NEW HAVEN OPEN AT YALE FINAL NOTES SAT AUGUST 27 NEW HAVEN, CT, USA AUGUST 21-27, 2011 $618,000 PREMIER EVENT

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1 Tournament Web site: WTA Web site: Onsite WTA Communications staff: Neil Robinson FINAL MATCH UP [1] Caroline Wozniacki (DEN #1) vs. [Q] Petra Cetkovska (CZE #40) HEAD TO HEAD First meeting A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FINALISTS YTD YTD YTD CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES PRIZE $^ W/L* TITLES [1] Caroline Wozniacki 1 DEN 21 2,203, ,899, [Q] Petra Cetkovska 40 CZE , , *win-loss records (all levels) include current tournament; ^ prize money figures do not include this tournament PLAYER BEST 2011 RESULT LAST F REACHED LAST TOURNAMENT WON 2011 F W/L 2011 HARDCOURT W/L (MD) [1] Caroline Wozniacki WON (5): Dubai, Indian Wells, Charleston, 2011 Copenhagen (W) 2011 Copenhagen (W) Brussels, Copenhagen [Q] Petra Cetkovska FINAL (1): New Haven Debut WTA final N/A N/A 5-1 QUICK HITS [1] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) vs. [Q] PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #40) First meeting Wozniacki is a 3-time champion at New Haven, amassing a perfect 16-0 win-loss record at the event Wozniacki is bidding to become just the 10th woman in the Open Era to win the same title four years running, and first since Venus Williams, who won New Haven 4 times consecutively from Wozniacki has won a WTA-leading 5 singles titles this year; a win today would equal her career-best title haul for a season (6, 2010) Wozniacki is through to her 8th final of 2011, but her first since Copenhagen in June Wozniacki has a 5-2 win-loss record in finals this year (l. Doha, Stuttgart) This is the 28th final of Wozniacki s career; she has a win-loss record Wozniacki ranks 5th for most titles won by active players (Clijsters, S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova) Wozniacki achieved her 50th win of 2011 in 2r at New Haven; she leads the WTA in main draw match wins (now 52) Wozniacki has suffered only two losses to players ranked outside the Top 35 this year: a retirement against No.73 Arvidsson at Bastad, and No.76 Christina McHale at Cincinnati A title win this week would push Wozniacki past the $10m in career prize money mark Regardless of her results at the US Open, Wozniacki will hold on to the No.1 ranking through the week of September 12 Cetkovska has advanced to her debut WTA singles final at New Haven The last Czech to reach the final at New Haven was Jana Novotna, who finished runner-up to Steffi Graf in 1998 Cetkovska is on a winning streak of 7 matches, having won through qualifying; earlier this year she won 9 straight matches at ITF level Cetkovska also reached her debut WTA SF earlier this year at Palermo (l. eventual champion Medina Garrigues) Cetkovska has achieved 3 Top 15 wins this week: No.15 Radwanska, No.9 Bartoli and No.7 Li Cetkovska s career-record against Top 10 players has improved to 4-2 The highest ranked player Cetkovska has ever defeated is No.4 Dementieva at 2009 Indian Wells The last player to win the title on their WTA final debut was Jarmila Gajdosova at 2010 Guangzhou... The last qualifier to win a WTA title was Tamira Paszek at 2010 Quebec City Cetkovska is playing on a career-high ranking of No.40; she is projected to reach Top 35 by reaching the final this week, and rise close to No.30 with a title win Cetkovska is 1 of 6 Czech players ranked in the Top 50, the most since the creation of the Czech Republic Cetkovska saved a match point during her SF win over Li. Seven players have saved match point on their way to titles this year Arn (Auckland); Kvitova (Paris Indoors); Rybarikova (Memphis); Dokic (Kuala Lumpur); Bartoli (Eastbourne); Hercog (Bastad) and Vinci (Budapest)

