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WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

OSAKA, JAPAN | SEPTEMBER 16-22, 2019 | $823,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT

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TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN - DAY 2 MATCH-UPS[5] MADISON KEYS (USA #16) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #40)

Keys leads 5-0 Keys has dropped just one set in the pair’s five career meetings... Kasatkina is coming off opening round

loss at US Open... The winner will go on to face Diyas in the second round

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #26) vs. HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #33)

Hsieh leads 1-0 Hsieh upset the Spaniard en route to the last 16 at the Australian Open in 2018... Muguruza bidding for her

first win since Roland Garros in May... Hsieh went 11-4 during last year’s Asian swing

Garcia leads 4-3 Vekic won when the two met in the quarterfinals of last year’s tournament... Garcia won their most recent

meeting in a third set tiebreaker in the final of Nottingham earlier his year

[7] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #21) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #30)

First meeting Mladenovic hoping to reach 2r at this tournament for first time in five appearances... Doi coming off final appearance last week in Hiroshima for best result of 2019... Mladenovic also reached best result of year

last week with SF appearance in Zhengzhou

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44) vs. [WC] MISAKI DOI (JPN #83)

OSAKA - JAPAN | Sep 16 - Sep 22, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER

MATCH NOTES

[5] MADISON KEYS (USA #16) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #40)

Head to Head: MADISON KEYS leads 5-0

2019 HARD O R2 MADISON KEYS 74 mins6-4 6-1 CINCINNATI

2018 HARD O R1 MADISON KEYS 69 mins6-2 6-4 ZHUHAI

2017 HARD O R2 MADISON KEYS 50 mins6-2 6-1 CINCINNATI

2016 HARD O R16 MADISON KEYS 111 mins6-1 4-6 6-4 WUHAN

2016 HARD O QF MADISON KEYS N/A6-3 6-1 OLYMPICS

MADISON KEYS 16

12

17-02-1995 (24)

$1,834,928

$11,923,606

2 / 5

0 / 0

24-12 / 203-118

6-6 / 51-49

7-5 / 52-45

DARIA KASATKINA 40

83

07-05-1997 (22)

$606,706

$5,649,800

0 / 2

0 / 1

1-1

9-17 / 123-90

3-6 / 45-32

3-2 / 23-20

2-3

5-11 / 78-59 13-8 / 121-79

1-0 / 18-17 2-2 / 9-9

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

OSAKA W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

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

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

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *

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

2-3 / 17-30 0-1 / 12-21

5-4 / 35-47 2-3 / 23-35

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


YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / 7-19 0-0 / 8-9

* Updated entering 2019 Osaka 1r

Rnd Result Duration

OSAKA Tournament Performance - 2019 "-Q" Qualifying match

OSAKA Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

MADISON KEYS

2016

L - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #38) R1 6-3 3-6 7-6(7)

2014

L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) R1 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2

2013

L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #11) R16 6-2 6-2

DARIA KASATKINA

2017

R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #14) 7-6(5) 6-3

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VSMADISON KEYS

DARIAKASATKINA

OSAKA• Making second appearance at Toray Pan Pacific

Open, where she fell 2r on debut in 2017 (d. Brengle, l. Kerber)

• Faces No.16 Keys in 1r today. Owns 2-3 record vs. Top 20 players this season, defeating No.18 Mertens (Stuttgart) and No.13 Kerber (Toronto). Fell to No.7 Svitolina (San Jose), No.18 Keys (Cincinnati) and No.16 Konta (US Open)

• Currently the No.2-ranked Russian woman (behind No.39 Alexandrova), of nine in the Top 100 (week of September 16, 2019)

• Dropped out of Top 20 after failing to defend Indian Wells R-Up points from 2018 - the first time in 21 years, there was not a Russian in the Top 20 on Monday March 18, breaking streak of 1,094 consec-utive weeks with at least one Russian in the Top 20

OSAKA

SEASON

SEASON

• Making third appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open, where her best result is R16 run on debut in 2013 (d. Suarez Navarro and Peng, l. Kvitova)

• Faces Kasatkina today in 1r; has dropped just one set across their five career meetings against the Russian over the past three years, including in 2r of last month’s title run at Cincinnati

• The winner faces Diyas in 2r• Enters Osaka, ranked seventh on tour for aces

struck (241 for 33 matches) and sixth for percentage of service games won (78.1%)

• During last year’s Asian swing, fell 2r at Wuhan and Beijing, and in RR at Zhuhai

• Coming off R16 showing at US Open (l. Svitolina) - has reached this stage or better at six of the past eight majors

• Lifted biggest career title at Premier-5 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati (d. Kuznetsova in F); afterwards returned to Top 10 for the first time since week of June 25, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Fell 1r at US Open (l. Konta in 3s)• Posted 2r showings at Cincinnati (l. eventual cham-

pion Keys) and Toronto (d. No.13 Kerber, l. eventual champion Andreescu after leading 5-3 in deciding set)

• Defeat of Kerber in Toronto was second Top 20 win of the season (also No.18 Mertens at Stuttgart in April)

• Fell 2r at San Jose (l. Svitolina); defeated defending champion Buzarnescu in 1r to record first win since Roland Garros

• Withdrew from Jurmala w/shoulder injury• Went winless on grass, falling 1r at Eastbourne (l.

