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DAILY MATCH NOTES: VOLVO CAR OPEN CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 3-9, 2017 | USD $776,000 PREMIER EVENT

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VOLVO CAR OPEN – FINAL MATCH-UP JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Ostapenko leads 2-0 (1-0 at main draw, tour level) A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR

PLAYER RANK NAT AGE CHARLESTON

W-L (MD)* YTDW/L*

CAREERW/L*

YTDPRIZE $

CAREER PRIZE $^

YTDTITLES

CAREERTITLES

Daria Kasatkina 42 RUS 19 8-1 11-8 133-56 168,252 1,307,081 0 0

Jelena Ostapenko 66 LAT 19 5-0 13-7 148-80 213,364 1,147,658 0 0 *Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL HISTORIES

PLAYER BEST 2017 RESULT BEST CHARLESTONRESULT

LAST FINAL REACHED (final result)

CAREER F W/L

Daria Kasatkina FINAL (1): Charleston; QF (2) Sydney, Doha FINAL (1): 2017 N/A 0-0

Jelena Ostapenko FINAL (1): Charleston; SF (1): Auckland FINAL (1): 2017 2016 Dubai (R-UP) 0-2

FINAL QUICK HITS

• Unseeded teenagers Daria Kasatkina and Jelena Ostapenko will contest the 45th Volvo Car Open, each aiming to become the 25th different player to lift the title

• The last time none of the 16 seeds reached the final was in 2002, when Iva Majoli defeated Patty Schnyder

• Both finalists are appearing at this stage at Charleston for the first time • Jelena Ostapenko is the first Charleston debutante to make the final since Jana Cepelova did

so in 2014 • Both Kasatkina and Ostapenko are aged 19 – this is the first all-teenage final on tour since

Petra Kvitova faced off against Yanina Wickmayer in Linz in 2009. The last teenager to win a WTA title was Océane Dodin at Québec City last September

• The winner of today’s final will be the sixth teenager to be crowned Charleston champion, joining Chris Evert (1974), Tracy Austin (1979, 1980), Stefanie Graf (1986, 1987, 1989), Martina Hingis (1997, 1999) and Sabine Lisicki (2009)


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• Kasatkina is the seventh different Russian* to reach the Charleston final, following in the footsteps of Anna Kournikova (1999, R-Up), Elena Dementieva (2005, R-Up), Nadia Petrova (2006, Champion), Dinara Safina (2007, R-Up), Vera Zvonareva (2008, 2010, R-Up) and Elena Vesnina (2011, 2016, R-Up). Ostapenko, meanwhile, is the first Latvian to contest the championship match

• Ostapenko is through to her first WTA final on clay, and third in total: she finished runner-up at Québec City in 2015 and Doha in 2016

• Kasatkina is appearing in her maiden WTA final, having lost her two previous career semifinals, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg

• Kasatkina has conceded three sets and 35 games in her five matches en route to the final. Ostapenko has dropped two sets and 37 games * Natasha Zvereva (1989) and Leila Meskhi (1991) both finished as runner-up whilst representing the Soviet Union

RANKING PROJECTIONS

• By reaching the final, Daria Kasatkina will rise to No.35 and could go as high as No.28 with the title

• Jelena Ostapenko will return to the Top 50 by reaching the final and will reach the Top 45 by lifting the trophy

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS

DOUBLES USD $ RANK POINTS

Winner 132,380 470 Winner 41,650 470 Runner-Up 70,460 305 Runner-Up 22,055 305 Semifinalist 34,732 185 Semifinalist 12,133 185 Quarterfinalist 17,858 100 Quarterfinalist 6,175 100 Round of 16 9,254 55 Round of 16 3,354 1 Round of 32 4,738 30 Round of 64 2,434 1

CHARLESTON - USA, SC | Apr 03 - Apr 09, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

MATCH NOTES

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 2-0 (1-0 at tour level)

2016 GRASS O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 119 mins4-6 6-2 6-3 EASTBOURNE

2015 CLAY O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO N/A6-3 6-1 $100k ITF/TRNAVA 2-SVK

JELENA OSTAPENKO

66

48

08-06-1997 (19)

$213,364

$1,147,658

0 / 0

1 / 1

13-7 / 39-37

3-4 / 11-15

2-2 / 10-5

DARIA KASATKINA

42

51

07-05-1997 (19)

$168,252

$1,307,081

0 / 0

0 / 1

8-1

11-8 / 51-36

6-3 / 21-17

1-4 / 5-8

WTA RANKING

ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

CHARLESTON W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) *

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


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

5-0

5-0 / 15-8 5-0 / 7-4

1-2 / 4-11

0-2 / 2-4

0-0 / 3-3

2-3 / 7-16

2-2 / 4-11

2-1 / 4-2

* Updated entering 2017 Charleston F

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66)

SF: d. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) 6-3,5-7,6-4 (2h06)

QF: d. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) 6-2,6-4 (1h26)

R16: d. [Q] FANNY STOLLAR (HUN #282) 6-1,1-0 Ret'd (0h38)

R32: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #91) 6-2,4-6,6-2 (1h55)

R64: d. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #119) 6-4,6-2 (1h13)

ROAD TO THE FINAL

vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

SF: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) 3-6,6-2,6-1 (2h18)

QF: d. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) 6-4,6-1 (1h12)

R16: d. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) 6-3,4-6,6-0 (2h17)

R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #40) 6-0,6-7(3),6-2 (2h01)

R64: d. DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #82) 6-1,6-2 (0h59)

Total games: 101

Won/lost: 64-37

Sets won/lost: 10-2

Total time on court: 7h18

Average time on court: 1h28

Average rank of opponent: 105

Total games: 108

Won/lost: 73-35

Sets won/lost: 10-3




CHARLESTON Tournament History

DARIA KASATKINA

2016

QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) 6-1 5-7 7-5

R16 W - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 6-0 6-4

R2 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #79) 6-1 6-1

R1 W - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #66) 6-2 6-1

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Ostapenko:

Making debut appearance at Charleston

Has reached her first WTA final on clay, and is first final at a WTA event since 2016 Doha

Is the first Charleston debutante to make the final since Cepelova (l. Petkovic in F) did so in 2014

Defeated Bogdan and Sakkari en route to R16, where she advanced to QF following Stoller retirement w/left thigh injury

– was winning 6-1 1-0 at the time

Upset No.12 Wozniacki in QF to improve lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents to 4-11; previous wins coming

over No.9 Suárez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Kvitova (2016 Doha) and No.11 Kvitova (2016 Birmingham)

In SF knocked out the last remaining seed, No.11 Lucic-Baroni, in three sets

Faces fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina today in final; this is the first unseeded Charleston final since 2002 (Majoli d.

Schnyder) and the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Bidding to become sixth teenager to be crowned Charleston champion, joining Evert (1974), Austin (1979, 1980), Graf

(1986, 1987, 1989), Hingis (1997, 1999) and Lisicki (2009)

In doubles w/Atawo reached SF here this week (l. Hradecka/Siniakova)

Coming off reaching 2r at Indian Wells (l. Cibulkova) and 1r exit at Miami (l. Brengle)

In February, posted back-to-back 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at Acapulco

(d. eventual champion Tsurenko)

Posted best result across the Grand Slams by reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova – was serving for the match

on two occasions). As a result posted new career-high ranking of No.33 (week of January 30, 2017)

Prior to 2017 Australian Open, best result at Slam level was making 2r at 2015 Wimbledon and US Open. Fell 1r at 2016

Roland Garros in only main draw appearance in Paris

Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis via ret. w/viral illness)

Ended 2016 ranked No.44 for her second consecutive Top 100 year-end finish

2016 season highlight was reaching biggest final of career to date at Premier-5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 0-2 in WTA

singles finals, after also finishing R-Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck)

Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha

Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur)

Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second-highest

year-end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles

Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013-16; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

Second-highest ranked Latvian woman of two in Top 100, after Anastasija Sevastova (as of April 3, 2017)

Won junior Wimbledon singles title in 2014 (d. Kristina Schmiedlova in F)

Mother and coach is Jelena Jakovleva; father and fitness trainer is Jevgenijs Ostapenko

Half-brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives there now)

Introduced to tennis at age five by mother

Favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass and hard

Speaks Russian, Latvian and English

Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis

Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years

Kasatkina:

Making second appearance at Charleston. This week has improved on 2016’s debut QF run (l. eventual champion

Stephens 61 57 75)

In 1r defeated Kovinic in under an hour to snap a four-match losing streak. Overcame Puig in 2r to register back-to-back

wins for third time this season (also at Sydney and Doha)

In R16 saw off No.9 seed and doubles partner Gavrilova; playing together this week in Charleston fell 1r (l. No.2 seeds

Mirza/Hlavackova)

Upset No.10 seed Begu on Friday and Defeated Siegemund in SF to reach first career final; previous best showings at

WTA events were SFs on home soil, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg

Faces fellow 19-year-old Ostapenko today in first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Bidding to become sixth teenager to be crowned Charleston champion, joining Evert (1974), Austin (1979, 1980), Graf

(1986, 1987, 1989), Hingis (1997, 1999) and Lisicki (2009)

Is seventh Russian to reach Charleston final (also Kournikova – 1999, R-Up, Dementieva – 2005, R-Up, Petrova – 2006,

Champion, Safina – 2007, R-Up, Zvonareva – 2008, 2010, R-Up and Vesnina – 2011, 2016, R-Up)

Coming off 1r exits at Miami (l. Rogers) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova)

Also fell 1r at Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

Reached QF at Doha (l. Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r

Defeat of No.2 Kerber was second career win over a Top 5 opponent (overall record is 2-4)

Also defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney (R16). Became sixth teenager to

defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009:

Teenager Age Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score

Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7-6(5) 6-2

Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S 3-6 7-5 6-4

Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R32 6-4 7-5

Chang Kai-Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo [PPO] R32 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5

Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R32 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)

Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F 6-3 6-1

Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016

Australian Open 3r)

In February made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside

Top 100 since 2016 Linz (l. No.102 Allertova)

Posted 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Peng). Enjoyed highest seeding at a Slam in Melbourne (No.23)

Opened 2017 season with a 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Muguruza) and QF showing at Sydney (d. No.1 Kerber in R16, l. eventual

champion Konta)

Owns a 4-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016

Montreal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in 2015. Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of

August 15, 2016)

2016 highlights include reaching second WTA SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells

(l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys)

and Moscow (l. Goerges)

In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/Gavrilova (l.

Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)

In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Serena Williams), Roland Garros (l. Bertens

10-8 in third set. Was also first time seeded at a Slam) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Fell 1r at US Open (l. Wang)

2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14

Suárez Navarro in QF)

QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at WTA-level tournament

Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

Won Roland Garros junior title in 2014 (d. Jorovic in F)

Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her

fitness trainer and travels with her

Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree

Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

Coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014


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VOLVO CAR OPEN - SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Kasatkina leads 3-0 (1-0 at main draw, tour level) [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) Ostapenko leads 1-0 A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR


W-L (MD)* YTDW/L*

CAREERW/L*

YTDPRIZE $

CAREER PRIZE $^

YTDTITLES

CAREERTITLES

[11] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 23 CRO 35 8-6 17-6 395-312 833,594 3,839,618 0 3

Laura Siegemund 37 GER 29 7-2 5-7 403-260 122,996 1,317,581 0 1



POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS

SIEGEMUND KASATKINALUCIC-BARONI Siegemund leads 2-1 First meeting

OSTAPENKO First meeting Ostapenko leads 2-0

SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS

• Only one of the original 16 seeds has reached the semifinals – No.11 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. This is the fewest number of seeds to reach this stage since the draw was increased to 64 players in 1980

• All four semifinalists are appearing at this stage in Charleston for the first time • Jelena Ostapenko is the first Charleston debutante to make the semifinals since Belinda

Bencic and Jana Cepelova did so in 2014 • Lucic-Baroni, 35, is the oldest player remaining in the draw. At 19 years old, Ostapenko is the

youngest • Ostapenko (No.66) is the only player ranked outisde the Top 50 to progress to the last four • Laura Siegemund is appearing in her fourth career WTA semifinal – the previous three all

came in 2016 and were all on clay (Stuttgart, Bucharest and Bastad)


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• Former Roland Garros junior champion Daria Kasatkina, meanwhile, is appearing in her first clay court semifinal at a WTA event. She is also bidding to reach her first final on any surface, having lost her two previous career semifinals, at 2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg

• Ostapenko is through to her maiden WTA semifinal on clay, and first semifinal at a WTA Premier event since finishing runner-up at Doha in 2016

• None of the final four have reached a final in 2017; Lucic-Baroni (Australian Open and Acapulco) and Ostapenko (Auckland) are the only ones to have previously made semifinal appearances

RANKING PROJECTIONS

• Mirjana Lucic-Baroni is guaranteed to reach the Top 20 for the first time by reaching the Charleston final. Even with a semifinal defeat, she could make her debut if Caroline Garcia fails to win the Monterrey title

• Laura Siegemund will return to the Top 30 should she reach the final and can go as high as No.28 by lifting the trophy

• By reaching the semifinals, Daria Kasatkina will rise to No.38. She will go to No.35 with a runner-up finish and No.28 with the title

• Jelena Ostapenko will return to the Top 50 by reaching the final • Despite falling to Shelby Rogers in the second round at Charleston, Madison Keys will return

to the Top 10 on Monday, swapping places with fellow American and current No.10 Venus Williams

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK

POINTS DOUBLES USD $ RANK

POINTS Winner 132,380 470 Winner 41,650 470 Runner-Up 70,460 305 Runner-Up 22,055 305 Semifinalist 34,732 185 Semifinalist 12,133 185 Quarterfinalist 17,858 100 Quarterfinalist 6,175 100 Round of 16 9,254 55 Round of 16 3,354 1 Round of 32 4,738 30 Round of 64 2,434 1


MATCH NOTES

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 3-0 (1-0 at tour level)

2016 HARD I R16 DARIA KASATKINA 84 mins6-3 6-4 ST. PETERSBURG

2015 CLAY O F DARIA KASATKINA N/A7-5 7-6(4) $50k ITF/SAINT MALO-FR

2015 CLAY O R16 DARIA KASATKINA N/A4-6 6-4 7-6(5) $25k ITF/P HARBOR-USA

LAURA SIEGEMUND

37

152

04-03-1988 (29)

$122,996

$1,317,581

0 / 1

0 / 3

5-7 / 40-36

3-3 / 14-13

2-6 / 6-14

DARIA KASATKINA

42

51

07-05-1997 (19)

$168,252

$1,307,081

0 / 0

0 / 1

7-1

10-8 / 50-36

5-3 / 20-17

1-4 / 5-8

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











7-2

4-0 / 14-8 4-0 / 26-13

1-1 / 6-8

1-1 / 5-6

1-0 / 1-3

2-3 / 7-16

2-2 / 4-11

2-1 / 4-2

* Updated entering 2017 Charleston SF

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37)

QF: d. [8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) 6-2,6-4 (1h20)

R16: d. [15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 6-2,6-3 (1h20)

R32: d. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-4,6-7(3),7-5 (3h02)

R64: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #41) 6-7(6),6-2,7-6(4) (3h18)

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINAL


QF: d. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) 6-4,6-1 (1h12)




Total games: 104

Won/lost: 62-42

Sets won/lost: 8-2




Total games: 84

Won/lost: 58-26

Sets won/lost: 8-2




CHARLESTON Tournament History * Qualifying match

LAURA SIEGEMUND

2016

QF L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #85) 7-5 6-4

R16 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #74) 7-5 6-2

R2 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #22) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4

R1 W - PATRICIA MARIA TIG (ROU #131) 4-6 6-3 6-3

DARIA KASATKINA

2016






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Siegemund:

Making third appearance at Charleston. Has posted best result here at Volvo Car Open by reaching SF, bettering 2016’s

QF run (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina), which was first Premier-level QF of career. On debut in 2015, suffered 1r exit (as

qualifier, l. Begu)

In opening match here on Tuesday, overcame Tsurenko on a third-set tie-break to register the 400th win (all levels) of

her career. Was just her second win in singles of 2017 season, and snapped streak of three consecutive losses

Defeated No.10 V.Williams in 2r, saving 2 match points. Result improves lifetime record vs. Top 10 players to 5-6 (and

now 1-1 in 2017). Other wins were over No.6 Halep, No.8 Vinci and No.2 A.Radwanska (all coming at 2016 Stuttgart) and

No.10 Bacsinszky (2016 Luxembourg via ret. – only Top 10 win not on clay)

Also upset No,15 seed Safarova in R16 – had never previously beaten a left-handed player in three matches at tour level

Saw off No.8 seed Sevastova to register her third Top 30 win of the week

Faces Kasatkina today; has lost all three career meetings with the Russian teenager, including twice on clay on the ITF

Circuit in 2015

Coming off back-to-back exits at Indian Wells (l. Wickmayer) and Miami (l. Duan)

During Middle Eastern swing in February, fell 1r at Doha (l. Puig) and made 2r at Dubai (d. Soler-Espinosa, l. Bellis). Defeat

of Soler-Espinosa was first singles win of 2017 at fifth event contested

Also in February was in Fed Cup action for Germany – was forced to retire w/left arm injury in doubles dead rubber

(w/Witthoeft, l. Mattek-Sands/Rogers) as USA won tie 4-0 in World Group

Opened 2017 with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Zhang), Sydney (l. Cibulkova) and Australian Open (l. Jankovic)

Ended 2016 at No.31 for best year-end finish of career (up from No.90 in 2015)

Season highlights were winning maiden WTA singles title at Bastad (d. Siniakova in F) and the 2016 US Open mixed

doubles title with Mate Pavic


MATCH NOTES

2015

R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #36) 6-2 7-6(5)

R2* W - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #152) 6-0 6-1

R1* W - FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #243) 6-1 7-5


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On clay in 2016 reached career-first Premier-level QF at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina) followed by career-first

singles final at home event of Stuttgart (l. Kerber in F)

Matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian Open (l.

Beck)

Posted a 14-3 win-loss record between 2016 Wimbledon and US Open, winning maiden singles title at Bastad (d.

Siniakova in F) and reaching SF at Bucharest (l. Sevastova) on clay, before advancing to QF at Rio Olympics (l. eventual

gold medalist Puig) and 3r at the US Open (l. V.Williams)

Entering 2016, had posted just six tour-level main draw wins in career. Two of those wins were over players ranked

outside Top 150 (No.170 Melnikova and No.217 Kostova, both at 2015 Florianopolis). By comparison, had 30 main draw

wins in 2016

2015 season highlights included reaching first WTA QF on clay at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Pereira) and

second QF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Voegele)

Owns three WTA doubles titles: 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Muhammad), 2015 Florianopolis (w/Beck) and 2015

Luxembourg (w/Barthel); runner-up at 2015 Marrakech (w/Zanevska) and 2016 Mallorca (w/Friedsam)

On ITF Circuit, owns 11 singles and 20 doubles titles

Studying at the Fern Uni Hagen in Germany for a BA Science Psychology – very close to graduating – hopes to become a

psychologist later in life

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2002 but didn’t make tour-level main draw debut until 2010 Bastad (as

qualifier, l. Rus 1r)

Began playing tennis at age three

Born in Stuttgart area, but spent parts of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ages 4-7) and Jakarta, Indonesia (ages 9-10)

Father, Harro is an engineer; mother is Brigitta, sister is Satu and brother is Arlen

Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

Coach is Markus Gentner and physio is Wilfried Lenz

Kasatkina:

Making second appearance at Charleston. This week has improved on 2016’s debut QF run (l. eventual champion

Stephens 61 57 75)




Mirza/Hlavackova)

Defeated No.10 seed Begu on Friday to reach the third semifinal of her career, and first outside Russia (previous two at

2015 Moscow and 2016 St. Petersburg)

Faces Siegemund today; has won all three career meetings with the German, including twice on clay on the ITF Circuit















Australian Open 3r)





champion Konta)




August 15, 2016)




In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/today’s opponent

Gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)








Won Roland Garros junior title in 2014 (d. Jorovic in F)









MATCH NOTES

[11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 1-0

2017 HARD O R16 JELENA OSTAPENKO 84 mins6-2 7-6(3) AUCKLAND

MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI

23

10

09-03-1982 (35)

$833,594

$3,839,618

0 / 3

0 / 3

16-5 / 128-152

7-1 / 46-45

2-2 / 29-42

JELENA OSTAPENKO

66

48

08-06-1997 (19)

$213,364

$1,147,658

0 / 0

1 / 1

4-0

12-7 / 38-37

2-4 / 10-15

2-2 / 10-5

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











8-6

4-0 / 6-4 4-0 / 46-37

3-2 / 17-51

3-2 / 11-23

0-1 / 3-15

1-2 / 4-11

0-2 / 2-4

0-0 / 3-3

* Updated entering 2017 Charleston SF

[11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23)

QF: d. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) 6-7(7),6-1,6-1 (2h10)

R16: d. [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #21) 7-6(5),6-4 (1h47)

R32: d. MONA BARTHEL (GER #88) 6-3,6-2 (1h)

R64: d. [Q] ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #132) 6-1,4-6,6-3 (1h52)

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINAL

vs. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66)

QF: d. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) 6-2,6-4 (1h26)




Total games: 93

Won/lost: 59-34

Sets won/lost: 8-2




Total games: 70

Won/lost: 47-23

Sets won/lost: 8-1






2016

R16 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #75) 7-5 6-2

R2 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) 4-6 6-4 7-6(13)

R1 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #467) 6-2 6-1

2015

R1 L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #126) 6-3 3-6 6-3


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Lucic-Baroni:

Making seventh main draw appearance at Charleston (and 10th overall). Has achieved best result by reaching SF here

this week

Previous best result here was R16 run in 2016 (l. Siegemund); also 2r in 2012 (l. Safarova) and 2013 (l. Safarova)

