WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN SINGLES FINAL

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1 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA AUGUST 15-21, 2016 USD $2,804,000 PREMIER 5 WTA Website: Tournament Website: WTA Communications: facebook.com/wta facebook.com/cincytennis Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com) WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN SINGLES FINAL [15] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #17) vs. [2] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) Kerber leads 4-2 FINAL QUICK HITS Angelique Kerber is through to her second Cincinnati final, after 2012 (l. Li), and would be the first German woman to win the title Kerber snapped Simona Halep s 13-match winning streak in order to advance to the title match Kerber has reached the SF or better in four of her last five tournaments (Wimbledon-R-Up; Montreal-SF; Olympics-R-Up; Cincinnati-final) Kerber is contesting her sixth singles final of the year (2-3 record), and 23rd career singles final (9-13 record) By winning the Cincinnati title, Kerber will surpass Serena Williams as the WTA World No.1, becoming only the second German to hold the honor and first since Stefanie Graf s reign ended in 1997 At 28 years old, Kerber would be the oldest player to make her No.1 debut, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001 Karolina Pliskova has advanced to her career-first Cincinnati final and is bidding to become the first Czech woman to win the title No.17 Pliskova is the lowest-ranked finalist at Cincinnati since 2008, when No.21 Petrova defeated No.92 Dechy for the title Pliskova is projected to rise to No.16 having reached the semifinal, No.15 as runner-up, and No.11 with the title In 2015, Pliskova won the Emirates Airline US Open Series, finishing runner-up in Stanford, R16 at Cincinnati and QF at New Haven In other ranking projections post-cincinnati, Garbiñe Muguruza will stay at No.3, Agnieszka Radwanska will rise to No.4 and Simona Halep will fall one place to No.5 FINAL HISTORIES PLAYER RANK BEST 2016 RESULT [2] Angelique Kerber 2 WON (2): Australian Open, Stuttgart BEST CINCINNATI RESULT Final (2): 2012, 2016 [15] Karolina Pliskova 17 WON (1): Nottingham Final (1): 2016 LAST FINAL (result) 2016 Rio Olympics (R-Up) 2016 Eastbourne (R-Up) LAST TITLE WON 2016 Stuttgart 2016 Nottingham Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

2 MATCH NOTES CINCINNATI - USA, OH Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016 $2,503,250 PREMIER 5 [15] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #17) vs. [2] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads STANFORD HARD O F ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2015 BIRMINGHAM GRASS O F ANGELIQUE KERBER 6-7(5) (4) 136 mins 2015 SYDNEY HARD O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2014 NÜRNBERG CLAY O QF KAROLINA PLISKOVA 7-6(5) mins 2014 DOHA HARD O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 7-6(2) mins 2011 COPENHAGEN HARD I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER mins KAROLINA PLISKOVA (24) $1,009,267 $3,965,900 1 / 5 1 / / / / / / / / *Updated entering final WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) CINCINNATI 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)* CINCINNATI Tournament Performance ANGELIQUE KERBER (28) $4,880,887 $14,066,056 2 / 9 0 / / / / / / / / * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration SF K. PLISKOVA d. G. MUGURUZA 6-1, mins QF K. PLISKOVA d. S. KUZNETSOVA 6-3,4-6, mins R16 K. PLISKOVA d. M. DOI 7-5, mins Rnd Result Duration SF A. KERBER d. S. HALEP 6-3, mins QF A. KERBER d. C. SUÁREZ NAVARRO 4-6,6-3, mins R16 A. KERBER d. B. STRYCOVA 7-6(5), mins R2 K. PLISKOVA d. J. OSTAPENKO 6-4, mins R2 A. KERBER d. K. MLADENOVIC 6-0, mins R1 BYE R1 BYE CINCINNATI Tournament History * Qualifying match KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2015 R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #25) R2 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #83) R1 BYE 2014 ANGELIQUE KERBER 2015 R1 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) R2 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) R1* L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #81) 7-6(5) (4) R1 BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

3 MATCH NOTES CINCINNATI - USA, OH Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016 $2,503,250 PREMIER R2* L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #50) R1* W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #78) R2* L - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #124) R1* W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #103) R16 L - NA LI (CHN #5) R2 W - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #584) 7-6(3) 6-2 R1 W - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #59) 6-7(6) F L - NA LI (CHN #9) SF W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) R16 W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #97) (5) R2 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #62) R BYE R16 L - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #61) Ka.Pliskova: Making second main draw appearance at Cincinnati. Reached 3r in 2015 (l. Jankovic). Bowed out of qualifying Surpassed best result at the tournament by reaching the QF stage this year, and has now gone on to reach her third final of 2016, after Nottingham and Eastbourne Owns a 1-1 record in singles finals this year (won Nottingham, runner-up at Eastbourne), and 5-9 during her career A win today would be the biggest title of Pliskova s career her first at Premier level Three of her five singles titles have come on hard court (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Seoul, 2014 Linz) Is the first Czech woman to reach the final at Cincinnati, and now bidding to become her nation s first winner at the event At No.17, is the lowest-ranked finalist at Cincinnati since 2008, when No.21 Petrova defeated No.92 Dechy for the title Is projected to rise to No.16 having reached the semifinal, No.15 as runner-up, and No.11 with the title. Career-best singles ranking is No.7 achieved on August 17, 2015 Defeated No.10 Kuznetsova in QF and No.3 Muguruza in SF to improve record vs. Top 10 players to 3-3 in Other victory coming over No.3 Halep at Fed Cup in February Win over No.3 Muguruza was just second Top 5 victory of career, record now stands at 2-12, in addition to No.3 Halep at Fed Cup in February this year. Plays No.2 Kerber today Owns a 3-3 record vs left-handers this season, with wins coming over Safarova (Stuttgart), Doi (Eastbourne) and Doi (Cincinnati). Pliskova s twin sister, Kristyna, is left-handed. Plays lefty Kerber today Entering Cincinnati, leads the WTA for most aces served this season (360), followed by S.Williams (260) and Konta (199). Served 40 aces so far at Cincinnati (5 in 2r, 15 in 3r, 15 in QF, 5 in SF), with her tally now standing at 400 (N.B. stats do not include Fed Cup matches) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

4 Also through to the SF of doubles here in Cincinnati (w/goerges), but they lost to the new pairing of Hingis/Vandeweghe Won the Emirates Airline US Open Series in 2015, finishing runner-up in Stanford, R16 at Cincinnati and QF at New Haven Playing second event of 2016 Emirates Airline US Open Series, after Montreal, where she advanced to 3r before losing to eventual champion Halep Went 10-3 during the grass court swing, picking up her fifth career singles title at 2016 Nottingham (d. Riske in the F), reaching her 14th career singles final at Eastbourne (l. Cibulkova in F), 2r at Wimbledon (l. Doi) and 1r at Birmingham (l. Strycova) Captured fifth career doubles title at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals Started clay season strongly, reaching QF at 2016 Stuttgart (l. A.Radwanska) and SF at home event Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova). But then went 1-3 for the remainder of the clay swing, with 2r exit at Madrid (l. McHale), 1r at Rome (l. Kasatkina) and 1r at Roland Garros (l. Rogers) Represented Czech Republic in Fed Cup World Group SF in April vs. Switzerland. Went 1-1 in singles (d. Bacsinszky, l. Golubic) and won doubles tie w/hradecka (d. Golubic/Hings). Czech Republic won the tie 3-2 and will now face France in November s final Advanced to SF at Indian Wells in March (l. eventual champion Azarenka). Best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament, previous best being QF at 2015 Miami. Following Indian Wells, posted 2r exit at Miami (w/1r bye, l. Babos) In February, went 2-0 in singles in Czech Republic s 3-2 win over Romania in 2016 Fed Cup World Group I QF tie (d. Halep, Niculescu), before posting back-to-back 1r losses at Dubai (l. Vandeweghe) and Doha (l. Gasparyan) Reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Makarova) equaled career-best Grand Slam result also achieved at 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open Began 2016 season representing Czech Republic at Hopman Cup exhibition (w/vesely), went 2-1 in singles matches (d. Duval and Wolfe, l. Svitolina), followed by a QF run at Sydney (l. Halep) Best result at Grand Slam level is 3r (2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, and 2016 Australian Open). Entering Cincinnati, remains the only Top 20 player who hasn t reached at least the R16 of a Grand Slam previously Ended 2015 at No.11 for career-best year-end finish, having spent seven weeks ranked in Top 10, rising as high as No.7. Has improved ranking in 10 straight seasons Finished 2015 with most aces served (517) and tied for most match wins (53 - also S.Williams and Kerber) Reached six singles finals in 2015, winning fourth career title at Prague and finishing runner-up at Sydney, Dubai, Birmingham, Stanford and WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai Was part of the Czech Republic team to win 2015 Fed Cup, going 1-1 in singles in the final against Russia (l. Sharapova, d. Pavlyuchenkova), and clinching the tie in the decisive doubles rubber with Strycova (d. Vesnina/Pavlyuchenkova) Winner of 2015 US Open Series following solid results, highlighted by reaching her fifth final of the season at Stanford (l. Kerber in F in 3s). But made disappointing 1r exit at US Open, where she would have pocketed a $1 million bonus had she lifted the title -- as No.8 seed, lost to qualifier and world No.121 Tatishvili. Was heaviest defeat-by-ranking for over a year (l. No.138 Min at 2014 Bad Gastein)

5 Post-2015 Stanford made Top 10 debut, 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 Currently the second-ranked Czech of five in Top 100 (behind Kvitova) as at August 15, 2016 At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title; owns five doubles titles overall Nominated in 2014 WTA Awards for Most Improved Player In juniors, won 2010 Australian Open girls singles title Coached by Jiri Vanek; fitness trainer is Peter Pech Kerber: Making sixth appearance at Cincinnati Finished as runner-up here in 2012 (l. Li in F); defeated two Top 5 players en route - No.4 S.Williams (QF) and No.5 Kvitova (SF) Made 3r in 2013 (l. Li) and 2014 (l. Wozniacki). Reached 2r on debut in 2011 (l. Morigami) and fell 1r in 2015 (l. Bencic) Has advanced to second Cincinnati final (0-1 record), her sixth singles final of the year (2-3 record), and 23rd career singles final (9-13 record) Five of her nine titles have come on hard court (2012 Paris [Indoors], 2012 Copenhagen, 2013 Linz, 2015 Stanford, 2016 Australian Open) Bidding to become the first German woman to win the Cincinnati singles title Has reached the SF or better in four of her last five tournaments (Wimbledon-R-Up; Montreal-SF; Olympics-R-Up; Cincinnati-final) Achieved three Top 20 wins en route to Cincinnati final, with victories over No.20 Strycova in 3r, No.12 Suarez Navarro in QF, and No.4 Halep in SF, taking her tally to 17-5 this season. Plays No.17 Pliskova today Win over No.4 Halep in SF here improved record vs. Top 5 players to 3-2 in 2016 and lifetime Owns a 7-3 record vs. Top 10 players this year with wins over 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) One more victory would assure Kerber of becoming the new WTA World No.1 when the updated rankings are released on Monday, August 22. This would end Serena Williams run of 183 consecutive weeks in the top spot, which began in February 2013 Would become only the second German woman to achieve the honor, and first since Stefanie Graf s reign came to an end in 1997 At 28 years old, would be the oldest player to make her No.1 debut, a record previously held by Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October Cincinnati marks second event of Emirates Airline US Open Series after SF run at Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep)

6 Leads the WTA this season with 47 main draw match wins (this figure includes Olympics and four Cincinnati wins) Coming off winning a silver medal at Rio Olympics, losing to Puig in F. Now owns 9-13 record in singles finals. Also competed in doubles w/petkovic, losing 1r to Errani/Vinci 1r defeat of Duque-Mariño at Rio Olympics was 300th main draw match win of career Prior to Montreal SF run was forced to withdraw from 2r match at 2016 Bastad w/left elbow injury (conceded w/o to Arruabarrena) Contested second Grand Slam singles final of the season (and of her career) at 2016 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams). Is only second German woman to have reached more than one Grand Slam singles final (after Graf). Ranking improved to equal career-high of No.2 following Wimbledon Opened 2016 grass court season at Birmingham (as defending champion, l. Suarez Navarro in QF). Progression to QF snapped run of three consecutive opening match defeats fell 1r at Madrid (l. Strycova), lost opening 2r match at Rome (w/1r bye, l. Bouchard), and made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Bertens) Began 2016 clay court season in strong form, reaching SF at Charleston (as defending champion, ret. vs. eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness), followed by two Fed Cup World Group play-off wins (d. Halep, Begu) and successfully defended title at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F). Withdrew from Nürnberg (w/left shoulder injury) Lost opening 2r match at 2016 Indian Wells (w/1r bye, l. Allertova) and subsequently spent time training with Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi in Las Vegas. After that, posted SF run at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka) In February 2016, went 1-1 in Germany s Fed Cup loss to Switzerland (d. Bacsinszky, l. Bencic); withdrew from Dubai (w/right thigh injury) and lost opening 2r match at Doha (w/1r bye, l. Zheng) Captured maiden Grand Slam title at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) on what was her 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance. 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) 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) In the Open Era, is the sixth German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, after Helga Niessen Masthoff (1970 Roland Garros), Sylvia Hanika (1981 Roland Garros), Anke Huber (1996 Australian Open), Sabine Lisicki (2013 Wimbledon) and Steffi Graf (31 in total) 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 Before heading to Melbourne, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Makarova at 2016 Sydney (w/gi illness) Opened 2016 season with runner-up finish at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F). Also reached doubles final there (w/petkovic, l. Hingis/Mirza in F). Kerber s only previous doubles final came in 2008, finishing runner-up at 's-hertogenbosch (w/dekmeijere) Secured fourth consecutive Top 10 year-end finish in 2015 (at No.10) in a season highlighted by four titles, second only to S.Williams (5) By winning Charleston, Stuttgart, Birmingham and Stanford in 2015, Kerber became the first player since 2007 to win WTA titles on green clay, red clay, grass and hard in the same year. Jankovic achieved the feat in 2007 (Auckland on hard, Charleston on green clay, Rome on red clay and Birmingham on grass)

7 Qualified for WTA Finals for third time in after defeating Kvitova and losing to Muguruza at round robin stage, needed to win only one set against Safarova to advance to SF, but was beaten by the Czech Registered joint-most match wins across along with S.Williams and Ka.Pliskova 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) Aside from 2016 Australian Open title and 2016 Wimbledon final, has also reached SF at 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion Stosur) and 2012 Wimbledon (l. eventual runner-up A.Radwanska). Roland Garros is the only major where she has yet to pass the QF stage Highest ranked German of eight women in Top 100 (as at August 15, 2016) Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin Coached by Torben Beltz

8 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA AUGUST 15-21, 2016 USD $2,804,000 PREMIER 5 WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN DOUBLES FINAL [4] MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1)/COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #22) vs. [7] SANIA MIRZA (IND #1)/BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #38) Head to head: First meeting DOUBLES FINAL QUICK HITS Cincinnati represents the first tournament that co-wta World No.1 doubles players Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have played since announcing the end of their doubles parternship Hingis/Mirza did confirm they still plan to play the BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore as a team later this year. They were the first of eight doubles teams to secure their qualification Both new partnerships have yielded instant success by way of reaching the Cincinnati final; neither paring had played doubles together previously Hingis is playing her first Cincinnati final. She advanced to the SF last year (w/mirza, l. Chan/Chan) Today Hingis is bidding for her 56th doubles title from her 76th final (55-20 record). She is 5-3 in doubles finals so far this year, winning Brisbane, Sydney, Australian Open, St Petersburg and Rome (w/mirza), and finishing runner-up at Stuttgart and Madrid (w/mirza), and Rio Olympics (w/bacsinszky, l. Makarova/Vesnina in gold medal match) Vandeweghe is playing her first Cincinnati final. In her only other appearance at this event in doubles, she reached the QF last year (w/mchale, l. Hingis/Mirza) The American is a perfect 1-0 in doubles finals, having won the Indian Wells title earlier this year (w/mattek- Sands, d. Goerges/Ka.Pliskova) Vandeweghe represented America at the Rio Olympics. She reached 2r in doubles (w/mattek-sands, l. Bacsinszky/Hingis) Hingis/Vandeweghe were the beneficiaries of two walkovers en route to the final. They received a bye in 1r, a walkover vs. Bertens/Larsson in 2r, a walkover vs. Errani/Suarez Navarro in QF, before defeating Goerges/Ka.Pliskova in SF in straight sets Mirza has advanced to her third Cincinnati final. She won the title in 2007 (w/mattek-sands) and finished runner-up in 2006 (w/domachowska). She also reached the SF last year (w/hingis, l. Chan/Chan) Mirza is playing her 55th career doubles final (37-17 record). She is through to her eighth doubles final of the season, with a 5-2 record. She won Brisbane, Sydney, Australian Open, St Petersburg and Rome, and was runner-up at Stuttgart and Madrid, all w/hingis Mirza represented India at the Rio Olympics, falling in 1r of doubles (w/thombare, l. Peng/Zhang) and finishing fourth in the mixed doubles (w/bopanna, l. Hradecka/Stepanek in bronze medal mach) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

9 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA AUGUST 15-21, 2016 USD $2,804,000 PREMIER 5 Strycova is a first-time doubles finalist at Cincinnati. Her previous best result was reaching SF in 2008 (w/woehr) and 2013 (w/goerges) The Czech is through to her third doubles final of the season, having won Birmingham (w/ka.pliskova) and finished runner-up at Auckland (w/kovinic). She owns a record in doubles finals Strycova represented Czech Republic at the Rio Olympics, reaching 2r before falling to Errani, but bouncing back to win the bronze medal in doubles (w/safarova, d. Hlavackova/Hradecka in bronze medal match) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis are currently co-no.1s in the WTA Doubles Rankings. Mirza has held the No.1 ranking since April 13, 2015 and was joined by Hingis as co-no.1 on January 18, 2016 The winner of the Cincinnati doubles final will hold sole possession of No.1 with the runner-up dropping one place to No.2 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

10 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA AUGUST 15-21, 2016 USD $2,804,000 PREMIER 5 WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: facebook.com/cincytennis WTA Communications: Adam Lincoln (alincoln@wtatennis.com), Estelle LaPorte (elaporte@wtatennis.com), Kate Goff (kgoff@wtatennis.com) WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS CENTER COURT [15] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #17) vs. [4] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) Pliskova leads 2-1 [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) vs. [2] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) Halep leads 4-2 SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS Two of the semifinalists are bidding to reach their maiden Cincinnati final: Karolina Pliskova and Garbiñe Muguruza. They would become the first women from their nations to advance to the final of this event Two of the semifinalists have reached the final before at Cincinnati: Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber. Halep reached the final in 2015 (l. S.Williams) and Kerber did so in 2012 (l. Li). No Romanian or German woman has ever won the singles title at Cincinnati All semifinalists have won at least one WTA singles title in 2016 Should she advance to the final, Pliskova (at No.17) would be the lowest-ranked finalist at Cincinnati since 2008, when No.21 Petrova defeated No.92 Dechy for the title Halep is 4-0 over Kerber on hardcourts (including 2016 Montreal), while Kerber has came out on top twice this year on clay (Fed Cup) and grass (Wimbledon) Halep is on a 13-match winning streak, advancing to the SF here after winning back-to-back WTA singles titles at Bucharest and Montreal Kerber has now reached the SF or better in four of her last five tournaments (Wimbledon-R-Up; Montreal-SF; Olympics-R-Up; Cincinnati-SF) By winning the Cincinnati title, Kerber will surpass Serena Williams as the WTA World No.1, becoming only the second German to hold the honor and first since Steffi Graf s reign ended in 1997 First-time Cincinnati semifinalist Pliskova won the Emirates Airline US Open Series in 2015, by finishing runner-up in Stanford, R16 at Cincinnati and QF at New Haven Should Muguruza win through to the final, she holds advantageous head-to-head records against both prospective opponents, Halep and Kerber Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

11 MATCH NOTES: WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN CINCINNATI, OH, USA AUGUST 15-21, 2016 USD $2,804,000 PREMIER 5 SEMIFINAL HISTORIES PLAYER RANK BEST 2016 RESULT [2] Angelique Kerber 2 [3] Simona Halep 4 [4] Garbiñe Muguruza 3 WON (2): Australian Open, Stuttgart WON (3): Madrid, Bucharest, Montreal WON (1): Roland Garros BEST ROGERS CUP RESULT R-Up (1): 2012 R-Up (1): 2015 SF (1): 2016 LAST FINAL REACHED (final result) 2016 Rio Olympics (R-Up) 2016 Montreal (WON) 2016 Roland Garros (WON) [15] Karolina Pliskova 17 WON (1): Nottingham SF (1): Eastbourne (R-Up) CAREER W/L RECORD AT ROGERS CUP [2] KERBER [3] HALEP [4] MUGURUZA [15] PLISKOVA Figures include current tournament; Main Draw only POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD to HEADS HALEP KERBER PLISKOVA Halep leads 4-1 Kerber leads 4-2 MUGURUZA Muguruza leads 2-1 Muguruza leads 4-3 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

12 MATCH NOTES CINCINNATI - USA, OH Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016 $2,503,250 PREMIER 5 [15] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #17) vs. [4] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads INDIAN WELLS HARD O R3 KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2015 DUBAI HARD O SF KAROLINA PLISKOVA mins 2013 ROLAND GARROS CLAY O R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins KAROLINA PLISKOVA (24) $1,009,267 $3,965,900 1 / 5 1 / / / / / / / / *Updated entering SF WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) CINCINNATI 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)* CINCINNATI Tournament Performance GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (22) $2,694,936 $8,874,713 1 / 3 0 / / / / / / / / 11-9 * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration QF K. PLISKOVA d. S. KUZNETSOVA 6-3,4-6, mins R16 K. PLISKOVA d. M. DOI 7-5, mins Rnd Result Duration QF G. MUGURUZA d. T. BABOS 6-4, mins R16 G. MUGURUZA d. A. PAVLYUCHENKOVA 7-5, mins R2 K. PLISKOVA d. J. OSTAPENKO 6-4, mins R2 G. MUGURUZA d. C. VANDEWEGHE 7-6(4), mins R1 BYE R1 BYE CINCINNATI Tournament History * Qualifying match KAROLINA PLISKOVA 2015 R16 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #25) R2 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #83) R BYE R1* L - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #81) 7-6(5) (4) 2013 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2015 R1 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #106) (0) 2014 R1 L - ANNIKA BECK (GER #66) R1* L - MADISON KEYS (USA #158) 7-6(5) R2* L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #50) R1* W - CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #78) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

13 MATCH NOTES CINCINNATI - USA, OH Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016 $2,503,250 PREMIER R2* L - AKGUL AMANMURADOVA (UZB #124) R1* W - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #103) Ka.Pliskova: Making second main draw appearance at Cincinnati. Reached 3r in 2015 (l. Jankovic). Bowed out of qualifying Achieved best result at the tournament by reaching the QF stage, and has now gone one step further to achieve her fifth SF of the season, after Indian Wells, Prague, Nottingham and Eastbourne Bidding to advance to third final of 2016, after Nottingham and Eastbourne. Owns a 1-1 record in singles finals this year, and 5-9 over her career Bidding to become first Czech woman to reach Cincinnati final Defeated No.10 Kuznetsova in QF to improve record vs. Top 10 players to 2-3 in Other victory coming over No.3 Halep at Fed Cup in February Plays No.3 Muguruza today. Career record vs. Top 5 ranked players stands at 1-12, with sole victory coming over No.3 Halep at Fed Cup in February this year Playing second event of Emirates Airline US Open Series, after Montreal, where she advanced to 3r before losing to eventual champion Halep Entering Cincinnati, leads the WTA for most aces served this season (360), followed by S.Williams (260) and Konta (199). Served 35 aces so far at Cincinnati (5 in 2r, 15 in 3r, 15 in QF), with her tally now standing at 395 (N.B. stats do not include Fed Cup matches) Also through to the SF of doubles here in Cincinnati (w/goerges); they face the new pairing of Hingis/Vandeweghe for a place in the final Went 10-3 during the grass court swing, picking up her fifth career singles title at 2016 Nottingham (d. Riske in the F), reaching her 14th career singles final at Eastbourne (l. Cibulkova in F), 2r at Wimbledon (l. Doi) and 1r at Birmingham (l. Strycova) Captured fifth career doubles title at 2016 Birmingham (w/strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals Started clay season strongly, reaching QF at 2016 Stuttgart (l. A.Radwanska) and SF at home event Prague (l. eventual champion Safarova). But then went 1-3 for the remainder of the clay swing, with 2r exit at Madrid (l. McHale), 1r at Rome (l. Kasatkina) and 1r at Roland Garros (l. Rogers) Represented Czech Republic in Fed Cup World Group SF in April vs. Switzerland. Went 1-1 in singles (d. Bacsinszky, l. Golubic) and won doubles tie w/hradecka (d. Golubic/Hings). Czech Republic won the tie 3-2 and will now face France in November s final Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

14 Advanced to SF at Indian Wells in March (l. eventual champion Azarenka). Best result at a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament, previous best being QF at 2015 Miami. Following Indian Wells, posted 2r exit at Miami (w/1r bye, l. Babos) In February, went 2-0 in singles in Czech Republic s 3-2 win over Romania in 2016 Fed Cup World Group I QF tie (d. Halep, Niculescu), before posting back-to-back 1r losses at Dubai (l. Vandeweghe) and Doha (l. Gasparyan) Reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Makarova) equaled career-best Grand Slam result also achieved at 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open Began 2016 season representing Czech Republic at Hopman Cup exhibition (w/vesely), went 2-1 in singles matches (d. Duval and Wolfe, l. Svitolina), followed by a QF run at Sydney (l. Halep) Best result at Grand Slam level is 3r (2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open, and 2016 Australian Open). Entering Cincinnati, remains the only Top 20 player who hasn t reached at least the R16 of a Grand Slam previously Ended 2015 at No.11 for career-best year-end finish, having spent seven weeks ranked in Top 10, rising as high as No.7. Has improved ranking in 10 straight seasons Finished 2015 with most aces served (517) and tied for most match wins (53 - also S.Williams and Kerber) Reached six singles finals in 2015, winning fourth career title at Prague and finishing runner-up at Sydney, Dubai, Birmingham, Stanford and WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai Was part of the Czech Republic team to win 2015 Fed Cup, going 1-1 in singles in the final against Russia (l. Sharapova, d. Pavlyuchenkova), and clinching the tie in the decisive doubles rubber with Strycova (d. Vesnina/Pavlyuchenkova) Winner of 2015 US Open Series following solid results, highlighted by reaching her fifth final of the season at Stanford (l. Kerber in F in 3s). But made disappointing 1r exit at US Open, where she would have pocketed a $1 million bonus had she lifted the title -- as No.8 seed, lost to qualifier and world No.121 Tatishvili. Was heaviest defeat-by-ranking for over a year (l. No.138 Min at 2014 Bad Gastein) Post-2015 Stanford made Top 10 debut, 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 Currently the second-ranked Czech of five in Top 100 (behind Kvitova) as at August 15, 2016 At 2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title; owns five doubles titles overall Nominated in 2014 WTA Awards for Most Improved Player In juniors, won 2010 Australian Open girls singles title Coached by Jiri Vanek; fitness trainer is Peter Pech

15 Muguruza: Making third main draw appearance at Cincinnati and has advanced to SF for the first time. Previously made 1r exits in 2014 (l. Beck) and 2015 (l. Shvedova). Bowed out of qualifying in 2012 Defeated No.18 Pavlyuchenkova this week for sixth victory over a Top 20 opponent in 2016 (6-2 record). Plays No.17 Ka.Pliskova today Has now advanced to third semifinal of the season, after Rome and Roland Garros Bidding to reach seventh career singles final. Owns 1-0 record in singles finals this season, and 3-3 in her career Would be the first Spanish woman to advance to the Cincinnati singles final Enters Cincinnati having played Rio Olympics. Advanced to 3r in singles (l. eventual gold medalist Puig 61 61) and QF in doubles (w/suarez 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 Playing first tournament of Emirates Airline US Open Series. Entered Montreal, but withdrew prior to opening match against Broady (w/gi illness) Upset in 2r at Wimbledon (l. Cepelova), where she was playing on the highest Grand Slam seeding of career to date (No.2). Last year at the All England Club, reached first Grand Slam final of career (l. S.Williams) defeating 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 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martinez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Played just one grass court match leading into 2016 Wimbledon l. Flipkens in 1r at Mallorca Captured first Grand Slam title at 2016 Roland Garros, defeating S.Williams in F in straight sets one of just five women to defeat S.Williams in a Slam final (also V.Williams, Sharapova, Kerber and Stosur) 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 Sanchez-Vicario defeated Monica Seles in three sets Is 45th player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title Rose to career-high and current ranking of No.2 following Paris triumph. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in the Top 2 since Sanchez-Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in Roland Garros final improved record vs. World No.1s to 2-2 (all matches vs. S.Williams). Won their 2014 Roland Garros 2r encounter but lost their R16 match at 2015 Australian Open in addition to the final at 2015 Wimbledon 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 Prior to Roland Garros, posted mixed results during clay court season went 2-0 in singles (d. Schiavone, Vinci) in defeat of Italy in World Group play-off, before 2r exits at Stuttgart (l. Kvitova) and Madrid (l. Begu) Advanced to SF at Rome (l. eventual runner-up Keys), which was first time the Spaniard had won three consecutive matches at a tournament since the 2015 WTA Finals (against Kvitova, Kerber and Safarova in RR stage)

16 During this year s March US hard court swing, reached R16 at 2016 Miami for third time (l. eventual champion Azarenka). Made WTA main draw debut there in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career Dropped opener at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. McHale). Loss to No.62 McHale was worst-by ranking since 2015 US Open (l. No.97 Konta) In February, fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, l. Svitolina) and reached QF at Doha (l. Petkovic). Went 2-0 in singles in Spain s 4-0 win over Serbia in 2016 Fed Cup World Group II QF tie (d. Jankovic, Jorovic) Opened 2016 season at Brisbane after 1r bye, ret. vs. Lepchenko in 2r w/left foot injury. Reached 3r at Australian Open (l. Strycova) Enjoyed a breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suarez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015 won biggest title of career at Premier Mandatory-level Beijing (d. Bacsinszky in F) and finished runner-up at Wuhan (l. V.Williams via ret.) in back-to-back weeks Qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in singles for first time in career; compiled a perfect 3-0 record in RR stage (d. Safarova, Kerber and Kvitova) but lost to eventual champion A.Radwanska in SF During 2015 season, Muguruza/Suarez Navarro won titles at Birmingham and Tokyo, and were runners-up at Dubai and Madrid. Qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in doubles following withdrawal of Dellacqua/Shvedova (Dellacqua: concussion). Team advanced to final (l. Hingis/Mirza) 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) Currently the Spanish No.1 ahead of Suarez Navarro and Arruabarrena in Top 100 (August 15, 2016) Coached by Sam Sumyk; parted ways with long-time coach Alejo Mancisidor prior to 2015 US Open

17 MATCH NOTES CINCINNATI - USA, OH Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016 $2,503,250 PREMIER 5 [3] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #4) vs. [2] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads MONTREAL HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP mins 2016 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER (2) 90 mins 2016 FED CUP WEEK 2 - PLAYOFFS CLAY I R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER n/a 2015 TORONTO HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP mins 2014 DOHA HARD O F SIMONA HALEP mins 2009 ITF/SAINT RAPHAEL HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP n/a SIMONA HALEP *Updated entering SF 4 WTA RANKING 3 ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) $2,580,949 YTD PRIZE MONEY $13,708,484 CAREER PRIZE MONEY 3 / 14 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 12-4 CINCINNATI W-L (MD)* / YTD / CAREER W-L (MD)* 10-5 / YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD)* 4-7 / YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD)* 17-7 / YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD)* 4-3 / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD)* 9-6 / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD)* 4-2 / 21-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD)* CINCINNATI Tournament Performance ANGELIQUE KERBER (28) $4,880,887 $14,066,056 2 / 9 0 / / / / / / / / * Qualifying match Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration QF S. HALEP d. A. RADWANSKA 7-5, mins R16 S. HALEP d. D. GAVRILOVA 6-1, mins QF A. KERBER d. C. SUÁREZ NAVARRO 4-6,6-3, mins R16 A. KERBER d. B. STRYCOVA 7-6(5), mins R2 S. HALEP d. A. BECK 6-3, mins R2 A. KERBER d. K. MLADENOVIC 6-0, mins R1 BYE R1 BYE CINCINNATI Tournament History * Qualifying match SIMONA HALEP 2015 F L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) (5) SF W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #25) QF W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #34) 7-6(3) 6-2 R16 W - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #17) R2 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #40) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2015 R1 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #12) R16 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #12) R2 W - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #18) R1 BYE R1 BYE Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

18 MATCH NOTES CINCINNATI - USA, OH Aug 15 - Aug 21, 2016 $2,503,250 PREMIER QF L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #6) R16 W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #17) R2 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #54) R1 BYE 2013 QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R16 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #11) R2 W - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #7) R1 W - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #42) 6-7(5) R1 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #38) R2* L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #74) R16 L - NA LI (CHN #5) R2 W - ALISA KLEYBANOVA (RUS #584) 7-6(3) 6-2 R1 W - KARIN KNAPP (ITA #59) 6-7(6) F L - NA LI (CHN #9) SF W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #5) QF W - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #4) R16 W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #97) (5) R2 W - TIMEA BABOS (HUN #62) R1 BYE 2007 R16 L - AKIKO MORIGAMI (JPN #61) R1* W - LIGA DEKMEIJERE (LAT #753) Halep: Making fifth main draw appearance at Cincinnati. Best result was reaching the final last year, finishing runner-up to S.Williams. Also a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2013 (l. S.Williams) and 2014 (l. Sharapova) Bidding to reach second Cincinnati final (0-1 record); fourth singles final of the season (3-0 record); and 25th career singles final (14-8 record) No Romanian woman has ever won the Cincinnati title Plays No.2 Kerber today. Owns a 2-10 lifetime record vs. Top 2 ranked players, with wins coming against No.1 S.Williams at 2014 WTA Finals and No.2 Kerber at 2016 Montreal Win over Kerber in Montreal was first Top 5 win of the 2016 season since joined by QF defeat of No.5 A.Radwanska in Cincinnati but prior to that, most recent Top 5 win came over No.5 Wozniacki at 2015 Dubai Owns an 9-6 record vs. Top 20 players this season, with wins coming over No.11 Ka.Pliskova (Sydney), No.9 Kvitova (Fed Cup), No.15 Bacsinszky (Madrid), No.9 Keys (Wimbledon), No.17 Ka.Pliskova (Montreal), No.11 Kuznetsova (Montreal), No.2 Kerber (Montreal), No.12 Keys (Montreal), No.5 A.Radwanska (Cincinnati) Plays lefty Kerber today. Owns a 4-2 record vs. left-handed opponents this season, with wins coming over Kvitova (Fed Cup), Makarova (Indian Wells), Doi (Madrid) and Kerber (Montreal) Playing second tournament of Emirates Airline US Open Series, and enters Cincinnati SF having gone 20-2 on tour dating back to the start of Roland Garros. Losses came to Stosur at Roland Garros and Kerber at Wimbledon Is now on a 13 match winning streak, having won Budapest, Montreal and three matches at Cincinnati At 2016 Montreal, she won her 14th career singles title (d. Keys in F) and third of the season. Is now 14-8 in singles finals, with eight titles coming on hard court. Was the first Romanian to win the tournament, and the first player to reach back-to-back finals at Rogers Cup since Capriati in Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

19 Also contested her career-first doubles final at Montreal, partnering fellow Romanian Monica Niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina). The last player to reach both singles and doubles finals at Rogers Cup was Hingis in 2000 Captured her 13th career singles title in front of her home crowd at 2016 Bucharest on clay (d. Sevastova in F) At 2016 Wimbledon, reached sixth Grand Slam QF of career, bowing out to eventual runner-up Kerber 75 76(2). It was her best showing at Grand Slam level so far this season, and only the second time she had won back-to-back matches at the All England Club, after her SF run in 2014 (l. eventual runner-up Bouchard) Only played Wimbledon during grass court swing, having withdrawn from Birmingham w/left Achilles injury Highlight of this year s clay court swing was winning 12th career singles title at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F) her second title at Premier Mandatory level (also 2015 Indian Wells) Victory in Madrid was book-ended by dropping 2r openers at Stuttgart (w/1r bye, l. eventual runner-up Siegemund) and Rome (w/1r bye, l. Gavrilova). Reached R16 at Roland Garros (l. Stosur) In April, took part in Fed Cup play for Romania, going 1-1 in singles (d. Petkovic, l. Kerber) as team lost to Germany 4-1 in World Group play-off tie; came away from tie nursing a left ankle injury March results in US saw her advance to QF at both 2016 Indian Wells (as defending champion, l. S.Williams) and Miami (l. Bacsinszky) After 1r byes, lost 2r matches at 2016 Dubai (as defending champion, l. Ivanovic) and Doha (l. qualifier Vesnina) Went 1-1 in singles in Romania s 3-2 loss to Czech Republic in Fed Cup World Group I QF tie (d. Kvitova, l. Ka.Pliskova) Upset in 1r at 2016 Australian Open (l. qualifier Zhang). Following that loss in Melbourne, announced plan to undergo nasal surgery that would have entailed missing Fed Cup, Dubai and Doha, but changed mind and played throughout month of February Withdrew from opening tournament of 2016 season Brisbane w/left Achilles injury. Advanced to SF at 2016 Sydney (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova) Finished 2015 season ranked No.2 second consecutive Top 5 finish (No.3 in 2014). Season-ending ranking has now improved eight years in a row Won three titles in 2015: Shenzhen (d. Bacsinszky in F), Dubai (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and first Premier Mandatory at Indian Wells (d. Jankovic in F). Also a two-time runner-up in 2015 Toronto (ret. vs. Bencic in F w/heat illness) and Cincinnati (l. S.Williams in F) Was the WTA hardcourt match win leader in win-loss record Recorded her 300th career singles win (all levels) with defeat of A.Radwanska at 2015 Toronto Best Grand Slam result of career to date was a runner-up finish at 2014 Roland Garros (l. Sharapova). In addition, has reached SF stage at 2014 Wimbledon (l. eventual runner-up Bouchard) and 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) Was top seed at 2015 WTA Finals Singapore following S.Williams withdrawal biggest tournament where she has been the top seed to date; did not progress past round robin stage Also qualified for WTA Finals in 2014, becoming the first Romanian woman to do so since Spirlea in Defeated No.1 S.Williams ( ) in round robin at 2014 WTA Finals for sole win over a reigning world No.1 Romania s highest ranked player of four women in current Top 100 (as at August 15, 2016) Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to as high as No.2 in the world

20 Became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making Top 10 debut week of January 27, 2014; now highest-ranked Romanian woman ever Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, Roland Garros girls singles champion Coached by Australian Darren Cahill after parting ways with former coach Victor Ionita in June 2015 Kerber: Making sixth appearance at Cincinnati Finished as runner-up here in 2012 (l. Li in F); defeated two Top 5 players en route - No.4 S.Williams (QF) and No.5 Kvitova (SF) Made 3r in 2013 (l. Li) and 2014 (l. Wozniacki). Reached 2r on debut in 2011 (l. Morigami) and fell 1r in 2015 (l. Bencic) Bidding to advance to second Cincinnati final (0-1 record), her sixth singles final of the year (2-3 record), and 23rd career singles final (9-13 record) No German woman has ever won the Cincinnati singles title Plays No.4 Halep today. Owns a lifetime record vs. Top 5 players, including 2-2 in 2016 Owns a 6-3 record vs. Top 10 players this year with wins over No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep (Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon) and No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics) Achieved two Top 20 wins en route to Cincinnati SF, with victories over No.20 Strycova in 3r and No.12 Suarez Navarro in QF taking her tally to 16-5 this season Could ascend to WTA World No.1 this week at the expense of S.Williams (who withdrew w/right shoulder injury), but would need to win the title here in order to do so Would become only the second German woman to achieve the honor, and first since Stefanie Graf s reign came to an end in Cincinnati marks second event of Emirates Airline US Open Series after SF run at Montreal (l. eventual champion Halep) Leads the WTA this season with 46 main draw match wins (this figure includes Olympics and three Cincinnati wins) Coming off winning a silver medal at Rio Olympics, losing to Puig in F. Now owns 9-13 record in singles finals. Also competed in doubles w/petkovic, losing 1r to Errani/Vinci 1r defeat of Duque-Mariño at Rio Olympics was 300th main draw match win of career Prior to Montreal SF run was forced to withdraw from 2r match at 2016 Bastad w/left elbow injury (conceded w/o to Arruabarrena) Contested second Grand Slam singles final of the season (and of her career) at 2016 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams). Is only second German woman to have reached more than one Grand Slam singles final (after Graf). Ranking improved to equal career-high of No.2 following Wimbledon Opened 2016 grass court season at Birmingham (as defending champion, l. Suarez Navarro in QF). Progression to QF snapped run of three consecutive opening match defeats fell 1r at Madrid (l. Strycova), lost opening 2r match at Rome (w/1r bye, l. Bouchard), and made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Bertens)

21 Began 2016 clay court season in strong form, reaching SF at Charleston (as defending champion, ret. vs. eventual champion Stephens w/viral illness), followed by two Fed Cup World Group play-off wins (d. Halep, Begu) and successfully defended title at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F). Withdrew from Nürnberg (w/left shoulder injury) Lost opening 2r match at 2016 Indian Wells (w/1r bye, l. Allertova) and subsequently spent time training with Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi in Las Vegas. After that, posted SF run at 2016 Miami (l. Azarenka) In February 2016, went 1-1 in Germany s Fed Cup loss to Switzerland (d. Bacsinszky, l. Bencic); withdrew from Dubai (w/right thigh injury) and lost opening 2r match at Doha (w/1r bye, l. Zheng) Captured maiden Grand Slam title at 2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F) on what was her 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance. 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) 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) In the Open Era, is the sixth German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, after Helga Niessen Masthoff (1970 Roland Garros), Sylvia Hanika (1981 Roland Garros), Anke Huber (1996 Australian Open), Sabine Lisicki (2013 Wimbledon) and Steffi Graf (31 in total) 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 Before heading to Melbourne, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Makarova at 2016 Sydney (w/gi illness) Opened 2016 season with runner-up finish at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F). Also reached doubles final there (w/petkovic, l. Hingis/Mirza in F). Kerber s only previous doubles final came in 2008, finishing runner-up at 's-hertogenbosch (w/dekmeijere) Secured fourth consecutive Top 10 year-end finish in 2015 (at No.10) in a season highlighted by four titles, second only to S.Williams (5) By winning Charleston, Stuttgart, Birmingham and Stanford in 2015, Kerber became the first player since 2007 to win WTA titles on green clay, red clay, grass and hard in the same year. Jankovic achieved the feat in 2007 (Auckland on hard, Charleston on green clay, Rome on red clay and Birmingham on grass) Qualified for WTA Finals for third time in after defeating Kvitova and losing to Muguruza at round robin stage, needed to win only one set against Safarova to advance to SF, but was beaten by the Czech Registered joint-most match wins across along with S.Williams and Ka.Pliskova 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) Aside from 2016 Australian Open title and 2016 Wimbledon final, has also reached SF at 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion Stosur) and 2012 Wimbledon (l. eventual runner-up A.Radwanska). Roland Garros is the only major where she has yet to pass the QF stage Highest ranked German of eight women in Top 100 (as at August 15, 2016) Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin Coached by Torben Beltz