Petkovic) and Wimbledon (l. Tomljanovic)• Clay season ended with 2r at Roland Garros (l.

Puig). Also made R16 at Rome (l. Vondrousova), 2r at Stuttgart (l. Vekic) and 1r at Madrid (l. Azarenka)

• Reached 3r at Miami (after 1r bye, d. Gauff before falling to V.Williams)

• After 1r bye, fell to Vondrousova in 2r at Indian Wells• Fell in 2r at Dubai (d. No.178 Frech, l. Kenin in 3s)• Posted first singles win of the season over No.669

Barritza of Denmark during Russia’s triumph in Eu-rope/Africa Zone Group I

• Lost to Zvonareva in straight sets in QF at St Peters-burg (after 1r bye, received walkover when Sharapo-va withdrew w/shoulder injury in 2r)

• Suffered 1 exit at Australian Open (l. Bacsinszky)• Opened 2019 season at Brisbane. Fell to wildcard

Birrell in 1r after leading 5-3 in the third set. Also fell in 1r at Sydney International (l. Sasnovich)

VSMADISON KEYS

DARIAKASATKINA

• Posted season-best finish of No.10 in 2018, up from No.24 in 2017

• 2018 saw the Russian win a second WTA singles title at Moscow [Kremlin Cup]. Recovered from 6-2 4-1 down to defeat Jabeur in final; is now 2-3 in WTA singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above

• Reached biggest final of career at 2018 Indian Wells (l. Osaka). Finished R-Up at Dubai and made SF at St. Petersburg

• Was one of eight players to reach QF or better at two or more Grand Slams in 2018 (Wimbledon and Roland Garros)

• Earned her sixth win over a Top 2 player when she ousted No.2 Wozniacki at 2018 Roland Garros R16

• One of five players in WTA history to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, oth-ers being: V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and Kuznetsova (2)

• 2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

• Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at 2017 – at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova)

• 2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at five tournaments, including Indian Wells and Rio Olympics

• Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavly-uchenkova, 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 a WTA-level tournament

• Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina)

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014

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

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

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

• 2017 season highlighted by reaching maiden Grand Slam final in New York, losing out to Stephens in 10th all-American US Open final in the Open Era. At 22, became the youngest Flushing Meadows finalist since 19-year-old Wozniacki lost to Clijsters in 2009

• Also in 2017, won third career tour-level singles title, and first on hard courts, at Stanford (d. Vandeweghe in F). Previous two titles were won on grass, at 2014 Eastbourne (d. Kerber in F; second youngest title winner of season) and 2016 Birmingham (d. Strycova in F); also a runner-up on four occasions

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

• Enjoyed first Top 10 year-end finish in 2016 (at No.8), as youngest player in the year-end Top 25

• Broke into Top 10 on June 20, 2016, becoming 118th player to reach the elite bracket since computer rankings were introduced. Became first American to make Top 10 debut since S.Williams in 1999

• Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.7 on October 10, 2016

• Made WTA Finals debut at Singapore in 2016, going 1-2 in round robin play

• Represented USA at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching SF (lost Bronze medal match against Kvitova)

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

• Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2015 (went 1-1 in round robin stage)

• Cracked Top 20 on February 2, 2015• Was second-youngest player to win a WTA title in

2014, at Eastbourne (after Vekic at Kuala Lumpur); also youngest American to win a title since Vania King in October 2006 (17 years, 254 days, Bangkok

• Made tour-level debut at 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach at 14 years old (as WC, d. Kudryavtseva); was seventh youngest player to win a WTA main draw match at 14 years, 48 days, and youngest since Hingis in 1994

CAREER MILESTONE

VSMADISON KEYS

DARIAKASATKINA

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatia-na Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

• Began playing at age six when brother and fitness trainer, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to tennis

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

• Coached by Carlos Martinez. Has previously worked with Philippe Dehaes and Vladimir Platenik

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

PERSONAL

• Contested 17th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open

• Earned best result at the majors with QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wim-bledon (l. eventual champion Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi)

• Was one of just four players on tour to reach the quarterfinals or better at two of the first three Slams in 2018 (also, Halep, Kerber and Keys); first Russian to accomplish this feat since Sharapova did so back in 2015 (Australian Open and Wimbledon)

• Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Aus-tralian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

• In juniors, won 2014 Roland Garros girls’ singles title

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

• Past coaches: Jim Madrigal, Jesse Levine, Thomas Hogstedt, Dieter Kindlmann, Lindsay Davenport and David Taylor

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

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

• Contested 29th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open

• Best result at a major was 2017 US Open R-Up fin-ish to Stephens. Deepest run prior to that was break-through SF run at Australian Open in 2015 when she defeated No.18 V.Williams and No.4 Kvitova en route (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Became just the third American teenager since 1995 to reach SF at the Australian Open – also Chanda Rubin (1996, SF) and Sloane Stephens (2013, SF)

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

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

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

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

PERSONAL


MATCH NOTES

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #26) vs. SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #33)

Head to Head: SU-WEI HSIEH leads 1-0

2018 HARD O R2 SU-WEI HSIEH 119 mins7-6(1) 6-4 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 26

32

08-10-1993 (25)

$979,078

$19,171,189

1 / 7

0 / 5

21-13 / 235-134

6-5 / 73-57

4-6 / 35-49

SU-WEI HSIEH 33

25

04-01-1986 (33)

