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DAY 4 MATCH-UPS

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) VS. [14] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #13)

[WC] JIL TEICHMANN (SUI #76) VS. [2] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #2)

ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #22) VS. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #30)

KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #23) VS. [10] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11)

[5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) VS. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #25)

ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #19) VS. PAULA BADOSA (ESP #29)

Barty leads 2-1 Barty is 12-1 vs. Top 20 players this season, loss coming to the Belarusian Sabalenka… Azarenka is

defending champion – last player to defend the title was S.Williams from 2014-15

First meeting Teichmann owns two Top 5 wins in career… Osaka hasn’t lost to a player outside the Top 50 all

year…

Series tied 1-1 Kerber making her landmark tenth appearance at Western & Southern Open… Ostapenko has

posted best Cincinnati result this year by reaching R16…

First meeting Muchova is perfect 7-0 vs. Top 20 opponents in 2021… Of Bencic’s five career titles, four have been

won on hard courts…

Pegula leads 4-0 Pegula has won all four meetings in a row with Pliskova, only dropping one set… Pliskova aiming to

reach fifth QF of 2021…

Series tied 1-1 (1-0 Rybakina in main draw) Badosa earned second Top 5 win of career over No.3 Sabalenka in 2r… Rybakina defeated Badosa

at 2019 Bucharest and went on to win the title…

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[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) VS. [14] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #13) Head-to-head: BARTY leads 2-1 2021 MIAMI HARD (O) R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-1 1-6 6-2 2019 BJK CUP HARD (I) R2 ASHLEIGH BARTY 7-6(2) 6-3 2018 TOKYO HARD (O) R16 VICTORIA AZARENKA 6-4 6-2

BARTY AZARENKA Career Prize Money $21,104,531 Career Prize Money $32,876,728 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) April. 24, 1999 (25) Date of Birth (Age) July 31, 1989 (32) Singles Titles 12 Singles Titles 21 Tournament W-L (MD) 8-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 18-5 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 36-7 / 288-101 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 19-6 / 488-190 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 14-2 / 67-23 3-Set (YTD / Career) 6-3 / 94-67 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 9-0 / 36-15 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 71-43 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 15-3 / 118-44 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 10-4 / 346-128 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 6-1 / 24-21 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 4-3 / 72-78 Coach Craig Tyzzer Coach Maxime Tchoutakian

BARTY

Cincinnati • Making fourth main draw appearance at Western & Southern Open. Her best result here came in her most

recent outing in 2019, where she reached the SF (l. eventual R-Up Kuznetsova)

• Has also made R16 twice, in 2017 (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki, d V.Williams in 2r) and 2018 (l. eventual R-Up

Halep)

• Is the No.1 seed here this fortnight – the last time the World No.1 and No.1 seed won Cincinnati was S.Williams

in 2015

• Won first Tour-level event yesterday over Watson since being crowned Wimbledon champion on Saturday, July

10 (also played Tokyo Olympics in between)

• Faces No.15 Azarenka today; owns 12-1 record against Top 20 ranked opponents this year, sole loss came to

No.7 Sabalenka in the Madrid final

• Looking to reach ninth QF this season; has reached the final eight in three out of the four WTA events played on

hard courts this season (not including the Olympics)

• One of two Aussies in the draw (also Sam Stosur, who fell to Rybakina in 1r)

• Playing first event of 2021 North American hard court swing at Western & Southern Open (withdrew from

Montreal last week)










Season • Coming off 1r exit at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (l. Sorribes Tormo)

• Won second Grand Slam title of career at Wimbledon (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). Is fourth junior champion (2011) to

lift the Venus Rosewater Dish, joining Jones, Hingis and Mauresmo

• Exited Roland Garros in 2r (l. Linette via ret.w/hip injury). Also made QF at Rome (l. Gauff via ret. w/right arm

injury)

• Finished R-Up at Madrid (l. Sabalenka in F);defeat to No.7 Sabalenka ended a run a 10 consecutive wins over

Top-10 opponents

• At Stuttgart, won third title of the season at Stuttgart (d. No.9 Ka.Pliskova in QF, No.5 Svitolina in SF and No.7

Sabalenka in F); also won doubles title w/Brady to become first player to sweep both titles since Davenport in

2001

• Kicked off clay court season with QF showing at Charleston (l. Badosa)

• Lifted 10th career title, at Miami (d. Andreescuin F via ret. w/left foot injury) – first time defending a title in her

career; saved a match point against qualifi er Kucova in 2r - S.Williams in 2007 was the last woman to win

Miami after saving a match point

• Ended Australian swing with 2r exit at Adelaide (after 1r bye, l. Collins)

• Opened season by lifting ninth career title, atthe Yarra Valley Classic (d. Muguruza in F). Followed this by

advancing to QF at Australian Open (l. Muchova)

Career Milestones

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

resumption of play in the summer

• Went 12-3 to start 2020 season, results highlighted by fi rst title on home soil, and eighth overall at Adelaide (d.

Yastremska in F). Followed up with first SF run at Australian Open(l. eventual champion Kenin) and runner-up

finish at Doha (l. Kvitova)

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

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

against Top 10 opponents

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

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

F (June 24, 2019)

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

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

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

• In 2019, spearheaded Australia to its first Billie Jean King Cup final since 1993, against France in Perth; went 1-

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

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

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

• Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe, d. No.1 seeds

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



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

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

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

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

2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all rounder for the Brisbane Heat cricket team in the 2015

16Women’s Big Bash League

• During doubles partnership alongside compatriot Dellacqua, reached three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013

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

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

• Made WTA main draw debut as WC at 2012 Hobart

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

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

AZARENKA: Cincinnati

• Making eighth appearance at Cincinnati, having made her debut here in 2009

• Returns as the defending champion, winning last year’s Western & Southern Open played in New York (d.