2 [1] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) vs. [Q] PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE #40) First meeting WOZNIACKI CETKOVSKA Tournament W-L (MD) 16-0 Tournament W-L (MD) 4-0 YTD W-L (all levels) YTD W-L (all levels) Career W-L (all levels) Career W-L (all levels) CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN) Date of Birth (Age) July 11, 1990 (21) 2011 Prize $ (USD)~ $2,203,029 Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco 2011 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^ 5 / 0 Current Singles Rank No.1 Career Prize $ (USD)~ $9,899,875 Highest Singles Rank No.1 (October 11, 2010) Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^ 17 / 2 ^WTA/Grand Slam events only; ~prize money figures do not include this tournament TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Fourth main draw appearance at New Haven. A 3-time champion entering this year s tournament with a perfect 13-0 win-loss record. Won title in 2008 (d. top seed Chakvetadze in 3s in F), 2009 (as No.2 seed, d. Vesnina in F, won title without the loss of a set), and 2010 (as top seed, d. No.8 seed Petrova in 3s in F). Wozniacki bidding to become just the 10th woman in Open Era to win the same title four years running, and first since Venus Williams, who won New Haven 4 times consecutively SUMMARY: WON (5): Dubai, Indian Wells, Charleston, Brussels, Copenhagen; R-Up (2): Doha, Stuttgart; SF (2): Australian Open, Rome; 4r (2): Miami, Wimbledon Won 5 WTA singles titles, all as top seed: at Dubai (d. No.16 seed Kuznetsova in F), Indian Wells (d. No.15 seed Bartoli in F); Charleston (d. Vesnina in F); Brussels (d. Schiavone in 3s in SF and Peng in 3s in F; first career title on red clay); and Copenhagen (d. Safarova in F); has won 3 titles or more in each of last 4 years Has held the No.1 ranking for all but 1 week this year (Clijsters held the No.1 ranking the week of February 14, 2011); currently 9th longest serving No.1 Runner-up in Doha (l. No.2 seed Zvonareva) and Stuttgart (l. Goerges) Advanced to first Australian Open SF (as top seed, l. Li after holding mp); also reached SF at Rome (as top seed, l. eventual champion Sharapova) 4r at Miami (as top seed w/1r bye, l. Petkovic in 3s) and Wimbledon (as top seed, l. Cibulkova in 3s); fell 3r at Madrid (as top seed, l. Goerges) and Roland Garros (as top seed, l. Hantuchova 61 63) failed to reach 4r at a major for first time since 2009 Roland Garros 2r defeat (after 1r bye) at Sydney (l. Cibulkova); also fell 2r at Bastad (ret. after winning first set vs. Arvidsson w/right shoulder injury), Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Vinci) and Cincinnati (after 1r bye, l. McHale); back-to-back opening round losses were first since Tokyo/Beijing in 2009 Went 3-0 in singles in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I (Denmark was relegated to Group II) CAREER SUMMARY: WON (17): most recently 2011 Copenhagen; R-Up (10): (incl. 1 Grand Slam) most recently at 2011 Stuttgart; 2 doubles titles, most recently 2009 Memphis (w/azarenka) Reached 8 WTA finals in both 2009 and 2010; won 3 titles in 2008 and 2009 and 6 in 2010, becoming first player to win 4 or more titles in a year since Justine Henin ( titles); played and won more matches than any other player in both 2009 and 2010 Became 20th player to capture world No.1 ranking on October 11, 2010; reclaimed it on February 21, 2011 after Clijsters held it for 1 week WTA Championships , SF on debut in 2009 (ret. vs. S.Williams); runner-up in 2010 (l. Clijsters) At 2008 Stockholm, became first Danish woman to win WTA singles title (Scheuer-Larsen won 7 doubles titles in 1980s and 1990s) Professional debut as WC at 2005 Cincinnati (8 days after 15th birthday); first full year in 2007 went from No.237 to No.64; cracked Top 10 on May 18, 2009 (first Danish woman to do so) and Top 5 for on September 21, 2009

