2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S SINGLES FINAL. [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) vs. [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6)

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1 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/australianopen facebook.com/wta Eloise Tyson (etyson@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S SINGLES FINAL [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) vs. [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Williams leads 5-1 This is their second meeting at Grand Slam level (Williams leads 1-0)... First career meeting was at 2007 US Open (1r)... All previous meetings have been on hard court... Across their previous meetings, Williams has won 10 sets and Kerber two... Kerber's sole victory over Williams was at 2012 Cincinnati (QF) in straight sets... Their last meeting was in the final at 2014 Stanford, where Williams defeated Kerber in straight sets... This is the 26th Grand Slam singles final for Williams and the first for Kerber... Kerber is the sixth German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER RANK NAT AGE YTD PRIZE $^ YTD W/L* YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER W/L* CAREER TITLES [1] Serena Williams 1 USA ,083, [7] Angelique Kerber 6 GER , ,311, *includes current tournament; all levels /^Does not include current tournament AUSTRALIAN OPEN AND GRAND SLAM RECORDS PLAYER AO W-L* AO BEST RESULT GS W-L* GS BEST RESULT [1] Serena Williams 74-9 WON (2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015) WON (21): Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015); Roland Garros (2002, 2013, 2015); Wimbledon ( , , 2012, 2015); US Open (1999, 2002, 2008, ) [7] Angelique Kerber 17-8 Final (2016) F (1): Australian Open (2016) *includes 2016 Australian Open entering F GRAND SLAM FINAL HISTORIES PLAYER TOTAL GS F* LAST GRAND SLAM FINAL PLAYED (RESULT) W-L IN GS F [1] Serena Williams Wimbledon (WON) 21-4 [7] Angelique Kerber 1 n/a n/a *includes 2016 Australian Open Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

2 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS BY ROUND PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F W TOTAL* [1] Serena Williams [7] Angelique Kerber *includes 2016 Australian Open appearance in total figure FLASHBACK: RANKING COMPARISON FROM 2015 TO 2016 PLAYER ENTERING 2015 AO (Week of January 19, 2015 ENTERING 2016 AO (Week of January 18, 2016) [1] Serena Williams 1 1 [7] Angelique Kerber 9 6 PRE-AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS PLAYER BRISBANE SHENZHEN SYDNEY HOBART [1] Serena Williams Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter [7] Angelique Kerber R-Up (l. Azarenka) Did not enter 2r (w/o vs. Svitolina) Did not enter SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS: ROUND PRIZE MONEY ($A) RANKING POINTS Winner $3,400, Runner-Up $1,700, Semifinalists $750, Quarterfinalists $375, Round of 16 (4r) $193, Round of 32 (3r) $108, Round of 64 (2r) $67, Round of 128 (1r) $38, Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

3 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT FINAL QUICK HITS: Serena Williams has reached her 26th Grand Slam singles final. In the Open Era, Chris Evert reached the most Grand Slam finals, with 34 (18-16 win-loss record), followed by Martina Navratilova (32; 18-14) and Steffi Graf (31; 22-9) From her 25 previous Grand Slam singles finals, Williams won 21 of them - including six at the Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015). She has never lost a final here Margaret Court reached 29 Grand Slam singles finals, going 24-5 overall and 11-1 in the Open Era Angelique Kerber has advanced to the first Grand Slam singles final of her career, having previously fallen in two semifinals (at 2011 US Open and 2012 Wimbledon) Kerber is the first German finalist at any major since Sabine Lisicki (2013 Wimbledon, l. Bartoli) and first into an Australian Open final since Huber in The last German champion at the Australian Open was Steffi Graf in Kerber is seeded No.7; the last player seeded No.7 to win the Australian Open was S.Williams in 2005 Kerber is the first left-hander to reach the final of the Australian Open since Monica Seles went all the way to the title in The last leftie to win a Grand Slam title was Petra Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon Williams hasn t dropped a set en route to the final; the last player to win the Australian Open title without the loss of a set was Maria Sharapova in In Williams' six previous Australian Open title runs she has dropped at least one set en route Kerber has spent two hours longer on court than her opponent today; 9h26 compared to Williams 7hrs The 2016 Australian Open marks Kerber s second final of the season, having previously finished runner-up at Brisbane (l. Azarenka, who she defeated in the quarterfinal stage here) Number of hard court titles won by the finalists: Williams (45), Kerber (4) The Australian Open final has been decided in three sets on 13 occasions, the last 3-set final coming in Kerber owns a career record in 3-set matches (3-0 in 2016), while Williams record stands at (both main draw only) Three of Williams six finals here have gone to three sets (2003, 2005, 2010); she recovered from losing the first set in 2005 to lift the title, whereas she lost the middle set in 2003 and 2010 Kerber has faced five unseeded players en route to the final (exception is No.14 seed Azarenka). In comparison, Williams has not only faced two seeded players, but both were ranked inside the Top 5 in the WTA Rankings (No.4 A.Radwanska and No.5 Sharapova) In the Open Era, only four women have won the Australian Open seeded lower than No.5: unranked Chris O'Neil (1978) and S.Williams (2007), No.12 Capriati (2001) and No.7 S.Williams (2005) Kerber would also be the lowest-ranked title winner of the Australian Open since No.81 S.Williams in 2007 This is Williams 20th time being the No.1 seed at a Grand Slam (she's won 11 of the previous 19) Kerber began run to final in 1r by saving a match point during defeat of Doi; the last Grand Slam champion to save match points during a title run was Li Na here at Australian Open in 2014 (saved one match point during 3r match vs. Safarova). In addition, in the Open Era, three other women (on four occasions) have won the Australian Open after saving match point: Monica Seles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002) and Serena Williams (2003 and 2005) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

4 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT AGE IS JUST A NUMBER Serena Williams adds her name yet again to an exclusive list of 30+ women to reach the women s singles final at the Australian Open: OPEN ERA: 30-YEAR-OLDS TO REACH AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL YEAR NAME RESULT SURFACE AGE 2016 [1] Serena Williams (USA)??? Hard 34 years, 126 days 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) WON Hard 33 years, 127 days 2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) WON Hard 31 years, 334 days 2013 [6] Li Na (CHN) R-UP Hard 30 years, 335 days 1988 [3] Chris Evert (USA) R-UP Hard 33 years, 34 days 1987 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) R-UP Grass 30 years, 99 days 1985 [1] Chris Evert (USA) R-UP Grass 30 years, 352 days 1977 (Dec) [5] Helen Gourlay Cawley (AUS) R-UP Grass 31 years, 8 days 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) WON Grass 30 years, 169 days *(Age at end of Tournament) Williams, aged 33y 127d became the oldest woman to win the Australian Open in the Open Era in Should she win the title here, Williams would be 34y 126d at the end of the Tournament Williams, aged 33y 285d at the conclusion of 2015 Wimbledon, became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era overtook Navratilova who was 33y 263d at 1990 Wimbledon With her win at Wimbledon, Williams boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9½m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, some 15y 10m before her 2015 Wimbledon title. WTA Legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span In the Open Era, a thirty-something has won a Grand Slam singles title 22 times, a feat accomplished by: Serena Williams (8), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), Ann Jones (1), Li Na (1), Flavia Pennetta (1) and Virginia Wade (1) At the 2015 US Open, Flavia Pennetta became the oldest first-time Grand Slam finalist and champion in the Open Era (33 years, 6 months) If Kerber wins the 2016 Australian Open, at 28 years and 13 days old at end of tournament, she would be the seventh oldest first-time Grand Slam champion PLAYER AGE TOURNAMENT Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 33 years, 6 months 2015 US Open Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 29 years, 11 months 2010 Roland Garros Jana Novotna (CZE) 29 years, 9 months 1998 Wimbledon Kerry Melville-Reid (AUS) 29 years, 4 months 1977 Australian Open (Jan) Li Na (CHN) 29 years, 3 months 2011 Roland Garros Marion Bartoli (FRA) 28 years, 9 months 2013 Wimbledon Angelique Kerber (GER) 28 years, 13 days 2016 Australian Open??? In the Open Era, a thirty-something has won a Grand Slam singles title 22 times, a feat accomplished by: S.Williams (8), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), Ann Jones (1), Li Na (1), Flavia Pennetta (1) and Virginia Wade (1). Ages based on tournament end date: Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

5 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS 30 AND OLDER YR SLAM NAME YRS DAYS 2015 Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) US Open Flavia Pennetta (ITA) Australian Open Serena Williams (USA) US Open Serena Williams (USA) Wimbledon Virginia Wade (GBR) US Open Serena Williams (USA) Australian Open Li Na (CHN) Roland Garros Serena Williams (USA) Wimbledon Billie Jean King (USA) Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) US Open Margaret Court (AUS) US Open Serena Williams (USA) US Open Martina Navratilova (USA) Roland Garros Margaret Court (AUS) US Open Billie Jean King (USA) Wimbledon Serena Williams (USA) Wimbledon Ann Jones (GBR) Wimbledon Martina Navratilova (USA) Roland Garros Chris Evert (USA) Australian Open Margaret Court (AUS) DEFENDING A SLAM Eight different players have successfully defended their title at the Australian Open: Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka Williams has successfully defended her title on four occasions at three Grand Slams Below is a look at the Grand Slam singles champions who have defended their titles post-world War II: AUSTRALIAN OPEN (21) ROLAND GARROS (11) WIMBLEDON (22) US OPEN (22) Nancy Wynne Bolton ( ) M. Smith Court ( , ) E. Goolagong Cawley ( ) Steffi Graf ( ) Monica Seles ( ) Martina Hingis ( ) Jennifer Capriati ( ) Serena Williams ( ) Victoria Azarenka ( ) Maureen Connolly Brinker ( ) Margaret Smith Court ( ) C. Evert ( , , ) Steffi Graf ( , ) Monica Seles ( ) Justine Henin ( ) Louise Brough Clapp ( ) Maureen Connolly Brinker ( ) Althea Gibson ( ) Maria Bueno ( ) Billie Jean King ( , ) M. Navratilova ( , ) S. Graf ( , , ) Venus Williams ( , ) Serena Williams ( ) Margaret Osborne dupont ( ) Maureen Connolly Brinker ( ) Doris Hart ( ) Althea Gibson ( ) Darlene Hard ( ) Maria Bueno ( ) Margaret Court ( ) Billie Jean King ( ) Chris Evert ( ) M. Navratilova ( , ) Steffi Graf ( , ) Monica Seles ( ) Venus Williams ( ) Kim Clijsters ( ) Serena Williams ( ) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

6 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT AUSTRALIAN OPEN SUCCESS Serena Williams is bidding to win her seventh Australian Open title she already holds the record for the most in the Open Era with six, ahead of Margaret Court, who won four Australian Open titles in the Open Era (11 overall): OPEN ERA - AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLES (ALL TIME) PLAYER TITLES YEARS Serena Williams (USA) , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 Margaret Court (AUS) , 1970, 1971, 1973 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) , 1975, 1976, 1977 [Dec] Steffi Graf (GER) , 1989, 1990, 1994 Monica Seles (YUG/USA) , 1992, 1993, 1996 MOST CAREER MAIN DRAW AUSTRALIAN OPEN WINS OPEN ERA (ENTERING 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL) ACTIVE PLAYERS ALL-TIME PLAYER W-L MATCHES PLAYER W-L MATCHES Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA) Lindsay Davenport (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Margaret Court (AUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Nell Hopman (AUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) Venus Williams (USA) Martina Hingis (SUI) Thelma Long (AUS) OPEN ERA: GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS PLAYER (NAT) AO RG WIMB US TOTAL Steffi Graf (GER) Serena Williams (USA) Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA) Margaret Court (AUS) Monica Seles (USA) Billie Jean King (USA) Venus Williams (USA) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) Justine Henin (BEL) Martina Hingis (SUI) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Kim Clijsters (BEL) Hana Mandlikova (CZE) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) ALL-TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES LEADERS PLAYER TOTAL Margaret Court (AUS) 24 Steffi Graf (GER) 22 Serena Williams (USA) 21 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 19 Chris Evert (USA) 18 Martina Navratilova (USA) 18 Billie Jean King (USA) 12 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