Osaka in F via walkover); marked first title since 2016 Miami

• Is a two-time champion here, having also won the title in 2013 – d. then-World No.1 S.Williams in third set tie-

break in F

• In other results at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, reached R16 twice (2009, 2015), 2r on two occasions

2018-19) and fell 1r in 2010

• Is into the 3r after two impressive wins over Samsonova and Riske in the first two rounds

• Faces World No.1 Barty today who she fell to at this stage of the Miami Open earlier this year

• Last win over a reigning World No.1 came over S.Williams in the final of 2019 Indian Wells

• Looking to reach sixth QF of the season and fourth on hard courts

• Coming off QF run at Montreal – as No.8 seed, l. top seed and fellow Belarusian, Sabalenka

• Backed up last year’s Western & Southern title with sensational run to third US Open final of career, defeating

Haas, Sabalenka, Swiatek, Muchova, Mertens and Serena before falling to Osaka; represented first apperance

in a Grand Slam final in seven years (2013 US Open, l. S.Williams)

• All bar one of her 21 career titles have been won on hardcourts (incl. indoors); exception is 2011 Marbella

(clay); among active players, only Serena and venus have won more titles on the surface

Season • Fell 1r at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (l. Friedsam)

• Also fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Ahn)

• Made bright start to grass court season, reaching 3r at Nottingham (l. Boulter) and then became only the third

British woman to make SF at Birmingham (l. eventual champion Jabeur). Also fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Swiatek)

• Contested qualifying at Madrid and fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Diyas)

• Helped Great Britain to a 3-1 win over Mexico in the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs (d. Olmos, l. Zacarias)



• Suffered 1r exits at Monterrey (l. LL Dart) and then at Miami (l. Stojanovic)

• Fell 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Kudermetova) and then in 2r at Australian Open (l. Kontaveit)

• Made 2r in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. Alexandrova)

Career Milestones • Broke back into Top 50 at No.49 (March 2, 2020) – her highest ranking since June 15, 2015 (No.47) – after a

campaign in which she lifted her fourth career title and first since 2016 at Acapulco (d. Fernandez in F)

• Defeated No.17 Mertens at 2020 Hobart for first Top 20 win since 2017 Wimbledon (No.19 Sevastova)

• Highlight of 2019 was R-Up finish at Tianjin (l. Peterson)

• During 2018, won fourth career WTA doubles title at Acapulco (w/ Maria) and reached doubles final at

Nottingham (w/ Buzarnescu)

• Won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2016 (w/Kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld in F) and finished R-Up in

2017 (w/Kontinen, l. Hingis/Murray)

• Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/ Konta, l.

H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles (w/A.Murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza)

• Hit career-high singles ranking of No.38 on January 19, 2015 after title run at Hobart

• Two Top 10 wins of her career came over against No.8 A.Radwanska (2015 Indian Wells) and No.9 Cibulkova

(2017 Eastbourne)

• Struggled throughout 2014 season with a right rib injury and missed two months in 2013 due to glandular fever

(Miami to Roland Garros)

• Enjoyed a breakthrough 2012 season, winning Osaka to become first British woman to win a WTA singles title

since Sara Gomer in 1988. Finished year as British No.1

• Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2011 and made Top 50 debut on October 15, 2012

• On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles and three doubles titles

• Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 Miami and recorded first main draw match win at 2010

Eastbourne

• Played first professional event on ITF Circuit At 2009 ITF/Jersey-GBR

• Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, 2011-20 and Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 Won US Open

junior singles title in 2009 (d. Buchina in F)





[WC] JIL TEICHMANN (SUI #76) VS. [2] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #2) Head-to-head: First career meeting

TEICHMANN OSAKA Career Prize Money $1,291,919 Career Prize Money $19,77,132 Plays Left-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) July 15, 1997 (24) Date of Birth (Age) October 16, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 2 Singles Titles 7 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-1 Tournament W-L (MD) 7-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 15-13 / 43-44 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 17-4 / 153-77 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 5-6 / 10-17 3-Set (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 44-20 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-4 / 9-13 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 28-25 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 12-7 / 25-27 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 15-2 / 121-52 Top 5 W-L (YTD/Career) 1-0 / 2-1 Top 5 W-L (YTD/Career) 0-0 / 4-8 Coach Arantxa Parra Santonja Coach Wim Fissette

TEICHMANN:

Cincinnati • Making second main draw appearance at the Western and Southern Open however this is her first time in the

main draw at the Lindner Family Tennis Center (however did contest qualifying here in 2019)

• Last year at this event in New York, reached 2r as a qualifier (d. Collins, l. Kontaveit)

• Enters the main draw this week as a qualifier putting together back-to-back wins for the first time since Dubai

earlier this year

• Defeated Cirstea and Pera in first two rounds dropping a total of only seven games and having her serve broken

just once

• Faces No.2 Osaka today for a spot in the QF; won her only match-up with a Top 5 opponent this year defeating

No.5 Svitolina in Madrid 1r

• Owns one other Top 5 win when she defeated No.5 Bertens in the 2019 Palermo final to earn her second

career WTA title

• Looking to replicate success on hard courts from earlier in the year when she consecutively reached QF at

Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova), SF at Adelaide (l. Swiatek) and SF at Dubai (l. Krejcikova)

• With Bencic, one of two Swiss players into the R16; the two players would face each other in QF should they

both win today

Season










• Made 1r exit at Montreal (l. Collins)

• Ended losing streak with win over Bassols Ribera in Palermo but withdrew from next match with a left thigh

injury

• Returned to Tour at Wimbledon falling in 1r (l. Giorgi) followed by 1r exits at Hamburg (l. eventual champion

Ruse) and Lausanne (l. Zanevska)

• Fell 1r at Rome (l. Sevastova) and 2r at Strasbourg (l. Putintseva via ret. – left lower leg injury)

• Made 2r exit at Madrid after earning second Top 5 win of career over No.5 Svitolina in 1r (l. Badosa)

• Fell 1r in Miami to Badosa after retiring in the first set with a left thigh injury

• Reached first SF at WTA 1000 event at Dubai defeating No.10 Kvitova in 2r, Jabeur in R16 and Gauff in QF (l.

Krejcikova)

• Ended Australian swing with QF at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Bouzkova) and then first WTA 500 SF at Adelaide (l.

eventual champion Swiatek)

• Opened season with back-to-back 1r exits at the Gippsland Trophy and Australian Open (l. Gauff at both

tournaments)

Career Milestones

• Achieved career-best year-end ranking of No.57 in 2020, helped by runner-up showing at Lexington (l. Brady)

and QF at Strasbourg (l. Svitolina)

• Won first and second titles of her career during 2019 season, coming through qualifying to triumph at Prague (d.