3 NEW HAVEN OPEN AT YALE FINAL NOTES SAT AUGUST 27 6 career wins vs. Top 5 opponents: No.4 Kuznetsova (2008 Eastbourne), No.4 Dementieva (2009 Miami), No.3 Dementieva (2009 Charleston), No.4 Zvonareva (2010 Beijing), No.2 Zvonareva (2010 WTA Champs-Doha) and No.5 Schiavone (2011 Brussels) Member of Danish Olympic Team, 2008 and Danish Fed Cup Team, GRAND SLAM HISTORY OTHER FACTS 2011 Wimbledon was 18th consecutive Grand Slam singles main draw First Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen (1955 Wimbledon) at 2009 US Open ( l. Clijsters in final) Also SF at 2010 US Open, 2011 Australian Open; QF at 2010 Roland Garros; seven 4r appearances; Wimbledon is the only major at which she is yet to reach QF (best 4r in 2009, 2010 and 2011) Has reached 3r or better in last 15 majors through 2011 Roland Garros 2006 Wimbledon junior winner (d. Rybarikova); 2006 Australian Open junior runner-up (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Coached by father Piotr, also assisted by Sven Groenefeld and Mats Merkel in adidas Player Development Program; fitness trainer is Paul Duvill (travels only to larger events, based in Denmark) Official website is In July 2009 was announced as the face of the adidas by Stella McCartney tennis range Father, Piotr, played pro soccer in Poland and Denmark; mother, Anna, played volleyball for Polish National Team; brother, Patrik, previously played pro soccer in Denmark PETRA CETKOVSKA (CZE) Date of Birth (Age) February 8, 1985 (26) 2011 Prize $ (USD)~ $196,424 Residence Paris, France 2011 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^ 0 / 0 Current Singles Rank No.40 Career Prize $ (USD)~ $757,949 Highest Singles Rank No.40 (August 22, 2011) Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^ 0 / 1 ^WTA/Grand Slam events only; ~prize money figures do not include this tournament TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making debut appearance at New Haven 2011 SUMMARY: SF (1): Palermo; 4r (1): Wimbledon; 1 ITF Women s Circuit title Scored best result of her career by reaching SF at Palermo (as No.8 seed - her first WTA level seeding l. eventual champion Medina Garrigues) Equaled best Grand Slam result with 4r at Wimbledon (d. No.13 seed A.Radwanska and No.18 seed Ivanovic en route, l. WC Lisicki) Reached 2r at Cincinnati (as qualifier, l. No.14 seed Kuznetsova in 3s); 1r exit at Bogota (l. Dentoni in 3s) Fell in qualifying at Australian Open, Acapulco, Indian Wells and Roland Garros On ITF Circuit, won $75k ITF/Monzon-ESP; also runner-up at $100k ITF/Johannesburg-RSA, $100k ITF/Nottingham 2- GBR and $100k ITF/Petange-LUX Withdrew from Budapest w/left thigh and right knee injury CAREER SUMMARY: SF (1): 2011 Palermo; QF (3): 2008 Fes, 2008 Birmingham, 2009 Acapulco; 1 doubles title (2007 Prague w/hlavackova) Best WTA result is SF at 2011 Palermo (l. eventual champion Medina Garrigues) Cracked Top 100 on October 2007 and broke Top 50 for 1 week on June 16, 2008; dropped as low as No.263 in June 2010 before returning to Top 50 on July 18, 2011 Made WTA qualifying debut in 2003 but did not play first main draw until 2007

4 NEW HAVEN OPEN AT YALE FINAL NOTES SAT AUGUST 27 Has 2 career Top 10 wins: No.10 Bartoli (2008 Birmingham) and No.4 Dementieva (2009 Indian Wells) On ITF Circuit, winner of 21 singles titles and 24 doubles titles As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of No.5 singles and No.1 in doubles Member of Czech Fed Cup team, , 2008 GRAND SLAM HISTORY OTHER FACTS 2011 Wimbledon marked 9th Grand Slam main draw, but first since 2009 Wimbledon Best results are 4r at 2011 Wimbledon, 2008 French Open Lost in 1r six times, 2r at 2007 Australian Open Coached by Stephane Charret since spring 2010; he also coaches Mathilde Johansson, trains in Paris Born in Prostejov, Czech Republic and lived there until age 19; now splits her time between Prostejov and Paris Father, Petr, works in the pro shop at the local tennis club; mother, Alena, is a nurse; has a younger brother, Matej, who is still in high school Introduced to tennis at age 5 when her Dad took her along to the local club Speaks Czech, English, French Says every day is special, getting to enjoy playing tennis and making the most of this extraordinary opportunity" ITF World junior girls doubles champion in 2001

5 DOUBLES. LOVE IT. [3] CHUANG CHIA-JUNG (TPE #31) / OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #26) vs. SARA ERRANI (ITA #29) / ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #36) This is the first match between the two teams Third seeds Chuang/Govortsova first began playing together at 2010 Dubai. This is the 2nd doubles final they have reached as a team; they also won the title at 2010 Beijing This is Chuang s 2nd doubles final of 2011; she also won Strasbourg (w/amanmuradova) Chuang is contesting the 28th doubles final of her career; she has a win-loss record in finals Chuang is through to her debut final at New Haven on her 3rd appearance; she reached the QF here in 2010 (w/govortsova) and fell 1r in 2009 (w/yan) Govortsova is playing her 4th doubles final of 2011, after winning titles at Memphis and Birmingham, and finishing runner-up at Washington DC (all w/kudryavtseva) Govortsova is through to her 9th career doubles final; she has a 6-2 win-loss record in finals Govortsova is through to the final on her 3rd appearance at New Haven. Her previous best result was QF in 2010 (w/chuang) Errani/Vinci have played regularly as a team since the start of 2010 This is the 9th final Errani/Vinci have reached as a team, amassing a 5-3 win-loss record. This is the 6th final they have reached this year, winning titles at Hobart, Pattaya City and Palermo, and finishing as runners-up at Marbella and Birmingham Errani/Vinci fell 1r in doubles at New Haven last year (l. Jans/Poutchek). The only other appearance by either player was by Errani in 2009 she partnered Pennetta and they lost 1r to Benesova/Hradecka Errani is playing her 13th doubles final; she has an 8-4 win-loss record Vinci is bidding for her 9th doubles title in her 18th final (8-9 win-loss) Errani/Vinci are currently 10th on the Race to the WTA Championships Istanbul 2011