7 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT THERE S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING The 2016 Australian Open marks Angelique Kerber s 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance. Flavia Pennetta holds the record for the most Grand Slam appearances before winning her first title (49; won at 2015 US Open) PLAYERS TO WIN FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE AFTER 20 APPEARANCES PLAYER GS APPS FIRST GS TITLE Flavia Pennetta (ITA) US Open Marion Bartoli (FRA) Wimbledon Jana Novotna (CZE) Wimbledon Francesca Schiavone (ITA) Roland Garros Samantha Stosur (AUS) US Open Angelique Kerber (GER) Australian Open? Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) Australian Open Jennifer Capriati (USA) Australian Open Kerry Melville Reid (AUS) Australian Open (Jan) Lindsay Davenport (USA) US Open Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Australian Open Kim Clijsters (BEL) US Open Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) US Open Li Na (CHN) Roland Garros Conchita Martinez (ESP) Wimbledon Kerber is bidding to become the 44th woman to win a Grand Slam singles title The most recent first-time Grand Slam champion was crowned at 2015 US Open (Pennetta); prior to that, it was 2013 Wimbledon (Bartoli) 2016 Australian Open marks the fourth consecutive Grand Slam which involves a player or players making their debut in a major final Safarova (2015 Roland Garros), Muguruza (2015 Wimbledon), Vinci and Pennetta (2015 US Open), and now Kerber (2016 Australian Open) Kerber would be the eighth different first-time Grand Slam title winner in the last 23 Slams: Schiavone (2010 Roland Garros), Li (2011 Roland Garros), Kvitova (2011 Wimbledon), Stosur (2011 US Open) and Azarenka (2012 Australian Open), Bartoli (2013 Wimbledon) and Pennetta (2015 US Open) GERMAN SUCCESS Angelique Kerber made a 1r exit here in Melbourne in 2015 (l. Begu) but has followed this up with a run to the final in The last player to do this was Russia's Dinara Safina, who lost 1r to Lisicki in 2008 and finished R-Up in 2009 (l. S.Williams) The only player in the Open Era to win the Australian Open title after a 1r exit the previous year was Kerry Melville Reid (won in 1977-Jan) Kerber is the first German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Sabine Lisicki at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Bartoli). Across all Slams, Steffi Graf was the last German to win a major, at 1999 Wimbledon (d. Davenport) Turning our attention to the Australian Open, Kerber is the first of her countrywomen to reach the final here at Melbourne Park since Anke Huber in 1996 (l. Seles). Graf, in 1994, was the last German to win the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup (d. Sanchez Vicario in F) In the Open Era, Kerber 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) and Sabine Lisicki (2013 Wimbledon) and Steffi Graf. Graf is the only German player to reach more than one Grand Slam singles final (31), and also the only one of her countrywomen to lift a Grand Slam title (22) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

8 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT WTA RANKING PROJECTIONS The next WTA rankings will be published on Monday, February 1, however below are some projected updates: S.Williams stays at No.1 regardless of final result Kerber will reach a new career-high ranking of No.4 by virtue of advancing to the final, and should she win the title, will rise to No.2 A.Radwanska will be No.3 (unless Kerber wins the title, otherwise will be No.4) Konta will rise to No.28 - a new career high ranking The projected Top 10 if Williams wins will be as follows: 1. Serena Williams 2. Simona Halep 3. Agnieszka Radwanska 4. Angelique Kerber 5. Garbiñe Muguruza 6. Maria Sharapova 7. Flavia Pennetta 8. Carla Suarez Navarro 9. Petra Kvitova 10. Lucie Safarova The projected Top 10 if Kerber wins will be as follows: 1. Serena Williams 2. Angelique Kerber 3. Simona Halep 4. Agnieszka Radwanska 5. Garbiñe Muguruza 7. Flavia Pennetta 8. Carla Suarez Navarro 9. Petra Kvitova 10. Lucie Safarova ROAD TO SINGAPORE UPDATE The 2016 edition of the WTA s Road to Singapore (RTS) will travel through 33 countries with 57 events, plus the four Grand Slam tournaments. Last October, the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global were held in Asia-Pacific for the second time, with Agnieszka Radwanska defeating Petra Kvitova in the final. The team of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza took home the coveted Martina Navratilova WTA Finals Doubles Trophy. This year s event, the third of a five-year tenure at the Singapore Sports Hub, sees competition expanded over eight days, October 23-30, SINGLES: The Australian Open champion will hold the top spot, followed by the runner-up, with defending WTA Finals champion Agnieszka Radwanska rounding out the Top 3 DOUBLES: WTA co-no.1s Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis will hold the top-spot on the Leaderboard regardless of the result in the final; they enter the final with 35-straight wins dating back to last season Mirza and Hingis have dominated doubles competition since forming their partnership at 2015 Indian Wells; they have won 11 titles in their 17 tournaments (entering AO), including seven-straight as they are enjoying a 35-match win streak. Hlavackova/Hradecka, who have played in the WTA Finals twice (2012, 2015), will hold the No.2 spot on the Leaderboard Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

9 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT MOST GRAND SLAM SINGLES FINAL APPEARANCES A total of 22 active players have reached a Grand Slam singles final, Lucie Safarova (2015 Roland Garros), Garbiñe Muguruza (2015 Wimbledon) and Roberta Vinci (2015 US Open) and Angelique Kerber (2016 Australian Open) being recent additions to the list: PLAYER TOTAL TITLES WON RUNNER-UP FINISHES Serena Williams Wins Australian Open (03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 15) Roland Garros (02, 13, 15) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09, 10, 12, 15) US Open (99, 02, 08, 12, 13, 14) 4 Runner-Ups Wimbledon (04, 08) US Open (01, 11) Venus Williams 14 7 Wins Wimbledon (00, 01, 05, 07, 08) US Open (00, 01) Maria Sharapova 10 5 Wins Australian Open (08) Roland Garros (12, 14) Wimbledon (04) US Open (06) Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 2 Wins Roland Garros (09) US Open (04) Victoria Azarenka 4 2 Wins Australian Open (12, 13) Ana Ivanovic 3 1 Win Roland Garros (08) 7 Runner-Ups Australian Open (03) Roland Garros (02) Wimbledon (02, 03, 09) US Open (97, 02) 5 Runner-Ups Australian Open (07, 12, 15) Roland Garros (13) Wimbledon (11) 2 Runner-Ups Roland Garros (06) US Open (07) 2 Runner-Ups US Open (12, 13) 2 Runner-Ups Australian Open (08) Roland Garros (07) --- Petra Kvitova 2 2 Wins Wimbledon (11, 14) Francesca Schiavone 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up Roland Garros (10) Roland Garros (11) Samantha Stosur 2 1 Win 1 Runner-Up US Open (11) Roland Garros (10) Caroline Wozniacki Runner-Ups US Open (09, 14) Vera Zvonareva Runner-Ups Wimbledon (10) US Open (10) Eugenie Bouchard Runner-Up Wimbledon (14) Dominika Cibulkova Runner-Up Australian Open (14) Sara Errani Runner-Up Roland Garros (12) Simona Halep Runner-Up Roland Garros (14) Jelena Jankovic Runner-Up US Open (08) Sabine Lisicki Runner-Up Wimbledon (13) Garbiñe Muguruza Runner-Up Wimbledon (15) Agnieszka Radwanska Runner-Up Wimbledon (12) Lucie Safarova Runner-Up Roland Garros (15) Roberta Vinci Runner-Up US Open (15) Angelique Kerber 1??? Australian Open (16)??? Australian Open (16) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

10 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT FIRST TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPS Since 1968 Roland Garros, 43 women have won at least one Grand Slam title (25 have gone on to win more): PLAYER AGE TOTAL OPEN ERA FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE YRS, MOS GS TITLES (SGL) ****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25, Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24, Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23, US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26, Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30, Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19, Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19, Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20, Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29, Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20, Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROM) 23, Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21, Wimbledon 18 O'Neil, Christine (AUS) 22, Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16, US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22, Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18, Australian Open 4 Graf, Steffi (GER) 17, Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17, Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16, Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20, US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22, Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20, Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16, Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19, Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29, Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22, US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17, US Open 21 Williams, Venus (USA) 20, Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24, Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21, Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22, Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17, Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19, US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22, US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26, Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20, Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29, Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29, Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21, Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27, US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22, Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28, Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33, US Open 1 *Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between 1960 and 1966 ** Jones won two pre-open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a second at the French again in 1966 *** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon , US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22 years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 French Open the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

11 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT AUSTRALIAN OPEN HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA) Year (Seed) Champion (Rank) (Seed) Runner-Up (Rank) Score 1969 (2) Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) (1) Billie Jean King (USA) (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Kerry Melville (AUS) (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 26 76(5-0) (2) Virginia Wade (GBR) (1) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (1) Chris Evert (USA) 76(5) (3) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (8) Martina Navratilova (TCH) (1) Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (AUS #3) (5) Renata Tomanova (TCH #44) Jan (2) Kerry Melville Reid (AUS #8) (1) Dianne Fromholtz (AUS #5) Dec (1) Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (AUS #unr) (5) Helen Gourlay-Cawley (AUS #33) (-) Chris O Neil (AUS #111) (7) Betsy Nagelsen (USA #87) 63 76(5) 1979 (5) Barbara Jordan (USA #68) (4) Sharon Walsh (USA #54) (3) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) (4) Wendy Turnbull (AUS #8) (3) Martina Navratilova (USA #3) (1) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #1) 67(4) (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (9) Kathy Jordan (USA #14) 62 76(5) 1984 (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) (9) Helena Sukova (CZE #9) 67(4) (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (1) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) Not held - tournament moved from December to January timeslot 1987 (2) Hana Mandlikova (CZE #4) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) 75 76(1) 1988 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (3) Chris Evert (USA #3) 61 76(4) 1989 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (5) Helena Sukova (CZE #6) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (6) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA #11) (2) Monica Seles (YUG #2) (10) Jana Novotna (CZE #12) (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (6) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA #8) (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (2) Steffi Graf (GER #2) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (2) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #2) (4) Mary Pierce (FRA #5) (1) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #2) (1) Monica Seles (USA co-#1) (8) Anke Huber (GER #9) (4) Martina Hingis (SUI #4) (-) Mary Pierce (FRA #22) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) (8) Conchita Martínez (ESP #11) (2) Martina Hingis (SUI #2) (-) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #29) (2) Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) (12) Jennifer Capriati (USA #12) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) (1) Jennifer Capriati (USA #1) (3) Martina Hingis (SUI #4) 46 76(7) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Venus Williams (USA #2) 76(4) (1) Justine Henin (BEL #1) (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL #2) (7) Serena Williams (USA #7) (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA #1) (3) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #3) (8) Justine Henin (BEL #6) ret. (GI illness) 2007 (-) Serena Williams (USA #81) (1) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) (5) Maria Sharapova (RUS #5) (4) Ana Ivanovic (SRB #3) (2) Serena Williams (USA #2) (3) Dinara Safina (RUS #3) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (WC) Justine Henin (BEL-NR) (3) Kim Clijsters (BEL #3) (9) Li Na (CHN #11) (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #3) (4) Maria Sharapova (RUS #4) (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #1) (6) Li Na (CHN #6) (4) Li Na (CHN #4) (20) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #24) 76(3) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) 63 76(5) SITES: Brisbane; Sydney; Kooyong, Melbourne; 1988-Present-National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park. SURFACE: grass; 1988-presenthardcourt IN THE OPEN ERA... Thirty-two of the Australian Open women's titles have been won by one of the Top 2 seeds; the top seed has won the title 20 times and No.2 seed has won has won 12 times The Top 2 seeds have met in the final on 16 occasions, with the No.1 seed prevailing eight times (most recently in 2015) and the No.2 seed victorious eight times (most recently 2004) The Australian Open finals have been decided in three sets 13 times Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

12 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT OPEN ERA GRAND SLAM HONOR ROLL YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1 ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN [2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR) 1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1977 JAN -[2] Kerry Reid (AUS) DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1978 [-] Chris O Neil (AUS) [2] Virginia Ruzici (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA) 1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1984 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1985 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1988 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1989 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1990 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) 1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) 1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1994 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [=1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) 1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) 1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Steffi Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA) 2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA) 2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA) 2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL) 2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Anastasia Myskina (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2005 [7] Serena Williams (USA) [10] Justine Henin (BEL) [14] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2006 [3] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2007 [-] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [23] Venus Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) 2008 [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [WC] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [17] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2011 [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [6] Li Na (CHN) [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2012 [3] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2013 [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) [7] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [26] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) Notes - 1. Australian Open held at start of year and from 1987, held at end of year from 1977 to 1985; held on grass through 1985, and hard court from 1987; 2. US Open held on grass through 1974, Clay (Har-tru) ; Hard court from Highlighted winners denote first time Grand Slam champions Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