$1,749,077

$7,772,613

0 / 3

4 / 24

0-3

29-21 / 140-151

14-8 / 59-49

9-6 / 33-41

8-5

21-13 / 100-95 16-9 / 156-90

1-2 / 18-14 1-2 / 14-18

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



OSAKA W-L (MD) *






3-3 / 32-32 4-7 / 7-24

3-4 / 58-56 8-9 / 14-44





Rnd Result Duration

"-Q" Qualifying match


GARBIÑE MUGURUZA

2018

L - ALISON RISKE (USA #75) R16 6-1 6-2

2017

L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) SF 6-2 6-0

2016

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) QF 6-2 4-6 6-3

2015

L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #15) QF 7-6(1) 6-1

2014

L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #9) SF 6-4 2-6 6-2

SU-WEI HSIEH

2017

R1 L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #70) 2-6 6-1 6-1

2013

R1 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #36) 6-2 5-7 6-0

2012

R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #29) 6-3 6-7(8) 6-1

2006

R1-Q L - MIHO SAEKI (JPN #182) 0-6 6-4 6-4


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L - BOJANA JOVANOVSKI PETROVIC (SRB #56) R2-Q 6-3 6-3

2012

VSGARBIÑE MUGURUZA

HSIEHSU-WEI

OSAKA• Making fourth main draw appearance at Toray Pan

Pacific Open (fifth overall)• Fell 1r in 2012 (l. Zakopalova), 2013 (l. Rybarikova)

and 2017 (as qualifier, l. Puig)• Bids to win first match here when she takes on

Muguruza in 1r today; upset the Spaniard en route to R16 at 2018 Australian Open

• Playing doubles this week w/Y.Hsieh (face Rosolska/Yastremska in 1r)

• Last year during Asian swing, won title at Hiroshi-ma, reached SF at Seoul and Tianjin, and fell 1r at Wuhan and Beijing

OSAKA

SEASON SEASON

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Toray Pan Pacific Open (seventh overall), where she is a two-time semifinalist

• Reached last four in 2014 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

• Faces Hsieh in 1r; has lost opening match at five tournaments this season, including her past three, at Wimbledon, Cincinnati and US Open - last victory was over No.9 Svitolina in 3r at Roland Garros

• Winner faces No.9 seed Mertens in 2r• During last year’s Asian swing, reached SF at Hong

Kong and Zhuhai, made R16 at Wuhan and fell 2r at Tokyo and Beijing

• Suffered 1r exit at US Open (l. Riske)• Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Keys,

having come within two points of victory in second set tie-break)

• Withdrew from San Jose and Toronto w/right leg injury

• Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Haddad Maia)• Advanced to R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stephens).

Defeated No.9 Svitolina in 3r for third Top 20 win of the season (also d. No.10 S.Williams and No.7 Bertens at Indian Wells)

• Prior to Roland Garros, fell 1r at Madrid (l. Martic) and made R16 at Rome (l. Azarenka via ret. w/left thigh injury)

• Teamed up w/Suárez Navarro to win decisive doubles rubber in Spain’s 3-2 triumph over Belgium in Fed Cup World Group play-offs; also lost singles rubbers to Flipkens and Bonaventure

• Defended Monterrey title in April (d. Azarenka in F via ret. w/leg injury); now owns 7-4 career record in singles finals

• Made QF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion An-dreescu) and fell 2r at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Nicules-cu)

• Win over No.7 Bertens in R16 at Indian Wells was first against a Top 10 player in a completed match since beating No.7 Garcia at 2018 Dubai

• Made QF at Hua Hin (l. Yastremska) and R16 at Dubai (l. Svitolina)

• Reached R16 at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova). Win over Konta in 2r holds the record for the lat-est-ever start time at the Australian Open, beginning at 12.30am

• Played Hopman Cup in lead up to Australian Open, posting 1-2 singles record (d. Cornet, l. Kerber, l. Barty) as Spain made group stage exit, before with-drawing w/GI illness prior to 2r match at Sydney 2r (d. Suárez Navarro in 1r)

• Coming off Qf showing during Hiroshima title defense (l. eventual champion Hibino)

• During US hard court season, reached QF at Wash-ington DC (l. McNally), R16 at Cincinnati (l. Osaka), 2r at US Open (l. Muchova) and fell 1r at Toronto (l. Kenin)

• On grass, advanced to 3r at Wimbledon (l. Ka.Plisko-va) and reached 2r at both Birmingham (l. Strycova) and Eastbourne (l. Halep); in doubles, won titles at both Wimbledon and Birmingham (both w/Strycova)

• Highlight of clay court campaign was QF at Rabat (l. Konta). Also made 2r at Roland Garros (l. Petkovic) and Stuttgart (l. Osaka) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Gar-cia) and Rome (l. Goerges)

• Lifted doubles title at Madrid (w/Strycova, d. Dab-rowski/Xu in F)

• Reached QF at Miami (d. No.1 Osaka in 3r, No.13 Wozniacki in R16, l. Kontaveit)

• After 1r bye, fell to Konta in 2r at Indian Wells; reached doubles QF w/Strycova as defending cham-pions (l. Chan/Chan)

• Advanced to first Premier-level SF of her career at Dubai (d. No.7 Kerber and No.5 Ka.Pliskova, l. No.4 Kvitova)

