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2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – SINGLES & DOUBLES FINAL MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Wozniacki leads 3-0 A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER RANK NAT AGE

DOHA W-L*

YTD W/L*

YTD PRIZE $^

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER W/L*

YTD TITLES

CAREER TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 5-3 14-1 497,056 7,429,782 381-228 1 7 Caroline Wozniacki 18 DEN 26 16-7 10-3 121,128 22,207,304 517-210 0 25

*Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL RECORDS (WTA MAIN DRAW)

PLAYER FINALS W-L [2] Karolina Pliskova 7-10 Caroline Wozniacki 25-17

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK POINTS

DOUBLES USD $ RANK POINTS

Winner 132,740 470 Winner 41,520 470 Runner-Up 70,880 305 Runner-Up 22,180 305 Semifinalist 37,850 185 Semifinalist 12,120 185 Quarterfinalist 20,350 100 Quarterfinalist 6,165 100 Round of 16 10,915 55 Round of 16 3,350 1 Round of 32 6,925 1

FINAL QUICK HITS

• There will be a new name on the Qatar Total Open Trophy; of the two finalists only Caroline Wozniacki has

reached the final in Doha before (2011)

• Wozniacki owns a 3-0 head to head record over Karolina Pliskova; all matches have been three sets and the

pair last played almost three years ago at 2014 Istanbul

• Pliskova hit 21 aces in her semifinal win over Dominika Cibulkova on Friday; this is a career-high for the Czech

for most aces in a match. Her previous best was 20 (2014 Indian Wells vs. Larcher de Brito and 2016

Nottingham vs. Barty). Her sister Kristyna currently owns the WTA record for most aces in a match (2016

Australian Open)

• This is the third consecutive year that an unseeded player has reached the final here in Doha – 2015 (Azarenka,

Safarova), 2016 (Ostapenko) and 2017 (Wozniacki)

• Pliskova is projected to remain as world No.3 after Doha, regardless of whether she wins the title; Wozniacki

will rise to No.14 should she win the title

• Wozniacki has advanced to the final without the loss of a set; Pliskova dropped just one set – in her semifinal

win over Cibulkova

• Pliskova is seeking her second WTA title of the 2017 season (after Brisbane) and her eighth career singles title

overall

• Wozniacki is aiming for her 26th career singles title – and first since Hong Kong last October

DOHA - QATAR | Feb 13 - Feb 18, 2017 | $776,000 | PREMIER

MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 3-0

2014 HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 100 mins 6-1 3-6 6-2 ISTANBUL

2014 HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 125 mins 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 MONTERREY

2013 HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 138 mins 5-7 6-3 6-3 MIAMI

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 18

29

11-07-1990 (26)

$121,128

$22,207,304

0 / 25

0 / 2

10-3 / 482-204

1-2 / 119-67

1-0 / 77-65

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3

4

21-03-1992 (24)

$497,056

$7,429,782

1 / 7

0 / 5

5-3

14-1 / 169-102

3-1 / 55-33

0-0 / 34-36

WTA RANKING

ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY

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

DOHA W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

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

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

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

16-7

14-1 / 127-67 10-3 / 355-140

1-2 / 109-91

1-1 / 45-60

1-0 / 49-24

4-0 / 31-45

2-0 / 14-23

0-0 / 15-15

* Updated through SF

Rnd Result Duration

SF C. WOZNIACKI d. M. PUIG 6-1,6-2 70 mins

QF C. WOZNIACKI d. L. DAVIS 7-5,6-1 119 mins

R16 C. WOZNIACKI d. A. RADWANSKA 7-5,6-3 99 mins

R1 C. WOZNIACKI d. K. BERTENS 6-2,6-3 84 mins

Rnd Result Duration

SF K. PLISKOVA d. D. CIBULKOVA 6-4,4-6,6-3 112 mins

QF K. PLISKOVA d. S. ZHANG 6-2,6-0 54 mins

R16 K. PLISKOVA d. C. GARCIA 7-5,6-4 69 mins

R1 BYE -

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017 * Qualifying match

DOHA Tournament History * Qualifying match


R16 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #118) 7-5 5-7 6-3

R2 W - DARIA GAVRILOVA (AUS #35) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2015

QF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) 6-3 6-1

R16 W - ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #94) 6-1 3-0

R1 BYE 2014

R2 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #72) 6-4 7-5

R1 BYE

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2016

R1 L - MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #41) 6-1 6-1

2015

R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) 7-6(2) 6-4

R1 W - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #103) 7-6(4) 6-4

2014

R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 7-6(2) 6-4

R1 W - CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #172) 6-3 6-3

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Wozniacki:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha

• Has advanced to the final here for the second time (also 2011 – lost to Zvonareva)

• Has also been a three-time quarterfinalist here in Doha - in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l.

Azarenka)

• Defeated Bertens in 1r and No.6 A.Radwanska in 2r; win over the Pole was 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent

(45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open)

• Overcame both qualifier Davis in QF and Puig in SF on Friday to reach 43rd career singles final; owns a 25-17 record in WTA

singles finals

• Has advanced to first final since 2016 Hong Kong (Won – d. Mladenovic)

• Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova in today’s final – owns a career 11-33 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents. Last victory over a Top 5

player came at 2016 Tokyo semifinals (d. No.4 A.Radwanska)

• Currently ranked No.18; could rise as high as No.14 by winning the title here in Doha

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

3 hours 20 minutes

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


MATCH NOTES

2013

QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-2 7-5

R16 W - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) 7-6(6) 6-3

R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #31) 7-6(7) 6-0

R1 W - MERVANA JUGIC-SALKIC (BIH #204) 6-1 6-2

2012

R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #28) 4-6 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 BYE 2011

F L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-4 6-4

SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #18) 6-1 6-1

QF W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #15) 6-2 6-0

R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #22) 6-3 6-2

R1 BYE 2008

QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 6-0 6-1

R16 W - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #31) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3

R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #9) 6-2 6-3

R1 W - YUNG-JAN CHAN (TPE #65) 3-6 6-2 6-3


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

played US Open on a ranking of No.74. Run to SF at Flushing Meadows heralded start of ranking recovery: defeated No.10

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

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

Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years running (2008-2016)

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

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

enjoyed 21-match win streak at event)

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

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

Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r)

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

• Prior to 2016 Nottingham, last tournament played was Miami (3r, l. Svitolina)

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

active streak)

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

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

reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

• Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which have

come on hardcourts. Owns the most career singles titles without having won a Grand Slam (was previously Pam Shriver

with 21 titles)

• Passed $22 million in career prize money in 2016 – 10th on all-time list

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

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

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

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

ambassadors on the WTA

• Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn; and hitting partner here in Doha is Sascha Bajin (formerly

worked with Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka)

Ka.Pliskova:

• Making fourth consecutive appearance at Doha

• Has achieved best result here by advancing to the Final – previously reached the 2r in 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Suarez

Navarro). Also 1r exit in 2016 (l. Gasparyan)

• After 1r bye, defeated Garcia in 2r, Zhang in QF and Cibulkova in SF

• Defeat of No.5 Cibulkova on Friday was fifth career victory over a Top 5 ranked opponent (now 5-14 overall)

• Has advanced to her second WTA final of 2017 (also won title in Brisbane to start the season) and eighth overall

• Owns a 7-10 record in WTA singles finals

• Looking to become the second Czech champion at the Qatar Total Open after Safarova in 2015

• Plays No.18 Wozniacki today – owns career 31-45 record vs. Top 20 players (4-0 so far in 2017)

• Will remain as world No.3 following Doha regardless of the final result

• Led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group round one tie last weekend in Ostrava - went 2-0 in

singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

• Began season with dominant performance in Brisbane, where she won her seventh career singles title (d. Cornet in F).

Withdrew from Sydney w/left thigh injury

• Advanced to QF at Australian Open (l. No.79 Lucic-Baroni) last month; ranking rose to No.3 following run in Melbourne

• The last Czech player to rank within the Top 3 was Kvitova (at No.2, week of June 29, 2015)

• By reaching QF, posted best Australian Open result of career; previous best was reaching 3r in 2015 and 2016 (l. Makarova

in both matches)

• Reached career-first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF and title

match at the majors. First Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

• Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American’s 186 consecutive week

reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams).

Defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament

• 21st active player to advance to a Grand Slam final; prior to New York, was only Top 20 player yet to surpass 3r at a major

• Enjoyed a career-best season in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015)

• 2016 season highlights included winning her fifth and sixth career singles titles, at Nottingham (d. Riske in F) and Premier 5

Cincinnati (d. Kerber in F). Record in WTA finals stands at 7-10, having won titles on clay (2015 Prague), grass (2016

Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati and 2017 Brisbane)

• Other notable results in 2016 included R-Up finish at Eastbourne (l. Cibulkova in F) and SF runs at Indian Wells (l. eventual

champion Azarenka) and at home event in Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova)

• Captured fifth career doubles title at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals

• Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress. Also

contested the doubles competition (w/Goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic

• Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia) before

teaming w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the title in five out

of the last six years, and now three-in-a-row

• Currently the No.1 Czech player – claimed status as country’s top-ranked player for first time in August 2016, overtaking

Kvitova

• Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech women

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

• Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November 1975, after

Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova

• At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

• Nominated for 2016 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated in 2014 for WTA Most Improved

• Coached by David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Kvitova, with 2017 Brisbane marking their first tournament together.

Formerly coached by Jiri Vanek

THE DOUBLES FINAL OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #51)/YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #11) vs. [4] ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA #22)/KATARINA SREBOTNIK (SLO #24) Head-to-Head: First meeting DOUBLES FINAL QUICK HITS Savchuk/Shvedova:

• 2017 Doha is the third tournament Olga Savchuk and Yaroslava Shvedova have played as team – and first since

2008. Previously they paired up at 2008 Australian Open (1r) and 2008 Pattaya City (1r)

• Unseeded here in Doha, they upset No.3 seeds Hlavackova/Peng in the quarterfinals and top seeds Hingis/Chan

in the semifinals

• Savchuk began the 2017 strongly, reaching the final in Shenzhen (w/Olaru) and winning the title in Hobart (also

w/Olaru); also reached 2r at Australian Open (w/Olaru) and 1r at St Petersburg (w/Olaru)

• Shvedova started the season in Sydney (w/King – SF) followed by the Australian Open (w/King – 3r)

• Savchuk teamed up with a variety of players throughout the 2016 season including countrywoman Kateryna

Bondarenko, Arina Rodionova and Yafan Wang; Shvedova mostly played with Timea Babos last season

• Savchuk owns three career doubles titles – most recently at 2017 Hobart (w/Olaru); she has been a runner-up

twice

• Shvedova has 13 doubles titles to her name – most recently at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Kalashnikova); she has

reached an additional 14 finals

• Shvedova is a two-time Grand Slam champion (2010 Wimbledon and 2010 US Open – both w/King). She has also

reached another three finals

• Savchuk has a career-high doubles ranking of No.44 (August 3, 2015); Shvedova’s career-high doubles ranking is

No.3 (February 22, 2016)

• Shvedova has appeared at the WTA Finals three times – 2010 (w/King – SF), 2011 (w/King – SF) and 2016 (w/Babos

– QF). Also qualified in 2015 with Dellacqua but withdrew due to concussion injury to the Australian

Spears/Srebotnik:

• 2017 Doha marks the second time Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik have played as a team; the pair made

their debut as a team at Brisbane last month, reaching the SF (l. Makarova/Vesnina)

• The No.4 seeds here at Doha, they defeated No.2 seeds Mirza/Strycova in the semifinals on Friday

• Spears began the season in Brisbane (w/Srebotnik – SF), followed by Hobart (w/Niculescu – QF) and Australian

Open (w/Niculescu – 1r)

• Srebotnik started 2017 in Brisbane (w/Srebotnik – SF), followed by Sydney (w/Zheng – 1r) and Australian Open

(w/Zheng – 3r)

• Spears split from long-term doubles partner Raquel Attawo at the end of the 2016 season; Srebotnik mostly

played with countrywoman Andreja Klepac throughout 2016

• Spears owns 18 career doubles titles – most recently at 2016 Stanford (w/Attawo); she has been a runner-up nine

times

• Srebotnik has 36 doubles titles to her name – most recently at 2015 Eastbourne (w/Garcia); she has reached an

additional 40 finals

• Both Spears and Srebotnik are Grand Slam doubles champions – Spears won her first title in mixed doubles at

the Australian Open last month (w/Cabal); Srebotnik won 2011 Wimbledon (w/Peschke) as well as five mixed

doubles titles

• Spears has a career-high doubles ranking of No.10 (March 2, 2015); Srebotnik is a former world No.1 in doubles

(July 4, 2011)

• Both players have reached the WTA Finals on multiple occasions – Spears (2014 – QF; 2015 – RR) and Srebotnik

(2001 – QF; 2002 – QF; 2007 – R-Up; 2008 – SF; 2010 – R-Up; 2011 – R-Up; 2013 – SF; 2014 – SF; 2015 – RR)

2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – SEMIFINAL MATCH NOTES

[3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Cibulkova leads 3-0 MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) vs. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) Wozniacki leads 2-1 A LOOK AT THE FINAL FOUR PLAYER RANK NAT AGE

DOHA W-L*

YTD W/L*

YTD PRIZE $^

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER W/L*

YTD TITLES

CAREER TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 4-3 13-1 497,056 7,429,782 380-228 1 7 [3] Dominika Cibulkova 5 SVK 27 6-4 8-4 166,540 11,041,464 400-253 0 8 Caroline Wozniacki 18 DEN 26 15-7 9-3 121,128 22,207,304 516-210 0 25 Monica Puig 47 PUR 23 3-0 4-3 77,378 1,884,033 234-146 0 1


POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS

CIBULKOVA KA.PLISKOVA

PUIG Cibulkova leads 1-0 Ka.Pliskova leads 3-0 WOZNIACKI Wozniacki leads 9-4 Wozniacki leads 3-0

SEMIFINAL RECORDS (WTA MAIN DRAW)

PLAYER SF W-L [2] Karolina Pliskova 17-5 [3] Dominika Cibulkova 18-11 Caroline Wozniacki 42-19 Monica Puig 3-4


MATCH NOTES

[3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA leads 3-0

2016 HARD O R16 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 74 mins 6-2 6-2 WUHAN

2016 GRASS O F DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 101 mins 7-5 6-3 EASTBOURNE

2014 HARD O SF DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 149 mins 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 KUALA LUMPUR

DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 5

14

06-05-1989 (27)

$166,540

$11,041,464

0 / 8

0 / 0

8-4 / 330-227

2-2 / 105-86

2-0 / 77-55

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3

4

21-03-1992 (24)

$497,056

$7,429,782

1 / 7

0 / 5

4-3

13-1 / 168-102

2-1 / 54-33

0-0 / 34-36

WTA RANKING








6-4

13-1 / 126-67 8-4 / 227-162

1-0 / 62-93

0-0 / 34-54

0-1 / 25-22

3-0 / 30-45

1-0 / 13-23

0-0 / 15-15

* Updated through QF

Rnd Result Duration

QF D. CIBULKOVA d. S. STOSUR 7-5,6-4 99 mins

R16 D. CIBULKOVA d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 7-5,2-6,6-2 136 mins

R1 BYE -

Rnd Result Duration

QF K. PLISKOVA d. S. ZHANG 6-2,6-0 54 mins


R1 BYE -




R1 L - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #180) 5-5

2012

R1 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #23) 6-3 2-6 7-5

2011

R16 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-1 6-2

R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #31) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8)

2008

QF L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #20) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4

R16 W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 6-3 6-3

R2 W - PATTY SCHNYDER (SUI #12) 6-3 6-4

R1 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #39) 6-4 6-3



2015



2014




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Cibulkova:

• Making fifth appearance at Doha; has achieved best result here by advancing to SF

• Previously reached QF in 2008 (l. A.Radwanska); also 2r in 2011 (l. Zvonareva) and 1r exits in 2012 (l. Pennetta) and 2014 (l.