13 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Saturday, Jan 30, 2016 [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) vs. [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads STANFORD HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS 7-6(1) mins 2014 MIAMI HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2013 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 WTA FINALS HARD I R1 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 CINCINNATI HARD O QF ANGELIQUE KERBER mins 2007 US OPEN HARD O R1 SERENA WILLIAMS n/a SERENA WILLIAMS 1 n/a (34) $0 $74,083,421 0 / 69 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 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) ANGELIQUE KERBER (28) $126,649 $9,311,818 0 / 7 0 / / / / / / / / AUSTRALIAN OPEN Performance SF [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-0,6-4 SF JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #49) 7-5,6-2 QF [5] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 6-4,6-1 QF [14] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #16) 6-3,7-5 R4 MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #60) 6-2,6-1 R4 ANNIKA BECK (GER #56) 6-4,6-0 R3 DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #70) 6-1,6-1 R3 MADISON BRENGLE (USA #39) 6-1,6-3 R2 HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #92) 6-1,6-2 R2 ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #62) 6-2,6-4 R1 CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #35) 6-4,7-5 R1 MISAKI DOI (JPN #65) 6-7(7),7-6(6),6-3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match SERENA WILLIAMS 2015 F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) (5) SF W - MADISON KEYS (USA #35) 7-6(5) 6-2 QF W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #10) R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #24) ANGELIQUE KERBER 2015 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #42) R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #29) R3 W - ALISON RISKE (USA #53) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

14 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Saturday, Jan 30, 2016 R3 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #26) R2 W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #203) R1 W - ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #106) R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #14) R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #33) R2 W - VESNA DOLONC (SRB #104) R1 W - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #155) QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) R16 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #15) R3 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #72) R2 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #112) R1 W - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #110) R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #56) R3 W - GRETA ARN (HUN #92) R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #49) R1 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #45) F W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #9,999) SF W - NA LI (CHN #17) 7-6(4) 7-6(1) QF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #7) (4) 6-2 R16 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #13) R3 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #33) R2 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #77) R1 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #72) F W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #3) SF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) QF W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) R16 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #14) R2 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #162) R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #329) R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #19) R3 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #105) R2 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #51) R1 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #127) R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) R2 W - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #97) R1 W - BOJANA BOBUSIC (AUS #242) R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #32) (4) R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #3) R2 W - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #23) R1 W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #54) R3* W - MICHAELLA KRAJICEK (NED #129) R2* W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #176) R1* W - REBECCA MARINO (CAN #177) R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #6) R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #24) R1 W - MARET ANI (EST #100) R1* L - JULIA VAKULENKO (UKR #116) R3 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #41) R2 W - GISELA DULKO (ARG #45) R1 W - MENG YUAN (CHN #123) QF L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #4) R16 W - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #12) R3 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #25) R2 W - MENG YUAN (CHN #121) R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #145) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

15 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Saturday, Jan 30, F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) SF W - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #12) 7-6(5) 6-4 QF W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #17) R16 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #11) R3 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #6) R2 W - ANNE KREMER (LUX #159) 7-6(4) 6-2 R1 W - MARA SANTANGELO (ITA #32) R3 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #17) (5) R2 W - CAMILLE PIN (FRA #130) R1 W - NA LI (CHN #52) (1) F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #1) SF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) QF W - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #2) R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #13) R3 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #166) R2 W - DALLY RANDRIANTEFY (MAD #67) R1 W - CAMILLE PIN (FRA #106) F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 7-6(4) SF W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #4) QF W - MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #33) R16 W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #20) R3 W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #32) R2 W - ELS CALLENS (BEL #66) R1 W - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #56) (5) QF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) R16 W - DAJA BEDANOVA (CZE #51) R3 W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #30) R2 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #61) R1 W - JANET LEE (TPE #118) R16 L - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #18) R3 W - SABINE APPELMANS (BEL #31) (2) R2 W - NICOLE PRATT (AUS #58) R1 W - AMANDA GRAHAME (AUS #261) R3 L - SANDRINE TESTUD (FRA #15) R2 W - MAGUI SERNA (ESP #22) R1 W - RALUCA SANDU (ROM #91) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

16 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Saturday, Jan 30, R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 7-6(4) 6-1 R1 W - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #9) 6-7(5) [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R128: d. Camila Giorgi (ITA #36) (1h45) R64: d. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE #90) (1h) R32: d. Daria Kasatkina (RUS #69) (44min) R16: d. Margarita Gasparayan (RUS #58) (55min) QF: d. [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS #5) (1h32) SF: d. [4] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #4) (1h04) Total games: 99 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 12-0 Total time on court: 7h00 Average time on court: 1h10 Average rank of opponent: 44 VS. [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) R128: d. Misaki Doi (JPN #64) 67(4) 76(6) 63 (2h41) R64: d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU #61) (1h13) R32: d. Madison Brengle (USA #49) (57m) R16: d. Annika Beck (GER #55) (1h28) QF: d. [14] Victoria Azarenka (BLR #16) (1h45) SF: d. Johanna Konta (GBR #47) (1h22) Total games: 126 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 12-1 Total time on court: 9h26 Average time on court: 1h34 Average rank of opponent: 49 Williams: Record six-time Australian Open singles champion, having lifted Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup in 2003 (d. V.Williams in F), 2005 (d. Davenport in F), 2007 (d. Sharapova in F), 2009 (d. Safina in F), 2010 (d. Henin in F) and 2015 (d. Sharapova in F) Contesting Australian Open for the 16th time - joint most appearances along with Hantuchova, V.Williams (and Tanasugarn, not here this fortnight) Making 62nd appearance at a Grand Slam - second most among active players after sister, Venus (69) Contesting her seventh Australian Open Final today (6-0 record in finals here) Record in finals across all the Grand Slams is 21-4 losses at this stage coming at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimbledon (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) and 2011 US Open (l. Stosur) Heading into 2016 Australian Open final, owns a win-loss record in Grand Slam main draw play - boasts most wins among active players and is third all-time, behind Navratilova (306-49) and Evert (299-37) Bidding to win her 22nd Grand Slam singles title and equal Steffi Graf in second place on all-time leaderboard behind Margaret Court (24) Has not lost a Grand Slam final since 2011 US Open and has now won eight straight including three in 2015 Has advanced to her 26th Grand Slam final she currently sits fourth in the Open Era after Chris Evert (34; win-loss record), followed by Martina Navratilova (32; 18-14) and Steffi Graf (31; 22-9). Margaret Court reached 29 Grand Slam singles finals, going 24-5 overall and 11-1 in the Open Era Is top seed at a Grand Slam for 20th time in career; has won 11 majors as top seed, including the Australian Open in 2003, 2010 and 2015; the No.1 seed has won the Australian Open 20 times in the Open Era Looking to defend her Australian Open title for the second time in career (also won in ) In 2015 became the oldest Australian Open women s finalist in the Open Era at 33 years, 127 days, surpassing Chris Evert, who was 33 years, 34 days (age based on tournament end date) when she finished runner-up in 1988 Today s final represents her 84th main draw match at the Australian Open the all-time record with a win loss record of 74-9; no player has won more matches here Of her nine losses here, only two have been opponents ranked outside the Top 20 No.56 Makarova (2012 R16) and No.25 Stephens (2013 QF) Defeat of Radwanska in SF on Thursday was her 13th straight Australian Open main draw win (including seven from 2015 title run) Win over No.4 Radwanska takes record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents to Owns career record vs. Top 10 players; faces No.6 Kerber today Owns a record vs. left-handed players; faces top-ranked leftie Kerber today Has only lost once to German players at Slams, falling to Lisicki at 2013 Wimbledon (6-1 overall record) Has not lost a set en route to this year's final; S.Williams has never won the Australian Open title without dropping a set, coming closest to achieving this in 2009 (dropping one set in SF vs. Kuznetsova) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

17 Has lost just 26 games this fortnight this is the least amount of games she has dropped entering an Australian Open final Has defeated Russians Kasatkina (3r), Gasparyan (R16) and Sharapova (QF) en route to SF also defeated three Russian players en route to the Australian Open title in 2009: Kuznetsova (QF), Dementieva (SF) and Safina (F) In 2015, came within two match wins of completing the calendar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open (d. Sharapova in F), Roland Garros (d. Safarova in F) and Wimbledon (d. Muguruza in F); l. Vinci in SF at US Open. Was bidding to become third woman in Open Era to achieve the feat, after Court (1970) and Graf (1988) With victory at 2015 Wimbledon, held all four Grand Slam titles at the same time - the Serena Slam - for the second time in her career. Previously achieved this feat from 2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Australian Open One of six women in Open Era to own a career Grand Slam along with Court, Navratilova, Graf, Evert and Sharapova Has won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister Venus, including the Australian Open in 2001, 2003, 2009 and 2010 Spending her 153rd and 154th consecutive weeks at No.1 during 2016 Australian Open fortnight - third longest streak in WTA history after Graf s 186 and Navratilova s 156. Will remain at No.1 after the Australian Open, regardless of results Spending her 276th and 277th career weeks at No.1 - third on all-time list after Graf s 377 and Navratilova s 332 Oldest No.1 in WTA history - set record when current streak began on February 18, of her Grand Slam titles have been won on hardcourts - most of any player in Open Era; overall has won 45 hardcourt titles, most among active players Aged 33y 285d at the conclusion of 2015 Wimbledon, became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era - overtook Navratilova, 33y 263d at 1990 Wimbledon With her win at 2015 Wimbledon, boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9½m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, some 15y 10m before her 2015 Wimbledon title. WTA Legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span With 69 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92); has won last 15 finals contested, going back to 2013 Cincinnati (l. Azarenka) Won five titles in 2015 (best on tour); in addition to the three Slams, won Miami for a record eighth time (d. Suarez Navarro in F) as well as Cincinnati (d. Halep in F). The only other players to win any WTA event eight times or more are Evert, Navratilova and Graf Recorded 700th career match win in QF at 2015 Miami (all levels), becoming the eighth woman to achieve the feat Finished 2015 season with a 53-3 match record, joint most wins along with Kerber and Ka.Pliskova Won 81.1% of service games in 2015 and 64.4% of points on serve - both tour-leading figures Despite not playing after the US Open, finished in second place on the WTA for aces served throughout the season from 56 matches (Ka.Pliskova served 517 aces in 75 matches) Went 18-2 in three-set matches in 2015, losses being to Bencic (Toronto) and Vinci (US Open) Loss to Kvitova at 2015 Madrid ended a 27-match unbeaten streak, the second-best of her career (best is 34 in 2013) Reached SF at 2015 Indian Wells, playing there for the first time since 2001; withdrew prior to SF vs. Halep w/right knee injury Conceded two walkovers in 2015: withdrew from 2015 Rome prior to R16 match against McHale (w/right elbow injury) and prior to 2r against Koukalova at Bastad (w/right elbow injury) For the third time in career, passed $9 million in single-season prize money in 2015; holds single-season record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 Won a WTA-leading seven titles in 2014, highlighted by 18th Grand Slam singles title at US Open, which marked first three-peat at any Slam since Justine Henin at Roland Garros in ; also won WTA Finals in Singapore - her fifth season-ending title At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (incl. Emirates Airline US Open Series bonus); the largest payout in tennis - men s or women s Career prize money currently stands at over $74 million In August 2015 became the first WTA player to pass 5 million Twitter followers Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mouratoglou; hitting partner is Robbye Poole Kerber: Contesting the first Grand Slam final of her career at 2016 Australian Open, on what is her 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Had previously reached two Slam SFs, at 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion Stosur) and 2012 Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up A.Radwanska) Making ninth main draw appearance (and 10th overall) at Australian Open. Prior to 2016, reached the R16 in 2013 (l. Makarova) and 2014 (l. Pennetta). Made 1r exits in 2009 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Begu). Fell in qualifying in 2007 Followed up 1r exit in 2015 with a run to the final in The last player to do this was Dinara Safina, who lost 1r to Lisicki in 2008 and finished R-Up in 2009 (l. S.Williams) The only player in the Open Era to win the Australian Open title after a 1r exit the previous year was Kerry Melville Reid (won in Jan) First German woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Lisicki at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Bartoli) First German woman through to final here at Melbourne Park since Anke Huber in 1996 (l. Seles)

