games

• Since making R16 for the first time at 2018 US Open, has reached this stage or better at every major she has

contested. Only three active players have posted longer streaks in their careers: S.Williams (18, between the

1999 US Open and 2005 Australian Open), Clijsters (14, between the 2002 and 2009 US Opens) and

V.Williams (13, between the 1997 US Open and 2001 Australian Open).

• Takes on No.57 Pegula in R16 today; in terms of ranking, defeat would be worst since falling to No.153

Kuznetsova at 2019 Cincinnati

• Career record in Grand Slam R16 matches stands at 3-3; three of these matches have been against

American opponents, beating Riske (2020 Australian Open) and Kenin (2019 Roland Garros) and losing to

Riske (2019 Wimbledon)

• Is one of five players remaining in the draw who have not lost a match in 2020 (also Mertens, Muchova,

S.Williams and Osaka – prior to Sunday’s bottom-half matches)

• Since returning to the Tour in 2017, has posted an impressive 40-10 record on home soil (including Fed Cup

ties and two wins in opening week here), winning two titles and finishing R-Up twice

• Entered doubles draw w/Brady – withdrew prior to 2r match against No.2 seeds Mertens/Sabalenka

• Coming off lifting ninth career title last week at Yarra Valley Classic (d. Muguruza in F) – her first tournament

since 2020 Doha where she reached SF (l. eventual R-Up Kvitova)

Career Milestones • Finished year-end No.1 for second year in a row in 2020, despite missing all tournaments held after the

resumption of play in the summer

• Went 12-3 to start 2020 season, results highlighted by first title on home soil, and eighth overall at Adelaide

(d. Yastremska in F). Followed up with SF runs at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kenin) and Doha (l.

Kvitova)

• Stellar season in 2019 brought four singles titles – including maiden major at Roland Garros (d. Vondrousova

in F) and WTA Finals in Shenzhen (d. Svitolina in F); registered Tour-leading 57 match wins, with 11-6 record

against Top 10 opponents






• Broke into Top 10 after defeating Ka.Pliskova in F at 2019 Miami (week of April 1) and became first

Australian woman in 43 years to secure No.1 singles ranking after title run at Birmingham, where she

defeated Goerges in F (June 24, 2019)

• Other highlights in 2019 included R-Up finishes at Sydney (scored first win over a reigning No.1, Halep, en

route; l. Kvitova) and Beijing (l. Osaka) and reached SF at Cincinnati and Wuhan. In doubles, won Rome

titles and was R-Up at US Open (both w/Azarenka)

• In 2019, spearheaded Australia to its first Billie Jean King Cup final since 1993, against France in Perth; went

1-1 in singles (d. Garcia, l. Mladenovic) and dropped decisive doubles (w/Stosur) as the French prevailed 3-2

• In 2018, won two singles titles and four doubles titles, finishing the season No.15 in singles and No.7 in

doubles; was one of only two players to finish the year in the Top 20 in both disciplines (along with Mertens)

• Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe, d. No.1 seeds

Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mladenovic/Babos in F)

• Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F). Made Top 20 debut

and became Australia’s No.1 on October 23, 2017

• Qualified for WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/Dellacqua) and 2018 (w/Vandeweghe)

• After 2014 US Open, took a break from tennis that lasted almost two years. Returned to professional tennis

in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an allrounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the 2015-16

Women’s Big Bash League

• During doubles partnership alongside compatriot Dellacqua, reached three Grand Slam doubles finals in

2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and was also R-Up at Roland Garros in 2017

• Presented with Tennis Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018 and 2019

• Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 Hobart

• Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished season as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva

• Played first ITF Circuit event in hometown of Ipswich, Queensland in April 2010

ROGERS: Australian Open

• Making fifth main draw appearance at the Australian Open (seventh overall)

• Has surpassed previous best result at Melbourne Park by reaching R16 – prior to this year, had only ever

won one match, during 2017’s 2r showing (d. No.4 Halep, l. Barty)

• Across the majors, has reached QFs on two occasions: at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion

Muguruza) and at 2020 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• One of four Americans to reach R16 this week – also S.Williams, Pegula and Brady – from a tournament-

leading 16 in the starting field

• Jumped out to 3-0 leads in her opening two matches, against qualifiers Jones in 1r and Danilovic in 2r

• By contrast, in 3r against No.22 Kontaveit slipped behind by the same scoreline in the first set. This turned

out to be her only dropped service game of the match as she upset one of last year’s quarterfinalists






• Overall, has held in 23 of her 26 service games across the opening three rounds; has won 80% (65/81) of

points on her first serve – the joint-most of any player left in the tournament (also Osaka and S.Williams)

• One of seven players yet to drop a set in the top half of the draw

• Today, faces No.1 Barty in R16; lost three career meetings with reigning WTA No.1s, against Kerber

(2017 Miami and 2017 Wimbledon) and Barty (2021 Yarra Valley Classic)

• Owns 2-0 record in Grand Slam R16 matches, beating Begu at 2016 Roland Garros and Kvitova at 2020

US Open

• Is one of three unseeded players to reach R16 (also Hsieh and Pegula). Last year Gauff (R16), Jabeur

(QF), Muguruza (R-Up) and Swiatek (R16) reached this stage of the tournament

• Opened her 2021 campaign with a QF showing at the Yarra Valley Classic where she defeated Ferro,

Peterson and No.18 Martic before falling to reigning World No.1 Barty

Career Milestones • Produced career best year-end finish in 2020 at No.58, on the heels of SF appearance at Lexington (d.

