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Player Profile & Performance - LINZLINZ, AUSTRIA NOVEMBER 9 - 15, 2020 | USD $225,500 INTERNATIONAL

All data as at Monday, 09 Nov 2020

STATS MD YTD (2020) MD CAREER ALL YTD (2020) ALL CAREER

Tournament (LINZ) W - L - 7 - 2 - 10 - 3

DOB Nov 15, 1994 (25)

Residence Prague, Czech Republic

Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Height 5' 9'' (1.75M)

Prize Career $2,343,903

Prize YTD $670,682

Career High Singles Rank 25 (Feb 17 2020)

Career High Doubles Rank 89 (Feb 03 2020)

Tie Break W - L 2 - 4 11 - 19 2 - 4 71 - 55

WTA Singles Titles - YTD / Career 1 / 1

WTA Doubles Titles - YTD / Career 0 / 1

Surface (HARD) W - L 13 - 6 48 - 35 13 - 6 148 - 80

Surface (CLAY) W - L 4 - 5 10 - 19 4 - 5 115 - 75

Surface (GRASS) W - L 2 - 1 8 - 9 2 - 1 16 - 12

Top 5 W - L 0 - 1 1 - 6 0 - 1 1 - 6

Top 10 W - L 0 - 3 2 - 11 0 - 3 2 - 11

Top 20 W - L 1 - 4 5 - 16 1 - 4 5 - 16

Top 100 W - L 11 - 10 43 - 50 11 - 10 60 - 64

vs. Left Hander W - L 3 - 1 10 - 4 3 - 1 18 - 14

33SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 16 - 3 54 - 14 16 - 3 254 - 42


Tournament (LINZ) W - L 2 - 1 9 - 3 2 - 1 12 - 4

Grand Slam W - L 5 - 3 12 - 16 5 - 3 16 - 17

Overall W - L 19 - 12 67 - 64 19 - 12 298 - 176

3 Set W - L 6 - 3 21 - 23 6 - 3 89 - 77

PERFORMANCE - SINGLES*

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SERVICE RECORD YTD 2020 RETURN RECORD YTD 2020

Aces 128 1st Serve Return Points Won 37.0%

Double Faults 127 2nd Serve Return Points Won 55.7%

1st Serve 60.4% Break Point Opportunities 241

1st Serve Points Won 67.5% Break Points Converted 47.3%

2nd Serve Points Won 43.2% Return Games Played 311

Break Points Faced 206 Return Games Won 36%

Break Points Saved 53.4% Return Points Won 44.2%

Service Games Played 303 Total Points Won 50.9%

Service Games Won 69%

Service Points Won 57.9%

MATCH FACTS**2020 Events: 13 Played 2020 Matches: 31 Played (19 - 12 win-loss)

*Stats include active tournament results

**Stats are for main draw matches at WTA and Grand Slam eventsonly.and includes active tournament results. Fed Cup matches excluded.

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Tournament (LINZ) W - L - 7 - 2 - 10 - 3

EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA

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STATS MD YTD (2020) MD CAREER ALL CAREER# of Match Appearances 28 366 502

GRAND SLAM

W / L

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 3 - 4

ROLAND GARROS 5 - 4

WIMBLEDON 1 - 4

US OPEN 3 - 4

TOTAL 12 - 16

Best Previous Results (LINZ)

3 appearances at LINZ:- F Main Draw in 2018 (l. eventual champion Camila Giorgi 6-3 6-1)- SF Main Draw in 2019 (l. Jelena Ostapenko 1-6 7-6(5) 7-5)- R16 Qualifying in 2016 (l. Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4 7-6(6))

2020 Season Summary

GS PM P5 P IS OtherF - - - - 1 - 1SF - - - 1 1 - 2QF - - - - 1 - 1Other 8 - 4 3 7 2 24

TOURNAMENT HISTORY - SINGLES

GS=Grand Slams PM=Premier Mandatory P5=Premier 5 P=Premier IS=International Other=Fed Cup, WTA Finals, Tournament of Champs

12 tournaments in 2020: ** indicates opening match at tournament

- W in Shenzhen (d. Elena Rybakina 6-2 6-4)- SF Main Draw in St. Petersburg (l. Kiki Bertens 6-1 4-6 6-1)- R16 Main Draw in Strasbourg (l. Katerina Siniakova 6-2 6-4)- R16 Main Draw in Palermo (l. Fiona Ferro 7-5 6-2)- R3 Main Draw in Roland Garros (l. Elina Svitolina 6-4 7-5)- R3 Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Petra Kvitova 6-1 6-2)- R2 Main Draw in US OPEN (l. Catherine Mcnally 4-6 6-3 7-6(2))- R2 Main Draw in New York (l. Christina Mchale 6-1 7-6(8))**R1 Main Draw in Ostrava (l. Anett Kontaveit 4-6 6-2 7-6(6))**R1 Main Draw in Rome (l. Elena Rybakina 6-0 6-4)**R1 Main Draw in Prague (l. Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 6-4)**R1 Main Draw in Doha (l. Amanda Anisimova 6-3 7-6(4))

'20 '19 '18 '17 '16

3R 1R 2R 1R -

3R 3R 1R 2R -

- 1R 1R 1R 2R

2R 2R 1R 2R -

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)R1 Main Draw in New York (d. Elena Rybakina (KAZ #17) 7-5 7-6(6)) 17