• Lifted doubles title in Dubai (w/Strycova, d. Hradec-ka/Makarova in F)

• Fell 1r at Hua Hin (l. Niculescu) and reached 2r at Doha (l. Muchova)

• Made 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Osaka after leading 7-5 4-1)

• Opened 2019 season with runs to SF in Auckland (l. R-Up Andreescu) and 2r at Sydney (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

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• Ended 2018 ranked No.28, up from No.96 in 2017• Returned to Top 30 on September 17, 2018 for the

first time since reaching career high of No.23 on February 25, 2013

• Won third WTA singles title at 2018 Hiroshima – oth-ers both coming in 2012 at Kuala Lumpur (as qualifi-er, d. Martic in F) and Guangzhou (d. Robson in F)

• Other highlights of 2018 season were SF runs Auckland (l. eventual champion Goerges), Rabat (l. eventual champion Mertens), Seoul (l.Tomljanovic) and Tianjin (.Garcia). Also made QF at Strasbourg (l.Buzarnescu) and equaled best Grand Slam result by reaching R16 at Australian Open and Wimbledon

• Stunned No.1 Halep at 2018 Wimbledon for first win over reigning No.1

• Reached QF at Nanchang (l. Y.Wang) in 2017 and concluded season with runner-up effort at WTA 125K Series event at Hua Hin (l. Bencic)

• 2016 season highlights included SF run at Kaohsi-ung (l. Doi) and QF showing at Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova)

• Just second player from Chinese Taipei to win a tour-level singles title (Wang Shi-Ting won six titles in 1990s)

• Became first player from Chinese Taipei (male or female) to achieve the No.1 doubles ranking on May 12, 2014 – held top spot for five weeks

• Owns 24-11 record in doubles finals, most recently 2019 Wimbledon (w/Strycova)

• Qualified for 2012 Tournament of Champions-Sofia (went 1-2 in round robin play)

• Won three Grand Slams two w/Peng and one w/Stry-cova and qualified twice for WTA Finals, emerging as champions in 2013 (w/Peng, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) and runners-up in 2014 (w/Peng, l. Black/Mirza in F)

• On ITF Circuit, winner of 26 singles titles and 23 doubles titles

• Played first professional tournament at ITF level in New Zealand in 2001; started career by winning first 33 matches (mix of ITF and tour level)

CAREER MILESTONES• Finished 2018 season at No.18 for first non-Top 10

finish since 2014• Season highlight in 2018 was sixth career singles

title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F)• Also was R-Up at Doha (l. Kvitova) and made SF at

Roland Garros, Zhuhai, Dubai and Hong Kong• Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best

year-end finish. Rose to World No.1 on September 11, 2017. Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995)

• Named ITF World Champion for 2017• Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam

title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F)

• Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams at 2017 Wimbledon

• At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title

• Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage

• 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career-high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in De-cember 1996 (as No.2)

• Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimble-don

• Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 – also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Plis-kova and Bacsinszky

• In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vi-cario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza)

• Owns 7-4 career record in singles finals, winning titles at 2018-19 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart

• Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, de-feating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career

CAREER MILESTONE

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contested fifth Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US

Open, reacing 3r (l. Svitolina)• Advanced to second week of a major for the first time

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

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

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Has reached R16 on three occasions at the Austra-

lian Open in 2018 (l. Kerber) and 2008 (as qualifier, l. Henin), and Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Cibulkova)

• Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Garcia) and 2r at US Open in 2018 (l. Cibulkova) and 2013 (l. Giorgi)

• Winner of two Slam doubles titles – 2014 Roland Garros (w/Peng, d. Errani/Vinci in final) and 2013 Wimbledon (w/Peng, d. Barty/Dellacqua in final)

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA

HSIEHSU-WEI

VS

• Has six siblings. Introduced to tennis by dad at age 5• Father is Hsieh Tze-Lung; mother is Ho Fom-Ju• Idolized Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi growing up

PERSONAL

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA

HSIEHSU-WEI

• Fell in qualifying at 2018 Australian Open and 2018 Wimbledon

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

GRAND SLAM CONT.

PERSONAL• Split from long-time coach Sam Sumyk after Wimble-

don• Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of

the sport was playing with her brothers• Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José

Antonio, is from Spain


MATCH NOTES

[7] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #21) vs. CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #30)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 4-3

2019 GRASS O F CAROLINE GARCIA 157 mins2-6 7-6(4) 7-6(4) NOTTINGHAM

2018 HARD I QF DONNA VEKIC 75 mins6-3 6-4 TOKYO

2017 CLAY O R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 160 mins7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(6) ROME

2016 HARD I QF CAROLINE GARCIA 100 mins6-1 4-6 6-3 LIMOGES

2015 HARD I QF CAROLINE GARCIA 81 mins3-6 6-1 6-1 LIMOGES

2015 CLAY O R1 DONNA VEKIC 110 mins3-6 6-3 6-2 ROLAND GARROS

2012 HARD O QF DONNA VEKIC 2-6 6-2 6-2 SUZHOU

DONNA VEKIC 21

16

28-06-1996 (23)

$1,426,700

$3,939,266

0 / 2

0 / 0

33-17 / 122-119

8-9 / 33-42

4-10 / 27-31

CAROLINE GARCIA 30

35

16-10-1993 (25)

$714,212

$10,135,257

1 / 7

0 / 6

3-4

25-21 / 212-164

11-5 / 72-58

6-7 / 56-53

3-1

8-11 / 125-104 22-11 / 82-83

4-2 / 8-9 2-4 / 19-17

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



OSAKA W-L (MD) *






2-6 / 7-19 0-4 / 16-38

5-7 / 10-38 1-5 / 32-65





Rnd Result Duration

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MATCH NOTES

OSAKA Tournament History

DONNA VEKIC

2018

L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) SF 6-2 4-6 6-3

CAROLINE GARCIA

2018

QF L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #45) 6-3 6-4

2017

QF L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #1) 6-2 6-4

2015

R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #36) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3

2012

R1 L - JAMIE HAMPTON (USA #91) 6-2 6-2


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VSDONNAVEKIC

CAROLINEGARCIA

OSAKA OSAKA• Playing the Toray Pan Pacific Open for a second time

- made SF on debut in 2018 (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Beat today’s opponent Garcia in QF here last year and looks today to tie to their head-to-head matchup record (also beat Stephens and Konta enroute to SF)

• Also faced Garcia in final at Nottingham this year which ended in a third set tie break - was two points away from winning the match although eventually fell to the French woman

• Owns ninth most match wins in 2019 with 33 - a win today would tie her for eighth with Andreescu

• Also tied for seventh (with Sabalenka) in most hard court wins at 22 - Bencic and Svitoloina currently sit in fifth with 23

• Went 6-3 in last year’s Asian swing, in addidion to SF here also reached R16 in Beijing (l. Sevastova) and 2r in Wuhan (l. Kontaveit)

• Currently in 16th place on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen which puts her in position to qualify for the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai

• Appearing in the Toray Pan Pacific Open for fifth time in career where she is a two time quarterfinalist (2017 - l. Muguruza; 2018 - l. Vekic)

• Exited 1r in 2012 (l. Hampton) and 2015 (l. Giorgi)• Faces Vekic again today after beating her in the

Nottingham final earlier this year to lift her seventh career WTA title

• Owns 8-11 record on hard courts this year just last week reaching R16 at Zhengzhou (l. Mladenovic)

• Also reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Collins) and Miami (l. Kvitova)

• By contrast was 15-11 on hard courts coming into this tournament last year

• Went 9-4 in last year’s Asian swing highlighted by a title run at Tianjin (d. Ka.Pliskova)

• Qualified for Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai last year as well where she beat Sabalenka but lost to Barty in round robin play

• Three of seven WTA titles have come in Asia includ-ing 2018 Tianjin, 2017 Wuhan (d. Barty) and 2017 Beijing (d. Halep)

• Also playing doubles here w/Dabrowski winning their first match yesterday over Kato/Sanders in three sets to reach QF

SEASON• Coming off R16 showing at Zhengzhou (l. Mlade-

novic) where she scored her first match win since Jurmala and first on har5d courts since Miami

• Suffered straight-set defeats in 1r on all three sum-mer hard court appearances, at Toronto (l. Ostapen-ko), Cincinnati (l. Swiatek) and US Open (l. Jabeur)

• Returned to clay after Wimbledon, posting 2r show-ings at Lausanne (l. Pera) and Jurmala (l. Pacquet)

• Highlight of grass court season was lifting seventh career title, at Nottingham (d. Vekic in F). Also made QF at Mallorca (l. Kerber) and fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. S.Zhang)

• Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Blinkova)• Finished R-Up at Strasbourg (l. Yastremska - held

1mp); at 2h 59m, match was the longest final on tour this season

• Made R16 at Madrid (l. Kvitova) and fell 1r at Stutt-gart (l. Kontaveit) and Rome (l. Mladenovic)

• Was part of the French team that qualified for the Fed Cup final after defeating Romania 3-2 in the SF. Went 1-1 in singles (d. Buzarnescu, l. Halep in 3s in an epic encounter lasting two hours 57 minutes) be-fore pairing with Mladenovic to defeat Halep/Nicules-cu in 3s in the decisive doubles rubber

• Defeated Azarenka and No.15 Goerges on way to a R16 showing at Miami (l. Kvitova)

• Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Brady)

SEASON• Coming off career best Grand Slam result at US

Open by reaching QF (l. Bencic)• Summer hard court season highlighted by SF run at

San Jose (l. Sabalenka). Also made R16 at CIn-cinnati (l. V.Williams) and reached 2r at Toronto (d. Keys, l. Kuznetsova)

• Grass court season saw her reach final at Notting-ham (l. Garcia in third set tie-break) before making 1r exits at Birmingham (l. eventual champion Barty) and Wimbledon (l. Riske)

• Made R16 run at Roland Garros (l. Konta), tying her previous best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Goerges)

• Withdrew from Rome with continued hip injury after retiring in R16 of Madrid (l. Martic)

• Posted QF showing at Stuttgart (l. Osaka, having led 5-1 in third set and being within two points of victory)

• Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kvitova) and 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. qualifier Bonaventure)

• Advanced to SF at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Y.Wang)

• Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Jabeur) • On Fed Cup duty, won both singles rubbers against

Serbia (d. Krunic and Ozgen) as Croatia failed to advance in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I

• Reached biggest final of career at Premier-level St. Petersburg (l. Bertens)

VSDONNAVEKIC

CAROLINEGARCIA

CAREER MILESTONES• In 2018, won sixth career title at Tianjin; also made

semifinals at Stuttgart and Madrid • Broke into the Top 5 on August 13, 2018 and reached

a career-high of No.4 on September 10, 2018 • Became first player to win Wuhan and Beijing back-

to-back in 2017. As a result, qualified for WTA Finals. Was ranked No.30 on the Race to Singapore leader-board in May 2017

• Best win of her career came over No.2 Halep in 2017 Beijing final

• 2017 Wuhan marked first Premier-5 level title and 2017 Beijing marked first Premier-Mandatory crown; subsequently made Top 10 debut

• Won a career-best 48 main draw matches in 2017 (48-22 record, two titles)

• Qualifying for WTA Finals in 2017, became the first Frenchwoman to compete at WTA Finals in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F)

• Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational in Singapore (l. Osaka in F)

• Represented France at 2016 Rio Olympics in singles (2r) and doubles (1r, w/Mladenovic)

• Member of French Fed Cup team that advanced to 2016 competition final vs. Czech Republic

• Made professional debut at 13 on ITF Circuit in France in 2007

• Withdrew from Doha w/leg injury. Fell 2r in Dubai (l. Brady)

• Inspired France to 3-1 World Group I win over Bel-gium in Liège (d. Van Uytvanck and Mertens)

• As No.2 seed made 1r exit at Hua Hin (l. Brady)• Scored her first wins of the season over qualifier

Ponchet and wildcard Hives en route to Australian Open 3r (l. Collins). Has now reached 3r or better on eight of her past nine major appearances (exception was 1r exit to Bencic at 2018 Wimbledon)

• Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Jorovic) and Hobart (l. eventual champion Kenin)

SEASON CONT.

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

• 2018 season highlighted by R-Up finish at Washing-ton, DC (l. Kuznetsova after holding 4mp) – her first finals appearance since winning 2017 Nottingham

• Also made SF showings at Nottingham and Tokyo [PPO] and reached Grand Slam R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Goerges)

• Enjoyed a resurgent year in 2017, cracking the Top 50 in the week of July 24 and finishing campaign ranked No.54

• Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham – d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent)

• Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh-EGY

• Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeat-ing Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin

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

• When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King)

• Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in 2005. Also finished run-ner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2019 St. Petersburg and 2019 Nottingham, owns a 2-6 record in singles finals

• Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 • Has won five ITF Circuit singles and one doubles title• Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, 2012-15, 2017,

2019

CAREER MILESTONES

SEASON CONT.• Posted best win of career by ranking – and third over

a Top 5 opponent – with defeat of No.2 Kvitova en route to St. Petersburg QF, bettering victories over No.4 Stephens at 2018 Wimbledon and No.4 Garcia at 2018 Tokyo [PPO]

• Fell 2r at Australian Open (d. Mladenovic, l. Birrell) • Began 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. even-

tual champion Ka.Pliskova)

VSDONNAVEKIC

CAROLINEGARCIA

• Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia • Played many sports when she was younger and

chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most

• Enjoys reading and spending time with family• Endorsement portfolio includes Rolex, Nike, Yonex

and Sothys beauty products

PERSONAL

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contested 31st Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US

Open• Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Plisko-

va) for best Grand Slam singles result to date • Has also reached R16 at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta),

2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)

• Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2017 (l. Kvitova) and 2018 (l. Suárez Navarro)

• In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic)

• In juniors, singles runner-up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• Contested 25th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US

Open where she reached a career best Grand Slam result booking a spot in QF (l. Bencic)

• Deepest previous runs were to R16 at 2018 Wimble-don (l. Goerges), 2019 Roland Garros (l. Konta)

• At Australian Open, reached 2r on four occasions, most recently in 2019

PERSONAL• Both parents played professional sports: mother,

Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper)

• Currently coached by Torben Beltz. Dario Novak is also part of coaching team

• Favorite surface is hard • Speaks Croatian, English and Italian • Self-described as strong-willed, determined and

extremely competitive


MATCH NOTES

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #44) vs. [WC] MISAKI DOI (JPN #83)

Head to Head: First meeting

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC 44

38

14-05-1993 (26)

$1,333,285

$10,334,713

0 / 1

2 / 21

21-19 / 189-193

6-6 / 60-60

3-6 / 47-52

MISAKI DOI 83

79

29-04-1991 (28)

$325,425

$2,651,932

0 / 1

1 / 2

1-5

8-12 / 80-123

3-5 / 29-38

1-5 / 19-26

0-4

8-10 / 53-85 11-11 / 103-122

2-2 / 11-16 0-0 / 5-12

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



OSAKA W-L (MD) *






3-4 / 15-24 0-3 / 0-16

5-5 / 32-53 0-3 / 6-34





Rnd Result Duration

"-Q" Qualifying match


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MATCH NOTES


KRISTINA MLADENOVIC

2018

L - ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #27) R1 6-3 7-6(5)

2017

L - QIANG WANG (CHN #57) R1 6-0 6-0

2015

L - ANA KONJUH (CRO #68) R1 6-0 3-6 6-3

2013

L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #209) R1 7-5 6-1

MISAKI DOI

2018

R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #37) 6-2 6-1

2016

R1 L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #66) 6-4 6-4

2015

R1 L - KURUMI NARA (JPN #80) 7-6(1) 6-2

2013

R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #21) 6-1 6-2

2012

R1-Q L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #76) 7-6(6) 6-1

2011

R1 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) 6-1 6-1

2010

R1-Q L - MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ (ESP #24) 7-5 6-2