S.Williams in 2r, l. Teichmann) and QF at US Open (d. Kvitova, l. eventual champion Osaka) – marked

second career Slam QF appearance (also 2016 Roland Garros)

• In 2019, made return from injury at Charleston where she reached 2r (l. Ostapenko). Also posted 2r showings

at Roland Garros and Mallorca and fell 1r six occasions and reached one ITF Circuit final

• Fell 1r in only two tournaments played in 2018 at Australian Open and Indian Wells - injured left knee in loss

to Dolehide at Indian Wells, requiring surgery in the summer

• In 2017, posted third Top 100 season and year-end finish of No.59. Year highlighted by reaching QFs at

Charleston, Hobart and Strasbourg. Achieved career-high ranking of No.48 on January 30, 2017

• Also, played all three ties to help USA win its first Fed Cup in 17 years, winning decisive doubles rubber

(w/Vandeweghe) in final against Belarus

• In 2017 US Open 2r, d. No.25 seed Gavrilova 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), in a match that took 3 hours, 33 minutes,

setting a record for the longest women’s match in US Open history

• Appeared in two WTA singles finals, at 2016 Rio de Janeiro (l. Schiavone) and at 2014 Bad Gastein (d.

• No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l.Petkovic)

• One-time doubles runner-up, at 2015 Bogotá (w/Falconi)

• Participated in 2014 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (along with Diyas, Puig and Zheng)

• Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014

• Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg (d. Domachowska)

• Winner of five singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in

United States in 2009, at age 16




Previously in a Grand Slam

BARTY, ASHLEIGH Singles Activity:

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORAUSTRALIA28 Jan 20122012

Rank: Seed:670

LR128 83TATISHVILI, ANNA GEO 6-2 7-6(4)

5.00 USD PRIZE: 21,975RANK POINTS:W/ L 1/0 21,975USD PRIZE:

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

FRENCH OPEN 128Draw:CLAYOUTDOORFRANCE09 Jun 20122012

Rank: Seed:332

LR128 4 4KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 6-1 6-2



WIMBLEDON 128Draw:GRASSOUTDOORGREAT BRITAIN07 Jul 20122012

Rank: Seed:258

LR128 23 21VINCI, ROBERTA ITA 6-2 6-4




Rank: Seed:174

LR128 14 15CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK 3-6 6-0 6-1




Rank: Seed:183

WR128 87HRADECKA, LUCIE CZE 7-5 2-6 6-1

LR64 12 12KIRILENKO, MARIA RUS 6-3 6-1



US OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORUSA, NY08 Sep 20132013

Rank: Seed:169

WR128 102CABEZA CANDELA, ESTRELLA ESP 6-1 6-4

LR64 33 32PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA RUS 6-4 6-0




Rank: Seed:155

LR128 1 1WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 6-2 6-1




Rank: Seed:172

LR128 21 20CORNET, ALIZE FRA 6-2 6-1



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Rank: Seed:186

LR128 29 30ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 6-1 6-3




Rank: Seed:223

WR128 50BECK, ANNIKA GER 6-4 7-5

WR64 52ROGERS, SHELBY USA 7-5 6-1

LR32 181BARTHEL, MONA GER 6-4 3-6 6-3



ROLAND GARROS 128Draw:CLAYOUTDOORFRANCE11 Jun 20172017

Rank: Seed:76

LR128 13 12KEYS, MADISON USA 6-3 6-2




Rank: Seed:56

LR128 5 4SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 7-5 7-6(8)




Rank: Seed:43

WR128 23 21KONJUH, ANA CRO 4-6 6-0 6-1

WR64 88SASNOVICH, ALIAKSANDRA BLR 6-1 7-6(7)

LR32 83STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 6-2 6-4




Rank: Seed:17 18

WR128 66SABALENKA, ARYNA BLR 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4

WR64 71GIORGI, CAMILA ITA 5-7 6-4 6-1

LR32 72OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 6-4 6-2




Rank: Seed:17 17

WR128 79VIKHLYANTSEVA, NATALIA RUS 6-3 6-1

LR64 451WILLIAMS, SERENA USA 3-6 6-3 6-4




Rank: Seed:17 17

WR128 93VOEGELE, STEFANIE SUI 7-5 6-3





Rank: Seed:17 17

WR64 188BOUCHARD, EUGENIE CAN 6-4 7-5

LR32 14 14KASATKINA, DARIA RUS 7-5 6-3




Rank: Seed:17 18

WR128 114JABEUR, ONS TUN 6-1 6-3

WR64 69SAFAROVA, LUCIE CZE 7-5 6-3

WR32 202MUCHOVA, KAROLINA CZE 6-3 6-4

LR16 8 8PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 6-4 6-4




Rank: Seed:15 15

WR128 67KUMKHUM, LUKSIKA THA 6-2 6-2

WR64 65WANG, YAFAN CHN 6-2 6-3

WR32 43SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 7-5 6-1

WR16 30 30SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 4-6 6-1 6-4

LQ 6 8KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 6-1 6-4




Rank: Seed:8 8

WR128 72PEGULA, JESSICA USA 6-3 6-3

WR64 36COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 7-5 6-1

WR32 69PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 6-3 6-1

WR16 35KENIN, SOFIA USA 6-3 3-6 6-0

WQ 14 14KEYS, MADISON USA 6-3 7-5

WS 51ANISIMOVA, AMANDA USA 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3

WF 38VONDROUSOVA, MARKETA CZE 6-1 6-3

2,000.00 USD PRIZE: 2,649,464RANK POINTS:W/ L 1/11 2,991,71USD PRIZE:



Rank: Seed:1 1

WR128 43ZHENG, SAISAI CHN 6-4 6-2

WR64 58VAN UYTVANCK, ALISON BEL 6-1 6-3

WR32 182DART, HARRIET GBR 6-1 6-1

LR16 55RISKE, ALISON USA 3-6 6-2 6-3

240.00 USD PRIZE: 227,786RANK POINTS:W/ L 2/14 3,219,49USD PRIZE:



Rank: Seed:2 2

WR128 80DIYAS, ZARINA KAZ 1-6 6-3 6-2

WR64 73DAVIS, LAUREN USA 6-2 7-6(2)