2019 - Posted 30 tour-level match wins during 2019 season, in which she reached SF at Budapest, Seoul and Linz and made QF atSt.Petersburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Eastbourne and Moscow. Made Top 50 debut after QF run at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (June 17, 2019). Otherhighlights in 2019 included upset of No.5 Halep en route to R16 at Beijing – the first win of her career over a Top 5 player – and 3r showing atRoland Garros. 2018 - Second Top 100 season (finishing No.93); runner-up at Linz (l. to Giorgi); QF at Seoul (l. to S.Hsieh); reached 2r three times (incl.Australian Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying four times; won one WTA 125K Series singles title. 2017 - Broke into the Top 100 on March 20, finishing the year at No.73. Played in all four Grand Slam main draws for the first time in hercareer, reaching 2r at Roland Garros and US Open. Achieved the best win of her career in Paris, defeating No.38 Siniakova in 1r. Also won apair of ITF finals, giving her seven such titles throughout her career. 2016 - Reached 2r three times (incl. at Wimbledon and on WTA main draw debut at Katowice); fell in qualifying five times; won one WTA 125KSeries singles title. 2015 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2014 - Played first WTA qualifying at Bad Gastein; won one singles title on ITF Circuit. 2013 - Won three singles titles on ITF Circuit. 2012 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2011 - Played first events on ITF Circuit.

SINGLES Winner (1): 2020 - Shenzhen. Finalist (1): 2018 - Linz. DOUBLES Winner (1): 2019 - Budapest (w/Zvonareva). ADDITIONAL WTA 125K Series Titles - Singles (3): 2019 - Limoges; 2018 - Limoges; 2016 - Limoges. Russian Fed Cup Team, 2020.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW

OTHER INFORMATION

Coached by Vojtech Flegl; also works with father, Evgeny ... Mother is Julia, also has sister, Anna, and brother Jury ... Began playing tennis atage 6 ... Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is hard ... Speaks Russian, English and Czech ... Likes to cook, especially making cakes ...Admires Serena Williams.







Tournament (LINZ) W - L - - - 0 - 1

DOB Nov 17, 1995 (24)

Residence Hamont-Achel, Belgium

Plays Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)

Height 5' 10" (1.79 m)


Prize YTD $1,109,558

Career High Singles Rank 12 (Nov 26 2018)

Career High Doubles Rank 2 (Sep 09 2019)

Tie Break W - L 3 - 3 26 - 31 3 - 3 39 - 52



Surface (HARD) W - L 21 - 8 89 - 52 21 - 8 207 - 105

Surface (CLAY) W - L 9 - 4 42 - 18 9 - 4 80 - 45

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 1 15 - 15 0 - 1 24 - 19

Top 5 W - L 1 - 3 4 - 11 1 - 3 4 - 11

Top 10 W - L 1 - 4 7 - 19 1 - 4 7 - 19

Top 20 W - L 1 - 6 14 - 40 1 - 6 14 - 40

Top 100 W - L 23 - 11 110 - 75 23 - 11 115 - 81

vs. Left Hander W - L 2 - 0 14 - 3 2 - 0 24 - 6

21SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 29 - 4 134 - 19 29 - 4 284 - 34



Grand Slam W - L 9 - 3 35 - 15 9 - 3 44 - 20

Overall W - L 30 - 13 146 - 85 30 - 13 314 - 172

3 Set W - L 5 - 5 40 - 31 5 - 5 74 - 56









Break Points Faced 259 Return Games Won 41%

Break Points Saved 61% Return Points Won 46.0%


Service Games Won 74.7%





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ELISE MERTENS






GRAND SLAM

W / L


ROLAND GARROS 9 - 4

WIMBLEDON 5 - 3

US OPEN 11 - 5

TOTAL 35 - 15


1 appearance at LINZ:- R1 Qualifying in 2016 (l. Ana Bogdan 6-2 6-4)

2020 Season Summary

GS PM P5 P IS OtherF - - - - 1 - 1SF - - 1 - 1 - 2QF 1 - 2 1 3 - 7Other 11 - 8 4 7 2 32




- F Main Draw in Prague (l. Simona Halep 6-2 7-5)- SF Main Draw in New York (l. Naomi Osaka 6-2 7-6(5))- QF Main Draw in Ostrava (l. Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-1)- QF Main Draw in Rome (l. Karolina Pliskova 6-3 3-6 6-0)- QF Main Draw in US OPEN (l. Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-0)- QF Main Draw in Hobart (l. Heather Watson 6-7(5) 6-4 7-5)- QF Main Draw in Shenzhen (l. Elena Rybakina 6-4 4-6 6-2)- R16 Main Draw in Dubai (l. Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-3)- R16 Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Simona Halep 6-4 6-4)- R3 Main Draw in Roland Garros (l. Caroline Garcia 1-6 6-4 7-5)- R2 Main Draw in Doha (l. Yulia Putintseva 4-6 6-3 6-2)**R1 Main Draw in Palermo (l. Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-1)

'20 '19 '18 '17 '16

4R 3R SF - -

3R 3R 4R 3R -

- 4R 3R 1R -

QF QF 4R 1R 1R

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)R16 Main Draw in Us Open (d. Sofia Kenin (USA #4) 6-3 6-3) 4