Muchova in F) and then at Palermo (d. No.5 Bertens in F)

• Made Top 100 debut after Prague success, jumping from No.146 to No.87 (May 6). Rose to career-high No.54

following Palermo title run (July 29, 2019)

• Also made QF on home soil at Lausanne and fell 1r at nine other tour-level events (including Wimbledon and

US Open). Won ITF Circuit title at Santa Margherita Di Pula-ITA

• Qualified for first Grand Slam main draw at 2018 US Open, going on to reach 2r (l. Kanepi). Also, reached 2r at

tour level events at Acapulco and Linz and lifted WTA 125K Series title at Newport Beach (w/Doi)

• Spent majority of 2016 on ITF Circuit, winning 44 matches and three titles to rise over 200 places in the

rankings. Also reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at Strasbourg and fell in qualifying at US Open

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2015 Luxembourg

• Owns six singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in Switzerland and Germany in 2013

• As a junior won 2014 US Open girls’ doubles (w/Soylu) and a gold medal in mixed doubles (w/Zielinski) at 2014

Youth Olympics in Nanjing

OSAKA: Cincinnati

• Making fourth main draw appearance (fifth overall) at the Western & Southern Open reaching the final here in

2020 (withdrew from final match with a left hamstring injury)

• Also fell in first main draw appearance in 2018 (l. Sakkari) and reached the QF in 2019 (l. Kenin via ret.)



• Defeated American, Gauff yesterday in first WTA main draw match since withdrawing from Roland Garros back

in June

• Faces WC Teichmann today looking for first QF since Miami; has not lost to a player outside the Top 50 yet this

year

• A loss today would worst by-ranking since falling to No.78 Sorribes Tormo and Billie Jean King Cup action in

Feburary of 2020 and worst by-ranking at a Tour-level event since defeat by No.67 Gauff at 2020 Australian

Open

• Run here last year started a 23-match win streak (all on hard courts), taking her to her third and fourth Grand

Slam titles at the 2020 US Open and 2021 Australian Open; streak ended in QF in Miami (l. Sakkari)

• Only other loss on hard courts this year came in R16 at the Olympics to eventual silver medalist, Vondrousova

• All seven of her career titles have come on hard courts and owns an 84.7% win percentage on the surface in

the last three seasons (61-11 record)

• Has pledged to donate her prize money from the tournament to relief efforts in Haiti after the country was struck

by a 7.2 earthquake on Saturday

Season

• Returned to action at the Olympics hosted by her home nation of Japan, where she was honored by lighting the

Olympic flame during the Opening Ceremonies; fell in R16 to eventual silver medalist, Vondrousova

• Withdrew from Roland Garros after defeating Tig in 1r, took a hiatus from the Tour following her withdrawal

• Upset in 2r at Madrid (l. Muchova) and Rome (after 1r bye, l. Pegula)

• Reached QF at Miami (l. Sakkari); defeat ended 23-match unbeaten streak - fifth woman since 2000 to go

unbeaten for 23 or more matches

• Lifted fourth Grand Slam title, at Australian Open (d. Brady in F); saved two match points to defeat No.14

Muguruza in R16 and register her 50th career Grand Slam victory – eighth time in the Open Era a woman has won

Australian Open after saving match point, following Monica Seles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002), Serena Williams

(2003 and 2005), Li Na (2014), Angelique Kerber (2016) and Caroline Wozniacki (2018)

• Opened the season with SF showing at the Gippsland Trophy (withdrew prior to match against Mertens w/right

shoulder injury)

• Made 2r in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. Kostyuk)

Career Milestones

• Won 2021 Australian Open (d. Brady in F) to become first woman since Seles in the early 1990s to win each of

her first four Grand Slamfinals – is the 16th woman to win four or more majors in the Open Era

• At 2020 US Open, came from a set and a breakdown to Azarenka and win third Grand Slam title of career

• Also last season was R-Up at Western &Southern Open – withdrew w/left hamstring injury before final against

Azarenka

• Won second Grand Slam at Australian Open (d.Kvitova in F); became first Japanese player to reach World No.1

ranking following the tournament



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

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

2018 Indian Wells)

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

No.68 in 2017

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

US Open (d. S.Williams in F)

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

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

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

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

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

since Date in 1990 (197,122d)

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

Wimbledon and US Open

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

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

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

reached QF on three occasions and 3r at Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open

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

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

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

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




ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #22) VS. JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #30) Head-to-head: 1-1 2021 ROME CLAY (O) R16 JELENA OSTAPENKO 4-6 6-3 6-4 2018 WIMBLEDON GRASS SF ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-3 6-3

KERBER OSTAPENKO Career Prize Money $30,781,024 Career Prize Money $9,683,511 Plays Left-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jan. 18, 1988 (33) Date of Birth (Age) Jun. 8, 1997 (24) Singles Titles 13 Singles Titles 4 Tournament W-L (MD) 15-9 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-4 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 21-11 / 456-261 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 23-14/151-120 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 6-2 / 126-98 3-Set (YTD / Career) 7-7/51-39 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 90-63 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-4/36-24 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 6-5 / 293-168 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 10-8/85-79 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 2-2 / 43-64 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 0-5 / 13-21 Coach Torben Beltz Coach Thomas Hogstedt

Jelena Jakovleva

KERBER: Cincinnati

• Making 10th appearance at Cincinnati, where she finished R-Up in 2012 (d. No.5 Kvitova and No.4 S.Williams,

l. Li) and 2016 (d. No.4 Halep, l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Took out Sakkari in 1r and world No.5 Svitolina in 2r for third and fourth Top-20 win of the season, has also won

over No.3 Halep at Rome (via ret.) and No.12 Kvitova at Bad Homburg; 2r win over Svitolina is also her 2nd top

10 win of the season

• Has achieved back-to-back wins on hard courts for the first time since the opening tournament of year at the

Grampians Trophy when she reached QF (l. Sakkari)

• Playing Ostapenko in 3r today; has won their last meeting in Rome earlier this year in 3 sets

• Only German woman in the draw • In only outing of last year’s US hard-court swing, made R16 at US Open (l. Brady)

• Owns seven hard-court titles, including at 2016 US Open

Season • Advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Barty)

• Opened grass court season with 2r showing on home soil at Berlin (l. Azarenka), then lifted first title in nearly

three years, at Bad Homburg (d. Siniakova in F)