Rank: Seed:2 2

WR32 29 30SAKKARI, MARIA GRE 7-5 6-3

LR16 18 18WANG, QIANG CHN 6-2 6-4



AUSTRALIAN OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORAUSTRALIA02 Feb 20202020

Rank: Seed:1 1

WR128 120TSURENKO, LESIA UKR 5-7 6-1 6-1

WR64 48HERCOG, POLONA SLO 6-1 6-4

WR32 26 29RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 6-3 6-2

WR16 19 18RISKE, ALISON USA 6-3 1-6 6-4

WQ 8 7KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 7-6(6) 6-2

LS 15 14KENIN, SOFIA USA 7-6(6) 7-5



Grand Slam Match Record: 21/36



ROGERS, SHELBY Singles Activity:


Rank: Seed:344

LR128 61PENG, SHUAI CHN 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3




Rank: Seed:170

WR128 175PAVLOVIC, IRENA FRA 6-3 6-4

LR64 20 20SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA ESP 3-6 6-4 6-4




Rank: Seed:132

LR128 75GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 6-3 6-2




Rank: Seed:138

LR128 23 22MAKAROVA, EKATERINA RUS 6-2 6-3




Rank: Seed:86

WR128 130ZANEVSKA, MARYNA UKR 6-4 6-3

LR64 12 11PENNETTA, FLAVIA ITA 6-4 6-3




Rank: Seed:76

LR128 67TOMLJANOVIC, AJLA CRO 4-6 6-4 6-0




Rank: Seed:74

LR128 10 10PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 6-2 6-1




Rank: Seed:84

LR128 14 14PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 6-0 6-0




Rank: Seed:154

WR128 137VICKERY, SACHIA USA 6-2 6-2





Rank: Seed:154

WR64 82NARA, KURUMI JPN 6-4 6-4

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




Rank: Seed:108

WR128 19 17PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 3-6 6-4 6-3

WR64 49VESNINA, ELENA RUS 6-4 6-2

WR32 12 10KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 6-0 6-7(3) 6-0

WR16 28 25BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 6-3 6-4

LQ 4 4MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 7-5 6-3




Rank: Seed:62

LR128 81LISICKI, SABINE GER 6-1 6-3




Rank: Seed:49

WR128 28 27ERRANI, SARA ITA 6-4 7-6(3)

LR64 158BELLIS, CATHERINE USA 2-6 6-2 6-2




Rank: Seed:52

WR128 4 4HALEP, SIMONA ROU 6-3 6-1

LR64 223BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 7-5 6-1




Rank: Seed:49

WR128 144ERAKOVIC, MARINA NZL 7-6(4) 6-4

WR64 155BUYUKAKCAY, CAGLA TUR 7-6(6) 6-4

LR32 14 13MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA FRA 7-5 4-6 8-6




Rank: Seed:70

WR128 81BOSERUP, JULIA USA 6-3 4-6 6-3

WR64 34 32SAFAROVA, LUCIE CZE 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3

LR32 1 1KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4







Rank: Seed:62

WR128 128DAY, KAYLA USA 6-2 4-6 6-4

WR64 20 25GAVRILOVA, DARIA AUS 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(5)

LR32 4 4SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 6-4 7-5




Rank: Seed:67

LR128 30 28LUCIC-BARONI, MIRJANA CRO 7-6(6) 5-7 6-2




Rank: Seed:514

WR128 92SHARMA, ASTRA AUS 6-3 6-3

LR64 29 28SUÁREZ NAVARRO, CARLA ESP 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3




Rank: Seed:298

LR128 20 20KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 6-0 3-6 6-4




Rank: Seed:155

LR128 32MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 0-6 6-1 6-0



US OPEN 128Draw:HARDOUTDOORUNITED STATES, NY13 Sep 20202020

Rank: Seed:93

WR128 674KHROMACHEVA, IRINA RUS 6-2 6-2

WR64 17 11RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 7-5 6-1

WR32 84BRENGLE, MADISON USA 6-2 6-4

WR16 12 6KVITOVA, PETRA CZE 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(6)

LQ 9 4OSAKA, NAOMI JPN 6-3 6-4



ROLAND GARROS 128Draw:CLAYOUTDOORFRANCE10 Oct 20202020

Rank: Seed:55

LR128 182RAKHIMOVA, KAMILLA RUS 6-2 6-3






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


JESSICA PEGULA (USA #61) VS. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Head-to-head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads 1-0

2021 ABU DHABI HARD O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA 6-4 6-3

PEGULA: Australian Open

• Making second main draw appearance at the Australian Open. Has achieved her best Grand Slam result by

reaching the R16 this fortnight

• On debut last year, lost to compatriot Townsend in 1r. Also fell in 2013 and 2016 qualifying

• Overall this is her ninth Grand Slam main draw, with previous best result coming with 3r at 2020 US Open (l.

Kvitova). Has yet to progress beyond 1r at Roland Garros (2019, 2020) or Wimbledon (2019)

• One of a tournament-leading 16 American women in the main draw – four have reached R16 (also Brady,

Rogers and S.Williams)

• Upset No.13 Azarenka in 1r to improve record against Top 20 opposition to 4-10, having also defeated No.11

Sabalenka (2020 Cincinnati), No.12 Sevastova (2019 Charleston) and No.13 Stosur (2016 Washington)

• Fired 20 winners and just eight unforced errors to defeat home favorite Stosur in 2r in 50 mins, improving her

record vs. the Australian to 2-1

• Struck 21 winners to see off No.52 Mladenovic in 3r – second tournament in a row she has beaten the

Frenchwoman, having also got the better of her at the Yarra Valley Classic 13 days ago

• Has hit in excess of 20 winners in each match so far (65 total)

