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WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NEW YORK | AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 | $57,238,700 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

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US OPEN - DAY 5 MATCH-UPS

[8] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) vs. KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #44) First meeting

A loss today by Serena would mark just her 19th career loss to a player ranked outside the Top 40, by comparison, owns 358 such wins...A win today for Muchova would mark her 20th career main draw victory,

nine of which have come at the majors

[30] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #29) vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) Barty leads 3-1

Sakkari is competing at a career-high ranking of No.29 this fortnight, the only Greek woman to be ranked inside the Top 200...Barty holds a 4-4 record in Grand Slam 3r, last losing at this stage at 2018 Wimbledon

First meeting Jabeur is the first Tunisian woman to advance to the 3r of the US Open...Pliskova owns a 9-5 mark in 3r

Grand Slam matches, last loss was 2019 Roland Garros

ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. [3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [32] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #32) First meeting

Svitolina holds a 9-7 record in 3r Grand Slam matches; last loss to a teenager came at 2019 Indian Wells (Andreescu)...Yastremska is bidding for second straight R16 showing at a major (2019 Wimbledon)

Series tied 1-1 Kenin owns five Top 10 victories so far in 2019 and is seeking her first ever R16 berth at the US Open...Keys is 10-4 against fellow Americans at the majors and holds a 9-4 advantage over seeded players at

Grand Slams

[20] SOFIA KENIN (USA #20) vs. [10] MADISON KEYS (USA #9)

[16] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) vs. [33] SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #34) Konta leads 4-1

Konta has compiled an astounding 7-0 resume in 3r matches at Grand Slams...Zhang is seeking her first R16 appearance at the US Open and third Top 20 win of the season

[22] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #22) vs. [12] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #11) Series tied 1-1

Martic is bidding to reach R16 for seventh time at a major, with a 6-2 record in 3r matches at Slams...Sevastova is undefeated in 3r of US Open (3-0), having reached at least QF last three years

Wang leads 3-1 Ferro is bidding to become the first Frenchwoman into the R16 at US Open since 2015 (Mladenovic, QF)...

Wang is aiming to reach her first ever Sweet 16 at a major

FIONA FERRO (FRA #74) vs. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18)

WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

Maria Sakkari is aiming to advance to the Round of 16 a a major for the first time in her career. This would be the first time a Greek woman reached the second week of a Slam since Daniilidou did so here in New York in 2004

Should Fiona Ferro win today, she would overtake Mlad-enovic and Cornet as the No.2 ranked Frenchwoman, in addition to making her Top 50 debut in the rankings

Johanna Konta is aiming to match her previous best result here at the US Open with a Round of 16 berth (2015-16)...No British woman has gone further than R16 in New York since Durie went all the way to the semifinals in 1983 (l. Evert)

Qiang Wang is hoping to book her place in her first-ever Round of 16 at a Grand Slam. The last time a Chinese woman reached the Sweet 16 in Flushing Meadows was Peng in 2014, when she reached the semifinals (l. Wozniacki)

Entering this year’s event, the home nation has had at least one representative in the semifinals (or better) every year dating back to the 2007 installment of the US Open

Over the US summer hardcourt swing, Sofia Kenin de-feated then-No.1 Ashleigh Barty in Toronto and defeated current No.1 Naomi Osaka in Cincinnati. This was the first time since October 2001 that a player defeated No.1 ranked opponents in consecutive weeks (Davenport)

Lindsay Davenport, October 2001 - d. Hingis Filderstadt SF (2-1 via ret.), then d. Capriati in Zurich SF

During the 2001 season, a player defeated No.1s in con-secutive weeks three different times. In addition to Dav-enport, Seles (in August at San Diego and Los Angeles) and Amelie Mauresmo (in May at Berlin and Rome).

Most Recent Players to Defeat No.1s in Consecutive WeeksMauresmo – May 2001Seles – August 2001Davenport – October 2001Kenin – August 2019

[Note: Davenport, Seles and Mauresmo – all three No.1s and Hall of Famers.]

IN ELITE COMPANYRAISING THEIR FLAG

ON THE BRINK Ons Jabeur is the first Tunisian woman to advance to the 3r of the US Open. As she heads into her fourth round match she stands on the brink of history...

Should she win her next round, she would become the first Arab female to advance to the Round of 16 at a Grand Slam.

Additionally, she is one match win away from becoming the first Arab woman to break the Top 50 in the WTA singles rankings

August 30, 1950 - Althea Gibson’s debut appearance as the first black player to compete at the U.S. Cham-pionships comes to a close as she loses all three games played in the continuation of a rain-delayed match with reigning Wimbledon champion Louise Brough. Gibson leads Brough 7-6 in the final set when play resumes after a rain storm from the previous day, but falters to lose the match by a final score of 6-1, 3-6, 9-7

ON THIS DAY...

Following her second round victory over 17-year-old American Caty McNally, Serena Williams bolstered her career stats when facing off against the teenage contin-gent of the WTA Tour...

118-18 vs teens - last loss to 19-year-old Andreescu at Toronto, previous was 2015 Toronto to Bencic

56-3 vs teens at Grand Slams - losses to Venus, Sloane and Sharapova- Has never lost to a teen at US Open

31-7 vs teens aged 17 and below and 16-2 at Slams

Has gone three sets 37 times vs teens, 12 times at Grand Slams

TEEN DOMINANCE

US OPEN - USA, NY | Aug 26 - Sep 07, 2019 | $57,238,700 | GRAND SLAM MATCH NOTES

[30] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #29) vs. [2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2)

Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 3-1

2019 HARD O QF ASHLEIGH BARTY 104 mins 5-7 6-2 6-0 CINCINNATI 2019 HARD O R3 ASHLEIGH BARTY 82 mins 7-5 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018 HARD O R2 MARIA SAKKARI 81 mins 6-4 6-2 INDIAN WELLS 2016 CARPET I R1 ASHLEIGH BARTY 106 mins 6-4 0-6 6-3 TAIPEI 125K

MARIA SAKKARI 29 19

25-07-1995 (24) $824,203

$2,520,064 1 / 1 0 / 0

27-18 / 70-71 10-7 / 22-27 6-5 / 19-13

3 / 6 1 / 10 6-4

42-8 / 126-57 11-4 / 35-17 5-4 / 18-14

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

US OPEN 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) * YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *

3-4

23-5 / 76-35 9-9 / 35-43

7-9 / 13-23 5-5 / 7-9

5-1 / 7-5 12-4 / 26-32 6-4 / 11-18

2-2 / 11-6

ASHLEIGH BARTY 2 1

24-04-1996 (23) $5,530,292 $10,738,372

* Updated entering 2019 US Open 3r

ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [30] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #29) R64: d. [Q] SHUAI PENG (CHN #167) 6-7(5),6-4,6-2 (2h17) R128: d. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #48) 6-1,6-0 (0h57)

[2] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #2) R64: d. LAUREN DAVIS (USA #73) 6-2,7-6(2) (2h03) R128: d. ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #80) 1-6,6-3,6-2 (1h42)

vs.

MARIA SAKKARI 2018 R2 L - SOFIA KENIN (USA #65) 4-6 6-1 6-4

2017 R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 6-3 6-4

ASHLEIGH BARTY 2018 R16 6-4 6-4 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8)

2017 R3 6-2 6-4 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83)

US OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match

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2016 R1 L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #103) 6-4 4-6 6-3

2015 R1 L - QIANG WANG (CHN #112) 7-5 6-2

2014 R1 6-1 6-3 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #29)

2013 R2 6-4 6-0 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #33)

2011 R1* 6-4 6-4 L - JULIA GLUSHKO (ISR #170)


VSMARIASAKKARI

ASHLEIGH BARTY

US OPEN

SEASON

• Making fifth main draw appearance at the US Open, where she is through to 3r for a second time

• Also made it this far in 2017 (l. V.Williams)• Was seeded No.32 during last year’s 2r showing

here (l. Kenin) - the first Greek woman seeded at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2007 Australian Open

• In 1r this year, won 66% of return points during quick-fire win over last week’s R-Up at the Bronx, Giorgi

• Struck 38 winners in rain-delayed 2r victory over 2014 US Open semifinalist Peng

• Overall Grand Slam win-loss record now stands at 18-15

• Takes on World No.2 and Roland Garros champion, Barty in 3r today; owns two Top-5 wins, over No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome) and No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret. w/left calf injury)

• Is 0-6 in 3r matches at majors, falling at this stage here in New York in 2017, at the Australian Open in 2017 and 2019, at Roland Garros in 2018 and at Wimbledon in 2017 and 2019

• Bidding to become first Greek woman to reach R16 at a major since Daniilidou at 2004 US Open

• Currently ranked at a career-high No.29 - is the only Greek woman inside Top 200 (week of August 26, 2019)

• In addition to 2r showing here, last summer in North America, was R-Up at San Jose, reached 2r at US Open and fell 1r at Montreal and New Haven

US OPEN• Making fifth main draw appearance at Flushing

Meadows this fortnight (sixth overall), where her best result here is R16 run in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Prior to 2018 run, had never been past 3r at a major• Doubles champion here w/Vandeweghe last year and

R-Up in 2013 (w/Dellacqua). This year, is seeded No.8 (w/Azarenka, face Gasparyan/Niculescu in 1r)

• Enters New York as World No.2; in contrast was No.17 last year and No.43 in 2017

• Can return to No.1 after the tournament, if Osaka and Ka.Pliskova fall before QF

• Recovered from losing opening five games to beat Diyas in 1r

• Fired eight aces to see off Davis in 2r and improve record (incl. Fed Cup) against American opponents in 2019 to 12-2, with five of those victories coming en route to maiden Slam title at Roland Garros

• Has now struck 296 aces this season, the third-most on tour behind Ka.Pliskova (400) and Bertens (355)

• Faces Sakkari in 3r today; struck 12 aces during QF win over the Greek 14 days ago in Cincinnati

• Owns one of the best records at the majors on tour this year (16-2), following a QF finish on home soil in Melbourne, title run in Paris, and R16 appearance at The All England Club

• Owns a 30-19 overall record in Grand Slam play• Has compiled the second-best win percentage on

hard in 2019, posting an impressive 25-5 record (83.3%), including title at Miami (behind only Andree-scu on 86.7%, 26-4; Ka.Pliskova is on 79.4%, 27-7)

• Is also tied for most match wins on tour (level w/Ka.Pliskova) on 44; owns second-best win percent-age (84.6%, behind Andreescu on 89.5%)

• Holds a 4-4 record in Grand Slam 3r play, last losing at this stage at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kasatkina)

• Much of her success this year can be attributed to her serving dominance – entering fortnight was ranked No.3 on tour for % service points won (63.6), and % games won (78.9), and No.4 for % first serve points won (72.4)

• One of the most consistent Top 10 players on tour this year in terms of reaching the latter rounds of events, has a staggering 90.9% consistency rating of reaching R16 at a tournament (No.2 out of Top 10 players, 10/11 events) and a 53.8% consistency rating of advancing to the QF stage (joint-No.4 out of Top 10 w/Osaka, 7/11 events)

• Contesting 16th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open

• Has reached 3r at all four of the majors, most recent-ly at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Svitolina)

• By reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open, became first Greek woman to reach this stage at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta)

• At 2016 Australian Open, by reaching 2r (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Coming off QF showing at Cincinnati (l. today’s opponent Barty); en route scored fourth and fifth Top 10 wins of the season over No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka

• Also on hard courts this summer, made SF at San Jose (d. No.7 Svitolina, l. eventual champion S.Zheng) and fell 1r at Toronto (l. Riske after holding 3mp)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Won first major singles title at 2019 Roland Garros

(d. Vondrousova in F), becoming third Australian woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, join-ing Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley (1971)

VSMARIASAKKARI

ASHLEIGH BARTY

SEASON• Arrives in New York following SF finish in Cincinnati

(l. Kuznetsova)• Suffered 2r exit at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Kenin) • Made R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. Riske)• Became the first Roland Garros champion to lift a

grass court title in the same season since Henin in 2007 by winning Birmingham (d. Goerges in F); became the first Australian woman in 43 years to reach WTA singles No.1 following Birmingham (June 24, 2019)

• Won first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Von-drousova in F)

• Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad-enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury)

• Lifted 10th career doubles title at Rome (w/Azarenka)• Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami

– run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F)

• Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in-cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level

• Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket

• Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in sixth longest match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min)

• Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Also won both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against Belarus in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts France in November’s final

CAREER MILESTONES• Registered third-consecutive Top 100 year-end finish

in 2018 ranked No.42, up from No.52 in 2017 – the highest year-end finish by a Greek player since Dani-ilidou in 2006 (No.36)

• 2018 season highlights included reaching her first tour-level final at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu), scoring first career Top 5 win after defeat of No.5 Ka.Plis-kova in Rome as well as reaching SF at Istanbul (l. Hercog) and Seoul (l. Bertens)