Kleybanova)

• After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r and Stosur in QF for this first time (had lost five previous encounters prior to

Thursday’s match)

• Win over Stosur on Thursday was 400th career match win (all levels)

• Plays No.3 Ka.Pliskova today – owns career 18-34 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents. Most recent victory came over world

No.1 Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals (F)

• Owns 18-11 record in SF matches

• Looking to advance to first final since winning 2016 WTA Finals Singapore last October

• Could rise to a career-high No.4 with a win over Ka.Pliskova in SF; should she win the title will rise to No.3 (In WTA history,

46 different players have reached the Top 3)

• Playing fifth tournament of 2017 season - most recently advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. Putintseva) earlier this month

• Began season at Brisbane, reaching QF (l. eventual finalist Cornet); also made 2r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

• Reached 3r at Australian Open (as No.6 seed, l. Makarova in 3s)

• Currently ranked at career-high No.5 (first achieved on October 31, 2016)

• Posted first Top 10 season of career in 2016, finishing at No.5

• Won 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year award – ended 2015 ranked No.38 having been sidelined for four months

with a left Achilles problem, with ranking dipping as low as No.66 in February 2016

• Capped 2016 by winning biggest title of career to date at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in group stage before

defeating No.9 Kuznetsova in semifinals and World No.1 Kerber in final

• At No.7, became lowest seeded player to triumph at WTA Finals since No.7 seed V.Williams in 2008; first player to win

WTA Finals on debut since Kvitova in 2011

• Won career-high 53 matches in 2016 (previous best was 42 matches in 2011)

• Won a WTA-leading four singles titles in 2016 – qualified for Singapore by virtue of lifting trophy at Linz (d. Golubic in F)

after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco (l.

Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)

• Earlier titles came at 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco; overall is 8-10 in singles finals

• Other notable results in 2016 season included SF runs at Hobart (l. eventual R-Up Bouchard) and Stanford (l. eventual

champion Konta)

• Withdrew from Rio Olympics in singles and doubles (w/Schmiedlova) w/left calf injury

• Owns 34 victories over Top 10 opponents (eight in 2016) including three over world reigning World No.1s: Wozniacki at

2011 Wimbledon, Azarenka at 2012 Roland Garros and Kerber at 2016 WTA Finals

• A Grand Slam runner-up at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li); defeated four seeds en route, including No.3 Sharapova and No.5

A.Radwanska. Became first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam singles final

• First Slovak player (male of female) to reach a Grand Slam final

• Also a semifinalist at 2009 Roland Garros and has reached a further five Slam quarterfinals, most recently at 2016

Wimbledon (l. Vesnina, having saved 1mp against A.Radwanska in R16)

• Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami)

• Broke into Top 20 on August 4, 2008

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2005 Rabat and main draw debut at 2006 Istanbul

• In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on-court Slovak

catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who have

fallen on tough times

• Married husband Michal ‘Miso’ Navara in Bratislava in July 2016, after Wimbledon

• Coached by Matej Liptak

Ka.Pliskova:


• Has achieved best result here by advancing to SF – previously reached the 2r in 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Suarez

Navarro). Also 1r exit in 2016 (l. Gasparyan)

• After 1r bye, defeated Garcia in 2r and Zhang in QF

• Looking to advance to her second WTA final of 2017 (also won title in Brisbane to start the season)


• Looking to become the second Czech champion at the Qatar Total Open after Safarova in 2015

• Plays No.5 Cibulkova today – owns career 4-14 record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents (all four wins came in 2016)

• Will stay as world No.3 following Doha, unless Cibulkova wins the title here (will then move to No.4)

• Led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group round one tie over the weekend in Ostrava - went 2-0 in







in both matches)




















Kvitova










MATCH NOTES

MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) vs. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18)


2017 HARD O R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 131 mins 6-3 2-6 6-4 SYDNEY

2016 GRASS O R16 MONICA PUIG 134 mins 4-6 6-3 6-4 EASTBOURNE

2014 HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 116 mins 6-1 1-6 6-3 MIAMI

MONICA PUIG 47

119

27-09-1993 (23)

$77,378

$1,884,033

0 / 2

0 / 0

4-3 / 89-86

2-1 / 24-29

0-0 / 17-23


29

11-07-1990 (26)

$121,128

$22,207,304

0 / 25

0 / 2

15-7

9-3 / 481-204

1-2 / 119-67

1-0 / 77-65

WTA RANKING








3-0

9-3 / 354-140 4-3 / 54-56

0-2 / 13-23

0-0 / 3-5

0-0 / 6-4

1-2 / 109-91

1-1 / 45-60

1-0 / 49-24

* Updated through QF

Rnd Result Duration

QF M. PUIG d. D. KASATKINA 4-6,7-5,6-4 162 mins

R16 M. PUIG d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-2,4-6,2-1 Ret'd 108 mins

R1 M. PUIG d. L. SIEGEMUND 6-0,6-1 40 mins

Rnd Result Duration

QF C. WOZNIACKI d. L. DAVIS 7-5,6-1 119 mins








R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2015



R1 BYE 2014


R1 BYE


from

Puig:

• Making debut appearance in Doha, which marks fourth event of 2017

• Defeated Siegemund in 1r (conceded only one game), Putintseva in 2r (ret. w/left thigh injury) and Kasatkina in QF earlier

today

• Looking to advance to first Final since historic Gold Medal run at Rio Olympics last summer


• Plays No.18 Wozniacki today – owns 13-23 career record vs. Top 20 ranked opponents

• Currently ranked No.47 – projected to rise to No.42 by reaching the SF; Top 40 (approx. No.36) should she reach the final;

and Top 30 by winning the title

• Opened season with back-to-back exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at Australian

Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)

• Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2016, at No.32

• Finished 2016 season with QF run at International-level Tianjin (l. Kovinic); reached at least QF on eight occasions during

the year – also Sydney (R-Up; l. Kuznetsova in first final at Premier level), Prague (QF, l. Kuznetsova), Nottingham (SF, l.


MATCH NOTES

2013





2012


R1 BYE 2011





R1 BYE 2008






from

Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won, d. Kerber in F) and Tokyo

[PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)

• Made Top 30 debut the week of September 26, 2016 after QF run at Tokyo [PPO]

• Made history at Rio Olympics in August, winning Puerto Rico’s first ever Gold medal. Posted two Top 5 wins en route, over

No.4 Muguruza (R16) and No.2 Kerber (F). Subsequently withdrew from Cincinnati (low back injury)

• Was Named Best Female Athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics by Association of National Olympics Committees (ANOC); award

was presented here in Doha last November

• Prior to Olympics, made SF at Florianopolis (l. eventual champion Begu)

• Best results in Grand Slam play in 2016 were 3r efforts at Australian Open (saved five match points during 2r win vs.

Kr.Pliskova, in addition to the Czech serving a WTA record 31 aces in the match – beating Lisicki’s 27 vs. Bencic at 2015

Birmingham) and Roland Garros (l. Keys)

• Scored best result at WTA Premier Mandatory tournament with 3r run at 2016 Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina); this was

followed by 2r exit at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka)

• Owns 1-1 record in singles finals, having won 2014 Strasbourg (d. Soler-Espinosa in F)

• First player representing Puerto Rico to win a WTA singles title; Kristina Brandi and Gigi Fernandez, both born in Puerto

Rico, won titles while playing under USA flag

• On Grand Slam debut at 2013 Roland Garros, became first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach 3r at a Grand Slam in

the Open Era (Kristina Brandi’s best results at Grand Slams were representing USA)

• In her fourth career tour-level main draw appearance (2013 Brisbane), defeated Rogowska in opening match, becoming

the first player from Puerto Rico to win a main draw match since 2006 Charleston (Kristina Brandi)

• Won inaugural Rising Stars Invitational as part of WTA Finals in Singapore in 2014 (d. Zheng Saisai in F)

• Advanced to the final of two junior Grand Slams: 2011 Australian Open (l. Mestach) and 2011 Roland Garros (l. Jabeur)

• During 2016 off-season, hosted an exhibition match against Sharapova in Puerto Rico in December

• Coached by Juan Todero

Wozniacki:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha – best result is R-Up finish in 2011 (l. Zvonareva)

• Has advanced to the SFs for the second time (also 2011)

• Has also been a three-time quarterfinalist here in Doha - in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l.

Azarenka)

• Defeated Bertens in 1r and No.6 A.Radwanska in 2r; win over the Pole was 45th career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent

(45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open)

• Overcame qualifier and No.55 Davis earlier today to reach 62nd career semifinal; owns a 42-19 record in semifinal matches

• Has advanced to first SF since 2016 Hong Kong where she won the title

• Currently ranked No.18; could rise as high as No.14 by winning the title here in Doha


3 hours 20 minutes
















active streak)






with 21 titles)









2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – QUARTERFINAL MATCH NOTES

SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #21) vs. [3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5) Stosur leads 5-0 DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) Kasatkina leads 1-0 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [Q] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #55) First meeting ZHANG SHUAI (CHN #31) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3) Ka.Pliskova leads 3-0 (1-0 at WTA main draw level) A LOOK AT THE LAST EIGHT PLAYER RANK NAT AGE

DOHA W-L*

YTD W/L*

YTD PRIZE $^

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER W/L*

YTD TITLES

CAREER TITLES

[2] Karolina Pliskova 3 CZE 24 3-3 12-1 497,056 7,429,782 379-228 1 7 [3] Dominika Cibulkova 5 SVK 27 5-4 7-4 166,540 11,041,464 399-253 0 8 Caroline Wozniacki 18 DEN 26 14-7 8-3 121,128 22,207,304 515-210 0 25 Samantha Stosur 21 AUS 32 9-5 4-4 83,653 16,484,219 544-371 0 8 Zhang Shuai 31 CHN 28 3-1 4-3 88,408 2,813,079 364-247 0 1 Daria Kasatkina 32 RUS 19 3-1 6-4 91,467 1,230,296 124-51 0 0 Monica Puig 47 PUR 23 2-0 3-3 77,378 1,884,033 233-146 0 1 [Q] Lauren Davis 55 USA 23 5-0 10-1 89,362 1,687,426 216-134 1 1


POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – TOP HALF

WOZNIACKI DAVIS

KASATKINA First meeting First meeting PUIG Wozniacki leads 2-1 Davis leads 2-0

POTENTIAL SEMIFINAL HEAD to HEADS – BOTTOM HALF

ZHANG KA.PLISKOVA

STOSUR Zhang leads 2-1 Ka.Pliskova leads 1-0 CIBULKOVA Cibulkova leads 5-0 Cibulkova leads 3-0


MATCH NOTES

SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #21) vs. [3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5)

Head to Head: SAMANTHA STOSUR leads 5-0

2014 CLAY O R3 SAMANTHA STOSUR 100 mins 6-4 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2014 CLAY O R1 SAMANTHA STOSUR 77 mins 6-4 6-0 MADRID

2012 HARD O R16 SAMANTHA STOSUR 96 mins 6-4 7-5 TOKYO

2012 CLAY O QF SAMANTHA STOSUR 85 mins 6-4 6-1 ROLAND GARROS

2009 HARD O R1 SAMANTHA STOSUR 91 mins 6-4 6-3 STANFORD

SAMANTHA STOSUR 21

119

30-03-1984 (32)

$83,653

$16,484,219

0 / 8

0 / 24

4-4 / 415-286

2-2 / 115-104

1-0 / 85-99


14

06-05-1989 (27)

$166,540

$11,041,464

0 / 8

0 / 0

5-4

7-4 / 329-227

2-2 / 105-86

2-0 / 77-55

WTA RANKING








9-5

7-4 / 226-162 4-4 / 255-184

1-1 / 71-132

0-1 / 31-72

0-0 / 40-35

1-0 / 62-93

0-0 / 34-54

0-1 / 25-22

* Updated through 2r

Rnd Result Duration

R16 S. STOSUR d. B. STRYCOVA 6-3,3-6,6-4 127 mins

R1 S. STOSUR d. A. SEVASTOVA 7-5,6-4 99 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R16 D. CIBULKOVA d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 7-5,2-6,6-2 136 mins

R1 BYE -



SAMANTHA STOSUR 2015

R1 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #15) 7-6(3) 6-4

2014

R2 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #82) 6-4 4-6 6-1

R1 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #50) 6-4 6-2

2013


R16 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #51) 6-4 7-5

R2 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #60) 6-4 1-6 6-3

R1 BYE



2012


2011



2008






from

Stosur:

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Doha

• Best result is runner-up finish in 2012 (l. Azarenka in F); also reached QF in 2013 (l. Sharapova)

• Has advanced to QF in doubles here in 2005 (w/Stewart) and 2013 (w/Raymond)

• Defeated Sevastova in 1r followed by Strycova in 2r earlier today; win over No.17 Strycova was first win over a Top 20

ranked opponent since defeating No.6 Halep at 2016 Roland Garros (R16). Overall record now stands at 71-132

• Has advanced to second consecutive QF after Taipei City earlier this month (l. eventual finalist Peng); also first wins since

defeating Giorgi in 1r at 2016 US Open after suffering nine straight losses

• Looking to advance to first SF since 2016 Roland Garros (SF, l. eventual champion Muguruza)

• Faces No.5 Cibulkova today – owns 17-39 career record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents

• Most recent Top 5 wins came at 2013 Carlsbad, where she defeated No.4 A.Radwanska in QF and No.3 Azarenka in final en

route to the title

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

• Ended 2016 at No.21, up from No.27 in 2015. Currently ranked No.21

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

Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 – first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26, 2013

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

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

• Went 4-10 versus Top 20 players in 2016. Wins came over No.15 Vinci (Sydney), No.11 Suárez Navarro (Madrid), and No.13

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

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

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

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


MATCH NOTES

2012

F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-1 6-2

SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-3

QF W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #31) 6-2 2-6 6-3

R16 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #30) 6-3 6-2

R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #49) 6-4 7-6(5)

R1 BYE 2005

R1 L - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #21) 6-2 6-3

QF* L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #86) 6-2 6-1

R16* W - TIANTIAN SUN (CHN #131) 3-6 6-3 7-5

R1* W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #143) 6-1 6-3


from

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Top-ranked Australian of two in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova) as at February 13, 2017

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

• Former doubles world No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and 2006

Roland Garros (both w/Raymond)

• Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/Draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan) and 2014

Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic)

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

Coast and Australian Open

• Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during 2016

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

Cibulkova:

• Making fifth appearance at Doha; best result is QF run in 2008 (l. A.Radwanska)

• After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r to reach QF for second time

• A win today over Stosur would be 400th career match win

• Playing fifth tournament of 2017 season - most recently advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. Putintseva) earlier this month













after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco (l.

Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)



champion Konta)












• In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on-court Slovak

catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who have

fallen on tough times




MATCH NOTES

DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #47)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 1-0

2016 HARD O R3 DARIA KASATKINA 163 mins 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) INDIAN WELLS

DARIA KASATKINA 32

44

07-05-1997 (19)

$91,467

$1,230,296

0 / 0

0 / 1

6-4 / 46-32

3-1 / 18-15

1-3 / 5-7

MONICA PUIG 47

119

27-09-1993 (23)

$77,378

$1,884,033

0 / 2

0 / 0

2-0

3-3 / 88-86

1-1 / 23-29

0-0 / 17-23

WTA RANKING








3-1

3-3 / 53-56 6-4 / 34-22

2-2 / 7-15

2-2 / 4-11

2-0 / 4-1

0-2 / 13-23

0-0 / 3-5

0-0 / 6-4


Rnd Result Duration

R16 D. KASATKINA d. A. KERBER 6-4,0-6,6-4 122 mins

R1 D. KASATKINA d. I. BEGU 3-6,6-1,7-5 142 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R16 M. PUIG d. Y. PUTINTSEVA 6-2,4-6,2-1 Ret'd 108 mins

R1 M. PUIG d. L. SIEGEMUND 6-0,6-1 40 mins



DARIA KASATKINA 2016

R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) 2-6 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 W - QIANG WANG (CHN #101) 6-1 2-6 6-3


from

Kasatkina:

• Making second appearance at Doha – in 2016, reached 2r (l. Vinci) – has achieved best result here by advancing to QF

• Defeated Begu in 1r before scoring second win of 2017 season over No.2 Kerber earlier today

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

• Also defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney (R16). Became 6th teenager to defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009

Teenager Age Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7-6(5) 6-2 Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S 3-6 7-5 6-4 Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R32 6-4 7-5 Chang Kai-Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo [PPO] R32 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R32 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F 6-3 6-1

• Defeat of No.1 Kerber was first such victory over a reigning No.1; is now 1-1 vs. No.1 players (l. S.Williams at 2016 Australian Open 3r)

• Coming off 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside Top 100 since 2016 Linz (l. No.102 Allertova)

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

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

• Owns a 4-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016 Montreal), No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney) and No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

• Ended 2016 at career-best No.27, up from No.72 in 2015. Also posted new career-high ranking in 2016, at No.24 (week of August 15, 2016)

• 2016 highlights include reaching second WTA SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held MPs), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

• In doubles, fell one match short of defending 2015 title at Moscow (w/Vesnina), finishing as R-Up w/Gavrilova (l. Hlavackova/Hradecka in F). Also ended Hingis/Mirza’s 41-match unbeaten streak at 2016 Doha (w/Vesnina)

• In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Serena Williams), Roland Garros (l. Bertens 10-8 in third set. Was also first time seeded at a Slam) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams). Fell 1r at US Open (l. Wang)

• 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suarez Navarro in QF)

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

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

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

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

• Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her fitness trainer and travels with her

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

• Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

• Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

• Coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014

Puig:


• Defeated Siegemund in 1r (conceded only one game) and Putintseva in 2r (ret. w/left thigh injury)

• Looking to advance to first SF since historic Gold Medal run at Rio Olympics last summer

• Opened season with back-to-back exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at Australian

Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)


• Finished 2016 season with QF run at International-level Tianjin (l. Kovinic); reached at least QF on eight occasions during

the year – also Sydney (R-Up; l. Kuznetsova in first final at Premier level), Prague (QF, l. Kuznetsova), Nottingham (SF, l.

Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won, d. Kerber in F) and Tokyo

[PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)


• Made history at Rio Olympics in August, winning Puerto Rico’s first ever Gold medal. Posted two Top 5 wins en route, over

No.4 Muguruza (R16) and No.2 Kerber (F). Subsequently withdrew from Cincinnati (low back injury)

• Was Named Best Female Athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics by Association of National Olympics Committees (ANOC); award

was presented here in Doha last November



Kr.Pliskova, in addition to the Czech serving a WTA record 31 aces in the match – beating Lisicki’s 27 vs. Bencic at 2015

Birmingham) and Roland Garros (l. Keys)




• First player representing Puerto Rico to win a WTA singles title; Kristina Brandi and Gigi Fernandez, both born in Puerto

Rico, won titles while playing under USA flag

• On Grand Slam debut at 2013 Roland Garros, became first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach 3r at a Grand Slam in

the Open Era (Kristina Brandi’s best results at Grand Slams were representing USA)

• In her fourth career tour-level main draw appearance (2013 Brisbane), defeated Rogowska in opening match, becoming

the first player from Puerto Rico to win a main draw match since 2006 Charleston (Kristina Brandi)


• Advanced to the final of two junior Grand Slams: 2011 Australian Open (l. Mestach) and 2011 Roland Garros (l. Jabeur)

• During 2016 off-season, hosted an exhibition match against Sharapova in Puerto Rico in December



MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. [Q] LAUREN DAVIS (USA #55)

Head to Head: 0-0


29

11-07-1990 (26)

$121,128

$22,207,304

0 / 25

0 / 2

8-3 / 480-204

1-2 / 119-67

1-0 / 77-65

LAUREN DAVIS 55

29

09-10-1993 (23)

$89,362

$1,687,426

1 / 1

0 / 0

2-0

7-1 / 73-77

1-1 / 26-19

2-0 / 24-11

WTA RANKING








14-7

7-1 / 48-48 8-3 / 353-140

1-2 / 109-91

1-1 / 45-60

1-0 / 49-24

2-0 / 6-22

0-0 / 2-7

0-0 / 5-9


Rnd Result Duration



Rnd Result Duration

R16 L. DAVIS d. E. VESNINA 7-5,6-2 109 mins

R1 L. DAVIS d. R. VINCI 6-2,6-3 85 mins

R3* L. DAVIS d. C. GIORGI 5-7,5-2 Ret'd 110 mins

R2* L. DAVIS d. Q. WANG 6-3,6-3 82 mins

R1* L. DAVIS d. J. BOSERUP 6-2,6-2 76 mins






R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2015



R1 BYE 2014


R1 BYE


from

Wozniacki:


• Has advanced to the QFs for the fourth time – also QFs in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l.

Azarenka)

• Defeated Bertens in 1r and No.6 A.Radwanska in 2r earlier today; win over the Pole was 45th career win over a Top 10

ranked opponent (45-60 overall record). Is now 1-1 in 2017 (lost to No.9 Konta at Australian Open)

• Faces qualifier and No.55 Davis today – last loss to a player ranked outside Top 50 was No.53 Goerges at 2017 Auckland

(QF)

• Looking to advance to first SF since 2016 Hong Kong where she won the title


3 hours 20 minutes








MATCH NOTES

2013





2012


R1 BYE 2011





R1 BYE 2008






from










active streak)






with 21 titles)









Davis:

• Making Tournament debut at Doha

• Qualified and defeated Vinci in 1r followed by No.6 seed Vesnina in 2r earlier today

• Faces No.18 Wozniacki in QF – owns a 2-0 record in 2017 over Top 20 ranked opponents (wins came over No.20

Strycova at 2017 Auckland and No.16 Vesnina in 2r here at Doha). Overall owns a 6-22 career record

• Looking to advance to second SF of 2017 season – won first career WTA title at Auckland to begin 2017 (d. Konjuh in F)

• Following Auckland triumph, had 1r exit at Australian Open (l. countrywoman Crawford)

• Ended 2016 season at No.62 – fifth consecutive Top 100 season

• 2016 season highlights included reaching first WTA career singles finals at Washington D.C. (l. Wickmayer) and Quebec

City (as qualifier, l. Dodin)

• Also reached SF at Luxembourg (as qualifier, l. eventual finalist Kvitova)

• In Grand Slams, reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) – equaling career-best Grand Slam result (also 2014

Australian Open and 2014 Wimbledon)

• Also 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Chirico) and 2r at US Open (l. Svitolina). Fell in qualifying at Wimbledon

• Career-high ranking is No.43 (July 21, 2014)

• 2015 season highlight was reaching career-first WTA SF at Auckland (l. eventual champion V.Williams). Reached two

further QFs in 2015, at Charleston (l. Keys) and Nottingham (l. A.Radwanska). Following 2015 Nottingham, only won

three WTA main draw matches in rest of 2015

• Owns two career Top 10 wins: No.4 Azarenka (2014 Indian Wells) and No.7 Bouchard (2015 Charleston) – overall

record is 2-7

• US Fed Cup Team, 2014-15

• Has won seven ITF Circuit singles titles

• Won USTA girls’ 18 & Under national title in 2011, earning a US Open main draw wildcard

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2010 Miami (l. Parmentier)

• Coached by Mark Schanerman


MATCH NOTES

SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #31) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 3-0

2015 CLAY O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 93 mins 7-6(4) 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2014 HARD O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 76 mins 7-6(5) 6-1 DUBAI

2012 HARD I R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 6-4 3-6 7-5 NANTES

SHUAI ZHANG 31

19

21-01-1989 (28)

$88,408

$2,813,079

0 / 1

0 / 4

4-3 / 76-109

2-2 / 26-22

3-2 / 18-25

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3

4

21-03-1992 (24)

$497,056

$7,429,782

1 / 7

0 / 5

3-3

12-1 / 167-102

2-1 / 54-33

0-0 / 34-36

WTA RANKING








3-1

12-1 / 125-67 4-3 / 61-78

1-1 / 11-33

1-1 / 5-10

0-0 / 6-10

3-0 / 30-45

1-0 / 13-23

0-0 / 15-15


Rnd Result Duration

R16 S. ZHANG d. G. MUGURUZA 7-6(3),3-6,7-5 150 mins

R1 S. ZHANG d. T. BABOS 7-6(3),6-3 91 mins

Rnd Result Duration


R1 BYE -



SHUAI ZHANG 2014

R2 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #134) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R1 W - MARYNA ZANEVSKA (BEL #120) 6-3 6-2

2013

R1* L - ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA #647) 6-4 7-5

2011

R1* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #116) 6-4 6-4



2015



2014




from

Zhang:

• Making second main draw appearance at Doha (fourth overall)

• Has achieved best result here by reaching QF; previously advanced to 2r in 2014 (l. Cetkovska); lost in qualifying in

2011 and 2013

• Defeated Babos in 1r and No.7 Muguruza in 2r for fifth career win over a Top 10 ranked opponent (overall record is

5-10). Has also defeated No.1 Safina (2009 Beijing; ranked No.226 at the time, became lowest-ranked player to

defeat a reigning World No.1), No.6 Kvitova (2014 Rome), No.2 Halep (2016 Australian Open) and No.5 Halep (2016

Beijing)

• Faces No.3 Ka.Pliskova today in QF; owns 3-8 record vs. Top 5 players (and 0-1 in 2017)

• Playing first Tournament since 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Riske); had reached QF in Melbourne in 2016

• Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching 2r (l. Cibulkova); also had 1r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

• Posted fourth Top 100 season in 2016, at career-best finish of No.24 – China’s top-ranked woman, of four in year-end

Top 100

• Strong end to 2016 (went 21-6 post US Open) brought back-to-back semifinals on Asian swing – Tokyo [Japan Open]

and Seoul – and saw her win 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/Tokyo 2-JPN

• At last event of season, runner-up at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F)

• Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF – first time she had

progressed beyond 1r at a major in what was her 15th main draw appearance. As a qualifier, defeated No.2 Halep

and No.17 Keys en route (l. Konta)

• Ranked No.133, became lowest-ranked player to advance to last eight in Melbourne since unranked Henin reached

final in 2010, and first qualifier to do so since Gavaldon in 1990

• 2016 Australian Open also marked first time winning back-to-back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014

Birmingham

• Entering 2016 Australian Open, her 0-14 record in Grand Slam 1r matches was the record among Top 300 players

• Other season highlights in 2016 included reaching 3r at US Open (best result at tournament), where she claimed

back-to-back match wins at tour level for first time since 3r effort at Indian Wells in March, a run spanning 10

tournaments

• Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In doubles, also made

2r (w/Peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavackova)

• Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down

from No.62 in 2014

• Reached 2r at tour-level on only four occasions in 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürnberg

• Winner of one WTA singles title, at 2013 Guangzhou (d. King in F) and also won WTA 125K Series event at Nanjing in

2013 (d. Morita in F)

• Has won four WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2014 Pattaya City (w/Peng) and is a four-time runner-up

• Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou

• Hails from a sporting family. Father, Zhang Zhi Qiang, was a professional soccer player, and mother, Wang Feng Quin,

was a basketball player

• Coached by Liu Shuo

Ka.Pliskova:


• Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF – previously reached the 2r on two occasions - 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015

(l. Suarez Navarro)

• Led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group round one tie over the weekend in Ostrava - went 2-0 in







in both matches)




















Kvitova









1

http://www.qatartennis.org/

mailto:[email protected]



MATCH NOTES

[1] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) vs. DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #32)

Head to Head: 1-1

2017 HARD O R16 DARIA KASATKINA 92 mins 7-6(5) 6-2 SYDNEY

2016 HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER 61 mins 6-2 6-2 MONTREAL

ANGELIQUE KERBER 2

22

18-01-1988 (29)

$194,399

$19,516,183

0 / 10

0 / 0

4-3 / 328-185

3-1 / 95-72

0-2 / 61-45

DARIA KASATKINA 32

44

07-05-1997 (19)

$91,467

$1,230,296

0 / 0

0 / 1

2-1

5-4 / 45-32

2-1 / 17-15

1-3 / 5-7

WTA RANKING








5-6

5-4 / 33-22 4-3 / 215-119

0-1 / 71-86

0-0 / 30-48

1-0 / 28-16

1-2 / 6-15

1-2 / 3-11

1-0 / 3-1

* Updated entering 2017 Doha 2r

Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE

Rnd Result Duration

R1 D. KASATKINA d. I. BEGU 3-6,6-1,7-5 142 mins

DOHA Tournament Performance - 2017

DOHA Tournament History ANGELIQUE KERBER 2016

R2 L - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #73) 7-5 6-1

R1 BYE 2015

R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #48) 6-0 6-3

2014

F L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #10) 6-2 6-3

SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #8) 6-1 7-6(6)

QF W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #134) 6-1 6-0

R16 W - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #34) 6-2 6-3

R2 W - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #53) 7-6(2) 6-4

R1 BYE

DARIA KASATKINA 2016

R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) 2-6 6-4 7-6(3)

R1 W - QIANG WANG (CHN #101) 6-1 2-6 6-3


from

Kerber:

• Making seventh main draw appearance at Doha (eighth overall)

• Best result was R-Up finish in 2014 (l. Halep); also 2r exits in 2012 (l. Pironkova), 2013 (l. Barthel), and 2016 (l.

Zheng)

• Playing first tournament since R16 exit at Australian Open last month as defending champion - lost to

Vandeweghe in straight sets

• Subsequently dropped from No.1 to No.2 in the rankings following S.Williams win at Australian Open; can regain

No.1 ranking this month by reaching final at both Doha and Dubai or by winning title at Dubai

• Began season with QF run at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and 2r exit at Sydney (after 1r bye, l. Kasatkina)

• At 2016 Australian Open, was first German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Lisicki at 2013

Wimbledon (l. Bartoli) and first to win a title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros (d. Hingis in F). Became only fourth

player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams, Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by

Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros)

• Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open

(Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left-handed player to win a Grand Slam singles

title since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon

• Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to world No.1; was 22nd player to

hold WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were

introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997)

• Aged 28, was oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who

was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001


MATCH NOTES

2013

R2 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #32) 6-1 6-2

R1 BYE 2012

R2 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #46) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #14) 4-6 6-4 6-1

2008

R1 L - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #101) 7-6(3) 6-4

2007

R1* L - TATIANA PEREBIYNIS (UKR #183) 6-4 6-3


from

• Secured the 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – only the 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 and fans

• 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18

• Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4

Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep

(Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4

Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open)

• Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning

first two majors, successfully defended Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in

F)

• Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressed past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first

German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996

• Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics

(silver medalist, l. Puig in F) and Cincinnati (l. Ka.Pliskova in F – would have been crowned World No.1 then had

she won)

• Became fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam finals in the same year they reached their first, after

Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997)

• Other notable results in 2016 included SF runs at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka), Charleston (ret. vs.

eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness) and Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep)

• In other Grand Slam result in 2016, l. Bertens in 1r at Roland Garros

• Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark

• Did not advance past 3r at any Slam in 2015, falling 1r at Australian Open (l. Begu), 3r at Roland Garros (l.

Muguruza), 3r at Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) and 3r at US Open (l. Azarenka)

• Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]; overall, owns a 10-15

record in tour level singles finals. Has won titles on all surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green)

• Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

• Recently named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes of Gareth

Bale and Luis Suarez

• Coached by Torben Beltz

Kasatkina:

• Making second appearance at Doha – in 2016, reached 2r (l. Vinci)

• Defeated Begu in three sets here in 1r (match was postponed due to poor weather on Tuesday, with Kasatkina

down 3-5, before being completed earlier today in three sets)

• Faces No.2 Kerber today – defeated the German when she was ranked World No.1 earlier this year at Sydney

(R16). Became 6th teenager to defeat a World No.1 since the beginning of 2009

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

Australian Open 3r)

• Coming off 2r exit at St. Petersburg (l. No.115 and countrywoman Vikhlyantseva). Was first loss to a player outside

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

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

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

eventual champion Konta)

• Owns a 3-11 record vs. Top 10 opponents, wins coming over No.7 V.Williams (2016 Auckland), No.8 Vinci (2016

Montreal) and No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney)

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

(week of August 15, 2016)

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

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

Olympics (l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

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

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

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

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

Wang)

Teenager Age Reigning No.1 Tournament Round Score Daria Kasatkina 19 Angelique Kerber 2017 Sydney R16 7-6(5) 6-2 Belinda Bencic 18 Serena Williams 2015 Toronto S 3-6 7-5 6-4 Christina McHale 19 Caroline Wozniacki 2011 Cincinnati R32 6-4 7-5 Chang Kai-Chen 18 Dinara Safina 2009 Tokyo [PPO] R32 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 Petra Kvitova 19 Dinara Safina 2009 US Open R32 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Victoria Azarenka 19 Serena Williams 2009 Miami F 6-3 6-1

• 2015 saw her reach her first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over

No.14 Suarez Navarro in QF)

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

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

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

• Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia

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

her fitness trainer and travels with her

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

• Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

• Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

• Coached by Vladimir Platenik since October 2014


MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #24) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #3)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 2-1

2016 HARD I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 6-3 3-6 6-3 FED CUP FINAL

2015 CLAY O R2 CAROLINE GARCIA 94 mins 6-2 4-6 6-1 MADRID

2013 HARD O R1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 110 mins 3-6 6-3 6-3 CINCINNATI

CAROLINE GARCIA 24

34

16-10-1993 (23)

$158,547

$4,112,618

0 / 3

0 / 6

4-2 / 104-101

2-0 / 34-40

1-1 / 32-26

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 3

4

21-03-1992 (24)

$497,056

$7,429,782

1 / 7

0 / 5

2-3

11-1 / 166-102

2-1 / 54-33

0-0 / 34-36

WTA RANKING








2-4

11-1 / 124-67 4-2 / 67-66

0-1 / 18-37

0-0 / 8-21

0-0 / 6-10

3-0 / 30-45

1-0 / 13-23

0-0 / 15-15


Rnd Result Duration

R1 C. GARCIA d. M. BRENGLE 6-2,4-6,6-3 109 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE



CAROLINE GARCIA 2016

R1 L - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #118) 6-3 7-5

2014

R1 L - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #40) 6-4 6-1

2013

R2 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #3) 6-3 6-2

R1 W - FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #434) 6-2 6-3

R2* W - VALENTYNA IVAKHNENKO (RUS #233) 6-1 6-4

R1* W - NATALIE GRANDIN (RSA #1,094) 6-2 6-3

2012

R1 L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #39) 7-6(6) 7-6(4)

R2* W - NATALIE GRANDIN (RSA #772) 6-3 6-4

R1* W - ARANTXA RUS (NED #93) 6-4 6-3



2015



2014




from

Garcia:

• Making fifth appearance at Doha; best result is 2r run in 2013 (qualified, l. Sharapova). Had 1r exits in 2012 (l.