ELISE MERTENS





2019 - Second Top-20 season (finishing No.17); won one WTA title at Doha (d. Halep in final); SF at Osaka (l. to Osaka); QF four times atSydney (l. to Barty), Rabat (l. to Sakkari), Mallorca (l. to Kenin) and US Open (l. to Andreescu); reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r five times(incl. other two majors) and 2r seven times; fell 1r six times and in RR at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (1-1 record). 2018 - First Top-20 season (finishing No.13); won three WTA titles at Hobart (d. Buzarnescu in final), Lugano (d. Sabalenka in final) and Rabat(d. Tomljanovic in final); SF at Australian Open (l. to Wozniacki) and San Jose (l. to Buzarenescu); QF three times at Montréal (l. to Svitolina),Cincinnati (l. to Kvitova) and Tianjin (l. to Hsieh); reached 4r at Roland Garros and US Open, 3r three times (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r four; fell 1rfive times in RR at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (1-1 record); having started season at No.35, made Top 20 debut on January 29 (after AustralianOpen; rose from No.37 to No.20); won four WTA doubles titles. 2017 - Enjoyed career-best season, ending year ranked No.35 for first Top 50 finish; won career first WTA singles title as a qualifier at Hobart(d. Niculescu in final); reached second tour-level final at Istanbul (l. to Svitolina in final); enjoyed best Grand Slam run so far by reaching 3r atRoland Garros (l. to V.Williams); SF at Bastad (l. to Wozniacki), New Haven (l. to Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. to Puig); QF at Biel (l. toKontaveit) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to McHale); reached 2r six times; fell 1r on eight occasions (incl. Wimbledon and US Open) and inqualifying four times; won one WTA doubles title. 2016 - Played first WTA main draw at 's-Hertogenbosch (as qualifier, l. to Mladenovic in QF); reached 2r once; fell 1r once (US Open) and inqualifying nine times; won one singles title on ITF Circuit; won one WTA doubles title. 2015 - Played first WTA qualifying at Antwerp; fell in qualifying on six other occasions; also won two titles on ITF Circuit. 2014 - Won four titles on ITF Circuit. 2013 - Won four titles on ITF Circuit. 2012 - Played on ITF Circuit. 2011 - Did not play. 2010 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium.

SINGLES Winner (5): 2019 - Doha; 2018 - Hobart, Lugano, Rabat; 2017 - Hobart. Finalist (2): 2020 - Prague; 2017 - Istanbul. DOUBLES Winner (10): 2020 - Ostrava (w/Sabalenka); 2019 - Indian Wells, Miami, US Open (all w/Sabalenka); 2018 - Hobart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Wuhan(all w/Schuurs), Lugano (w/Flipkens); 2017 - Guangzhou (w/Schuurs); 2016 - Auckland (w/Mestach). Finalist (4): 2018 - Birmingham, Cincinnati (both w/Schuurs); 2017 - Bucharest (w/Schuurs), Istanbul (w/Melichar). ADDITIONAL Belgian Fed Cup Team, 2017-20.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW

OTHER INFORMATION

Currently coached by Robbie Ceyssens, formerly worked with Dieter Kindlmann ... Previously trained under Belgian Federation until earlyteens, also spent a year at the Mouratoglou Academy in Paris ... Favorite surface is grass, favorite shot is the serve...Began playing tennis atage 4, introduced to game by older sister Lauren, an airline pilot with KLM...First tennis memory is watching Kim Clijsters playing live...Mother isLiliane Barbe (teaches languages and history); father is Guido Mertens (makes furniture for churches)...Was home schooled, enjoyed studyinglanguages...Loves animals and has lots of pets at home, four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, chickens, cranes)...SpeaksEnglish, Dutch/Flemish and French.

ELISE MERTENS



ALEXANDROVA: • Making third main draw appearance in Linz and fourth overall

• Has now made SF three years in a row in each of her main draw appearances

• Only former finalist remaining in the draw having reached the final in 2018 as a qualifier while ranked No.119 (l.

Giorgi)

• Last year as No.8 seed ranked No.35 fell at this stage to R-Up Ostapenko

• Playing this week as No.4 seed, her second highest career seeding at a WTA tournament: made SF at 2019

Seoul as No.2 seed

• Earned two straight sets victories over Siniakova in 1r and fellow Russian Gracheva in 2r

• In QF, notched an impressive 59 minute, 6-2 6-1 victory over one of 2020’s breakout players, Podoroska

• Win over Podoroska was 70th career main draw win, now owns a 70-64 career record

• Faces No.21 Mertens in third SF of the season, also reached final four at Shenzhen (d. Rybakina in F) and St.

Petersburg (l. eventual champion Bertens in SF)

• In their only previous meeting, upset Mertens beating the Belgian 6-4 6-2 in 1r of 2019 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Owns career 8-20 record against players in the Top 25 with 2 wins already this season over No.23 Vekic at St.