• Reached 3r at Rome (l. Ostapenko), then fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Kalinina)








• Began clay court season with 2r showings at Stuttgart (l. Svitolina) and then Madrid (l. Kvitova)

• Reached 3r at Miami (l. Azarenka)

• Made 2r at Doha (l. Kontaveit) and then suffered 1r defeat at Dubai (l. Garcia)

• Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Pera) – her first opening round loss at Melbourne Park since 2015

• Opened season by reaching QF at Grampians Trophy (l. Sakkari)

Career Milestones • Highlight of an interrupted 2020 season were R16 runs at Australian Open and US Open

• Reached two finals across 2019, including a R-Up finish at Indian Wells (l. Andreescu), in what was the first

Premier Mandatory final of her career. As a result, passed the $28 million prize money mark – currently eighth

on the all-time list

• Victory over Kontaveit in 2r at 2019 Doha marked 600th career win across all levels

• Defeated Haddad Maia in 2r at 2019 Australian Open for 100th Grand Slam match-win (one of seven active

players to achieve the feat)

• Won two titles in 2018, at Sydney (d. Barty in F) and third Grand Slam crown of career at Wimbledon (d.

S.Williams in F), finishing the season ranked No.2

• Also in 2018, advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points), Dubai (l.

eventual champion Svitolina) and Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki

• Best results of 2017 season were R-Up finish at Monterrey and SF runs at Tokyo [PPO] and Dubai

• Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams

in F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World

No.1 in the WTA rankings. At 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1

• At 2016 Australian Open, became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li

Na at 2014 Australian Open (Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi)

• Finished 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – became 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German

woman to do so after Graf (eight times)

• Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media; also, ITF World Champion and Olympics

silver medalist that year. Ended the season with a tour-leading 63-18 win-loss record

• Part of the Germany team that reached the final of 2014 Billie Jean King Cup. Also played the competition in

2007-08, 2012-13, 2015-18

• Made Grand Slam breakthrough with run to SF at 2011 US Open (ranked No.92, upset No.13 A.Radwanska, l.

eventual champion Stosur)

• Broke into Top 100 on May 14, 2007 and reached first WTA QF one month later at 's-Hertogenbosch (l.

Chakvetadze)

• Lost to Dementieva in 1r at 2007 Roland Garros on her Grand Slam main draw debut

• Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut, at 2006 Hasselt (d. Oprandi, l. Ivanovic)

• Professional debut came in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

OSTAPENKO Cincinnati



• Making 5th appearance at Cincinnati, and has posted best result with R16 run in 2021

• Previous made 2r in 2016 (l. eventual champion Ka. Pliskova), while fell 1r on all the other occasions (in 2017

and 2019)

• Took out Zidansek in straight sets in first round, and Brady (via ret.) in seond round – had lost the first set to

Brady however was leading 5-4 in the second prior to her retirement

• Playing Kerber in 3r today; has lost their last meeting in Rome earlier this year in 3 sets

• Only Lativian woman in the draw • Didn’t play the US hard court swing in 2020

• Owns two hard-court titles from Seoul in 2017 and Luxembourg in 2019

Season • Fell 1r at Montreal (l. Siniakova)

• Fell 1r at Olympics (l. Vesnina)

• Began grass court season with 2r showing at Birmingham (l. Martincova), then lifted title at Eastbourne (as WC,

d. Kontaveit in F) and reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Tomljanovic)

• Advanced to QF at Rome (d. Konta and Kerber en route, l. Ka.Pliskova), then fell 1r at Roland-Garros (l. Kenin)

• Made 2r at Stuttgart (l. Ka. Pliskova) and Madrid (l. Brady)

• Won singles rubber against Raina to help Latvia to a 3-1 play-o victory over India in the Billie Jean King Cup

• Produced 3r showing at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty)

• Also reached 2r at St. Petersburg (l. Cristian)

• Made 2r at Doha (d. No.11 Bertens, l. Pegula) and Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Krejcikova). Also finished R-Up in

doubles at Doha (w/Niculescu, l. Melichar/Schuurs)

• Opened 2021 campaign with 3r showing at Gippsland Trophy (l. Svitolina) before 1r exit at Australian Open (l.

Muchova)

Career Milestones • Highlights of 2020 season included three Top 10wins: defeating No.4 Ka. Pliskova at Roland Garros, No.7

Kenin at Fed Cup qualifiers andNo.8 Bertens at Strasbourg (via ret.). Also recorded 20th Top 20 win of her

career at Ostrava (d. Martic in 1r)

• Finished R-Up in doubles w/Dabrowski at 2020Doha (l. Hsieh/Strycova)

• The 2019 season saw her capture third career title at Luxembourg (d. Goerges in F) right after finishing R-Up at

Linz (l. Gauff)

• Also R-Up in mixed doubles at 2019 Wimbledon (w/ Lindstedt)

• Her 2018 campaign was highlighted by finishing R-Up at Miami (l. Stephens); saw o No.9Kvitova and No.4

Svitolina en route to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same tournament for the first time in her career

• Reached 2018 Wimbledon SF (l. eventual champion Kerber) to become first Latvian woman to reach final four

at All England Club

• Achieved career-high ranking of No.5 on March19, 2018Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F)

becoming first woman to win first tour-level title at a Grand Slam since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open



(d. Walsh in F). Also became the first unseeded player to lift the trophy in the Open Era and the first Latvian

player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam

• Followed up title run with QF appearance at 2017 Wimbledon to become only second player in last 10 year

(also S. Williams in 2015) to follow up victory at Roland Garros with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon

• Qualified for debut WTA Finals in 2017 going 1-2in group stage (d. Ka.Pliskova, l. V. Williams, l. Muguruza)

• Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7);

was No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

• Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11,2017

• In doubles, won first and second career titles in2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo)

• Breakthrough result of 2016 season was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro)

• 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 (298spots)

• Scored first Top 10 win over No.9 Suárez Navarro in 1r at 2015 Wimbledon; upset Muguruza in QF at 2017

Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1

• Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l.Beck)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Taskent advancing to 2r( l. Pervak)

• Began playing ITF Circuit events in2012



KAROLINA MUCHOVA (CZE #23) VS. [10] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #11) Head-to-head: First meeting

MUCHOVA BENCIC Career Prize Money $3,145,608 Career Prize Money $8,786,551 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Aug. 21, 1996 (24) Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 10, 1997 (24) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 5 Tournament W-L (MD) 3-1 Tournament W-L (MD) 4-4 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 19-7 / 56-30 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 25-14 / 181-130 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 7-4 / 19-14 3-Set (YTD / Career) 11-4 / 68-42 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 3-4 / 14-8 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 6-1 / 46-27 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 10-2 / 37-20 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 15-6 / 119-86 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 4-0 / 5-8 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 0-0 / 46-24 Coach David Kotyza Coach Sebastian Sachs / Ivan Bencic

MUCHOVA:

Cincinnati • Making second appearance at Western & Southern Open – reached 2r on debut last summer in New York (l.