Barthel), 2014 (l. Knapp) and 2016 (l. Vesnina)

• Defeated Brengle in 1r earlier today – match was postponed for yesterday due to rain

• Plays No.3 Ka.Pliskova today – owns a career 1-13 record vs. Top 5 players; sole victory came over No.4 Kvitova at

2015 Cincinnati

• Began season at Australian Open after withdrawing from Sydney (w/back injury) – reached 3r in Melbourne (l.

Strycova). Enjoyed highest Grand Slam seeding at Australian Open (at No.21)

• Also had 2r exit at Taipei City earlier this month (l. Minella)

• In doubles, reached SF at Australian Open (w/Mladenovic) – pair fell to Hlavackova/Peng

• Posted third successive Top 40 season in 2016, hitting new career-high of No.23 the week of October 23 and

holding it for year-end rankings. Recorded a career-best 34 main draw singles wins across the season

• Winner of three WTA singles titles, two of them captured in 2016 – on clay at Strasbourg (d. Lucic-Baroni in F) and

on grass at Mallorca (d. Sevastova in F)

• Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, going 1-1 in singles round-robin play – d. Stosur, l. Konta

• Other singles highlights in 2016 included reaching first Premier-level SF of career at Dubai (l. eventual finalist

Strycova); also a semifinalist at International-level Monterrey (l. eventual champion Watson)

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

• Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic – went 2-0 in singles, posting

wins over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, although the Czechs won the tie, 3-2

• Ended 2016 season with runner-up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France, where she was the

defending champion

• Is a Grand Slam champion in doubles - teamed w/Mladenovic to win first major doubles title of career at 2016

Roland Garros. Became the first French pair to capture the doubles in Paris since 1971, when Gail Chanfreau and

Francoise Durr triumphed

• Team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova) among a total of

eight finals reached in 2016 – won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as Roland Garros. Garcia is now

6-10 in tour-level doubles finals

• Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore – advanced to semifinals (l.

Mattek-Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co-ranked No.2, a new career high for both players

• Owns a 3-2 record in WTA singles finals. Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and also won

the doubles (w/Arruabarrena), becoming first player to win singles and doubles at same event since S.Williams at

2012 Olympics. Reached finals in consecutive weeks at 2015 Acapulco and Monterrey (l. Bacsinszky in both)

• Has eight career wins over Top 10 players: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6

A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic

(2015 Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati) and No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Fed Cup final)

• Currently France’s No.1 player, ahead of Cornet, Mladenovic, Parmentier and Dodin in the Top 100 (week of

February 13, 2017)

• Participated in 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational where she also qualified in doubles (w/Srebotnik); pair

bowed out in group stage

• Made WTA and Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 Australian Open, advancing to 2r

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

events

• Played first professional match aged 13 at an ITF event in France in 2007

• Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia

Ka.Pliskova:


• Best result is 2r on two occasions - 2014 (l. Kerber) and 2015 (l. Suarez Navarro)

• Led Czech Republic to victory over Spain in Fed Cup World Group round one tie over the weekend in Ostrava -

went 2-0 in singles (d. Arruabarrena and Muguruza)

• Began season with dominant performance in Brisbane, where she won her seventh career singles title (d. Cornet

in F). Withdrew from Sydney w/left thigh injury

• Advanced to QF at Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) last month; ranking rose to No.3 following run in Melbourne


• By reaching QF, posted best Australian Open result of career; previous best was reaching 3r in 2015 and 2016 (l.

Makarova in both matches)

• Reached career-first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF

and title match at the majors. First Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

• Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American’s 186 consecutive

week reign at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d.

S.Williams). Defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament

• 21st active player to advance to a Grand Slam final; prior to New York, was only Top 20 player yet to surpass 3r at

a major


• 2016 season highlights included winning her fifth and sixth career singles titles, at Nottingham (d. Riske in F) and

Premier 5 Cincinnati (d. Kerber in F). Record in WTA finals stands at 7-10, having won titles on clay (2015 Prague),

grass (2016 Nottingham) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati and 2017 Brisbane)

• Other notable results in 2016 included R-Up finish at Eastbourne (l. Cibulkova in F) and SF runs at Indian Wells (l.

eventual champion Azarenka) and at home event in Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova)


• Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress.

Also contested the doubles competition (w/Goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic

• Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia)

before teaming w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the

title in five out of the last six years, and now three-in-a-row

• Currently the No.1 Czech player – claimed status as country’s top-ranked player for first time in August 2016,

overtaking Kvitova

• Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech

women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova)

• Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November

1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova



• Coached by David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Kvitova, with 2017 Brisbane marking their first tournament

together. Formerly coached by Jiri Vanek


MATCH NOTES

[4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) vs. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18)


2016 HARD O R16 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 69 mins 6-3 6-1 BEIJING

2016 HARD O R16 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 89 mins 6-4 6-2 WUHAN

2016 HARD O SF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 171 mins 4-6 7-5 6-4 TOKYO

2015 CLAY O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 83 mins 6-3 6-2 MADRID

2014 HARD I R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 107 mins 7-5 6-3 WTA FINALS

2014 HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 104 mins 6-4 7-6(5) CINCINNATI

2013 HARD O QF AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 92 mins 6-2 7-5 DOHA

2012 HARD O QF AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 97 mins 6-4 6-3 TOKYO

2012 HARD O QF AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 158 mins 3-6 7-5 6-2 SYDNEY

2011 HARD I R1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 159 mins 5-7 6-2 6-4 WTA FINALS

2011 CLAY I SF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 115 mins 7-5 6-3 STUTTGART

2010 HARD O QF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 29 mins 5-0 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC

2010 HARD O SF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 99 mins 6-2 6-3 INDIAN WELLS

2008 HARD O SF CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-4 6-1 STOCKHOLM

2007 HARD O QF AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6-4 6-1 STOCKHOLM

AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 6

17

06-03-1989 (27)

$142,399

$26,082,305

0 / 20

0 / 2

6-3 / 484-213

2-1 / 99-91

1-1 / 63-59


29

11-07-1990 (26)

$121,128

$22,207,304

0 / 25

0 / 2

13-7

7-3 / 479-204

1-2 / 119-67

1-0 / 77-65

WTA RANKING








16-7

7-3 / 352-140 6-3 / 348-144

1-1 / 103-118

0-1 / 47-81

0-0 / 37-25

0-2 / 108-91

0-1 / 44-60

1-0 / 49-24


Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE

Rnd Result Duration



DOHA Tournament History AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 2016

SF L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #11) 6-2 6-0

QF W - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) 3-6 6-2 6-3





from


MATCH NOTES

R16 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #37) 7-5 6-1

R2 W - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #75) 6-4 6-4

R1 BYE 2015

QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #17) 6-4 1-6 6-3

R16 W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #16) 6-1 6-1

R1 BYE 2014

SF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #10) 7-5 6-2

QF W - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #72) 6-2 6-1

R16 W - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #110) 6-4 0-1

R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #26) 7-5 6-0

R1 BYE 2013

SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-3 6-3

QF W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #10) 6-2 7-5

R16 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) 6-1 7-6(6)

R2 W - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #131) 6-3 6-2

R1 BYE 2012

SF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 6-4

QF W - CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #38) 6-1 6-1

R16 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #114) 7-5 6-1

R2 W - ANNE KEOTHAVONG (GBR #89) 6-1 6-2

R1 BYE 2011


2008

SF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 6-4 6-3

QF W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #45) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4

R16 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #3) W/O

R2 W - TATHIANA GARBIN (ITA #37) 6-3 6-3

R1 W - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #48) 7-5 6-0

R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2015



R1 BYE 2014


R1 BYE 2013





2012


R1 BYE 2011





R1 BYE 2008






from

A.Radwanska:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha. Has advanced to SF on five occasions - 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2012 (l. Azarenka),

2013 (l. Azarenka), 2014 (l. Halep) and 2016 (l. Suarez Navarro)

• Began season with QF run in Shenzhen (as defending champion, l. Riske) and was R-Up at Sydney (l. Konta)

• Had 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni) - was earliest exit in Melbourne since 2009 (1r); ranking dropped from

No.3 to No.6 - first time outside Top 5 since October 2015

• 2017 Australian Open was 43rd consecutive main draw appearance, which is the third longest active streak (behind

Jankovic, 53, and Pironkova, 45). Hasn’t missed a major since making Grand Slam debut at 2006 Wimbledon

• Is a Grand Slam finalist, reaching title match at 2012 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in 3s). Became Poland’s first Grand

Slam finalist in the Open Era (Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was runner‐up in three Grand Slam finals in the 1930s, including

at Wimbledon in 1937)

• At Roland Garros, made QF in 2013 and at US Open has reached R16 in 2007-08, 2012-13 and 2016

• One of nine active players to record more than 100 Grand Slam main draw match wins (115-42, including 1r win).

Only S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova, Azarenka and Kuznetsova have more win than her

• Finished 2016 in the Top 10 for the sixth straight year – the longest active streak; achieved a career high year-end

ranking of No.3

• Won three titles in 2016, one of six players to win a hat-trick of titles (also Azarenka, Cibulkova, Kerber, Halep and

Stephens) - triumphed at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F), New Haven (d. Svitolina in F) and Beijing (d. Konta in F)

• One of just four players who reached R16 or better at all Grand Slams last year (also Keys, Suarez Navarro and

S.Williams)

• Qualified for 2016 WTA Finals Singapore (as defending champion, d. No.5 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Muguruza in round

robin play, l. No.1 Kerber in SF)

• Win at 2016 New Haven was the second-most efficient title run of 2016, dropping only 20 games (best was Azarenka

at Brisbane – 17 games)

• Other notable results in 2016 include SF runs at Doha (l. eventual champion Suarez Navarro), Indian Wells (l.

eventual R-Up S.Williams), Stuttgart (l. Siegemund) and Tokyo [PPO] (as defending champion, l. eventual champion

Wozniacki)

• In 2016 Grand Slam play, reached SF at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams) and R16 at Roland Garros (l.

Pironkova), Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova 9-7 in deciding set) and US Open (l. Konjuh)

• Represented Poland at 2016 Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Zheng) and 1r in mixed doubles (w/Kubot, l.

Begu/Tecau)

• First Polish woman to win a WTA singles title (2007 Stockholm); rank in Top 10 (after 2008 Wimbledon); and defeat a

World No.1 player (Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney)

• Owns a 1-16 record vs. World No.1s, sole win coming over Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney. Losses were to Henin (2007

Eastbourne and Zurich), Safina (2009 Stuttgart), Wozniacki (2011 Stuttgart), Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Indian Wells,

2012 Stuttgart, 2012 Madrid and 2013 Doha) and S.Williams (2013 Miami, 2013 Toronto, 2013 Beijing, 2013 WTA

Finals, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Indian Wells)

• Won the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Kvitova in F) after going 1-2 in round robin play

• Career prize money stands at more than US$25 million – the sixth WTA player to have reached the mark

• At No.6, is the top-ranked Polish woman in Top 100, ahead of Linette (week of February 13, 2017)

• Won WTA Fan Favorite Award in 2016, the sixth straight year she has topped the public vote

• Wimbledon girls' singles winner in 2005 (sister Urszula won event in 2007)

• Coached by Tomasz Wiktorowski

Wozniacki:


• Also reached QFs in 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2013 (l. today’s opponent A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. Azarenka)

• Defeated Bertens in 1r in rain-delayed match – was postponed yesterday at 2-2 in first set, and finished earlier today

• Plays No.6 A.Radwanska today – owns a 44-60 career record vs. Top 10 ranked opponents and 0-1 so far in 2017 (lost

to No.9 Konta at Australian Open)

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

lasted 3 hours 20 minutes


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

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

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

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

(d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years running

(2008-2016). Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at Luxembourg




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

comeback at Nottingham (l. Kontaveit in 2r)



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

longest active streak)




• Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of which

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

Pam Shriver with 21 titles)


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

programs

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

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

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

USANA ambassadors on the WTA



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MATCH NOTES

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #23) vs. [3] DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #5)

Head to Head: DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA leads 4-2

2016 HARD I QF DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 114 mins 7-6(3) 6-4 LINZ

2016 CLAY O R16 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 130 mins 2-6 6-3 7-5 MADRID

2014 HARD O R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 66 mins 6-3 6-3 CINCINNATI

2013 CLAY I R1 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 5-7 6-1 6-4 FED CUP

2010 HARD I R1 DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 133 mins 7-6(5) 2-6 6-0 MOSCOW

2010 HARD O R1 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 114 mins 7-5 7-5 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 23

9

03-07-1991 (25)

$359,249

$6,918,705

0 / 8

1 / 5

7-3 / 260-192

1-0 / 84-66

1-1 / 62-51


14

06-05-1989 (27)

$166,540

$11,041,464

0 / 8

0 / 0

4-4

6-4 / 328-227

1-2 / 104-86

2-0 / 77-55

WTA RANKING








2-2

6-4 / 225-162 7-3 / 195-127

3-1 / 44-85

2-0 / 24-47

0-0 / 21-26

1-0 / 62-93

0-0 / 34-54

0-1 / 25-22


Rnd Result Duration

R1 A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA d. J. JANKOVIC 6-1,6-4 85 mins

Rnd Result Duration

R1 BYE


DOHA Tournament History ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2014

R2 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #110) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - TADEJA MAJERIC (SLO #121) 5-7 6-2 6-3

2012

R1 L - KSENIA PERVAK (RUS #44) 1-6 6-2 6-3



2012


2011




from

Pavlyuchenkova:

• Making third main draw appearance at Doha. Has equaled best result here by advancing to 2r, having also reached this

stage in 2014 (l. Lucic-Baroni). Made 1r exit in 2012 (l. Pervak)

• Competing in fourth tournament of the season following a QF appearance at Australian Open (l. eventual finalist

V.Williams). Has now completed a perfect set of career Grand Slam QFs, having previously reached last eight at 2011

Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone), 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon

(l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Plays No.5 Cibulkova today in their seventh career meeting; owns a 24-27 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents,

including two this season over No.9 Kuznetsova at Sydney and No.10 Kuznetsova at Melbourne. In 2016, went 1-4 vs.

such players, sole win coming over No.4 A.Radwanska at Montréal

• Defeat of No.4 A.Radwanska at 2016 Montréal was her first Top 5 win for nearly two years. Earlier wins came over No.3

Jankovic (2009 Indian Wells), No.3 V.Williams (2009 Tokyo [PPO] and 2009 Beijing in back-to-back weeks), No.3

Zvonareva (2011 Roland Garros), No.5 Kerber (2012 Brisbane), No.5 Sharapova (2014 Paris [Indoors]) and No.4

A.Radwanska (2014 Eastbourne)

• Opened 2017 season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. Goerges) before making QF run at Sydney (d. Stosur and defending

champion Kuznetsova en route, l. Bouchard)

• Won fifth career doubles title at Sydney (w/Babos); first doubles title since winning 2013 Madrid (w/Safarova); now 5-2 in

doubles finals

• Currently the No.3 Russian of eight women in Top 100 (week of February 13, 2017)

• Posted ninth successive Top 50 season in 2016; fourth Top 30 season in a row, at No.28. Has one Top 20 season finish, in

2011 (at No.16)

• In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), St

Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova)

• 1r win at 2016 Madrid snapped five-match losing streak that began in QF at Acapulco


MATCH NOTES

2008






from

• At the Slams, besides Wimbledon QF, fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Davis), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kuznetsova) and

3r at US Open (l. eventual finalist Ka.Pliskova)

• Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r

• Eight-time WTA singles champion, at 2010 Monterrey (d. Hantuchova in F), 2010 Istanbul (d. Vesnina in F), 2011

Monterrey (d. Jankovic in F), 2013 Monterrey (d. Kerber in F), 2013 Oeiras (d. Suárez Navarro in F), 2014 Paris [Indoors] (d.