Petersburg and No.17 Rybakina at the Western and Southern Open

• Playing in her seventh career WTA SF, holds a 2-4 record at this stage

• Hoping to make third WTA final appearance of career: in addition to finishing R-Up here in 2018, also won her first

WTA title at Shenzhen earlier this year (d. Rybakina in F)

• Arrives in Linz off the back of 1r exit at Ostrava (l. Kontaveit) in which she was unable to convert two match points

• Made 3r run at Roland Garros, defeated Inglis and Sharma before falling to Svitolina to match best Slam result to

date

• Suffered 1r exit at Rome (l. Rybakina) and 2r visit in Strasbourg (l. Siniakova)

• Made back-to-back 2r showings at Western & Southern Open (l. McHale) and US Open (d. Clijsters, l. McNally)

• Fell 2r at Palermo (l. Ferro) and 1r at Prague (l. Tsurenko)

• Opened 2020 season by winning first tour-level WTA singles title at Shenzhen (d. Rybakina in F, having

dispatched seeds Wang (QF) and Muguruza (SF) along the way)

• Extended winning streak to seven by advancing to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) – was seeded for the first

time at a major (No.25)

• One of three maiden title winners in 2020 – also Brady (Lexington) and Tig (Istanbul)

• Won both singles rubbers (d. Bogdan and Ruse) as Russia beat Romania in Cluj-Napoca to reach next year’s

Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals

• In February reached maiden Premier-level SF at St. Petersburg (l. Bertens) and fell 1r at Doha (l. Anisimova);

rose to career-high ranking of No.25 after St. Petersburg run (February 17, 2020)

• Posted first Top 40 season finish in 2019, at No.35 (up from No.93 the year prior)

• Registered 30 tour-level match wins during 2019, in which she reached SF at Budapest, Seoul and Linz and

made QF at St. Petersburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Eastbourne and Moscow. Also advanced to 3r at a major for the

first time, at Roland Garros

• Made Top 50 debut after QF run at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (June 17, 2019)

• Other highlights in 2019 included upset of No.5 Halep en route to R16 at Beijing – the first win of her career over

a Top 5 player – and 3r showing at Roland Garros

• Won first WTA doubles title at 2019 Budapest (w/Zvonareva)

• Reached maiden WTA final at 2018 Linz (l. Giorgi). Other notable results in 2018 were QF run at Seoul (d. No.10

Ostapenko en route for her first career Top 10 win) and lifted WTA 125K Series title at Limoges for second time

• Made Top 100 debut at No.93 after winning title at $60K ITF/Shenzhen-CHN (March 20, 2017)

• Won WTA 125K Series title at Limoges in 2016 (d. Garcia in F). Also in 2016 reached 2r at Wimbledon (won her

way through qualifying, on first attempt to qualify at any Slam, upsetting No.23 seed Ivanovic in 1r)

• Reached 2r on WTA main draw debut at 2016 Katowice (as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Giorgi)

• Contested qualifying for the first time at a WTA-level tournament at 2014 Bad Gastein

• Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in 2011

• Coached by Vojtech Flegl and her father, Evgeny Alexandrov, who both travel with her

• Born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and began playing tennis at age six; remembers playing on holiday at Spain. Now

trains in Prague, Czech Republic

• Favorite surface is hard and admires Serena Williams

MERTENS: • Making first main draw appearance in Linz having fallen in qualifying back in 2016 (l. Bogdan in 1r)

• Entered this week as the WTA’s tour-leading match winner for 2020, now with 32 wins for the season

• Earned her milestone 200th career main draw win with victory over qualifier Kalinina in 1r

• Booked spot in QF with 3s win in 2r over 2008 runner-up Zvonareva

• Has now won two or more matches at each of her last six tournaments since suffering 1r loss to No.104

Sasnovich at Palermo – the first tournament following the tour’s return

• Defeat over Kudermetova in QF advanced her to third SF of the year (15th of career) - also in 2020 has reached

final four at Prague (l. Halep in F) and Western and Southern Open (l. Osaka in SF)

• Faces No.33 Alexandrova today with career 7-7 record in SF matches

• Fell to the Russian in their only previous meeting losing 4-6 2-6 as the No.3 seed in 1r of 2019 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Hoping to make eighth career WTA final appearance (second of the year) and win first title of the season

• Coming off QF showing at Ostrava (l. Azarenka) where she also won her tenth career doubles title with partner

Sabalenka

• Posted 3r performance at Roland Garros (l. Garcia) and back-to-back QF runs at US Open (l. Azarenka) and

Rome (l. Ka.Pliskova)

• Defeated No.4 and reigning Australian Open champion Kenin in R16 at Flushing Meadows to record her first Top

10 win of the season (7-19 career record)

• Made SF at Western & Southern Open (l. Osaka)

• Bounced back from Palermo result the following week at Prague, where she finished R-Up (l. Halep). Is now 5-2

in WTA singles finals

• Fell 1r in the first week of the tour’s return at Palermo (l. Sasnovich)

• In February made 2r exit in defense of Doha title (l. Putintseva) and also fell at this stage the previous week at

Dubai (l. Sa-balenka)

• Began the season with QF runs at Shenzhen (l. Rybakina) and Hobart (l. Watson – 3h 33m match is the longest

so far in 2020) and R16 showing at Australian Open (l. Halep)

• Ended 2019 ranked No.17 for second consecutive Top 20 finish

• Singles highlight was winning biggest title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final). Also beat No.8 Bertens and

No.6 Kerber in Doha, doubling career total of Top 10 wins to six

• Advanced to QF at US Open for the first time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) and R16 at Wimbledon for

the first time (l. Strycova, having led 6-4 5-2). Reached QF during defense of Rabat title (l. eventual champion

Sakkari)

• Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2019 - won maiden major doubles title at US Open w/Sabalenka (d.