• Posted career-high ranking of No.29 after Seoul run (September 24, 2018)

• Notched first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of career at 2017 Wuhan Open

• Since then has posted a further six Top 10 wins, against No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Rome), No.6 Bertens (2019 Charleston), No.5 Kvitova (2019 Rome, via ret.), No.7 Svitolina (2019 San Jose), No.6 Kvitova and No.9 Sabalenka (both at 2019 Cincinnati)

• Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017

• Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the time, achieved her then best win-by-ranking defeat-ing No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r

SEASON CONT. GRAND SLAM CONT.• Reached 3r at Wimbledon for a second time in her

career (l. Svitolina)• Exited 1r of Birmingham (l. No.1 Osaka in 3s) before

reaching 2r at Eastbourne (l. Konta)• Reached QF at Nottingham (l. Brady)• Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova)• Battled through qualifying to reach SF at Rome (l.

eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)• Suffered 1r exit at Madrid (l. Suarez Navarro)• Won maiden WTA title at Rabat, recovering from a

set and break down to defeat Konta in final• Fell 1r at Istanbul (l. Kudermetova)• Reached first QF of 2019 at Charleston (l. Wozni-

acki); ended defending champion Bertens’s reign in R16

• Suffered 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges), Aca-pulco (l. Puig) and at Indian Wells (l. McHale)

• Part of the Greek Fed Cup Team who failed to gain promotion from Europe/Africa Zone Group I event in February (posted 2-1 record in singles)

• Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Barty). Fell 1r at Ho-bart (l. Linette)

• Began 2019 campaign pairing with Tsitsipas at Hop-man Cup – went 2-1 in singles (d. Bencic, d. Boulter, l. S.Williams)

• Prior to Paris run, best result at this level was QF showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Subsequently has also reached R16 at 2019 Wim-bledon (as No.1 seed, l. Riske)

• Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Osaka), US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina)

• Main draw Slam debut was at 2012 Australian Open, came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off

• Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade-novic/Babos in F

• During partnership w/Dellacqua, advanced to three major doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wim-bledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017

VSMARIASAKKARI

ASHLEIGH BARTY

• Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two years

• Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player too, however didn’t start because of her – just liked the sport. Tried karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much

• Favorite surface is hard court• Currently coached by Tom Hill

CAREER CONT.

• Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan

• Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA Finals (w/Vandeweghe)

• Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season (finishing at No.17)

• 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

• Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at 2019 Sydney

• Winner of 10 doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, two w/Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs, one w/Azarenka)

• Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/Dellacqua)

• Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on May 21, 2018

• Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that lasted almost two years

• Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en-joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League

• Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2018• Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen-

ager ranked in doubles Top 30• Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished

2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva• Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC

CAREER MILESTONES

• Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both)

• Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber)Kerber)

SEASON CONT.• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo• Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010; owns seven ITF

Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

PERSONAL

VSMARIASAKKARI

ASHLEIGH BARTY

PERSONAL• Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and

Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro-duced her to the sport

• In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi-yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school

• In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016

• Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce


ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) vs. [3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: 0-0

ONS JABEUR 62 100

28-08-1994 (25) $334,832

$1,396,172 0 / 0 0 / 0

9-13 / 33-56 4-2 / 9-21 4-4 / 7-18

3 / 14 0 / 5 16-6

42-12 / 299-154 16-10 / 97-55

5-7 / 59-63

WTA RANKING








1-3

25-7 / 209-101 4-9 / 20-40

1-3 / 5-11 0-3 / 3-5

1-2 / 4-2

6-3 / 56-68 3-2 / 29-37

6-1 / 29-20

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3 3

21-03-1992 (27) $3,258,094 $17,632,535


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND ONS JABEUR (TUN #62) R64: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #46) 3-6,6-4,6-2 (1h53) R128: d. [27] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #27) 7-6(8),6-2 (1h30)

[3] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) R64: d. [Q] MARIAM BOLKVADZE (GEO #202) 6-1,6-4 (1h6) R128: d. [Q] TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #138) 7-6(6),7-6(3) (1h47)

vs.

ONS JABEUR 2018 R1 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17) 6-1 6-3

2017 R2 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) 7-6(6) 6-2

2016 R1* L - YINGYING DUAN (CHN #103) 5-7 6-1 6-4

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2018 QF 6-4 6-3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26)

2017 QF 7-6(4) 6-3 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22)

2016 F 6-3 4-6 6-4 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2)




2015 R1* L - PAULA BADOSA (ESP #216) 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4

2014 R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #19) 7-6(7) 1-6 6-3

2013 R1* L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #232) 6-4 7-6(8)

2015 R1 6-2 6-1 L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #121)

2014 R3 6-3 3-6 6-4 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #32)

2013 R1 4-6 6-4 7-5 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #59)

2012 R2* 6-1 6-2 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #206)

2011 R1* 6-1 6-3 L - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #127)

2010 R1* 6-4 6-4 L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #175)


VSONSJABEUR

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

US OPEN US OPEN

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open (and 10th appearance overall), where she has reached QF or better on her past three visits

• Finished as R-Up here in 2016 (l. Kerber in F), her best career result at a Grand Slam, and fell in QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and 2018 (l. S.Williams)

• Reached 3r in 2014 (l. Dellacqua) and now again in 2019, and suffered 1r exits in 2013 (l. Bouchard) and 2015 (l. Tatishvili). Fell in 2010-12 qualifying

• Her run to the final here in 2016 saw her simultane-ously make Grand Slam debuts in R16, QF, SF and final

• Seeded No.3 this fortnight – her 20th consecutive major appearance as a seeded player

• Contesting milestone 30th major this fortnight; follow-ing two wins to reach 3r this week, win-loss record at this level stands at 58-29. Progression to 3r also means US Open is joint-most successful Slam in terms of main draw match wins, level with Australian Open (18)

• Can return to WTA World No.1 this fortnight, although needs to reach at least the QF to have a chance

• Began 2019 campaign with 1r win over qualifier Mar-tincova on Monday – has not lost 1r at a Slam since 2016 Roland Garros, a run of 14 straight opening match wins

• Struck nine aces in defeat in Bolkvadze in 2r on Wednesday, taking tally to 400 this season, the tour leader. Her closest rival is Bertens, on 352 (does not include Bertens v Pavlyuchenkova match)

• Defeat of Bolkvadze on Wednesday was one of only five 2r matches completed in the women’s singles due to rain

• Leads the tour in 2019 for percentage service points won (level with S.Williams on 63.8% - entering US Open) and main draw wins (level with Barty on 44 – includes the pair’s run to US Open 3r)

• Faces No.62 Jabeur today in 3r – has lost to players her rank or lower at last three of four events exited - No.112 Kr.Pliskova (Birmingham), No.68 Muchova (Wimbledon), No.153 Kuznetsova (Cincinnati). Ex-ception was loss to No.27 Andreescu (Toronto) and winning Eastbourne

• Record in Grand Slam 3r matches stands at 9-5. Most recent loss at this stage came earlier this year at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Martic)

• Has played 26 three-set matches this season (16-10) more than any other woman on tour (although all wins this week at US Open have been in straight sets

• One of only two players (also Barty) to reach four finals this year, while both are the only players to win titles on all three surfaces – Pliskova was success-ful at Brisbane (hard), Rome (clay) and Eastbourne (grass)

• Making fourth main draw appearance (and seventh overall appearance) at US Open

• Has posted best US Open result by reaching 3r this year, and joint-best result across the Slams, having also made this stage at 2017 Roland Garros

• Previously had made 2r in New York in 2017 (l. Van-deweghe), and fell 1r in 2014 (as qualifier, l. Petkov-ic) and 2018 (as qualifier, l. Barty)

• Lost in 2013, 2015-16 qualifying • 2014 appearance here was Grand Slam main draw

debut • By taking to the court on Monday, 2019 marks the

first time she has contested the main draw of the all the majors in the same season

• Opened 2019 campaign with straight sets defeat of Garcia. Win snapped a run of four straight 1r Grand Slam losses, dating back to 2018 US Open

• Overcame Sasnovich in delayed 2r match – tie had been scheduled for Wednesday, but rain forced it to be moved to Thursday. Rallied having lost first set

• Is the first Tunisian woman to reach US Open 3r - Selima Sfar reached 2r here in 2001

• Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today – owns one Top 5 win in career, vs. No.1 Halep at 2018 Beijing (via ret.)

• Last Top 10 win came in 2018 Moscow final run (l. Kasatkina in F) over No.8 Stephens in R16

• Playing doubles this fortnight with Stollar – team face Klepac/Hradecka in 1r

• One match win away from becoming first Arab woman to break Top 50 in WTA singles rankings

• A win today would also make her first-ever Arab woman to advance to R16 of a Grand Slam

• 2019 US Open marks 12th Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Best Grand Slam showings are 3r runs at 2017 Roland Garros and 2019 US Open; in Paris became first Arab woman to reach 3r of a Grand Slam and first lucky loser to contest 3r of a Slam since Kasat-kina at 2015 US Open, and first at Roland Garros since Pizzichini in 1996. Gaidano, at 1993 US Open, was the most recent lucky loser to reach R16 at a major

• Is second Tunisian woman to win a Grand Slam main draw match after Selima Sfar reached 2r at 2001 Ro-land Garros, Wimbledon and US Open; 2002 Wim-bledon; 2005 Wimbledon; and 2008 Roland Garros

• Has also made 2r at 2017 US Open (l. Vandeweghe) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Siniakova)

• Has lost in 1r at Australian Open on three occasions, in 2015 (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva), 2018 (l. Vesnina) and 2019 (l. Babos)

• In girls’ singles at Roland Garros was champion in 2011 (d. Puig) and R-Up in 2010 (l. Svitolina)

VSONSJABEUR

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

CAREER MILESTONES• Defeated No.3 seed Stephens, No.8 seed Kontaveit

and No.5 seed Sevastova en route to her first WTA final at 2018 Moscow, where she fell in three sets to No.6 seed Kasatkina. Was first Tunisian woman to advance beyond QF at a WTA tournament (Sfar was the only other Tunisian to reach a QF at this level)

• Prior to 2018 Moscow, best previous results were QF at 2013 Baku, 2017 Taipei City and 2018 Bucharest

• Owns three Top 10 victories, over No.1 Halep at 2018 Beijing (via ret.), No.8 Stephens at 2018 Mos-cow and No.7 Cibulkova at 2017 Roland Garros

• Member of Tunisian Olympic Team in 2012 and 2016• Contested first two WTA main draws in 2012, at

Doha (as WC) and Olympics• Became first North African woman to win a junior

Slam at 2011 Roland Garros (d. Puig in F), having also reached the final in 2010 (l. Svitolina in F)

• On ITF Circuit, has 11 singles and one doubles title• Played first event of career at 2008 ITF/El Men-

zah-TUN

• Coming off QF runs at Toronto (l. eventual champi-on Andreescu in 3s) and Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova, having led 6-3 5-3)

• Was upset in R16 at Wimbledon (l. Muchova 4-6 7-5 13-11; led 5-3 in third set before eventually losing in 3h19m - the fourth-longest match on tour in 2019)

• Won third title of 2019 season (14th of career) at Eastbourne (d. Kerber in F); dropped serve just twice all week – and 19 games across five matches, the most economic WTA title run this season – en route to becoming the first player to win the title without dropping a set since Makarova in 2010

• Began grass swing with loss to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in R16 at Birmingham, in what was their career first main draw match

• Made 3r exit at Roland Garros (l. Martic)• Won 13th career title at Rome, becoming first Czech

woman to lift the trophy since Marsikova in 1978; win over Azarenka in QF was her 500th (at all levels)

• Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Kozlova)• Withdrew from Prague w/viral illness

SEASON

SEASON• Coming off 1r exit at Cincinnati (as qualifier, l. Brady).

Other results this North American hard court swing were falling in Toronto qualifying and suffering 1r exit at Washington DC (l. Swiatek)

• Had 1r exit at Wimbledon, which followed career best grass result with SF result in Eastbourne - withdrew due to ankle injury

• Made R16 appearance in Mallorca (l. eventual cham-pion Kenin)

• Lost first grass court match of the season in 1r of ‘s-Hertogenbosch to Kudermetova

• Exited 1r in Roland Garros (l. quarterfinalist Martic)• Failed to make main draw in Rome qualifying (l.