Sharapova in F), 2014 Moscow (d. Begu in F), 2015 Linz (d. Friedsam in F). Also a five-time runner-up, most recently at

2015 Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

• Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow

• As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title (d. Paszek

in F) and was runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros (l. A.Radwanska) and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles titles. Named

2006 ITF Junior World Champion

• Introduced to tennis at age six by family

• Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level

canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer

• Coached here by Simon Goffin. Previously coached by father, Sergey and brother, Aleks

Cibulkova:

• Making fifth appearance at Doha; best result is QF run in 2008 (l. A.Radwanska)

• Playing fifth tournament of 2017 season - most recently advanced to SF at St. Petersburg (l. Putintseva) earlier this

month



• Is approaching 400 career match wins, enters Doha this week at 398 (all levels)











after earlier wins at Katowice (d. Giorgi in F) and Eastbourne (d. Ka.Pliskova in F). In 2016 also reached finals at Acapulco

(l. Stephens), Madrid (l. Halep) and Wuhan (l. Kvitova)



champion Konta)












• In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak

catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes and other notables in her native Slovakia who

have fallen on tough times



Muguruza

• Making third consecutive appearance at Doha; reached QFs in 2016 (l. Petkovic) and posted 1r exit in 2015 (l.

Suarez Navarro)


MATCH NOTES

[5] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) vs. [WC] CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #82)

Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads 2-0

2016 HARD I R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 98 mins 6-4 6-4 LINZ

2011 HARD O F GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 6-4 6-3 ITF/CACERES-ESP

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 7

7

08-10-1993 (23)

$354,134

$10,437,299

0 / 3

0 / 5

8-3 / 142-83

3-0 / 49-36

1-1 / 24-29

CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY 82

362

28-09-1989 (27)

$41,733

$770,180

0 / 1

0 / 0

2-2

0-2 / 17-33

0-1 / 4-10

1-0 / 4-12

WTA RANKING








2-2

0-2 / 9-21 8-3 / 93-55

2-1 / 40-38

1-1 / 20-22

0-0 / 11-10

0-1 / 1-6

0-1 / 0-3

0-0 / 1-2


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


DOHA Tournament History GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2016

QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #27) 6-1 5-7 6-2

R16 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #48) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - NAO HIBINO (JPN #60) 6-2 6-0

R1 BYE 2015

R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) 6-5

CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY 2016

R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) 7-5 6-1

R2 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #12) 7-6(6) 7-5

R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #74) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

2014

R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #53) 6-3 6-3


from

• Faces No.82 Buyukakcay - a loss today would be worst-by-ranking since falling to No.124 Cepelova at 2016

Wimbledon (2r)

• Represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic over the weekend, going1-1 in singles (d.

Strycova, l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Began 2017 season strongly with SF run at Brisbane - ret. vs. Cornet trailing 4-1 (w/right thigh injury). Was first SF

since Cincinnati last August (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and second since run to final at Roland Garros

• Followed this up by reaching QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) for first time after two R16 efforts in 2014

and 2015

• 2017 Australian Open marked 17th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Won maiden Slam title at 2016

Roland Garros – d. S.Williams in F. One of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Slam final (also V.Williams,

Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur). Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams)

• One of just five players born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final, and two to win a title (also Kvitova at 2011

and 2014 Wimbledon). Became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario

defeated Monica Seles in three sets. Also the 45th player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title

• Posted second Top 10 season finish in 2016, at No.7

• Finished 2016 season with second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in round-robin

play and did not progress to SF. In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles

since 2001 (Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza)

• 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to career-high ranking of

No.2 following Paris triumph. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December

1996 (as No.2). Meanwhile at 22 years, 7 months was the youngest first-time Grand Slam singles champion since

Victoria Azarenka won 2012 Australian Open aged 22 years, 6 months

• In other Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and fell 2r at both Wimbledon (l.

qualifier Cepelova) and US Open (as No.3 seed, l. Sevastova)

• Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Rome (l. eventual R-Up Keys – was first time winning three

consecutive matches since 2015 WTA Finals) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Made QF at Doha

(l. Petkovic) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) and posted R16 results at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and

Beijing (l. Kvitova)

• Represented Spain at Rio Olympics. Advanced to 3r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig 61 61) and QF in

doubles (w/Suárez Navarro, l. eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina). Was due to play mixed doubles

w/Nadal, but the pair conceded a w/o in 1r match due to Nadal’s ongoing participation in singles and doubles

• Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon

– l. S.Williams having defeated four Top 20 opponents en route: No.10 Kerber (3r), No.5 Wozniacki (R16), No.15

Bacsinszky (QF) and No.13 A.Radwanska (SF). Became first Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon final since

Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at

2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce)

• 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.Pliskova and Bacsinszky

• Owns 3-3 career record in singles finals – in addition to 2016 Roland Garros and 2015 Beijing, won 2014 Hobart

(as qualifier, d. Koukalova in F, did not drop a set en route)

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

• Coached by Sam Sumyk

Buyukakcay

• Making third appearance at Doha, entering main draw as a wild card. Best result is making 3r in 2016 (l. Vinci).

Posted 1r exit in 2014 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Plays No.7 Muguruza today - owns career 0-4 record vs. Top 10 players with losses coming against No.10

Vinci (2016 Doha), No.6 Muguruza (2016 Linz) and No.10 Konta (2017 Shenzhen, 2017 Fed Cup)

• Represented Turkey in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group 1 competition at the weekend vs. Great Britain; went 0-1

in singles and GB won 3-0

• Began season with 1r exits in Shenzhen (l. Konta) and Australian Open (l. Dodin); also fell in Hobart qualifying

• Seeking first WTA main draw win since 2016 US Open (1r, d. Falconi)

• Ended 2016 season at No.67 - first Top 100 finish of career

• 2016 season highlight was winning career-first singles title at 2016 Istanbul (d. Kovinic in F) - became first

Turkish player to win a WTA title

• Meanwhile became first player from Turkey to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam with 1r defeat of

Sasnovich at 2016 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova in 2r); 2016 Roland Garros was also Grand

Slam main draw debut

• In other main draw appearances at Slams, posted 1r exit at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Garcia) and reached 2r at US

Open (l. Kvitova)

• By appearing at 2016 US Open, became first Turkish woman to appear in the US Open main draw

• Became first tennis player to represent Turkey at an Olympics Games in Rio (l. Makarova in 1r)

• Went winless during 2016 grass court swing, falling in 1r at Nottingham (l. Wozniacki), in qualifying at

Birmingham (l. Krunic) and Eastbourne (l. Hercog), and 1r at Wimbledon (l. Garcia)

• Reached career-high ranking of No.60 on September 12, 2016

• Mostly played on ITF Circuit in 2015, but reach 2r twice at tour level – Shenzhen (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva) and

Dubai (as WC, l. Cornet)

• Two-time runner-up at WTA doubles events: 2014 Bucharest (w/Knapp) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Jankovic)

• Winner of eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Made WTA main draw debut as unranked wildcard at 2005 Istanbul (1r)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Turkey in 2004

• Member of Turkish Fed Cup Team in 2015 and 2017

• Most admires Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

• Born in Adana, Turkey and resides in Istanbul

• Father’s name is Ercument; mother is Secil; has a sister, Nehir

• Began playing tennis at age eight and prefers hardcourts

• Coached by Can Uner


MATCH NOTES

[8] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #17) vs. [WC] FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #419)

Head to Head: First meeting

BARBORA STRYCOVA 17

12

28-03-1986 (30)

$231,865

$5,918,807

0 / 1

0 / 20

9-4 / 210-223

2-1 / 72-55

1-2 / 47-55

FATMA AL NABHANI 419

254

20-05-1991 (25)

$2,353

$173,277

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-5

0-0 / 0-6

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

WTA RANKING








2-3

0-0 / 0-6 9-4 / 116-127

2-3 / 21-71

0-3 / 6-43

2-0 / 17-23

0-0 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 0-0


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration



BARBORA STRYCOVA 2016

R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 7-6(2) 6-4

R1 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) 6-3 6-4

2015

R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #17) 7-5 3-6 7-6(5)

R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #28) 7-5 6-4

2012

R1 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #48) 4-6 6-3 6-1


R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #104) 6-0 6-0

2015

R1* L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #65) 6-0 6-3

2014

R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #54) 6-1 6-0

2013

R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #172) 6-2 6-3

2012

R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #16) 6-0 7-5

2011

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #6) 6-1 6-3

2008

R1* L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #134) 6-3 6-3

2007

R1* L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #89) 6-1 6-2


from

Strycova:

• Making fourth appearance at Doha – in three previous outings here, has never progressed beyond 2r. Fell 1r on

debut in 2012 (l. Melzer) and posted 2r exits in 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2016 (l. Kvitova)

• Faces No.419 Al Nabhani today in opening match – a loss would be worst-by-ranking since 2007, losing to No.504

Jovanovic at $25k ITF/Bad Saulgau-GER

• Was in Fed Cup action last week – went 1-1 in singles (l. Muguruza, d. Arruabarrena) in Czech Republic’s – the

reigning champions - win over Spain

• Made R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual champion and No.2 S.Williams). Record vs. Top 2 ranked players stands at

1-11, sole win coming over No.2 Li at 2014 WImbledon

• Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at 2014 Wimbledon (posted wins over Li– in the last match of the

Chinese star’s career – and Wozniacki en route, l. eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first time in Open Era

that three Czech women advanced to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova)

• Was playing in Melbourne on new career-high ranking of No.16 (week of January 16, 2017)

• Opened 2017 season with QF run at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), followed by SF run at Sydney (l. eventual

R-Up A.Radwanska)

• Posted two Top 20 wins en route to Sydney SF: No.18 Vinci in 2r and No.20 Wozniacki in QF (in a match that lasted 3

hours 20 minutes). Reached doubles final at Sydney w/Mirza (l. Babos/Pavlyuchenkova)

• Posted first Top 20 season finish in 2016 (at No.20); fourth non-consecutive Top 50 season

• Helped the Czech Republic to victory in November’s Fed Cup final against France – d. Cornet in singles and

Garcia/Mladenovic in the decisive doubles rubber (w/Ka.Pliskova)

• Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at end of 2016 season – went 1-1 in round robin play (d. Vinci, l. eventual

champion Kvitova)

• 2016 season highlighted by reaching second Premier-level singles final of career, at Dubai (l. Errani) and third

Premier-level final at Birmingham (l. Keys). Record in WTA singles finals now stands at 1-6, title coming at 2011

Québec City (d. Erakovic in F)

• Other singles highlights in 2016 included three QFs, at Prague (l. Stosur), Rome (l. Keys) and Wuhan (l. Cibulkova); and

R16 at Indian Wells (l. Halep)

• Also reached five doubles finals in 2016, winning three titles – at Birmingham (w/Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati and Tokyo

[PPO] (both w/Mirza). Record in doubles finals now stands at 20-13

• Won bronze medal in doubles at Rio Olympics (w/Safarova, d. Hlavackova/Hradecka in bronze medal match). In

addition, competed in singles, reaching 2r (l. Errani)

• Currently the Czech No.3 (behind Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova) of six women in Top 100 (February 13, 2017)

• Owns six wins over Top 10 opponents: No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.8 Wozniacki (2015 Sydney), No.6 Bouchard

(2015 Madrid), No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Australian Open) and No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2000. Won nine singles and 10 doubles titles on ITF

Circuit

• Two-time junior singles Grand Slam winner: won back-to-back Australian Open girls’ singles titles, in 2002 and 2003;

also won three junior doubles titles. Ranked No.1 in both disciplines during junior career

• ITF Junior World Champion in 2002

• Coached by Tomas Krupa

Al Nabhani:

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Doha, on each occasion as a wildcard; looking for first win here after five 1r

losses from 2011-14 and 2016. Also fell in qualifying three times, in 2007-08 and 2015

• Only other tour-level main draw appearance – aside from here in Doha – came at 2012 Dubai (as WC, l. Peer in 1r)

• Playing third event of 2017 – this season has reached final at $15k ITF/Cairo 2-EGY (l. Scholsen) and QF at $15k

ITF/Cairo-EGY

• Finished 2016 at No.463. Best year-end finish of career came in 2010 (at No.372)

• In 2016, fell in WTA qualifying at Dubai and Seoul

• Highest-ranked opponents she has faced are No.6 Jankovic (2011 Doha) and No.16 Peng (2012 Doha). Faces No.17

Strycova today

• Yet to make Grand Slam main draw debut (has never contested qualifying)

• Contested first WTA qualifying at 2006 Dubai and made WTA Main draw debut at 2011 Doha (as WC, l. Jankovic)

• Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Dubai in 2005

• On ITF Circuit, winner of nine singles titles and 11 doubles titles. At $10k ITF/Fujairah-UAE in 2010, became first player

from Oman, female or male, to win an ITF singles event

• Set career-high ranking to date of No.362 on October 4, 2010

• Sole Omani player with a WTA ranking and continues to play mostly on ITF Circuit

• Won gold medal in singles for Oman at 2011 Pan Arab Games, as well as bronze in doubles and team event

• Began playing tennis at age four

• Enjoys fishing and catching up with friends

• Plays right-handed (double-handed backhand)


MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #22)


2012 HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 82 mins 7-5 6-1 MONTREAL


29

11-07-1990 (26)

$121,128

$22,207,304

0 / 25

0 / 2

6-3 / 478-204

1-2 / 119-67

1-0 / 77-65

KIKI BERTENS 22

119

10-12-1991 (25)

$67,742

$2,368,969

0 / 2

1 / 6

0-0

3-5 / 79-89

1-1 / 25-28

1-2 / 20-17

WTA RANKING








12-7

3-5 / 33-57 6-3 / 351-140

0-2 / 108-91

0-1 / 44-60

1-0 / 49-24

0-0 / 8-21

0-0 / 3-10

0-1 / 8-3


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


DOHA Tournament History CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2016



R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2015



R1 BYE 2014


R1 BYE


from

Wozniacki:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha. Best result was R-Up finish in 2011 (l. Zvonareva in F). Also a three-time

quarterfinalist, in 2008 (l. eventual champion Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. eventual R-Up

Azarenka). Made 3r here in 2016 (l. No.118 Vesnina) and posted opening match losses after 1r byes in 2012 (l.

Safarova) and 2014 (l. Wickmayer)

• Faces Bertens today – first time facing Dutch opposition for over four years (d. Rus at 2012 Seoul). Meanwhile has

a perfect 4-0 record vs. women from Netherlands in career, all previous meetings coming at main draw, tour-level

• 2017 Qatar Total Open marks fourth event of 2017

• Playing first tournament since reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Konta). Is closing in on her 100th Grand

Slam main draw match win (92-39 following 2017 Australian Open)

• Opened 2017 season with back-to-back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova)



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


MATCH NOTES

2013





2012


R1 BYE 2011





R1 BYE 2008






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

Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years

running (2008-2016). Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at

Luxembourg

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

point enjoyed 21-match win streak at event)








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

Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

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

2011

• Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of

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

previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)



programs

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

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

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

by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA

• Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn

Bertens:

• Making debut appearance at Doha

• Faces No.18 Wozniacki today in opening match – owns an 8-21 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents, last such

win coming at 2016 Gstaad (d. No.17 Bacsinszky). First time facing Top 20 opposition in 2017

• Was in Fed Cup action last week – went 1-1 in singles (d. Sabalenka, l. Sasnovich) as Netherlands lost to Belarus

4-1 in World Group

• Suffered back-to-back exits at Australian Open (l. Lepchenko) and St Petersburg (l. Beck)

• Was seeded at this year’s Australian Open for the third time in her career at a Grand Slam (also 2016 Wimbledon

and 2016 US Open)

• Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis) – won the doubles title (w/Larsson). Advanced

to QF at Hobart later in January (l. eventual champion Mertens)

• Finished 2016 ranked No.22 – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015.

Career-high ranking is No.21 (July 18, 2016)

• Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route). Owns 2-1

record in WTA singles finals, winning 2012 Fes and 2016 Nürnberg. All three finals were on clay

• In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles – falling to Svitolina and Vesnina

• Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani)

• Scored best result at a major at 2016 Roland Garros, reaching the SF (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Ranking jumped

from No.58 to a then-career high of No.27

• Was the first Dutch woman to reach the SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam

since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF)

• Prior to 2016 Roland Garros, previous best Grand Slam result was also at Roland Garros, making the R16 in 2014

(as qualifier, l. Petkovic), which was the only time she had advanced past the 2r at a major in 15 previous

appearances

• Arrived in Paris having made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d.

Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/Larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title was

Vandeweghe at 2014 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Advanced to the SFs at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu) to break a five match streak of 1r exits during the later

part of the 2016 season

• Owns a 1-6 lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents, sole win coming vs. No.3 Kerber in 1r at 2016 Roland

Garros 1r. Owns a further two Top 10 wins: No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg) and No.9 Bacsinszky (2016 Roland Garros)

• Dutch No.1, and only player from the Netherlands ranked in the Top 100 (as of February 13, 2017)

• Won her maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw

appearance

• Owns five doubles titles: 2015 Hobart, 2015 Bastad, 2016 Nürnberg. 2016 Linz, 2016 Luxembourg, and 2017

Auckland (all w/Larsson)

• On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles and 11 doubles titles

• Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

• Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut as a

wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r)

• Coached by Raemon Sluiter

MATCH NOTES: QATAR TOTAL OPEN DOHA, QATAR | FEB 13 – 18, 2017 | USD $776,000 PREMIER EVENT


2017 QATAR TOTAL OPEN – MATCH NOTES – DAY 2 CENTRE COURT [4] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) vs. [WC] CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #82) Muguruza leads 2-0 (1-0 at tour-level) [8] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #17) vs. [WC] FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #419) First meeting CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #22) Wozniacki leads 1-0 [Q] JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #50) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #23) Pavlyuchenkova leads 5-2 LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #41) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #47) Puig leads 1-0






1




Muguruza

• Making third consecutive appearance at Doha; reached QFs in 2016 (l. Petkovic) and posted 1r exit in 2015 (l.

Suarez Navarro)


MATCH NOTES

[5] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #7) vs. [WC] CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY (TUR #82)

Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads 2-0

2016 HARD I R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 98 mins 6-4 6-4 LINZ

2011 HARD O F GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 6-4 6-3 ITF/CACERES-ESP

GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 7

7

08-10-1993 (23)

$354,134

$10,437,299

0 / 3

0 / 5

8-3 / 142-83

3-0 / 49-36

1-1 / 24-29

CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY 82

362

28-09-1989 (27)

$41,733

$770,180

0 / 1

0 / 0

2-2

0-2 / 17-33

0-1 / 4-10

1-0 / 4-12

WTA RANKING








2-2

0-2 / 9-21 8-3 / 93-55

2-1 / 40-38

1-1 / 20-22

0-0 / 11-10

0-1 / 1-6

0-1 / 0-3

0-0 / 1-2


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


DOHA Tournament History GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2016

QF L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #27) 6-1 5-7 6-2

R16 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #48) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - NAO HIBINO (JPN #60) 6-2 6-0

R1 BYE 2015

R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #14) 6-5

CAGLA BUYUKAKCAY 2016

R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #10) 7-5 6-1

R2 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #12) 7-6(6) 7-5

R1 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #74) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2

2014

R1 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #53) 6-3 6-3


from

• Faces No.82 Buyukakcay - a loss today would be worst-by-ranking since falling to No.124 Cepelova at 2016

Wimbledon (2r)

• Represented Spain in Fed Cup World Group loss to Czech Republic over the weekend, going1-1 in singles (d.

Strycova, l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Began 2017 season strongly with SF run at Brisbane - ret. vs. Cornet trailing 4-1 (w/right thigh injury). Was first SF

since Cincinnati last August (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) and second since run to final at Roland Garros

• Followed this up by reaching QF at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe) for first time after two R16 efforts in 2014

and 2015

• 2017 Australian Open marked 17th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Won maiden Slam title at 2016

Roland Garros – d. S.Williams in F. One of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Slam final (also V.Williams,

Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur). Also finished R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams)

• One of just five players born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final, and two to win a title (also Kvitova at 2011

and 2014 Wimbledon). Became the first Spanish woman to win Roland Garros since 1998, when Sánchez Vicario

defeated Monica Seles in three sets. Also the 45th player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title

• Posted second Top 10 season finish in 2016, at No.7

• Finished 2016 season with second consecutive appearance at WTA Finals in Singapore – went 1-2 in round-robin

play and did not progress to SF. In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles

since 2001 (Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/Suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza)

• 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to career-high ranking of

No.2 following Paris triumph. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December

1996 (as No.2). Meanwhile at 22 years, 7 months was the youngest first-time Grand Slam singles champion since

Victoria Azarenka won 2012 Australian Open aged 22 years, 6 months

• In other Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) and fell 2r at both Wimbledon (l.

qualifier Cepelova) and US Open (as No.3 seed, l. Sevastova)

• Other notable results in 2016 were SF runs at Rome (l. eventual R-Up Keys – was first time winning three

consecutive matches since 2015 WTA Finals) and Cincinnati (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova). Made QF at Doha

(l. Petkovic) and Tokyo [PPO] (l. Sevastova) and posted R16 results at Miami (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and

Beijing (l. Kvitova)

• Represented Spain at Rio Olympics. Advanced to 3r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig 61 61) and QF in

doubles (w/Suárez Navarro, l. eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina). Was due to play mixed doubles

w/Nadal, but the pair conceded a w/o in 1r match due to Nadal’s ongoing participation in singles and doubles

• Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon

– l. S.Williams having defeated four Top 20 opponents en route: No.10 Kerber (3r), No.5 Wozniacki (R16), No.15

Bacsinszky (QF) and No.13 A.Radwanska (SF). Became first Spanish woman to reach Wimbledon final since

Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at

2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce)

• 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.Pliskova and Bacsinszky

• Owns 3-3 career record in singles finals – in addition to 2016 Roland Garros and 2015 Beijing, won 2014 Hobart

(as qualifier, d. Koukalova in F, did not drop a set en route)

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

• Coached by Sam Sumyk

Buyukakcay

• Making third appearance at Doha, entering main draw as a wild card. Best result is making 3r in 2016 (l. Vinci).

Posted 1r exit in 2014 (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Plays No.7 Muguruza today - owns career 0-4 record vs. Top 10 players with losses coming against No.10

Vinci (2016 Doha), No.6 Muguruza (2016 Linz) and No.10 Konta (2017 Shenzhen, 2017 Fed Cup)

• Represented Turkey in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group 1 competition at the weekend vs. Great Britain; went 0-1

in singles and GB won 3-0

• Began season with 1r exits in Shenzhen (l. Konta) and Australian Open (l. Dodin); also fell in Hobart qualifying

• Seeking first WTA main draw win since 2016 US Open (1r, d. Falconi)

• Ended 2016 season at No.67 - first Top 100 finish of career

• 2016 season highlight was winning career-first singles title at 2016 Istanbul (d. Kovinic in F) - became first

Turkish player to win a WTA title

• Meanwhile became first player from Turkey to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam with 1r defeat of

Sasnovich at 2016 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Pavlyuchenkova in 2r); 2016 Roland Garros was also Grand

Slam main draw debut

• In other main draw appearances at Slams, posted 1r exit at 2016 Wimbledon (l. Garcia) and reached 2r at US

Open (l. Kvitova)

• By appearing at 2016 US Open, became first Turkish woman to appear in the US Open main draw

• Became first tennis player to represent Turkey at an Olympics Games in Rio (l. Makarova in 1r)

• Went winless during 2016 grass court swing, falling in 1r at Nottingham (l. Wozniacki), in qualifying at

Birmingham (l. Krunic) and Eastbourne (l. Hercog), and 1r at Wimbledon (l. Garcia)

• Reached career-high ranking of No.60 on September 12, 2016

• Mostly played on ITF Circuit in 2015, but reach 2r twice at tour level – Shenzhen (as qualifier, l. Zvonareva) and

Dubai (as WC, l. Cornet)

• Two-time runner-up at WTA doubles events: 2014 Bucharest (w/Knapp) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Jankovic)

• Winner of eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Made WTA main draw debut as unranked wildcard at 2005 Istanbul (1r)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Turkey in 2004

• Member of Turkish Fed Cup Team in 2015 and 2017

• Most admires Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

• Born in Adana, Turkey and resides in Istanbul

• Father’s name is Ercument; mother is Secil; has a sister, Nehir

• Began playing tennis at age eight and prefers hardcourts

• Coached by Can Uner


MATCH NOTES

[8] BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #17) vs. [WC] FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #419)

Head to Head: First meeting

BARBORA STRYCOVA 17

12

28-03-1986 (30)

$231,865

$5,918,807

0 / 1

0 / 20

9-4 / 210-223

2-1 / 72-55

1-2 / 47-55


254

20-05-1991 (25)

$2,353

$173,277

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-5

0-0 / 0-6

0-0 / 0-0

0-0 / 0-0

WTA RANKING








2-3

0-0 / 0-6 9-4 / 116-127

2-3 / 21-71

0-3 / 6-43

2-0 / 17-23

0-0 / 0-2

0-0 / 0-1

0-0 / 0-0


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration



BARBORA STRYCOVA 2016

R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 7-6(2) 6-4

R1 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #29) 6-3 6-4

2015

R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #17) 7-5 3-6 7-6(5)

R1 W - SABINE LISICKI (GER #28) 7-5 6-4

2012

R1 L - IVETA MELZER (CZE #48) 4-6 6-3 6-1


R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #104) 6-0 6-0

2015

R1* L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #65) 6-0 6-3

2014


2013

R1 L - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #172) 6-2 6-3

2012

R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #16) 6-0 7-5

2011

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #6) 6-1 6-3

2008

R1* L - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #134) 6-3 6-3

2007

R1* L - ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #89) 6-1 6-2


from

Strycova:

• Making fourth appearance at Doha – in three previous outings here, has never progressed beyond 2r. Fell 1r on

debut in 2012 (l. Melzer) and posted 2r exits in 2015 (l. V.Williams) and 2016 (l. Kvitova)

• Faces No.419 Al Nabhani today in opening match – a loss would be worst-by-ranking since 2007, losing to No.504

Jovanovic at $25k ITF/Bad Saulgau-GER

• Was in Fed Cup action last week – went 1-1 in singles (l. Muguruza, d. Arruabarrena) in Czech Republic’s – the

reigning champions - win over Spain

• Made R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual champion and No.2 S.Williams). Record vs. Top 2 ranked players stands at

1-11, sole win coming over No.2 Li at 2014 WImbledon

• Best result at a Grand Slam came with QF run at 2014 Wimbledon (posted wins over Li– in the last match of the

Chinese star’s career – and Wozniacki en route, l. eventual champion Kvitova). Occasion marked first time in Open Era

that three Czech women advanced to QF at a Slam (also Safarova, Kvitova)

• Was playing in Melbourne on new career-high ranking of No.16 (week of January 16, 2017)

• Opened 2017 season with QF run at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), followed by SF run at Sydney (l. eventual

R-Up A.Radwanska)

• Posted two Top 20 wins en route to Sydney SF: No.18 Vinci in 2r and No.20 Wozniacki in QF (in a match that lasted 3

hours 20 minutes). Reached doubles final at Sydney w/Mirza (l. Babos/Pavlyuchenkova)

• Posted first Top 20 season finish in 2016 (at No.20); fourth non-consecutive Top 50 season

• Helped the Czech Republic to victory in November’s Fed Cup final against France – d. Cornet in singles and

Garcia/Mladenovic in the decisive doubles rubber (w/Ka.Pliskova)

• Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at end of 2016 season – went 1-1 in round robin play (d. Vinci, l. eventual

champion Kvitova)

• 2016 season highlighted by reaching second Premier-level singles final of career, at Dubai (l. Errani) and third

Premier-level final at Birmingham (l. Keys). Record in WTA singles finals now stands at 1-6, title coming at 2011

Québec City (d. Erakovic in F)

• Other singles highlights in 2016 included three QFs, at Prague (l. Stosur), Rome (l. Keys) and Wuhan (l. Cibulkova); and

R16 at Indian Wells (l. Halep)

• Also reached five doubles finals in 2016, winning three titles – at Birmingham (w/Ka.Pliskova), Cincinnati and Tokyo

[PPO] (both w/Mirza). Record in doubles finals now stands at 20-13

• Won bronze medal in doubles at Rio Olympics (w/Safarova, d. Hlavackova/Hradecka in bronze medal match). In

addition, competed in singles, reaching 2r (l. Errani)

• Currently the Czech No.3 (behind Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova) of six women in Top 100 (February 13, 2017)

• Owns six wins over Top 10 opponents: No.2 Li (2014 Wimbledon), No.8 Wozniacki (2015 Sydney), No.6 Bouchard

(2015 Madrid), No.3 Sharapova (2015 Wuhan), No.3 Muguruza (2016 Australian Open) and No.3 Kerber (2016 Madrid)

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2000. Won nine singles and 10 doubles titles on ITF

Circuit

• Two-time junior singles Grand Slam winner: won back-to-back Australian Open girls’ singles titles, in 2002 and 2003;

also won three junior doubles titles. Ranked No.1 in both disciplines during junior career

• ITF Junior World Champion in 2002

• Coached by Tomas Krupa

Al Nabhani:

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Doha, on each occasion as a wildcard; looking for first win here after five 1r

losses from 2011-14 and 2016. Also fell in qualifying three times, in 2007-08 and 2015

• Only other tour-level main draw appearance – aside from here in Doha – came at 2012 Dubai (as WC, l. Peer in 1r)

• Playing third event of 2017 – this season has reached final at $15k ITF/Cairo 2-EGY (l. Scholsen) and QF at $15k

ITF/Cairo-EGY

• Finished 2016 at No.463. Best year-end finish of career came in 2010 (at No.372)

• In 2016, fell in WTA qualifying at Dubai and Seoul

• Highest-ranked opponents she has faced are No.6 Jankovic (2011 Doha) and No.16 Peng (2012 Doha). Faces No.17

Strycova today

• Yet to make Grand Slam main draw debut (has never contested qualifying)

• Contested first WTA qualifying at 2006 Dubai and made WTA Main draw debut at 2011 Doha (as WC, l. Jankovic)

• Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Dubai in 2005

• On ITF Circuit, winner of nine singles titles and 11 doubles titles. At $10k ITF/Fujairah-UAE in 2010, became first player

from Oman, female or male, to win an ITF singles event

• Set career-high ranking to date of No.362 on October 4, 2010

• Sole Omani player with a WTA ranking and continues to play mostly on ITF Circuit

• Won gold medal in singles for Oman at 2011 Pan Arab Games, as well as bronze in doubles and team event

• Began playing tennis at age four

• Enjoys fishing and catching up with friends

• Plays right-handed (double-handed backhand)


MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #18) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #22)


2012 HARD O R2 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 82 mins 7-5 6-1 MONTREAL


29

11-07-1990 (26)

$121,128

$22,207,304

0 / 25

0 / 2

6-3 / 478-204

1-2 / 119-67

1-0 / 77-65

KIKI BERTENS 22

119

10-12-1991 (25)

$67,742

$2,368,969

0 / 2

1 / 6

0-0

3-5 / 79-89

1-1 / 25-28

1-2 / 20-17

WTA RANKING








12-7

3-5 / 33-57 6-3 / 351-140

0-2 / 108-91

0-1 / 44-60

1-0 / 49-24

0-0 / 8-21

0-0 / 3-10

0-1 / 8-3


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


DOHA Tournament History CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2016



R1 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #81) 4-6 6-3 7-5

2015



R1 BYE 2014


R1 BYE


from

Wozniacki:

• Making eighth appearance at Doha. Best result was R-Up finish in 2011 (l. Zvonareva in F). Also a three-time

quarterfinalist, in 2008 (l. eventual champion Sharapova), 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2015 (l. eventual R-Up

Azarenka). Made 3r here in 2016 (l. No.118 Vesnina) and posted opening match losses after 1r byes in 2012 (l.