Azarenka/Barty in F). Also Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles (w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to-back titles

at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami (d. Stosur/Zhang), and qualified for Shiseido WTA Finals

Shenzhen (went 1-2 in RR)

• Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of six players on tour with three or more titles to

their name that year - also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep (3) and Wozniacki (3)

• Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion

Wozniacki)

• Finished 2018 with 46 main draw match wins across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Kvitova (47)

registered more. By contrast, prior to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level across entire career

• Reached career-high No.12 on November 26, 2018

• In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached QF at WTA Finals (w/Schuurs)

• Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season

highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F)

• Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

• Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. Mladenovic)

• Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has nine doubles titles – also 2017

Guang-zhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens), 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

(w/Schuurs), 2018 Wu-han (w/Schuurs), 2019 Indian Wells-Miami double (w/Sabalenka) and 2019 US Open

(w/Sabalenka)

• Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying)

• Has 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

• Working once again with former coach Robbe Ceyssens having been coached by both David Taylor and Dieter

Kindlmann

• Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou

Academy

• Mother is Liliane Barbe (teaches languages and history); father is Guido Mertens (makes furniture for churches).

Was home schooled, enjoyed studying languages

• Loves animals and has lots of pets at home, four dogs and a variety of birds (pheasants, peacocks, chickens)




Tournament (LINZ) W - L - - - -

DOB May 5, 1998 (22)

Residence Belarus


Height 5' 11" (1.82 m)


Prize YTD $1,214,684

Career High Singles Rank 9 (Feb 04 2019)

Career High Doubles Rank 2 (Oct 21 2019)

Tie Break W - L 5 - 8 25 - 26 5 - 8 49 - 47



Surface (HARD) W - L 18 - 7 96 - 40 18 - 7 172 - 77

Surface (CLAY) W - L 6 - 3 15 - 13 6 - 3 32 - 32

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 1 10 - 10 0 - 1 16 - 12

Top 5 W - L 1 - 2 5 - 6 1 - 2 5 - 6

Top 10 W - L 1 - 3 12 - 13 1 - 3 12 - 13

Top 20 W - L 4 - 3 25 - 18 4 - 3 25 - 18

Top 100 W - L 20 - 10 102 - 55 20 - 10 104 - 60

vs. Left Hander W - L 4 - 1 10 - 8 4 - 1 17 - 10

11SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 17 - 2 98 - 11 17 - 2 186 - 27



Grand Slam W - L 3 - 3 11 - 12 3 - 3 16 - 16

Overall W - L 24 - 11 121 - 63 24 - 11 225 - 122

3 Set W - L 10 - 6 46 - 26 10 - 6 76 - 57







1st Serve Points Won 67.6% Break Points Converted 48%


Break Points Faced 237 Return Games Won 38.4%








BLR


Tournament (LINZ) W - L - - - -

ARYNA SABALENKA






GRAND SLAM

W / L


ROLAND GARROS 3 - 3

WIMBLEDON 1 - 3

US OPEN 5 - 3

TOTAL 11 - 12


Player has never previously played at this tournament.

2020 Season Summary

GS PM P5 P IS OtherF - - 1 1 - - 2SF - - 1 2 1 - 4QF - - 1 3 1 - 5Other 6 - 4 5 6 2 23


OTHER INFORMATION

Currently without a full-time coach; previously coached by Dmitry Tursunov and Didi Kindlmann... Started playing tennis when she was 6 by anaccident when her father Sergey drove by the tennis courts and decided to give it a try... Loves her family and her young sister... Loves tolaugh, has a sweet tooth and considers something sweet as a perfect present... Dreams of having a dog... Loves her grandmother’s cooking,and looks forward to her pancakes when she is away from home... She spends her time off with family, catching up with friends, or reading. Herfavorite book is “The Count of Monte Cristo”... Favorite movies are Titanic, Home Alone, Never Back Down... Her role model is Roger Federer

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- W in Ostrava (d. Victoria Azarenka 6-2 6-2)- W in Doha (d. Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-3)- SF Main Draw in Strasbourg (l. Elina Svitolina 6-2 4-6 6-4)- SF Main Draw in Adelaide (l. Dayana Yastremska 6-4 7-6(4))- QF Main Draw in Dubai (l. Simona Halep 3-6 6-2 6-2)- R16 Main Draw in New York (l. Jessica Pegula 6-2 2-6 6-3)- R16 Main Draw in Lexington (l. Cori Gauff 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4)- R16 Main Draw in Shenzhen (l. Kristyna Pliskova 6-4 6-4)- R3 Main Draw in Roland Garros (l. Ons Jabeur 7-6(7) 2-6 6-3)- R2 Main Draw in US OPEN (l. Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3)**R1 Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Carla Suárez Navarro 7-6(6) 7-6(6))

'20 '19 '18 '17

1R 3R 1R -

3R 2R 1R -

- 1R 1R 2R

2R 2R 4R -

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)QF Main Draw in Adelaide (d. Simona Halep (ROU #4) 6-4 6-2) 4

ARYNA SABALENKA





2019 - Second Top-20 season (finishing No.11; won three WTA titles at Shenzhen (d. Riske in final), Wuhan (d. Riske in final) and Zhuhai (d.Bertens in final); runner-up at San Jose (l. to S.Zheng); SF twice at St. Petersburg (l. to Bertens) and Strasbourg (l. to Yastremska); QF twice atEastbourne (l. to Bertens) and Zhengzhou (l. to Martic); reached 4r once, 3r four times (incl. Australian Open) and 2r four times (incl . RolandGarros and US Open); fell 1r seven times (incl. Wimbledon); made Top-10 debut on January 28 (after Australian Open; rose from No.11 to No.10) and set career-high No.9 on February 4 (after St. Petersburg); won three WTA doubles titles, including maiden Grand Slam at US Open (allw/Mertens). 2018 - First Top-20 season (finishing No.11); won two WTA titles at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in final) and Wuhan (d. Kontaveit in final);runner-up at Lugano (l. to Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. to Wozniacki); SF at Cincinnati (l. to Halep); QF five times at Shenzhen (l. to Halep),Hobart (l. to Tsurenko), 's-Hertogenbosch (l. to Flipkens), Beijing (l. to Q.Wang) and Tianjin (l. to Bacsinszky); reached 4r at US Open, 3r twiceand 2r once; fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying twice; fell in RR at WTA Elite Trophy (1-1 record); having startedseason at No.78, made Top 20 debut on August 27 (after New Haven; rose from No.25 to No.20) and set career-high No.11 on October 8 (afterBeijing). 2017 - Enjoyed career-best season, ending year ranked No.78 for first Top 100 finish; finished runner-up at Tianjin (l. to Sharapova in final); SFat Tashkent (l. to Babos); reached 2r twice (incl. Wimbledon); played first WTA main draw at Dubai (as qualifier, l. to Bondarenko in 1r); fell inqualifying nine times; played all three ties during Belarus’ run to its first Fed Cup final. 2016 - Played first WTA qualifying at Rabat; fell in qualifying on two other occasion (incl. US Open); also won two titles on ITF Circuit. 2015 - Won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 2014 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit. 2013 - Played one tournament on ITF Circuit. 2012 - Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in Belarus.

SINGLES Winner (7): 2020 - Doha, Ostrava; 2019 - Shenzhen, Wuhan, Zhuhai; 2018 - New Haven, Wuhan. Finalist (4): 2019 - San Jose; 2018 - Lugano, Eastbourne; 2017 - Tianjin. DOUBLES Winner (4): 2020 - Ostrava (w/Mertens); 2019 - Indian Wells, Miami, US Open (all w/Mertens); 2017 - 125/Taipei (w/Kudermetova). Finalist (1): 2018 - Lugano (w/Lapko). ADDITIONAL WTA 125K Series Titles - Singles (1): 2017- Mumbai. Belarusian Fed Cup Team, 2016-20.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW

Currently without a full-time coach; previously coached by Dmitry Tursunov and Didi Kindlmann... Started playing tennis when she was 6 by anaccident when her father Sergey drove by the tennis courts and decided to give it a try... Loves her family and her young sister... Loves tolaugh, has a sweet tooth and considers something sweet as a perfect present... Dreams of having a dog... Loves her grandmother’s cooking,and looks forward to her pancakes when she is away from home... She spends her time off with family, catching up with friends, or reading. Herfavorite book is “The Count of Monte Cristo”... Favorite movies are Titanic, Home Alone, Never Back Down... Her role model is Roger Federer

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ARYNA SABALENKA







DOB Dec 18, 1995 (24)

Residence Ivancice, Czech Republic


Height 5' 10" (1.78 m)


Prize YTD $583,012

Career High Singles Rank 74 (Oct 26 2020)

Career High Doubles Rank 1 (Oct 22 2018)

Tie Break W - L 1 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 1 34 - 46



Surface (HARD) W - L 2 - 2 4 - 5 8 - 4 63 - 60

Surface (CLAY) W - L 4 - 2 12 - 10 9 - 4 193 - 83

Surface (GRASS) W - L 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 4

Top 5 W - L 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 2

Top 10 W - L 0 - 1 0 - 4 0 - 1 0 - 4

Top 20 W - L 0 - 2 0 - 7 0 - 2 0 - 7

Top 100 W - L 3 - 3 8 - 12 3 - 3 13 - 20

vs. Left Hander W - L 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 0 10 - 2

74SinglesRanking

1 Set W - L 5 - 3 13 - 8 16 - 4 233 - 33



Grand Slam W - L 4 - 2 4 - 3 7 - 2 22 - 18

Overall W - L 6 - 4 17 - 19 17 - 8 263 - 152

3 Set W - L 3 - 3 7 - 11 4 - 4 57 - 57









Break Points Faced 85 Return Games Won 37.7%








CZE



BARBORA KREJCIKOVA






GRAND SLAM

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ROLAND GARROS 3 - 2

WIMBLEDON -

US OPEN -

TOTAL 4 - 3


1 appearance at LINZ:- R16 Qualifying in 2017 (l. Naomi Broady 6-4 6-1)

2020 Season Summary

GS PM P5 P IS OtherF - - - - - - -SF - - - - - - -QF - - - 0 0 2 2Other 6 - - 2 2 5 15


OTHER INFORMATION

Coached by Petr Kovacka ... Started playing tennis aged 6 ... Was later coached and mentored by WTA legend Jana Novotna ... Highly rankedjunior, won the Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open girls' doubles titles with Katerina Siniakova.