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VSKRISTINA MLADENOVIC

MISAKIDOI

OSAKA OSAKA• Playing the Toray Pan Pacific Open for a fifth time

however has yet to make it past the 1r in all previous appearances (2013 - l. Dellacqua, 2015 - l. Konjuh, 2017 - l. Q.Wang, 2018 - l. Kontaveit)

• Faces No.83 Doi for first time today - owns 4-3 record against Japanese opposition including a win over Japanese No.1 Osaka in Dubai earlier this year

• In 2019, owns 11-11 record on hard courts with best result coming from SF appearance last week in Zhengzhou (l. Martic) - also reached QF at Monterrey (l. Muguruza) and Washington DC (l. Kalinksaya)

• Fell 1r on all three appearances during last year’s Asian swing, at Tokyo (l. Kontaveit), Wuhan (l. Sinia-kova) and Beijing (l. Kerber)

• Owns 1-7 record in Japan with sole win coming at 2013 HP Open in Osaka (d. Wozniak)

• Owns one title in Asia winning 125K Taipei in 2012 (d. K.Chang)

• Also reached final in Hong Kong in 2016 (l. Wozni-acki)

• Appearing in the main draw of Toray Pan Pacific Open for sixth time in career (eighth overall)

• Has only gone beyond 1r on one occasion in 2013 when she reached 2r (d. Lepchenko, l. Cirstea)

• Last year came through qualifying before losing in 1r to Giorgi

• Has twice fallen to fellow countrywomen in 1r (2015 - l. Nara, 2016 l. Osaka)

• Faces Mladenovic today for first time - holds 2-2 record over French players

• Reached her third WTA final last week in Hiroshima falling at the final stage to another Japanese player, Hibino for the first all Japanese final since 1997 when Sawamatsu defeated Yoshida in Jakarta

• Went 1-3 in last year’s Asian swing with sole win coming at Tianjin (d. Putintseva, l. Bacsinszky)

• Owns 14-16 record in her homeland including last week’s final appearance as well as an SF run in 2012 HP Open in Osaka

• Also playing doubles here w/Hibino - together they won the doubles title last week in Hiroshima (d. McHale/Savinykh)

SEASON• Reached third career WTA final in Hiroshima falling

to countrywoman Hibino in final stage, together the two teamed up and won the doubles title as well

• Exited 1r at US Open (l. Keys) after losing in 1r at ITF event in Vancouver (l. Hon)

• Fell 1r at San Jose (l.Vekic). Came through qualifying in Toronto, lost 1r to Alexandrova

• Won 125K Series title at Bastad (d. Kovinic in F)• Fell in qualifying at Birmingham (l. Tomova) and

Wimbledon (l. Rodionova)• Made 2r exit at ITF event in Manchester• Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Stephens)• Entered Roland Garros following 1r defeat at ITF in

Slovakia and qualifying loss in Madrid• Suffered 1r exit at Monterrey• Best results of season came during the Sunshine

Double, qualifying at both events and advancing to the 2r

• Was unable to advance beyond qualifying in Dubai and fell in 1r of Acapulco (l. Vekic)

• In first round of Fed Cup vs. Spain, lost to Garcia Perez, but won her next two rubbers against Nether-lands, defeating Hogenkamp and Schoofs

• Unable to get past first hurdle (following bye) at 125k Newport and 1r qualifying in St. Petersburg

• Began 2019 campaign with qualification in Mel-bourne, fell in 1r to Brengle

SEASON• Coming off best tournament result of the year with

SF appearance in Zhengzhou (l. Martic)• Made 2r exit at US Open (d. No.14 Kerber, l. Ferro)• Exited 1r in Toronto (l. Broady) and failed to make it

through qualifying in Cincinnati (l. Linette)• Reached QF in Washington DC (l. Kalinksaya)• Grass season included 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Kvi-

tova) following 1r loss at Birmingham (l. Rodina) and QF visit in Nottingham (l. Vekic)

• Fell 2r at Roland Garros (l. Martic); bounced back to lift third major doubles title in Paris (w/Babos, d.Duan/Zheng)

• Enjoyed QF run at Rome (as qualifier, l. Sakkari); up-set No.15 Bencic and No.9 Barty en route to record third and fourth Top 20 wins of the season

• Posted 2r showing at Madrid (as qualifier, l. Kvitova)• Reached QF at Monterrey (l. Muguruza) and Istanbul

(l. eventual champion Martic in longest match of year to date – 3h 18m)

• Won 20th career doubles title at Istanbul (w/Babos)• Member of French Fed Cup team that defeated

Romania to advance to competition final against Australia in November (l. Halep in sole singles rubber contested; combined w/Garcia to defeat Halep/Niculescu in decisive doubles rubber)

• Fell 2r at Indian Wells (l. Osaka) and 1r at Miami (l. Y.Wang)

• Made 2r exit at Indian Wells 125K series event (l. Bacsinszky) after 1r bye


MISAKIDOI

CAREER MILESTONES• 2018 season highlights primarily came from the ITF

circuit, capturing titles at 25k event in Kofu, JPN and 100k event in Vancouver, CAN, as well as a finals appearance at 25k Korea

• Best results of 2017 included QF at Taipei City (l. Safarova), R16 finish at Madrid (l. Cirstea) and SF at Nurnberg (l. eventual champion Bertens)

• Posted career-best finish in 2016 at No.38 (up from No.60 in 2015) while also posting new career-high ranking of No.30 (week of October 10, 2016)

• Posted career-best 24 main draw match wins in 2016• 2016 season highlights were reaching second WTA

singles final at Kaohsiung (l. V.Williams) and posting best result at a Grand Slam with R16 run at Wimble-don (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). At the time (before Osaka), became first Japanese player to reach R16 at any Grand Slam in 10 years – Ai Sugiyama last did so at Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame)

• Represented Japan at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Stosur) and 2r in doubles (w/Hozumi, l. Kasatkina/Kuznetsova)

• Best result of the clay season was reaching first Premier-level QF at 2016 Rome (l. Begu) – it was also her second QF on clay (after 2013 Strasbourg). At the time (before Osaka), was the first player from Japan to reach the QF of a Premier-level tournament or above since 2014, when Kimiko Date reached last eight at Birmingham

• In March 2016, won the WTA 125k Series event at San Antonio (d. Friedsam in F)

• Reached first WTA singles final at 2015 Luxembourg (d. Barthel in F)

• Owns two doubles title, won at 2014 Istanbul (w/Svitolina) and 2019 Hiroshima (w/ Hibino)

• Scored first WTA main draw win at 2011 Kuala Lum-pur (fourth tour-level main draw) and first back-to-back wins at 2011 Wimbledon (eighth main draw)

• Played first WTA qualifying at 2009 Osaka; made main draw debut at 2010 Roland Garros

• Member of Japanese Fed Cup Team, 2011, 2013-15, 2017, 2019

• Season highlights in 2018 were R-Up finish as St Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova in F) and matching her best career result at Wimbledon by reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams)

• In doubles in 2018, won second career Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open (w/Babos) – defeated Makarova/Vesnina in F. Also finished doubles R-Up at Flushing Meadows York (w/Babos, l. Barty/Vande-weghe) and ended campaign by lifting WTA Finals crown w/Babos (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

• Owns seven Top 5 career wins, over No.2 Li (2014 Roland Garros), No.3 Halep (2015 Birmingham), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Dubai), No.4 Halep (2017 Indian Wells), No.2 Kerber (2017 Stuttgart), No.5 Muguruza (2017 Roland Garros) and No.1 Osaka (2019 Dubai)

• Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making Top 10 debut and lifting first career singles title at Premier-level 2017 St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F). Passed $5 million career prize money mark by winning title

• Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23, 2017

• Reached biggest final of career at Premier Manda-tory-level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep) and was R-Up at Acapulco (l. Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund)

• Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual cham-pion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to become French No.1

• Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but not called on to play

CAREER MILESTONES

SEASON CONT.• In Middle East contested Dubai, and posted her first

win over a reigning World No.1, defeating Osaka in 2r en route to R16 (l. Suarez Navarro)

• Had previously lost both matches against reigning No.1s, vs. S.Williams at 2016 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 Wuhan

• Is first French woman to defeat the World No.1 player since Cornet d. S.Williams at 2014 Wuhan (via ret.)

• Began 2019 with 1r exits in Brisbane (l. Aiava), Syd-ney qualifying (l. Birrell), Australian Open (l. Vekic) and St Petersburg (l. Ostapenko)

• Sydney marked first time in qualifying since 2015 Rome (d. Falconi and Puig to reach main draw). Was first qualifying loss since 2015 Madrid (l. Doi)

• As defending champion in doubles at Australian Open (w/Babos), reached final again in 2019, howev-er lost out to Stosur/Zhang

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• 2019 US Open marked 26th Grand Slam main draw

appearance• Best result across the Slams was R16 run at 2016

Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). Was first Japanese player to reach R16 at any Grand Slam in 10 years – Ai Sugiyama last did so at Wimbledon in 2006 (l. Beltrame)

• Achieved best result across the other three majors with 2r showings in 2013 (Australian Open) and 2015 (Roland Garros and US Open)


MISAKIDOI

• Began playing tennis at age six when parents intro-duced her to the game at the local tennis club

• An all-court player, who likes to be aggressive and come to the net; plays left-handed

• Tennis idol was Justine Henin, because she is small in stature and has an aggressive game

PERSONAL

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• 2019 US Open marked 36th Grand Slam main draw

appearance• Best Slam results are QF runs at 2015 US Open (l.

Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky)• Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilo-

va), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wim-bledon (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams)

• In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F) – were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971

• Won second and third Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesni-na in F) and 2019 Roland Garros (w/Babos, d.Duan/Zheng)

• Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos), 2016 US Open (w/Garcia), 2018 US Open (w/Babos) and 2019 Australian Open (w/Babos)

• Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013 Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor)

PERSONAL• Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father

is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is Luka (soccer player)

• Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to sport by parents

• Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish• Announced new coach Sascha Bajin in April 2019

CAREER CONT.• Reached two singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogen-

bosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozni-acki), having been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur)

• Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston, Stuttgart, Madrid and Roland Garros

• Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to 2016 competition final against Czech Republic – lost epic singles rubber to Ka.Pliskova, 63 46 16-14 in 3 hours 48 minutes – 30-game final set being lon-gest-ever in a Fed Cup final – as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova)

• Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013

• Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors]

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