Safarova) and 2014 (l. Wickmayer)

• Faces Bertens today – first time facing Dutch opposition for over four years (d. Rus at 2012 Seoul). Meanwhile has

a perfect 4-0 record vs. women from Netherlands in career, all previous meetings coming at main draw, tour-level

• 2017 Qatar Total Open marks fourth event of 2017

• Playing first tournament since reaching 3r at 2017 Australian Open (l. Konta). Is closing in on her 100th Grand

Slam main draw match win (92-39 following 2017 Australian Open)

• Opened 2017 season with back-to-back QF efforts at Auckland (l. Goerges) and Sydney (l. Strycova)



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


MATCH NOTES

2013





2012


R1 BYE 2011





R1 BYE 2008






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

Kong (d. Mladenovic in F). Now owns a 25-17 record in singles finals and has won at least one title nine years

running (2008-2016). Also reached R16 at Wuhan and Beijing before closing out season with QF appearance at

Luxembourg

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

point enjoyed 21-match win streak at event)








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

Has reached SF on three further occasions at Flushing Meadows

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

2011

• Ranks fourth among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova) for singles titles (25) – 20 of

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

previously Pam Shriver with 21 titles)



programs

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

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

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

by the eight USANA ambassadors on the WTA

• Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki. Physio is Nicky Dunn

Bertens:


• Faces No.18 Wozniacki today in opening match – owns an 8-21 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents, last such

win coming at 2016 Gstaad (d. No.17 Bacsinszky). First time facing Top 20 opposition in 2017

• Was in Fed Cup action last week – went 1-1 in singles (d. Sabalenka, l. Sasnovich) as Netherlands lost to Belarus

4-1 in World Group

• Suffered back-to-back exits at Australian Open (l. Lepchenko) and St Petersburg (l. Beck)

• Was seeded at this year’s Australian Open for the third time in her career at a Grand Slam (also 2016 Wimbledon

and 2016 US Open)

• Fell 1r in season opener at Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis) – won the doubles title (w/Larsson). Advanced

to QF at Hobart later in January (l. eventual champion Mertens)

• Finished 2016 ranked No.22 – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015.

Career-high ranking is No.21 (July 18, 2016)

• Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route). Owns 2-1

record in WTA singles finals, winning 2012 Fes and 2016 Nürnberg. All three finals were on clay

• In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles – falling to Svitolina and Vesnina

• Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani)

• Scored best result at a major at 2016 Roland Garros, reaching the SF (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams). Ranking jumped

from No.58 to a then-career high of No.27

• Was the first Dutch woman to reach the SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in 1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam

since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF)

• Prior to 2016 Roland Garros, previous best Grand Slam result was also at Roland Garros, making the R16 in 2014

(as qualifier, l. Petkovic), which was the only time she had advanced past the 2r at a major in 15 previous

appearances

• Arrived in Paris having made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d.

Duque-Mariño) and doubles (w/Larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title was

Vandeweghe at 2014 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Advanced to the SFs at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu) to break a five match streak of 1r exits during the later

part of the 2016 season

• Owns a 1-6 lifetime record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents, sole win coming vs. No.3 Kerber in 1r at 2016 Roland

Garros 1r. Owns a further two Top 10 wins: No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg) and No.9 Bacsinszky (2016 Roland Garros)

• Dutch No.1, and only player from the Netherlands ranked in the Top 100 (as of February 13, 2017)

• Won her maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw

appearance

• Owns five doubles titles: 2015 Hobart, 2015 Bastad, 2016 Nürnberg. 2016 Linz, 2016 Luxembourg, and 2017

Auckland (all w/Larsson)

• On ITF Circuit, owns seven singles and 11 doubles titles

• Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

• Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006 and made WTA main draw debut as a

wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r)

• Coached by Raemon Sluiter


MATCH NOTES

[Q] JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #50) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #23)

Head to Head: ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA leads 5-2

2016 HARD I R16 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 88 mins 6-1 6-4 MOSCOW

2014 CLAY O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 158 mins 6-2 5-7 7-6(3) MADRID

2013 HARD O R1 JELENA JANKOVIC 118 mins 1-6 6-4 6-0 BEIJING

2012 CLAY I R1 JELENA JANKOVIC 6-4 6-3 FED CUP

2011 HARD O R3 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 84 mins 6-4 6-4 US OPEN

2011 HARD O F ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 123 mins 2-6 6-2 6-3 MONTERREY

2009 HARD O R2 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 94 mins 6-4 6-4 INDIAN WELLS

JELENA JANKOVIC 50

72

28-02-1985 (31)

$111,859

$18,812,994

0 / 15

0 / 2

2-4 / 553-324

1-3 / 146-150

1-0 / 103-91


9

03-07-1991 (25)

$359,249

$6,918,705

0 / 8

1 / 5

1-2

6-3 / 259-192

1-0 / 84-66

1-1 / 62-51

WTA RANKING








12-9

6-3 / 194-127 2-4 / 350-220

0-2 / 111-148

0-2 / 50-95

0-0 / 49-21

3-1 / 44-85

2-0 / 24-47

0-0 / 21-26


Rnd Result Duration

R3* J. JANKOVIC d. T. PIRONKOVA 6-1,6-7(6),6-4 154 mins

R2* J. JANKOVIC d. R. OZAKI 6-4,6-3 97 mins

R1* J. JANKOVIC d. N. HIBINO 7-5,4-6,6-3 141 mins

Rnd Result Duration


DOHA Tournament History JELENA JANKOVIC 2016

R2 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #37) 3-6 6-4 7-5

R1 W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #127) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-0

2015

R16 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #4) 6-3 1-1

R1 W - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #77) 6-0 6-2


R2 L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #110) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - TADEJA MAJERIC (SLO #121) 5-7 6-2 6-3

2012

R1 L - KSENIA PERVAK (RUS #44) 1-6 6-2 6-3


from

Jankovic:

• Making 10th appearance at Doha. Is a three-time semifinalist at Qatar Total Open, reaching this stage in 2007 (l.

eventual champion Henin), 2011 (l. Zvonareva) and 2014 (l. eventual R-Up Kerber). Also made QF in 2008 (l. Li).

Posted 1r exits in 2006 (l. Schruff) and 2013 (l. Niculescu)

• Contested qualifying to reach 2017 Doha main draw – it was her first time playing qualies since 2004 Filderstadt.

Prior to 2017 Doha, had gone directly into the main draw at 289 consecutive tournaments

• Coming off 1r loss at Taipei (l. Nara)

• Made 3r at Australian Open (l. Kuznetsova), which marked 54th Grand Slam main draw appearance, and her 53rd

consecutive, which is the longest active streak – has not missed a major since 2004 Australian Open


MATCH NOTES

2014

SF L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 6-1 7-6(6)

QF W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 6-1 6-3

R16 W - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #180) 6-1 6-2

R2 W - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #40) 6-0 6-2

R1 BYE 2013


2012

R2 L - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #37) 7-6(3) 6-2

R1 BYE 2011

SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #3) 6-1 2-6 6-4

QF W - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #33) 6-2 6-4

R16 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #120) 6-0 6-1

R1 W - FATMA AL NABHANI (OMA #426) 6-1 6-3

2008

QF L - NA LI (CHN #29) 6-3 6-4

R16 W - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #41) 6-1 6-2

R2 W - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #110) 6-1 3-6 6-3

R1 BYE 2007

SF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #2) 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4

QF W - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #131) 6-3 6-3

R16 W - MARIA ELENA CAMERIN (ITA #58) 6-0 6-1

R1 BYE 2006

R1 L - JULIA SCHRUFF (GER #68) 6-2 7-5


• Opened 2017 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Halep) and Hobart (l. Niculescu)

• Finished 2016 at No.55 - her first time finishing outside the Top 30 since 2003 (at No.85)

• Last season’s highlight was reaching final at Guangzhou (as defending champion, l. Tsurenko). Owns 15-21 career

record in finals, with eight titles coming on hard court

• Also reached SFs at Mallorca (l. Sevastova) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki); also fell in R16 at Wuhan,

• Broke the US$18 million career prize money mark in 2015; the 15th woman to do so

• Won her 14th and 15th WTA singles titles at 2015 Guangzhou (d. Allertova in F) and 2015 Hong Kong (d. Kerber in

F); finished runner-up at 2015 Indian Wells (l. Halep in F)

• Qualified for 2015 WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, but fell in group stages

• Achieved her 600th career win (all levels) at 2015 Guangzhou; at the time was only third active player to achieve

the feat, behind Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Since joined by Maria Sharapova at 2016 Australian Open

and Svetlana Kuznetsova at 2017 Brisbane

• Best Grand Slam result is reaching final at 2008 US Open (l. S.Williams in F). Has reached the SF at Roland Garros

three times (2007-08, 2010) and best result at Wimbledon is reaching R16 on five occasions

• Has two WTA doubles titles – 2006 Birmingham (w/Li) and 2013 Toronto (w/Srebotnik)

• Won mixed doubles title at 2007 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)

• Former World No.1 (spent 18 weeks in top spot in 2008 and was the year-end No.1) who owns a 3-16 record vs.

No.1-ranked opponents

• At 2010 Rome became the seventh player to defeat both Serena and Venus Williams at the same tournament

• Has played 20+ tour-level main draw events in 14 straight years

• Coached by brother, Marko

Pavlyuchenkova:

• Making third appearance at Doha. Made 2r in 2014 (l. Lucic-Baroni) and fell 1r in 2012 (l. Pervak)

• Playing first tournament since QF run at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), which is her joint-best result

at Grand Slam level, having previously reached last eight at 2011 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone),

2011 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

• Defeated two Top 20 players in Melbourne, wins coming over No.13 Svitolina (3r) and No.10 Kuznetsova (R16).

Takes lifetime record vs. Top 20 players to 44-85, and vs. Top 10 to No.13 Svitolina (3r)

• Opened 2017 season with 1r loss at Auckland (l. Goerges) before making QF run at Sydney (d. Stosur and

defending champion Kuznetsova en route, l. Bouchard)

• Won fifth career doubles title at Sydney (w/Babos); first doubles title since winning 2013 Madrid (w/Safarova); now

5-2 in doubles finals

• Posted ninth successive Top 50 season in 2016; fourth Top 30 season in a row, at No.28. Has one Top 20 season

finish, in 2011 (at No.16)

• In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l.

Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l.

Gavrilova)

• Defeat of No.4 A.Radwanska in R16 at Montréal was her first Top 5 win for nearly two years. Earlier wins came over

No.3 Jankovic (2009 Indian Wells), No.3 V.Williams (2009 Tokyo [PPO] and 2009 Beijing in back-to-back weeks),

No.3 Zvonareva (2011 Roland Garros), No.5 Kerber (2012 Brisbane), No.5 Sharapova (2014 Paris [Indoors]) and No.4

A.Radwanska (2014 Eastbourne)

• Currently the No.3 Russian of eight women in Top 100 (week of February 13, 2017)

• At the Slams, besides Wimbledon QF, fell 1r at Australian Open (l. Davis), reached 3r at Roland Garros (l.

Kuznetsova) and 3r at US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r

• Reached three WTA singles finals in 2015, firstly at Washington, DC (l. Stephens) in July, followed by back-to-back

finals in October at Linz (d. Friedsam for eighth career singles title) and Moscow (as defending champion, l.

Kuznetsova)

• Part of Russian Fed Cup team that contested final against Czech Republic in November 2015. Lost both singles

rubbers to Kvitova and Ka.Pliskova, and also in doubles w/Vesnina to Ka.Pliskova/Strycova

• Eight-time WTA singles champion, at 2010 Monterrey (d. Hantuchova in F), 2010 Istanbul (d. Vesnina in F), 2011

Monterrey (d. Jankovic in F), 2013 Monterrey (d. Kerber in F), 2013 Oeiras (d. Suárez Navarro in F), 2014 Paris

[Indoors] (d. Sharapova in F), 2014 Moscow (d. Begu in F), 2015 Linz (d. Friedsam in F). Also a five-time runner-up,

most recently at 2015 Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

• Posted career-high ranking of No.13 in July 2011

• Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow

• As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title (d.

Paszek in F) and was runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros (l. A.Radwanska) and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles

titles. Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

• Introduced to tennis at age six by family

• Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was

Olympic-level canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer

• Coached by Simon Goffin. Previously coached by father, Sergey and brother, Aleks

Siegemund:


• Was in Fed Cup action last week for Germany – was forced to retire w/left arm injury in doubles dead rubber

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

• Bidding for first singles main draw match win of 2017, having posted 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Zhang), Sydney (l.

Cibulkova) and Australian Open (l. Jankovic)

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


MATCH NOTES

LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #41) vs. MONICA PUIG (PUR #47)

Head to Head: MONICA PUIG leads 1-0

2016 HARD O QF MONICA PUIG 6-1 6-1 OLYMPICS

LAURA SIEGEMUND 41

381

04-03-1988 (28)

$67,651

$1,262,236

0 / 1

0 / 3

0-3 / 35-32

0-2 / 11-12

0-1 / 4-9

MONICA PUIG 47

119

27-09-1993 (23)

$77,378

$1,884,033

0 / 2

0 / 0

0-0

1-3 / 86-86

0-1 / 22-29

0-0 / 17-23

WTA RANKING








0-0

1-3 / 51-56 0-3 / 12-15

0-1 / 5-8

0-1 / 4-6

0-0 / 0-3

0-2 / 13-23

0-0 / 3-5

0-0 / 6-4


Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


DOHA Tournament History


from

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

doubles title with Mate Pavic

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

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

• Also matched best Grand Slam singles by reaching 3r at 2016 US Open. Also reached this stage at 2016 Australian

Open (l. Beck)

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

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

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

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

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

draw wins in 2016

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

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

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

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

• On ITF Circuit, owns 11 singles and 20 doubles titles

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

become a psychologist later in life

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

qualifier, l. Rus 1r)

• Began playing tennis at age three

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

9-10)

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

• Tennis idol growing up was Steffi Graf

• Coach is Markus Gentner and physio is Wilfried Lenz

Puig:


• Defeated today’s opponent Siegemund during run to historic gold medal win at 2016 Rio Olympics (in QF)

• Was Named Best Female Athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics by Association of National Olympics Committees

(ANOC); award was presented here in Doha last November

• Opened season with back-to-back exits at Brisbane (l. Svitolina) and Sydney (l. Wozniacki), before making 2r at

Australian Open (d. Tig, l. Barthel)


• During off-season, hosted an exhibition match against Sharapova in Puerto Rico in December

• Finished 2016 season with QF run at International-level Tianjin (l. Kovinic); reached at least QF on eight occasions

during the year – also Sydney (R-Up; l. Kuznetsova in first final at Premier level), Prague (QF, l. Kuznetsova),

Nottingham (SF, l. Ka.Pliskova), Eastbourne (as qualifier, l. Cibulkova), Florianopolis (SF, l. Begu), Rio Olympics (Won,

d. Kerber in F) and Tokyo [PPO] (QF, l. A.Radwanska)


• Made history at Rio Olympics in August, winning Puerto Rico’s first ever Gold medal. Posted two Top 5 wins en

route, over No.4 Muguruza (R16) and No.2 Kerber (F). Subsequently withdrew from Cincinnati (low back injury)



Kr.Pliskova, in addition to the Czech serving a WTA record 31 aces in the match – beating Lisicki’s 27 vs. Bencic at

2015 Birmingham) and Roland Garros (l. Keys)




• First player representing Puerto Rico to win a WTA singles title; Kristina Brandi and Gigi Fernandez, both born in

Puerto Rico, won titles while playing under USA flag

• On Grand Slam debut at 2013 Roland Garros, became first woman representing Puerto Rico to reach 3r at a Grand

Slam in the Open Era (Kristina Brandi’s best results at Grand Slams were representing USA)

• In her fourth career tour-level main draw appearance (2013 Brisbane), defeated Rogowska in opening match,

becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to win a main draw match since 2006 Charleston (Kristina Brandi)


• Advanced to the final of two junior Grand Slams: 2011 Australian Open (l. Mestach) and 2011 Roland Garros (l.