• Has now won her last six matches against players ranked outside the Top 50, with her most recent loss to

such players coming at the hands of No.302 Bellis at 2020 Lexington

PEGULA SVITOLINA Career Prize Money $1,369,719 Career Prize Money $19,247,636 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Feb 24, 1994 (26) Date of Birth (Age) Sep. 12, 1994 (26) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 15 Australian Open W-L (MD) 3-1 Australian Open (MD) 20-8Grand Slam W-L (MD) 6-8 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 66-31YTD / Career W-L (MD) 5-2 / 37-36 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 8-2 / 289-1563-Set (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 13-10 3-Set (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 86-51Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 12-9 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-4 / 62-48Hard Court (YTD / Career) 5-2 / 27-21 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 8-2 / 210-106Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 0-6 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 33-38Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-2 / 4-10 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-1 / 61-70Coach David Witt Coach Andrew Bettles




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• One of seven players in top half of the draw yet to drop a set (also today’s opponent Svitolina, Barty, Brady,

Mertens, Muchova and Rogers)

• Appearing in R16 at a Slam for the first time – other 15 players to reach this stage have done so at least once

previously in their careers

• Faces No.5 Svitolina in their second career meeting, having fallen to the Ukrainian earlier this year at Abu

Dhabi. Still awaiting first career Top 10 win, although came close on her last attempt, leading No.4 Kenin 7-5

4-1 in 3r at the Yarra Valley Classic only to fall 7-5 5-7 6-2

• Her last four losses came at the hands of Top 20 ranked opponents - l. No.12 Kvitova (2020 US Open),

No.12 Sabalenka (2020 Roland Garros), No.5 Svitolina (2021 Abu Dhabi) and No.4 Kenin (2021 Yarra Valley

Classic)

• Has not faced a Top 10 ranked opponent at the Slams since falling to No.8 Barty at 2019 Roland Garros

• Is second-lowest ranked of three unseeded players to reach R16 (also Hsieh and Rogers). Last year

Gauff (R16), Jabeur (QF), Muguruza (R-Up) and Swiatek (R16) reached this stage of the tournament

• Played doubles this fortnight w/Muhammad – l. No.7 seeds Aoyama/Shibahara in 1r

• Coming off 3r run at Yarra Valley Classic (d. Mladenovic and Barthel, l. Kenin in 3s)

• Opened season at Abu Dhabi, falling 1r (l. Svitolina)

Career Milestones • Began 2020 campaign with R-Up finish at Auckland (l. S.Williams)

• Other standout results last season were a QF at Western & Southern Open (as qualifier, l. Mertens) and a 3r

showing at US Open (l. Kvitova)

• On the doubles court in 2020, reached QFs of Roland Garros (w/Muhammad) and Cincinnati (w/Rogers)

• Won her first WTA title at 2019 Washington DC (d. Giorgi in F) to reach a career high ranking of No.55

(August 5, 2019)

• Also in 2019, fell 1r on main draw debut at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty) and Wimbledon (l.

Buzarnescu) and Miami (as a qualifier, l. Konta)

• Broke into Top 100 for the first time on February 4, 2019 following back-to-back R-Up finishes at WTA 125K

Series event at Newport Beach and $100K ITF/Midland-MI, USA

• Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-up as a qualifier at Quebec City (l. Parmentier in F), recording SF

finish at Houston WTA 125K (l. S.Peng) and reaching QF or better at 10 ITF events

• Won doubles title w/Manasse at 2018 Houston 125K (d. Krawczyk/Olmos in F)

• Did not play between January and August 2017 after undergoing hip surgery. Primarily played at ITF events

for the rest of the year, winning two doubles titles with Townsend

• Played a mixture of WTA and ITF Circuit events in 2016 with highlight coming at Washington DC, where she

defeated No.14 Stosur for first Top 20 win of career on her way to a SF finish (l. Davis)

• Reached 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open (as qualifier, d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova)

• Sidelined from tennis for a year and a half between 2013 and 2015 due to a right knee injury

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach and WTA main draw debut at 2012 Indian Wells






SVITOLINA:

Australian Open • Making ninth appearance at the Australian Open this year; has previously gone as far as QF in both 2018 (l.

Mertens) and 2019 (l. Osaka) – fell 3r here last year to eventual R-Up Muguruza

• Playing this week as the No.5 seed, the seventh straight time she’s been seeded at the Australian Open

• Ousted No.50 Bouzkova in 1r on Monday, having also defeated the Czech last year for her 15th career title at

Monterrey in both players’ last tournament and match before the Tour shut down

• Has now won nine of her last 10 Grand Slam 1r matches, most recently falling at this stage at 2018

Wimbledon (l. Maria in 3s)

• Defeated No.48 Gauff in 2r, improving her record vs. Americans to 3-3 since the start of 2020

• Dropped only four games against No.26 seed and junior rival Putintseva in 3r. Now owns a perfect 6-0 record

over the Kazakhstani at Tour level, including a dramatic victory in their previous Slam encounter at 2015

Roland Garros, rallying from 4-1 down in the final set to triumph 1-6 7-5 9-7 in just under three hours

• The win over Putintseva marked her 20th career victory at the Australian Open (20-8 overall) – now her joint-

happiest hunting ground at the Slams (along with Roland Garros, 20-8)

• Has won 26 of her 29 service games en route to R16, including all 10 in victory over Gauff

• Faces No.61 Pegula today, having won all nine service games to defeat the American in straight sets in her

opening match of the season, at Abu Dhabi

• Has fallen to players ranked outside the Top 50 three times since the start of 2020: No.85 Hibino (2020 Hua

Hin), No.52 Brady (2020 Dubai) and No.131 Podoroska (2020 Roland Garros)

• Is appearing at R16 stage for the 12th time in her career, making it this far in six of her past eight majors.