- QF Main Draw in Frydek Mistek (l. Miriam Kolodziejova 4-6 6-4 7-5)- QF Main Draw in Prague (l. Renata Zarazua 6-4 7-6(7))- R16 Main Draw in Ostrava (l. Victoria Azarenka 2-6 6-2 6-1)- R16 Main Draw in Roland Garros (l. Nadia Podoroska 2-6 6-2 6-3)- R16 Main Draw in Prerov (vs. Grace Min, match not played due to walkover)- R16 Main Draw in Prague (l. Simona Halep 3-6 7-5 6-2)- R2 Main Draw in Australian Open (l. Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 6-3)- R16 Qualifying in Shenzhen (l. Irina-camelia Begu 7-5 6-2)**R1 Qualifying in Dubai (l. Ana Bogdan 6-4 6-4)

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BEST WIN OF THE SEASON (win against highest ranked Opponent)R2 Main Draw in Roland Garros (d. Barbora Strycova (CZE #37) 6-4 3-6 6-3) 37

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA





2019 - In singles, best season to date, finishing at No.115; advanced to QF at Bucharest and fell 1r at WTA 125K event at Karlsruhe; fell inqualifying four times, including Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open; won four ITF singles titles on clay in North America and Europe,tallying 20 wins from 21 matches, streak broken only by 1r loss in qualifying at Paris; second Top 20 doubles season highlighted by titles atToronto and Linz, and runner-up finish at Indian Wells (all w/Siniakova) – team qualified for WTA Finals for second year in a row but did notprogress past RR. 2018 - In singles, reached 2r once; fell 1r twice (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying nine times (incl. other three majors); won two Grand Slamdoubles titles of career, at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and reached title match at WTA Finals (all w/Siniakova) . 2017 - Runner-up at Nürnberg (as qualifier, l. to Bertens); QF at Bastad (l. to Garcia); fell 1r twice and in qualifying nine times (incl. AustralianOpen, Wimbledon and US Open); won one doubles title on ITF Circuit. 2016 - Reached 2r twice; fell 1r three times and in qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open and Wimbledon). 2015 - Fell 1r once and in qualifying 10 times (incl. all four majors); won one WTA doubles title; won one WTA 125K Series doubles title; wonone singles title and four doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2014 - Reached 2r once; fell in qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won three singles titles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2013 - Won four singles titles and six doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2012 - Won one singles title and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2011 - Won two doubles titles on ITF Circuit. 2010 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

SINGLES Finalist (1): 2017 - Nürnberg DOUBLES Winner (6): 2020 - Shenzhen (w/Siniakova); 2019 - Toronto, Linz (both w/Siniakova); 2018 - Roland Garros, Wimbledon (both w/Siniakova);2015 - Quebec City (w/Mestach), 125/Limoges (w/Minella). Finalist (8): 2020 - Dubai (w/Siniakova); 2019 - Indian Wells (w/Siniakova); 2018 - Shenzhen, Miami, WTA Finals (all w/Siniakova); 2017 -Bastad (w/Irigoyen); 2016 - St. Petersburg (w/Dushevina); 2014 - Luxembourg (w/Hradecka). MIXED DOUBLES Winner (2): 2020 - Australian Open (w/Mektic); 2019 - Australian Open (w/Ram). ADDITIONAL Czech Fed Cup Team, 2019.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER IN REVIEW

BARBORA KREJCIKOVA



SABALENKA: • Contesting the Upper Austria Ladies Linz as the No.1 seed this week

• Has been seeded at the top of the draw on two other occasions: 2018 Quebec City (l. Lepchenko in 1r) and 2019

Shenzhen (won title, d. Riske in F)

• Currently on a 7-match win streak following her title run in Ostrava (d. Azarenka in F)

• Fired 11 aces to defeat Paolini in 1r on Monday before going on to overpower Vogele in 2r, winning 75% of first

service points against the Swiss

• In QF, advanced after qualifier Dodin retired with a right ankle injury in the second set; Sabalenka was up 6-3 3-3

• Faces No.74 Krejcikova hoping to reach third WTA final of the year (12th of career)

• Has fallen to players ranked outside Top 50 on four occasions this year, against No.66 Kr.Pliskova at Shenzhen,

No.54 Suarez Navarro at Australian Open, No.53 Gauff at Lexington and No.83 Pegula at Western & Southern

Open

• Owns 2-2 record in SF this year reaching the final four at Adelaide (l. Yastremska in SF), Doha (d. Kvitova in F),

Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Svitolina in SF) and Ostrava (d. Azarenka in F)

• In 17 career SF appearances (11-6 record), has gone on to reach the final 11 times and win the title seven times

– all of her titles have been won on hardcourts

• Coming off seventh career title run at Ostrava with impressive wins over Gauff, Sorribes Tormo, Brady and

Azarenka; also won fifth career doubles title with partner Mertens – first time winning singles and doubles title at

same tournament

• Posted 3r showing at Roland Garros (l. Jabeur) ad SF at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Svitolina)

• In first play back from hiatus, fell R16 at Lexington (l. Gauff) and Western and Southern Open (l. Pegula) and 2r at

US Open (l. Azarenka)

• In last tournament before the pause, won sixth career at Doha with all five match wins coming over players in the

Top 50 (d. Kvitova in F)

• Reached QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Halep) after going 1-1 in Fed Cup singles action against the

Netherlands (d. Rus, l. Bertens)

• Began 2020 season with 2r at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova), SF at Adelaide (l. Yastremska) and a shocking 1r exit at

Australian Open (l. Suarez Navarro)

• Ended as World No.11 for the second straight year in 2019 after capturing three WTA singles titles at Shenzhen

(d. Riske in F), Wuhan (d. Riske in F) and Zhuhai (d. Bertens in F)

• Became first player to successfully defend Wuhan title (d. Kontaveit in 2018 F). Also finished runner-up in doubles

with Mertens in 2019 (l. Duan/Kudermetova in F)

• During summer hard court season made R-Up finish at San Jose (l. S.Zheng)

• Made Top 10 debut on January 28, 2019 following 3r run at 2019 Australian Open

• Captured first Grand Slam doubles trophy at US Open (w/Mertens, d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Earlier in the season,

the pair claimed the ‘Sunshine Double’ by winning back-to-back titles at Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in

F) and Miami (d. Stosur/ Zhang in F)

• Qualified for WTA Finals Shenzhen (w/Mertens), going 1-2 in the round robin stage

• Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2018, lifting two titles, at New Haven (d. Suárez Navarro in F) and Wuhan (d.

Kontaveit in F), winning 46 matches and finishing at No.11 in the rankings

• Also in 2018, was R-Up at Lugano (l. Mertens) and Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki), made SF at Cincinnati, reached

five QFs and produced a career-best Grand Slam run to R16 at US Open

• Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78. Season highlight was reaching first tour-level

final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova) and making SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos)

• Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw

debut at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko)

• Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in

doubles as side lost to USA

• Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during 2017 Fed Cup final in Minsk

• Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic)

• Owns three WTA doubles titles – all coming alongside Mertens during 2019 season (Indian Wells, Miami and US

Open)

• In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155 WTA qualifying debut came at 2016 Rabat

• Made debut on ITF Circuit in Minsk in 2012

KREJCIKOVA: • Making main draw debut here at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz

• Fell during qualifying in 2017, her only other appearance at this event

• In the first two rounds, spent nearly five hours on court (4h57) having been pushed to three sets by both Tan and

Minnen

• Enjoyed first straight sets victory of the week in QF over Sasnovich to book second SF appearance of her career

(1-0 record)

• Squares off against No.11 Sabalenka today looking for second career WTA final appearance – finished R-Up at

2017 Nurnberg (l. Bertens)

• Looking for first win over a Top 20 ranked opponent (0-7 record), highest win by ranking was over No.32

Siegemund en route to final at 2017 Nurnberg (Siegemund retired in second set); best complete match win by

ranking came over No.37 Strycova at Roland Garros this year

• Also looking for first career win over a No.1 see with 0-4 record

• Currently playing on a career-high singles ranking of No.74, achieved on October 26, 2020 after advancing

through qualifying to reach R16 at Ostrava (l. eventual R-Up Azarenka)

• Also enjoyed a Grand Slam breakthrough in Paris where she reached R16 at a major for the first time in her

career defeating No.91 Stojanovic, No.37 Strycova and WC Pironkova en route (l. Podoroska)

• Before hiatus, had mostly played on ITF circuit however did come through qualifying to reach 2r at Australian

Open (l. Alexandrova)

• In 2019, had best singles season to date, finishing at No.115. Advanced to QF at Bucharest in addition to winning

four ITF singles titles on clay in North America and Europe, tallying 20 wins from 21 matches

• Also in 2019, posted second Top 20 doubles season highlighted by titles at Toronto and Linz, and R-Up finish at

Indian Wells (all w/Siniakova). Won Australian Open mixed doubles title w/Ram

• In 2018, won first Grand Slam doubles titles of career, at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and reached title match

at WTA Finals (all w/Siniakova)

• Owns six doubles titles, at 2020 Shenzhen (w/Siniakova), 2019 Toronto and Linz (both w/Siniakova), 2018

Roland Garros and Wimbledon (both w/Siniakova) and 2015 Québec City (w/Mestach). Has been doubles R-Up

on eight occasions.

• Achieved doubles career-high ranking of World No.1 on October 22, 2018

• Posted year-end finish of No.126 in 2017 (up from No.250 in 2016)

• Highlight was R-Up finish in first WTA singles final at Nürnberg (l. Bertens in F). Also made QF as qualifier at

Bastad (l. Garcia). Only other tour-level appearances were 1r exits at Bucharest and Québec City

• Contested five WTA main draws in 2016, progressing to 2r at two events: Kuala Lumpur and Prague

• Reached 2r on WTA debut as qualifier at 2014 Québec City (l. Hradecka)

• On ITF Circuit, owns 14 singles and 19 doubles titles

• Made professional debut at $10K ITF/Piestany-SVK in 2010

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