Jabeur)


1





MATCH NOTES

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #34) vs. SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #22)

Head to Head: 1-1

2015 CLAY O R1 SAMANTHA STOSUR 108 mins 6-4 4-6 6-1 BAD GASTEIN

2010 HARD O R1 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 125 mins 2-6 7-6(5) 7-5 BEIJING

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 34

62

13-04-1990 (26)

$117,527

$1,714,442

0 / 1

0 / 0

3-4 / 70-73

0-2 / 21-23

0-1 / 20-15

SAMANTHA STOSUR 22

116

30-03-1984 (32)

$83,653

$16,484,219

0 / 8

0 / 24

7-5

2-4 / 413-286

1-2 / 114-104

1-0 / 85-99

WTA RANKING








0-1

2-4 / 253-184 3-4 / 42-43

0-1 / 6-22

0-1 / 3-10

0-2 / 3-6

0-1 / 70-132

0-1 / 31-72

0-0 / 40-35

* Updated through Doha qualifying

Rnd Result Duration

. d. . 0 mins

Rnd Result Duration

. d. . 0 mins



ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 2016

R1 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #61) 5-7 6-3 7-6(4)

R2* W - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #116) 7-6(3) 5-7 7-5

R1* W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #171) 6-4 6-2

SAMANTHA STOSUR 2015


2014

R2 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #82) 6-4 4-6 6-1

R1 W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #50) 6-4 6-2

2013


R16 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #51) 6-4 7-5

R2 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #60) 6-4 1-6 6-3

R1 BYE


from

Sevastova:

• Making second main draw appearance at Doha; qualified and had 1r exit in 2016 (l. Bouchard)

• Playing fifth tournament of 2017 season

• In most recent Tournament, reached 2r at Taipei City (l. Safarova)

• Advanced to 3r at Australian Open last month (l. No.7 seed Muguruza); enjoyed career first seeding at a Grand Slam (at No.32)

• Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Hobart (l. Rogers)

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

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

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

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

In 2010, won career-first WTA singles title at Oeiras. First Latvian to win a WTA singles title in 17 years (Savchenko at 1993

Schenectady)

• Had breakthrough run at 2016 US Open, reaching the QF (l. Wozniacki); defeated No.3 Muguruza (2r) and No.14 Konta (R16) en

route

• Post-US Open ranking rose to No.32 (from No.48). Currently ranked No.34

• Was the first Latvian to reach Grand Slam QF since Larisa Savchenko (playing under her married name Larisa Neiland) at 1994

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

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


MATCH NOTES

2012

F L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-1 6-2

SF W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) 6-3

QF W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #31) 6-2 2-6 6-3

R16 W - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #30) 6-3 6-2

R2 W - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #49) 6-4 7-6(5)

R1 BYE 2005

R1 L - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #21) 6-2 6-3

QF* L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #86) 6-2 6-1

R16* W - TIANTIAN SUN (CHN #131) 3-6 6-3 7-5

R1* W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #143) 6-1 6-3


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calendar year since 2011

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

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

• Posted new career-high ranking of No.30 on September 26, 2016

• Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related – but returned to

competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed

• During break from tennis studied leisure management

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

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

• Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10

• Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher)

• Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15

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

• Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German

• Trains and resides in Vienna

• Coached by Ronald Schmidt

Stosur:

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Doha

• Best result is runner-up finish in 2012 (l. Azarenka in F); also reached QF in 2013 (l. Sharapova)

• Has advanced to QF in doubles here in 2005 (w/Stewart) and 2013 (w/Raymond)

• Won first matches of season at Taipei City last week; reached QF (l. eventual finalist Peng); also first wins since defeating Giorgi

in 1r at 2016 US Open after suffering nine straight losses

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

• Ended 2016 at No.21, up from No.27 in 2015. Currently ranked No.22

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

Following Roland Garros result, rose to No.14 – first time ranked inside Top 15 since week of August 26, 2013

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

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

• Went 4-10 versus Top 20 players in 2016. Wins came over No.15 Vinci (Sydney), No.11 Suárez Navarro (Madrid), and No.13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Most recent Top 5 wins came at 2013 Carlsbad, where she defeated No.4 A.Radwanska in QF and No.3 Azarenka in final en

route to the title

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

• Top-ranked Australian of two in Top 100 (ahead of Gavrilova) as at February 6, 2017

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

• Former doubles world No.1 (spent 61 weeks in top spot) with 24 titles to her name, including 2005 US Open and 2006 Roland

Garros (both w/Raymond)

• Owns three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2005 Australian Open (w/Draper), 2008 Wimbledon (w/B.Bryan) and 2014

Wimbledon (w/Zimonjic)

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

and Australian Open

• Currently coached by former ATP player and Australian Davis Cup coach Joshua Eagle; first worked together during 2016 US

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


MATCH NOTES

SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #33) vs. TIMEA BABOS (HUN #32)

Head to Head: 1-1

2016 HARD O R1 SHUAI ZHANG 96 mins 7-6(2) 6-4 ZHUHAI

2012 HARD O QF TIMEA BABOS 6-3 6-3 QUANZHOU

SHUAI ZHANG 33

19

21-01-1989 (28)

$88,408

$2,813,079

0 / 1

0 / 4

2-3 / 74-109

1-2 / 25-22

1-2 / 16-25

TIMEA BABOS 32

349

10-05-1993 (23)

$91,286

$3,084,121

0 / 1

1 / 11

3-2

0-4 / 75-97

0-3 / 28-36

0-1 / 24-33

WTA RANKING








1-1

0-4 / 45-58 2-3 / 59-78

0-1 / 10-33

0-1 / 4-10

0-0 / 6-10

0-0 / 6-29

0-0 / 0-13

0-0 / 3-9

* Updated through Doha qualifying

Rnd Result Duration

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Rnd Result Duration

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SHUAI ZHANG 2014

R2 L - PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #134) 6-3 4-6 6-3

R1 W - MARYNA ZANEVSKA (BEL #120) 6-3 6-2

2013

R1* L - ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA #647) 6-4 7-5

2011

R1* L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #116) 6-4 6-4

TIMEA BABOS 2016

R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #5) 6-2 7-5

R2 W - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) 6-4 6-1

R1 W - MADISON BRENGLE (USA #54) 3-6 7-5 6-0

2015

R16* L - KATERYNA KOZLOVA (UKR #109) 6-2 6-4

R1* W - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #74) 6-3 3-0

2013

R2 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #7) 6-4 6-0

R1 W - HEIDI EL TABAKH (CAN #163) 6-2 6-3


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Zhang:

• Making second main draw appearance at Doha (fourth overall)

• Advanced to 2r in 2014 (l. Cetkovska); lost in qualifying in 2011 and 2013

• Playing first Tournament since 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Riske); had reached QF in Melbourne in 2016

• Began 2017 season at Brisbane, reaching 2r (l. Cibulkova); also had 1r exit at Sydney (l. Bouchard)

• Posted fourth Top 100 season in 2016, at career-best finish of No.24 – China’s top-ranked woman, of four in year-end Top

100

• Strong end to 2016 (went 21-6 post US Open) brought back-to-back semifinals on Asian swing – Tokyo [Japan Open] and

Seoul – and saw her win 19th ITF Circuit singles title of career at $100k ITF/Tokyo 2-JPN

• Owns four career wins over Top 10 opponents: No.1 Safina (2009 Beijing; ranked No.226 at the time, became

lowest-ranked player to defeat a reigning World No.1), No.6 Kvitova (2014 Rome), No.2 Halep (2016 Australian Open) and

No.5 Halep (2016 Beijing)

• At last event of season, runner-up at WTA 125K Series event in Honolulu (l. Bellis in F)

• Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF – first time she had progressed

beyond 1r at a major in what was her 15th main draw appearance. As a qualifier, defeated No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys en

route (l. Konta)

• Ranked No.133, became lowest-ranked player to advance to last eight in Melbourne since unranked Henin reached final

in 2010, and first qualifier to do so since Gavaldon in 1990

• 2016 Australian Open also marked first time winning back-to-back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014

Birmingham

• Entering 2016 Australian Open, her 0-14 record in Grand Slam 1r matches was the record among Top 300 players

• Other season highlights in 2016 included reaching 3r at US Open (best result at tournament), where she claimed

back-to-back match wins at tour level for first time since 3r effort at Indian Wells in March, a run spanning 10

tournaments

• Represented China at Rio Olympics (d. No.15 Bacsinszky in opening match, l. Siegemund in 2r). In doubles, also made 2r

(w/Peng, l. Hradecka/Hlavackova)

• Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down

from No.62 in 2014

• Reached 2r at tour-level on only four occasions in 2015: Pattaya City, Charleston, Prague and Nürnberg

• Winner of one WTA singles title, at 2013 Guangzhou (d. King in F) and also won WTA 125K Series event at Nanjing in

2013 (d. Morita in F)

• Has won four WTA doubles titles, most recently at 2014 Pattaya City (w/Peng) and is a four-time runner-up

• Winner of 19 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15; Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

• Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou

• Hails from a sporting family. Father, Zhang Zhi Qiang, was a professional soccer player, and mother, Wang Feng Quin,

was a basketball player

• Coached by Liu Shuo

Babos:

• Making third main draw appearance at Doha

• Best result came in 2016 - advanced to 3r (l. Muguruza); also reached 2r on debut in 2013 (l. Errani)

• Enters Doha seeking first main draw singles win of 2017 season

• Began season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Stojanovic), Sydney (l. Kasatkina), Australian Open (l. Gibbs) and St Petersburg (l.

Vinci)

• Represented Hungary in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group 1 competition at the weekend; went 2-0 in singles with wins over

Konjuh and Herdzelas

• Won 11th doubles title of career at Sydney (w/Pavlyuchenkova) - defeated top seeds Mirza/Strycova in Final. Now owns

11-8 record in doubles finals

• Finished 2016 ranked No.26 – just one spot shy of her career-high ranking of No.25 (September 19, 2016) – marks her fifth

consecutive season within the Top 100

• Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai; fell in round robin stage (0-2) to No.18 Bacsinszky and No.28 S.Zhang

• Runner-up in two Grand Slam doubles finals: 2014 Wimbledon (w/Mladenovic, l. Errani/Vinci) and 2016 Wimbledon

(w/Shvedova, l. S.Williams/V.Williams)

• Qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals w/Shvedova - fell in 1r (l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova); also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals

w/Mladenovic - pair exited at RR stage

• Owns 0-7 record vs. Top 5 players in career. Losses came to No.1 S.Williams (2015 Wimbledon), No.2 Halep (2015

Guangzhou), No.5 Muguruza (2016 Doha), No.3 Kerber (2016 Miami), No.4 Muguruza (2016 Stuttgart), No.3 Muguruza

(2016 Cincinnati) and No.5 Halep (US Open)

• Made a 3r run at 2016 US Open to highlight her season; in addition reached seventh QF of season at Moscow (l. eventual

champion Kuznetsova). Defeated No.11 Cibulkova at Cincinnati to improve career record vs. Top 20 opponents to 6-29.

Four of those wins came in 2016: No.17 Errani (Doha), No.14 Ka.Pliskova (Miami), No.14 V.Williams (Rome) and No.11

Cibulkova (Cincinnati). Other Top 20 wins were over No.18 Stosur (2015 Cincinnati) and No.17 Ivanovic (2013 Monterrey)

• Reached third singles final of career at 2016 Florianopolis (l. Begu in F). Record in singles finals now stands at 1-2, with sole

title coming in only fourth tour-level event at 2012 Monterrey (d. Cadantu in F)

• Represented Hungary at 2016 Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Kvitova) and doubles (w/Jani, l. Mitu/Olaru)

• Played six tournaments across the 2016 clay swing, highlighted by SF appearance at Rabat (l. eventual champion

Bacsinszky). Also reached 3r at Rome (l. Keys); other clay court results included 2r at Stuttgart (l. Muguruza), 1r at Madrid (l.

Suarez Navarro), 2r at Strasbourg (l. Lucic-Baroni) and 2r at Roland Garros (l. Mladenovic)

• Made solid start to 2016 season, advancing to SF at Shenzhen (l. Riske), before achieving best result at Australian Open by

reaching 2r (l. Bencic); during 2016 spring US hardcourt swing, fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Tsurenko), before reaching R16 at

Miami (l. Kerber), which matched the best performance by a Hungarian there (Szavay in 2009). Also on hardcourts, reached

QF at Katowice (l. Ostapenko)

• 2015 season was highlighted by a runner-up finish at Marrakech (l. Svitolina in F), winning the WTA 125K Series event in

Taipei (d. Doi in F), and three doubles titles, at Dubai, Marrackech and Rome (all w/Mladenovic)

• Is only Hungarian woman ranked in the current Top 100 (as of February 6, 2017)

• Received WC into first WTA event of career at 2010 Budapest (l. Bacsinszky in 1r)

• On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and 10 doubles titles

• Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2011-15 and 2017; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

• In juniors, was three-time doubles Grand Slam champion (2010 Roland Garros/Wimbledon/US Open – all with Sloane

Stephens) and two-time runner-up (2009 Roland Garros, 2010 Australian Open)

• Coached by Thomas Drouet


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PREVIEW NOTES: QATAR TOTAL OPEN DOHA, QATAR | FEB 13 18, 2017 | USD $776,000 PREMIER EVENT


DOHA QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday - Saturday, February 13 18, 2017 Singles Final: Saturday, February 18, 6:00pm Doubles Final: Saturday, February 18, 3:30pm Venue: Khalifa Tennis & Squash Complex Status: Premier event Staging: Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 32 singles qualifying Surface: Plexicushion Prestige Hardcourt / Outdoors Total prize money: USD $776,000 Tennis Ball: Wilson US Open Regular Duty 2016 Singles Final: [8] Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) d. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 16 64 64 2016 Doubles Final: [4] Chan Hao-Ching (TPE)/Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) d.

Sara Errani (ITA)/Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 63 63


SINGLES USD $ RANK

POINTS

DOUBLES USD $ RANK

POINTS

Winner 132,740 470 Winner 41,520 470

Runner-Up 70,880 305 Runner-Up 22,180 305

Semifinalist 37,850 185 Semifinalist 12,120 185

Quarterfinalist 20,350 100 Quarterfinalist 6,165 100

Round of 16 10,915 55 Round of 16 3,350 1

Round of 28 6,925 1

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP

2016 Carla Suárez Navarro Jelena Ostapenko

2015 Lucie Safarova Victoria Azarenka

2014 Simona Halep Angelique Kerber

2013 Victoria Azarenka Serena Williams

2012 Victoria Azarenka Samantha Stosur If highlighted denotes competing in 2017 Qatar Total Open main draw Please visit WTAtennis.com for a complete Honor Roll

MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS (excludes qualifiers)

Singles wildcards: Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR), Fatma Al-Nabhani (OMA) Youngest singles player: Daria Kasatkina, 19-years-old (May 7, 1997) Oldest singles player: Roberta Vinci, 33-years-old (February 18, 1983) Singles withdrawals: Johanna Konta (change of schedule), Svetlana Kuznetsova (abdominal injury), Carla Suárez Navarro (right shoulder) Main draw debutantes: Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU), Kiki Bertens (NED), Monica Puig (PUR), Laura Siegemund (GER)





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TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS

Five Top 10 players are competing in main draw: No.2 Angelique Kerber, No.3 Karolina Pliskova,

No.5 Dominika Cibulkova, No.6 Agnieszka Radwanska and No.7 Garbiñe Muguruza Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska has reached the semifinals in five of the seven times she has competed here Top seed Angelique Kerber is looking to reclaim the WTA World No.1 ranking by reaching the final at both the

Qatar Total Open and Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Defending champion Carla Suárez Navarro has withdrawn due to an abdominal injury Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens will earn her 300th career win by clinching the title this week in Doha One To Watch Yulia Putintseva. The 22-year-old is coming off a runner-up finish at St. Petersburg (l.

Mladenovic) in her debut final appearance, defeating two Top 10 players en route (No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5 Cibulkova)

(excludes qualifiers)

Roberta Vinci will celebrate her 34th birthday this week (Saturday, February 18)

PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY WIN-LOSS WIN % [1] Angelique Kerber (GER) R-Up (1): 2014 (l. eventual champion

Halep) 2r (3): 2012 (l. Pironkova), 2013 (l. Barthel), 2016 (l. Zheng) 1r (2): 2008 (l. Tanasugarn), 2015 (l. Azarenka)

5-6 .455

[2] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2r (2): 2014 (l. Kerber), 2015 (l. Suárez Navarro) 1r (1): 2016 (l. Gasparyan)

2-3 .400

[3] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) QF (1): 2008 (l. A.Radwanska) 2r (1): 2011 (l. Zvonareva) 1r (2): 2012 (l. Pennetta), 2014 (l. Kleybanova)

4-4 .500

[4] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) SF (5): 2008 (l. Sharapova), 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka), 2013 (l. eventual champion Azarenka), 2014 (l. eventual champion Halep), 2016 (l. eventual champion Suárez Navarro) QF (1): 2015 (l. Venus Williams) 1r (1): 2011 (l. Safarova)

16-7 .696


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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Excluding qualifiers, a total of 20 countries are represented in the main draw, led by Russia with three players:

Australia (1) China (1)

Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai

Czech Republic (2) Karolina Pliskova, Barbora Strycova Denmark (1) France (1)

Caroline Wozniacki Caroline Garcia

Germany (2) Angelique Kerber, Laura Siegemund Hungary (1) Timea Babos Italy (1) Kasazkhstan (1) Latvia (1)

Roberta Vinci Yulia Putintseva Anastasija Sevastova

Netherlands (1) Oman (1) Poland (1) Puerto Rico (1) Romania (1)

Kiki Bertens Fatma Al-Nabhani Agnieszka Radwanska Monica Puig Irina-Camelia Begu

Russia (3) Daria Kasatkina, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Elena Vesnina Slovakia (1) Spain (1)

Dominika Cibulkova Garbiñe Muguruza

Switzerland (1) Turkey (1)

Timea Bacsinszky Cagla Buyukakcay

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