18 Bidding to be first of her countrywomen to win a Grand Slam singles title since Graf at 1999 Wimbledon (d. Davenport in F). Graf was also last German to win the Australian Open, in 1994 (d. Sanchez-Vicario) Overall, Kerber is the sixth German woman in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam singles final; Helga Masthoff (1970 Roland Garros), Sylvia Hanika (1981 Roland Garros), Anke Huber (1996 Australian Open) and Sabine Lisicki (2013 Wimbledon) and Steffi Graf. Graf is the only German player to reach more than one Grand Slam singles final (31), and also the only one of her countrywomen to actually win a Grand Slam title (22) The last left-handed player to win the Australian Open was Seles in Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon is the most recent leftie to win a Grand Slam Faces World No.1 S.Williams today has faced the reigning World No.1 on eight previous occasions, losing every time Henin (2008 Miami), Wozniacki (2011 Copenhagen), Azarenka (2012 Indian Wells, Olympics and WTA Finals), and today s opponent S.Williams (2013 WTA Finals, 2014 Miami and Stanford). Best win of career is over No.2 Sharapova during 2015 Stuttgart title run (Sharapova was defending champion) Has only taken one set off of a reigning World No.1, vs. Azarenka at 2012 WTA Finals Since losing to S.Williams at 2007 US Open and then sister Venus at 2009 Australian Open, has gone undefeated against players from USA in Grand Slam play (9-2, main draw only, through Australian Open 2016 SF) Began run to final in 1r by saving a match point during defeat of Doi; the last Grand Slam champion to save match points during a title run was Li Na at Australian Open in 2014 (saved one match point during 3r match vs. Safarova). In addition, in the Open Era, three other women (on four occasions) have won the Australian Open after saving match point: Monica Seles (1991), Jennifer Capriati (2002) and Serena Williams (2003 and 2005) 10 German players entered 2016 Australian Open main draw, with three reaching R16 (also Beck, Friedsam). This represented their best showing at the Australian Open since 1988, when four Germans reached the R16 (Graf, Hanika, Kohde-Kilsch and Porwik) Win over Beck was first time facing a fellow German in Grand Slam play (main draw or qualifying) Defeated No.14 Azarenka in Wednesday's QF in straight sets - was down 2-5 before winning match 63 75; was first victory against the Belarusian after losing previous six encounters; now owns career record vs. Top 20 players Overcame Konta in SF, the fifth unseeded player she has faced en route to F (exception in No.14 seed Azarenka) Opened 2016 season with runner-up finish at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F). Record in WTA finals is 7-11, having reached five finals in 2015 (4-1 record) Also reached doubles final at 2016 Brisbane (w/petkovic, l. Hingis/Mirza in F). Kerber s only previous doubles final came in 2008, finishing runner-up at 's-hertogenbosch (w/dekmeijere) Before heading to Melbourne, withdrew prior to 2r match vs. Makarova at 2016 Sydney (w/gi illness) In 2015, began Australian swing in fine form, with QF run at Brisbane then SF at Sydney (l. Ka.Pliskova), however fell 1r here at Australian Open (l. Begu) 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) Won two straight titles on clay (her first on the surface) at 2015 Charleston and Stuttgart, winning 10 successive matches Was also champion at 2015 Birmingham on grass and 2015 Stanford (hardcourts), defeating Ka.Pliskova in both finals; runner-up at 2015 Hong Kong (l. Jankovic in F) By winning Charleston, Stuttgart, Birmingham and Stanford across 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 secured place in Singapore during week of Moscow in October -- withdrew from the tournament w/back injury, however favorable results saw her become the sixth player to qualify At WTA Finals, after defeating Kvitova and losing to Muguruza at round robin stage, needed only to win 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) Passed $9 million prize money mark in 2015 Parted ways with coach Benjamin Ebrahimzade before 2015 Indian Wells; has been working with former coach Torben Beltz since then Highest ranked German of 10 women in Top 100, and last week (January 18) became the highest ranked lefthander, ahead of Kvitova and Safarova in Top 10 Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin Named a Porsche Brand Ambassador in January 2015

19 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/australianopen facebook.com/wta Eloise Tyson (etyson@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL [1] MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) / SANIA MIRZA (IND #1) vs. [7] ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #20) / LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #17) Head-to-Head: Hingis/Mirza leads WTA Finals HARD I RR HINGIS/MIRZA A LOOK AT THE DOUBLES FINALISTS PLAYER DOUBLES RANK NAT AGE YTD PRIZE $ YTD DOUBLES W-L YTD DOUBLES TITLES CAREER PRIZE $ CAREER DOUBLES W-L CAREER DOUBLES TITLES [1] Martina Hingis 1 SUI 35 43, ,348, [1] Sania Mirza 1 IND 29 43, ,587, [7] Lucie Hradecka 17 CZE 30 8, ,949, [7] Andrea Hlavackova 20 CZE 29 1, ,145, Players listed in order of doubles ranking; match records up-to-date through SF; prize money figures do not include this tournament BEST PREVIOUS GRAND SLAM DOUBLES RESULTS PLAYER BEST GRAND SLAM RESULTS [1] Martina Hingis WON (11): , 2002 Australian Open, 1998, 2000 Roland Garros, 1996, 1998, 2015 Wimbledon, 1998, 2015 US Open [1] Sania Mirza WON (2): 2015 Wimbledon and US Open (both w/hingis) [7] Lucie Hradecka WON (2): 2011 Roland Garros, 2013 US Open (both /Hlavackova) [7] Andrea Hlavackova WON (2): 2011 Roland Garros, 2013 US Open (both /Hradecka) ROAD TO THE FINAL [1] MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) / SANIA MIRZA (IND #1) R64: d. Duque-Marino/Pereira (COL/BRA) R32: d. L.Kichenok/N.Kichenok (UKR/UKR) R16: d. Kuznetsova/Vinci (RUS/ITA) QF: d. [12] Groenefeld/Vandeweghe (GER/USA) SF: d. [13] Goerges/Ka.Pliskova (GER/CZE) Total games: 88 Games won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 vs. [7] ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #20) / LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #17) R64: d. Aoyama/Ninomiya (JPN/JPN) 62 67(4) 61 R32: d. Gasparyan/Panova (RUS/RUS) R16: d. [10] Medina Garrigues/Parra Santonja (ESP/ESP) 62 76(7) QF: d. [2] Y.Chan/H.Chan (TPE/TPE) SF: d. [15] Xu/Zheng (CHN/CHN) Total games: 122 Games won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-3 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

20 SANTINA ON TOP OF THE WORLD 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Following their 11th doubles title together at Sydney on the eve of the 2016 Australian Open, Martina Hingis joined partner Sania Mirza as co-world No.1 Hingis' first 35 weeks at No.1 in doubles came in six stints, from June 8 to August 2, 1998 (8 weeks), August 17 to October 25, 1998 (10 weeks), November 2 to 22, 1998 (3 weeks), June 7 to July 4, 1999 (4 weeks), August 2 to 22, 1999 (3 weeks) and January 31 to March 19, 2000 (7 weeks) The fortnight of the Australian Open will see Hingis spend her 36th and 37th career weeks at the top, while Mirza earns her 41st and 42nd Hingis and Mirza are the 11th co-world No.1s in WTA Doubles Rankings history: Duration as World No.1 Team 127 weeks Cara Black & Liezel Huber 82 weeks Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci 39 weeks Lisa Raymond & Sam Stosur 20 weeks Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond 10 weeks Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik 8 weeks Serena Williams & Venus Williams 7 weeks Gisela Dulko & Flavia Pennetta 5 weeks Hsieh Su Wei & Peng Shuai 3 weeks Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs 3 weeks Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez 2 weeks Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza extended their doubles match winning streak to 35 with their semifinal win over Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova It is the longest win streak since 1990, when Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova won 44 matches in a row. The pair won their first 33 matches of the season, conceded a walkover at 1990 Eastbourne, before going on to win their next 11 matches - pushing the consecutive win streak to 44 The longest winning streak in WTA history belongs to Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver, who won an unprecedented 109-straight matches, which spanned three seasons (June 23, 1983 to July 9, 1985). The streak was snapped by Kathy Jordan & Elizabeth Smylie in the final at 1985 Wimbledon ( ) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

21 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT DOUBLES FINAL QUICK HITS Two seeded doubles teams will meet in the final at the Australian Open for the 11th time in 15 years This will be the third time in four years the No.1 seeds will contest the Australian Open doubles final, with top seeds Errani/Vinci lifting the title in 2013 and 2014 Hingis is a three-time doubles champion at the Australian Open, in 1997 (w/zvereva), 1998 (w/lucic-baroni) and 1999 and 2002 (both w/kournikova). She was also a finalist here in 2000 (w/pierce) Hingis is the reigning mixed doubles champion (w/paes) in addition to winning the title in 2006 (w/bhupathi) Mirza has also lifted the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, in 2009 (w/bhupathi). She was a finalist in 2008 (again w/bhupathi) and 2014 (w/tecau) Hradecka finished as runner-up in the 2013 Australian Open mixed doubles final (w/cermak) Hingis/Mirza entered 2016 Australian Open having won the last two majors of 2015, at Wimbledon and the US Open. The last doubles team to win three Grand Slams in a row were the Williams sisters, who scored four 2009 Wimbledon and US Open and 2010 Australian Open and Roland Garros Hlavackova/Hradecka are the first all-czech team to reach the Australian Open final since Novotna/Sukova lifted the title in Another Czech Lucie Safarova - won the doubles title here last year (w/mattek-sands) Hingis can win her 53rd WTA doubles title today she sits third among active players, one behind Huber (53) and Black (60). Navratilova leads the all-time list with 177 Hlavackova/Hradecka would be the first all-country team to win a women s doubles Grand Slam since Russians Makarova/Vesnina lifted the title at 2014 US Open The team that wins today s final will vault to the top of the Road to Singapore standings; the Top 8 doubles teams qualify for the season-ending BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, which takes place in October GRAND SLAM DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (since 2005) YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN 2005 S.Kuznetsova / A.Molik V.Ruano Pascual / P.Suárez C.Black / L.Huber L.Raymond / S.Stosur 2006 Yan Zi / Zheng Jie L.Raymond / S.Stosur Yan Zi / Zheng Jie N.Dechy / V.Zvonareva 2007 C.Black / L.Huber A.Molik / M.Santangelo C.Black / L.Huber N.Dechy / D.Safina 2008 A.Bondarenko / K.Bondarenko 2009 S.Williams / V.Williams A.Medina Garrigues / V.Ruano Pascual A.Medina Garrigues / V.Ruano Pascual S.Williams / V.Williams S.Williams / V.Williams C.Black / L.Huber S.Williams / V.Williams 2010 S.Williams / V.Williams S.Williams / V.Williams V.King / Y.Shvedova V.King / Y.Shvedova 2011 G.Dulko / F.Pennetta A.Hlavackova / L.Hradecka K.Peschke / K.Srebotnik L.Huber / L.Raymond 2012 S.Kuznetsova / V.Zvonareva S.Errani / R.Vinci S.Williams / V.Williams S.Errani / R.Vinci 2013 S.Errani / R.Vinci E.Makarova / E.Vesnina Hsieh Su-Wei / Peng Shuai A.Hlavackova / L.Hradecka 2014 S.Errani / R.Vinci Hsieh Su-Wei / Peng Shuai S.Errani / R.Vinci E.Makarova / E.Vesnina 2015 B.Mattek-Sands / L.Safarova B.Mattek-Sands / L.Safarova M.Hingis / S.Mirza M.Hingis / S.Mirza Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