Defeated qualifier Krunic in 1r followed by Barthel in 2r and No.7 seed Bertens in R16

Saw off last remaining American, Rogers, in QF to reach third SF of season (also Australian Open and Acapulco)

Faces unseeded Ostapenko today, whom she lost to earlier this year in Auckland

Is bidding to reach her sixth career final and first since 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia). Victory today would also

guarantee a Top 20 debut – she could still make her debut even if she falls at SF, if Garcia fails to win the Monterrey title

Enters Charleston after QF appearance at Miami last week – after 1r bye, defeated Bondarenko in 2r, followed up with a

win over No.8 A.Radwanska in 3r and wildcard Mattek-Sands in R16

Defeat of No.8 A.Radwanska was 11th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent; overall record is


MATCH NOTES

2014

R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #36) 7-6(0) 7-6(3)

2013

R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #19) 7-5 6-1

R1 W - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #52) 4-6 6-1 6-3

2012


R1 W - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #91) 7-5 7-5

R2* W - ESTRELLA CABEZA CANDELA (ESP #147) 6-2 6-2

R1* W - SIMONE KALHORN (USA #1,187) 3-6 6-2 6-1

2011

R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #53) 6-2 6-4

2008

R2* L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #155) 4-6 6-4 6-1

R1* W - BRENDA SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY (NED #211) 6-1 6-4

2002

R1* L - RIKA FUJIWARA (JPN #119) 6-4 6-3

2001

R2* L - BIANKA LAMADE (GER #117) 6-2 6-2

R1* W - TRACY ALMEDA-SINGIAN (USA #202) 6-3 6-2


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11-23

Fell to No.3 Ka.Pliskova in QF at Miami - lifetime record vs. Top 5 players is 5-15, with all victories coming at Grand Slam

level: No.4 Seles (1999 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2014 US Open), No.3 Halep (2015 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska

(2017 Australian Open) and No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open)

Playing this week on a career-high ranking of No.23 (April 3, 2017) after Miami result; prior to 2017, her career-best

singles ranking was No.32 (set May 11, 1998)

Is playing fourth tournament since reaching Australian Open SF (ranked No.79, l. eventual champion S.Williams) – nearly

18 years on from her previous Grand Slam SF appearance at 1999 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Graf) when she was 17

years old; ranking also rose to No.29

Earned AUD$820,000 from Australian Open run – more than she earned on tour in singles play between 2000-2012

Advanced to SF at Acapulco (ret. vs. Tsurenko w/GI illness) and had 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. No.175 Day)

Opened 2017 with a 2r loss at Auckland (l. Ostapenko) and qualifying attempt at Sydney

2017 Australian Open marked 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance, with previous best result being SF run at 1999

Wimbledon. Best result at US Open is making R16 in 2014 (l. Errani), while at Roland Garros, made 3r in 2001 (l. Capriati)

and 2015 (l. Cornet)

Won 1998 Australian Open doubles title (w/Hingis)

Finished 2016 at No.82, her sixth non-consecutive Top 100 finish

Season highlight was R-Up finish at 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia in F). Also finished runner-up at the event in

1997 (l. Graf) – a gap of 19 years between finals. Is 3-2 in tour-level singles finals, lifting the title at 1997-98 Bol and 2014

Québec City

Also in 2016 made QF at Acapulco (l. McHale)

In 2014 defeated V.Williams in final at Québec City for first singles title in 16 years, 4 months – longest gap between titles

in WTA history (Croatia Open in May 1998 was last title before this)

Named WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 2014 as voted for by international media

Had extended layoff from tennis in mid-2000s; did not appear at a Slam between 2003 US Open (qualifying) through

2010 Wimbledon due to a series of personal issues which limited her playing time on tour

Currently Croatia’s No.1‐ranked woman of three in the Top 100 (ahead of No.31 Konjuh and No.90 Vekic) as of April 3,

2017

Owns three tour-level doubles titles: 1998 Australian Open and Tokyo [PPO] (both w/Hingis), and 2014 Québec City

(w/Hradecka). Owns a 3-1 record in doubles finals

Mixed doubles finalist at 1998 Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi)

On ITF Circuit, won four singles and three doubles titles

Croatian Fed Cup Team, 1996-98

Coach is Marin Bradaric; physio is Alen Stokan

Married Daniele Baroni in November 2010

Loves cooking and baking, and is in the process of writing a cook book

Ostapenko:


Has reached her first WTA SF on clay, and is first SF at a WTA Premier event since 2016 Doha

Is the first Charleston debutante to make the semifinals since Bencic and Cepelova did so in 2014

Defeated Bogdan and Sakkari en route to R16, where she advanced to QF following Stoller retirement w/left thigh injury

– was winning 6-1 1-0 at the time

Upset No.12 Wozniacki in QF to improve lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents to 4-11; previous wins coming

over No.9 Suárez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Kvitova (2016 Doha) and No.11 Kvitova (2016 Birmingham)

Is one of two teenagers in the semifinals (also fellow 19-year-old Kasatkina)

Remains in contention to become the first player since Hingis in 1997 to win both singles and doubles titles at

Charleston; w/Atawo faces Hradecka/Siniakova in doubles SF on Saturday


In February, posted back-to-back 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at Acapulco

(d. eventual champion Tsurenko)

Posted best result across the Grand Slams by reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova – was serving for the match

on two occasions). As a result posted new career-high ranking of No.33 (week of January 30, 2017)

Prior to 2017 Australian Open, best result at Slam level was making 2r at 2015 Wimbledon and US Open. Fell 1r at 2016

Roland Garros in only main draw appearance in Paris

Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (d. today’s opponent Lucic-Baroni in 2r, l. eventual champion

Davis via ret. w/viral illness)


2016 season highlight was reaching biggest final of career to date at Premier-5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro). Is 0-2 in WTA

singles finals, after also finishing R-Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck)


















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VOLVO CAR OPEN - QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS

[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Kasatkina leads 3-1 [8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) Sevastova leads 1-0 SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23) Lucic-Baroni leads 1-0 JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) Ostapenko leads 1-0 A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT


W-L (MD)* YTDW/L*

CAREERW/L*

YTDPRIZE $

CAREER PRIZE $^

YTDTITLES

CAREERTITLES

[5] Caroline Wozniacki 12 DEN 26 15-3 25-7 534-216 1,155,884 23,242,060 0 25

[8] Anastasija Sevastova 26 LAT 26 3-3 9-8 316-173 295,242 1,892,175 0 1

[10] Irina-Camelia Begu 33 ROU 26 9-2 5-9 320-212 176,715 3,340,908 0 3

[11] Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 23 CRO 35 7-6 16-6 394-312 833,594 3,839,618 0 3

Laura Siegemund 37 GER 29 6-2 4-7 402-260 122,996 1,317,581 0 1


Shelby Rogers 52 USA 28 4-4 12-7 190-151 163,620 1,487,988 0 0


POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – TOP HALF

OSTAPENKO WOZNIACKIROGERS First meeting Wozniacki leads 1-0

LUCIC-BARONI Ostapenko leads 1-0 Wozniacki leads 2-0

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – BOTTOM HALF

BEGU KASATKINASEVASTOVA Sevastova leads 2-1 Kasatkina leads 1-0

SIEGEMUND Series tied 1-1 Kasatkina leads 3-0


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QUARTERFINAL QUICK HITS • Only two of the Top 8 seeds have reached their appointed slots in the quarterfinals – No.5

Caroline Wozniacki and No.8 Anastasija Sevastova. This is one fewer than in 2016, when Angelique Kerber, Sara Errani and eventual champion Sloane Stephens made it this far

• Three of the quarterfinalists reached the same stage here 12 months ago: Irina-Camelia Begu, Daria Kasatkina and Laura Siegemund

• Only one former Charleston champion is still in contention – Wozniacki (2011) • Jelena Ostapenko (No.66) and Shelby Rogers (No.52) are the only players ranked outisde the

Top 50 to progress to the last eight • Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 35, is the oldest player remaining in the draw. At 19 years old,

Ostapenko is the youngest • Ostapenko is the second Charleston debutant in a row to make the quarterfinals – Kasatkina

reached the last eight on her first appearance at the Volvo Car Open in 2016 (losing to eventual champion Stephens)

• Latvia (Ostapenko and Sevastova) is the only country with more than one quarterfinalist • Rogers is the last American remaining in the draw – only twice in the past decade has the

home nation failed to provide at least one quarterfinalist (2009 and 2014) • None of the quarterfinalists have won a title so far in 2017, although Wozniacki has finished

runner-up at Doha, Dubai and Miami • Three quarterfinalists are bidding for the first WTA singles title of their career: Kasatkina,

Ostapenko and Rogers • Today marks Wozniacki’s 107th career WTA quarterfinal – including this week in Charleston,

the other quarterfinalists here have reached 93 quarterfinals combined • Wozniacki has now made at least the quarterfinal stage at seven of eight tournaments

contested this season • Having missed the entire clay court season in 2016 with a right ankle injury, Wozniacki’s

match against Annika Beck on Thursday was her first on clay since losing to Julia Goerges in May at 2015 Roland Garros

• Ostapenko has reached her first WTA quarterfinal on clay, and first quarterfinal at a WTA Premier event since Birmingham in 2016

• Sevastova and Wozniacki are the only players yet to drop a set • Should Wozniacki win her quarterfinal against Ostapenko then she is guaranteed to return to

the Top 10 for the first time since week of September 21, 2015 PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK

POINTS DOUBLES USD $

RANK POINTS



MATCH NOTES

[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 3-1

2017 HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA 143 mins3-6 6-1 7-5 DOHA

2017 HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA 90 mins6-3 6-3 BRISBANE

2016 CLAY O R16 IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU 85 mins6-1 6-4 ROME

2015 HARD I R16 DARIA KASATKINA 110 mins6-3 3-6 6-3 MOSCOW

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU

33

114

26-08-1990 (26)

$176,715

$3,340,908

0 / 3

0 / 4

5-9 / 121-116

2-3 / 45-39

1-2 / 32-27

DARIA KASATKINA

42

51

07-05-1997 (19)

$168,252

$1,307,081

0 / 0

0 / 1

6-1

9-8 / 49-36

5-3 / 20-17

1-4 / 5-8

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











8-2

3-0 / 13-8 3-0 / 58-39

1-2 / 10-31

0-2 / 5-22

0-1 / 9-11

2-3 / 7-16

2-2 / 4-11

2-1 / 4-2

* Updated entering 2017 Charleston QF

[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33)

R16: d. [6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) 7-5,6-3 (1h39)

R32: d. KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #81) 4-6,6-2,7-6(6) (2h29)

R64: d. CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #108) 6-0,6-0 (1h4)

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINAL





Total games: 64

Won/lost: 42-22

Sets won/lost: 6-1




Total games: 67

Won/lost: 46-21

Sets won/lost: 6-2




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Begu:

Making third appearance at Charleston. Is through to the QF for a third time, having fallen at this stage in both 2015 (l.

eventual champion Kerber) and 2016 (l. Kerber)

Defeated Buyukakcay in opening match without dropping a game – was second time inflicting double bagel at tour

level, but first in main draw match (d. Gaspar 60 60 at 2014 Estoril qualifying)

In 2r overcame Kucova, 46 62 76(6) to post back-to-back wins for the first time since winning Florianopolis title in August

2016

Upset No.17 Stosur in R16 to improve lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents to 10-31 (1-2 in 2017)

Faces unseeded Kasatkina today; has lost three times to the Russian – including twice in 2017 – although prevailed in

their sole meeting on clay, at 2016 Rome

Before this week, had won two matches so far in 2017 – Australian Open (1r, d. Shvedova) and Indian Wells (2r, d.

Chirico)

Enters Charleston after 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Arruabarrena)

Reached 3r at Indian Wells last month - after 1r bye, d. Chirico then fell to No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova

Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kasatkina) and Sydney (l. Kuznetsova) before 2r appearance at

Australian Open (l. Kr.Pliskova)


MATCH NOTES

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU

2016

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-2 6-3

R16 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #62) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4)

R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #89) 6-4 4-6 6-2

R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #44) 6-4 2-6 7-6(3)

2015

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #16) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)

R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #8) W/O

R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #78) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4

R1 W - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #144) 6-2 7-6(5)

DARIA KASATKINA

2016






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Following Australian swing, went on a four-match losing streak, posting 1r loss at St. Petersburg (l. Petkovic), losing

singles rubber representing Romania in Fed Cup vs. Belgium (l. Mertens) before back-to-back 1r exits at Doha (l.

Kasatkina) and Dubai (l. Sevastova)

Finished 2016 at a career-high No.29, posting new best ranking at No.22 (week of August 22, 2016)

Season highlight was equaling best Grand Slam result at 2016 Roland Garros by reaching R16 (l. Rogers) – also advanced

to R16 at 2015 Australian Open (l. Bouchard). With Halep also reaching R16 at 2016 Roland Garros, was first time since

1997 two Romanian women reached R16 at Paris since 1997 (Spirlea and Dragomir)

After clinching third WTA singles title at 2016 Florianopolis in July (d. Babos in final), did not surpass the 2r for the rest of

the season (eight tournaments)

Represented Romania at 2016 Rio Olympics, making 1r exits in singles (l. Hibino) and doubles (w/Niculescu, l.

Chan/Chan)

Other notable results in 2016 included SF at Rome (l. S.Williams), QF at Charleston (l. Kerber) and QF at Madrid (l. Halep)

In run to QF at Madrid was one of four Romanians for reach QF – which was first time this had occurred at a Premier

Mandatory event (also Halep, Cirstea and Tig). Secured two milestones during Madrid: career-best win vs. No.4

Muguruza, and 300th match win of career (all levels) with R16 defeat of McHale

Currently the No.2 ranked Romanian behind Halep, of five in Top 100 (as at April 3, 2017)

Owns a 5-22 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.9 Wozniacki (2012 US Open), No.9 Kerber (2015

Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Madrid), No.6 Azarenka (2016 Rome), No.8 Bencic (2016 Birmingham via ret.)

Posted fourth non-consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016 (at No.29) – a career best year-end ranking

Won maiden singles title at 2012 Tashkent and is a three-time runner-up: 2011 Marbella, 2011 Budapest, and at

Premier-level 2014 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F)

Owns four WTA doubles titles from nine finals, most recently at 2014 Rio de Janeiro (w/Irigoyen)

Struggled with right shoulder injury in 2013 – first felt pain at 2013 Australian Open and missed three months of action;

says confidence as well as ranking suffered

Won 11 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2011 (media vote)

Coached by Artemon Apostu

Kasatkina:

Making second appearance at Charleston. This week has matched 2016’s debut QF run (l. eventual champion Stephens

61 57 75)




Mirza/Hlavackova)

Faces No.10 seed Begu today; has three wins over the Romanian, two of which came this year, at Brisbane and Doha















Australian Open 3r)





champion Konta)




August 15, 2016)





















MATCH NOTES

[8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37)

Head to Head: ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA leads 1-0

2016 CLAY O SF ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 78 mins6-3 6-2 BUCHAREST

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA

26

24

13-04-1990 (27)

$295,242

$1,892,157

0 / 1

0 / 0

9-8 / 76-77

1-3 / 22-24

1-3 / 21-17

LAURA SIEGEMUND

37

152

04-03-1988 (29)

$122,996

$1,317,581

0 / 1

0 / 3

6-2

4-7 / 39-36

3-3 / 14-13

2-6 / 6-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











3-3

3-0 / 25-13 2-0 / 26-22

0-2 / 6-23

0-1 / 3-10

0-2 / 3-6

1-1 / 6-8

1-1 / 5-6

1-0 / 1-3


[8] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #26)

R16: d. [LL] ONS JABEUR (TUN #131) 7-5,7-6(6) (1h44)

R32: d. ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #75) 6-3,6-4 (1h23)

R64: BYE


vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37)

R16: d. [15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 6-2,6-3 (1h20)

R32: d. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-4,6-7(3),7-5 (3h02)


Total games: 44

Won/lost: 26-18

Sets won/lost: 4-0




Total games: 86

Won/lost: 50-36

Sets won/lost: 6-2





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Sevastova:

Making fourth appearance at Charleston. Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF. Previous best result was 2r

exit in 2009 (as qualifier, l. Bartoli). Fell 1r in 2010 (l. Arvidsson) and 2016 (l. Cepelova)

After 1r bye, overcame 2014 champion Petkovic in 2r and LL Jabeur in R16 (both in straight sets)

Faces unseeded Siegemund today; only previous meeting with the German was SF victory at 2016 Bucharest – also on

clay

Coming off opening match defeats at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) and Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Davis)

In February reached Dubai SF (l. Wozniacki) - her first SF on tour since summer 2016 (Bucharest, R-Up, l. Halep). Posted

career-high ranking of No.23 on March 6, 2017

Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Stosur) and 2r showing at Taipei City (l. Safarova)

Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers). Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. No.7

seed Muguruza); enjoyed career first seeding at a Grand Slam (at No.32)

In doubles, reached SF at Hobart (w/Minella); pair lost to eventual champions Olaru/Savchuk

Finished 2016 at a career-best No.35; previous best came in 2010 at No.45

2016 season highlights were reaching second and third WTA singles final, firstly at Mallorca (l. Garcia in F) and Bucharest

(l. Halep in F). Mallorca was first WTA singles final in more than six years, following title win at 2010 Oeiras (d. Parra

Santonja in F). In 2010, won career-first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years

(Savchenko at 1993 Schenectady)

Had breakthrough run at 2016 US Open, reaching the QF (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta

(R16) en route


MATCH NOTES

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA

2016

R1 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #121) 4-6 6-4 6-1

2010

R1 L - SOFIA ARVIDSSON (SWE #71) 6-1 6-2

2009

R2 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #13) 6-1 6-3

R1 W - MARTA DOMACHOWSKA (POL #113) 6-1 1-6 6-4

R2* W - VANESSA HENKE (GER #419) 7-6(5) 6-1

R1* W - ALINA JIDKOVA (RUS #252) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4

LAURA SIEGEMUND

2016





2015





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Was the first Latvian to reach Grand Slam QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at

1994 Wimbledon. Savchenko also reached the 1988 US Open quarterfinals, representing the USSR

Post-US Open ranking rose to No.32 (from No.48). Currently ranked No.26 (as of April 3, 2017)

2016 US Open marked 15th Grand Slam main draw appearance; 2016 marked the first time she contested all majors in a

calendar year since 2011

Previous best Grand Slam result was reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki)

At Roland Garros best result is 2r in 2016 (l. Knapp), but at Wimbledon, has not progressed beyond 1r in four

appearances

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 management

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

On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles

Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10

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

Aggressive baseliner; favorite surfaces are hard and clay; favorite shot is backhand

Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German

Trains and resides in Vienna

Coached by Ronald Schmidt

Siegemund:

Making third appearance at Charleston. Has equaled best result here at Volvo Car Open by reaching QF – also reached

this stage in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina), which was first Premier-level QF of career. On debut in 2015, suffered 1r exit

(as qualifier, l. Begu)

In opening match here on Tuesday, overcame Tsurenko on a third-set tie-break to register the 400th win (all levels) of

her career. Was just her second win in singles of 2017 season, and snapped streak of three consecutive losses

Defeated No.10 V.Williams in 2r, saving 2 match points. Result improves lifetime record vs. Top 10 players to 5-6 (and

now 1-1 in 2017). Other wins were over No.6 Halep, No.8 Vinci and No.2 A.Radwanska (all coming at 2016 Stuttgart) and

No.10 Bacsinszky (2016 Luxembourg via ret. – only Top 10 win not on clay)

Also upset No,15 seed Safarova in R16 – had never previously beaten a left-handed player in three matches at tour level

Faces No.8 seed Sevastova today; only previous meeting with the Latvian also came on clay and ended in SF defeat at

2016 Bucharest



of Soler-Espinosa was first singles win of 2017 at fifth event contested









Matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian Open (l.

Beck)






wins in 2016












MATCH NOTES

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23)

Head to Head: MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI leads 1-0

2017 HARD O R16 MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI 85 mins6-4 6-4 ACAPULCO

SHELBY ROGERS

52

49

13-10-1992 (24)

$163,620

$1,487,988

0 / 0

0 / 0

12-7 / 43-50

6-2 / 15-18

3-1 / 12-12


23

10

09-03-1982 (35)

$833,594

$3,839,618

0 / 3

0 / 3

7-6

15-5 / 127-152

6-1 / 45-45

2-1 / 29-41

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











4-4

3-0 / 45-37 3-0 / 19-14

2-3 / 8-15

1-1 / 2-5

0-1 / 2-2

3-2 / 17-51

3-2 / 11-23

0-1 / 3-15


SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52)

R16: d. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49) 6-4,6-2 (1h29)

R32: d. [1] MADISON KEYS (USA #11) 4-6,6-1,6-1 (1h36)

R64: d. [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #117) 6-7(1),6-3,7-6(6) (2h42)


vs. [11] MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #23)

R16: d. [7] KIKI BERTENS (NED #21) 7-6(5),6-4 (1h47)

R32: d. MONA BARTHEL (GER #88) 6-3,6-2 (1h)

R64: d. [Q] ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #132) 6-1,4-6,6-3 (1h52)

Total games: 77

Won/lost: 47-30

Sets won/lost: 6-2




Total games: 66

Won/lost: 41-25

Sets won/lost: 6-1





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Rogers:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Charleston (and eighth appearance overall). Has posted best result in 2017 having

reached QF

Prior to this week, had only won one match here at Volvo Car Open, when she reached 2r in 2015 (d. Soler-Espinosa, l.