Osaka in 3s)

• Coming off 1r exit at Montreal last week, whers she fell to qualifier Dodin

• Advanced to today’s match against Bencic with wins over Konta and Andreescu – win over No.8 Andreescu is

fifth career victory over a Top 10 opponent, and fouth this year

• Heading into today’s match against Bencic owns a perfect 7-0 record against Top 20 opponents in 2021

• Served 11 aces in first round win over Konta

• Through to R16 at a hardcourt WTA1000 event for the first time

• One of four Czechs through to R16 this week, along with Ka.Pliskova, Krejcikova and Kvitova

• Won sole career title to date on hardcourts at Seoul in 2019

• Besides 2r effort at this event last year, her 2020 North American swing included a run to R16 at US Open (l.

Azarenka in 3s)

• Celebrates her 25th birthday on Saturday (August 21)

Season

• At Wimbledon, advanced to QF for second time in career (l. Kerber)

• Fell 1r at new grass court event in Berlin (l. Kudermetova)

• Advanced to QF at Madrid (d. No.1 Osaka in 2r, l. Pavlyuchenkova) and 3r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens)

• Opened clay season with 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. Alexandrova)

• Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching SF at Australian Open (l. Brady). During Melbourne run, upset

World No.1 and home favorite Barty in QF

• Withdrew from opening two tournaments in 2021, firstly at Abu Dhabi prior to 2r match (w/illness) and then at

the Gippsland Trophy prior to QF match vs. Kanepi (w/abdominal injury)



Career Milestones • Posted best result at US Open by reaching R16 in 2020 – handed V.Williams her first opening round loss in

New York in 22 appearances, then saved 3mp vs. Cirstea in 3r, before falling to eventual R-Up Azarenka

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

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

maiden major QF at Wimbledon (l. Svitolina)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

fell in qualifying at US Open

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

BENCIC: Cincinnati

• Making fifth main draw appearance at Cincinnati

• This week has matched previous best result by reaching R16 – did so in 2015 (l. Safarova via ret.)

• Dropped her openers on other three visits: 2014 (l. Knapp in 1r), 2016 (l. Babos in 2r after 1r bye) and 2019 (re.

vs. Azarenka in 1r); also fell in qualifying in 2018

• Four of her five career singles titles have been won on hardcourts – coming off triumph at the Tokyo Olympics

(d. Vondrousova in gold medal match)

• Defeated Vondrousova again in 1r this week, followed by defeat of Rogers in 2r

• Other notable hardcourt result this year was R-Up finish at Adelaide (l. Swiatek)

• Did not play in North America last summer due to the pandemic

• Bidding to become just the second Swiss woman to win the Cincinnati title, after Patty Schnyder in 2005

Season

• At Tokyo Olympics, became first Swiss woman player to win a gold medal in singles – d. Vondrousova in F

• On grass, advanced to final at Berlin (l. Samsonova) before falling 2r at Eastbourne (l. Golubic) and 1r at

Wimbledon (l. Juvan)

• Suffered 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina)

• Advanced to QF at Madrid (l. Badosa), then fell 1r at Rome (l. Mladenovic)

• Fell 2r at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Badosa) and Stuttgart (l. Alexandrova)

• Before that, made 3r showings at Miami (l. Vondrousova in 3s) and Dubai (l. Potapova), as well as a 1r exit at

Doha (l. Keys)



• Finished R-Up at Adelaide (l. Swiatek)

• Made 3r run at the Australian Open (l. Mertens) – beat Davis in 1r and Kuznetsova in 2r to register back-to-back

wins for the first time since QF run at 2020 Doha

• Opened 2021 season with 2r exit at the Grampians Trophy (after 1r bye, l. Cirstea) in what was her first match

since last September at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Kovinic)

Career Milestones • Across a disrupted 2020 reached three QFs, at Adelaide, St. Petersburg and Doha

• Enjoyed a stellar season in 2019, in which she lifted two titles – at Dubai (d. Kvitova in F) and Moscow (d.

Pavlyuchenkova in F) and posted a career-best 49 Tour-level match wins in 2019; only Ka.Pliskova (52), Barty

(54) and Bertens (55) scored more. By contrast, posted a combined total of 37 wins at this level across 2016-18

• Victory in Moscow ensured she became first Swiss player to compete in singles at the WTA Finals since Hingis

in 2006, going on to reach SF at the season-ending showpiece in Shenzhen

• Equaled her career-high ranking of No.7 following Moscow title run (October 21, 2019)

• Also in 2019, marked 20th Grand Slam main draw by reaching her maiden major SF at US Open (l. eventual

champion Andreescu) and finished R-Up at Mallorca (l. Kenin after holding 3mp at 5-4 in second set)

• Was voted WTA Comeback Player of the Year in 2019

• Led the WTA with six victories over Top 5 players in 2019, including upsets over No.1 Osaka at Indian Wells,

Madrid and US Open

• Standout result in 2018 was R-Up finish at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. Goerges)

• In first round at 2018 Australian Open, defeated No.5 V.Williams. Having also upset then-No.1 S.Williams in SF

at 2015 Toronto is one of seven women to defeat both Williams sisters before their 21st birthday (also Hingis,

Sharapova, Clijsters, Henin, Chakvetadze and Osaka)

• Underwent left wrist surgery in spring 2017, missing five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 Run to 2016 St.