22 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT [1] MARTINA HINGIS (SUI) [1] SANIA MIRZA (IND) Residence: Feusisberg, Switzerland Residence: Hyderabad, India Date of Birth: 30 Sep 1980 Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1986 Birthplace: Kosice, Slovakia Birthplace: Mumbai, India Height: 5' 7'' (1.70 m) Height: 5' 8" (1.73m) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) This is the team s third Grand Slam final together, having won 2015 Wimbledon (d. Makarova/Vesnina) and US Open (d. Dellacqua/Shvedova) Currently on a 35 match win streak, the third-best in WTA history Opened 2016 season by winning Brisbane (d. Petkovic/Kerber in F) and Sydney (d. Mladenovic/Garcia in F) Partnership began in March 2015 at Indian Wells; the pair went on to reach 10 finals across the season Champions at Wimbledon, US Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Beijing. R-Up at Rome Closed season by winning 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Muguruza/Suarez Navarro in F); didn t drop a set en route. Finished 2015 as the No.1 doubles team Mirza was also 2014 WTA Finals doubles champion (w/black); and it was Hingis seventh appearance at the WTA Finals: previously won two singles titles (1998 and 2000) and two doubles titles (1999 and 2000, both with Anna Kournikova) The pair s 2015 record stood at 55-7 (tour main draw only). Despite not playing for the first two months of 2015, this still betters the top singles players amount of wins S.Williams and Kerber with 53 Hingis can win her 53rd WTA doubles title today she sits third among active players, one behind Huber (53) and Black (60). Navratilova leads the all-time list with 177 Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach World No. 1 in 2015 she currently holds 35 WTA titles (34 doubles and one singles) Hingis has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame she currently holds 92 WTA titles (52 doubles and 43 singles) [7] ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE) [7] LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE) Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco Residence: Prague, Czech Republic Date of Birth: 10 Aug 1986 Date of Birth: 21 May 1985 Birthplace: Plzen, Czech Republic Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic Height: 5' 8 1/2" (1.74 m) Height: 5' 10" (1.77 m) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays: Right-handed (two-handed both sides) The team is through to its fifth Grand Slam doubles final, and first at the Australian Open. They own a 2-2 record in Grand Slam doubles finals Won Slams together at 2011 Roland Garros and 2013 US Open, finished R-Up at 2012 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams/V.Williams), 2012 London Olympics (l. S.Williams/V.Williams) and 2012 US Open (l. Errani/Vinci) First Grand Slam title at 2011 Roland Garros marked first all-czech duo to win a Grand Slam title since Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova at 1990 Wimbledon Overall hold 11 WTA titles together, most recently winning 2013 US Open (d. Barty/Dellacqua in F) The team opened their 2016 doubles season at Auckland, losing in 1r (l. Flipkens/Ivanovic) Finished R-Up at three events in 2015, at Acapulco, Birmingham and Linz. Also SF runs at Roland Garros, Miami, Auckland, Monterrey and Wuhan last season Qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore went 1-2 in RR phase progressing to SF (l. eventual R-Up Muguruza/Suarez Navarro) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

23 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Entered 2015 WTA Finals field following withdrawal of Makarova/Vesnina (Makarova suffering from right leg injury) Finished R-Up at 2012 WTA Finals (l. Kirilenko/Petrova in F) Both were involved in singles action at 2016 Australian Open; Hradecka made 1r exit (l. Gavrilova), Hlavackova fell in qualifying Also both Hradecka and Hlavackova were playing mixed doubles this fortnight: Hradecka/Matkowski made 1r exit, Hlavackova/ Kubot fell 2r The pair began playing together in 2008 Hlavackova holds 15 tour level doubles titles (two Grand Slams) and reached a career-high ranking of No.3 Hradecka holds 19 tour level doubles titles (two Grand Slams) and reached a career-high ranking of No.4 Hradecka finished R-Up in WTA singles finals seven times (most recently at 2015 Prague, l. Ka.Pliskova) Hlavackova has reached one WTA singles final, at 2013 Bad Gastein (l. Meusburger) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

24 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Tournament Information: WTA Information: WTA Communications: facebook.com/australianopen facebook.com/wta Eloise Tyson (etyson@wtatennis.com), Catherine Sneddon (csneddon@wtatennis.com) DAY 11 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) vs. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) Williams leads 8-0 [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #47) First meeting A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS PLAYER RANK NAT AGE YTD PRIZE $^ YTD W/L* YTD TITLES CAREER PRIZE $^ CAREER W/L* CAREER TITLES [1] Serena Williams 1 USA ,083, [4] Agnieszka Radwanska 4 POL , ,888, [7] Angelique Kerber 6 GER , ,311, Johanna Konta 47 GBR 24 5, , *includes current tournament; all levels /^Does not include current tournament AUSTRALIAN OPEN AND GRAND SLAM RECORDS PLAYER AO W-L* AO BEST RESULT GS W-L* GS BEST RESULT [1] Serena Williams 73-9 WON (2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015) WON (21): Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015); Roland Garros (2002, 2013, 2015); Wimbledon ( , , 2012, 2015); US Open (1999, 2002, 2008, ) [4] Agnieszka Radwanska 32-9 SF (2014, 2016) R-Up (1): Wimbledon (2012) [7] Angelique Kerber 16-8 SF (2016) SF (3): US Open (2011), Wimbledon (2012), Australian Open (2016) Johanna Konta 5-0 SF (2016) 9-8 SF (1): Australian Open (2016) *includes 2016 Australian Open entering SF Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

25 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT GRAND SLAM SEMIFINAL HISTORIES PLAYER TOTAL GS SF* LAST GRAND SLAM SF PLAYED (RESULT) W-L IN GS SF W-L IN GS F [1] Serena Williams US Open (l. SF) [4] Agnieszka Radwanska Wimbledon (l. SF) [7] Angelique Kerber Wimbledon (l. SF) 0-2 n/a Johanna Konta 1 n/a n/a n/a *includes 2016 Australian Open CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS BY ROUND PLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F W TOTAL* [1] Serena Williams [4] Agnieszka Radwanska [7] Angelique Kerber Johanna Konta *includes 2016 Australian Open appearance in total figure FLASHBACK: RANKING COMPARISON FROM 2015 TO 2016 PLAYER ENTERING 2015 AO (Week of January 19, 2015 ENTERING 2016 AO (Week of January 18, 2016) [1] Serena Williams 1 1 [4] Agnieszka Radwanska 6 4 [7] Angelique Kerber 9 6 Johanna Konta Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

26 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS WILLIAMS RADWANSKA KERBER Williams leads 5-1 Radwanska leads 6-5 KONTA First meeting First meeting PRE-AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS PLAYER BRISBANE SHENZHEN SYDNEY HOBART [1] Serena Williams Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter Did not enter [4] Agnieszka Radwanska Did not enter WON (d. Riske) W/D prior to 1r Did not enter [7] Angelique Kerber R-Up (l. Azarenka) Did not enter 2r (w/o vs. Svitolina) Did not enter Johanna Konta Did not enter 1r (l. Wang) Did not enter 1r (l. Cibulkova) No semifinalists played Auckland SINGLES PRIZE MONEY & RANKING POINTS: ROUND PRIZE MONEY ($A) RANKING POINTS Winner $3,400, Runner-Up $1,700, Semifinalists $750, Quarterfinalists $375, Round of 16 (4r) $193, Round of 32 (3r) $108, Round of 64 (2r) $67, Round of 128 (1r) $38, Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

27 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL QUICK HITS: Only one of the semifinalists has won a Grand Slam singles title previously: Williams has 21 in total including six Australian Open titles (2003, 2005, 2007, , 2015) Williams is bidding for her 26th Grand Slam singles final. In the Open Era, Chris Evert reached the most Grand Slam finals, with 34 (18-16 win-loss record), followed by Martina Navratilova (32; 18-14) and Steffi Graf (31; 22-9). Margaret Court reached 29 Grand Slam singles finals, going 24-5 overall and 11-1 in the Open Era Radwanska has advanced to one Grand Slam final previously: 2012 Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) Radwanska is seeded No.4; the last time the No.4 seed won the Australian Open was Li Na in 2014 Kerber has advanced to the third Grand Slam SF of her career (0-2 record in semifinals) and is bidding to become the first German Grand Slam finalist since Sabine Lisicki at 2013 Wimbledon Kerber is seeded No.7; the last time the No.7 seed won the Australian Open was S.Williams in 2005 Kerber is bidding to be the first left-hander to reach the final of the Australian Open since Monica Seles went all the way to the title in The last leftie to win a Grand Slam title was Petra Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon Konta has achieved a SF showing on her main draw debut at the Australian Open. The last player to advance to the SF on their main draw debut was Eugenie Bouchard at 2014 Australian Open Three of the semifinalists have achieved or matched their best Australian Open result by advancing to the last four this year (Radwanska - SF in 2014; Kerber and Konta SF debut) Williams is the only semifinalist to have advanced to this stage without the loss of a set; the last player to win the Australian Open title without the loss of a set was Maria Sharapova in 2008 Williams has dropped the fewest games (22) and spent the least time on court (5h56m) Kerber has conceded the most games (38), but Konta has spent the most time on court (8h12m) Radwanska is bidding for her second title of the season (won Shenzhen); Kerber bidding for her second final (runner-up at Brisbane) Number of hard court titles won by the semifinalists: Williams (45), Radwanska (15), Kerber (4) AGE IS JUST A NUMBER Serena Williams adds her name yet again to an exclusive list of 30+ women to reach SF at the Australian Open: OPEN ERA: 30-YEAR-OLDS TO REACH SF AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN YEAR NAME RESULT SURFACE AGE 2016 [1] Serena Williams (USA)??? Hard 34 years, 126 days 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) WON Hard 33 years, 127 days 2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) WON Hard 31 years, 334 days 2013 [6] Li Na (CHN) R-UP Hard 30 years, 335 days 1988 [3] Chris Evert (USA) R-UP Hard 33 years, 34 days 1988 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) SF Hard 31 years, 98 days 1987 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) R-UP Grass 30 years, 99 days 1985 [1] Chris Evert (USA) R-UP Grass 30 years, 352 days 1984 [4] Wendy Turnbull (AUS) SF Grass 32 years, 13 days 1977 (Dec) [3] Kerry Melville Reid (AUS) SF Grass 30 years, 146 days 1977 (Dec) [5] Helen Gourlay Cawley (AUS) R-UP Grass 31 years, 8 days 1977 (Jan) [3] Helen Gourlay Cawley (AUS) SF Grass 30 years, 17 days 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) WON Grass 30 years, 169 days 1969 [3] Ann Haydon-Jones (GBR) SF Grass 30 years, 102 days *(Age at end of Tournament) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

28 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT Williams, aged 33y 127d became the oldest player to win the Australian Open in the Open Era in 2015 Williams, aged 33y 285d at the conclusion of 2015 Wimbledon, became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era overtook Navratilova, 33y 263d at 1990 Wimbledon With her win at Wimbledon, Williams boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9.5m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, some 15y 10m before her 2015 Wimbledon title. WTA Legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span In the Open Era, a thirty-something has won a Grand Slam singles title 22 times, a feat accomplished by: Serena Williams (8), Margaret Court (3), Martina Navratilova (3), Chris Evert (2), Billie Jean King (2), Ann Jones (1), Li Na (1), Flavia Pennetta (1) and Virginia Wade (1) Eight different players have successfully defended their title at the Australian Open: Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriati, Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka: Below is a look at the Grand Slam singles champions who have defended their titles post-world War II: AUSTRALIAN OPEN (21) ROLAND GARROS (11) WIMBLEDON (22) US OPEN (22) Nancy Wynne Bolton ( ) M. Smith Court ( , ) E. Goolagong Cawley ( ) Steffi Graf ( ) Monica Seles ( ) Martina Hingis ( ) Jennifer Capriati ( ) Serena Williams ( ) Victoria Azarenka ( ) Maureen Connolly Brinker ( ) Margaret Smith Court ( ) C. Evert ( , , ) Steffi Graf ( , ) Monica Seles ( ) Justine Henin ( ) Louise Brough Clapp ( ) Maureen Connolly Brinker ( ) Althea Gibson ( ) Maria Bueno ( ) Billie Jean King ( , ) M. Navratilova ( , ) S. Graf ( , , ) Venus Williams ( , ) Serena Williams ( ) Margaret Osborne dupont ( ) Maureen Connolly Brinker ( ) Doris Hart ( ) Althea Gibson ( ) Darlene Hard ( ) Maria Bueno ( ) Margaret Court ( ) Billie Jean King ( ) Chris Evert ( ) M. Navratilova ( , ) Steffi Graf ( , ) Monica Seles ( ) Venus Williams ( ) Kim Clijsters ( ) Serena Williams ( ) AUSTRALIAN OPEN SUCCESS Serena Williams is bidding to win her seventh Australian Open title she already holds the record for the most in the Open Era with six, ahead of Margaret Court, who won four Australian Open titles in the Open Era (11 overall): OPEN ERA - AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLES (ALL TIME) PLAYER TITLES YEARS Serena Williams (USA) , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 Margaret Court (AUS) , 1970, 1971, 1973 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) , 1975, 1976, 1977 [Dec] Steffi Graf (GER) , 1989, 1990, 1994 Monica Seles (YUG/USA) , 1992, 1993, 1996 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