Sorribes Tormo). Posted 1r exits 2011 (l. Craybas), 2014 (l. Hantuchova) and 2016 (l. Arruabarrena)

Fell in 2010 and 2012-13 qualifying

This week, scored second Charleston win with defeat of qualifier Cepede Royg on Tuesday

Defeated No.11 Keys (also No.1 seed this week at Charleston) on Wednesday to advance to R16 – now owns 8-15

lifetime record vs. Top 20 players, also recording second win of such in 2017 (also d. No.4 Halep at Australian Open);


MATCH NOTES

SHELBY ROGERS

2016

R1 L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #80) 6-4 3-6 6-4

2015

R2 L - SARA SORRIBES TORMO (ESP #195) 7-5 6-1

R1 W - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #64) 6-3 6-1

2014

R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #32) 7-5 7-5

2013

R1* L - GRACE MIN (USA #187) 7-6(4) 6-2

2012

R2* L - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG #120) 7-5 6-3

R1* W - JULIA COHEN (USA #158) 5-7 7-5 6-3

2011

R1 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #110) 3-6 6-2 6-0

2010

R1* L - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #192) 6-4 3-6 6-1


2016

R16 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #75) 7-5 6-2

R2 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) 4-6 6-4 7-6(13)

R1 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #467) 6-2 6-1

2015

R1 L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #126) 6-3 3-6 6-3

2014

R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #36) 7-6(0) 7-6(3)

2013


R1 W - ROMINA OPRANDI (SUI #52) 4-6 6-1 6-3

2012


R1 W - MANDY MINELLA (LUX #91) 7-5 7-5

R2* W - ESTRELLA CABEZA CANDELA (ESP #147) 6-2 6-2

R1* W - SIMONE KALHORN (USA #1,187) 3-6 6-2 6-1

2011

R1 L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #53) 6-2 6-4

2008

R2* L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #155) 4-6 6-4 6-1

R1* W - BRENDA SCHULTZ-MCCARTHY (NED #211) 6-1 6-4

2002

R1* L - RIKA FUJIWARA (JPN #119) 6-4 6-3

2001

R2* L - BIANKA LAMADE (GER #117) 6-2 6-2

R1* W - TRACY ALMEDA-SINGIAN (USA #202) 6-3 6-2


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* Qualifying matchCHARLESTON Tournament History

followed by R16 defeat of Osaka on Thursday

Faces No.11 seed Lucic-Baroni today, for the second time this season after 2017 Acapulco

Sole player from USA to reach QF of 12 that began main draw

Charleston is her home town - was ball girl here in 2001 and handed flowers to tournament champion Jennifer Capriati

Coming off 3r run at Miami (l. Kerber) and 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina)

Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. No.4 Halep in 1r, l. Barty). Now holds two wins over Top 10 players (2-5 record), with first

win coming against No.8 Bouchard at 2014 Montreal

In other tournaments this year, reached QF at Hobart (l. Tsurenko) and made 2r at Brisbane (l. Svitolina), Taipei City (l.

Jabeur) and Acapulco (l. Lucic-Baroni)

2017 Australian Open marked 13th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result at a Slam to date came with

breakthrough run to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual champion

Muguruza)

Ranked No.108, became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 to advance to the last eight in Paris since 1983

(Pironkova, No.102, became the 10th at the same tournament)

Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at end of 2014

Began 2016 season by playing ITF events in the United States as ranking did not qualify her for direct acceptance into

Australian Open; returned to WTA-level play in February at Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced to second career singles

final (l. Schiavone)

Aside from Rio de Janeiro and Roland Garros, did not pass 2r at tour level in 2016

After Roland Garros, suffered four successive losses (Mallorca qualifying, Wimbledon, Washington DC and Montréal)

before reaching 2r at New Haven and then 2r at US Open for first time (l. Bellis)

Set new career high ranking of No.48 week of January 30, 2017 – following Australian Open; ranked No.52 entering

Charleston (week of April 3, 2017)

Currently the US No.9 of 15 women in WTA’s Top 100 (week of April 3, 2017)

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

In 2014, reached first WTA singles final of career at Bad Gastein (d. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l.

Petkovic)

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

Made Top 100 for first time on August 11, 2014

Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg

Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not contest main

draw at a major until 2013 Roland Garros

Winner of four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in United States in

2009, at age 16


Followed older sister Sabra into tennis

Currently completing an English degree by correspondence at Indiana University East

Coached by Marc Lucero

Lucic-Baroni:

Making seventh main draw appearance at Charleston (and 10th overall). Has achieved best result by reaching QF here

this week

Previous best result here was R16 run in 2016 (l. Siegemund); also 2r in 2012 (l. Safarova) and 2013 (l. Safarova)

Defeated qualifier Krunic in 1r followed by Barthel in 2r and No.7 seed Bertens in R16

Faces No.52 Rogers today; defeated the American in straight sets at Acapulco in February

Enters Charleston after QF appearance at Miami last week – after 1r bye, defeated Bondarenko in 2r, followed up with a

win over No.8 A.Radwanska in 3r and wildcard Mattek-Sands in R16

Defeat of No.8 A.Radwanska was 11th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent; overall record is 11-23

Fell to No.3 Ka.Pliskova in QF at Miami - lifetime record vs. Top 5 players is 5-15, with all victories coming at Grand Slam

level: No.4 Seles (1999 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2014 US Open), No.3 Halep (2015 Roland Garros), No.3 A.Radwanska

(2017 Australian Open) and No.5 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Australian Open)

Playing this week on a career-high ranking of No.23 (April 3, 2017) after Miami result; prior to 2017, her career-best

singles ranking was No.32 (set May 11, 1998)

Is playing fourth tournament since reaching Australian Open SF (ranked No.79, l. eventual champion S.Williams) – nearly

18 years on from her previous Grand Slam SF appearance at 1999 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Graf) when she was 17

years old; ranking also rose to No.29

Earned AUD$820,000 from Australian Open run – more than she earned on tour in singles play between 2000-2012

Advanced to SF at Acapulco (ret. vs. Tsurenko w/GI illness) and had 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. No.175 Day)

Opened 2017 with a 2r loss at Auckland (l. Ostapenko) and qualifying attempt at Sydney

2017 Australian Open marked 41st Grand Slam main draw appearance, with previous best result being SF run at 1999

Wimbledon. Best result at US Open is making R16 in 2014 (l. Errani), while at Roland Garros, made 3r in 2001 (l. Capriati)

and 2015 (l. Cornet)

Won 1998 Australian Open doubles title (w/Hingis)

Finished 2016 at No.82, her sixth non-consecutive Top 100 finish

Season highlight was R-Up finish at 2016 Strasbourg (as qualifier, l. Garcia in F). Also finished runner-up at the event in

1997 (l. Graf) – a gap of 19 years between finals. Is 3-2 in tour-level singles finals, lifting the title at 1997-98 Bol and 2014

Québec City

Also in 2016 made QF at Acapulco (l. McHale)

In 2014 defeated V.Williams in final at Québec City for first singles title in 16 years, 4 months – longest gap between titles

in WTA history (Croatia Open in May 1998 was last title before this)

Named WTA Comeback Player of the Year for 2014 as voted for by international media

Had extended layoff from tennis in mid-2000s; did not appear at a Slam between 2003 US Open (qualifying) through

2010 Wimbledon due to a series of personal issues which limited her playing time on tour

Currently Croatia’s No.1‐ranked woman of three in the Top 100 (ahead of No.31 Konjuh and No.90 Vekic) as of April 3,

2017

Owns three tour-level doubles titles: 1998 Australian Open and Tokyo [PPO] (both w/Hingis), and 2014 Québec City

(w/Hradecka). Owns a 3-1 record in doubles finals

Mixed doubles finalist at 1998 Wimbledon (w/Bhupathi)

On ITF Circuit, won four singles and three doubles titles

Croatian Fed Cup Team, 1996-98

Coach is Marin Bradaric; physio is Alen Stokan

Married Daniele Baroni in November 2010

Loves cooking and baking, and is in the process of writing a cook book


MATCH NOTES

JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12)

Head to Head: JELENA OSTAPENKO leads 1-0

2016 HARD O R1 JELENA OSTAPENKO 89 mins7-5 6-2 NEW HAVEN

JELENA OSTAPENKO

66

48

08-06-1997 (19)

$213,364

$1,147,658

0 / 0

1 / 1

11-7 / 37-37

2-4 / 10-15

2-2 / 10-5

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

12

3

11-07-1990 (26)

$1,155,884

$23,242,060

0 / 25

0 / 2

15-3

25-7 / 497-208

3-3 / 121-68

2-1 / 78-66

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











3-0

2-0 / 85-42 3-0 / 5-4

0-2 / 3-11

0-2 / 2-4

0-0 / 3-3

4-5 / 112-94

4-2 / 48-61

3-0 / 51-24


JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66)





vs.

[5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12)

R16: d. [Q] ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #669) 6-3,6-3 (1h22)

R32: d. ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) 7-5,6-1 (1h33)

R64: BYE

Total games: 52

Won/lost: 35-17

Sets won/lost: 6-1




Total games: 37

Won/lost: 25-12

Sets won/lost: 4-0





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MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2013

QF L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #63) 3-6 6-4 6-3

R16 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #139) W/O


R1 BYE

2011

F W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-2 6-3

SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 6-4 6-4

QF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #23) 4-6 6-4 6-4

R16 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #48) 7-6(6) 7-6(9)

R2 W - IRINA FALCONI (USA #128) 6-1 6-1

R1 BYE

2010

SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #22) 5-2

QF W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #18) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #49) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #76) 6-4 6-1

R1 BYE

2009

F L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #63) 6-2 6-4

SF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #3) 6-4 5-7 7-5

QF W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #42) 6-2 6-0

R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #35) 6-3 6-4

R2 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #78) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE


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Ostapenko:


Has reached her first WTA QF on clay, and is first QF at a WTA Premier event since 2016 Birmingham

Is second Charleston debutant in a row to make QF – Kasatkina reached the last eight on her first appearance at

Volvo Car Open in 2016 (l. eventual champion Stephens)

Defeated Bogdan and Sakkari en route to R16, where she advanced to QF following Stoller retirement w/left thigh

injury – was winning 6-1 1-0 at the time

Faces No.12 Wozniacki today – owns a 3-11 lifetime record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents, all wins coming on grass

- defeated No.9 Suarez Navarro (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Kvitova (2016 Doha) and No.11 Kvitova (2016

Birmingham


In February, posted back-to-back 1r exits at St. Petersburg (l. Vekic) and Dubai (l. Wang) before making QF at

Acapulco (d. eventual champion Tsurenko)

Posted best result across the Grand Slams by reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova – was serving for the

match on two occasions). As a result posted new career-high ranking of No.33 (week of January 30, 2017)

Prior to 2017 Australian Open, best result at Slam level was making 2r at 2015 Wimbledon and US Open. Fell 1r at

2016 Roland Garros in only main draw appearance in Paris

Opened 2017 in strong fashion by reaching SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis via ret. w/viral illness)


2016 season highlight was reaching biggest final of career to date at Premier-5 Doha (l. Suarez Navarro). Is 0-2 in

WTA singles finals, after also finishing R-Up at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck)

















Wozniacki:

Making fifth appearance at Charleston. Champion here in 2011 (d. Vesnina in F) and R-Up on event debut in 2009

(l. Lisicki in F). Made SF in 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonareva), quarterfinalist in 2013 (l. Voegele) and now again in

2017

Entering QF match at 2017 Charleston, owns impressive 15-3 record here at Volvo Car Open

A win today vs. Ostapenko to advance to SF would see her return to the Top 10 for the first time since week of

September 21, 2015

After 1r bye, opening match vs. Beck cancelled on Wednesday due to rain. As a result, spent 2hrs 55mins on court

yesterday defeating Beck and then An.Rodionova – didn’t drop a set in either match

Defeat of An.Rodionova in R16 was 25th match win of season – the most on WTA tour (next is Ka.Pliskova on 23).

The Dane did not reach this total in 2016 until the Asian swing, at Wuhan

Missed entire clay season in 2016 w/right ankle injury – match vs. Beck on Thursday was first on clay since loss to

Goerges in May at 2015 Roland Garros

Having reached 2017 Charleston QF, has now reached at least this stage at seven of eight tournaments contested

this season

Coming off R-Up finish at Miami (l. Konta), in what was her third singles final of 2017, though has lost each one

Upset No.3 Ka.Pliskova in Miami SF to improve career record vs. Top 5 ranked players to 12-34 (1-1 in 2017). Before

this, most recent win over a Top 3-ranked player was against then-No.3 Halep at 2015 Stuttgart. Has now reached

the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing (2010) and

Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013)

Made QF at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic)

Advanced to back-to-back finals at Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) last month. Including 2017 Miami,

owns 25-20 record in career singles finals. S.Williams (92), V.Williams (81) and Sharapova (58) are the only active

players to have appeared in more finals

Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to

Strycova lasted 3 hours 20 minutes

Advanced to 3r at Australian Open for the seventh time in her career; fell to Konta in straight sets

Posted ninth successive Top 20 season in 2016, finishing at No.19 – lowest year‐end ranking since 2007 (No.64) –

having played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery;

defeated No.10 seed Kuznetsova and No.9 seed Keys en route before falling to eventual champion Kerber

In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong

Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)

Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg

Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one

point enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)

Flag bearer for Denmark at opening ceremony of Rio Olympics; reached 2r (l. eventual bronze medalist Kvitova)

Returned to action following two‐and‐a‐half months out w/right ankle injury during grass court swing, making

comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r). Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l.

Svitolina)

Was unseeded at 2016 Wimbledon – the first time since 2008 Australian Open she wasn’t seeded at a Grand Slam

Ended 2015 ranked No.17 – first time since 2009 not finishing inside Top 10 (her six years prior inside Top 10 was

longest active streak); currently ranked No.14 – her highest position since October 2015

Is a former World No.1, having held the ranking for 67 weeks; finished two seasons in the top spot – 2010 and 2011

Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams).

Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams - 72, V.Williams - 49 and Sharapova - 35) for singles titles (25)

– 20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam

(was previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list. By reaching Miami final has become just

the eighth player to reach $23 million

Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth

programs

Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched

the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is

to provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the

eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA

Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn and hitting partner is Sascha Bajin (formerly worked with

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)


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FEATURED DAY 4 MATCH-UPS

VOLVO CAR STADIUM [6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) vs. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33) First meeting ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) Wozniacki leads 2-0 DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) Kasatkina leads 1-0 [15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) First meeting SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49) Rogers leads 2-0 (first meeting at main draw, tour level) PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK


RANK POINTS



MATCH NOTES

[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) vs. [10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33)

Head to Head: First meeting

SAMANTHA STOSUR

17

45

30-03-1984 (33)

$237,293

$16,637,859

0 / 8

0 / 24

8-8 / 419-290

3-4 / 116-106

1-0 / 85-99

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU

33

114

26-08-1990 (26)

$176,715

$3,340,908

0 / 3

0 / 4

7-2

4-9 / 120-116

2-3 / 45-39

1-2 / 32-27

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











16-9

2-0 / 57-39 1-0 / 124-62

1-3 / 71-134

0-3 / 31-74

0-0 / 40-35

0-2 / 9-31

0-2 / 5-22

0-1 / 9-11

* Updated entering 2017 Charleston R16

[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17)

R32: d. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #53) 6-1,6-3 (1h13)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

vs.

[10] IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #33)

R32: d. KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #81) 4-6,6-2,7-6(6) (2h29)

R64: d. CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #108) 6-0,6-0 (1h4)

Total games: 16

Won/lost: 12-4

Sets won/lost: 2-0




Total games: 43

Won/lost: 29-14

Sets won/lost: 4-1





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MATCH NOTES

SAMANTHA STOSUR

2016

R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #20) 6-4 7-6(5)

R2 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #121) 6-4 7-5

R1 W - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #124) 6-4 6-4

2015


R1 W - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #109) 6-2 6-4

2014

R16 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #26) 3-6 6-4 6-4

R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #55) 6-3 5-7 6-1

R1 BYE

2013

R16 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #114) 6-1 2-0

R2 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #65) 6-1 6-2

R1 BYE

2012

SF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-1 6-1

QF W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #87) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R16 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #50) 6-3 4-6 6-2

R2 W - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #92) 6-0 7-5

R1 BYE

2011

R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-4 6-1

R2 W - PATRICIA MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT #108) 6-1 6-2

R1 BYE

2010

F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #22) 6-0 6-3

SF W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #24) 6-3 7-6(2)

QF W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #55) 6-4 6-1

R16 W - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #46) 6-1 3-6 6-1

R2 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #53) 6-3 7-5

R1 BYE

2007

R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #29) 6-2 6-2

2006


2005

R2 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #47) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #60) 6-2 6-3

IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU

2016

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 6-2 6-3

R16 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #62) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4)

R2 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #89) 6-4 4-6 6-2

R1 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #44) 6-4 2-6 7-6(3)

2015

QF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #16) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)

R16 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #8) W/O

R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #78) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-4

R1 W - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #144) 6-2 7-6(5)


from


Stosur:

Making 11th appearance at Charleston, and champion here in 2010 (d. Zvonareva in F, lost only one set en route to

title). Reached SF in 2012 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Also doubles champion here in 2006 (w/Raymond)

After 1r bye, defeated Jankovic in 2r in straight sets to advance to the R16 here for the seventh time

Enters Charleston after R16 showing at Miami (l. Halep 46 75 62 after holding one match point)

In Dubai, fell 2r (l. Konjuh) before opening match exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. 2r to Goerges)

Reached QF at Doha (l. No.3 seed Cibulkova); win over No.17 Strycova in Doha 2r was first win over a Top 20 ranked

opponent since defeating No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros (R16). Overall record now stands at 71-134

Also advanced to QF at Taipei City (l. eventual finalist Peng); were first wins since defeating Giorgi in 1r at 2016 US

Open after suffering nine straight losses

Began 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Muguruza), Sydney (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Australian Open (l.

Watson)

Ended 2016 at No.21, up from No.27 in 2015. Currently ranked No.17 (as of April 3, 2017)

2016 Season highlights were advancing to fifth Grand Slam SF of career at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion

Muguruza). Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 – first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26,

2013

Represented Australia at Rio Olympics, progressing to 3r in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), and fell 1r in

doubles (w/Gavrilova, l. eventual silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Peers, l.

Mirza/Bopanna)

Went 4-10 versus Top 20 players in 2016. Wins came over No.15 Vinci (Sydney), No.11 Suárez Navarro (Madrid), and

No.13 Safarova and No.6 Halep (both at Roland Garros)

Reached her 23rd career singles final at 2016 Prague (l. Safarova in three sets); is now 8‐15 in singles finals

Owns one Grand Slam singles title, having won 2011 US Open (d. S.Williams in F). One of just five women who have

defeated S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Muguruza)

In addition to 2011 US Open crown, reached final at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone in F). Has advanced to SF three

times in Paris, in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), 2012 (l. Errani) and 2016 (l. eventual champion Muguruza)

At Wimbledon, best result is reaching round three times (2009, 2013, 2015)

Won two WTA singles titles in 2015 season, both at International level, at Strasbourg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Bad

Gastein (d. Knapp in F). Was second season where had won multiple titles (also 2013 – Carlsbad, Osaka)

Achieved 500th career match win (all levels) at 2015 Washington DC, the 15th active player to achieve the feat

Owns two wins over a reigning No.1: S.Williams (2010 Roland Garros) and Wozniacki (2010 WTA Finals)

Top-ranked Australian of three in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova and Barty) as at April 3, 2017

Owns eight tour-level singles titles, most recently winning at 2015 Strasbourg and Bad Gastein

Former doubles World No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and

2006 Roland Garros (both w/Raymond)

Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/Draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan) and

2014 Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic)

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia in 1998, and first WTA main draws in 2002, as a wildcard at

Gold Coast and Australian Open

Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during

2016 US Open. Stopped working with long-time coach, David Taylor, after 2016 Roland Garros

Begu:

Making third appearance at Charleston – has advanced to QF in both 2015 (l. eventual champion Kerber) and 2016 (l.

Kerber)

Defeated Buyukakcay in opening match without dropping a game – was second time inflicting double bagel at tour

level, but first in main draw match (d. Gaspar 60 60 at 2014 Estoril qualifying)

Faces No.17 Stosur today – owns a lifetime 9-31 record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents (0-2 in 2017). Losses this season

came against No.9 Kuznetsova at Sydney and No.3 Ka.Pliskova at Indian Wells

Prior to 1r here, had won two matches so far in 2017 – Australian Open (1r, d. Shvedova) and Indian Wells (2r, d.

Chirico)

Enters Charleston after 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Arruabarrena)

Reached 3r at Indian Wells last month - after 1r bye, d. Chirico then fell to No.2 seed Ka.Pliskova

Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kasatkina) and Sydney (l. Kuznetsova) before 2r appearance at

Australian Open (l. Kr.Pliskova)

Following Australian swing, went on a four-match losing streak, posting 1r loss at St. Petersburg (l. Petkovic), losing

singles rubber representing Romania in Fed Cup vs. Belgium (l. Mertens) before back-to-back 1r exits at Doha (l.

Kasatkina) and Dubai (l. Sevastova)

Finished 2016 at a career-high No.29, posting new best ranking at No.22 (week of August 22, 2016)

Season highlight was equaling best Grand Slam result at 2016 Roland Garros by reaching R16 (l. Rogers) – also

advanced to R16 at 2015 Australian Open (l. Bouchard). With Halep also reaching R16 at 2016 Roland Garros, was

first time since 1997 two Romanian women reached R16 at Paris since 1997 (Spirlea and Dragomir)

After clinching third WTA singles title at 2016 Florianopolis in July (d. Babos in final), did not surpass the 2r for the

rest of the season (eight tournaments)

Represented Romania at 2016 Rio Olympics, making 1r exits in singles (l. Hibino) and doubles (w/Niculescu, l.

Chan/Chan)

Other notable results in 2016 included SF at Rome (l. S.Williams), QF at Charleston (l. Kerber) and QF at Madrid (l.

Halep)

In run to QF at Madrid was one of four Romanians for reach QF – which was first time this had occurred at a Premier

Mandatory event (also Halep, Cirstea and Tig). Secured two milestones during Madrid: career-best win vs. No.4

Muguruza, and 300th match win of career (all levels) with R16 defeat of McHale

Currently the No.2 ranked Romanian behind Halep, of five in Top 100 (as at April 3, 2017)

Owns a 5-22 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.9 Wozniacki (2012 US Open), No.9 Kerber

(2015 Australian Open), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Madrid), No.6 Azarenka (2016 Rome), No.8 Bencic (2016 Birmingham

via ret.)

Posted fourth non-consecutive Top 50 finish in 2016 (at No.29) – a career best year-end ranking

Won maiden singles title at 2012 Tashkent and is a three-time runner-up: 2011 Marbella, 2011 Budapest, and at

Premier-level 2014 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova in F)

Owns four WTA doubles titles from nine finals, most recently at 2014 Rio de Janeiro (w/Irigoyen)

Struggled with right shoulder injury in 2013 – first felt pain at 2013 Australian Open and missed three months of

action; says confidence as well as ranking suffered

Won 11 singles titles and 19 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Voted WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2011 (media vote)

Coached by Artemon Apostu


MATCH NOTES

ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 2-0

2014 HARD O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 116 mins6-4 6-4 DUBAI

2013 HARD I F CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 75 mins6-2 6-2 LUXEMBOURG

ANNIKA BECK

61

93

16-02-1994 (23)

$108,027

$2,092,482

0 / 2

0 / 1

5-8 / 89-106

2-2 / 29-34

1-0 / 16-20

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

12

3

11-07-1990 (26)

$1,155,884

$23,242,060

0 / 25

0 / 2

13-3

23-7 / 495-208

3-3 / 121-68

2-1 / 78-66

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-0

0-0 / 83-42 1-0 / 31-29

0-0 / 6-25

0-0 / 1-14

0-0 / 1-6

4-5 / 112-94

4-2 / 48-61

3-0 / 51-24

* Updated entering 2017 Charleston 2r

Rnd Result Duration

R1 A. BECK d. L. CHIRICO 6-0,3-0 Ret'd 40 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE

CHARLESTON Tournament Performance - 2017


CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2013




R1 BYE

2011






R1 BYE


from

Beck:

Making tournament debut at Charleston. In first match here on Tuesday, benefitted from Chirico retirement (w/back

injury) to advance to 2r. Was 6-0 3-0 up at the time

Faces No.12 Wozniacki today – owns a 6-25 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents, and bidding for first win of such

since February 2016 (d. No.15 Bacsinszky at Fed Cup)

Other Top 20 wins have come over No.19 Bouchard and No.17 Stosur (both 2014 Dubai), No.3 Halep (2014

‘s-Hertogenbosch via ret.), No.14 A.Radwanska (2015 Roland Garros) and No.14 Bacsinszky (2016 Australian Open)

Coming off reaching 2r at Indian Wells (d. Bouchard, l. Mladenovic) and 1r exit at Miami (l. McHale)

In February, made 2r at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Putintseva), fell in Doha qualifying, reached QF at Budapest

(l. Witthoeft) and fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Brengle)

Suffered early exit at the Australian Open, where she fell to wildcard Barty in 1r

2017 Australian Open marked her 18th Grand Slam main draw – reached 3r at Roland Garros in 2015 and 2016, 3r at

2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2r at 2016 US Open

Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Auckland (l. Osaka) and Hobart (l. Bertens)

Ended 2016 at career-best No.53 for fifth consecutive Top 100 finish, also posting career-high ranking of No.37

(week of 18 July, 2016)


MATCH NOTES

2010





R1 BYE

2009




R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #35) 6-3 6-4


R1 BYE


from

2016 season highlights were SF run at Nürnberg (l. Duque-Marino) and reaching back-to-back QF at Gstaad (l.

Massarova) and Bastad (l. Larsson). Also reached doubles final at Gastaad (w/Rodina, l. Arruabarrena/Knoll)

Competed in 2016 Rio Olympics, falling in 1r to Konjuh

Currently the fourth-ranked German woman of seven inside the Top 100 – after Kerber, Siegemund and Goerges (as

of April 3, 2017)

Posted best win of career over No.3 Halep at 2014 s-Hertogenbosch

Season highlight in 2015 was capturing second singles title at Québec City (d. Ostapenko in F) in addition to

quarterfinal runs at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Jankovic), Bad Gastein (l. Wickmayer) and Tashkent (l. Jovanovski)

Owns a 2-2 record in singles finals, having won 2014 Luxembourg (d. Strycova in F) and 2015 Québec City (d.

Ostapenko in F)

Is 1-2 in doubles finals, winning 2015 Florianopolis (w/Siegemund) and finishing runner-up at 2014 Linz (w/Garcia)

and 2016 Gstaad (w/Rodina)

Surpassed the $2 million career prize money mark having contested 2017 Australian Open main draw

Coached by Jacub Zahlava

Wozniacki:

Making fifth appearance at Charleston. Champion here in 2011 (d. Vesnina in F) and R-Up on event debut in 2009 (l.

Lisicki in F). Made SF in 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonareva) and was quarterfinalist in 2013 (l. Voegele)

Entering opening match here at 2017 Charleston, owns impressive 13-3 record here at Volvo Car Open

After 1r bye, faces Beck today in opening match. Is undefeated against the German (2-0) and has never dropped a

set

Coming off R-Up finish at Miami (l. Konta), in what was her third singles final of 2017, a beaten finalist in each


this, most recent win over a Top 3-ranked player was against then-No.3 Halep at 2015 Stuttgart. Victory in SF also

drew her level with Ka.Pliskova atop the WTA’s 2017 match win leaderboard – both have posted 23. The Dane did

not reach this total in 2016 until the Asian swing, at Tokyo [PPO]

Has now reached the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing

(2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013)





Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova

lasted 3 hours 20 minutes





In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong

(d. Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)


Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one point

enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)




Svitolina)





Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has

reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams - 72, V.Williams - 49 and Sharapova - 35) for singles titles (25) –

20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was

previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list. By reaching Miami final has become just the

eighth player to reach $23 million


programs


the program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to

provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight

USANA ambassadors on the WTA




MATCH NOTES

DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 1-0

2015 HARD O R1 DARIA KASATKINA 144 mins6-2 4-6 7-5 US OPEN

DARIA KASATKINA

42

51

07-05-1997 (19)

$168,252

$1,307,081

0 / 0

0 / 1

8-8 / 48-36

4-3 / 19-17

1-4 / 5-8

DARIA GAVRILOVA

27

34

05-03-1994 (23)

$270,116

$1,955,474

0 / 0

0 / 1

3-1

7-7 / 58-57

3-0 / 21-14

2-0 / 15-11

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











5-1

1-0 / 13-7 2-0 / 12-8

2-3 / 7-16

2-2 / 4-11

2-1 / 4-2

1-5 / 15-29

0-4 / 7-18

0-1 / 6-9


DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)




vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27)

R32: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #38) 6-3,6-1 (1h09)

Total games: 42

Won/lost: 30-12

Sets won/lost: 4-1

Total time on court: 3h



Total games: 16

Won/lost: 12-4

Sets won/lost: 2-0





DARIA KASATKINA

2016





DARIA GAVRILOVA

2016

R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) 6-4 6-3

R2 W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #64) 6-4 6-0

R1 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #86) 6-1 1-6 6-3


from

Kasatkina:

Making second appearance at Charleston. Reached QF on debut in 2016 (l. eventual champion Stephens 61 57 75)



Faces No.9 seed and doubles partner Gavrilova today; playing together this week in Charleston fell 1r (l. No.2 seeds

Mirza/Hlavackova)



Reached QF at Doha (l. today’s opponent Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r












Australian Open 3r)





champion Konta)




August 15, 2016)




















Gavrilova:

Making second appearance at Charleston – on debut in 2016, made R16 (l. eventual champion Stephens)

After 1r bye, beat Riske in opening match, dropping only four games

Faces doubles partner Kasatkina today; playing together this week in Charleston fell 1r (l. No.2 seeds Mirza/Hlavackova)

Bidding to win back-to-back matches for only the second time in 2017 (also Australian Open)

Coming off opening match loss in Miami (after 1r bye, l. Safarova). At Indian Wells, reached 3r (l. Svitolina)

Went 0-2 in singles while representing Australia in Fed Cup loss to Ukraine (l. Tsurenko, Svitolina). Also in February made

2r at St. Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova)

Owns a 7-18 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.1 Kerber (2016 Hong Kong), No.5 Halep (2016

Rome), No.6 Kvitova (2016 Madrid), No.7 Kvitova (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Safarova (2015 Toronto), No.7 Ivanovic

(2015 Rome) and No.2 Sharapova (2015 Miami)

In January, posted strong R16 run at the Australian Open, equaling her best result at Melbourne, having reached this

stage in 2016 - became first Australian to reach R16 at Australian Open since Dellacqua in 2014. Was seeded at a Slam for

the first time at Melbourne (at No.22)

2017 Australian Open marked 10th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Other best Grand Slam results include 2r

showings at 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon. Has never progressed from 1r at US Open (2015-16)

Defeat of No.15 Bacsinszky at Australian Open 3r improved record vs Top 20 ranked opponents to 15-28, which included

eight wins in 2016: No.7 Kvitova (Australian Open), No.19 Svitolina and No.6 Kvitova (Madrid), No.5 Halep (Rome), No.19

Svitolina (Cincinnati), No.15 Bacsinszky (Beijing), No.1 Kerber (Hong Kong) and No.12 Suárez Navarro (Moscow)

Made a 2r exit at Sydney (l. eventual champion Konta)

Opened up 2017 season at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, partnering Nick Kyrgios

Enjoyed strong run of form to close 2016 season, reaching QF at Beijing (l. Svitolina), SF at Hong Kong (l. Mladenovic)

and first WTA singles final at Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

In Hong Kong QF, scored first victory over reigning World No.1 with defeat of Kerber

Other notable 2016 result was QF run at 2016 Madrid (l. qualifier Chirico)

Represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Fell in 1r of singles (l. S.Williams) and doubles (w/Stosur, l. eventual

silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis)

In April 2016, represented Australia for first time in Fed Cup competition - USA d. AUS 4-0; Gavrilova went 0-1 in singles

(l. Keys) and 0-1 in doubles (w/Ar.Rodionova l. Mattek-Sands/Vandeweghe)

Currently ranked No.27 (week of April 3, 2017). Earned a career-high ranking of No.24 on October 24, 2016 following run

to Moscow final

Catapulted from No.233 at end of 2014 season to No.36 at end of 2015 - named WTA’s Most Impressive Newcomer for

2015 (media vote)

Season highlights in 2015 included reaching first WTA semifinal at Rome (l. eventual champion Sharapova) and

quarterfinals at Eastbourne and Hong Kong

Won first WTA doubles title at 2015 Istanbul w/Svitolina, their debut tournament together (d. Büyükakçay/Jankovic in F)

Made Top 100 debut in March 2015, and Top 50 debut in May 2015

Secured permanent residence in Australia in 2013 and has represented AUS in Grand Slam play since 2014 US Open.

Australian passport came through in December 2015 and now represents Australia at WTA events as well

Watched 2014 Australian Open on crutches; she tore ACL in right knee at WTA 125k Series event in Taipei in November

2013; following surgery, did not play a tournament until July 2014, at ITF level

Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, scoring first career Top 40 win over No.35 Wickmayer in 1r

before losing to Flipkens in 2r

Played first WTA qualifying event at 2009 Moscow

Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Russia in 2008

On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles, including two 50k events in Tasmania after the 2015 Australian Open (Burnie

and Launceston); also owns two ITF doubles titles

2010 US Open junior singles champion and Youth Olympics champion

Coached by Nicole Pratt and Biljana Veselinovic


MATCH NOTES

[15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) vs. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37)


LUCIE SAFAROVA

28

19

04-02-1987 (30)

$587,870

$11,017,191

0 / 7

1 / 13

18-7 / 339-257

4-3 / 112-106

6-2 / 102-98

LAURA SIEGEMUND

37

152

04-03-1988 (29)

$122,996

$1,317,581

0 / 1

0 / 3

5-2

3-7 / 38-36

3-3 / 14-13

2-6 / 6-14

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











13-5

2-0 / 24-13 2-0 / 101-65

1-4 / 62-104

1-1 / 25-70

3-0 / 25-24

1-1 / 6-8

1-1 / 5-6

0-0 / 0-3


[15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28)

R32: d. BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #122) 6-3,6-3 (1h26)

R64: d. VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #73) 7-5,6-7(6),6-3 (2h52)


vs.

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37)

R32: d. VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-4,6-7(3),7-5 (3h2)


Total games: 52

Won/lost: 31-21

Sets won/lost: 4-1




Total games: 69

Won/lost: 38-31

Sets won/lost: 4-2





from

Safarova:

Making sixth appearance at Charleston. Best result here at Volvo Car Open is R-Up finish in 2012 (l. S.Williams in F)

Reached QF in 2013 (l. eventual champion S.WIlliams) and 2014 (l. eventual champion Petkovic), and made R16 in

2006 (l. eventual champion Petrova). Only time she did not lose to the eventual champion in Charleston was 2016

(after 1r bye, l. Chirico in 2r)

Won Charleston doubles title in 2012 (w/Pavlyuchenkova) and 2013 (w/Mladenovic). Finished R-Up in 2015

(w/Mattek-Sands l. Garcia/Mladenovic)

En route to R16 in 2017, defeated Lepchenko in 1r in a match lasting just under three hours. In 2r, overcame

longtime doubles partner Mattek-Sands in straight sets

Having posted a 3-3 record in first three events of 2017, has gone 15-4 from her latest five tournaments, reaching

SF at Taipei City (l. eventual R-Up Peng), R-Up at Budapest (l. Babos), 3r at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams), QF at Miami (l.

Wozniacki) and now R16 at Charleston


MATCH NOTES

LUCIE SAFAROVA

2016

R2 L - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE

2014

QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #40) 6-3 1-6 6-1

R16 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #19) 3-6 6-4 6-4

R2 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #79) 2-6 6-4 6-4

R1 W - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #86) 6-2 6-3

2013

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-1

R16 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #25) 6-3 5-7 6-1


R1 BYE

2012

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-0 6-1

SF W - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-0 6-0

QF W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #9) 6-3 6-3

R16 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #60) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-1


R1 BYE

2006

R16 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #7) 6-1 6-3

R2 W - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #57) 6-4 6-0


LAURA SIEGEMUND

2016





2015





from


Loss in Budapest final takes record in career singles finals to 7-10, and has now reached at least one final in 12 of

the last 13 seasons dating back to 2005 (exception being 2013)

Began 2017 by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Strycova), Hobart (l. Ozaki) and Australian Open (l. eventual champion

S.Williams)

In doubles, won her 13th career title and fourth Grand Slam at 2017 Australian Open (w/Mattek-Sands, d.

Hlavackova/Peng in F). Owns a 13-3 career record in doubles finals

Ended 2016 at No.64 – her first finish outside the Top 50 since 2008 – down from career-best No.9 finish in 2015 –

her first Top 10 finish (previous best had been No.17 in 2012 and 2014)

Stand-out singles result of 2016 season was capturing her seventh career singles title in front of home crowd at

Prague (d. Stosur in F)

In Grand Slam play reached R16 at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Shvedova) and made 3r at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Stosur) –

having reached the singles final in Paris a year earlier, ranking subsequently dropped from No.13 to No.29. Fell in 2r

at US Open in singles (l. Halep), but won third career Grand Slam doubles title w/Mattek-Sands (d.

Garcia/Mladenovic in F)

Played her first event of the 2016 season at Doha in February. Health problems dated back to September 2015,

when she spent a week in hospital in her hometown Brno and missed entire Asian swing – returned to drop

openers at Linz and Moscow, before heading to Singapore for WTA Finals (did not progress past RR, going 1-2 – l.

Muguruza, Kvitova; d. Kerber)

Recorded five successive opening round losses upon return to tour, at 2016 Doha (after 1r bye, l. Buyukakcay),

Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Shvedova), Miami (after 1r bye, l. Wickmayer), Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Chirico) and

Stuttgart (l. Ka.Pliskova), snapping losing streak with Prague title

Competed at Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Flipkens) and won bronze medal in doubles (w/Strycova, d.

Hlavackova/Hradecka in medal play-off)

In doubles, won her ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th career titles at 2016 Miami (w/Mattek-Sands, d. Babos/Shvedova in

F), US Open, Wuhan (w/Mattek-Sands, d. Mirza/Strycova in F) and Beijing (w/Mattek-Sands, d. Garcia/Mladenovic in

F)

2015 season highlighted by reaching three finals, winning Doha (d. Azarenka in F) and finishing runner-up at New

Haven (l. Kvitova) and in her first Grand Slam singles final at Roland Garros (l. S.Williams)

As well as singles, also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in doubles w/Mattek-Sands – during the year the team won

the Australian Open (their first tournament together), Stuttgart, Roland Garros and Toronto. In Singapore they went

1-2 in RR stage and did not progress to SF

Made Top 10 singles debut after run to final at 2015 Roland Garros; peaked at a career-high No.5 on September 14,

2015

In August 2015 was one of three Czech players in Top 10 of the rankings (others were Kvitova and Ka.Pliskova); it

was the first time in WTA history that three Czech players were ranked in the Top 10

2017 Australian Open marked 46th Grand Slam main draw. Aside from reaching the final at 2015 Roland Garros and

R16 run at 2014 US Open, has also reached SF at 2014 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and QF at 2007

Australian Open (l. Vaidisova)

Four-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, winning 2015, 2017 Australian Open, 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 US

Open (all w/Mattek-Sands)

Fourth-highest ranked Czech of six in Top 100, after Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Strycova (April 3, 2017)

Member of Czech Fed Cup Team, 2004, 2006-15, 2017

Coached by Franta Cermak

Siegemund:

Making third appearance at Charleston. Best result here at Volvo Car Open is making QF in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up

Vesnina), which was first Premier-level QF of career. On debut in 2015, suffered 1r exit (as qualifier, l. Begu)

In opening match here on Tuesday, defeated Tsurenko in three sets, which included winning decider in tie break.

Was just her second win in singles of 2017 season, and snapped streak of three consecutive losses

Defeated No.10 V.Williams in 2r, saving 2 match points. Result improves lifetime record vs. Top 10 players to 5-6

(and now 1-1 in 2017). Other wins were over No.6 Halep, No.8 Vinci and No.2 A.Radwanska (all coming at 2016

Stuttgart) and No.10 Bacsinszky (2016 Luxembourg via ret. – only Top 10 win not on clay)

Faces leftie Safarova today, having never beaten a left-handed player at tour level (0-3)


During Middle Eastern swing in February, fell 1r at Doha (l. Puig) and made 2r at Dubai (d. Soler-Espinosa, l. Bellis).

Defeat of Soler-Espinosa was first singles win of 2017 at fifth event contested







On clay in 2016 reached career-first Premier-level QF at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Vesnina) followed by

career-first singles final at home event of Stuttgart (l. Kerber in F)

Also matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian

Open (l. Beck)


Siniakova in F) and reaching SF at Bucharest (l. Sevastova) on clay, before advancing to QF at Rio Olympics (l.

eventual gold medalist Puig) and 3r at the US Open (l. V.Williams)


outside Top 150 (No.170 Melnikova and No.217 Kostova, both at 2015 Florianopolis). By comparison, had 30 main

draw wins in 2016






Studying at the Fern Uni Hagen in Germany for a BA Science Psychology – very close to graduating – hopes to

become a psychologist later in life




Born in Stuttgart area, but spent parts of childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ages 4-7) and Jakarta, Indonesia (ages

9-10)





MATCH NOTES

SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) vs. NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49)

Head to Head: SHELBY ROGERS leads 2-0 (First meeting at tour-level)

2015 CLAY O R16 SHELBY ROGERS 6-4 6-4 ITF OSPREY

2013 HARD O R16 SHELBY ROGERS 6-2 6-2 ITF LEXINGTON

SHELBY ROGERS

52

49

13-10-1992 (24)

$163,620

$1,487,988

0 / 0

0 / 0

11-7 / 42-50

6-2 / 15-18

3-1 / 12-12

NAOMI OSAKA

49

61

16-10-1997 (19)

$155,320

$796,316

0 / 0

0 / 0

2-1

8-5 / 30-22

2-1 / 8-8

0-2 / 6-8

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











3-4

2-0 / 4-2 2-0 / 18-14

2-3 / 8-15

1-1 / 2-5

0-1 / 2-2

0-3 / 4-8

0-3 / 0-6

0-0 / 1-0


SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52)

R32: d. MADISON KEYS (USA #11) 4-6,6-1,6-1 (1h36)

R64: d. VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #117) 6-7(1),6-3,7-6(6) (2h42)


vs.

NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #49)

R32: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #32) 6-4,6-4 (1h9)

R64: d. JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #57) 6-7(4),6-4,6-2 (1h58)

Total games: 59

Won/lost: 35-24

Sets won/lost: 4-2




Total games: 51

Won/lost: 30-21

Sets won/lost: 4-1





from

Rogers:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Charleston (and eighth appearance overall). Has posted best result in 2017 having

reached R16

Prior to this week, had only won one match here at Volvo Car Open, when she reached 2r in 2015 (d. Soler-Espinosa, l.

Sorribes Tormo). Posted 1r exits 2011 (l. Craybas), 2014 (l. Hantuchova) and 2016 (l. Arruabarrena)

Fell in 2010 and 2012-13 qualifying

This week, scored second Charleston win with defeat of qualifier Cepede Royg on Tuesday

Defeated No.11 Keys (also No.1 seed this week at Charleston) on Wednesday to advance to R16 – now owns 8-15

lifetime record vs. Top 20 players, also recording second win of such in 2017 (d. No.4 Halep at Australian Open)

Faces Osaka today for first time at tour level – defeated her twice on ITF Circuit, including one win on clay at $50k

ITF/Osprey,FL-USA in 2015

Sole player from USA to reach R16 of 12 that began main draw

Charleston is her home town - was ball girl here in 2001 and handed flowers to tournament champion Jennifer Capriati


Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. No.4 Halep in 1r, l. Barty). Now holds two wins over Top 10 players (2-5 record), with first

win coming against No.8 Bouchard at 2014 Montreal


MATCH NOTES

SHELBY ROGERS

2016


2015



2014


2013

R1* L - GRACE MIN (USA #187) 7-6(4) 6-2

2012



2011


2010


NAOMI OSAKA

2016

R1 L - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 3-6 6-1 6-1

R2* W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #121) 6-4 7-6(7)

R1* W - TEREZA MARTINCOVA (CZE #177) 6-0 6-2

2015

R2* L - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #121) 4-6 6-3 7-6(8)

R1* W - PAULA KANIA (POL #157) 6-3 6-1


from


In other tournaments this year, reached QF at Hobart (l. Tsurenko) and made 2r at Brisbane (l. Svitolina), Taipei City (l.

Jabeur) and Acapulco (l. Lucic-Baroni)


breakthrough run to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual champion

Muguruza)




Began 2016 season by playing ITF events in the United States as ranking did not qualify her for direct acceptance into

Australian Open; returned to WTA-level play in February at Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced to second career singles

final (l. Schiavone)


After Roland Garros, suffered four successive losses (Mallorca qualifying, Wimbledon, Washington DC and Montréal)



Charleston (week of April 3, 2017)



In 2014, reached first WTA singles final of career at Bad Gastein (d. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route, l.

Petkovic)






Winner of four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit, where she made professional debut in United States in

2009, at age 16





Osaka:

Making second main draw appearance at Charleston (and third appearance overall). In 2016, came through qualifying

and lost 1r (l. Chirico). Also fell in 2015 qualifying

This week en route to R16, defeated Larsson in 1r before ousting No.13 seed Zhang in 2r

During clay swing last season, in addition to 1r exit here at Volvo Car Open, fell in Stuttgart and Madrid qualifying before

reaching 3r at Roland Garros (l. Halep)

Charleston marks sixth event of 2017 - coming off 2r exit at Miami (l. Halep). Made 3r at Indian Wells (l. Keys), which was

first time receiving direct acceptance into a WTA Premier Mandatory

Loss to No.9 Keys at Indian Wells and No.5 Halep at Miami takes record vs. Top 10 players to 0-6. Other losses came to

No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros, No.9 Keys at 2016 US Open, No.8 Kuznetsova at 2016 Tianjin and No.9 Konta at 2017

Australian Open

Does have four wins over Top 20 players (4-8 record): No.19 Stosur (2014 Stanford), No.18 Errani (2016 Miami), No.12

Cibulkova and No.20 Svitolina (both 2016 Tokyo [PPO])

Opened season with QF run at Auckland (l. Konjuh via ret. w/left wrist injury), before making 2r at Australian Open (l.

Konta) and Dubai (l. McHale)

Forced to withdraw from Hobart with same left wrist injury that halted Auckland run

Finished 2016 at a career-high No.40, which was her first top 200 finish; voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year

Highlight of 2016 was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozniacki). Also reached three QFs at Acapulco,

Florianopolis and Tianjin, and made 3r at 2016 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open. Received direct entry into

2016 Wimbledon but withdrew w/right knee injury

Won 2015 WTA Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (d. Garcia in F, saving match points)

Japanese No.1 of five in Top 100 (week of April 3, 2017)

As world No.406, made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Stanford. Won through qualifying (achieving first WTA qualifying

wins in the process), shocked world No.19 Stosur in 1r of main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r

Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 (l. 1r)

Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to the USA when she was three years old; holds dual citizenship

Currently lives in Fort Lauderdale and trains in Boca Raton

Has recently begun coaching partnership with David Taylor, former coach of Sam Stosur; her trainer is Max Wellington

Her father, Max, was born in Haiti and attended college in NYC before moving to Japan where he lived for 13 years

Her mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Has an older sister, Mari, who played tennis at Stanford is also plays on Tour but is

currently injured.

Describes herself as an aggressive baseliner

Favorite shot is forehand; favorite city is Tokyo

Tennis idol growing up was Serena Williams


1



FEATURED DAY 3 MATCH-UPS

VOLVO CAR STADIUM MONICA PUIG (PUR #40) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42) Series tied 1-1 ALISON RISKE (USA #38) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27) Series tied 1-1 (Gavrilova leads 1-0 at main draw, tour level) LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) Williams leads 1-0 [1] MADISON KEYS (USA #11) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) Rogers leads 1-0 (first meeting at main draw, tour level) ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) Wozniacki leads 2-0 PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK


RANK POINTS



MATCH NOTES

MONICA PUIG (PUR #40) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #42)

Head to Head: 1-1

2017 HARD O QF MONICA PUIG 163 mins4-6 7-5 6-4 DOHA

2016 HARD O R3 DARIA KASATKINA 163 mins6-4 3-6 7-6(2) INDIAN WELLS

MONICA PUIG

40

29

27-09-1993 (23)

$191,983

$1,998,638

0 / 2

0 / 0

10-8 / 95-91

5-2 / 27-30

1-0 / 18-23

DARIA KASATKINA

42

51

07-05-1997 (19)

$168,252

$1,307,081

0 / 0

0 / 1

4-1

7-8 / 47-36

3-3 / 18-17

1-3 / 5-7

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











4-3

1-0 / 11-8 1-0 / 23-19

0-5 / 13-26

0-2 / 3-7

0-1 / 6-5

2-3 / 7-16

2-2 / 4-11

2-1 / 4-2


MONICA PUIG (PUR #40)

R64: d. [16] KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #36) 4-6,6-2,4-1 Ret'd (2h01)

ROAD TO THE



Total games: 23

Won/lost: 14-9

Sets won/lost: 2-1




Total games: 15

Won/lost: 12-3

Sets won/lost: 2-0





MONICA PUIG

2016

R16 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #34) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4)

R2 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #28) 7-5 6-2

R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #83) 6-3 6-2

DARIA KASATKINA

2016






from

Puig:

Making fourth appearance at Charleston. Best result is reaching 3r in 2016 (l. Begu). Made 2r in 2013 (l. V.Williams) and

fell 1r in 2011 (as qualifier, l J.Zheng)

Was leading 46 62 41 in 1r when opponent Siniakova retired w/low back injury

Faces Russian No.4 Kasatkina today; owns a 20-7 record against Russian players in her career (all levels)

Coming off 1r exit at Miami (l. Cirstea)

Earlier in March, made 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova)

Advanced to second QF of 2017 at Acapulco (l. McHale)

During Middle Eastern swing in February, reached SF at Doha (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki) and 3r at Dubai (l. Kerber)

SF at Doha was third WTA Premier SF of career, and defeated three higher-ranked opponents en route to last four –

No.41 Siegemund, No.27 Putintseva and No.32 Kasatkina

Opened season with back-to-back 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at

Australian Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)

Owns three wins over Top 5 opponents, defeating No.5 Errani at 2013 Wimbledon, and No.4 Muguruza and No.2 Kerber

at 2016 Olympics. Overall record stands at 3-5, losses coming to No.5 Kerber (2012 Brisbane). No.4 A.Radwanska (2016

Australian Open and Tokyo [PPO]), No.2 Kerber (2017 Dubai) and No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Indian Wells)

Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2016, at No.32

Finished 2016 season with QF run at International-level Tianjin (l. Kovinic); reached at least QF on eight occasions during

the year – also Sydney (R-Up; l. Kuznetsova in first final at Premier level), Prague (QF, l. Kuznetsova), Nottingham (SF, l.

Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (SF, as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won, d. Kerber in F) and


MATCH NOTES

2013

R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #24) 6-2 5-7 6-3

R1 W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #67) 6-4 6-0

2011

R1 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #52) 3-6 7-6(10) 7-5

R2* W - TATJANA MARIA (GER #142) 5-7 6-4 6-3

R1* W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #156) 2-6 6-3 7-5


from

Tokyo [PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)

Made Top 30 debut the week of September 26, 2016 after QF run at Tokyo [PPO], posting career-high ranking of No.27

Made history at Rio Olympics in August, winning Puerto Rico’s first ever Gold medal. Posted two Top 5 wins en route,

over No.4 Muguruza (R16) and No.2 Kerber (F). Subsequently withdrew from Cincinnati (low back injury)

Was Named Best Female Athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics by Association of National Olympics Committees (ANOC);

award was presented in Doha last November

Prior to Olympics, made SF at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Begu)

Best results in Grand Slam play in 2016 were 3r efforts at Australian Open (saved five match points during 2r win vs.

Kr.Pliskova, in addition to the Czech serving a WTA-record 31 aces in the match – beating Lisicki’s 27 vs. Bencic at 2015

Birmingham) and Roland Garros (l. Keys)

Scored best result at WTA Premier Mandatory tournament with 3r run at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina); this was

followed by 2r exit at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

Owns 2-1 record in singles finals, having won 2014 Strasbourg (d. Soler-Espinosa in F) and 2016 Olympics (d. Kerber in F),

and finished as R-Up at 2016 Sydney (as qualifier, l. Kuznetsova)

First player representing Puerto Rico to win a WTA singles title; Kristina Brandi and Gigi Fernández, both born in Puerto

Rico, won titles while playing under USA flag

On Grand Slam debut at 2013 Roland Garros, became first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach 3r at a Grand Slam

in the Open Era (Kristina Brandi’s best results at Grand Slams were representing USA)

In her fourth career tour-level main draw appearance (2013 Brisbane), defeated Rogowska in opening match, becoming

the first player from Puerto Rico to win a main draw match since 2006 Charleston (Kristina Brandi)

Won inaugural Rising Stars Invitational as part of WTA Finals in Singapore in 2014 (d. Zheng Saisai in F)

Advanced to the final of two junior Grand Slams: 2011 Australian Open (l. Mestach) and 2011 Roland Garros (l. Jabeur)

During 2016 off-season, hosted an exhibition match against Sharapova in Puerto Rico in December

Coached by Juan Todero

Kasatkina:

Making second appearance at Charleston. Reached QF on debut in 2016 (l. eventual champion Stephens 61 57 75)

In 1r defeated Kovinic in under an hour to snap a four-match losing streak



Reached QF at Doha (l. today’s opponent Puig); scored second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber in 2r












Australian Open 3r)





champion Konta)




August 15, 2016)




In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/Gavrilova (l.

Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)







MATCH NOTES

ALISON RISKE (USA #38) vs. [9] DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #27)

Head to Head: 1-1 (Gavrilova leads 1-0 at tour level)

2016 HARD O QF ALISON RISKE 92 mins6-4 6-4 125k SAN ANTONIO

2015 HARD O R1 DARIA GAVRILOVA 125 mins7-5 6-3 BRISBANE

ALISON RISKE

38

39

03-07-1990 (26)

$224,106

$2,267,342

0 / 1

0 / 0

9-5 / 89-93

3-1 / 29-37

5-2 / 22-30

DARIA GAVRILOVA

27

34

05-03-1994 (23)

$270,116

$1,955,474

0 / 0

0 / 1

2-1

6-7 / 57-57

3-0 / 21-14

2-0 / 15-11

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











2-5

0-0 / 12-7 1-0 / 8-18

1-0 / 9-31

1-0 / 4-16

0-0 / 8-6

1-5 / 15-29

0-4 / 7-18

0-1 / 6-9


Rnd Result Duration

R1 A. RISKE d. K. DAY 7-5,4-6,6-0 136 mins

Rnd Result Duration



ALISON RISKE

2016


R1 W - FRANCES ALTICK (USA #964) 6-3 6-2

2015

R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #166) 6-4 4-6 6-1

2014

R1 L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #77) 4-6 6-2 6-3

2013

R1* L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #80) 6-3 7-5

2011

R1 L - SANIA MIRZA (IND #90) 2-6 6-3 6-3

2010

R1 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #64) 6-2 6-4

2009

R1* L - ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA #194) 4-6 6-3 6-4

DARIA GAVRILOVA

2016

R16 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) 6-4 6-3

R2 W - SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #64) 6-4 6-0

R1 W - ZARINA DIYAS (KAZ #86) 6-1 1-6 6-3


from

Riske:

Making sixth main draw appearance at Charleston (and ninth overall), and is through to 2r for just the second time,

having also made this stage in 2016 (d. Altick, l. V.Williams)

Posted 1r exits in 2010 (l. Kerber), 2011 (l. Mirza), 2014 (l. Schneepers) and 2015 (l. Ka.Bondarenko)

Fell in 2008-09 and 2013 qualifying

In 1r this year, defeated WC Day, including empathic 6-0 score line in deciding set

Defeat of countrywoman Day snapped back-to-back losses, coming at Indian Wells (l. Vekic) and Miami (l. Goerges)

In February, represented USA in Fed Cup World Group 4-0 win over Germany in Hawaii, going 1-0 in singles (d. Petkovic).

Also made 2r in Dubai (d. Vandeweghe, l. Sevastova)

Posted 3r run at Australian Open in January (l. Cirstea); equaled best result in Melbourne having also reached 3r in 2014

(l. Kerber)

Opened 2017 by reaching fifth career WTA singles final at Shenzhen (l. Siniakova)

Now owns a 1-4 record in WTA singles finals, finishing R-Up at 2016 Shenzhen (l. A.Radwanska), Nottingham (l.

Ka.Pliskova) and Tianjin (l. Peng). Sole title came at 2014 Tianjin (didn’t drop a set en route (d. Bencic in F)

Ended 2016 at a career-best No.41, up from No.97 in 2015. Posted new career-high ranking of No.38 on January 30, 2017

after Australian Open

Owns an 9-31 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents, with wins over No.16 Wickmayer (2010 Birmingham), No.10 Kvitova

(2013 US Open), No.12 Pennetta (2014 New Haven), No.12 Errani (2014 Wuhan), No.13 Bacsinszky (2015 Toronto), No.10

Suárez Navarro (2015 Stanford), No.17 Pavlyuchenkova (2016 Beijing), No.8 Kuznetsova (2016 Tianjin) and No.3

A.Radwanska (2017 Shenzhen)

Best Grand Slam result to date is reaching R16 at 2013 US Open (l. Hantuchova). Has reached 3r at 2013-14 Wimbledon,

and at Roland Garros, made 2r in 2014

Made Fed Cup debut in 2014 in World Group QF against Italy, playing singles (l. Knapp); also partnered S.Williams in

2015 World Group play-off vs. Italy (l. Errani/Pennetta)


MATCH NOTES

2008

R1* L - ALEXA GLATCH (USA #276) 6-3 7-5


from

Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2013 marked by first year-end Top 100 finish (No.57); singles highlighted by SF at 2013

Birmingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Hantuchova)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Charleston

Winner of seven singles and one doubles title on ITF Women’s Circuit

Recently became engaged to Stephen Amritraj

Coached by Yves Boulais

Gavrilova:

Making second appearance at Charleston – on debut in 2016, made R16 (l. eventual champion Stephens)

After 1r bye, faces Riske today in opening match, which is their first meeting on clay

Coming off opening match loss in Miami (after 1r bye, l. Safarova). At Indian Wells, reached 3r (l. Svitolina)

Went 0-2 in singles while representing Australia in Fed Cup loss to Ukraine (l. Tsurenko, Svitolina). Also in February made

2r at St. Petersburg (l. Kuznetsova)

Owns a 7-18 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.1 Kerber (2016 Hong Kong), No.5 Halep (2016

Rome), No.6 Kvitova (2016 Madrid), No.7 Kvitova (2016 Australian Open), No.7 Safarova (2015 Toronto), No.7 Ivanovic

(2015 Rome) and No.2 Sharapova (2015 Miami)

In January, posted strong R16 run at the Australian Open, equaling her best result at Melbourne, having reached this

stage in 2016 - became first Australian to reach R16 at Australian Open since Dellacqua in 2014. Was seeded at a Slam for

the first time at Melbourne (at No.22)

2017 Australian Open marked 10th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Other best Grand Slam results include 2r

showings at 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon. Has never progressed from 1r at US Open (2015-16)

Defeat of No.15 Bacsinszky at Australian Open 3r improved record vs Top 20 ranked opponents to 15-28, which included

eight wins in 2016: No.7 Kvitova (Australian Open), No.19 Svitolina and No.6 Kvitova (Madrid), No.5 Halep (Rome), No.19

Svitolina (Cincinnati), No.15 Bacsinszky (Beijing), No.1 Kerber (Hong Kong) and No.12 Suárez Navarro (Moscow)

Made a 2r exit at Sydney (l. eventual champion Konta)

Opened up 2017 season at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, partnering Nick Kyrgios

Enjoyed strong run of form to close 2016 season, reaching QF at Beijing (l. Svitolina), SF at Hong Kong (l. Mladenovic)

and first WTA singles final at Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

In Hong Kong QF, scored first victory over reigning World No.1 with defeat of Kerber

Other notable 2016 result was QF run at 2016 Madrid (l. qualifier Chirico)

Represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Fell in 1r of singles (l. S.Williams) and doubles (w/Stosur, l. eventual

silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis)

In April 2016, represented Australia for first time in Fed Cup competition - USA d. AUS 4-0; Gavrilova went 0-1 in singles

(l. Keys) and 0-1 in doubles (w/Ar.Rodionova l. Mattek-Sands/Vandeweghe)

Currently ranked No.27 (week of April 3, 2017). Earned a career-high ranking of No.24 on October 24, 2016 following run

to Moscow final

Catapulted from No.233 at end of 2014 season to No.36 at end of 2015 - named WTA’s Most Impressive Newcomer for

2015 (media vote)

Season highlights in 2015 included reaching first WTA semifinal at Rome (l. eventual champion Sharapova) and

quarterfinals at Eastbourne and Hong Kong

Won first WTA doubles title at 2015 Istanbul w/Svitolina, their debut tournament together (d. Büyükakçay/Jankovic in F)

Made Top 100 debut in March 2015, and Top 50 debut in May 2015

Secured permanent residence in Australia in 2013 and has represented AUS in Grand Slam play since 2014 US Open.

Australian passport came through in December 2015 and now represents Australia at WTA events as well

Watched 2014 Australian Open on crutches; she tore ACL in right knee at WTA 125k Series event in Taipei in November

2013; following surgery, did not play a tournament until July 2014, at ITF level

Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, scoring first career Top 40 win over No.35 Wickmayer in 1r

before losing to Flipkens in 2r

Played first WTA qualifying event at 2009 Moscow

Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Russia in 2008

On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles, including two 50k events in Tasmania after the 2015 Australian Open (Burnie

and Launceston); also owns two ITF doubles titles

2010 US Open junior singles champion and Youth Olympics champion

Coached by Nicole Pratt and Biljana Veselinovic


MATCH NOTES

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #37) vs. [3] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10)

Head to Head: VENUS WILLIAMS leads 1-0

2016 HARD O R3 VENUS WILLIAMS 78 mins6-1 6-2 US OPEN

LAURA SIEGEMUND

37

152

04-03-1988 (29)

$122,996

$1,317,581

0 / 1

0 / 3

2-7 / 37-36

2-3 / 13-13

2-5 / 6-13

VENUS WILLIAMS

10

5

17-06-1980 (36)

$1,799,000

$36,230,748

0 / 49

0 / 22

20-7

14-4 / 734-211

3-1 / 161-100

5-1 / 120-87

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











4-2

0-0 / 159-54 1-0 / 23-13

0-1 / 5-8

0-1 / 4-6

0-0 / 0-3

2-3 / 223-136

2-1 / 129-93

3-0 / 69-14


Rnd Result Duration

R1 L. SIEGEMUND d. L. TSURENKO 6-7(6),6-2,7-6(4) 198 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE



LAURA SIEGEMUND

2016





2015




VENUS WILLIAMS

2016

R16 L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #61) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4

R2 W - ALISON RISKE (USA #94) 6-4 6-2

R1 BYE

2014

R16 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #20) 7-6(6) 2-6 6-4

R2 W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #77) 7-5 7-5

R1 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #56) 6-3 0-6 7-5

2013


QF W - MADISON KEYS (USA #77) 6-4 6-4

R16 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #27) 6-2 4-6 6-2

R2 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #104) 6-2 5-7 6-3

R1 BYE


from

Siegemund:

Making third appearance at Charleston. Best result here at Volvo Car Open is making QF in 2016 (l. eventual R-Up

Vesnina). On debut in 2015, suffered 1r exit (as qualifier, l. Begu)

In opening match here on Tuesday, defeated Tsurenko in three sets, which included winning the decider in a tie-break.

Was just second singles win of season

Faces No.10 V.Williams today – owns a 4-6 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents (0-1 in 2017), with wins over No.6

Halep, No.8 Vinci and No.2 A.Radwanska (all coming at 2016 Stuttgart) and No.10 Bacsinszky (2016 Luxembourg via ret.)




MATCH NOTES

2012

QF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #5) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R16 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #98) 7-5 6-2

R2 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #17) 7-5 6-0

R1 W - IVETA MELZER (CZE #44) 6-4 6-3

2009

R16 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #63) 6-4 7-6(5)

R2 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #100) 6-1 3-6 6-2

R1 BYE

2007

SF L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)

QF W - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #32) 6-4 7-5

R16 W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #92) 6-2 6-1

R2 W - VASILISA BARDINA (RUS #55) 6-2 6-1

R1 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #27) 6-2 6-2

2005

R16 L - TATIANA GOLOVIN (FRA #25) 7-5 6-4

R2 W - DENISA CHLADKOVA (CZE #54) 7-6(1) 6-2

R1 BYE

2004

F W - CONCHITA MARTÍNEZ (ESP #24) 2-6 6-2 6-1

SF W - JELENA KOSTANIC TOSIC (CRO #53) 6-4 6-1


R16 W - MARIE-GAYANAY MIKAELIAN (SUI #85) 6-4 6-1

R2 W - SAMANTHA REEVES (USA #92) 4-6 6-4 6-3

R1 BYE


from

of Soler-Espinosa was first singles win of 2017









Also matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian Open

(l. Beck)






wins in 2016















V.Williams:

Making ninth appearance at Charleston. Champion here on debut in 2004 (d. Martínez in F)

Also made SF in 2007 (l. eventual champion Jankovic) and 2013 (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Posted QF run in 2012

(l. Stosur)

Has never lost opening match here, reaching at least 3r on all previous eight outings here at Volvo Car Open

After 1r bye, faces Siegemund today in opening match – dropped only three games in only previous meeting at 2016 US

Open (winning 61 62)

Coming off SF run at Miami (l. eventual champion Konta), in what was her 18th appearance there

Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching the Miami semifinals. Is the third oldest player to reach the Top 10 in

WTA history behind Billie Jean King (39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova (38 years, 75 days)

Defeated World No.1 Kerber in Miami QF, to improve lifetime record vs. No.1s to 15-22 (also eight wins vs. Hingis, two

wins vs. Davenport, one win vs. Safina, one win vs. Jankovic, two wins vs. Serena). Prior to defeat of Kerber, last victory

over a reigning world No.1 was at 2014 Montreal (d. Serena in SF)

At 36 years and 9 months, is the oldest player in the Open Era to defeat a world No.1 ranked player; previous record

holder was Navratilova at 36 years and 4 months (1993 Paris Indoors, d. Seles in F)

Enjoyed QF run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina). Before this had lost opening match at her last five WTA

Premier Mandatory tournaments, at 2015 Madrid (l. Azarenka), 2015 Beijing (l. Ivanovic), 2016 Indian Wells (l. Nara), 2016

Miami (l. Vesnina) and 2016 Beijing (l. Peng)

Made 2r exit at St. Petersburg (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion Mladenovic)

Embarked on historic run to Australian Open singles final in January (l. S.Williams). Title match in Melbourne marked 15th

Grand Slam singles final of career, and first in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon ‐ l. S.Williams). In the Open Era, no

player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final – Mauresmo waited seven years between finishing

runner‐up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open

At 36 years of age, became the oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era. The match between Venus and

Serena in Melbourne had the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match‐up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351

days), beating the previous record set by Pennetta and Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

2017 Australian Open marked 73rd Grand Slam main draw appearance – the Open Era record

Opened 2017 season at Auckland – defeated New Zealand wildcard Jade Lewis in 1r before conceding w/o to Osaka in

2r, citing right arm injury

Ended 2016 at No.17, down from No.7 in 2015, for 15th non‐consecutive Top 20 finish; record includes six Top 5

year‐end finishes

2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th career singles

final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fourth‐oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean King (39) at 1983

Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, and Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris [Indoors]

At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at a major

since 2010 US Open. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l. eventual R‐Up

Ka.Pliskova)

Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/S.Williams, l. eventual bronze

medalists Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l. Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

Currently 11th on list of WTA title holders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles). Of her 49 titles, 31 have been won on hard

court

In 2015, returned to Top 10 following 2015 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai triumph for first time since March 2011. At 35 years

of age, was the oldest player to rank in Top 10 since 38‐year‐old Navratilova in December 1994 (whose run ended on

January 1, 1995)

Seven‐time Grand Slam singles champion, having won Wimbledon five times (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008) and the

US Open twice (2000‐01)

Also an eight‐time Grand Slam runner‐up: Wimbledon (2002‐03 and 2009), US Open (1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002)

and Australian Open (2003, 2017)

Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/Shvedova in F)

Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); has won doubles gold three times with sister

Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London; claimed silver medal in mixed doubles at Rio (w/Ram)

Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the doubles

rankings for eight weeks in 2010

Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland (now Stanford) in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling

to then‐world No.2 Sánchez‐Vicario in three sets

Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt


MATCH NOTES

[1] MADISON KEYS (USA #11) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52)

Head to Head: SHELBY ROGERS leads 1-0 (first meeting at tour level)

2012 CLAY O R1 SHELBY ROGERS 2-6 7-5 6-1 $50k ITF/CHARLOTTESVILLE-USA

MADISON KEYS

11

95

17-02-1995 (22)

$118,615

$5,355,160

0 / 2

0 / 0

3-2 / 136-84

0-0 / 36-31

0-0 / 33-33

SHELBY ROGERS

52

49

13-10-1992 (24)

$163,620

$1,487,988

0 / 0

0 / 0

2-4

10-7 / 41-50

5-2 / 14-18

3-1 / 12-12

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











8-4

1-0 / 18-14 0-0 / 31-18

0-1 / 23-37

0-0 / 10-23

0-0 / 12-13

1-3 / 7-15

1-1 / 2-5

0-1 / 2-2


[1] MADISON KEYS (USA #11)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52)

R64: d. [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #117) 6-7(1),6-3,7-6(6) (2h42)

Total games: 35

Won/lost: 19-16

Sets won/lost: 2-1





from

Keys:

Making fifth appearance at Charleston, finishing as R-Up in 2015 (l. Kerber in F). Was her second WTA final (after

Eastbourne triumph) and first on clay

Other results at the Volvo Car Open are QF in 2013 (l. V.Williams) and 2r in 2014 (l. Peng) and 2016 (after 1r bye, l.

Siegemund)

Charleston marks just her third tournament of 2017, after Indian Wells and Miami. Missed opening two months of this

year after undergoing left-wrist surgery during off-season

Is No.1 seed in Charleston – a status she has enjoyed only once before at a WTA event (2015 Strasbourg)

After 1r bye, faces compatriot Rogers today; last loss to a fellow American came in 2016 Rome final vs. S.Williams

Coming off 3r showing at Miami (l. Arruabarrena). Slipped out of Top 10 for the first time since July 2016 following Miami

exit; playing Charleston ranked No.11

In first tournament of 2017 season at Indian Wells lost in R16 to Wozniacki

At 22, is youngest player currently ranked inside the Top 20 (week of April 3, 2017)


MATCH NOTES

MADISON KEYS

2016

R2 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #75) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4

R1 BYE

2015

F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #16) 6-2 4-6 7-5

SF W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #110) 6-1 6-4

QF W - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #66) 6-2 6-2

R16 W - ANDREEA MITU (ROU #107) 6-2 6-0

R2 W - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #166) 6-2 6-1

R1 BYE

2014

R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #47) 6-1 6-7(3) 7-6(4)

R1 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #94) 7-6(0) 7-6(3)

2013

QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #24) 6-4 6-4

R16 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #113) 7-6(4) 6-4

R2 W - GRACE MIN (USA #187) 6-4 6-3

R1 W - ALEXANDRA CADANTU (ROU #120) 7-6(3) 6-4

SHELBY ROGERS

2016


2015



2014


2013

R1* L - GRACE MIN (USA #187) 7-6(4) 6-2

2012



2011


2010



from


Finished 2016 by qualifying for WTA Finals Singapore (l. RR) after breakthrough season, highlighted by title at

Birmingham and Top 10 debut on June 20. Peaked in rankings at No.7 (week of October 10, 2016)

First American to make her Top 10 debut since Serena Williams in April, 1999; became 118th different player to achieve a

Top 10 ranking since the WTA Rankings were introduced on November 3, 1975 – 27 of those have been Americans. For

the first time since September 2005 there were three Americans in the WTA Top 10 (also S.Williams and V.Williams)

Won second career singles title at Birmingham (d. Strycova in F) in June - both titles have come on grass (also 2014

Eastbourne)

Also a finalist on two occasions in 2016 - at Rome (l. S.Williams) and Montreal (l. Halep); owns a 2-3 record in WTA singles

finals

In Grand Slam play, reached R16 at all the majors – Australian Open (l. Zhang), Roland Garros (l. Bertens), Wimbledon (l.

Halep) and US Open (l. Wozniacki); one of only four players to achieve the feat in 2016 (also A.Radwanska, Suárez

Navarro and S.Williams)

Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Beijing (her first Premier Mandatory SF, l. Konta) and Linz (w/o vs. Golubic).

Scored fourth-place finish at Rio Olympics (l. Kerber in SF, then l. Kvitova in bronze medal match), and advanced to QFs

at Miami (l. Kerber) and Wuhan (l. Halep)

Lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents stands at 3-17. Wins have come over No.5 Li (2013 Madrid), No.4 Kvitova

(2015 Australian Open) and No.4 Muguruza (2016 Rome)

Went 6-7 record against Top 10 players in 2016, with wins against No.9 Vinci (Miami), No.9 Kvitova, No.4 Muguruza

(Rome), No.6 V.Williams (Montreal), No.7 Kuznetsova (Beijing) and No.8 Cibulkova (WTA Finals). Overall record vs. Top 10

players stands at 10-23

Recorded first Top 20 year-end finish in 2015 (at No.18)

Best result at a Grand Slam is SF run at Australian Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion S.Williams). Having never

previously passed 3r at any major, became just the third American teenager since 1995 to advance to SF at the

Australian Open: also Chanda Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF)

Outside of the Slams, highlights in 2015 included finishing runner-up at Charleston (l. Kerber). Qualified for 2015 WTA

Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, going 1-1 in group stage (l. V.Williams; d. Zheng)

Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in 2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur) and became

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

Made WTA debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach when she was 14; was seventh-youngest player to win a WTA main draw

match, and youngest since Martina Hingis in 1994

Recently unveiled as evian’s first ever American brand ambassador. Prior to 2016 US Open was announced as an

ambassador for FearlesslyGIRL, an organization dedicated to empowering a generation of young women and their

schools and communities

Currently coached by Lindsay Davenport. Previously coached by Jesse Levine and Thomas Hogstedt

Rogers:

Making fifth main draw appearance at Charleston (eighth overall appearance). Has only won one match in previous

visits, reaching 2r in 2015 (d. Soler-Espinosa, l. Sorribes Tormo). Fell 1r in 2011 (l. Craybas), 2014 (l. Hantuchova) and

2016 (l. Arruabarrena)

Advanced to 2r for the second time with 67(1) 63 76(6) win over qualifier Cepede Royg on Tuesday

Faces No.11 Keys today; owns a 7-15 record against Top 20 players and 1-3 in 2017 – only win came against No.4

Halep at Australian Open

One of five Americans still in the tournament – 12 began the main draw


Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. No.4 Halep in 1r, l. Barty). Now holds two wins over Top 10 players (2-5 record), with

first win coming against No.8 Bouchard at 2014 Montreal

In other tournaments this year, reached QF at Hobart (l. Tsurenko) and made 2r at Brisbane (l. Svitolina), Taipei City

(l. Jabeur) and Acapulco (l. Lucic-Baroni)


breakthrough run to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual

champion Muguruza)




Began 2016 season by playing ITF events in the United States as ranking did not qualify her for direct acceptance

into Australian Open; returned to WTA-level play in February at Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced to second

career singles final (l. Schiavone)


After Roland Garros, suffered four successive losses (Mallorca qualifying, Wimbledon, Washington DC and

Montréal) before reaching 2r at New Haven and then 2r at US Open for first time (l. Bellis)


Charleston



In 2014, reached first WTA singles final of career at Bad Gastein (d. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route,

l. Petkovic)






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

States in 2009, at age 16






MATCH NOTES

ANNIKA BECK (GER #61) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 2-0

2014 HARD O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 116 mins6-4 6-4 DUBAI

2013 HARD I F CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 75 mins6-2 6-2 LUXEMBOURG

ANNIKA BECK

61

93

16-02-1994 (23)

$108,027

$2,092,482

0 / 2

0 / 1

5-8 / 89-106

2-2 / 29-34

1-0 / 16-20

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

12

3

11-07-1990 (26)

$1,155,884

$23,242,060

0 / 25

0 / 2

13-3

23-7 / 495-208

3-3 / 121-68

2-1 / 78-66

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











1-0

0-0 / 83-42 1-0 / 31-29

0-0 / 6-25

0-0 / 1-14

0-0 / 1-6

4-5 / 112-94

4-2 / 48-61

3-0 / 51-24


Rnd Result Duration

R1 A. BECK d. L. CHIRICO 6-0,3-0 Ret'd 40 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE



CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2013




R1 BYE

2011






R1 BYE


from

Beck:

Making tournament debut at Charleston. In first match here on Tuesday, benefitted from Chirico retirement (w/back

injury) to advance to 2r. Was 6-0 3-0 up at the time

Faces No.12 Wozniacki today – owns a 6-25 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents, and bidding for first win of such

since February 2016 (d. No.15 Bacsinszky at Fed Cup)

Other Top 20 wins have come over No.19 Bouchard and No.17 Stosur (both 2014 Dubai), No.3 Halep (2014

‘s-Hertogenbosch via ret.), No.14 A.Radwanska (2015 Roland Garros) and No.14 Bacsinszky (2016 Australian Open)

Coming off reaching 2r at Indian Wells (d. Bouchard, l. Mladenovic) and 1r exit at Miami (l. McHale)

In February, made 2r at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Putintseva), fell in Doha qualifying, reached QF at Budapest

(l. Witthoeft) and fell 1r at Acapulco (l. Brengle)

Suffered early exit at the Australian Open, where she fell to wildcard Barty in 1r

2017 Australian Open marked her 18th Grand Slam main draw – reached 3r at Roland Garros in 2015 and 2016, 3r at

2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2r at 2016 US Open

Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Auckland (l. Osaka) and Hobart (l. Bertens)

Ended 2016 at career-best No.53 for fifth consecutive Top 100 finish, also posting career-high ranking of No.37

(week of 18 July, 2016)


MATCH NOTES

2010





R1 BYE

2009




R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #35) 6-3 6-4


R1 BYE


from

2016 season highlights were SF run at Nürnberg (l. Duque-Marino) and reaching back-to-back QF at Gstaad (l.

Massarova) and Bastad (l. Larsson). Also reached doubles final at Gastaad (w/Rodina, l. Arruabarrena/Knoll)

Competed in 2016 Rio Olympics, falling in 1r to Konjuh

Currently the fourth-ranked German woman of seven inside the Top 100 – after Kerber, Siegemund and Goerges (as

of April 3, 2017)

Posted best win of career over No.3 Halep at 2014 s-Hertogenbosch

Season highlight in 2015 was capturing second singles title at Québec City (d. Ostapenko in F) in addition to

quarterfinal runs at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Jankovic), Bad Gastein (l. Wickmayer) and Tashkent (l. Jovanovski)

Owns a 2-2 record in singles finals, having won 2014 Luxembourg (d. Strycova in F) and 2015 Québec City (d.

Ostapenko in F)

Is 1-2 in doubles finals, winning 2015 Florianopolis (w/Siegemund) and finishing runner-up at 2014 Linz (w/Garcia)

and 2016 Gstaad (w/Rodina)

Surpassed the $2 million career prize money mark having contested 2017 Australian Open main draw

Coached by Jacub Zahlava

Wozniacki:

Making fifth appearance at Charleston. Champion here in 2011 (d. Vesnina in F) and R-Up on event debut in 2009 (l.

Lisicki in F). Made SF in 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonareva) and was quarterfinalist in 2013 (l. Voegele)

Entering opening match here at 2017 Charleston, owns impressive 13-3 record here at Volvo Car Open

After 1r bye, faces Beck today in opening match. Is undefeated against the German (2-0) and has never dropped a

set

Coming off R-Up finish at Miami (l. Konta), in what was her third singles final of 2017, a beaten finalist in each


this, most recent win over a Top 3-ranked player was against then-No.3 Halep at 2015 Stuttgart. Victory in SF also

drew her level with Ka.Pliskova atop the WTA’s 2017 match win leaderboard – both have posted 23. The Dane did

not reach this total in 2016 until the Asian swing, at Tokyo [PPO]

Has now reached the final of each of the WTA’s four Premier Mandatory tournaments, having previously won Beijing

(2010) and Indian Wells (2011), and finished runner-up at Madrid (2009) and Indian Wells (2010, 2013)





Opened 2017 season with back‐to‐back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova); loss to Strycova

lasted 3 hours 20 minutes





In subsequent Asian swing, won her 24th and 25th career singles titles at Tokyo [PPO] (d. Osaka in F) and Hong Kong

(d. Mladenovic in F). Has won at least one title nine years running (2008‐2016)


Prior to 2016 US Open, fell 1r at New Haven (l. Ostapenko), where she is a four‐time champion (2008‐11; at one point

enjoyed 21‐match win streak at event)




Svitolina)





Two‐time Grand Slam finalist, finishing runner‐up at 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters) and 2014 US Open (l. S.Williams). Has

reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams - 72, V.Williams - 49 and Sharapova - 35) for singles titles (25) –

20 of which have come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was

previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)

Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all‐time list. By reaching Miami final has become just the

eighth player to reach $23 million


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FEATURED DAY 2 MATCH-UPS VOLVO CAR STADIUM MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #91) vs. [14] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #35) First meeting [Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #117) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) Rogers leads 2-0 (1-0 at main draw, tour level) [Q] SOFIA KENIN (USA #210) vs. [WC] BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #122) First meeting [15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) vs. VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #73) Safarova leads 4-0 [6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) vs. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #53) Jankovic leads 7-2 PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS

DOUBLES USD $ RANK POINTS


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CHARLESTON - USA, SC | Apr 03 - Apr 09, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER MATCH NOTES

MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #91) vs. [14] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #35)


MARIA SAKKARI 91 90

25-07-1995 (21) $111,741 $477,627

0 / 0 0 / 0

2-3 / 7-16 1-2 / 3-9 0-0 / 1-2

LAUREN DAVIS 35 17

09-10-1993 (23) $263,557

$1,861,621 1 / 1 0 / 0 4-2

13-5 / 79-81 5-1 / 30-19 2-0 / 24-11

WTA RANKING

ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY

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

CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

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


0-0

0-0 / 7-15 0-0 / 2-2

0-1 / 0-4 0-0 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-1

2-2 / 6-24 0-0 / 2-7

2-1 / 7-10


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration



LAUREN DAVIS 2015

QF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #20) 6-2 6-2

R16 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #39) 6-4 3-0

R2 W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #7) 6-3 6-1

R1 W - GRACE MIN (USA #115) 6-7(1) 7-6(2) 6-3

2014

R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 6-0 6-3

R1 W - DINAH PFIZENMAIER (GER #81) 6-1 6-4 2011

R1* L - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #146) 6-2 6-1


from

Sakkari:

• Making Charleston debut (main draw or qualifying)

• Coming off qualifying losses at Miami and Indian Wells

• Faces No.35 Davis today; would be second best win-by-ranking of career (after No.34 Schmiedlova at 2016 Istanbul)

• Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. King) and Sydney (as qualifier, l. Vinci), before reaching 3r at Australian

Open (d. Kontaveit in 1r and Cornet in 2r, l. Lucic-Baroni). Became first Greek female to reach the 3r at a Slam since

Daniilidou at 2005 Wimbledon (l. Pennetta)

• Finished 2016 at career-best No.89 (up from 2015 finish of No.188)

• Made a QF run at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – achieved best win-by-ranking during QF

run defeating No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r

• Elsewhere, played mainly ITF for first half of 2016 season, falling in qualifying at Brisbane, Hobart, Rio de Janeiro,

Monterrey, Indian Wells, Madrid and Roland Garros before making 2r at Wimbledon main draw (d. S.Zheng, l. V.Williams

in 3s). After Wimbledon, only other main draw win in 2016 came in 2r showing at Tashkent (d. Schmiedlova, l. Flipkens)

• Also played main draw again at Gstaad (l. Kontaveit in 1r), New Haven (as qualifier. L. Rodina 1r), Tokyo [Japan Open] (l.

Putintseva), Seoul (l. S.Zhang) and Hong Kong (l. World No.1 Kerber)

• Opened 2016 by falling in qualifying at Brisbane and Hobart and 2r 2016 Australian Open (posted first Grand Slam main

draw win vs. Y.Wang, l. Suarez Navarro)

• At Melbourne became the first woman from Greece to appear in a Grand Slam main draw since Daniilidou at 2013 US

Open. Also first of her countrywomen to win a main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Plsikova at 2013

Australian Open

• Reached career-high ranking this year at No.84 (March 6, 2017) – currently ranked No.91. Next highest Greek player is

No.198 Valentini Grammatikopoulou

• Owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo

• Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010 at $10k ITF/Mytilino-GRE. Owns seven singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• 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

• Tennis idol growing up was Serena Williams

• Favorite surface is hard court

• Long term goal is to be a Top 50 player

• Coached by German Puentes

Davis:

• Making third main draw appearance at Charleston. Best result was QF run in 2015 (l. eventual R-Up Keys). Fell 2r in

2014 (l. Jankovic) and in qualifying in 2011

• Bidding to win 14th WTA main draw match win of the season today. By contrast, only posted 15 main draw wins in the

entire 2016 season

• One of 12 Americans in the main draw in Charleston

• Coming off 1r exit at Miami (l. Lepchenko) and R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Mladenovic)

• Strong start to the season highlighted by first career WTA title at Auckland (d. Konjuh in F). Also reached back-to-back QFs

at Doha (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina), which was her first at a Premier 5

tournament. At Australian Open made 1r exit (l. countrywoman Crawford)

• Defeated No.16 Vesnina en route to Doha QF to register second Top 20 win of season – now owns 6-24 career record

• Rose to career high No.34 after Indian Wells showing

• Ended 2016 season at No.62 – fifth consecutive Top 100 season

• 2016 season highlights included reaching first WTA career singles finals at Washington D.C. (l. Wickmayer) and Québec

City (as qualifier, l. Dodin). Also reached SF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. eventual finalist Kvitova)

• In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Sharapova) – equaling career-best Grand Slam result (also

2014 Australian Open and 2014 Wimbledon)

• Also 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Chirico) and 2r at US Open (l. Svitolina). Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon

• 2015 season highlight was reaching career-first WTA SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion V.Williams). Reached two

further QFs in 2015, at Charleston (l. Keys) and Nottingham (l. A.Radwanska). Following 2015 Nottingham, only won

three WTA main draw matches in rest of 2015

• Owns two career Top 10 wins: No.4 Azarenka (2014 Indian Wells) and No.7 Bouchard (2015 Charleston) – overall

record is 2-7

• US Fed Cup Team, 2014-15

• Has won seven ITF Circuit singles titles

• Won USTA girls’ 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Miami (l. Parmentier)

• Coached by Mark Schanerman


[Q] VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG (PAR #117) vs. SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52)

Head to Head: SHELBY ROGERS leads 2-0 (1-0 at tour level)

2016 CLAY O R16 SHELBY ROGERS 89 mins 7-5 6-4 RIO DE JANEIRO 2013 HARD O R16 SHELBY ROGERS N/A 6-2 6-3 $75k ITF/ALBUQUERQUE-USA

VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG 117 110

21-01-1992 (25) $35,797

$489,288 0 / 0 0 / 1

3-2 / 13-18 2-0 / 5-7 0-0 / 3-4

SHELBY ROGERS 52 49

13-10-1992 (24) $163,620

$1,487,988 0 / 0 0 / 0 1-4

9-7 / 40-50 4-2 / 13-18 2-0 / 11-11

WTA RANKING








0-0

0-0 / 16-14 0-0 / 6-8

0-1 / 0-1 0-1 / 0-1

1-0 / 1-1 1-3 / 7-15 1-1 / 2-5

0-1 / 2-2


Rnd Result Duration

R2* V. CEPEDE ROYG d. A. CARRERAS 2-6,7-6(9),6-4 161 mins

R1* V. CEPEDE ROYG d. C. DOLEHIDE 6-3,6-3 69 mins

Rnd Result Duration

CHARLESTON Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match


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Cepede Royg:

• Making main draw debut appearance at Charleston. Fell in qualifying in 2016

• In qualifying over the weekend, defeated Dolehide 63 63 and Carreras 26 76(9) 64 (saved 3mp)

• Coming off 2r run at Miami (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova) on Premier Mandatory main draw debut

• Suffered back-to-back qualifying losses at Indian Wells and Acapulco; advanced to the doubles final at Acapulco

w/Duque-Mariño (l. Jurak/Rodionova)

• Started 2017 with QF showing at Hobart (as qualifier, l. fellow qualifier Fett)

• Finished 2016 at career-best year-end ranking of No.116 – fourth Top 200 finish of career

• 2016 season is highlighted by QF appearance at Mallorca (as qualifier, l. Flipkens) and first tour-level WTA title of any

kind at 2016 Rio de Janeiro, winning the doubles (w/Irigoyen); had previously won the doubles at WTA 125K Carlsbad

(w/Ce) in 2015

• In 2016, advanced to 2r of main draw tour-level events on four occasions – Hobart (as qualifier, l. Cornet), Rio de

Janeiro (l. Rogers), Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Stephens) and Florianopolis (l. Hibino)

• After advancing through qualifying at 2016 Roland Garros, achieved career-first Grand Slam main draw victory in 1r

(d. No.51 Lisicki), in what was the second-best win-by-ranking of career. Fell to No.22 Stephens in


VERONICA CEPEDE ROYG 2016

R1* L - CINDY BURGER (NED #159) 6-4 2-6 7-5

SHELBY ROGERS 2016

R1 L - LARA ARRUABARRENA (ESP #80) 6-4 3-6 6-4 2015


R1 W - SÍLVIA SOLER-ESPINOSA (ESP #64) 6-3 6-1 2014

R1 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #32) 7-5 7-5 2013

R1* L - GRACE MIN (USA #187) 7-6(4) 6-2 2012


R1* W - JULIA COHEN (USA #158) 5-7 7-5 6-3 2011

R1 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #110) 3-6 6-2 6-0 2010



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* Qualifying match CHARLESTON Tournament History

2r

• Last Paraguayan woman to reach the 2r of a Grand Slam was Rossana De Los Rios at Roland Garros in 2010 (l.

Stosur)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros in 2015, as a qualifier (l. Razzano in 1r). Had previously fallen in

qualifying on three occasions in Paris; has yet to play main draw at the Australian Open, Wimbledon or US Open

• In 2015, qualified and went on to reach WTA career-first QF at Rio de Janeiro (l. Schmiedlova)

• In 2014, achieved first tour-level main draw win of career at Rio de Janeiro (d. Goncalves in 1r, l. Begu in 2r)

• Received a wildcard from the ITF to play the 2012 London Olympics (l. Lepchenko in 3s in 1r)

• On ITF Circuit, owns 14 singles and 21 doubles titles

• Owns a 2-3 lifetime record against Top 50 opponents, with victories coming over No.38 Vinci at 2015 Rio de Janeiro

and No.41 Siegemund at 2016 Mallorca

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Paraguay in 2006

• Paraguayan Fed Cup Team, 2006-07, 2009-15, 2017

• Enjoys going to the cinema, spending time with family, and reading

• Admires Kim Clijsters and Roger Federer

• Considers herself an aggressive baseliner with a strong forehand

• Introduced to tennis by older brothers at age 5

• Favorite surface is clay and favorite tournament is Roland Garros

• Travels with coach, Ramon Delgado, and sometimes her mother as well

Rogers:

• Making fifth main draw appearance at Charleston (eighth overall appearance). Has only won one match in previous

visits, reaching 2r in 2015(d. Soler-Espinosa, l. Sorribes Tormo). Fell 1r in 2011 (l. Craybas), 2014 (l. Hantuchova) and

2016 (l. Arruabarrena)

• Faces No.117 Cepede Royg today; has lost twice to players outside Top 100 in 2017 (No.223 Barty at Australian

Open, and No.181 Jabeur at Taipei City)

• One of 12 Americans in the main draw in Charleston

• Coming off 3r run at Miami (l. Kerber) and 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina)

• Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. No.4 Halep in 1r, l. Barty). Now holds two wins over Top 10 players (2-5 record), with

first win coming against No.8 Bouchard at 2014 Montreal

• In other tournaments this year, reached QF at Hobart (l. Tsurenko) and made 2r at Brisbane (l. Svitolina), Taipei City

(l. Jabeur) and Acapulco (l. Lucic-Baroni)

• 2017 Australian Open marked 13th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Best result at a Slam to date came with

breakthrough run to QF at 2016 Roland Garros (d. seeds Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Begu en route; l. eventual

champion Muguruza)

• Ranked No.108, became ninth player ranked outside of the Top 100 to advance to the last eight in Paris since 1983


• Posted second Top 100 season in 2016, at No.60 – up from No.146 in 2015; had dropped from No.72 at end of 2014

• Began 2016 season by playing ITF events in the United States as ranking did not qualify her for direct acceptance

into Australian Open; returned to WTA-level play in February at Rio de Janeiro, where she advanced to second

career singles final (l. Schiavone)

• Aside from Rio de Janeiro and Roland Garros, did not pass 2r at tour level in 2016

• After Roland Garros, suffered four successive losses (Mallorca qualifying, Wimbledon, Washington DC and Montréal)


• Set new career high ranking of No.48 week of January 30, 2017 – following Australian Open

• Currently the US No.9 of 15 women in WTA’s Top 100 (week of April 3, 2017)

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

• In 2014, reached first WTA singles final of career at Bad Gastein (d. No.16 Suárez Navarro and No.14 Errani en route,

l. Petkovic)

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

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

• Won first WTA level match at 2013 Strasbourg

• Made Grand Slam and tour-level main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 US Open – thereafter, did not contest main


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

States in 2009, at age 16

• Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

• Followed older sister Sabra into tennis

• Currently completing an English degree by correspondence at Indiana University East

• Coached by Marc Lucero


[Q] SOFIA KENIN (USA #210) vs. [WC] BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #122)

Head to Head: 0-0

SOFIA KENIN 210 170

14-11-1998 (18) $9,215

$122,179 0 / 0 0 / 0

0-0 / 0-2 0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 0-0

BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS 122 88

23-03-1985 (32) $445,580

$6,243,334 0 / 0

2 / 24 7-8

3-4 / 126-161 2-1 / 43-66 0-0 / 29-38

WTA RANKING








0-0

0-0 / 36-44 0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-1 0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

2-0 / 19-54 1-0 / 7-27

0-1 / 6-16


[Q] SOFIA KENIN (USA #210)

R2*: d. FIONA FERRO (FRA #235) 7-5,6-2 (1h30)

R1*: d. TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #111) 6-4,6-3 (1h32)

ROAD TO THE vs. [WC] BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #122)

Total games: 0 Won/lost: 0-0 Sets won/lost: 0-0 Total time on court: 0h0 Average time on court: 0h0 Average rank of opponent: 0

Total games: 0 Won/lost: 0-0 Sets won/lost: 0-0 Total time on court: 0h0 Average time on court: 0h0 Average rank of opponent: 0



from

Kenin:

• Making Tournament debut at Charleston

• Defeated Fiona Ferro and countrywoman Taylor Townsend in qualifying to reach first WTA main draw since 2016 US

Open (also 2015 US Open)

• One of 13 Americans in the main draw here at Charleston

• Looking to record her first WTA main draw match win this week after 1r losses at 2015 US Open (as WC, l. Duque

Marino) and 2016 US Open (as WC, l. eventual finalist Ka.Pliskova)

• Match against No.11 Ka.Pliskova was only time facing a Top 20 ranked opponent

• The best win-by-ranking of career came over No.105 Crawford in 1r at $50k ITF/Scottsdale, AZ-USA; plays No.122

Mattek-Sands today


BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS 2016

R2 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #34) 6-4 4-6 6-2

R1 W - TELIANA PEREIRA (BRA #49) 5-7 6-3 6-2 2015

R1 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #40) 3-6 6-3 6-2 2013

R16 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #77) 7-6(4) 6-4

R2 W - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #16) 6-2 6-0

R1 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #111) 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(3)

2011

R2 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-4 7-6(6)

R1 W - ALEXANDRA STEVENSON (USA #265) 6-2 6-1 2010

R2 L - ALONA BONDARENKO (UKR #25) 4-6 7-5 7-5

R1 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #72) 6-7(1) 6-4 7-5 2009

R2 L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #146) 6-2 6-4

R1 W - MARIANA DUQUE-MARIÑO (COL #118) 7-6(3) 7-5 2008

R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 6-0 6-0

R1 W - MENG YUAN (CHN #106) 6-3 4-6 6-2 2007

R1* L - KAROLINA SPREM (CRO #99) 7-6(2) 6-2 2006

R1* L - JULIE COIN (FRA #286) 6-4 7-6(8) 2005

R1* L - KRISTINA BRANDI (PUR #84) 6-0 6-1 2003

R1 L - LAURA GRANVILLE (USA #34) 6-2 6-2

R2* W - TERYN ASHLEY (USA #171) 6-3 1-6 6-3

R1* W - SHENAY PERRY (USA #182) 7-6(5) 6-4


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• Enters Charleston after falling in Indian Wells qualifying (l. Linette in 1r)

• Began 2017 season playing ITF events in the USA with mixed results – reached final at Orlando (l. Piter) and SF at

Wesley Chapel (l. Kalinina) and Rancho Santa Fe (l. Andreescu), but fell 2r at Daytona Beach Surprise and 1r at Midland

• Ended 2016 season at No.212; career high ranking is No.205 (October 17, 2016)

• Played 2016 US Open as a wildcard, granted for winning USTA Pro Circuit US Open wildcard challenge

• Also played 2015 US Open as a wildcard, after becoming the USTA Girls’ 18s national champion

• 2015 US Open Girls’ junior singles runner-up (l. Galfi). Also in juniors advanced to QF at 2016 Wimbledon and has

climbed as high as World No.2 in the ITF World Junior Rankings

• On ITF Circuit owns two singles titles, both won in 2016: $25k ITF/Wesley Chapel, FL-USA and $50k ITF/Sacramento,

CA-USA

• Played first matches on ITF Circuit in March 2013

• Born in Moscow, and moved to USA when she was a baby

• Resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida, where she is home-schooled

• Coach is her father, Alec

Mattek-Sands:

• Making ninth main draw appearance at Charleston (and 12th overall)

• Best result here is 3r in 2013 (d. No.4 seed Stephens en route, l. Keys); also 2r in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2009 (l.

An.Rodionova), 2010 (l. A.Bondarenko), 2011 (l. Vesnina) and 2016 (l. Begu)

• Doubles champion in 2009 (w/Petrova); also finalist in 2011 (w/Shaughnessy) and 2016 (w/Safarova)

• Faces No.210 Kenin today; last loss to a player ranked outside Top 200 came at 2017 Brisbane (1r, l. No.386 Aiava)

• Enters Charleston after R16 run at Miami last week (as a WC, l. Lucic-Baroni)

• In Miami 2r upset No.10 Svitolina for seventh career win over a Top 10 opponent. Previous wins have been over No.10

Bartoli (2008 Wimbledon), No.4 Schiavone (2011 Madrid), No.7 Errani (2013 Stuttgart), No.6 Li (2013 Roland Garros) No.5

A.Radwanska (2014 Sydney) and No.7 Ivanovic at 2015 Wimbledon. Overall record is 7-27

• In Miami posted first WTA main draw wins of 2017 season; ranking subsequently rose from No.158 to No.122

• Began season with 1r exit in Brisbane (qualified, l. Aiava); also fell in Australian Open qualifying

• Also fell 1r at Acapulco (qualified, l. Watson) and Indian Wells (l. Kr.Pliskova)

• In doubles, began 2017 season with 23rd and 24th career titles in Brisbane (w/Mirza) and Australian Open (w/Safarova).

Title run at Brisbane secured the world No.1 doubles ranking; became the 34th player to reach the No.1 ranking

• Also reached SF at Indian Wells last month (w/Safarova, l. Chan/Hingis)

• Ended 2016 season at No.175, down from No.61 in 2015, but had second straight Top 5 doubles season (at No.5)

• Singles highlights of 2016 season included QF run at Hong Kong (l. Eventual R-Up Mladenovic) and 2r at Charleston, Bastad

and Seoul

• At 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, team of Mattek-Sands/Safarova finished runners-up to Makarova/Vesnina; loss brought

end to 18-match win streak that included titles at US Open, Wuhan and Beijing. Also won doubles titles at 2016 Indian

Wells (w/Vandeweghe) and Miami (w/Safarova)

• In addition, won mixed doubles gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics (w/Sock)

• At Grand Slams, has advanced to R16 twice at a major – 2008 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) and 2013 Roland Garros (l.

Kirilenko). Best result at Australian Open is 3r in 2015 (l. Halep)

• Owns four Grand Slam doubles titles – 2015 Australian Open, 2015 Roland Garros, 2016 US Open and 2017 Australian

Open (all w/Safarova)

• Won Grand Slam mixed doubles titles at 2012 Australian Open (w/Tecau) and 2015 Roland Garros (w/M.Bryan); runner-up

at 2015 US Open (w/Querrey)

• In 2014, missed six months (mid-March to mid-September) due to left hip injury; returned in autumn, but ranking dipped

to No.175 for year-end rankings

• Still searching for first WTA singles title but is a four-time runner-up: at 2008 Québec City (l. top seed Petrova in 3s); 2010

Québec City (l. Paszek in 3s); 2011 Hobart (l. Gajdosova) and 2013 Kuala Lumpur (as WC, l. Ka.Pliskova in 3s)

• Posted second career Top 50 season in 2013, finishing at No.47 despite missing all events after Québec City (week after US

Open) due to right knee injury

• Broke Top 50 on July 28, 2008; underwent hip surgery in 2009 to repair a torn labrum and struggled upon her return,

dropping as low as No.154 in January 2010. Broke Top 30 on July 11, 2011 (at career-high No.30) – but due to right

shoulder injury played just one match for rest of season (l. Hercog 1r US Open)

• Member of US Fed Cup Team, 2009-11 (played in 2010 Fed Cup final, which US lost to Italy) and 2016-17

• Coached by Adam Altschuler


MATCH NOTES

[15] LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) vs. VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #73)

Head to Head: LUCIE SAFAROVA leads 4-0

2016 HARD O R1 LUCIE SAFAROVA 118 mins7-5 6-3 WUHAN

2012 HARD O R1 LUCIE SAFAROVA 63 mins6-3 4-1 NEW HAVEN

2010 CARPET I R1 LUCIE SAFAROVA 101 mins7-5 6-3 QUEBEC CITY

2007 HARD O R1 LUCIE SAFAROVA N/A6-4 6-7(2) 6-1 TORONTO

LUCIE SAFAROVA

28

19

04-02-1987 (30)

$587,870

$11,017,191

0 / 7

1 / 13

16-7 / 337-257

3-3 / 111-106

6-1 / 102-97

VARVARA LEPCHENKO

73

66

21-05-1986 (30)

$112,170

$3,808,321

0 / 0

0 / 0

5-9

4-5 / 127-163

1-2 / 48-58

1-1 / 39-40

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











11-5

0-0 / 37-42 0-0 / 99-65

1-4 / 62-104

1-1 / 25-70

1-0 / 23-24

0-2 / 16-54

0-0 / 6-28

0-0 / 4-24


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration

CHARLESTON Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match


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MATCH NOTES

LUCIE SAFAROVA

2016

R2 L - LOUISA CHIRICO (USA #126) 6-3 6-3

R1 BYE

2014

QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #40) 6-3 1-6 6-1


R2 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #79) 2-6 6-4 6-4

R1 W - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #86) 6-2 6-3

2013

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-4 6-1

R16 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #25) 6-3 5-7 6-1


R1 BYE

2012

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-0 6-1

SF W - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-0 6-0


R16 W - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #60) 6-2 6-7(4) 6-1


R1 BYE

2006

R16 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #7) 6-1 6-3

R2 W - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #57) 6-4 6-0


VARVARA LEPCHENKO

2015

R1 L - ANDREEA MITU (ROU #107) 6-2 2-1

2014

R1 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #83) 6-1 2-6 6-0

2013

R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #24) 6-2 4-6 6-2

R2 W - MATHILDE JOHANSSON (FRA #81) 6-1 4-6 6-1

R1 W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #55) 6-3 4-6 6-2

2012

R2 L - POLONA HERCOG (SLO #38) 6-3 6-2

R1 W - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #88) 6-2 5-7 6-2

2011

R1 L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #28) 6-4 6-0

2010

R1 L - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #127) 6-3 6-3

2009

R16 L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #3) 6-1 6-1

R2 W - SHENAY PERRY (USA #229) 6-2 6-3

R1 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #93) 6-1 6-3

2008

R1 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #74) 6-2 6-2

R2* W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #677) 4-6 6-4 6-1

R1* BYE

2007

R1 L - NICOLE PRATT (AUS #45) 2-6 6-2 6-2

R2* W - TZIPORA OBZILER (ISR #98) 6-4 6-3

R1* W - VANESSA HENKE (GER #177) 6-1 6-3

2006

R2* L - MEILEN TU (USA #134) 4-6 6-2 7-5

R1* W - CHRISTINA WHEELER (AUS #288) 6-4 6-3


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Safarova:

Making sixth appearance at Charleston. Best result was R-Up finish in 2012 (l. S.Williams)

Reached QF in both 2013 (l. eventual champion S.WIlliams) and 2014 (l. eventual champion Petkovic), and R16 (l.

eventual champion Petrova). Only time she did not lose to the eventual champion was 2016 (after 1r bye, l. Chirico in 2r)

Also won doubles title in 2012 (w/Pavlyuchenkova) and 2013 (w/Mladenovic). Finished R-Up in 2015 (w/Mattek-Sands l.

Garcia/Mladenovic)

Faces No.73 Lepchenko today – has lost to two players ranked outside Top 50 in 2017 No.100 Ozaki (Hobart) and No.71

Peng (Taipei City)

Having posted a 3-3 record in first three events of 2017, has gone 13-4 from her latest four tournaments, reaching SF at

Taipei City (l. eventual R-Up Peng), R-Up at Budapest (l. Babos), 3r at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams) and QF at Miami (l.

Wozniacki)

Loss in Budapest final takes record in career singles finals to 7-10, and has now reached at least one final in 12 of the last

13 seasons dating back to 2005 (exception being 2013)

Began 2017 by reaching 2r at Auckland (l. Strycova), Hobart (l. Ozaki) and Australian Open (l. eventual champion

S.Williams)

In doubles, won her 13th career title and fourth Grand Slam at 2017 Australian Open (w/Mattek-Sands, d.

Hlavackova/Peng in F). Owns a 13-3 career record in doubles finals

Ended 2016 at No.64 – her first finish outside the Top 50 since 2008 – down from career-best No.9 finish in 2015 – her

first Top 10 finish (previous best had been No.17 in 2012 and 2014)

Stand-out singles result of 2016 season was capturing her seventh career singles title in front of home crowd at Prague

(d. Stosur in F)

In Grand Slam play reached R16 at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Shvedova) and made 3r at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Stosur) – having

reached the singles final in Paris a year earlier, ranking subsequently dropped from No.13 to No.29. Fell in 2r at US Open

in singles (l. Halep), but won third career Grand Slam doubles title w/Mattek-Sands (d. Garcia/Mladenovic in F)

Played her first event of the 2016 season at Doha in February. Health problems dated back to September 2015, when

she spent a week in hospital in her hometown Brno and missed entire Asian swing – returned to drop openers at Linz

and Moscow, before heading to Singapore for WTA Finals (did not progress past RR, going 1-2 – l. Muguruza, Kvitova; d.

Kerber)

Recorded five successive opening round losses upon return to tour, at 2016 Doha (after 1r bye, l. Buyukakcay), Indian

Wells (after 1r bye, l. Shvedova), Miami (after 1r bye, l. Wickmayer), Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Chirico) and Stuttgart (l.

Ka.Pliskova), snapping losing streak with Prague title

Competed at Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Flipkens) and won bronze medal in doubles (w/Strycova, d.

Hlavackova/Hradecka in medal play-off)

In doubles, won her ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th career titles at 2016 Miami (w/Mattek-Sands, d. Babos/Shvedova in F), US

Open, Wuhan (w/Mattek-Sands, d. Mirza/Strycova in F) and Beijing (w/Mattek-Sands, d. Garcia/Mladenovic in F)

2015 season highlighted by reaching three finals, winning Doha (d. Azarenka in F) and finishing runner-up at New Haven

(l. Kvitova) and in her first Grand Slam singles final at Roland Garros (l. S.Williams)

As well as singles, also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in doubles w/Mattek-Sands – during the year the team won the

Australian Open (their first tournament together), Stuttgart, Roland Garros and Toronto. In Singapore they went 1-2 in

RR stage and did not progress to SF

Made Top 10 singles debut after run to final at 2015 Roland Garros; peaked at a career-high No.5 on September 14, 2015

In August 2015 was one of three Czech players in Top 10 of the rankings (others were Kvitova and Ka.Pliskova); it was the

first time in WTA history that three Czech players were ranked in the Top 10

2017 Australian Open marked 46th Grand Slam main draw. Aside from reaching the final at 2015 Roland Garros and R16

run at 2014 US Open, has also reached SF at 2014 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and QF at 2007 Australian

Open (l. Vaidisova)

Four-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, winning 2015, 2017 Australian Open, 2015 Roland Garros and 2016 US

Open (all w/Mattek-Sands)

Fourth-highest ranked Czech of six in Top 100, after Ka.Pliskova, Kvitova and Strycova (April 3, 2017)

Member of Czech Fed Cup Team, 2004, 2006-15, 2017

Coached by Franta Cermak

Lepchenko:

Making 10th main draw appearance at Charleston (12th overall)

Best result here is reaching R16 in 2009 (l. Dementieva) and 2013 (l. V.Williams). Only other main draw win came in 2012

(l. Hercog 2r)

Faces Safarova today – owns career 4-24 record vs. left-handed opponents

Enters Charleston after qualifying for both Indian Wells (l. Babos in 2r) and Miami (l. Wozniacki in 2r)

Began season with 2r run in Auckland (l. today’s opponent Wozniacki), followed by exit in Sydney qualifying

Advanced to 2r at Australian Open (d. No.19 seed Bertens in 1r, l. Duan); also reached QF of ITF/$100k at Midland-USA (l.

Sebov) and fell 1r at Acapulco (l. eventual R-Up Mladenovic)

Ended 2016 at No.87 – first finish outside Top 50 since 2011 (No.110)

2016 season highlighted by QF appearances at Brisbane (l. Suárez Navarro), Nürnberg (l. Duque-Marino) and Tokyo

[Japan Open] (l. Zhang)

Also reached 3r at both Australian Open (l. Zhang) and US Open (l. Konjuh); 2r at Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Kerber)

and 1r at Roland Garros (l. Makarova)

Is 4-14 lifetime against Top 5 players, owning wins over No.5 A.Radwanska (2014 Stanford), No.5 A.Radwanska (2014

Seoul), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Stanford) and No.3 Muguruza (2016 Brisbane via ret.)

Ended 2015 at No.46 for third non-consecutive Top 50 finish

2015 season highlights were reaching SF at Stanford for second year in a row (l. Ka.Pliskova); was second Premier-level

SF of 2015, after Brisbane in January (l. Ivanovic). Other 2015 highlight was 3r run at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion

Halep in 3s)

Best result at Grand Slam level is making R16 at 2015 US Open (l. Azarenka) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. Kvitova)

Currently the American No.12 of 15 women in the Top 100 (April 3, 2017)

Reached career-first WTA singles final at 2014 Seoul (l. Ka.Pliskova in F)

Born in Uzbekistan; received political asylum in the US in 2001; changed nationality in 2007; officially became a US

citizen in September 2011

Played first professional match in WTA qualifying at 2000 Tashkent; made main draw debut there in 2001

Coached by father, Peter Lepchenko


MATCH NOTES

[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17) vs. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #53)

Head to Head: JELENA JANKOVIC leads 7-2

2013 CLAY O R3 JELENA JANKOVIC 124 mins3-6 6-3 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2013 CLAY I R1 JELENA JANKOVIC 96 mins6-4 6-4 STUTTGART

2012 HARD O QF JELENA JANKOVIC 90 mins6-4 6-2 DUBAI

2011 HARD O QF JELENA JANKOVIC 170 mins6-3 5-7 7-6(4) DUBAI

2010 CLAY O SF SAMANTHA STOSUR 60 mins6-1 6-2 ROLAND GARROS

2010 HARD O R16 SAMANTHA STOSUR 91 mins6-1 7-6(9) MIAMI

2010 HARD O SF JELENA JANKOVIC 88 mins6-2 6-4 INDIAN WELLS

2007 HARD O R16 JELENA JANKOVIC N/A6-2 7-6(2) SYDNEY

2006 HARD O R16 JELENA JANKOVIC N/A6-4 6-1 LOS ANGELES

SAMANTHA STOSUR

17

45

30-03-1984 (33)

$237,293

$16,637,859

0 / 8

0 / 24

7-8 / 418-290

3-4 / 116-106

1-0 / 85-99

JELENA JANKOVIC

53

87

28-02-1985 (32)

$172,782

$18,873,917

0 / 15

0 / 2

23-9

5-8 / 556-328

2-5 / 147-152

1-2 / 103-93

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY











15-9

2-0 / 150-67 0-0 / 123-62

1-3 / 71-134

0-3 / 31-74

0-0 / 40-35

0-3 / 111-149

0-2 / 50-95

0-0 / 49-21


[6] SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #17)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE

vs. JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #53)

R64: d. EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA (RUS #86) 6-0,6-4 (1h02)

Total games: 0

Won/lost: 0-0

Sets won/lost: 0-0




Total games: 16

Won/lost: 12-4

Sets won/lost: 2-0





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MATCH NOTES

SAMANTHA STOSUR

2016

R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #20) 6-4 7-6(5)

R2 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #121) 6-4 7-5

R1 W - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #124) 6-4 6-4

2015


R1 W - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #109) 6-2 6-4

2014


R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #55) 6-3 5-7 6-1

R1 BYE

2013

R16 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #114) 6-1 2-0

R2 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #65) 6-1 6-2

R1 BYE

2012


QF W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #87) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R16 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #50) 6-3 4-6 6-2

R2 W - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #92) 6-0 7-5

R1 BYE

2011

R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-4 6-1

R2 W - PATRICIA MAYR-ACHLEITNER (AUT #108) 6-1 6-2

R1 BYE

2010

F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #22) 6-0 6-3

SF W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #24) 6-3 7-6(2)

QF W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #55) 6-4 6-1

R16 W - VERA DUSHEVINA (RUS #46) 6-1 3-6 6-1

R2 W - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #53) 6-3 7-5

R1 BYE

2007


2006


2005

R2 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #47) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #60) 6-2 6-3

JELENA JANKOVIC

2015

R16 L - DANKA KOVINIC (MNE #121) W/O

R2 W - TATJANA MARIA (GER #95) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1

R1 BYE

2014

QF L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #20) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R16 W - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #75) 7-5 6-1

R2 W - LAUREN DAVIS (USA #62) 6-0 6-3

R1 BYE

2013

F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 3-6 6-0 6-2

SF W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #63) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-2

QF W - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #114) 6-2 6-1

R16 W - JESSICA PEGULA (USA #148) 6-0 6-4

R2 W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #138) 5-7 7-6(10) 6-3

R1 W - MELANIE OUDIN (USA #86) 6-4 5-7 6-4

2012


R1 BYE

2011

SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 6-4 6-4

QF W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #97) 6-2 6-0

R16 W - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #80) 6-2 6-2

R2 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #93) 6-2 6-3

R1 BYE

2010

QF L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #24) 1-6 6-3 6-3

R16 W - EVGENIYA RODINA (RUS #124) 6-3 6-1

R2 W - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #127) 2-6 6-4 6-3

R1 BYE

2008

QF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #17) 6-2 3-6 6-2


R2 W - ALEXANDRA STEVENSON (USA #377) 7-5 6-0

R1 BYE

2007

F W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #12) 6-2 6-2

SF W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #29) 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)

QF W - KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #21) 6-2 6-0

R16 W - MARA SANTANGELO (ITA #30) 6-3 6-0


R1 BYE

2006

R1 L - JULIA VAKULENKO (UKR #193) 7-6(5) 7-5


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Stosur:

Making 11th appearance at Charleston, and champion here in 2010 (d. Zvonareva in F, lost only one set en route to

title). Reached SF in 2012 (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Also doubles champion here in 2006 (w/Raymond)

After 1r bye, plays Jankovic today – their 10th career meeting and first for nearly four years

Coming off R16 showing at Miami (l. Halep 46 75 62 after holding mp)

In Dubai, fell 2r (l. Konjuh) before opening match exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. 2r to Goerges)

Reached QF at Doha (l. No.3 seed Cibulkova); win over No.17 Strycova in Doha 2r for first win over a Top 20 ranked

opponent since defeating No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros (R16). Overall record now stands at 71-134

Also advanced to QF at Taipei City (l. eventual finalist Peng); first wins since defeating Giorgi in 1r at 2016 US Open

after suffering nine straight losses

Began season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Muguruza), Sydney (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Australian Open (l. Watson)

Ended 2016 at No.21, up from No.27 in 2015. Currently ranked No.17

2016 Season highlights were advancing to fifth Grand Slam SF of career at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion

Muguruza). Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 – first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26,

2013

Represented Australia at Rio Olympics, progressing to 3r in singles (l. eventual silver medalist Kerber), and fell 1r in

doubles (w/Gavrilova, l. eventual silver medalists Bacsinszky/Hingis) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Peers, l.

Mirza/Bopanna)

Went 4-10 versus Top 20 players in 2016. Wins came over No.15 Vinci (Sydney), No.11 Suárez Navarro (Madrid), and

No.13 Safarova and No.6 Halep (both at Roland Garros)

Reached her 23rd career singles final at 2016 Prague (l. Safarova in three sets); is now 8‐15 in singles finals

Owns one Grand Slam singles title, having won 2011 US Open (d. S.Williams in F). One of just five women who have


MATCH NOTES

2005

R1 L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #43) 5-7 6-4 6-3

2004

R2 L - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #4) 7-5 6-3

R1 W - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #52) 6-4 3-6 6-3

2002

R1* L - STÉPHANIE FORETZ (FRA #109) 6-3 5-7 6-3


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defeated S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Muguruza)

In addition to 2011 US Open crown, reached final at 2010 Roland Garros (l. Schiavone in F). Has advanced to SF

three times in Paris, in 2009 (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova), 2012 (l. Errani) and 2016 (l. eventual champion

Muguruza)

At Wimbledon, best result is reaching round three times (2009, 2013, 2015)

Won two WTA singles titles in 2015 season, both at International level, at Strasbourg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Bad

Gastein (d. Knapp in F). Was second season where had won multiple titles (also 2013 – Carlsbad, Osaka)

Achieved 500th career match win (all levels) at 2015 Washington DC, the 15th active player to achieve the feat

Owns two wins over a reigning No.1: S.Williams (2010 Roland Garros) and Wozniacki (2010 WTA Finals)

Top-ranked Australian of three in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova and Barty) as at April 3, 2017

Owns eight tour-level singles titles, most recently winning at 2015 Strasbourg and Bad Gastein

Former doubles World No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and

2006 Roland Garros (both w/Raymond)

Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/Draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan) and

2014 Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic)

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Australia in 1998, and first WTA main draws in 2002, as a wildcard at

Gold Coast and Australian Open

Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during

2016 US Open. Stopped working with long-time coach, David Taylor, after 2016 Roland Garros

Jankovic:

Making 12th appearance at Charleston. Champion in 2007 (d. Safina in F) and runner-up in 2013 (l. S.Williams)

Also reached SF in 2011 (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and QF in 2008 (l. Zvonareva), 2010 (l. Hantuchova) and

2014 (l. Bouchard)

Defeated Alexandrova in 1r. Faces No.17 Stosur today in their 10th career meeting – although first in almost four

years – owns a 111-149 record against Top 20 players (0-3 in 2017)

Coming off 1r loss at Miami (l. Shvedova 46 64 76(3) after holding mp at 54). Match against Shvedova was her

1,000th as a professional – only nine other players have reached this milestone (also Navratilova – 1,661, Evert –

1,448, Wade – 1,168, Sánchez Vicario – 1,054, Schiavone – 1,053, Martínez – 1,036, Foretz – 1,035, Graf – 1,015 and

Schnyder – 1,015)

At Indian Wells reached 2r. Defeated Falconi in 1r – first main draw win since 2017 Australian Open – losing 2r to

V.Williams 16 76(5) 61 after holding 3mp

Fell 1r at Taipei (l. Nara), Doha (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Dubai (l. Barthel). 2017 Doha marked first time

playing qualifying in more than 12 years, since 2004 Filderstadt

Began 2017 with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Halep) and Hobart (l. Niculescu). At Australian Open advanced to 3r (l.

Kuznetsova)

2017 Australian Open marked 54th Grand Slam main draw appearance, and her 53rd consecutive, which is the

longest active streak – has not missed a major since 2004 Australian Open

Finished 2016 at No.55 – her first time finishing outside the Top 30 since 2003 (at No.85)

Last season’s highlight was reaching final at Guangzhou (as defending champion, l. Tsurenko). Owns 15-21 career

record in WTA finals, with eight titles coming on hardcourts

Reached two further SF in 2016, at Mallorca (l. Sevastova) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki)

Broke the US$18 million career prize money mark in 2015, becoming the 15th woman to do so

Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, but fell in group stages

Achieved her 600th career win (all levels) at 2015 Guangzhou; at the time was only third active player to achieve

the feat, behind Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Since joined by Maria Sharapova at 2016 Australian Open and

Svetlana Kuznetsova at 2017 Brisbane

Best Grand Slam result of career is reaching final at 2008 US Open (l. S.Williams in F). Has reached the SF at Roland

Garros three times (2007-08, 2010) and best result at Wimbledon is reaching R16 on five occasions

Has two WTA doubles titles – 2006 Birmingham (w/Li) and 2013 Toronto (w/Srebotnik)

Won mixed doubles title at 2007 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)

Former World No.1 (spent 18 weeks in top spot in 2008 and was the year-end No.1) who owns a 3-16 record vs.

No.1-ranked opponents; five Top 10 season finishes overall, and eight Top 20 finishes

At 2010 Rome became the seventh player to defeat both Serena and Venus Williams at the same tournament

Has played 20+ tour-level main draw events in 14 straight years

Currently working with former ATP pro Guillermo Canas


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PREVIEW NOTES: VOLVO CAR OPEN CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 3-9, 2017 | USD $776,000 PREMIER EVENT


CHARLESTON QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday, April 3 - Sunday, April 9, 2017 Singles Final: Sunday 9 April, not before 1:00pm Doubles Final: Sunday 9 April, 10:30am Venue: Family Circle Tennis Center Status: WTA Premier event Staging: Tournament’s 45th year Draw sizes: 56 singles / 16 doubles teams / 32 singles qualifying Surface: Green Clay/Outdoors Total prize money: USD $776,000 Tennis Ball: Dunlop Grand Prix All Surface 2016 Singles Final: [7] Sloane Stephens (USA) d. [Q] Elena Vesnina (RUS) 76(4) 62 2016 Doubles Final: [3] Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA/FRA) d. [1] Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova (USA/CZE) 62 75 PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK

POINTS Winner 132,380 470 Runner-Up 70,460 305 Semifinalist 34,732 185 Quarterfinalist 17,858 100 Round of 16 9,254 55 Round of 32 4,738 30 Round of 64 2,434 1

RECENT PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP*

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP2016 Sloane Stephens Elena Vesnina 2015 Angelique Kerber Madison Keys 2014 Andrea Petkovic Jana Cepelova 2013 Serena Williams Jelena Jankovic 2012 Serena Williams Lucie Safarova 2011 Caroline Wozniacki Elena Vesnina 2010 Samantha Stosur Vera Zvonareva 2009 Sabine Lisicki Caroline Wozniacki 2008 Serena Williams Vera Zvonareva 2007 Jelena Jankovic Dinara Safina 2006 Nadia Petrova Patty Schnyder

If highlighted denotes competing in 2017 Volvo Car Open main draw *A complete honour roll can be found at WTATennis.com


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MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS (excludes qualifiers) Singles wildcards: Hayley Carter (USA), Kayla Day (USA), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) Youngest singles player: Kayla Day, 17 (September 28, 1999) Oldest singles player: Venus Williams, 36 (June 17, 1980) Singles withdrawals: Vania King, Alisa Kleybanova, Ana Konjuh, Yaroslava Shvedova, Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Main draw debutantes: Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS), Annika Beck (GER), Jennifer Brady (USA), Kayla Day (USA), Duan Ying-Ying (CHN), Johanna Konta (GBR), Magda Linette (POL), Jelena Ostapenko (LAT), Maria Sakkari (GRE), Katerina Siniakova (CZE) TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS

Reigning Charleston champion Sloane Stephens is unable to defend title she won by beating Elena Vesnina 12 months ago due to her continuing recovery from foot surgery

Five other former Charleston champions are, however, present: Andrea Petkovic (2014), Samantha Stosur (2010), and ex-No.1s Caroline Wozniacki (2011), Jelena Jankovic (2007) and Venus Williams (2004)

2016 Charleston finalist Vesnina returns as No.4 seed, and is riding high after winning the biggest title of her career last month, at Indian Wells

Miami champion Johanna Konta also makes the trip to South Carolina, fresh from Saturday’s victory over Wozniacki. She is seeded No.2 and will be making her main draw debut at Charleston, having fallen in qualifying on her only previous visit, in 2011

Madison Keys is top seed –a status she has enjoyed only once before at a WTA event (2015 Strasbourg) – and will continue her comeback having returned from a wrist injury at the Indian Wells-Miami double-header

Lucie Safarova – runner-up here in 2012 – returns to the Family Circle Tennis Center looking to continue her quietly impressive run of form. After reaching the quarterfinals at Miami, the Czech, who has won 13 of her past 17 matches, is set to return to the Top 30 on Monday

Germany’s Laura Siegemund is looking for her 400th career win (at all levels) this week in Charleston, which would come should she win her opening round match against Lesia Tsurenko

One to Watch – Kayla Day. The 17-year-old reached the third round at Indian Wells as a wildcard and will begin her Charleston debut with an all-American showdown against Alison Riske

TOP FOUR SEEDS’ PREVIOUS TOURNAMENT HISTORY

PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY WIN-LOSS* WIN %[1] Madison Keys (USA)

R-Up (1): 2015 (l. Kerber)QF (1): 2013 (l. V.Williams) 2r (2): 2014 (l. Peng), 2016 (l. Seigemund)

8-4 .667

[2] Johanna Konta (GBR)

Q-R32 (1): 2011 (l. Mirza)

0-0 0

[3] Venus Williams (USA)

W (1): 2004 (d. Martínez in final)SF (2): 2007 (l. Jankovic), 2013 (S.Williams) QF (1): 2012 (l. Stosur) R16 (4): 2005 (l. Golovin), 2009 (l. Lisicki), 2014 (l. Bouchard), 2016 (l. Putintseva)

20-7 .741

[4] Elena Vesnina (RUS) R-Up (2): 2011 (l. Wozniacki), 2016 (l. Stephens) QF (1): 2009 (l. Lisicki) R16 (2): 2010 (l. Peng), 2014 (l. Cepelova) 2r (1): 2012 (l. S.Williams) 1r (4): 2006 (l. Zvonareva), 2007 (l. Bardina), 2008 (l. Govortsova), 2015 (l. Cepelova)

18-10 .667

* Main draw matches


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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Excluding qualifiers, a total of 26 countries are represented in the main draw, led by USA with 11 players:

Australia (2) China (3) Croatia (1)

Daria Gavrilova, Samantha StosurDuan Ying-Ying, Zhang Shuai Mirjana Lucic-Baroni

Czech Republic (2) Lucie Safarova, Katerina SiniakovaDenmark (1) Caroline Wozniacki Germany (4) Mona Barthel, Annika Beck, Andrea Petkovic, Laura SiegemundGreat Britain (1) Johanna Konta Greece (1) Maria Sakkari Italy (1) Japan (2) Kazakhstan (1)

Sara Errani Misaki Doi, Naomi Osaka Yulia Putintseva

Latvia (2) Montenegro (1)

Jelena Ostapenko, Anastaija SevastovaDanka Kovinic

Netherlands (1) Kiki Bertens New Zealand (1) Puerto Rico (1)

Marina Erakovic Monica Puig

Poland (1) Magda Linette Romania (1) Irina-Camelia Begu Russia (4) Serbia (1)

Ekaterina Alexandrova, Daria Kasatkina, Evgeniya Rodina, Elena Vesnina Jelena Jankovic

Spain (1) Lara Arruabarrena Slovakia (1) Kristina Kucova Sweden (1) Johanna Larsson

Turkey (1) Cagla Buyukakcay

Ukraine (2) United States (11)

Kateryna Bondarenko, Lesia TsurenkoJeniffer Brady, Hayley Carter, Louisa Chirico, Lauren Davis, Kayla Day, Madison Keys, Varvara Lepchenko, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Alison Riske, Shelby Rogers, Venus Williams

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