Petersburg final saw her break into Top 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to

break into the Top 10 since computerized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last 20 years, 11 players

have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday

• At 2015 Eastbourne, at 18y 109d, became second youngest player to win a WTA Premier level final (Wozniacki

won 2008 New Haven aged 18y 43d)

• With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since Azarenka

at 2009 Miami Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai however withdrew due to hand injury

• Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming earlier in

the year at Prague (w/Siniakova)

• Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after a campaign highlighted by R-Up finish at Tianjin (l. Riske) and QF

run at 2014 US Open (defeated No.7 Kerber in 3r, No.10 Jankovic in R16); at 17 years of age, was youngest

player through to last eight at Flushing Meadows since 1997 when Hingis won the title

• Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months later at

same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 years, 7 months at the time

• Won junior singles titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2013; was named ITF Junior World Champion for

2013



[5] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #4) VS. JESSICA PEGULA (USA #25) Head-to-head: PEGULA leads 4-0 2021 BERLIN GRASS (O) R16 PEGULA 7-5 6-2 2021 MIAMI HARD (O) 3R PEGULA 6-1 4-6 6-4 2021 DUBAI HARD (O) R16 PEGULA 6-0 6-2 2021 DOHA HARD (O) QF PEGULA 6-3 6-1

KA.PLISKOVA PEGULA Career Prize Money $22,194,804 Career Prize Money $2,275,943 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Mar. 21, 1992 (29) Date of Birth (Age) Feb. 24, 1994 (27) Singles Titles 16 Singles Titles 1 Tournament W-L (MD) 13-5 Tournament W-L (MD) 4-2 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 28-15 / 351-182 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 29-15 / 61-49 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 10-4 / 111-61 3-Set (YTD / Career) 7-9 / 20-18 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 5-4 / 69-75 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 3-1 / 15-10 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 14-8 / 242-120 Hard Court (YTD / Career) 19-8 / 43-27 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 2-2 / 35-42 Top 10 W-L (YTD / Career) 6-5 / 6-9 Coach Sascha Bajin Coach David Witt

KA.PLISKOVA:

Cincinnati • Making sixth main draw appearance at Cincinnati where she is a former champion, having won the tite in 2016

– ranked No.17 at the time, defeated No.3 Muguruza in SF and No.2 Kerber in F

• As defending champion and World No.1, made SF run in 2017 (l. Muguruza)

• Quarterfinalist in 2019 (l. Kuznetsova), reached R16 on main draw debut in 2015, and fell 2r in 2018 and 2020;

also fell in qualifying here on first three visits (2012-14)

• Remains only Czech woman to win the title at Cincinnati

• After 1r bye, overcame Putintseva on Wednesday in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-2. Notched 84% win

percentage on first serve and reeled off five games in a row during the match

• Faces 2021 foe Pegula today, having lost to the American four times in a row this season, winning only one set

in the process

• Has fallen to players Pegula’s rank or lower at five of last six events contested – No.59 Stephens (Roland

Garros), No. 26 Pegula (Berlin), No.75 Giorgi (Eastbourne), No.65 Giorgi (Olympics) and No.71 Giorgi

(Montreal). Exception was loss to No.1 Barty at Wimbledon

• Bidding to reach her fifth QF of 2021 today

• Today’s winner will face either Rybakina or Badosa

• Arrived in Cincinnati having reached final at Montreal last week (l. Giorgi)

• Montreal marked third R-Up finish of 2021 season – also reached finals at Rome (l. Swiatek) and Wimbledon (l.

Barty); record in Tour finals now stands at 16-16

• 10 of her 16 titles have been won on hardcourts

• Went 1-2 on last year’s summer hardcourt swing, falling to Kudermetova in 2r (after 1r bye) at this event (held in

New York) and also in 2r at US Open (l. Garcia)



Season

• Reached 3r at Olympics (l. Giorgi)

• Returned to form at Wimbledon where she reached second Grand Slam final of career (l. Barty in 3s)

• Began grass court season with 2r exit at Berlin (after 1r bye, l. Pegula for the fourth time this season), then fell

1r at Eastbourne (l. Giorgi)

• Reached Rome final for third year in a row,finishing R-Up (l. Swiatek), then fell 2r at Roland Garros (l.

Stephens)

• Advanced to QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Barty in 3s) then fell 2r at Madrid (l. Pavlyuchenkova)

• Was upset by Pegula at three consecutive tournaments in March, first in QF at Doha, then in 3r at both Dubai

and at Miami

• At Melbourne Park, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Muchova) and the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne (l.

Collins)

• Made 2r in opening tournament of the season,at Abu Dhabi (l. No.292 Gasanova)

Career Milestones • Posted fifth successive Top 10 season in 2020, finishing at No.6

• Reached two finals across 2020, at Brisbane (d. Keys) and Rome (l. Halep via ret.). Has won at least one title

every year since 2013

• Lifted a WTA-leading four titles across the 2019 season (tied with Barty) – triumphed at Brisbane, Rome,

Eastbourne and Zhengzhou

• Also reached first Premier Mandatory final at Miami, losing to Barty in straight sets, and produced best

Australian Open performance of career, reaching SF (l. eventual champion Osaka in 3s); saved four match

points to beat S.Williams in QF

• Lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in 2r at Birmingham, in what was their first career main draw encounter

• Made fourth straight appearance at the WTA Finals in 2019, reaching SF for the third year in a row

• Won two titles in 2018 from three finals contested, triumphing at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in F) and Tokyo

[PPO] (d. Osaka inF). Posted R-Up finish in Tianjin (l. Garcia in F)

• Won Billie Jean King Cup for Czech Republic in 2015-16 and 2018

• Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Was the first

Czech woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina

Navratilova became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA)

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

• Is a two-time Grand Slam finalist, reaching the title match at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber) and 2021 Wimbledon (l.

Barty)

• Captured fifth WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna,

became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

• Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish; was first time in WTA history that three Czech women

ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (also Kvitova and Safarova)

• Scored first Top 20 win of her career over No.16 Petrova in 1r at 2013 Wimbledon



• Won first career WTA title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. Mattek-Sands) and followed it up with two more in 2014

Seoul (d. Lepchenko) and 2014 Linz (d. Giorgi)

• Reached first WTA QF as WC at 2008 Prague (l. Azarenka)

• Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2006

PEGULA:

Cincinnati • Making third main draw appearance at the Western & Southern Open, and fourth appearance overall

• Best return here came with QF run in 2020 – won five matches across qualifying and main draw before falling to

Mertens. Run included defeating No.11 Sabalenk in R16

• Fell 1r in 2019 – fell in qualifying to Diyas, however entered the draw as a LL, only to face and lose to Diyas

again in opening match

• Lost in 2016 qualifying

• One of ten American women to begin the singles main draw – Pegula is the only one to make the R16

• Contesting Western & Southern Open on her career-high of No.25 (first posted June 21, 2021)

• Was in doubles draw this week w/Azarenka – team fell to Dabrowski/Stefani in 2r

• Opened 2021 singles campaign with win over Giorgi, who was coming off Montreal title run. Dropped only four

games in a 6-2 6-2 win. Had lost to Giorgi at Montreal last week in SF

• Was due to face Halep in 2r, however the Romanian withdrew with an abductor tear

• Faces No.4 Ka.Pliskova today, whom she has defeated four times in a fow in 2021

• Owns a 2-5 record vs. Top 5 opponents, defeating No.5 Svitolina (Australian Open) and No.2 Osaka (Rome),

both wins coming in 2021

• Bidding to reach seventh QF of season today

• Sole singles title in career has come on US hard court, at 2019 Washinton DC

Season • Made SF run at Montreal last week (l. Giorgi)

• Fell 1r at Olympics (l. eventual gold medal winner Bencic)

• On grass, advanced to QF at Berlin (l. Azarenka), then made 2r at Bad Homburg (l. Siniakova) and Wimbledon

(l. Samsonova)

• Reached 3r at Madrid (l. Sabalenka), then QF at Rome (d. No.2 Osaka in 2r, l. Martic) and 3r at Roland Garros

(l. Kenin)

• Made R16 at Miami (l. Sakkari); recovered from 4-2 down in the third set to beat No.6 Ka.Pliskova in 3r

• Enjoyed strong Middle Eastern swing, reaching her first WTA 500 SF, at Doha (as qualifier, l.eventual champion

Kvitova) – was the first qualifi er to reach last four in the tournament’s history – then made QF at Dubai (l.

Mertens)

• Advanced to maiden Grand Slam QF at Australian Open, where she notched her fourth career Top-20 win over



No.13 Azarenka and career fi rst Top 10 win over No.5 Svitolina before falling to eventual R-Up Brady in three

sets

• Made 3r run at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Kenin)

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

Career Milestones • Began 2020 with runner-up finish at Auckland(l. S.Williams), other standout results were a QF at Western &

Southern Open (as qualifier, l.Mertens) and a 3r showing at US Open (l.Kvitova)

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

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

(August 5, 2019)

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

Buzarnescu) and Miami (as aqualifier, l. Konta)

• Broke into Top 100 for the first time on February4, 2019 following back-to-back R-Up finishes at WTA 125K

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

• Highlights of 2018 included finishing runner-upas a qualifi er at Québec City (l. Parmentier in F), recording SF

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

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

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

the rest of the year, winning twodoubles titles with Townsend

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

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

• Reached 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at2015 US Open (as qualifier, d. Van Uytvanck, l. Cibulkova)

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

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




ELENA RYBAKINA (KAZ #19) VS. PAULA BADOSA (ESP #29) Head-to-head: Series tied 1-1 (Rybakina leads 1-0 at Main Draw level) 2019 BUCHAREST CLAY (O) 1R RYBAKINA 7-5 7-6(4) 2018 MOSCOW INTL CLAY (O) 1R QUALI BADOSA 7-6(6) 2-6 7-5

RYBAKINA BADOSA Career Prize Money $ 2,325,868 Career Prize Money $1,760,27 Plays Right-handed Plays Right-handed Date of Birth (Age) Jun. 17, 1999 (22) Date of Birth (Age) Nov. 15, 1997 (23) Singles Titles 1 Singles Titles 1 Tournament W-L (MD) 2-1 Tournament W-L (MD) 2-0 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 26-16/ 81-39 YTD / Career W-L (MD) 32-12 / 50-34 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 5-8 / 22-17 3-Set W-L (YTD / Career) 13-6 / 19-8 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 4-7 / 19-17 Tie-Break W-L (YTD / Career) 6-7 / 8-10 Hard Court W-L (YTD / Career) 13-9 / 49-24 Hard Court W-L (YTD/ Career) 12-7 / 17-17 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 3-3 / 7-8 Top 10 W-L (YTD/Career) 3-2 / 3-5 Coach Stefano Vukov Coach No full-time coach

BADOSA:

Cincinnati • Making main draw debut at the Western and Southern Open • Appeared in qualifying in 2020 when the event was held in New York, however fell in final round (l. Dodin) • One of two spanish women to begin the singles main draw – Muguruza has also progressed to the R16 (faces

Krejcikova today) • In opening match, saved five match points to defeat Martic 4-6 6-4 7-6(9) and delivered nine aces across the

match • In 2r, overcame an in-form No.3 Sabalenka, rallying from a set down then a break down in the 3rd set,

prevailaing in 2 hours and 19 minutes, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) • It was her second Top 5 win of career, after defeating No.1 Barty at Charleston earlier this year (WTA 500) • Faces Rybakina today in what is their first meeting on hard court. Overcame her countrywomen Putintseva at

Wimbledon earlier this year • Bidding to reach her seventh QF of 2021 • Today’s winner will face Pliskova or Pegula in next round • Contesting doubles this week with Sorribes Tormo – team ousted Gauff/McNally in 2r and Olaru/Kichenok in 1r.

Face Blinkova/Sasnovich in QF today

Season








• Coming off 2r exit at Montreal (l. Marino) • Was forced to retire in QF match vs. Vondrousova at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with heat illness • Enjoyed best Grand Slam results at both Roland Garros (QF, l. Zidansek) and Wimbledon (R16, l. Muchova) • Lifted maiden WTA title at Belgrade (d. Konjuh inF)

• At Madrid, became first Spanish woman to reach SF at the event (as WC, l. Barty)

• Produced SF run at Charleston (l. eventual champion Kudermetova); upset No.12 Bencic in2r and World No.1

Barty en route to score her first ever Top 20 wins

• Made at Miami (l. Jabeur)

• Fell 1r at St. Petersburg (l. Ostapenko)

• Reached third WTA SF of her career at Lyon (l. eventual champion Tauson)

• Reached 3r in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. Kudermetova) and then fell 1r at Australian

Open (l. Samsonova)

Career Milestons

• At 2020 Roland Garros, upset former finalist Stephens and 2017 champion Ostapenko enroute to reaching R16

for the first time at a major; posted career-high singles ranking ofNo.69 (October 12, 2020) following Paris run

• Also in 2020, reached SF at Istanbul (l.Bouchard)

• Campaign in 2019 highlighted by SF run at Palermo (l. Bertens) and QF run in Seoul (l. Y.Wang); also made

Grand Slam main draw debut at Australian Open (l. 1r)

• Finished 2018 inside Top 200 for the first time(at No.143); picked up three ITF titles at $25kITF/Glasgow-UK,

ITF/$25k Les Franqueses del Valles – FRA and ITF/$60k Valencia-ESP

• Fell in qualifying at 2018 Wimbledon, Madrid and US Open

• Claimed third title on ITF Circuit in 2017 at ITF/$25k El Espinar; Fell 1r at Miami and in qualifying at Madrid

• In 2016, fell 1r at Miami, Madrid and Mallorca and in qualifying at Rio de Janeiro

• As wildcard, made breakthrough on WTA Tour with 3r run at 2015 Miami Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Came through qualifying at 2015 Madrid, fell 1rto Errani via ret. w/left leg injury

• Continued at ITF Circuit level during 2013-2014before playing second WTA qualifying draw at2015 Antwerp,

where she advanced to 2r (l.Bodarenko)

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Palermo, winning one match via retirement before falling in 2r (l.Gatto-

Monticone)

• Won first title on ITFCircuit at $10k ITF/Sant Jordi-ESP in 2012; nowowns seven singles titles at this level

• Played first pro tournament of career at $10kITF/Gexto-ESP in 2012 (l. in 1r)

• Won girls’ Singles title at 2015 Roland Garros (d.Kaliskaya in F) and reached QF at 2014 RolandGarros and

Wimbledon; finished 2-15 as No.8 in ITF World Junior rankings

• Born in New York City but lives and trains in Barcelona, near her hometown Begur in the Costa Brava

• Aggressive baseliner whose favorite shot is serve. Favorite tournament is US Open

• Childhood idol was Maria Sharapova, whose dedication, work ethic and values inspired her to become a pro

• Enjoys reading, always travels with books and her favorite is Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)

• Professional goals are to reach her full potential



• Speaks English, Spanish and Catalan, and would like to learn more languages

RYBAKINA:

Cincinnati • Making second main draw appearance at the Western and Southern Open, and third appearance overall

• Has posted best result here in 2021 with run to R16

• On only other main draw outing, fell 1r to Alexandrova in 2020. Fell in 2019 qualifying to Mattek-Sands

• Was joined in the draw by countrywomen Putintseva, who fell in 2r (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Contesting Western & Southern Open at No.19, two spots off her career-high of No.17 (first posted on Feb 24,

2020)

• Has enjoyed a smooth run to the R16, defeating Stosur and No.15 Mertens in straight sets, dropping only 11

games across both matches

• Defeat of No.15 Mertens was landmark 10th win against Top 20 opposition

• Has now reached the R16 at six of last eight events contested – Roland Garros (QF), Eastbourne (SF),

Wimbledon (R16), Olympics (SF), San Jose (QF) and now Cincinatti (R16 at least). Exceptions are Berlin (2r)

and Montreal (1r)

• Faces Badosa today in R16 match – won their only meeting at main draw level at 2019 Bucharest. Rybakina

went on to lift the title

• Bidding to reach her sixth QF of 2021

• Contesting doubles this week w/Kudermetova – team face Melichar/Schuurs in 2r today

• Owns one hard court title – 2020 Shenzhen

Season

• Coming off 1r exit at Montreal (l. Samsonova)

• Made QF at San Jose (l. eventual champion Collins)

• Advanced to SF at the Olympics (l. Bencic in SF and Svitolina in bronze medal match)

• Began grass court season with 2r showing a Berlin (l. Muguruza), then reached SF at Eastbourne (l.

Ostapenko) and R16 at Wimbledon (l. Sabalenka)

• At Roland Garros, advanced to maiden major QF (l. Pavluyuchenova); upset No.8 S.Williams in R16

• Suffered 2r exit at Madrid (l. Mertens). Retired w/GI illness midway through 1r match against McNally at

Charleston

• Produced 3r showing at Miami (l. Sorribes Tormo)

• Suffered 1r exit at Doha (l. Siegemund)

• Advanced to QF in opening tournament of the season, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion Sabalenka in 3s -

only player to take a set off the Belarusian), before falling 1r at Grampians Trophy (l. Krejcikova) and 2r at

Australian Open (l. Ferro)



Career Milestones

• Opened 2020 season by reaching the championship match at four of her first five tournaments, including a title

run at Hobart (d. Zhang in F)

• Made first final appearance at a Premier-level tournament with R-Up finish at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens); was

rewarded with Top 20 debut at No.19 following run in Russia (February 17, 2020)

• First win over a Top-5 ranked opponent came over No.3 Ka.Pliskova during R-Up finish at 2020 Dubai

• Won back-to-back Slam matches for the first time during 3r showing at 2020 Australian Open (l. Barty)

• Won maiden WTA singles title at 2019 Bucharest (d. Tig in F), breaking into Top 100 for the first time in the

following week’s rankings at No.65 (July 22, 2019)

• Also in 2019, went on to make Top 50 debut on September 16, 2019, after reaching second career final at

Nanchang (l. Peterson), produced SF appearances at Luxembourg and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and made Grand

Slam main draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (as qualifier, l. Siniakova)

• Finished 2019 campaign with 57-21 win-loss record (across all levels) to end season at No.37, up from 2018’s

final ranking of No.191. On the ITF Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three occasions: back-to-back at $25k

Moscow-RUS and $25k Kazan-RUS, and at $60k ITF/Launceston-AUS

• Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden WTA QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and clinching title at $15k

ITF/Kazan-RUS

• First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018 St. Petersburg

• Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at 2017 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r)

• Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-TUR in 2014

• Coached by Stefano Vukov

• Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior; previous coaches included Andrei Cheshnokov

match notes: western & southern open

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