29 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT MOST CAREER MAIN DRAW AUSTRALIAN OPEN WINS OPEN ERA (ENTERING 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF) ACTIVE PLAYERS ALL-TIME PLAYER W-L MATCHES PLAYER W-L MATCHES Serena Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA) Lindsay Davenport (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Margaret Court (AUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Nell Hopman (AUS) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) Venus Williams (USA) Martina Hingis (SUI) Thelma Long (AUS) Johanna Konta is the 17th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam SF since 2001 Wimbledon (first Slam with 32 seeds). This is the second successive year an unseeded player has advanced to the SF at the Australian Open: AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN Serena Williams (2007) Justine Henin (2010) Zheng Jie (2010) Madison Keys (2015) Johanna Konta (2016) Clarisa Fernandez (2002) Nadia Petrova (2003) Zheng Jie (2008) Petra Kvitova (2010) Tsvetana Pironkova (2010) Sabine Lisicki (2011) Kim Clijsters (2009) Yanina Wickmayer (2009) Angelique Kerber (2011) Flavia Pennetta (2013) Peng Shuai (2014) Roberta Vinci (2015) Johanna Konta is bidding to become the 13th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and the 6th at the Australian Open : AUSTRALIAN OPEN ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN Chris O Neil (1978) -WON Mary Pierce (1997) -R-Up Amélie Mauresmo (1999) -R-Up Serena Williams (2007) -WON Justine Henin (2010) -R-Up Helen Gourlay (1971) -R-Up Renata Tomanova (1976) -R-Up Florenta Mihai (1977) - R-Up Mima Jausovec (1983) - R-Up --- Venus Williams (1997) -R-Up Kim Clijsters (2009) -WON Roberta Vinci (2015) -R-Up Aside from unranked Henin in 2010, Johanna Konta (No.47) would be the lowest-ranked finalist at the Australian Open since No.81 S.Williams won the title here in 2007 (d. Sharapova in F). This also marks the last time an unseeded player won a Grand Slam title (aside from unranked Clijsters at 2009 US Open) An unseeded player has won a Grand Slam title three times in the Open Era: Chris O Neil (1979 Australian Open), Serena Williams (2007 Australian Open) and Kim Clijsters (2009 US Open) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

30 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT A win today would make Konta the eighth lowest-ranked Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era (excluding unranked players): LOWEST-RANKED GRAND SLAM FINALISTS * (CHAMPIONS IN BOLD) PLAYER RANK GRAND SLAM EVONNE GOOLAGONG** NR 1977 AUSTRALIAN OPEN [DEC.] WON KIM CLIJSTERS* NR 2009 US OPEN WON Justine Henin * NR 2010 Australian Open Runner-Up CHRIS O'NEIL NO AUSTRALIAN OPEN WON SERENA WILLIAMS NO AUSTRALIAN OPEN WON Betsy Nagelsen No Australian Open Runner-Up BARBARA JORDAN NO AUSTRALIAN OPEN WON Venus Williams No US Open Runner-Up Sharon Walsh No Australian Open Runner-Up Mima Jausovec No Roland Garros Runner-Up Renata Tomanova No Australian Open Runner-Up Roberta Vinci No US Open Runner-Up Helen Gourlay-Cawley No Australian Open [Dec.] Runner-Up VENUS WILLIAMS NO WIMBLEDON WON Amelie Mauresmo No Australian Open Runner-Up Serena Williams No US Open Runner-Up FLAVIA PENNETTA No US Open WON * Unranked due to retirement from game l ** Unranked due to the birth of her first daughter, Kelly, in May 1977 NOTE: since the inception of computer rankings (November 1975) l BOLD denotes GS Champion Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

31 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT FIRST TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPS Since 1968 Roland Garros, 43 women have won at least one Grand Slam title (25 have gone on to win more): PLAYER AGE TOTAL OPEN ERA FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE YRS, MOS GS TITLES (SGL) ****Richey-Gunter, Nancy (USA) 25, Roland Garros 1 ***King, Billie Jean (USA) 24, Wimbledon 8 Wade, Virginia (GBR) 23, US Open 3 *Court, Margaret (AUS) 26, Australian Open 11 **Jones, Ann (GBR) 30, Wimbledon 1 Goolagong Cawley, Evonne (AUS) 19, Roland Garros 7 Evert, Chris (USA) 19, Roland Garros 18 Barker, Sue (GBR) 20, Roland Garros 1 Melville-Reid, Kerry (AUS) 29, Australian Open (Jan) 1 Jausovec, Mima (YUG) 20, Roland Garros 1 Ruzici, Virginia (ROM) 23, Roland Garros 1 Navratilova, Martina (TCH/USA) 21, Wimbledon 18 O'Neil, Christine (AUS) 22, Australian Open 1 Austin, Tracy (USA) 16, US Open 2 Jordan, Barbara (USA) 22, Australian Open 1 Mandlikova, Hana (TCH/AUS) 18, Australian Open 4 Graf, Steffi (GER) 17, Roland Garros 22 Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (ESP) 17, Roland Garros 4 Seles, Monica (YUG/USA) 16, Roland Garros 9 Sabatini, Gabriela (ARG) 20, US Open 1 Martínez, Conchita (ESP) 22, Wimbledon 1 Pierce, Mary (FRA) 20, Australian Open 2 Hingis, Martina (SUI) 16, Australian Open 5 Majoli, Iva (CRO) 19, Roland Garros 1 Novotna, Jana (CZE) 29, Wimbledon 1 Davenport, Lindsay (USA) 22, US Open 3 Williams, Serena (USA) 17, US Open 21 Williams, Venus (USA) 20, Wimbledon 7 Capriati, Jennifer (USA) 24, Australian Open 3 Henin, Justine (BEL) 21, Roland Garros 7 Myskina, Anastasia (RUS) 22, Roland Garros 1 Sharapova, Maria (RUS) 17, Wimbledon 5 Kuznetsova, Svetlana (RUS) 19, US Open 2 Clijsters, Kim (BEL) 22, US Open 4 Mauresmo, Amelie (FRA) 26, Australian Open 2 Ivanovic, Ana (SRB) 20, Roland Garros 1 Schiavone, Francesca (ITA) 29, Roland Garros 1 Li, Na (CHN) 29, Roland Garros 2 Kvitova, Petra (CZE) 21, Wimbledon 2 Stosur, Samantha (AUS) 27, US Open 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR) 22, Australian Open 2 Bartoli, Marion (FRA) 28, Wimbledon 1 Pennetta, Flavia (ITA) 33, US Open 1 *Court won her first Grand Slam title at 1960 Australian Championships aged 17 years, 6 months, and followed with 12 more titles between 1960 and 1966 ** Jones won two pre-open Era Grand Slam titles: her first at 1961 French Championships, aged 22 years, 8 months and a second at the French again in 1966 *** King won 4 titles prior to the Open Era: (Wimbledon , US Open 1967 and the 1968 Australian Championships); King was aged 22 years, 8 months at the time of her first GS win at Wimbledon 1966 ****Richey won 1967 Australian Open (aged 24 years, 4 months) and the 1968 French Open the first Grand Slam tournament of the Open Era Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

32 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT AUSTRALIAN OPEN HONOR ROLL (OPEN ERA) Year (Seed) Champion (Rank) (Seed) Runner-Up (Rank) Score 1969 (2) Margaret Smith-Court (AUS) (1) Billie Jean King (USA) (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Kerry Melville (AUS) (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 26 76(5-0) (2) Virginia Wade (GBR) (1) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (1) Margaret Court (AUS) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (2) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (1) Chris Evert (USA) 76(5) (3) Evonne Goolagong (AUS) (8) Martina Navratilova (TCH) (1) Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (AUS #3) (5) Renata Tomanova (TCH #44) Jan (2) Kerry Melville Reid (AUS #8) (1) Dianne Fromholtz (AUS #5) Dec (1) Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (AUS #unr) (5) Helen Gourlay-Cawley (AUS #33) (-) Chris O Neil (AUS #111) (7) Betsy Nagelsen (USA #87) 63 76(5) 1979 (5) Barbara Jordan (USA #68) (4) Sharon Walsh (USA #54) (3) Hana Mandlikova (TCH #5) (4) Wendy Turnbull (AUS #8) (3) Martina Navratilova (USA #3) (1) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #1) 67(4) (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (9) Kathy Jordan (USA #14) 62 76(5) 1984 (2) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) (9) Helena Sukova (CZE #9) 67(4) (2) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) (1) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA #2) Not held - tournament moved from December to January timeslot 1987 (2) Hana Mandlikova (CZE #4) (1) Martina Navratilova (USA #1) 75 76(1) 1988 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (3) Chris Evert (USA #3) 61 76(4) 1989 (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (5) Helena Sukova (CZE #6) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (6) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA #11) (2) Monica Seles (YUG #2) (10) Jana Novotna (CZE #12) (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (6) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA #8) (1) Monica Seles (YUG #1) (2) Steffi Graf (GER #2) (1) Steffi Graf (GER #1) (2) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #2) (4) Mary Pierce (FRA #5) (1) Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP #2) (1) Monica Seles (USA co-#1) (8) Anke Huber (GER #9) (4) Martina Hingis (SUI #4) (-) Mary Pierce (FRA #22) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) (8) Conchita Martínez (ESP #11) (2) Martina Hingis (SUI #2) (-) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #29) (2) Lindsay Davenport (USA #2) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) (12) Jennifer Capriati (USA #12) (1) Martina Hingis (SUI #1) (1) Jennifer Capriati (USA #1) (3) Martina Hingis (SUI #4) 46 76(7) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Venus Williams (USA #2) 76(4) (1) Justine Henin (BEL #1) (2) Kim Clijsters (BEL #2) (7) Serena Williams (USA #7) (1) Lindsay Davenport (USA #1) (3) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA #3) (8) Justine Henin (BEL #6) ret. (GI illness) 2007 (-) Serena Williams (USA #81) (1) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) (5) Maria Sharapova (RUS #5) (4) Ana Ivanovic (SRB #3) (2) Serena Williams (USA #2) (3) Dinara Safina (RUS #3) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (WC) Justine Henin (BEL-NR) (3) Kim Clijsters (BEL #3) (9) Li Na (CHN #11) (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #3) (4) Maria Sharapova (RUS #4) (1) Victoria Azarenka (BLR #1) (6) Li Na (CHN #6) (4) Li Na (CHN #4) (20) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #24) 76(3) (1) Serena Williams (USA #1) (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS #2) 63 76(5) SITES: Brisbane; Sydney; Kooyong, Melbourne; 1988-Present-National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park. SURFACE: grass; 1988-presenthardcourt IN THE OPEN ERA... Thirty-two (32) of the Australian Open women's titles have been won by one of the Top 2 seeds; the top seed has won the title 20 times and No.2 seed has won has won 12 times The Top 2 seeds have met in the final on 16 occasions, with the No.1 seed prevailing eight times (most recently in 2015) and the No.2 seed victorious eight times (most recently 2004) The Australian Open finals have been decided in three sets 13 times Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