Zidansek)• Lost to qualifier Doi in 1r at Indian Wells and No.6

Stephens in 2r of Miami• Retired with a right shoulder injury when trailing

Svitolina in 2r at Dubai• Made 1r exit at Doha (as WC, l. Suárez Navarro in

straight sets). As alternate pairing, reached first WTA doubles SF w/Riske (l. Groenefeld/Schuurs)

• Was part of Tunisia Fed Cup team which failed to progress from Europe/Africa Group II (posted 2-1 record in singles and 0-2 in doubles)

• Fell in 1r at the Australian Open to Babos in straight sets

• Opened season with 2r showings at Shenzhen (l. Y.Wang) and Hobart (l.Kenin)

US OPEN CONT.• Owns eight career WTA singles titles on hard courts,

at 2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Seoul, 2014 Linz, 2016• Cincinnati, 2017 Brisbane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo

and 2019 Brisbane• During last year’s North American hard court season,

made QF at US Open and fell 2r at Montreal and Cincinnati, and 1r at New Haven

• Currently No.3 on the Porsche Race To Shenzhen leaderboard - will guarantee qualification for Shise-ido WTA Finals Shenzhen by reaching the final this fortnight

• Is a guest columnist for BBC Sport this fortnight and contributing an online article after each round she plays

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US

Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debuts in R16, QF, SF and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

• At Australian Open, best result was SF run in 2019 (l. Osaka), also reached last four at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Halep)

• Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens) and 2019 (l. Muchova)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2012 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Bartoli in 1r)

VSONSJABEUR

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

PERSONAL• Started playing tennis at age 3• Husband Karim Kamoun is half-Russian and a for-

mer professional fencer; also her fitness coach• Away from court enjoys playing and watching football• Big fan of Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo

• Lost opening match as defending champion at Stutt-gart (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka)

• Reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets in the final

• Fell in 3s to Bencic in QF at Indian Wells• Led 5-1 in the final set of her QF match vs. Hsieh at

Dubai before losing 6-4 1-6 7-5• Withdrew from Doha w/viral illness• Was unable to prevent defending champions Czech

Republic from slipping to 3-2 defeat at the hands of Romania in Ostrava (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep)

• Produced best Australian Open performance of ca-reer, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match points to defeat S.Williams in QF

• Began season by triumphing at Brisbane Internation-al (d. Tsurenko in F) – has now won at least one WTA title for seven consecutive seasons

SEASON CONT.

CAREER MILESTONES• Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested,

triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F)

• At Grand Slam level in 2018 season, made QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), made R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and had QF showing at US Open (d. No.17 Barty in R16, l. S.Williams)

• Also in 2018, made the SF at Brisbane (as defending champion, l. eventual champion Svitolina), Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and WTA Finals (l. Ste-phens). Enjoyed QF runs at four other tournaments

• Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite mak-ing 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA)

• Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F)

• Owns 14-12 record in singles finals, having won hav-ing titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart, 2019 Rome), grass (2016 Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne, 2019 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017 Bris-bane, 2017 Doha, 2018 Tokyo, 2019 Brisbane)

• Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

• Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)

VSONSJABEUR

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

PERSONAL• Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at

Sparta Praha tennis club• Has a twin sister – Kristyna. In 2013, became the

first set of twins to capture a WTA doubles title • Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon• Currently coached by Conchita Martínez, and previ-

ously coached by Rennae Stubbs, Tomas Krupa and David Kotyza

• Away from the court, enjoys fresh-water fishing, as well as contributing to her foundation which benefits various causes, including pediatric oncology and children battling cancer in her native Czech Republic


[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [32] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #32)

Head to Head: 0-0

ELINA SVITOLINA 5 9

12-09-1994 (24) $2,016,896 $15,125,521

0 / 13 0 / 2

23-15 / 249-139 7-7 / 77-48 3-7 / 47-41

2 / 3 0 / 0 0-1

22-14 / 33-25 4-8 / 6-15 4-4 / 6-9

WTA RANKING








11-7

14-7 / 23-14 17-9 / 180-92

4-4 / 51-65 0-3 / 29-35

1-0 / 21-21

4-6 / 5-7 0-1 / 0-2

1-0 / 2-1

DAYANA YASTREMSKA 32 30

15-05-2000 (19) $657,939

$1,061,436


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) R64: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #52) 6-4,6-4 (1h52) R128: d. [WC] WHITNEY OSUIGWE (USA #109) 6-1,7-5 (1h15)

[32] DAYANA YASTREMSKA (UKR #32) R64: d. REBECCA PETERSON (SWE #71) 6-4,6-1 (1h17) R128: d. MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #105) 6-4,1-6,6-2 (1h55)

vs.

ELINA SVITOLINA 2018 R16 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #18) 6-3 1-6 6-0

2017 R16 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #16) 7-6(2) 1-6 6-4

2016 R3 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #16) 6-3 6-4

DAYANA YASTREMSKA 2018 R1 6-4 6-2 L - KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #202)




2015 R3 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #13) 6-3 7-5

2014 R1 L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #76) 6-2 7-6(4)

2013 R2 L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #114) 6-4 3-6 7-5

2012 R1 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-3 6-2


VSELINASVITOLINA

DAYANA YASTREMSKA

US OPEN US OPEN

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Making second appearance at US Open; has achieved best result by reaching 3r here this week

• Fell 1r on debut here last year (l. qualifier Muchova in straight sets)

• Entered Flushing Meadows ranked No.32, up from No.98 in the corresponding week in 2018

• Hit 32 winners to defeat No.105 Niculescu in opening round on Monday prior to defeating No.71 Peterson in 2r

• Faces fellow Ukrainian No. 5 Svitolina for the first time in 3r today; owns five career Top 20 wins, over No.13 Muguruza (2018 Luxembourg), No.15 Muguruza (2019 Hua Hin), No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Strasbourg) and No.14 Konta (2019 Toronto) and No.19 Wozniacki (2019 Cincinnati)

• Bidding for second R16 showing at a major, hav-ing also reached this stage at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Zhang)

• Overall Grand Slam record stands at 7-4, and is 2-1 in New York

• At 19, is one of nine teenagers in the starting field this fortnight (also Guaff - 15, Parry - 17, Osuigwe -17, Volynets - 17, McNally - 17, Swiatek - 18, Pota-pova -18 and Andreescu - 19)

• One of three Ukrainians to begin 2019 singles main draw (also Kozlova and todays opponent Svitoli-na); best result by one of her compatriots here was K.Bondarenko’s QF run in 2009

• Making eighth consecutive appearance at US Open, where best result is reaching the R16 in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut here in 2012, coming through qualifying before falling in 1r (l. Ivanovic)

• In 1r this year, struck 17 winners and 17 unforced errors to see off the third-youngest player in the draw Osuigwe

• Defeated the oldest woman in the field, 39-year-old V.Williams in 2r; improving record against the Ameri-can to 2-0 having won their only previous hard court meeting en route to title at 2017 Toronto

• Faces No.32 Yastremska for the first time in 3r today; last loss against a teenager came at 2019 Indian Wells (l. 18-year-old Andreescu in F)

• Record in Grand Slam 3r matches stands at 9-7, with most recent defeat at this stage coming at hands of Muguruza at 2019 Roland Garros

• Since making Grand Slam debut here in 2012, has not missed a major, compiling a 54-28 record

• Seeded No.7 this fortnight – her 20th consecutive seeding at a Slam, and 11th as a Top 10 seed

• At 2017 US Open, was one of eight players in con-tention for the World No.1 spot – needed to reach SF and have other results go her way

• Currently sits at No.9 on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen leaderboard, and looking to qualify for the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen - where she is defending champion - for the third year in a row

• One of three Ukrainians to begin 2019 singles main draw (also Kozlova and todays opponent Yastrems-ka); best result by one of her compatriots here was K.Bondarenko’s QF run in 2009

• Posted best Grand Slam result at 2019 Wimbledon, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Became the first woman representing Ukraine to reach a Grand Slam SF; on the men’s side, Medve-dev made that stage at Roland Garros in 1993 (SF) and 1999 (R-Up)

• Elsewhere, has posted QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) and 2019 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• At US Open, made R16 in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2018 (l. Sevastova)

• Joint-highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wim-bledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• 2019 US Open marks fifth Grand Slam main draw

appearance• Advanced to second week of a major for the first time

at 2019 Wimbledon, falling to S.Zhang in R16• Reached 3r at 2019 Australian Open (l. S.Williams)• Made 1r exit on Grand Slam debut at 2018 US Open

(l. qualifier Muchova in straight sets) and also 2019 Roland Garros

• Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Wimbledon

• Runner-up in 2016 Wimbledon junior girls’ event (l. Potapova)

SEASON• Coming off 2r showing at Cincinnati (l. eventual R-Up

Kuznetsova)• Posted run to R16 at Toronto (l. Kenin)• Made Grand Slam breakthrough with R16 run at

Wimbledon (l. Zhang)

VSELINASVITOLINA

DAYANA YASTREMSKA

SEASON

• 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

• Last year, also won titles at Rome (as defending champion, d. No.1 Halep in F), Dubai (as defend-ing champion, d. Kasatkina in F) and Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); career record in finals now stands at 13-2, including a current nine match win streak

• At the Slams in 2018, reached QF at Australian Open (l. Mertens), R16 at US Open (l. Sevastova), 3r appearance at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) and suffered 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria)

• Posted SF run at Montréal (as defending champion, l. Stephens) and made five further QFs

• Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting sec-ond-most wins (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

• Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to quali-fy 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 ti-tles 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

CAREER MILESTONES

• Started US Open Series by reaching QFs at San Jose (l. Sakkari) and Toronto (l. Kenin) before falling R16 at Cincinnati (l. Kenin)

• At Wimbledon became the first Ukrainian woman to appear in a Grand Slam SF (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Fell at opening hurdle in both Birmingham (l. Gaspa-ryan in 1r) and Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza)

• Suffered 2r exit as defending champion in Rome (after 1r bye, l. Azarenka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Parmentier)

• Made second WTA Premier Mandatory SF of her career at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Andree-scu)

• At Miami fell 2r (after 1r bye, l. Y.Wang)• Reached SF at Doha (l. Halep after leading 4-1 in

final set) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic after leading 5-3 in the final set)

• Advanced to QF at Australian Open for second year in a row (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Brisbane as defending champion (after 1r bye, l. Sasnovich)

SEASON CONT.• Suffered 1r exits at Birmingham (l. Goerges) and

Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Konta)• Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Suarez Navarro - came

within two points of victory in second set)• Highlight of clay court season was winning third ca-

reer title at Strasbourg (d. Garcia after saving 1MP)• Suffered 1r exits at Istanbul (l. Mladenovic), Madrid

(l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Suarez Navarro)• Made 2r at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty)• Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Muguruza) and Indian Wells (l.

Gavrilova)• Posted 2-0 singles record (d. Swiatek and Larsson

in straight sets) as Ukraine failed to progress from Europe/Africa Zone Group I

• Won second career title at Hua Hin (d. Tomljanovic in final after trailing 5-2 in third set)

• Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. S.Williams); wins over Stosur in 1r and Suárez Navarro in 2r were first at Grand Slam level

• Began season by contesting qualifying at Brisbane, followed by QF showing at Hobart (l. Bencic)

CAREER MILESTONES• Posted first Top 100 season in 2018, at No.60, win-

ning first career title at Hong Kong (d. Q.Wang in F)• Also in 2018, reached SF at Luxembourg (l. Bencic),

2r at New Haven (as qualifier, l. Goerges) and Charleston (as LL, l. Pera) and fell 1r at US Open (l. Muchova), Acapulco (as qualifier, l. Puig) Québec City (l. McHale) and Beijing (as qualifier, l. S.Zheng)

• Became first woman born in the 2000s to crack the Top 100 on the WTA rankings, debuting at No.100 (week of July 16, 2018)

• Won third ITF singles title in at $60k ITF/Rome-ITA and reached two more finals in 2018

• Posted first Top 200 season in 2017, at No.189 – rose more than 200 places during the year

• Won first WTA main draw match and reached first tour-level QF at 2017 Istanbul, defeating former World No.9 Petkovic en route (l. Cepelova)

• Owns three career Top 20 wins, over No.13 Muguru-za (2018 Luxembourg), No.15 Muguruza (2019 Hua Hin) and No.11 Sabalenka (2019 Strasbourg)

• Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2016 Istan-bul (l. Hibino in 1r)

• Played first matches of career on ITF Circuit in 2015• In juniors, rose as high as No.6 in the world• On ITF Circuit, winner of three singles titles and three

doubles titles

VSELINASVITOLINA

DAYANA YASTREMSKA

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian• Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family • Coached by Andrew Bettles• Has previously worked with Iain Hughes and Thierry

Ascione• Won the Jerry Diamond ACES Award in the 2018

WTA Awards, in recognition of promotion of women’s tennis to fans, media, and local communities by per-forming off-court promotional and charitable activities

• Launched the Elina Svitolina Foundation on March 18, 2019 with a mission to encourage children, through the sport of tennis, to learn the values of hard work, self-discipline and the importance of giv-ing 100 percent every day in life

CAREER CONT.• On four occasions could have reached World No.1

spot – at 2017 US Open, then needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF)

• 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, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

• Other 2016 season highlights included SFs at Dubai, Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow, and 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)

• Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008• Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017

PERSONAL

• Born and resides in Odessa, Ukraine• Trained as a junior in Istanbul, at Koza WOS• Began playing tennis at age 5• Prefers hard courts• Currently coached by Oliver Jeunehomme

PERSONAL


[8] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8) vs. KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #44)

Head to Head: 0-0

R64: d. [WC] CATY MCNALLY (USA #121) 5-7,6-3,6-1 (1h54)

SERENA WILLIAMS 8 10

26-09-1981 (37) $2,410,515 $90,643,816

0 / 72 0 / 23

19-5 / 811-137 6-1 / 160-60 0-0 / 107-52

0 / 0 0 / 0 2-1

16-9 / 18-11 5-5 / 6-6 4-2 / 4-2

WTA RANKING








95-12

6-5 / 8-7 10-3 / 500-83

4-3 / 304-97 2-2 / 174-72

0-0 / 68-13

3-5 / 4-6 1-5 / 1-5

1-3 / 1-3

KAROLINA MUCHOVA 44 38

21-08-1996 (23) $630,275 $890,142


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [8] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #8)

R128: d. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #87) 1-1 (0h59)

KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #44) R64: d. [29] SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #28) 6-1,4-6,7-6(2) (2h7) R128: d. [Q] ELENA RYBAKINA (RUS #69) 6-4,6-4 (1h25)

vs.