Owns 7-4 record in Grand Slam R16 matches (2-0 at Melbourne Park), with last defeat coming at 2018 US

Open (l. Sevastova)

• Coming off QF runs at Abu Dhabi (l. Kudermetova) and last week’s Gippsland Trophy (l. Mertens)

Career Milestones • Opened last season with 1r loss at Brisbane to Collins – one of four opening match losses in 2020 – before

advancing to 3r at the Australian Open (l. Muguruza)

• Won her 14th and 15th titles in 2020, firstly at Monterrey (d. Bouzkova in F) and then Strasbourg (d.

Rybakina in F); was one of just four players in 2020 to win more than one title – also Halep (3), Sabalenka (3)

and Kenin (2)

• Contested her 30th consecutive major at 2020 Australian Open (streak broke by skipping 2020 US Open). Is

a two-time semifinalist at Grand Slam level, at 2019 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep) and 2019 US

Open (l. S.Williams) . Became the first woman from Ukraine to reach a major SF; on the men’s, Medvedev

made that stage at Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R-Up)

• Highlight of 2019 was reaching the title match as defending champion at the Shiseido WTA Finals (l. Barty)






• In 2018, won 13th – and most prestigious – career title at 2018 WTA Finals (d. Stephens in F), after going 3-0

during round robin stage. Ended year ranked No.4. Also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1

Halep in F), Dubai (as defending champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F)

• Enjoyed standout 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most

wins (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)

• In 2017, became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since

such tournaments were introduced in 2009

• 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 four occasions could have reached World No.1 – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell

QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (fell in group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open

(fell in QF)

• End to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)

• Reached three finals in 2016, winning Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and R-Up at New Haven (l.

A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

• Other 2016 season highlight was QF at Rio Olympics

• 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 went on to win title there in both 2013 and 2014)

• Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, 2020

• Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008

• Junior highlights include winning 2010 Roland Garros girls' title at age 15 (d. Jabeur in F)





PEGULA, JESSICA Singles Activity:


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SVITOLINA, ELINA Singles Activity:


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[18] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #16) VS. [25] KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #27)

Head-to-head: ELISE MERTENS leads 1-0

2020 OSTRAVA HARD I R2 ELISE MERTENS 6-4 6-2

MERTENS MUCHOVA Career Prize Money $7,080,203 Career Prize Money $1,420,826 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 17, 1995 (25) Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 21, 1996 (24) Singles Titles 6 Singles Titles 1 Australian Open W-L (MD) 13-3 Australian Open W-L (MD) 4-2Grand Slam W-L (MD) 38-15 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 16-18YTD / Career W-L (MD) 7-0 / 157-85 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-0 / 43-23

3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 13-10Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 11-4Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 6-0 / 33-18

3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 40-31 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-0 / 29-31 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 7-0/100-53 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 8-19 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 2-8Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-0 / 16-41 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 1-0 / 7-12Coach Robbie Ceyssens Coach David Kotyza

MERTENS:

Australian Open

Making fourth main draw appearance (fifth overall) at the Australian Open, with best result coming on

debut in 2018 where she made a run to SF (d. No.4 Svitolina in QF, l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

Last year, reached R16 (l. No.3 Halep), and made 3r in 2019 (l. Keys)

Seeded No.18 this fortnight – her 11th consecutive Slam as a seed

Defeated No.89 Fernandez in 1r, dropping serve only once in 6-1 6-3 victory

In 2r, saved two set points in tie-break during 7-6(8) 6-1 win over Zhu, avenging her loss to the Chinese

player from their most recent encounter at 2019 Dubai

Result improved her impressive record in Grand Slam 2r matches to 13-0, reaching 3r or better on her last

12 appearances

Hit 22 winners – including seven aces – to just seven unforced errors as she upset No.14 Bencic in 3r to

register her 100th main draw win on a hard court

Has struck 57 winners across her three matches, breaking serve five times in each of them

Now owns two Top 20 wins this season, having also upset No.5 Svitolina en route to Gippsland Trophy

title

Has won 30 matches since the Tour’s restart in August – more than any other player in this period

Faces Muchova in R16 today; career record in Grand Slam R16 matches stands at 3-4, most recently

losing at this stage of 2020 Australian Open (l. Halep)

Coming off championship run at Gippsland Trophy last week winning her sixth career title (d. Kanepi in F);

remains undefeated this year with 7-0 record



Originally planned to start season at Abu Dhabi earlier in January before late withdrawal w/right shoulder

injury

In addition to title last week, has seen success on Australian soil before winning maiden WTA title at 2017

Hobart and defending it 12 months later

Sole Belgian to reach the R16 this fortnight from five that started in the main draw

Also playing doubles this fortnight with partner Sabalenka (face US Open champions

Siegemund/Zvonareva in 3r); the pair reached QF in best showing here last year (l. Chan/Chan) and own

four titles together at 2019 Indian Wells, Miami, US Open and 2020 Ostrava

Career Milestones

Led the Tour in match wins in 2020, going 34-13 across the season

Reached two finals last year, finishing as R-Up at both Prague (l. Halep) and Linz (l. Sabalenka)

Earned her milestone 200th career main draw win with victory over Kalinina in 1r at Linz

Won 10th career doubles title at Ostrava (w/Sabalenka)

Loss to Watson at 2020 Hobart, at 3h 33m, was the longest match of the year

Singles highlights in 2019 were winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final) and advancing

to QF at US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s)

Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2019 – won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d.

Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to-back

titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang), and qualified for Shiseido WTA

Finals Shenzhen (went 1-2 in RR)

Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more

titles to their name that year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3)

Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion

Wozniacki)

Finished 2018 with 46 main draw match wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47)

registered more. By contrast, prior to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career

In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/Schuurs)

Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish. Season

highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F)

Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic)

Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach)

Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying)

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010; owns 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF

Circuit

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MUCHOVA:

Australian Open

Making third main draw appearance at the Australian Open, where she has reached R16 for the first

time

Previously made 2r in 2020 (l. Bellis) and fell 1r in 2019 (as qualifier, l. Ka.Pliskova)

Overall this is her ninth Grand Slam main draw appearance, with her best result a QF run at 2019

Wimbledon (l. Svitolina)

Seeded No.25 this fortnight – has been seeded as high as No.20 at a Slam before (Australian Open

and US Open in 2020)

Is the youngest player remaining in the top half of the draw

Breezed through the opening two rounds this week, defeating Ostapenko in 1r and Barthel in 2r,

dropping only 12 games, before upsetting quarantine practice partner Ka.Pliskova in two tight sets in

3r – one of seven players in top half yet to drop a set

Won the final seven games of the match to secure victory over No.6 Ka.Pliskova – her second Top 10

career win with the previous one also coming over then-No.3 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 Wimbledon

Has struck over 20 winners in each of her matches so far (69 in total)

Faces No.16 Mertens in R16 today; is 1-1 in R16 matches at majors, beating Ka.Pliskova at 2019

Wimbledon and losing to Azarenka at 2020 US Open

One of nine Czech women to begin the singles main draw at the 2021 Australian Open, although

Vondrousova is the only other to make R16. A Czech woman has reached QF or better at Melbourne

Park every year since 2017

Has been forced to withdraw at both previous tournaments in 2021, firstly at Abu Dhabi prior to 2r

match (w/illness) and then at the Gippsland Trophy last week prior to QF match vs. Kanepi

(w/abdominal injury)

Career Milestones

Matched best year-end ranking in 2020, finishing at No.21 (same as 2019)

Posted best result at 2020 US Open by reaching R16 (l. Azarenka) – handed V.Williams her first

opening round loss in New York in 22 appearances, then saved three MPs vs. Cirstea in 3r

Finished 2019 season in rich vein of form, winning 18 of last 24 matches, including capturing maiden

WTA title at Seoul (d. Linette in F), SFs at Zhuhai (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) and Moscow (l.

Pavlyuchenkova) and maiden major QF at Wimbledon (l. Svitolina)

During run to last eight at 2019 Wimbledon upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in R16 to record her first Top 10

victory; following the tournament, broke into Top 50 at No.43 on July 15, 2019

First WTA final appearance came during R-Up finish on home soil at 2019 Prague (l. Teichmann) –

made Top 100 debut at No.74 following the tournament (May 6, 2019)

Advanced to maiden WTA QF at 2019 Doha (as qualifier, l. Svitolina)

Billie Jean King Cup debut came during 4-0 World Group play-off win over Canada in 2019

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Reached 3r on Grand Slam main draw debut at 2018 US Open (as qualifier, d. No.12 Muguruza in 2r,

I. Barty in 3r)

Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as qualifier, I. Hon)

Won second – and most recent – career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and posted 39-18 win-loss record; at

tour-level fell in qualifying at US Open

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2013


MERTENS, ELISE Singles Activity:


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WR64 23 23GAVRILOVA, DARIA AUS 7-5 6-3

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WQ 4 4SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 6-4 6-0

LS 2 2WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 6-3 7-6(2)




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WR128 92LEPCHENKO, VARVARA USA 6-7(9) 7-6(4) 6-0

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Rank: Seed:15 15

WR128 41COLLINS, DANIELLE USA 6-3 6-2

WR64 83VICKERY, SACHIA USA 6-1 6-3





Rank: Seed:15 15

LR32 33CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA SVK 6-2 6-2




Rank: Seed:15 15

WR128 99NARA, KURUMI JPN 6-2 6-7(5) 7-5

WR64 72LAPKO, VERA BLR 6-2 6-0

WR32 23 23STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 6-3 7-6(4)

LR16 3 3STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 6-3 6-3




Rank: Seed:14 12

WR128 59SCHMIEDLOVA, ANNA KAROLINA SVK 6-2 7-5

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Rank: Seed:20 20

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WR64 457PARRY, DIANE FRA 6-1 6-3

LR32 12 12SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA LAT 6-7(3) 6-4 11-9




Rank: Seed:21 21

WR128 100FERRO, FIONA FRA 6-2 6-0

WR64 111NICULESCU, MONICA ROU 7-5 6-0

WR32 15 15WANG, QIANG CHN 6-2 6-7(9) 6-4

LR16 54STRYCOVA, BARBORA CZE 4-6 7-5 6-2




Rank: Seed:26 25

WR128 60TEICHMANN, JIL SUI 6-2 6-2

WR64 86PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA CZE 6-2 6-2

WR32 88PETKOVIC, ANDREA GER 6-3 6-3

WR16 141AHN, KRISTIE USA 6-1 6-1

LQ 15 15ANDREESCU, BIANCA CAN 3-6 6-2 6-3







Rank: Seed:17 16

WR128 86KOVINIC, DANKA MNE 6-2 6-0

WR64 75WATSON, HEATHER GBR 6-3 6-0

WR32 600BELLIS, CATHERINE USA 6-1 6-7(5) 6-0





Rank: Seed:18 16

WR128 64SIEGEMUND, LAURA GER 6-2 6-2

WR64 82SORRIBES TORMO, SARA ESP 6-3 7-5

WR32 124MCNALLY, CATHERINE USA 7-5 6-1

WR16 4 2KENIN, SOFIA USA 6-3 6-3

LQ 27AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 6-1 6-0




Rank: Seed:20 16

WR128 122GASPARYAN, MARGARITA RUS 6-2 6-3


LR32 45GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 1-6 6-4 7-5






MUCHOVA, KAROLINA Singles Activity:


Rank: Seed:202

WR128 98YASTREMSKA, DAYANA UKR 6-4 6-2

WR64 12 12MUGURUZA, GARBIÑE ESP 3-6 6-4 6-4

LR32 17 18BARTY, ASHLEIGH AUS 6-3 6-4




Rank: Seed:139





Rank: Seed:73

WR128 17 17KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 3-6 6-2 6-2

LR64 116BEGU, IRINA-CAMELIA ROU 1-6 6-3 6-4




Rank: Seed:68

WR128 113KRUNIC, ALEKSANDRA SRB 7-5 6-2

WR64 85BRENGLE, MADISON USA 6-3 6-4

WR32 20 20KONTAVEIT, ANETT EST 7-6(7) 6-3

WR16 3 3PLISKOVA, KAROLINA CZE 4-6 7-5 13-11

LQ 8 8SVITOLINA, ELINA UKR 7-5 6-4




Rank: Seed:44

WR128 69RYBAKINA, ELENA KAZ 6-4 6-4

WR64 28 29HSIEH, SU-WEI TPE 6-1 4-6 7-6(2)





Rank: Seed:22 20

WR128 81FLIPKENS, KIRSTEN BEL 6-3 2-6 7-6(7)

LR64 600BELLIS, CATHERINE USA 6-4 6-4




Rank: Seed:26 20


WR64 110KALINSKAYA, ANNA RUS 6-3 7-6(4)

WR32 77CIRSTEA, SORANA ROU 6-3 2-6 7-6(7)



MUCHOVA, KAROLINA Singles Activity:


Rank: Seed:26 20

LR16 27AZARENKA, VICTORIA BLR 5-7 6-1 6-4




Rank: Seed:26 22

LR128 82MCHALE, CHRISTINA USA 6-2 6-4








[28] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #33) VS. [22] JENNIFER BRADY (USA #24)

Head-to-head: DONNA VEKIC leads 1-0

2018 ROME CLAY O R32 DONNA VEKIC 3-6 6-3 6-1

VEKIC:

Australian Open

Making ninth successive main draw appearance at the Australian Open where she is through to the R16

here for the first time

Improved from her previous best result at Melbourne Park in 2020, defeating Sharapova and Cornet

before falling to Swiatek in 3r

Reached the 2r here on Grand Slam debut, in 2013 (l. Wozniacki), also in 2017 (l. Wozniacki), 2018 (l.

Kerber) and 2019 (l. Birrell)

Deepest run across the majors came at 2019 US Open where she advanced to the QF (l. Bencic)

Recovered from a set down against Y.Wang in 1r on Tuesday – ending a six-match losing streak – before

ousting Podoroska 6-2 6-2 in 2r

Saved one match point in victory over No.65 Kanepi, who ousted the defending champion Kenin in

previous round

Has now reached the second week at all four majors – also Roland Garros (2019, R16), Wimbledon

(2018, R16) and US Open (2019, QF); owns 1-2 record in Grand Slam R16 matches

Has also won three consecutive matches for the first time since her QF run at 2019 US Open (l. Bencic)

Faces No.24 Brady today; in terms of ranking, a win today would be her best since seeing off No.23

Sakkari in 2r at 2020 Adelaide, and best at the Slams since upsetting No.15 Bencic in 3r at 2019 Roland

Garros

VEKIC BRADY Career Prize Money $4,498,280 Career Prize Money $2,014,115Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handedDate of Birth (Age) Jun. 28, 1996 (24) Date of Birth (Age) Apr. 12, 1995 (25) Singles Titles 2 Singles Titles 1Tournament W-L (MD) 9-8 Tournament W-L (MD) 6-3Grand Slam W-L (MD) 29-28 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 18-14YTD / Career W-L (MD) 3-2 / 135-139 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 6-2 / 57-573-Set (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 38-48 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 0-2 / 18-19Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 1-1 / 31-39 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 14-20Hard Court (YTD / Career) 3-2 / 94-100 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 6-2 / 48-38Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 7-21 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 2-11Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 10-40 Top 20 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 10-17Coach Sam Sumyk Coach Michael Geserer



The last Croatian woman to reach the R16 stage at Australian Open was Martic (2018, R16) and the last

to reach the QF stage was Lucic-Baroni (2017, SF)

Last year in Australia, fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Putintseva) before advancing to QFs at Adelaide (l.

Yastremska) and posting 3r run at Australian Open (l. Swiatek)

Opened 2021 campaign with 1r exits at Abu Dhabi (l. Pera) and Yarra Valley Classic (l. Pironkova)

Career Milestones

Ended 2020 ranked No.32 for third consecutive year inside the Top 30 highlighted by QF at Adelaide (l.

Yastremska) and 3r at Australian Open (l. Swiatek) and US Open (l. Pironkova)

Contested the first match of the WTA Tour’s resumption following the 2020 hiatus, defeating Rus in the 1r

at 2020 Palermo

Ended 2019 ranked No.19 for career-best year-end finish (up from No.34 in 2018), having cracked the

Top 20 for the first time on October 21, 2019

Produced career best Grand Slam result at 2019 US Open, where she reached QF (l. Bencic)

Also in 2019, reached biggest final of career at Premier-level St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); en route to final,

posted best win of career by ranking – and third over a Top 5 opponent – with defeat of No.2 Kvitova in

QF, bettering victories over No.4 Stephens at 2018 Wimbledon and No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]

Also made final at Nottingham (l. Garcia in third set tie-break) and ended 2019 by qualifying for WTA Elite

Trophy Zhuhai (fell RR)

Ended 2018 at then-career-high ranking of No.34, after registering 31 tour-level wins. Campaign

highlighted by R-Up finish at Washington, DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals

appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham – and made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo [PPO],

and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges)

Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, breaking the Top 50 on July 24 and finishing campaign ranked No.54.

Grass court season saw her lift a second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham (d. No.8 Konta in

final) – prior to this run had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (R-Up at

Tashkent)

Posted just four tour-level wins across 2016, but closed the campaign by reaching two ITF finals, winning

her fifth and most recent title at this level at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY

Highlights in 2015 included reaching final at Tashkent (l. Hibino) and QF at Baku

Ranked No.95, lifted maiden WTA singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur (d. No.10 Cibulkova in final); aged

17y 10 m, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King)

Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent (l. Begu) on her WTA main draw debut, and in doing so

became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished runner-up

on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino)

Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013

Has won five ITF Circuit singles and one doubles title

Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017, 2019



BRADY:

Australian Open

Contesting fourth Australian Open main draw and has advanced to R16 for a second time, having also made

it this far on Grand Slam debut in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Lucic-Baroni); became 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

Has dropped serve only once en route to R16 (in the fourth game of the second set against Juvan)

Faces No.33 Vekic today for a spot in her first Australian Open QF; is 1-2 in R16 matches at the Slams, only

passing this stage at 2020 US Open (l. eventual champion Osaka)

Vekic is her highest-ranked opponent of the season thus far. A win today would mark her best-by-ranking

since defeating No.29 Yastremska en route to 2020 Ostrava SF (l. No.12 Sabalenka)

Has dropped 11 games en route to the R16 – the fewest among the top half of the draw

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

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


VEKIC, DONNA Singles Activity:


Rank: Seed:111

WR128 66HLAVACKOVA, ANDREA CZE 6-1 6-2

LR64 10 10WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 6-1 6-4




Rank: Seed:88

LR128 80BURDETTE, MALLORY USA 6-3 6-4




Rank: Seed:64

LR128 196CETKOVSKA, PETRA CZE 6-3 6-1




Rank: Seed:65

WR128 98DUQUE-MARINO, MARIANA COL 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2





Rank: Seed:94

LR128 146HRADECKA, LUCIE CZE 6-3 6-1




Rank: Seed:67

LR128 98GLUSHKO, JULIA ISR 7-5 2-6 6-4




Rank: Seed:87

WR128 21 21VINCI, ROBERTA ITA 6-4 4-6 6-4

LR64 566ZVONAREVA, VERA RUS 6-4 6-4




Rank: Seed:79

LR128 38VANDEWEGHE, COCO USA 2-6 6-3 6-1







Rank: Seed:85

LR128 43BARTHEL, MONA GER 3-6 6-4 6-2




Rank: Seed:165

WR128 31 31GARCIA, CAROLINE FRA 3-6 6-3 6-2

WR64 60JOVANOVSKI, BOJANA SRB 6-4 6-3





Rank: Seed:104





Rank: Seed:96





Rank: Seed:112

LR128 8 8WILLIAMS, VENUS USA 7-6(3) 6-4




Rank: Seed:99

WR128 192CABRERA, LIZETTE AUS 7-5 6-2

LR64 20 17WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE DEN 6-1 6-3




Rank: Seed:75

LR128 34 32ZHANG, SHUAI CHN 7-5 6-4




Rank: Seed:58

WR128 66VIKHLYANTSEVA, NATALIA RUS 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1

LR64 7 6KONTA, JOHANNA GBR 7-6(4) 4-6 10-8







Rank: Seed:52

WR128 71HADDAD MAIA, BEATRIZ BRA 6-2 6-1

WR64 24 22PENG, SHUAI CHN 6-0 6-2

LR32 17 16SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA LAT 6-2 6-3




Rank: Seed:52

WR128 96HIBINO, NAO JPN 7-5 6-3

LR64 16 21KERBER, ANGELIQUE GER 6-4 6-1




Rank: Seed:50

WR128 81BONDARENKO, KATERYNA UKR 6-2 6-4

LR64 30 28SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 7-5 6-4




Rank: Seed:55

WR128 4 4STEPHENS, SLOANE USA 6-1 6-3

WR64 78PETERSON, REBECCA SWE 7-5 6-4

WR32 101WICKMAYER, YANINA BEL 7-6(2) 6-1

LR16 13 13GOERGES, JULIA GER 6-3 6-2




Rank: Seed:41

LR128 18 19SEVASTOVA, ANASTASIJA LAT 6-2 2-6 6-3




Rank: Seed:29 29

WR128 45MLADENOVIC, KRISTINA FRA 6-2 6-4

LR64 240BIRRELL, KIMBERLY AUS 6-4 4-6 6-1




Rank: Seed:24 23

WR128 159SAMSONOVA, LIUDMILA RUS 6-2 6-4

WR64 63PETERSON, REBECCA SWE 1-6 6-1 6-2

WR32 15 15BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 6-4 6-1

LR16 26 26KONTA, JOHANNA GBR 6-2 6-4







Rank: Seed:22 22

LR128 55RISKE, ALISON USA 3-6 6-3 7-5




Rank: Seed:23 23

WR128 207HOGENKAMP, RICHEL NED 7-6(4) 6-3


WR32 39PUTINTSEVA, YULIA KAZ 6-4 6-1

WR16 30 26GOERGES, JULIA GER 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3

LQ 12 13BENCIC, BELINDA SUI 7-6(5) 6-3




Rank: Seed:20 19

WR128 145SHARAPOVA, MARIA RUS 6-3 6-4

WR64 61CORNET, ALIZÉ FRA 6-4 6-2

LR32 56SWIATEK, IGA POL 7-5 6-3




Rank: Seed:24 18

WR128 66PLISKOVA, KRISTYNA CZE 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4

WR64 88TIG, PATRICIA MARIA ROU 6-2 6-1

LR32 0PIRONKOVA, TSVETANA BUL 6-4 6-1




Rank: Seed:30 26

LR128 142BARA, IRINA ROU 6-3 6-4






BRADY, JENNIFER Singles Activity:


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




Rank: Seed:88

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




Rank: Seed:93

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

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




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)





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)





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




Rank: Seed:49

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




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




Rank: Seed:25 21

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





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