33 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WOMEN S MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA JAN 18-31, 2016 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT OPEN ERA GRAND SLAM HONOR ROLL YEAR AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1 ROLAND GARROS WIMBLEDON US OPEN [2] Nancy Richey (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) [6] Virginia Wade (GBR) 1969 [2] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [4] Ann Jones (GBR) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1970 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) 1971 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1972 [2] Virginia Wade (GBR) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Billie Jean King (USA) 1973 [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [1] Margaret Court (AUS) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) [2] Margaret Court (AUS) 1974 [2] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Billie Jean King (USA) 1975 [3] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Billie Jean King (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1976 [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Sue Barker (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1977 JAN -[2] Kerry Reid (AUS) DEC - [1] Evonne Goolagong (AUS) [1] Mima Jausovec (YUG) [3] Virginia Wade (GBR) [1] Chris Evert (USA) 1978 [-] Chris O Neil (AUS) [2] Virginia Ruzici (ROU) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1979 [5] Barbara Jordan (USA) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1980 [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [4] Evonne Cawley (AUS) [3] Chris Evert (USA) 1981 [3] Martina Navratilova (USA) [4] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [1] Chris Evert (USA) [3] Tracy Austin (USA) 1982 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) 1983 [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1984 [2] Chris Evert (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1985 [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Chris Evert (USA) [=1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [3] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) 1986 Not held [2] Chris Evert (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1987 [2] Hana Mandlikova (CZE) [2] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Martina Navratilova (USA) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) 1988 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1989 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [7] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1990 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [2] Martina Navratilova (USA) [5] Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 1991 [2] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Monica Seles (YUG) 1992 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [=1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Monica Seles (YUG) 1993 [1] Monica Seles (YUG) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1994 [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Conchita Martínez (ESP) [2] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) 1995 [4] Mary Pierce (FRA) [2] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1996 [1] Monica Seles (USA) [=1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) [1] Steffi Graf (GER) 1997 [4] Martina Hingis (SUI) [9] Iva Majoli (CRO) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) 1998 [1] Martina Hingis (SUI) [4] Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (ESP) [3] Jana Novotna (CZE) [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) 1999 [2] Martina Hingis (SUI) [6] Steffi Graf (GER) [3] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [7] Serena Williams (USA) 2000 [2] Lindsay Davenport (USA) [6] Mary Pierce (FRA) [5] Venus Williams (USA) [3] Venus Williams (USA) 2001 [12] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [4] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [2] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Venus Williams (USA) 2002 [1] Jennifer Capriati (USA) [3] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2003 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Justine Henin (BEL) 2004 [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [6] Anastasia Myskina (RUS) [13] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [9] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2005 [7] Serena Williams (USA) [10] Justine Henin (BEL) [14] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2006 [3] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [5] Justine Henin (BEL) [1] Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) [3] Maria Sharapova (RUS) 2007 [-] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) [23] Venus Williams (USA) [1] Justine Henin (BEL) 2008 [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [2] Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [7] Venus Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2009 [2] Serena Williams (USA) [7] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [2] Serena Williams (USA) [WC] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2010 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [17] Francesca Schiavone (ITA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [2] Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2011 [3] Kim Clijsters (BEL) [6] Li Na (CHN) [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [9] Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2012 [3] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [2] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Serena Williams (USA) [4] Serena Williams (USA) 2013 [1] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [15] Marion Bartoli (FRA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2014 [4] Li Na (CHN) [7] Maria Sharapova (RUS) [6] Petra Kvitova (CZE) [1] Serena Williams (USA) 2015 [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [1] Serena Williams (USA) [26] Flavia Pennetta (ITA) Notes - 1. Australian Open held at start of year and from 1987, held at end of year from 1977 to 1985; held on grass through 1985, and hard court from 1987; 2. US Open held on grass through 1974, Clay (Har-tru) ; Hard court from Highlighted winners denote first time Grand Slam champions Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube Channel:

34 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Thursday, Jan 28, 2016 [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) vs. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads WTA FINALS HARD I R1 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2013 BEIJING HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2013 TORONTO HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS 7-6(3) mins 2013 MIAMI HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 WTA FINALS HARD I R2 SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2012 WIMBLEDON GRASS O F SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2008 WIMBLEDON GRASS O QF SERENA WILLIAMS mins 2008 BERLIN CLAY O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS mins SERENA WILLIAMS 1 9, (34) $0 $74,083,421 0 / 69 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 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) AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (26) $111,163 $21,888,876 1 / 18 0 / / / / / / / / AUSTRALIAN OPEN Performance QF [5] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #5) 6-4,6-1 QF [10] CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #11) 6-1,6-3 R4 MARGARITA GASPARYAN (RUS #58) 6-2,6-1 R4 ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #82) 6-7(8),6-1,7-5 R3 DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #69) 6-1,6-1 R3 MONICA PUIG (PUR #52) 6-4,6-0 R2 HSIEH SU-WEI (TPE #90) 6-1,6-2 R2 EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #37) 6-4,6-2 R1 CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #36) 6-4,7-5 R1 CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #65) 6-2,6-3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match SERENA WILLIAMS 2015 F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) (5) SF W - MADISON KEYS (USA #35) 7-6(5) 6-2 QF W - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #10) R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #24) AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 2015 R16 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #18) R3 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #30) R2 W - JOHANNA LARSSON (SWE #70) R1 W - KURUMI NARA (JPN #39) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

35 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Thursday, Jan 28, 2016 R3 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #26) R2 W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #203) R1 W - ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #106) R16 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #14) R3 W - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #33) R2 W - VESNA DOLONC (SRB #104) R1 W - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #155) QF L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #25) R16 W - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #15) R3 W - AYUMI MORITA (JPN #72) R2 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #112) R1 W - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #110) R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #56) R3 W - GRETA ARN (HUN #92) R2 W - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #49) R1 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #45) F W - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #9,999) SF W - NA LI (CHN #17) 7-6(4) 7-6(1) QF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #7) (4) 6-2 R16 W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #13) R3 W - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #33) R2 W - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #77) R1 W - URSZULA RADWANSKA (POL #72) F W - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #3) SF W - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #4) QF W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #8) R16 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #14) R3 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #41) R2 W - GISELA DULKO (ARG #45) R1 W - MENG YUAN (CHN #123) QF L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #4) R16 W - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #12) R3 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #25) R2 W - MENG YUAN (CHN #121) R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #145) SF L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #24) QF W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #2) R16 W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #38) R3 W - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #30) R2 W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #98) R1 W - YULIA PUTINTSEVA (KAZ #112) QF L - NA LI (CHN #6) R16 W - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #13) R3 W - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #50) R2 W - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #55) R1 W - BOJANA BOBUSIC (AUS #307) QF L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #3) 6-7(0) R16 W - JULIA GOERGES (GER #23) R3 W - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #57) R2 W - PAULA ORMAECHEA (ARG #189) R1 W - BETHANIE MATTEK-SANDS (USA #67) 6-7(10) QF L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #3) (4) R16 W - SHUAI PENG (CHN #54) R3 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #77) R2 W - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #140) R1 W - KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM (JPN #56) R3 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #18) R2 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #88) R1 W - TATJANA MARIA (GER #70) R1 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #59) 7-6(7) QF L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #9) R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #14) R3 W - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #2) R2 W - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #56) R1 W - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #86) R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #14) R1 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #96) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

36 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Thursday, Jan 28, F W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) SF W - NICOLE VAIDISOVA (CZE #12) 7-6(5) 6-4 QF W - SHAHAR PEER (ISR #17) R16 W - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #11) R3 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #6) R2 W - ANNE KREMER (LUX #159) 7-6(4) 6-2 R1 W - MARA SANTANGELO (ITA #32) R3 L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #17) (5) R2 W - CAMILLE PIN (FRA #130) R1 W - NA LI (CHN #52) (1) F W - LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA #1) SF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) QF W - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #2) R16 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #13) R3 W - SANIA MIRZA (IND #166) R2 W - DALLY RANDRIANTEFY (MAD #67) R1 W - CAMILLE PIN (FRA #106) F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 7-6(4) SF W - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #4) QF W - MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY (USA #33) R16 W - ELENI DANIILIDOU (GRE #20) R3 W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #32) R2 W - ELS CALLENS (BEL #66) R1 W - EMILIE LOIT (FRA #56) (5) QF L - MARTINA HINGIS (SUI #1) R16 W - DAJA BEDANOVA (CZE #51) R3 W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #30) R2 W - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #61) R1 W - JANET LEE (TPE #118) R16 L - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #18) R3 W - SABINE APPELMANS (BEL #31) (2) R2 W - NICOLE PRATT (AUS #58) R1 W - AMANDA GRAHAME (AUS #261) R3 L - SANDRINE TESTUD (FRA #15) R2 W - MAGUI SERNA (ESP #22) R1 W - RALUCA SANDU (ROM #91) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

37 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Thursday, Jan 28, R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #16) 7-6(4) 6-1 R1 W - IRINA SPIRLEA (ROM #9) 6-7(5) [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) R128: d. Camila Giorgi (ITA #36) (1h45) R64: d. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE #90) (1h) R32: d. Daria Kasatkina (RUS #69) (44min) R16: d. Margarita Gasparayan (RUS #58) (55min) QF: d. [5] Maria Sharapova (RUS #5) (1h32) Total games: 83 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-0 Total time on court: 5h56 Average time on court: 1h11 Average rank of opponent: 52 Williams: VS. [4] AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) R128: d. Christina Mchale (USA #65) (1h20) R64: d. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN #37) (1h23) R32: d. Monica Puig (PUR #52) (1h16) R16: d. Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER #82) 67(6) (2h32) QF: d. [10] Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP #11) (1h22) Total games: 99 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 7h53 Average time on court: 1h35 Average rank of opponent: 49 Record six-time Australian Open singles champion, having lifted Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup in 2003 (d. V.Williams in F), 2005 (d. Davenport in F), 2007 (d. Sharapova in F), 2009 (d. Safina in F), 2010 (d. Henin in F) and 2015 (d. Sharapova in F) Contesting Australian Open for the 16th time - joint most appearances along with Hantuchova, V.Williams (and Tanasugarn, not here this fortnight) Making 62nd appearance at a Grand Slam - second most among active players after sister, Venus (69) Contesting her seventh Australian Open SF today (6-0 record in SF matches here). Every time she has progressed past the QF stage she has gone on to lift the title here Record in SF matches across all the Grand Slams is 25-4 losses at this stage coming to the eventual champions at 2000 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2003 Roland Garros (l. Henin) and 2009 US Open (l. Clijsters). Most recently lost SF match at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci), ending hopes of calendar year Grand Slam Heading into 2016 Australian Open SF, owns a win-loss record in Grand Slam main draw play - boasts most wins among active players and is third all-time, behind Navratilova (306-49) and Evert (299-37) Bidding to reach her 26th Grand Slam final she currently sits fourth on the all-time list. In the Open Era, Chris Evert reached the most Grand Slam finals, with 34 (18-16 win-loss record), followed by Martina Navratilova (32; 18-14) and Steffi Graf (31; 22-9). Margaret Court reached 29 Grand Slam singles finals, going 24-5 overall and 11-1 in the Open Era As a 21-time Grand Slam singles winner, sits behind only Steffi Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard. Owns a 21-4 record in Grand Slam finals; has not lost a Grand Slam final since 2011 US Open (l. Stosur) and has now won eight straight Is top seed at a Grand Slam for 20th time in career; has won 11 majors as top seed, including the Australian Open in 2003, 2010 and 2015 In 2015 became the oldest Australian Open women s champion in the Open Era at 33 years, 127 days, surpassing Chris Evert, who was 33 years, 34 days (age based on tournament end date) when she finished runner-up in 1988 Today s match against Radwanska represents her 83rd main draw match at the Australian Open the all-time record with a win loss record of 73-9; no player has won more matches here Of her nine losses here, only two have been opponents ranked outside the Top 20 No.56 Makarova (2012 R16) and No.25 Stephens (2013 QF) Defeat of Sharapova in QF on Tuesday was her 12th straight Australian Open main draw win (including seven from 2015 title run) Win over No.5 Sharapova takes record vs. Top 5 ranked opponents to ; faces No.4 A.Radwanska today Has defeated Russians Kasatkina (3r), Gasparyan (R16) and Sharapova (QF) en route to SF also defeated three Russian players en route to the Australian Open title in 2009: Kuznetsova (QF), Dementieva (SF) and Safina (F) In 2015, came within two match wins of completing the calendar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open (d. Sharapova in F), Roland Garros (d. Safarova in F) and Wimbledon (d. Muguruza in F); l. Vinci in SF at US Open. Was bidding to become third woman in Open Era to achieve the feat, after Court (1970) and Graf (1988) With victory at 2015 Wimbledon, held all four Grand Slam titles at the same time - the Serena Slam - for the second time in her career. Previously achieved this feat from 2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Australian Open One of six women in Open Era to own a career Grand Slam along with Court, Navratilova, Graf, Evert and Sharapova Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