SERENA WILLIAMS 2018 F L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19) 6-2 6-4

2016 SF L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-2 7-6(5)

2015 SF L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #43) 2-6 6-4 6-4

KAROLINA MUCHOVA 2018 R3 6-3 6-4 L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #17)

2016 R1* 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5 L - AMANDINE HESSE (FRA #169)




2014 F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #11) 6-3 6-3

2013 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1

2012 F W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 2-6 7-5

2011 F L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #10) 6-2 6-3

2009 SF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #9,999) 6-4 7-5

2008 F W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #2) 6-4 7-5

2007 QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 7-6(3) 6-1

2006 R16 L - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #1) 6-4 0-6 6-2

2005 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 7-6(5) 6-2

2004 QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #8) 2-6 6-4 6-4

2002 F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-4 6-3

2001 F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 6-2 6-4

2000 QF L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #2) 6-4 6-2

1999 F W - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) 6-3 7-6(4)

1998 R3 L - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #8) 6-3 0-6 7-5


VSSERENAWILLIAMS

KAROLINA MUCHOVA

US OPEN US OPEN• Making second main draw appearance at US Open

(third overall) where she is into the 3r for second year in a row

• On her Grand Slam main draw debut last year at Flushing Meadows, came through qualifying to reach 3r (d. Yastremska, d. No.12 Muguruza, l.Barty)

• Career best result at a major came earlier this year at Wimbledon losing to Svitolina in the QF (d. No.20 Kontaveit and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route)

• Enjoyed a clean straight set win over qualifer Rybak-ina in 1r

• Upset No.29 Hsieh in the 2r hitting 11 aces and 44 winners; now 5-3 against seeded players at majors

• Faces No.8 S.Williams for first time today - owns 1-5 record against Top 10 opponents

• Sole Top 10 victory came in R16 of Wimbledon ear-lier this year over No.3 Ka.Pliskova - recovered from 5-3 down in the final set to win 13-11 in 3hrs 19min

• A win today would mark 20th career main draw victo-ry on WTA level, nine of which have come at majors

• Made QF in the Bronx, her only warm-up event in US Open Series (l. eventual champion Linette)

• Competing one notch shy of her career high ranking of No.43 (achieved on July 15, 2019). By contrast, was No.202 this time last year

• Currently the Czech No.6 of eight women in the Top 100 (week of August 26, 2019)

• Making 19th appearance at US Open where she is a six-time champion: 1999 (d. Hingis in F), 2002 (d. V.Williams in F), 2008 (d. Jankovic in F), 2012 (d. Azarenka in F), 2013 (d. Azarenka in F) and 2014 (d. Wozniacki in F). Tied with Chris Evert for most US Open titles in the Open Era

• Also a three-time runner-up, in 2001 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. Stosur) and 2018 (l. Osaka). Fell in SFs on three occasions, in 2009 (l. eventual champion Clijsters), 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Vinci) and 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova)

• One of eight players in the Open Era to win Wimble-don and the US Open in the same year (2002, 2012)

• Her 19 appearances at the US Open is second most among players in 2019 starting field, two behind her sister, Venus (21)

• Doubles champion here in 1999 (w/V.Williams d. Rubin/Testud in F) and 2009 (w/V.Williams d. Black/Huber). Also won mixed doubles (w/Mirnyi) in 1998

• Bidding this fortnight to tie Australia’s Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the all-time record. Her record in Grand Slam finals stands at 23-9

• Winner of 13 major titles on hard – most of any play-er in Open Era; across all WTA events, has won 46 hard court titles, more than any other active player

• Contesting her 73rd Grand Slam main draw – in the Open Era, trails only her sister Venus (84, including 2019 US Open)

• Seeded No.8 this fortnight; has been seeded on all but two of her appearances in New York (exceptions were debut in 1998 and 2006)

• In 1r on Monday night, extended record over Shara-pova to 20-2, winning 6-1 6-1 in 59 minutes

• Against her Russian rival did not drop serve once, saving five break points in second set; also won 100% of points on Sharapova’s second serve

• Faced young American Mcnally in 2r coming back from a set down. In the third set, did not lose a single point on serve and lost only five points total

• Record across the Grand Slams improves to 345-48, the most wins in Open Era, ahead of Martina Navra-tilova (306-49)

• Including win over Sharapova, is now 19-0 in open-ing round matches at Flushing Meadows, winning the last 15 first round matches in straight sets

• Holds a 31-5 record in night matches on Arthur Ashe (since 2004)

• Heading into 3r is 97-12 at US Open – most wins among active players, and second-most in the Open Era behind Chris Evert (101-12) and ahead of Marti-na Navratilova (89-17)

• Owns 17-1 record in 3r matches at the US Open (60-9 in 3r of all Grand Slams) - only loss at this stage at Flushing Meadows came in her debut in 1998 (l. Spirlea)

• 2019 US Open marks fifth Grand Slam main draw of her career

• Earned career best result with QF appearance at 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.20 Kontaveit and No.3 Ka.Pliskova en route (l. Svitolina)

• Reached 3r at 2018 US Open in her main draw debut at the majors (as qualifier, l. Barty in 3r)

• Also fell 2r at 2019 Roland Garros and 1r at 2019 Australian Open

• Earned USD$156,000 in prize money during last year’s Flushing Meadows run, more than doubling her career total

• Previously fell in qualifying at US Open in 2016, and Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2018

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

VSSERENAWILLIAMS

KAROLINA MUCHOVA

• Coming off QF appearance at the Bronx (l. eventual champion Linette)

• Reached career best Grand Slam result with Wimbledon QF (l. Svitolina)

• Defeated No.3 Ka.Pliskova in R16 for first Top 10 victory of career, recovered from 5-3 down in the final set to win 13-11 in 3hrs 19min

• Opened grass court season with 1r exit at ‘s-Herto-genbosch (l. eventual champion Riske)

• Fell 2r at Roland Garros on main draw debut (d. Kontaveit, l. Begu)

• Finished R-Up in Prague (l. qualifier Tiechmann)• Made R16 at Monterrey (l. Kerber) and came through

qualifying in Miami to reach final 16 (d. Hibino, l. Kerber)

• Came through qualifying to reach maiden Premier quarter-final at Doha (l. Svitolina)

• Qualified at the Australian Open, falling to Ka.Plisko-va in 1r

• 2019 Australian Open marked her second main draw appearance at the majors (following 2018 US Open)

• Kicked off 2019 season at Brisbane, making qualify-ing exit (l. Potapova after holding 2MP)

• A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste-fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind only Margaret Court (24) all time

• Her titles were won at 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

• Owns a 23-9 record in Slam finals, with losses com-ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble-don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber), 2018 US Open (l. Osaka) and 2019 Wimbledon (l. Halep)

• Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era

• Boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

• The 2017 Australian Open final saw Serena and Venus have the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

• In 2015, came within two wins of completing the cal-endar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; l. Vinci in SF at US Open. Two women in Open Era had previously achieved the feat: Court (1970) and Graf (1988)

• Has twice been in possession of all four majors for a “Serena Slam” (2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Austra-lian Open and 2014 US Open to 2015 Wimbledon)

• Has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister Venus – most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/Shvedova in F). Also won mixed doubles titles at 1998 Wimbledon and 1998 US Open (both w/Mirnyi)

• Ended 2018 ranked No.145, her first Top 200 season (up from her previous best of No.208 in 2016)

• 2018 season highlight was making Grand Slam main draw debut at US Open (as qualifier, l. Barty in 3r)

• Also contested WTA qualifying in 2018 at Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Luxembourg

• Reached three ITF Circuit finals in 2018, including back-to-back finals at $25k ITF/Altenkirchen-GER (l. Dart) and $60k ITF/Croissy-Beauborg-FRA (l. Blinko-va). Also reached the final at $80k ITF/Olomouc-CZE (l. Ferro)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2017 Seoul (as quali-fier, l. Hon). Also contested qualifying at ‘s-Hertogen-bosch and Tokyo [Japan Open] and finished R-Up at one ITF Circuit event

• Won second career ITF Circuit title in 2016 and post-ed 39-18 win-loss record; at tour-level fell in qualify-ing at US Open

• On ITF Circuit has won two titles in singles and one in doubles

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

SEASON

CAREER MILESTONES

US OPEN CONT.• Faces No.44 Muchova today in 3r action, would only

be 19th career loss to a player outside the Top 40 (by comparison has 358 wins)

• Among active players, owns the most hard court wins 502-83 (.858), ahead of V.Williams on 479-143 (.770), heading into US Open 3r

• At No.8, is currently the top-ranked American woman ahead of Keys (No.9) and Stephens (No.10) – week of August 26, 2019

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

VSSERENAWILLIAMS

KAROLINA MUCHOVA

SEASON• Withdrew from Cincinnati w/upper back injury• Retired in Toronto final due to same injury, trailing

Andreescu 3-1 in the opening set; upset No.2 Osaka in QF to register second Top 5 win this season, having previously defeated then-No.1 Halep at the Australian Open R16

• Finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. Halep), her 32nd Grand Slam final – the joint-second most in history, level with Navratilova and behind Evert (34)

• Fell 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kenin)• Played first event of clay season at Rome, defeating

Peterson in 1r before withdrawing against V.Williams due to a continuing left knee injury

• Fell 3r at both Indian Wells (ret. vs. Muguruza w/viral illness) and Miami (withdrew prior to match vs. Q.Wang w/left knee injury)

• On February 18, returned to Top 10 for the first time since coming back from pregnancy

• Reached QF at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova after holding 4mp); overcame World No.1 Halep in R16 – was first time facing the reigning World No.1 since 2013 Doha (l. Azarenka in F) and was first win since 2013 Brisbane (d. Azarenka in SF). Aged 37, is the oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1, bettering sister Venus’s win vs. Kerber aged 36 at 2017 Miami

• After Halep result in Melbourne, improved to 17-12 vs. World No.1s - only Navratilova has more wins with 18

• Began 2019 at Hopman Cup, posted wins over Bencic, Sakkari and Boulter as USA made RR exit

• Returned to Top 20 in 2018 year-end rankings (at No.16) despite playing only seven tournaments

• Was R-Up at both Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US Open (l. Osaka) in 2018, and advanced to R16 at Roland Garros (withdrew prior to match against Sharapova w/right pectoral muscle tear)

• Made her return to tour as a mother at Indian Wells in March 2017, falling to sister V.Williams in 3r, hav-ing defeated Diyas and then Bertens in straight sets

• Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two events all season, and both in January. Broke streak of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 15 Top 10 finishes – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – including five as year-end No.1

• Won 23rd Grand Slam singles title at 2017 Australian Open (d. V.Williams in F)

• With 72 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92). Also a 24-time singles runner-up

• Born in city of Olomouc in eastern Czech Republic, but moved to train in Prague this year

• Started playing tennis at aged seven with dad, a former professional footballer in Czech Republic

• Roger Federer was tennis idol growing up• Coached by Emil Miske

PERSONAL

CAREER MILESTONES

VSSERENAWILLIAMS

KAROLINA MUCHOVA

• Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332

• Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991)

• Five-time champion at WTA Finals (2001, 2009, 2012-14)

• Has registered 17 career wins over (seven different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo-va (18)

• Among active players, owns the most titles on clay (13), hard (46) and grass (8)

• Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics, and doubles gold medalist at 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London (all w/V.Williams)

• Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil-liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters)

• Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013

• At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (including Emirates Airline US Open Se-ries bonus); the largest payout in tennis – men’s or women’s

CAREER CONT.

• Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora-cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato-glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins

• Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017

• Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem-ber 2017 in New Orleans

• Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018

PERSONAL


[20] SOFIA KENIN (USA #20) vs. [10] MADISON KEYS (USA #9)

Head to Head: 1-1

2019 HARD O SF MADISON KEYS 82 mins 7-5 6-4 CINCINNATI 2019 CLAY O R2 SOFIA KENIN 146 mins 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 ROME

SOFIA KENIN 20 14

14-11-1998 (20) $1,024,122 $1,905,597

2 / 2 1 / 1

35-17 / 55-38 13-9 / 22-16

7-6 / 11-8

2 / 5 0 / 0 19-7

21-11 / 200-117 6-6 / 51-49 7-5 / 52-45

WTA RANKING








4-4

10-7 / 118-78 24-10 / 39-24

10-7 / 13-16 5-5 / 7-8

1-1 / 2-3 4-3 / 34-46 2-2 / 17-29

0-0 / 17-17

MADISON KEYS 9 13

17-02-1995 (24) $1,554,928 $11,643,606


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [20] SOFIA KENIN (USA #20) R64: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #90) 7-6(4),6-0 (1h41) R128: d. COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #469) 7-6(4),6-3 (1h44)

[10] MADISON KEYS (USA #9) R64: d. LIN ZHU (CHN #122) 6-4,6-1 (1h09) R128: d. MISAKI DOI (JPN #108) 7-5,6-0 (1h04)

vs.

SOFIA KENIN 2018 R3 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-4 7-6(2)

2017 R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #146) 7-5 6-2

2016 R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #11) 6-4 6-3

MADISON KEYS 2018 SF 6-2 6-4 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #19)

2017 F 6-3 6-0 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83)

2016 R16 6-3 6-4 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #74)




2015 R1 L - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #96) 6-3 6-1

2015 R16 6-3 6-3 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1)

2014 R2 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145)

2013 R1 6-3 6-4 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #12)

2012 R2* 6-4 6-2 L - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG #120)

2011 R2 3-6 7-5 6-4 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26)

2010 R1* 3-6 6-4 6-3 L - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #130)


VSSOFIAKENIN

MADISONKEYS

US OPEN US OPEN• Making fifth straight appearance at US Open, where

she is through to 3r for a third time• Also reached this juncture in 2017 (as WC, l. Shara-

pova) and 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova)• Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a

wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño

• Overcame compatriot Vandeweghe in 1r; has now won all five Grand Slam encounters with fellow Amer-icans, having previously beaten Davis and Vickery at 2017 US Open, Brengle at 2018 US Open and S.Williams at 2019 Roland Garros

• Recovered from a slow start to beat Siegemund in 2r. Now owns 37 tour-level wins this season; by contrast won 17 in total in 2018

• From these 37 victories, 26 have come on hard courts, only Ka.Pliskova (27) has registered more

• Meanwhile, her overall Grand Slam win-loss record improves to 11-10

• Faces No.9 Keys in 3r today; owns five Top 10 wins so far in 2019, beating No.10 S.Williams (2019 Roland Garros), No.1 Barty (2019 Toronto), No.7 Svitolina (both at 2019 Toronto and 2019 Cincinnati) and No.1 Osaka (2019 Cincinnati)

• Is 1-2 in Grand Slam 3r matches, falling at this stage here in New York in 2017 and 2018, with solitary win coming over S.Williams at 2019 Roland Garros

• Has been involved in 22 three-set matches in 2019, one of four players to contest more than 20, along with Ka.Pliskova (26), Bencic and Bertens (22)

• Contesting 2019 US Open ranked at a career-high No.20. This time last year was No.65

• Seeded No.20, her second time among the 32 seeds at a major (also No.27 at 2019 Wimbledon)

• During last year’s US Open Series, made 2r at San Jose, contested qualifying at Montréal, Cincinnati and New Haven, before reaching 3r at US Open

• Has reached two career finals on hard courts, winning Hobart and then finishing R-Up at Acapulco earlier this year

• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open (and ninth appearance overall) - is one of 12 former finalists in the draw

• Best result here was R-Up finish in 2017; defeated by fellow American Stephens in the first all-American US Open final since 2002 (Serena d. Venus)

• Advanced to SF last year (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• Posted back-to-back R16 finishes in 2015 (l. S.Wil-liams) and 2016 (l. Wozniacki)

• Reached 2r here in 2011 on Grand Slam main draw debut (as WC, l. Safarova) and again in 2014 (l. Krunic). Fell 1r in 2013 (l. Jankovic)

• Has reached the QF or better at five of her last eight Slams, the most of any player in that stretch

• No.10 seed this fortnight – her 18th consecutive major as a seeded player

• Holds a 14-5 record in North America this season including two titles at Charleston and Cincinnati

• Hit a combined total of 57 winners in opening two rounds, against Doi and then Zhu

• Faces Kenin in 3r today; fired 41 winners during high-quality victory over her young compatriot 13 days ago in SF at Cincinnati

• Is 10-4 against fellow Americans at the majors, with four defeats coming to either S.Williams (2015 Aus-tralian Open and 2015 US Open) or Stephens (2017 US Open and 2018 Roland Garros)

• Record in 3r matches at majors stands at 13-5• Is 9-4 against seeded players at Slams since the

start of 2017, with losses coming against No.21 seed Kerber (2018 Australian Open QF), No.10 seed Stephens (2018 Roland Garros SF), No.6 seed Svi-tolina (2019 Australian Open), No.8 seed Barty (2019 Roland Garros)

• US Open is Keys’ happiest major hunting ground holding a 21-7 record here, followed by the Austra-lian Open (18-7) and is 70-28 across the Slams

• One of 23 Americans in starting field. The home nation has had at least one representative in SF (or better) every year since 2007

• Enters 2019 US Open fresh from winning biggest career title at the Premier-5 event in Cincinnati; cur-rently on an eight-match winning streak

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Produced best Grand Slam result by reaching R16

at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Barty); in 3r became first American to defeat S.Williams at the majors since Stephens at 2013 Australian Open QF

• Made Slam main draw debut at 2015 US Open as a wildcard – received for being crowned USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion. Fell 1r to Duque Mariño

• Reached 3r at 2017 US Open as a wildcard (l. Sharapova), in what was only fourth tour-level main draw outing. Repeated feat in 2018 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Made 2r at Australian Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2018-19

• 2019 US Open marks 29th Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up fin-ish to Stephens. Deepest run prior to that was break-through 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).

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

VSSOFIAKENIN

MADISONKEYS

CAREER MILESTONES• Broke into the Top 100 on March 19, 2018, Top 50 on

October 8, 2018 and Top 20 on August 19, 2019• Advanced to first WTA level SF in 2018 at Mallorca

as a qualifier, also reaching this stage later in the season at Québec City

• Represented the USA in their 3-0 Fed Cup final de-feat to the Czech Republic in November 2018

• Opened 2018 with first tour-level QF at Auckland• Holds 7-8 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, hav-

ing defeated No.6 Garcia (2018 Mallorca), No.10 Go-erges (2018 Wuhan), No.10 S.Williams (2019 Roland Garros), No.1 Barty (2019 Toronto), No.7 Svitolina (both at 2019 Toronto and 2019 Cincinnati) and No.1 Osaka (2019 Cincinnati)

SEASON• Coming off title run in Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in F);

afterwards returned to Top 10 for the first time since week of June 25, 2018

• Owns two Top 10 wins in 2019, over No.8 Stephens and No.4 Halep en route to titles at Charleston and Cincinnati, respectively

• Prior to Cincinnati, made premature exits at three previous tournaments, falling 1r at Toronto (l. Vekic after holding 3mp in second set) and Washington DC (l. Baptiste) and in 2r at Wimbledon (l. Hercog)

• Reached QF at Roland Garros (l. Barty). Was one of three Americans to make last eight in Paris (also Anisimova and Stephens) - the first time this had happened since 2004 (Capriati, S.Williams and V.Williams)

• Fell 2r at Rome (l. Kenin) and 1r at Madrid (l. Cirstea)• Part of US team that retained its Fed Cup World

Group I status thanks to 3-2 win over Switzerland in San Antonio (l. Golubic in sole singles rubber)

• Won fourth career title - and first on clay - at Charles-ton (d. Wozniacki in F); now 4-4 in WTA finals

• Made 2r exits at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. No.97 Barthel, having led 3-1 in final set) and Miami (after 1r bye, l. Stosur, having led 4-2 in final set)

• In February, was part of US Fed Cup team which lost 3-2 to Australia in Asheville (d. Birrell, l. Barty)

• Began season with R16 showing at Australian Open (l. Svitolina in 3s)

• 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)

• Prior to 2015 had not passed 3r at a major• Achieved best result at Roland Garros with SF run in

2018 (l. Stephens) – has reached at least QF at all four majors, including Wimbledon in 2015

• Was one of just two players to reach the SFs or better at two of the four Slams in 2018 (also Kerber – SF Australian Open, Won Wimbledon)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 US Open, advancing to 2r (was first 16-year-old to com-pete at Flushing Meadows since Kristie Ahn in 2008)

GRAND SLAM CONT.

CAREER MILESTONES• Season highlights in 2018 were SFs at US Open (l.

eventual champion Osaka) and Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and QF at Australian Open (l. Kerber)

• Also made SF stage in Charleston (l. eventual cham-pion Bertens) and QF at Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka)

• Coming off SF runs at Cincinnati (l. eventual champi-on Keys) and Toronto (l. eventual champion Andrees-cu); rose to career-high No.20 following Cincinnati

• Scored four Top 10 wins across Toronto and Cincin-nati, defeating No.7 Svitolina at both tournaments, as well as No.1 Osaka (Cincinnati via ret. w/left knee injury) and No.1 Barty (Toronto) for her first Top 5 up-set - the youngest American to defeat a reigning No.1 in eight years (McHale d. Wozniacki at Cincinnati)

• Produced 2r showing at Washington DC (l. Davis)• Highlight of grass court season was lifting second

career title, at Mallorca (d. Bencic in F after saving 3MP; beat No.11 Sevastova and No.20 Mertens en route). Also fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Stosur) and 2r at Wimbledon (l. Yastremska)

• Reached R16 for first time at a Slam at Roland Gar-ros (d. S.Williams in 3r, l. eventual champion Barty)

• Made 1r exit at Strasbourg (l. Paquet) after R16 showing at Rome (d. No.14 Keys in 2r, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Fell 1r at Madrid (l. Kvitova)• Scored career first Fed Cup win against Bacsinszky

in April at Fed Cup playoff victory over Switzerland• Made 2r at Charleston (l. Puig); win over Lisicki in 1r

was first career tour-level victory on clay• Posted 2r showings at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina) and

Miami (after 1r bye, l. Andreescu)• Finished R-Up at Acapulco (l. Wang in F)• Advanced to R16 at Dubai (l. Kuzmova)• Part of US team that lost to Australia in Fed Cup

World Group first round (l. singles rubber to Barty)• Made 2r at Australian Open (l. Halep after leading

4-2 in final set)• Lifted maiden career title at Hobart (d. Schmiedlova

in F) without dropping a set• Opened 2019 season with 2r exit at Auckland (l. Kuz-

mova); won maiden WTA doubles title w/Bouchard

SEASON

VSSOFIAKENIN

MADISONKEYS

• 2017 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, became 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

• Has reached four career finals on hard, winning 2017 Stanford and 2019 Cincinnati and finishing R-Up at 2016 Montreal and 2017 US Open

• 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, reaching SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova)

• Owns seven career Top 5 victories: No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome, 2017 Stanford), No.4 Svito-lina (2017 US Open), No.4 Kerber (2018 Cincinnati) and No.4 Halep (2019 Cincinnati)

• 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); also youngest American to win a title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok

• 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

PERSONAL• Coached by Juan “Nacho” Todero; fitness coach is

Rodney Marshall• Past coaches: Jim Madrigal, Jesse Levine, Thomas

Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay Davenport and David Taylor

• Ambassador for Evian and FearlesslyGIRL• Was the architect behind Kinder Girl World Day

recently on May 21, created in the “hope of replacing some of the toxicity we often see online with mes-sages of kindness”

CAREER CONT.CAREER CONT.

• Born in Moscow, moved to New York as a baby before family settled in Florida. Now resides in Pem-broke Pines, Florida, where she was home-schooled

• Known as ‘Sonya’• Coached by father Alexander Kenin with support Lo-

renzo Cava; trains at at ProWorld Academy in Delray Beach, Florida

• Best tennis memory is playing idol Maria Sharapova on Arthur Ashe (US Open 2017)

• If not a tennis player would be a fashion designer• Dream doubles partners would be Serena Williams

and Grigor Dimitrov• Good friends with CiCi Bellis and Katie Swan• Likes rap music, especially Drake• Treat food is Froyo - cookies and cream with

Hershey’s on top

• Compiled 47-28 record (all levels) in 2017, finishing at a career-high No.113. Campaign highlighted by 3r run at US Open, 2r at Québec City (l. Safarova) and one ITF Circuit title

• On ITF Circuit owns four singles and two doubles titles

• Played first matches on ITF Circuit in March 2013• Climbed as high as No.2 in the ITF Junior Rankings• Represented the US at the 2014 Youth Olympic

Games and competed at the 2016 ITF Junior Mas-ters, both held in China

PERSONAL


[22] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #22) vs. [12] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #11)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 CLAY O F ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 93 mins 7-6(4) 6-2 BUCHAREST 2017 CLAY O R3 PETRA MARTIC 49 mins 6-1 6-1 ROLAND GARROS

PETRA MARTIC 22 18

19-01-1991 (28) $1,259,061 $4,193,566

1 / 1 0 / 0

24-12 / 114-116 12-2 / 50-31 4-5 / 29-27

1 / 4 0 / 0 15-6

26-18 / 173-132 8-10 / 55-45 5-5 / 37-36

WTA RANKING








2-6

9-9 / 89-77 3-7 / 54-69

2-7 / 13-41 1-5 / 4-25

2-1 / 8-9 1-5 / 18-42 0-4 / 9-22

2-2 / 10-10

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 11 25

13-04-1990 (29) $968,057

$7,025,000


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [22] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #22) R64: d. [Q] ANA BOGDAN (ROU #152) 6-2,6-4 (1h36) R128: d. TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO #66) 6-4,4-6,6-1 (2h03)

[12] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #11) R64: d. IGA SWIATEK (POL #49) 3-6,6-1,6-3 (1h58) R128: d. EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #119) 6-3,6-3 (1h14)

vs.

PETRA MARTIC 2018 R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #69) 6-4 6-4

2017 R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #11) 6-4 7-6(3)

2015 R3* L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207) 6-4 6-4

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 2018 SF 6-3 6-0 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #26)

2017 QF 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #83)

2016 QF 6-0 6-2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #74)




2014 R1* L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #145) 6-4 6-3

2012 R1 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 6-1 6-1

2011 R2 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #16) 6-4 2-6 6-4

2010 R1 L - ELENA BALTACHA (GBR #57) 6-2 6-2

2009 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-1 6-0

2008 R1* L - KATIE O'BRIEN (GBR #140) 3-6 6-4 6-0

2015 R1* 6-2 7-6(2) L - MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #207)

2012 R3* 6-7(8) 7-5 6-2 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #66)

2011 R1 6-3 6-4 L - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #72)

2010 R2 6-2 6-3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #13)



VSPETRA MARTIC

ANASTASIJASEVASTOVA

US OPEN• Making seventh main draw appearance (ninth over-

all) in New York this week• Has made at least the QF stage here the last three

years, with last year proving to be her best career result at any major w/ SF finish

• Became first Latvian woman to reach a US Open SF• One of just two players to reach at least QF stage at

US Open last three years (also Pliskova)• Best record across the Slams is here at US Open,

owning a 15-6 mark• Overall Grand Slam record is 33-26• Defeated No.119 Bouchard to begin 2019 campaign -

improving her record against the Canadian to 3-1 • Now owns a 22-10 record vs opponents ranked out-

side Top 100 at Grand Slams• Struck 28 winners against No.66 Swiatek to recover

from dropping the first set to secure her spot in 3r for the fourth time in a row here at Flushing Meadows

• Faces No.22 Martic today for their third career meet-ing with one win each; Sevastova won their most recent match-up during 2018 Bucharest

• Bidding to improve 3-0 record in 3r at US Open, hav-ing advanced to QF in 2016-17 and SF in 2018

• Is 6-2 in 3r of Slams, losses coming back-to-back in 2017 at Australian Open and Roland Garros

• Currently Latvia’s No.1-ranked woman, ahead of compatriot Ostapenko (No.77) who is also on the starting line at US Open

US OPEN

GRAND SLAM HISTORY GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open (10th overall) where she is through to 3r for the first time

• Achieved previous best results at Flushing Meadows by reaching 2r on two occasions, first during main draw debut in 2009 (l. Wozniacki) and again in 2011 (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

• This fortnight, recovered from dropping the second set in 1r to defeat Zidansek and record 13th three-set win of the season (only Bencic and Ka.Pliskova have more)

• Won 78% of first serve points to move past Bogdan and advance to 3r for the first time in New York

• Faces No.12 Sevastova today; owns 3-7 record against Top 20 opponents this season, defeating No.2 Ka.Pliskova (Roland Garros) and No.4 Kerber and No.19 Muguruza (both en route to Madrid QF)

• Bidding to reach R16 for the seventh time at a major (6-2 record in Grand Slam 3r matches)

• Own 30-30 win-loss record across all Slams and 2-6 record at US Open

• Reached QF or better at five back-to-back tourna-ments this season (Birmingham - SF, Roland Garros - QF, Madrid - QF, Istanbul - WON, and Charleston - SF)

• Currently Croatia’s No.1-ranked woman, ahead of Vekic (No.23), whom she overtook after advancing to R16 at Wimbledon

• 2019 US Open marks 31st Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Advanced to first Grand Slam QF of career at 2019 Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Vondrousova)

• Reached R16 on five previous occasions across the Slams, at Wimbledon in 2017 (l. Rybarikova) and 2019 (l. Svitolina), Australian Open in 2018 (l. Mer-tens), Roland Garros in 2012 (l. Kerber) and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Svitolina after leading 5-2 in final set)

• Was ranked No.290 during 2017 Roland Garros run – the lowest-ranked player to reach R16 at a Grand Slam since the unranked Henin finished R-Up at 2010 Australian Open (l. S.Williams). Since 1983, the only other player outside the Top 200 to reach R16 in Paris was No.279 Martínez in 1988

• Roland Garros exploits in 2017 ended run of seven 1r losses at the majors (did not contest main draw at any of the Slams in 2016)

• At US Open, fell 2r twice, in 2009 and 2011• Made 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2009 Roland Gar-

ros (as qualifier, l. Wozniak)

• Became the first Latvian woman to reach a US Open SF in 2018. Across all majors, the only other Latvian woman to reach this stage is Ostapenko (2017 Ro-land Garros – WON; 2018 Wimbledon – SF)

• Fell at QF stage on two occasions, at US Open in 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. Stephens)

• In 2016, became first Latvian woman to reach a Grand Slam QF since Savchenko at 1994 Wimble-don (since joined by Ostapenko)

• Best results elsewhere is reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), before her two-year absence from the game, and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova)

• Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros; this was the first time a Latvian woman reached 3r in the Open Era (also eventual champion Ostapenko). Latvian-born Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 whilst representing the USSR

• At Wimbledon, has reached 2r in 2017 and 2019

VSPETRA MARTIC

ANASTASIJASEVASTOVA

• Recorded second Top 20 season in 2018, finishing No.11 and posted a career-high number of wins (43)

• Lifted third title of her career on clay in Bucharest (d. Martic in F) and reached first Premier Mandatory final at Beijing (l. Wozniacki in F); now 3-4 in singles finals

• Also R-Up at Mallorca (l. Maria) and made SF at US Open (l. S.Williams), Brisbane, Charleston and Mos-cow [Kremlin Cup]. Was the second of two singles alternates for WTA Finals in Singapore and fell in round robin stage at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai

• Flushing Meadows run saw her became the first Latvian woman to reach SF there, upsetting No.7 Svitolina and No.3 Stephens en route. Defeat of No.3 Stephens was joint-best win rankings-wise (also d. No.3 Muguruza at 2016 US Open and No.3 Ka.Plis-kova at 2017 Madrid)

• Achieved first Top 20 season in 2017, finishing at No.16 and recording a then-career-high number of wins (37) and winning percentage (.607), improving on her previous records set back in 2010

• Enters New York following back-to-back 1r exits at Toronto (l. S.Zhang) and Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova)

• Fell in 2r of Bucharest (l. Tig) prior to capturing fourth career title and first of 2019 at inagural home event in Jurmala

• Upset in 2r of Wimbledon by Collins after posting SF run at Mallorca (l. eventual champion Kenin)

• Advanced to R16 for the first time at Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova); saved 5mp during 3h 21m 3r win over Mertens - second-longest match on tour this year (after Putintseva d. Friedsam at Nürnberg)

• Also reached R16 at Madrid (l. eventual champion Bertens) and made 1r exit at Rome (l. Bencic)

• Made QF at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova) and fell 1r at Prague (l. Potapova)

• Opened clay court season with 2r exit at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Pegula)

• Posted showings at Indian Wells (l. ret. w/viral illness vs. Kontaveit) and Miami (l. Putintseva)

• Fell 1r at Doha (l. Blinkova) and Dubai (l. Hsieh)• Won both singles rubbers (d. Schmiedlova and

Sramkova) as Latvia celebrated contesting their 100th Fed Cup tie by reaching World Group play-offs for the first time in their history with a 4-0 win over Slovakia in February

• Matched her best result at Australian Open by reach-ing R16 (l. eventual champion Osaka)

• Opened 2019 season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Osaka) before suffering 1r exit in Sydney (l. Bac-sinszky)

CAREER MILESTONES

SEASON• Coming off 1r exits at Toronto (l. Di Lorenzo) and

Cincinnati (l. Sabalenka) • Recorded a successful grass-court campaign, reach-

ing SF at Birmingham (l. Goerges) and advancing to R16 at Wimbledon (l. Svitolina). Posted 6-2 record on the surface, imporving from last year’s 1-3 grass-court run

• Rose to career-high No.20 in the rankings following Wimbledon showing (week of July 15, 2019)

• Reached first Slam QF of career at Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova); upset No.2 seed and No.2-ranked Ka.Pliskova in 3r to register fourth Top 10 win of career (and best by ranking)

• Ended clay court season with 15-3 record – joint-best on tour with Vondrousova

• Withdrew from Strasbourg w/back injury• Advanced to QF at Madrid, defeating Muguruza and

Kerber en route (l. Stephens)• Lifted maiden career WTA title at Istanbul (d. Von-

drousova in F); record in WTA singles finals improved to 1-2, having finished R-Up at 2012 Kuala Lumpur and 2018 Bucharest

• In April, reached first Premier-level SF of career at Charleston (l. Wozniacki)

• During Sunshine Double made 1r exit at Indian Wells (l. Linette) and reached 2r at Miami (d. S.Zhang, l. eventual R-Up Ka.Pliskova)

• Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Siniakova)• Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Stephens)• Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. Kenin)

SEASON

CAREER MILESTONES• Posted best season finish of career in 2018, at

No.32, with a career-best 26-17 win-loss record • Highlights of 2018 season included reaching second

WTA singles final of career at Bucharest (l. Sevasto-va), QF at Indian Wells (d. No.6 Ostapenko, l. Halep) and R16 at Australian Open (l. Mertens)

• Also in 2018 won WTA 125K Series title at Chicago (d. Barthel in F)

• In 2017, notched first Top 20 win in nearly five years over No.13 Keys at Roland Garros – marked first match against a Top 20 player since 2015 Guang-zhou (l. No.2 Halep). Followed this by upsetting No.19 Sevastova in 3r

• In April 2017 played her first event after 10 months out with a back injury, coming through qualifying to win $25k ITF/Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA (previous tournament was a loss to U.Radwanska in qualifying for 2016 Wimbledon)

• In addition to title at 2019 Istanbul is a two-time sin-gles R-Up, at 2012 Kuala Lumpur (ret. vs. Hsieh w/

VSPETRA MARTIC

ANASTASIJASEVASTOVA

• Coached by former player Sandra Zaniewska• Mother’s name is Sandra Martic; she was a handball

player• Favorite city is Paris and favorite food is pancakes• Speaks Croatian and English

CAREER CONT.

• Trains and resides in Liepaja, Latvia and coached by Ronald Schmidt

• Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher) • Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by

her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15 • Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German • Other sports interests are soccer and jet skiing

CAREER CONT.• Captured second career singles title and first in sev-

en years at 2017 Mallorca (d. Goerges in F)• Earned nearly half of career prize money in 2017

after reaching US Open QF for second consecutive year and advancing to SF of WTA Elite Trophy Zhu-hai (l. eventual champion Goerges)

• In 2016, played first full season since 2012, reaching two singles finals at Mallorca (l. Garcia) and Bucha-rest (l. Halep), as well as first Grand Slam QF of career at US Open

• Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related – but returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed

• During break from tennis studied leisure manage-ment

• Prior to break from tennis, won first singles title at 2010 Oeiras – becoming first Latvian to win a WTA title in 17 years (since Savchenko at Schenectady in 1993)

• Made Top 100 debut on July 13, 2009, Top 50 debut on October 11, 2010 and Top 20 debut on May 15, 2017

• Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Slam main draw debut as qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros

• On ITF Circuit, has 13 singles and four doubles titles • Member of Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10,

2018-19

PERSONAL

heat illness) and 2018 Bucharest (l. Sevastova)

• A four-time doubles runner-up, at 2012 Paris [In-doors], 2012 Bad Gastein, 2013 Marrakech (w/Mlad-enovic) and 2016 Monterrey (w/M.Sanchez)

• Won WTA 125K Series doubles title at Bol, Croatia in 2016 (w/Knoll)

• Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2009 (after US Open; rose from No.137 to No.89) and enjoyed a Top 50 season in 2011, finishing at No.49

• Owns four career wins over Top 10 opponents, defeating No.8 Bartoli at 2012 Roland Garros, No.5 Kvitova at 2012 Tokyo [PPO], No.6 Ostapenko at 2018 Indian Wells and No.2 Ka.Pliskova at 2019 Roland Garros

• Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team 2008-2010, 2012, 2014

• Fell 1r on WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2007 Miami

• Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2005

PERSONAL


[16] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) vs. [33] SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #34)

Head to Head: JOHANNA KONTA leads 4-1

2016 HARD O QF JOHANNA KONTA 73 mins 6-4 6-0 BEIJING 2016 HARD O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 91 mins 6-3 6-3 WUHAN 2016 HARD O QF JOHANNA KONTA 83 mins 6-4 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2013 HARD O QF SHUAI ZHANG 100 mins 7-5 6-3 GUANGZHOU 2012 HARD O R3 JOHANNA KONTA 167 mins 6-4 3-6 7-5 US OPEN

JOHANNA KONTA 16 11

17-05-1991 (28) $1,673,945 $8,854,364

0 / 3 0 / 0

32-14 / 160-100 13-3 / 41-42 7-7 / 35-28

0 / 2 1 / 8 4-6

14-18 / 137-174 4-4 / 41-43 4-1 / 35-40

WTA RANKING








7-6

7-10 / 104-117 10-7 / 97-55

7-5 / 37-35 6-3 / 20-21

2-1 / 13-13 2-2 / 17-51 0-2 / 6-21

2-0 / 14-14

SHUAI ZHANG 34 42

21-01-1989 (30) $1,271,115 $5,857,013


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND [16] JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #16) R64: d. MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #61) 6-1,6-0 (0h54) R128: d. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) 6-1,4-6,6-2 (2h03)

[33] SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #34) R64: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #43) 7-6(5),4-6,6-3 (2h24) R128: d. VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC (SUI #75) 6-2,6-1 (1h6)

vs.

JOHANNA KONTA 2018 R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 6-2 6-2

SHUAI ZHANG 2018 R1 6-3 6-0 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #12)




2017 R1 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #78) 4-6 6-3 6-4

2016 R16 L - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #48) 6-4 7-5

2015 R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) 7-5 6-3

2014 R1 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #155) 6-2 6-3

2013 R1* L - OLIVIA ROGOWSKA (AUS #151) 7-5 6-4

2012 R2 L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #67) 2-6 6-2 7-5

2017 R3 3-6 7-5 6-4 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1)

2016 R3 6-2 7-5 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #52)

2015 R2* 4-6 6-4 6-4 L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #139)

2014 R1 6-1 6-2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #53)

2013 R2* 6-4 3-6 6-3 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #191)

2012 R3* 6-4 3-6 7-5 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #203)

2011 R1 6-3 6-4 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #15)

2010 R2* 7-6(3) 6-1 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #150)

2009 R2* 6-1 6-3 L - YVONNE MEUSBURGER (AUT #122)


2007 R2* 7-5 6-3 L - JULIA GOERGES (GER #145)


VSJOHANNAKONTA

ZHANGSHUAI

US OPEN• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open

(eighth overall) where she is into the 3r for a third time

• Best previous result was back-to-back R16 appear-ances in 2015 (d. No.9 Muguruza in 2r, l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova) – no British woman has gone further here since Jo Durie went all the way to the SF in 1983 (l. Evert)

• Came through qualifying to reach 2r on debut here in 2012 (l. Govortsova)

• Defeated Kasatkina in a tough three sets in 1r and straight sets over Gasparyan in 2r

• Overall Slam record now stands at 36-23 with re-markable 7-0 record in 3r matches

• Faces Zhang today for second time in 3r of US Open - won their last meeting at Flushing Meadows in 2012 taking 167 min and three sets

• Along with Halep, only players to make QF or better in both Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova-SF) and Wim-bledon (l. Strycova-QF) this year

• Entering fortnight, led tour on break points saved at 65.3% and currently sits seventh in match wins this year with 34

• Arrived in New York having gone 0-2 on North American hard courts this summer – made 1r exits at Toronto (l. Yastremska) and Cincinnati (l. Peterson). By contrast, went 5-4 in lead-up to last year’s US Open, highlights being a QF run at San Jose and R16 effort at Montreal

• Last year at Flushing Meadows was unseeded and competed on a ranking of No.46; playing this fort-night’s event as the No.16 seed, ranked No.16

• Making seventh main draw appearance at US Open (13th overall), where she has tied her best result by reaching 3r

• Also reached 3r in 2016 (l. Shvedova) and 2017 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Fell 1r in 2008 (l. Kuznetsova), 2011 (l. Cibulkova), 2014 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Muguruza)

• Fell in qualifying in 2007, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2015• Tied career best singles result at a major this year

at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep), also made QF at 2016 Australian Open where she lost to today’s opponent Konta

• Holds 2-5 record in Grand Slam 3r matches, last fell at this stage at 2019 Australian Open (l. Svitolina)

• Enjoyed straight set victory over Golubic in 1r before needing three sets to take out Alexandrova in 2r

• Owns 17-51 career record against Top 20 players, looking for third win of the year - also beat No.19 Wozniacki in 3r of Wimbledon and No.11 Sevastova in Toronto

• Entered fortnight with 1-3 record in US Open Series losing in 1r of San Jose (l. Collins) and the Bronx (l. Petkovic) as well as falling in qualifying in Cincinnati (l. Kr.Pliskova)

• Also playing doubles as No.6 seed with Stosur• With Stosur, won first Grand Slam title in doubles at

Australian Open this year (d. Babos/Mladenovic)

US OPEN

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• 2019 US Open marks 24th career Grand Slam

appearance• Is a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam

breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Austra-lian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); became first British woman to reach the last four at Mel-bourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open

• Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since Wade in 1978 (l. Evert), and at 2019 Roland Garros (l. Vondrousova)

• One of eight active players to reach a major SF on hard, grass and clay: also Azarenka, Bouchard, Ha-lep, Kvitova, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams

• Also advanced to QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and Wimbledon in 2019 (l. Strycova), while at US Open reached R16 in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• 2019 US Open marks 30th Grand Slam main draw

appearance• Won first Grand Slam doubles title at 2019 Australian

Open (w/Stosur)• Made Grand Slam singles breakthrough at 2016

Australian Open, where she advanced to QF – first time she had progressed beyond 1r at a major in what was her 15th main draw appearance. As a qual-ifier, defeated No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys en route (l. Konta). Ranked No.133, became lowest-ranked player to advance to last eight in Melbourne since unranked Henin reached final in 2010, and first quali-fier to do so since Gavaldon in 1990

• Also reached QF at 2019 Wimbledon defeating No.23 Garcia in 1r and No.14 Wozniacki in 3r (l. eventual champion Halep). Had previoulsy not reached beyond 1r at Wimbledon.

• By reaching 3r at 2019 US Open, matched best result in New York, also making this stage in 2016 (l. Shvedova) and 2017 (l. Ka. Pliskova). Preceded by three 1r exits – in 2008 (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova), 2011 (l. Cibulkova) and 2014 (l. Barthel)

• At Roland Garros, reached career best result of 3r in 2017 (l. Kuznetsova)

VSJOHANNAKONTA

ZHANGSHUAI

SEASON

CAREER MILESTONES• Ended 2018 ranked No.35 for third consecutive Top

50 finish• Season highlights in 2018 included QF run at

Premier Mandatory-level Beijing (l. Osaka), and SF efforts at Prague (l. eventual champion Kvitova), Hiroshima (l. Anisimova) and Hong Kong (l. Yas-tremska)

• In 2017 won Guangzhou title (d. Krunic in F); now owns 2-0 record in WTA singles finals, having also won 2013 Guangzhou

• Also the winner of two WTA 125/K Series events – 2013 Nanjing and 2017 Honolulu

• Coming off 1r exit in the Bronx (l. Petkovic) and quali-fying exit in Cincinnati (l. Kr.Pliskova)

• Through qualifying in Toronto reached 2r with second Top 20 win of season over No.11 Sevastova (l. Alex-androva)

• Exited 1r at San Jose (l. Collins)• Tied career best result at a Grand Slam at Wim-

bledon with QF appearance, defeating seed No.23 Garcia in 1r and No.14 Wozniacki in 3r (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Played three grass court events ahead of Wimble-don, falling 1r at Nottingham (l. Brady) and Mallorca (l. Rogers) but winning two matches to reach R16 at Eastbourne (l. Cornet)

• Clay season finished with 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kanepi, 7-5 in third set)

• Fell 1r at Madrid (l. Kozlova), Rome (l. Azarenka) and Strasbourg (l. Sharma)

• In doubles, reached QF at Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros (w/Stosur)

• Opened clay season with run to final at WTA 125K Series event in Anning, China (l. Zheng)

• During Sunshine Double, reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. Ostapenko) and fell 1r at Miami (l. Martic); reached final of the doubles (w/Stosur, l. Mertens/Sabalenka)

• Reached 2r at Dubai (l. Suarez Navarro)• Posted a singles win over Kazakhstan’s Putintseva in

Fed Cup play in February• Fell 2r at Hua Hin (l. Wang Yafan)• Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Svitolina in 3s).

Her 1r win at Australian Open snapped a five-match losing streak, which began with loss at 2018 Hong Kong SF (l. Yatsremska) and continued through 2018 Zhuhai (l. Muguruza, Sevastova in RR), 2019 Shen-zhen (l. Jabeur) and 2019 Hobart (l. Blinkova)

• Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open (w/Stosur, d. Babos/Mladenovic in F)

• Began 2019 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Jabeur) and Hobart (l. Blinkova)

SEASON• Summer hard court swing saw 1r exits at Cincinnati

(l. qualifier Peterson) and Toronto (l. Yastremska)• Produced QF run at Wimbledon (posted two Top 10

wins en route, over No.9 Stephens and No.6 Kvitova; l. Strycova)

• On grass prior to Wimbledon, reached 2r at Birming-ham (d. Kontaveit, l. Ostapenko) and advanced to R16 at Eastbourne (l. Jabeur)

• Made historic run at Roland Garros, recording first ever main draw win in Paris before moving on to become the first British woman to reach SF since Jo Durie’s run to the same stage in 1983

• Re-entered Top 20 on June 10, 2019 for the first time since March 2018 (dropped as low as No.50)

• Posted R-Up finish in Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova) in sec-ond clay final of the season; now 3-5 in WTA finals

• Made 2r exit at Madrid (l. Halep)• Was R-Up at Rabat (l. Sakkari, after leading by a set

and a break) – marked first final in 10 months (2018 Nottingham) and first ever final on red clay (had nev-er previously reached tour-level QF on the surface)

• Until Rabat, had never won more than two consec-utive main draw matches on red clay and had not won three matches in a row on it since qualifying for Roland Garros in 2015. Not since winning her first ITF Circuit title in Mostar in 2008 had she won four consecutive matches on red clay (all levels)

• In Fed Cup action in London in April, posted three-set wins over Diyas and Putintseva to help Britain secure a place in the competition’s World Group II in 2020 (Great Britain d. Kazakhstan, 3-1); in February, had won all four of her Fed Cup matches to help Great Britain reach the play-offs from Europe/Africa Zone

• During ‘Sunshine Double’, reached 3r at Indian Wells (l. Bertens) and 2r at Miami (l. Q.Wang)

• Reached first QF of year at Acapulco (l. Vekic)• Lost to Muguruza in 2r at Australian Open in a three-

set match which lasted two hours 42 minutes and finished at 03:12am – one of the latest finishes in the tournament’s history

• Retired in final round of qualifying at Sydney vs. Al-exandrova w/neck injury. Received Lucky Loser spot, but withdrew prior to 1r match vs. Bertens w/same injury. Was first time in qualifying since 2015 Linz

• Opened 2019 season at Brisbane, making 2r (d. No.6 Stephens, l. Tomljanovic). Defeat of Stephens was first over a Top 10 player since upsetting No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon

VSJOHANNAKONTA

ZHANGSHUAI

• Posted career-high ranking of No.23 on November 14, 2016

• Strong end to 2016 (went 21-6 post US Open) brought back-to-back semifinals on Asian swing – Tokyo [Japan Open] and Seoul – and saw her win 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/Tokyo 2-JPN

• At last event of 2016 season, runner-up at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F)

• Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Austra-lian Open, where she advanced to QF (d. No.2 Halep and No.17 Key en route, l. Konta). Run also marked first time winning back-to-back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014 Birmingham

• Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In doubles, also made 2r (w/Peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavack-ova)

• Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down from No.62 in 2014

• Reached 2r at tour-level on only four occasions in 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürn-berg

• Has won eight WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2019 Australian Open (w/Stosur) and is a six-time runner-up

• Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15, 2019; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou

CAREER CONT.• Posted fourth straight Top 50 finish in 2018, at No.39• Owns a 3-5 record in WTA singles finals, most re-

cently finishing R-Up at 2019 Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova)• Highlights in 2018 included a second successive

R-Up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty) and SF at Mos-cow [Kremlin Cup] (l. eventual champion Kasatkina)

• Also in 2018, reached QF at Brisbane and San Jose, while best results at the Slams were 2r efforts at the Australian Open and Wimbledon

• Posted five Top 20 wins in 2018, over No.19 Keys (Brisbane), No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome), No.11 Ostapenko (Montréal) and No.16 Mertens (Moscow [Kremlin Cup])

• In 2017, posted career-high season finish of No.9 (second Top 10 season in a row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017

• Began 2017 season by lifting title at Sydney (d. A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of ca-reer at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F)

• At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams)

• Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne – QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber was first by a British woman over a reigning No.1 since Barker d. Evert at 1979 Boston

• Has six Top 5 wins: No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne, No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon, No.4 Bertens at 2019 Rome

• Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

• Non-playing alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore in 2016, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8

• By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker)

• Won career-first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Road-map was introduced in 2009

• Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20)

• Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

CAREER MILESTONES

PERSONAL• Hails from a sporting family. Father, Zhang Zhi

Qiang, was a professional soccer player, and mother, Wang Feng Quin, was a basketball player

• Coached by Liu Shuo (Robert)• Started playing tennis aged six, when parents took

her to local club• Best tennis memory was playing mixed doubles with

Pete Sampras in 2011, winning Guangzhou in 2013, and reaching the 2016 Australian Open QF

• Relaxes by listening to music, taking photos and exploring the places she travels to

VSJOHANNAKONTA

ZHANGSHUAI

PERSONAL• Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in

May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriel-la (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

• Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955

• Switched clothing sponsor from Asics to Ellesse at end of 2018

• Currently working with Dimitri Zavialoff, having parted ways with Michael Joyce at the end of 2018 season


FIONA FERRO (FRA #74) vs. [18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18)

Head to Head: QIANG WANG leads 3-1

2019 HARD O R16 QIANG WANG 69 mins 6-1 6-4 BRONX 2019 CLAY O R16 FIONA FERRO 154 mins 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 STRASBOURG 2019 HARD O R1 QIANG WANG 84 mins 6-4 6-3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018 HARD O QF QIANG WANG 87 mins 6-4 6-0 GUANGZHOU

FIONA FERRO 74 65

12-03-1997 (22) $298,042 $684,863

1 / 1 0 / 0

13-12 / 18-26 3-3 / 6-6 4-2 / 6-2

0 / 2 0 / 0 5-5

15-14 / 90-86 4-6 / 23-33 5-2 / 14-10

WTA RANKING








0-0

8-6 / 71-59 1-4 / 5-10

1-1 / 1-4 0-0 / 0-2

2-2 / 2-2 1-2 / 15-27 0-1 / 5-15

1-1 / 2-6

QIANG WANG 18 41

14-01-1992 (27) $754,882

$3,788,574


ROAD TO THE THIRD ROUND FIONA FERRO (FRA #74) R64: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #54) 6-4,6-7(3),6-3 (2h30) R128: d. DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #95) 6-3,6-4 (1h27)

[18] QIANG WANG (CHN #18) R64: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #68) 7-5,6-4 (1h39) R128: d. [Q] CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #214) 6-4,6-4 (1h16)

vs.

FIONA FERRO 2018 R2* L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #769) 4-6 6-4 6-4

2014 R1* L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #109) 6-2 6-4

QIANG WANG 2018 R3 6-4 6-4 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7)

2017 R1 6-7(7) 6-2 6-3 L - DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #38)




2016 R2 6-0 6-1 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #52)

2015 R2 6-2 4-6 7-5 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #42)

2014 R2 4-6 6-4 6-2 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #32)

2011 R1* 5-7 6-4 6-1 L - ANDREA SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE #109)


VSFIONAFERRO

WANGQIANG

US OPEN• Making main draw debut at US Open as a direct

acceptance• Previously fell in qualifying in 2014 and 2018• Has now competed at all majors in the same year• Won second career Grand Slam match against

Gavrilova in 1r on Monday, firing 24 winners• Defeated compatriot Mladenovic in 2r in a rematch of

this year’s Roland Garros 1r, which Mladenovic won• Career record against fellow Frenchwomen now

stands at 31-22• Faces No.18 Q.Wang today in their fifth career

meeting and fourth of 2019. Notched maiden Top 20 victory over today’s opponent, then-ranked No.16 Q.Wang, earlier this year at Strasbourg (1-4 record)

• Is now 1-1 in 2r at the Grand Slams, falling at this stage at her home major at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza)

• Bidding to become first Frenchwoman into the R16 at Flushing Meadows since Mladenovic in 2015 (QF)

• Currently ranked No.74. By contrast, this time last year was ranked No.128

• Competing w/Cornet in doubles this fortnight. The pair will face No.5 seeds Schuurs/Groenefeld in 1r

US OPEN

SEASON

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Making sixth main draw appearance at US Open (seventh overall)

• Has now reached 3r for the second straight year, falling to Svitolina at this stage in 2018

• Made 2r showings from 2014-16 and 1r exit in 2017• Defeated American Dolehide in 1r and Van Uytvanck

in 2r to reach her third 3r at the majors in 2019 - also at Australian Open (l. Sevastova) and Wimbledon (l. Mertens)

• Is 0-4 in 3r at the majors, most recently falling at this stage at 2019 Wimbledon (l. Mertens)

• Faces No.74 Ferro today for a spot in her career first R16 at a major. The last Chinese woman to reach the last 16 in Flushing Meadows was S.Peng in 2014, when she reached the SF (l. Wozniacki)

• Owns 3-0 record on hardcourts vs. the Frenchwom-an, most recently last week at the Bronx

• One of eight Chinese women to begin in the 2019 US Open draw

• 2019 US Open marks 21st main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – record stands at 17-20 across the majors

• Reached 3r for the first time at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) - defeated No.9 V.Williams in 1r. Since matched with 3r showing at 2018 US Open (l. Svito-lina), 2019 Australian Open (l. Sevastova) and 2019 Wimbledon (l. Mertens)

• Previously had reached 2r on seven occasions: at 2014 US Open (l. Dellacqua), 2015 US Open (l. Strycova), 2016 Australian Open (l. Friedsam), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Suárez Navarro), 2016 US Open (l. Shvedova), 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2019 Roland Garros (l. Swiatek)

• Made major debut at 2014 US Open

• Coming off 2r showing at the Bronx (as qualifier, l. top seed Q.Wang)

• Made QF at Palermo (l. Samsonova) before captur-ing career first WTA title at Lausanne (d. Cornet in F)

• Following 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Mertens), reached QF at WTA 125K event at Bastad (l. Kawa)

• Grass court swing results include 1r at ‘s-Hertogen-bosch (as LL, l. Bonaventure), qualifying exit at Mal-lorca and 1r exit at Eastbourne (as LL, l. Friedsam)

• Fell to compatriot Mladenovic in 1r at Roland Garros following QF showing at Strasbourg (l. Yastremska)

• Highlight of clay court season was reaching first WTA SF at Lugano (l. eventual champion Hercog)

• Fell 1r at Rabat (as qualifier, l. Tomljanovic) and in qualifying at Rome (l. today’s opponent Mladenovic)

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• This year’s US Open marks eighth Grand Slam main

draw appearance• 2019 marks the first time competing in main draw at

all four majors• Best result is reaching 3r at 2019 US Open• Made 2r showing at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Muguru-

za)• Also fell in 1r at Roland Garros 2014-15 and 2017

and at Australian Open in 2019• Has fallen in qualifying at 2014 and 2018 US Open,

2015 Australian Open and 2016 Roland Garros

SEASON• Coming off SF run at the Bronx (l. Giorgi), having

held four match points• Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Hsieh)• Grass court swing results include 2r at Birmingham

(l. V.Williams) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. Mertens)• Made 1r exits at Madrid (l. Vekic) and Rome (l. Sinia-

kova) before advancing to 2r at Strasbourg (l. Ferro) and Roland Garros (l. Swiatek)

• Fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. Hsieh) before second QF ap-pearance and best clay run of the season at Prague (l. Pera)

• Defeated compatriot Y.Wang in R16 to reach maiden Miami Open QF (l. Halep)

VSFIONAFERRO

WANGQIANG

• Posted first Top 20 and career-best year-end finish at No.20 in 2018, up from No.45 in 2017 – marked fourth Top 100 season in five years

• 2018 highlights were title runs at Nanchang (d. S.Zheng in F via ret.) to claim maiden tour-level title - dropping one set en route to title – and second ca-reer title at Guangzhou (d. Putintseva in F). Became the first Chinese player to reach the final in Zhuhai

• Other 2018 highlights were finishing R-Up at Hong Kong (l. Yastremska) and Zhuhai (l. Barty); now owns 2-2 record in WTA singles finals. Produced SF show-ings at Wuhan (ret. vs. Kontaveit w/left thigh injury) – first SF at WTA Premier-level or above – Beijing (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and Hiroshima (l. eventual champion Hsieh)

• Posted four victories over Top 10 players in 2018 defeating No.9 V.Williams (2018 Roland Garros), No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Wuhan), No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Beijing) and No.5 Svitolina (2018 Hong Kong); her record now stands at 4-5

• Enjoyed best result at Roland Garros by reaching 3r (d. No.9 V.Williams in 1r, l. Putintseva). Also achieved best result at US Open with run to 3r (l. Svitolina)

• Achieved first Top 50 year-end finish in 2017, finish-ing as China’s No.3. Ascended 25 spots from No.70 in 2016 to No.45

• Advanced to first WTA SF at 2017 Hong Kong (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and captured WTA 125K Series title in Zhengzhou

• 2016 highlights included QF runs at Shenzhen (l. A.Radwanska), Kuala Lumpur (l. Zhu), Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki) and WTA 125K Series event at Dalian (l. Min). Also reached 2r at 2016 US Open, upsetting No.23 seed Kasatkina in 1r (l. Shvedova)

• Represented China at Rio Olympics and member of Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2012-2016

• In 2016, posted a 14-1 record between March–May on the ITF Circuit, winning $50k ITF/Quanzhou-CHN and $100k ITF/Shenzhen-CHN, and finishing runner- up at $75k ITF/Gifu-JPN

• On ITF Circuit, owns 13 singles and one doubles title• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2007 Beijing and main

draw debut at 2012 Baku

• Posted career-best season-ending ranking of No.102 in 2018

• Campaign was highlighted by maiden WTA QF at Guangzhou (l. eventual champion Q.Wang). Also made 2r at Roland Garros, Tashkent and Luxem-bourg and won first four titles on ITF Circuit

• Prior to 2018 Roland Garros had lost 1r on eight previous tour-level main draw appearances

• Ended 2017 ranked No.325 (down from No.235 in 2016)

• Owns a career-high ranking of No.67 (July 29, 2019)• Has won four ITF singles titles - all in 2018• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2014 Strasbourg

CAREER MILESTONES

SEASON CONT.• Contested qualifying at Indian Wells and Miami; also

in March WTA 125K Series events made SF at Gua-dalajara and fell 1r at Indian Wells

• Followed qualifying exit in season opener at Hobart with 1r defeats at Australian Open (l. Q.Wang), Hua Hin (l. Barthel) and Budapest (l. Rus)

CAREER MILESTONES

PERSONAL• Coach is Stéphane Huet• Has three brothers, one young and two older• Older brothers run an Italian restaurant in South of

France; parents run two hotels in South of France• Favorite surface is clay • Born in Libramont, Belgium, and introduced to tennis

aged 7 via brothers• If not a tennis player would study medicine at

university• Enjoys reading

SEASON CONT.• Recorded R16 run at Indian Wells (l. eventual cham-

pion Andreescu)• Also made SF at WTA 125K Series event at Indian

Wells earlier in March (l. eventual champion Golubic)• Opened 2019 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l.

Riske) before reaching 3r at Australian Open for the first time (l. Sevastova)

VSFIONAFERRO

WANGQIANG

PERSONAL• Began playing tennis at age nine as a way to keep fit• Would have become a teacher if not a tennis player• Admires Zheng Jie• Currently coached by Thomas Drouet• Previous long-term coach was the late Peter Mc-

Namara, who passed away in July due to prostate cancer

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