38 Has won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister Venus, including the Australian Open in 2001, 2003, 2009 and 2010 Spending her 153rd and 154th consecutive weeks at No.1 during 2016 Australian Open fortnight - third longest streak in WTA history after Graf s 186 and Navratilova s 156. Will remain at No.1 after the Australian Open, regardless of results Spending her 276th and 277th career weeks at No.1 - third on all-time list after Graf s 377 and Navratilova s 332 Oldest No.1 in WTA history - set record when current streak began on February 18, of her Grand Slam titles have been won on hardcourts - most of any player in Open Era; overall has won 45 hardcourt titles, most among active players Aged 33y 289d at the conclusion of 2015 Wimbledon, became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era - overtook Navratilova, 33y 263d at 1990 Wimbledon With her win at 2015 Wimbledon, boasts the longest span of Grand Slam singles glory all-time. Pre-Open Era, Helen Wills Moody won her majors over the course of 15y 9½m. Serena won her first Slam at 1999 US Open, some 15y 10m before her 2015 Wimbledon title. WTA Legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span With 69 career singles titles, ranks fifth on the Open Era list of most titles, after Martina Navratilova (167), Chris Evert (154), Steffi Graf (107) and Margaret Court (92); has won last 15 finals contested, going back to 2013 Cincinnati (l. Azarenka) Won five titles in 2015 (best on tour); in addition to the three Slams, won Miami for a record eighth time (d. Suarez Navarro in F) as well as Cincinnati (d. Halep in F). The only other players to win any WTA event eight times or more are Evert, Navratilova and Graf Recorded 700th career match win in QF at 2015 Miami (all levels), becoming the eighth woman to achieve the feat Finished 2015 season with a 53-3 match record, joint most wins along with Kerber and Ka.Pliskova Won 81.1% of service games in 2015 and 64.4% of points on serve - both tour-leading figures Despite not playing after the US Open, finished in second place on the WTA for aces served throughout the season from 56 matches (Ka.Pliskova served 517 aces in 75 matches) Went 18-2 in three-set matches in 2015, losses being to Bencic (Toronto) and Vinci (US Open) Loss to Kvitova at 2015 Madrid ended a 27-match unbeaten streak, the second-best of her career (best is 34 in 2013) Reached SF at 2015 Indian Wells, playing there for the first time since 2001; withdrew prior to SF vs. Halep w/right knee injury Conceded two walkovers in 2015: withdrew from 2015 Rome prior to R16 match against McHale (w/right elbow injury) and prior to 2r against Koukalova at Bastad (w/right elbow injury) For the third time in career, passed $9 million in single-season prize money in 2015; holds single-season record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013 Won a WTA-leading seven titles in 2014, highlighted by 18th Grand Slam singles title at US Open, which marked first three-peat at any Slam since Justine Henin at Roland Garros in ; also won WTA Finals in Singapore - her fifth season-ending title At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (incl. Emirates Airline US Open Series bonus); the largest payout in tennis - men s or women s Career prize money currently stands at over $74 million In August 2015 became the first WTA player to pass 5 million Twitter followers Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Oracene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mouratoglou; hitting partner is Robbye Poole Radwanska: Making 10th consecutive appearance at Australian Open, and 39th consecutive main draw appearance at a Slam (made debut at 2006 Wimbledon) 2016 marks second SF at Australian Open in three years, having also advanced to last four in 2014 (l. Cibulkova, having defeated defending champion Azarenka en route). Has fallen in QF here on four previous occasions: in 2008 (l. Hantuchova), 2011 (l. eventual champion Clijsters), 2012 (l. eventual champion Azarenka) and 2013 (l. Li) Bidding to reach her second Grand Slam final - at 2012 Wimbledon became Poland s first Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era (Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was runner up in three Grand Slam finals in the 1930s, including at Wimbledon in 1937) At 2012 Wimbledon lost to today s opponent S.Williams in three sets -- the only time she has won a set against the American in eight meetings Record in SF matches across the Grand Slams is 1-3: losses coming at 2013 Wimbledon (l. Lisicki), 2014 Australian Open (l. Cibulkova) and 2015 Wimbledon (l. Muguruza) Has reached at least QF stage at three of the four majors; exception is US Open (R16 on four occasions) At No.4, is the second-highest seed through to SF at 2016 Australian Open, after today s opponent No.1 S.Williams Faces world No.1 S.Williams today; has faced reigning world No.1 on 14 occasions in career, scoring one win, over Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney (1-14 record). Four of her eight losses to S.Williams came when the American was ranked world No.1 In 2015 became the first player to win the WTA Finals without a Grand Slam to her name since Mauresmo in Mauresmo went on to win the Australian Open in 2006, as well as Wimbledon that same year Heading into SF at 2016 Australian Open is on a 13-match win streak, the joint-best of her career - run takes in final round robin match (d. Halep) as well as SF (d. Muguruza) and F (d. Kvitova) at WTA Finals in Singapore; Shenzhen title run (five matches) and five matches en route to SF here in Melbourne. Across 2012 and 2013, won back-to-back titles at Auckland (5 matches) and Sydney (after 1r bye, 4 matches), however run ended here at Australian Open, losing to Li in QF Meanwhile, the tournament in Shenzhen has seen its winner reach at least the Australian Open final in two out of three editions (Li in 2013-R-Up and 2014-Won)

39 At 2015 US Open (3r), Keys became the first American not named Williams to beat her in Grand Slam play. Overall record vs. players from the USA at Slams is 7-6 At 2016 Australian Open, defeated No.11 Suarez Navarro in QF to take record vs. Top 20 ranked players to Overcame No.82 Friedsam in R16 having rallied from 2-5 down in third set to win 67(6) Has gone 22-3 in her last 25 matches, losses coming at 2015 Beijing (l. Muguruza, SF) and 2015 WTA Finals (l. Sharapova and Pennetta in round robin) Could rise as high as No.2 in the rankings by reaching the final of the 2016 Australian Open (would be joint-highest rank - reached No.2 in July 2012); could overtake Muguruza for No.3 with a run to SF Scored her 100th Grand Slam win at 2015 US Open (d. Linette in 2r, l. Keys in 3r). Through Australian Open QF owns record - one of 10 active players with 100 or more Slam wins Opened 2016 season with title run at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F); now owns 18 WTA singles titles, 15 of them coming on hardcourts; 18-7 record in finals Withdrew from 2016 Sydney w/left leg injury Posted third Top 5 season in 2015, ranked No.5 - her seventh Top 10 finish in eight seasons 2015 season highlighted by winning the WTA Finals in Singapore (d. Kvitova in F) - biggest title of career. Lost opening round robin matches to Sharapova and Pennetta, however defeated Halep to qualify for SF; d. Muguruza in SF and Kvitova in F Remains only Polish player to ever compete at the WTA Finals Defeat of Halep in WTA Finals SF was her 500th WTA career match win - 16th active player to achieve this (through Australian Open QF career record stands at ) In addition to WTA Finals title, in 2015 also captured titles at Tianjin (d. Kovinic in F), which secured qualification for Singapore, and Tokyo PPO (d. Bencic in F); finalist at Eastbourne (l. Bencic) and reached SF at Katowice (l. Giorgi), Nottingham (l. Niculescu) and Beijing (l. Muguruza) Grand Slam results in 2015 highlighted by SF run at Wimbledon (for third time in four years; l. eventual runner-up Muguruza). Reached R16 at 2016 Australian Open (l. V.Williams), fell 1r at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Beck) and advanced to 3r at US Open (l. Keys) Surpassed $20m mark in career prize money in th player to do so First Polish woman to win a WTA singles title (2007 Stockholm); rank in Top 10 (after 2008 Wimbledon); and defeat a world No.1 player (Wozniacki at 2012 Sydney) Won WTA Fan Favorite Award in 2015, the fifth straight year she has topped the public vote Wimbledon junior champion in 2005 (sister Urszula won event in 2007); also girls champion at Roland Garros in 2006 Coached by Tomasz Wiktorowski

40 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Thursday, Jan 28, 2016 [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #47) Head to Head: 0-0 ANGELIQUE KERBER (28) $126,649 $9,311,818 0 / 7 0 / / / / / / / / WTA RANKING ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 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) 2016 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Performance JOHANNA KONTA (24) $5,604 $847,551 0 / 0 0 / / / / / / / / 2-2 QF [14] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #16) 6-3,7-5 QF [Q] ZHANG SHUAI (CHN #133) 6-4,6-1 R4 ANNIKA BECK (GER #55) 6-4, ,6-4,8-6[21] R4 EKATE R3 MADISON BRENGLE (USA #49) 6-1,6-3 R3 DENISA ALLERTOVA (CZE #66) 6-2,6-2 R2 ALEXANDRA DULGHERU (ROU #61) 6-2,6-4 R2 ZHENG SAISAI (CHN #83) 6-2,6-3 R1 MISAKI DOI (JPN #64) 6-7(7),7-6(6),6-3 R1 [8] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #10) 6-4,6-2 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament History * Qualifying match ANGELIQUE KERBER 2015 R1 L - IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #42) R16 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #29) R3 W - ALISON RISKE (USA #53) R2 W - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #162) R1 W - JARMILA WOLFE (AUS #329) JOHANNA KONTA 2015 R1* L - ANNA TATISHVILI (USA #141) R2* L - OLGA SAVCHUK (UKR #184) R1* W - GRACE MIN (USA #154) R2* L - YI-MIAO ZHOU (CHN #167) R1* W - ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #178) (8) 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube:

41 MATCH NOTES AUSTRALIAN OPEN - AUSTRALIA Jan 18 - Jan 31, 2016 $14,835,728 GRAND SLAM All data as at Thursday, Jan 28, R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #19) R3 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #105) R2 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #51) R1 W - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #127) R3 L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) R2 W - STÉPHANIE DUBOIS (CAN #97) R1 W - BOJANA BOBUSIC (AUS #242) R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #32) (4) R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #3) R2 W - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #23) R1 W - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #54) R3* W - MICHAELLA KRAJICEK (NED #129) R2* W - ANDREA HLAVACKOVA (CZE #176) R1* W - REBECCA MARINO (CAN #177) R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #6) R2 L - FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE (ITA #24) R1 W - MARET ANI (EST #100) R1* L - JULIA VAKULENKO (UKR #116) [7] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #6) R128: d. Misaki Doi (JPN #64) 67(4) 76(6) 63 (2h41) R64: d. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU #61) (1h13) R32: d. Madison Brengle (USA #49) (57m) R16: d. Annika Beck (GER #55) (1h28) QF: d. [14] Victoria Azarenka (BLR #16) (1h45) Total games: 106 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 8h04 Average time on court: 1h37 Average rank of opponent: 49 VS. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #47) R128: d. [8] Venus Williams (USA #10) (1h19) R64: d. Zheng Saisai (CHN #83) (1h22) R32: d. Denisa Allertova (CZE #66) (1h04) R16: d. [21] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS #24) (3h04) QF: d. [Q] Zhang Shuai (CHN #133) (1h23) Total games: 102 Won/lost: Sets won/lost: 10-1 Total time on court: 8h12 Average time on court: 1h38 Average rank of opponent: 63 Kerber: Making ninth main draw appearance (and 10th overall) at Australian Open. Through to the SF here for the first time in career, having previously reached the R16 in 2013 (l. Makarova) and 2014 (l. Pennetta). Made 1r exits in 2009 (l. V.Williams), 2011 (l. Cibulkova) and 2015 (l. Begu). Fell in qualifying in Australian Open marks 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: