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MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC
AUGUST 2 – 8, 2021
MATCH NOTES
MUBADALA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC
SAN JOSE, CA, USA
AUGUST 2-8, 2021 | $565,530
DAY 4 MATCH-UPS
AJLA
TOMLJANOVIC 1-2
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
YULIA
PUTINTSEVA 8
Putintseva triumphed when they met last summer at Lexington... Tomljanovic saved two match
points in first-round win over Anisimova... Putintseva is making her tournament debut, while
Tomljanovic is contesting the main draw for a seventh time
1 ELISE
MERTENS 2-3
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
KRISTINA
MLADENOVIC
Mertens won their most recent meeting, at last year’s Western & Southern Open... Mladenovic owns
31 career wins over Top-20 opponents... Mertens is top seed at a Tour-level event for the sixth time
in her career
CLAIRE
LIU 0-1
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
ELENA
RYBAKINA 2
Rybakina came out on top in two tight sets when they met in second round at this year’s
Wimbledon... Liu scored first Top-50 win of her career over Yastremska in previous round... Rybakina
has won 15 of her past 20 matches
7 DANIELLE
COLLINS 0-0
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
SLOANE
STEPHENS
Collins’ first-round success extended her winning streak to six matches... Three of Stephens’ six
career titles have come at hard-court tournaments in the United States... Five Americans are
appearing in second round here
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Tomljanovic (8) Putintseva 35
AUSTRALIA KAZAKHSTAN
1993-05-07 Date of Birth 1995-01-07
Brisbane, Australia Residence Moscow, Russia
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
5' 11" (1.80 m) Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)
39 Career-High Ranking 27
$3,946,599 Career Prize Money $5,227,655
$733,941 Season Prize Money $471,228
0/0 Singles Titles YTD / Career 1/2
19-27 (Quarter-Finalist: 2021 Grand Slam W-L (best) 36-30 (Quarter-Finalist: 2020 US
WIMBLEDON) OPEN; 2016, 2018 ROLAND GARROS)
1-0 / 5-6 (Quarter-Finalist: 2018, 2015) YTD / Career SAN JOSE W-L 1-0 / 1-0
(best)
16-14 / 127-148 YTD / Career W-L 19-13 / 152-157
5-6 / 79-88 YTD / Career Hard W-L 7-5 / 88-102
5-5 / 49-57 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 6-7 / 50-51
4-3 / 38-39 YTD / Career TB W-L 4-2 / 37-35
Quarter-Finalist: WIMBLEDON YTD Best Result Champion: BUDAPEST
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Tomljanovic Putintseva
Head To Head Record
YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME
2020 LEXINGTON HARD 1r Yulia Putintseva 6-0 6-4 1h 24m
2020 ADELAIDE HARD 1r Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(4) 6-2 1h 59m
2015 BEIJING HARD Qual. Yulia Putintseva 6-2 2-4 1h 3m
Ranking History
TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END
50 - 2021 28 -
51 68 2020 27 28
39 51 2019 28 34
43 43 2018 45 45
150 151 2017 27 53
65 930 2016 33 34
47 66 2015 70 74
51 63 2014 100 113
78 78 2013 88 105
146 453 2012 120 121
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Tomljanovic Putintseva
Tournament History
CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT
1r: d. A. ANISIMOVA (#84) 1-6 7-5 7-5 (2h 10m) 1r: d. D. VEKIC (#53) 7-5 6-3 (1h 36m)
Total time on court: 2h 10m Total time on court: 1h 36m
PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES
Making seventh main draw appearance at San Making debut appearance at San Jose
Jose, where she reached QF in 2015 and 2018 Won nine of her 10 service games in 1r win over
Saved 2MP in 1r win over Anisimova on Tuesday Vekic
Faces No.35 Yulia Putintseva in 2r today; owns Faces No.50 Ajla Tomljanovic in 2r today; owns
33 wins in career over Top-50 players, including 49 wins in career over Top-50 players, including
three this season three this season
Owns 2-4 career record against players from Owns 4-5 career record against players from
Kazakhstan in main draw matches, while is 1-1 Australia in main draw matches, while is 0-1
this season (d. Shvedova at Olympics; l. this season (l. Sanders at Adelaide)
Rybakina at Madrid) Best hard-court results of her career are R-Up
Win-loss record against seeds this season finishes at 2018 Guangzhou and 2017 St.
stands at 2-8 Petersburg
Has finished R-Up at three WTA hard-court One of two players from Kazakhstan in the draw
events in her career: 2019 Hua Hin, 2018 Seoul (also No.2 seed Rybakina)
and 2015 Pattaya City During last year's North American hard court
Only player from Australia in the draw. The best swing, made 2r at Lexington and Western &
result by an Australian at this tournament was Southern Open before advancing to QF at US
Margaret Court's title run in 1973 Open
During last year's American hard-court season,
fell 1r at Lexington, Western & Southern Open
and US Open
Is currently ranked No.50, having returned to
Top 50 on Monday
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Tomljanovic Putintseva
Recent Tournament History
2019 Result Rank: 42 Seed: - Making her tournament debut
1r L K. AHN (#178) 6-3 4-6 6-4
2018 Result Rank: 65 Seed: -
QF L M. BUZARNESCU (#24) 6-1 7-5
2r W M. FRECH (#121) 6-4 3-6 6-3
1r W G. GARCIA PEREZ (#163) 6-4 6-1
2017 Result Rank: 228 Seed: -
1r L C. VANDEWEGHE (#24) 6-2
2015 Result Rank: 69 Seed: -
QF L K. PLISKOVA (#11) 6-2 6-4
2r W M. KEYS (#18) 1-6 6-4 6-1
1r W V. DIATCHENKO (#87) 3-6 6-0 6-0
2014 Result Rank: 55 Seed: -
1r L A. PETKOVIC (#18) 6-1 6-4
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Ajla Yulia
Tomljanovic Putintseva
Season 2021 History
Fell 2r at Olympics (l. Svitolina) Su ered 1r exit at Olympics (l. Podoroska via ret.
At Wimbledon, advanced to maiden Grand Slam w/heat illness)
QF (l. eventual champion Barty) At Budapest, lifted second WTA title of her
Reached 2r at Birmingham (l. Vandeweghe) and career (d. Kalinina in F)
contested qualifying at Eastbourne Defeated in 2r at Hamburg (after 1r bye, l.
Made 1r exit at Madrid (as qualifier, l. Rybakina), Petkovic)
followed by 2r showings at Rome (as qualifier, l. Contested qualifying at Eastbourne and reached
Ostapenko), Belgrade (l.Peterson) and Roland 2r at Wimbledon (l. Badosa)
Garros (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Su ered 1r exits at Madrid (l. Konta) and Rome(l.
In Charleston, won back-to-back main draw Gau ), before reaching 2r at Belgrade (l.Konjuh)
matches for the first time since 2019 to reach 3r and Strasbourg (l. Linette). Fell 1r at Roland
at Volvo Car Open (l. Stephens) and then 2r at Garros (l. Jabeur)
MUSC Health Women's Open (l. Tauson) Reached QF at Charleston (l. Kovinic)
Made 2r at Miami (l. Osaka) Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. No.95
Suffered 1r exit at Adelaide (l. Sanders) Stojanovic)
Also on home soil, posted 2r showings at Phillip Opened 2021 season by reaching 3r at Abu Dhabi
Island Trophy (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Australian (l. Kenin after holding 1MP) and 2r at Grampians
Open (l. Halep – having led 5-2 in final set), and Trophy (l. Azarenka). Advanced to 3r at
suffered 1r exit at Gippsland Trophy (l. Cornet) Australian Open (l. Svitolina), then fell 2r at
Reached 2r in opening tournament of the Adelaide (l. No.292 Sanders)
season, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion
Sabalenka); also reached SF in doubles
(w/Kenin, l. eventual champions
Aoyama/Shibahara)
VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK
83 31 Aces 42 78
62% 157 First serve % 68% 61
63% 101 First Serve points won % 60% 191
45% 123 Second serve points won % 47% 71
56% 93 Overall service points won % 56% 100
65% 89 Service games won % 60% 155
53% 133 Break points saved % 45% 261
34% 193 First serve return points won % 40% 62
58% 54 Second serve return points won % 52% 187
43% 187 Break points converted % 42% 211
34% 134 Return games won % 38% 79
44% 127 Return points won % 45% 90
Best win by ranking: No.17 vs Mertens in BIRMINGHAM Best win by ranking: No.65 vs Krejcikova in ABU DHABI
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Titles & Grand Slams
SINGLES FINALS SINGLES FINALS
Runner-Up (4) Champion (2)
2019 - HUA HIN 2021 - BUDAPEST
2018 - SEOUL, RABAT 2019 - NÜRNBERG
2015 - PATTAYA CITY
Runner-Up (2)
2018 - GUANGZHOU
2017 - ST. PETERSBURG
AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND
WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN
OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS
2r 2r QF 2021 3r 1r 2r
2r 1r 1r 2020 3r 2r QF
1r 1r 2r 2r 2019 2r 1r 2r 3r
1r 1r 1r 2r 2018 2r QF 2r 1r
1r 2r 2017 2r 3r 1r 2r
1r 2016 3r QF 2r 2r
2r 2r 2r 1r 2015 1r 2r 2r 1r
2r 4r 1r 1r 2014 1r
1r 2r 2013 2r 2r 1r
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Tomljanovic Putintseva
Career Milestones
Equaled best result at home Slam by advancing Recorded 300th career win (at all levels) with 1r
to 2r at 2020 Australian Open (l. Muguruza) triumph over Flipkens at 2020 Roland Garros
Ended 2019 season by representing Australia in Standout results of 2020 were QF runs at US
Perth final of Billie Jean King Cup vs. France – Open (l. Brady) – first Kazakh woman to reach
went 1-1 in singles (d. Parmentier, l. Mladenovic) last eight in New York – and Rome (l. Halep)
as visitors prevailed 3-2 Owns one win over a reigning World No.1,
Posted career-high ranking of No.39 on April 1, upsetting Osaka on grass at 2019 Birmingham
2019 (following 3r run at Miami 3r) Won first career title at 2019 Nürnberg (d.
Four-time WTA singles finalist, most recently Zidansek in F); afterwards rose to No.28 in
finishing runner-up at 2019 Hua Hin (l. rankings – one spot off career best No.27
Yastremska). Earlier finals came at 2015 Pattaya (achieved February 6, 2017)
City (l. Hantuchova), 2018 Rabat (l. Mertens) and Best result of 2018 was QF run at Roland Garros
2018 Seoul (l. Bertens) (l. Keys)
Posted two Top 10 wins in 2019, her first for Reached maiden WTA final in 2017 at St
almost five years, defeating No.10 Sabalenka Petersburg (l. Mladenovic) after notching two
(Miami) and No.8 Bertens (Zhengzhou). Other Top 10 wins over No.8 Kuznetsova and No.5
Top 10 defeat, and best win of career, came over Cibulkova – first over a Top 5 player – (l.
No.3 A.Radwanska at 2014 Roland Garros Mladenovic in F); first woman from Kazakhstan
Reached first Premier-level SF of career at 2019 to reach a WTA final since Shvedova at 2015
Zhengzhou (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova) Bogotá (l. Pereira)
Underwent shoulder surgery in February 2016 Rose to new career-high ranking of No.27 on
and was sidelined for rest of season; returned February 6, 2017 following St Petersburg
at 2017 Acapulco, more than 12 months later In 2016 became first Kazakh to reach the
Made Top 50 debut in 2015, rising as high as quarterfinals at Roland Garros – or at any major
No.47 (week of February 23) – since Shvedova in 2012, eventually losing to
Best Grand Slam result to date is R16 run at S.Williams in 3s
2014 Roland Garros (d. No.32 seed Vesnina in 2r Defeated No.14 V.Williams en route to first
and No.3 seed A.Radwanska in 3r, l. Suárez Premier-level quarterfinal of career at 2016
Navarro) Charleston
Announced in 2014 she would switch First Top 10 win came over No.10 Petkovic at
nationalities and start representing Australia 2015 Nürnberg (via ret.)
(first did so at 2014 US Open) Progressed to maiden WTA SF at 2015 Bastad (l.
On ITF Circuit, winner of four singles titles and eventual champion Larsson)
three doubles titles In 2014, reached first two WTA QFs, first on clay
Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Croatia in 2007 at Bastad (as qualifier, l. Cepelova) and then on
and WTA main draw debut at 2009 Indian Wells hard at Osaka (l. eventual champion Stosur).
(as WC, l. 1r) Between these two results, scored first Top 20
As a junior, achieved career-high ranking of win – over No.14 Pennetta – during run through
No.4, won Australian Open junior doubles title in qualifying to 2r at Montréal
2009 (w/McHale), and was a member of Made it through to 2r on Grand Slam main draw
Croatia’s victorious junior Fed Cup team in 2009 debut at 2013 Australian Open (d. McHale, l.
Suárez Navarro)
Advanced to 2r on WTA main draw debut at
2012 Copenhagen (as WC, d. Barbat, l. Jankovic)
On ITF Circuit, winner of six singles titles and
six doubles titles
Kazakhstan Fed Cup Team, 2014-20
Professional debut at 2009 Luxembourg ended
with defeat to Flipkens in final round of
qualifying
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Other Information
Father is Ratko, mother is Emina; sister is Hana Coached by Alexander Chepik this week
Started playing tennis at age 7 (introduced by Father's name is Anton; mother's name is Anna;
sister). Favorite shot is backhand; favorite younger brother's name is Ilya (plays ice
surface is hard hockey). Introduced to sport by father; liked it
Speaks Croatian, English, German and was soon practicing at Spartak Club in
Favorite movie is The Hangover; favorite actor is Moscow
Brad Pitt; favorite type of music is hip hop; Moved to Paris to attend Mouratoglou Academy
favorite artist is Rihanna; favorite city to visit is after winning a big Under 14s event; has trained
Charlotte, North Carolina (family) there ever since
Likes watching basketball Baseliner whose favorite shot is forehand;
Pet peeve is loud chewing favorite surface is clay. Australian Open and US
Best tennis memory was first time on court Open are favorite tournaments
with Chris Evert Tennis idols were Martina Hingis and Justine
Henin - still watches videos of Henin on
YouTube
Also enjoys dancing, music, singing, Sudoku,
playing cards and chess
Person she would most like to meet is Eminem
Changed representation from Russia to
Kazakhstan in May 2012
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17 Elise Kristina
Mertens Mladenovic 60
BELGIUM FRANCE
1995-11-17 Date of Birth 1993-05-14
Hamont-Achel, Belgium Residence Dubai, UAE
Right-handed (Two-handed backhand) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
5' 10" (1.79 m) Height 6' 0" (1.84 m)
12 Career-High Ranking 10
$8,460,718 Career Prize Money $12,233,800
$1,378,015 Season Prize Money $442,885
1/6 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0/1
42-18 (Semi-Finalist: 2018 Grand Slam W-L (best) 36-42 (Quarter-Finalist: 2017 ROLAND
AUSTRALIAN OPEN) GARROS; 2015 US OPEN)
0-0 / 2-2 (Semi-Finalist: 2018) YTD / Career SAN JOSE W-L 1-0 / 1-1 (Round of 32: 2018)
(best)
24-11 / 167-95 YTD / Career W-L 12-17 / 211-218
13-3 / 102-54 YTD / Career Hard W-L 6-8 / 119-140
7-4 / 46-35 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 5-4 / 73-66
5-6 / 29-36 YTD / Career TB W-L 4-3 / 53-57
3-4 / 15-43 YTD / Career TOP 20 W-L 1-3 / 31-53
Champion: GIPPSLAND TROPHY YTD Best Result Quarter-Finalist: NOTTINGHAM, LYON
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Mertens Mladenovic
Head To Head Record
YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME
2020 CINCINNATI (NYC) HARD 2r Elise Mertens 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 2h 18m
2018 FED CUP WEEK 1 HARD QF Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 6-4 -
2017 ST. PETERSBURG HARD 1r Kristina Mladenovic 7-6(5) 6-4 1h 46m
2017 HOBART HARD 1r Elise Mertens 6-1 6-2 55m
2016 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH GRASS QF Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-3 1h 23m
Ranking History
TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END
14 - 2021 49 -
17 20 2020 37 49
12 17 2019 39 40
13 13 2018 10 44
35 35 2017 10 11
120 120 2016 27 42
157 157 2015 27 29
249 264 2014 54 81
577 577 2013 36 56
- - 2012 76 76
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Mertens Mladenovic
Tournament History
CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT
1r: BYE 1r: d. N. HAN (#270) 6-4 6-4 (1h 35m)
Total time on court: 1h 35m
PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES
Making third appearance at San Jose, where she Making second appearance at San Jose, where
reached SF in 2018 (l. eventual champion she fell 1r in 2018 (l. Babos)
Buzarnescu) Broke serve five times to edge past Na-lae Han
Faces No.60 Kristina Mladenovic in 2r today; has in 1r on Tuesday
lost three times to players raned outside Top 50 Faces No.17 Elise Mertens in 2r today; owns 31
this season, against No.59 Cornet (Charleston), wins in career over Top-20 players, most
No.67 Cirstea (Istanbul) and No.72 Tomljanovic recently No.11 Belinda Bencic at Rome in May
(Birmingham) Owns 6-5 career record against players from
Owns 9-6 career record against players from Belgium in main draw matches, most recently
France in main draw matches, while is 201 this losing to today's opponent Mertens at last year's
season (d. Garcia at Gippsland Trophy and Western & Southern Open
Dubai; l. Cornet) Record against seeded players this season is 4-
Four of her six career titles have come on hard 6
courts: 2021 Gippsland Trophy, 2019 Doha, 2018 Won sole WTA title on hard at 2017 St.
Hobart and 2018 Lugano Petersburg
Is No.1 seed at a WTA event for the sixth time in One of two players from France in the draw
her career and has reached QF or better in four (also Garcia)
of the previous five occasions Best result by a French player at the
Only player from Belgium in the draw tournament was Bartoli's title run in 2009
Best result by a Belgian at this tournament were During last year's American hard-court swing,
title runs by Kim Clijsters in 2001, 2003, 2005- made 2r at Western & Southern Open and US
06 Open
During last year's summer hard court swing,
made SF at Western & Southern Open and QF at
US Open
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Mertens Mladenovic
Recent Tournament History
2019 Result Rank: 20 Seed: 3 2018 Result Rank: 57 Seed: -
2r L K. AHN (#178) 6-3 6-3 1r L T. BABOS (#38) 6-4 6-2
2018 Result Rank: 15 Seed: 4
SF L M. BUZARNESCU (#24) 4-6 6-3 6-1
QF W J. KONTA (#48) 7-6(4) 6-3
2r W A. KRATZER (#251) 6-2 6-0
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Mertens Mladenovic
Season 2021 History
Suffered 1r defeat at Olympics (l. Alexandrova) Coming off 1r exit at Olympics (l. Badosa)
Fell 1r at both Birmingham (l.Tomljanovic) and On grass, enjoyed QF showing at Nottingham
Eastbourne (l. Gauff), followed by 3r run at (l.Zhang), them made 2r at Birmingham
Wimbledon (l. Keys). Also won doubles title at (l.Potapova), fell in qualifying at Eastbourne and
All England Club (w/Hsieh) 1rat Wimbledon (l. Rybakina)
Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Sakkari) Fell 1r at Madrid (as qualifier, l. Bencic), 2r at
Rose to No.1 in the WTA's doubles rankings for Rome (as LL, l. Martic), 1r at Belgrade
the first time on May 10 (l.Kalinskaya) and then reached 2r at Roland
Advanced to QF at Madrid (d. No.3 Halep in 3r, l. Garros (l. Kontaveit)
Sabalenka via ret. w/hamstring injury) and fell 1r Began clay court season with 1r defeat at
at Rome (l. Kudermetova) Charleston (l. Rogers), followed by 2r showing at
Fell 2r at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Cornet) and Istanbul (l. Siniakova) and then fell 1r at Madrid
finished R-Up at Istanbul (l. Cirstea); bounced (as qualifier, l. Bencic)
back to lift doubles title in Turkish capital Suffered 1r exits at Miami (l. Collins) and St.
(w/Kudermetova) Petersburg (l. Gasparyan) after reaching 2r in
Advanced to SF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Dubai (l. Pegula)
Muguruza) and reached R16 at Miami (l. Osaka) Advanced to first QF of the season on home soil
Posted R16 showing at Australian Open in Lyon (l. Badosa)
(l.Muchova). Captured second career Grand Posted 3r showing at Australian Open (l. Pegula)
Slam doubles trophy at Melbourne Park – marked her first 3r at a Slam since 2018
(w/Sabalenka, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) Wimbledon (l. S.Williams) - then made 1r exit at
Enjoyed championship run at Gippsland Trophy, Adelaide (l. Teichmann)
winning her sixth career title (d. Kanepi in F) Made 1r exits at Yarra Valley Classic (l. Pegula)
and in the first tournament of 2021 season in
Abu Dhabi (l. Muguruza)
VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK
121 16 Aces 43 73
59% 205 First serve % 60% 199
68% 39 First Serve points won % 61% 157
43% 178 Second serve points won % 39% 252
58% 51 Overall service points won % 52% 216
62% 138 Service games won % 56% 193
45% 259 Break points saved % 47% 234
40% 54 First serve return points won % 37% 138
58% 50 Second serve return points won % 52% 193
51% 55 Break points converted % 42% 193
44% 39 Return games won % 34% 141
47% 36 Return points won % 43% 154
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Elise Kristina
Mertens Mladenovic
Titles
SINGLES FINALS SINGLES FINALS
Champion (6) Champion (1)
2021 - MELBOURNE 500 GIPPSLAND TROPHY 2017 - ST. PETERSBURG
2019 - DOHA
2018 - RABAT, LUGANO, HOBART
2017 - HOBART
Runner-Up (7)
Runner-Up (4)
2018 - ST. PETERSBURG
2021 - ISTANBUL 2017 - MADRID, STUTTGART, ACAPULCO
2020 - LINZ, PRAGUE 2016 - HONG KONG, 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH
2017 - ISTANBUL 2015 - STRASBOURG
DOUBLES FINALS
Champion (13) DOUBLES FINALS
2021 - WIMBLEDON (w/Hsieh), ISTANBUL Champion (24)
(w/Kudermetova), AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2020 - ROLAND GARROS (w/Babos), AUSTRALIAN
(w/Sabalenka) OPEN (w/Babos)
2020 - Ostrava (w/Sabalenka) 2019 - WTA FINALS (w/Babos), ROLAND GARROS
2019 - US OPEN (w/Sabalenka), MIAMI (w/Babos), ISTANBUL (w/Babos)
(w/Sabalenka), INDIAN WELLS (w/Sabalenka) 2018 - WTA FINALS (w/Babos), BIRMINGHAM
2018 - WUHAN (w/Schuurs), 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH (w/Babos), AUSTRALIAN OPEN (w/Babos)
(w/Schuurs), LUGANO (w/Flipkens), HOBART 2016 - FRENCH OPEN (w/Garcia), MADRID
(w/Schuurs) (w/Garcia), STUTTGART (w/Garcia), CHARLESTON
2017 - GUANGZHOU (w/Schuurs) (w/Garcia)
2016 - AUCKLAND 2015 - WASHINGTON DC (w/Bencic), ROME
(w/Mestach) (w/Babos), MARRAKECH (w/Babos), DUBAI
(w/Babos)
Runner-Up (5) 2014 - ACAPULCO (w/Voskoboeva)
2013 - OSAKA (w/Pennetta), PALERMO (w/Piter),
2019 - WUHAN (w/Sabalenka) OEIRAS (ESTORIL) (w/Chan), CHARLESTON
2018 - CINCINNATI (w/Schuurs), BIRMINGHAM (w/Safarova), MEMPHIS (w/Voskoboeva)
(w/Schuurs) 2012 - QUEBEC CITY (w/Maria), MONTREAL (w/
2017 - BUCHAREST (w/Schuurs), ISTANBUL Jans-ignacik)
(w/Melichar)
Runner-Up (15)
2021 - ROME (w/Vondrousova)
2019 - AUSTRALIAN OPEN (w/Babos)
2018 - US OPEN (w/Babos), MADRID (w/Babos)
2016 - BEIJING (w/Garcia), US OPEN (w/Garcia),
DUBAI (w/Garcia), SYDNEY (w/Garcia)
2014 - CINCINNATI (w/Babos), WIMBLEDON (w/
Babos), 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH
(w/Krajicek), PARIS (w/Babos), BRISBANE
(w/Voskoboeva)
2013 - MARRAKECH (w/Martic)
2011 - COPENHAGEN (w/Piter)
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Mertens Mladenovic
Grand Slams
AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND
WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN
OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS
4r 3r 3r 2021 3r 2r 1r
4r 3r QF 2020 1r 1r 2r
3r 3r 4r QF 2019 1r 2r 2r 2r
SF 4r 3r 4r 2018 1r 1r 3r 2r
3r 1r 1r 2017 1r QF 2r 1r
1r 2016 3r 3r 1r 2r
2015 2r 3r 3r QF
2014 1r 3r 1r 1r
2013 2r 2r 1r 2r
2012 1r 1r 3r
2011 1r
2010 1r
2009 1r 1r 1r
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Elise Kristina
Mertens Mladenovic
Career Milestones
Enjoyed a productive start to 2021 season in Won fourth and fifth Grand Slam doubles titles
Melbourne, triumphing at the Gippsland Trophy in 2020, w/Babos at Australian Open (d.
(d. Kanepi in F) to lift sixth WTA singles title, Hsieh/Strycova in F) and Roland Garros (d.
then teamed up w/Sabalenka at Australian Open Guarachi/Krawczyk in F)
to claim second Grand Slam doubles title (d. Ended 2019 season strongly with SF
Krejcikova/Siniakova in F) appearances in Moscow (l. eventual champion
Won the most matches on Tour in 2020, going Bencic) and Zhengzhou (l. Martic) and QF in Linz
34-13 across the season (l. Alexandrova)
Reached two finals last year, finishing as R-Up Notched five Top 10 wins in 2019 with two wins
at both Prague (l. Halep) and Linz (l. Sabalenka) vs. reigning World No.1 (d. Osaka in Dubai; Barty
Earned her milestone 200th career main draw in Fed Cup Final); win over World No.1 Barty
win with victory over Kalinina in 1r at Linz helped France take home their first Fed Cup
Won 10th career doubles title at Ostrava title since 2003
(w/Sabalenka) Enjoyed another strong doubles year in 2019,
Loss to Watson at 2020 Hobart, at 3h 33m, was with titles at Istanbul and Roland Garros (both
the longest match of the year w/Babos) boosting her to World No.1 for the first
Singles highlights in 2019 were winning biggest time in career
title of career at Doha (d. No.3 Halep in final) Also w/Babos, defended title at year-end WTA
and advancing to QF at US Open for the first Finals and finished R-Up at Australian Open to
time (l. eventual champion Andreescu in 3s) end the year at No.2
Enjoyed standout season in doubles in 2019 – Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018
won maiden major doubles title at US Open Australian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina
w/Sabalenka (d. Azarenka/Barty in F). Also in F), third at 2019 Roland Garros (w/Babos, d.
Completed ‘Sunshine Double’ in doubles Duan/S.Zheng in F) and fourth at 2020
(w/Sabalenka), lifting the back-to-back titles at Australian Open (w/ Babos, d. Hsieh/Strycova in
Indian Wells (d. Krejcikova/Siniakova) and Miami F)
(d. Stosur/Zhang), and qualified for Shiseido Won only career singles title to date at 2017 St.
WTA Finals Shenzhen (went 1-2 in RR) Petersburg (d. Putintseva) in eight final
Won three singles titles in 2018 (Hobart, Rabat appearances – made final in 2018 as defending
and Lugano), one of six players on tour with champion (l. Kvitova)
three or more titles to their name that year - Reached biggest final of career at Premier
also Kvitova (5), Svitolina (4), Bertens (3), Halep Mandatory level Madrid in 2017 (l. Halep)
(3) and Wozniacki (3) Finished 2017 season at No.11 for highest year-
Also in 2018, advanced to first Grand Slam SF of end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into
career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual Top 10 on October 23, 2017
champion Wozniacki) In doubles, won first Grand Slam title at 2016
Finished 2018 with 46 main draw match wins Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d.
across the campaign – only Ka.Pliskova (49) and Makarova/Vesnina in F) – were first French pair
Kvitova (47) registered more. By contrast, prior to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since
to 2018 season owned only 36 wins at this level Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in 1971
across entire career Career best singles result at Grand Slam is QF
In doubles in 2018, won four titles and reached at 2015 US Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland
QF at WTA Finals (w/Schuurs) Garros (l. Bacsinszky)
Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in Won mixed doubles at 2013 Wimbledon and
2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish. 2014 Australian Open, and finished R-Up at 2013
Season highlighted by first career singles title at Roland Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all
Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) w/Nestor)
Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and
Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing Top 50 on March 18, 2013
Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s- Played first WTA main draw matches in 2009
Hertogenbosch – made QF (as qualifier, l. and first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at
Mladenovic) 2008 Paris [Indoors]
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Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at
2016 Auckland (w/Mestach)
Played first tour-level event of career at 2015
Antwerp (fell in qualifying)
Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in
Belgium in 2010; owns 11 singles and 14 doubles
titles on ITF Circuit
Other Information
Currently coached by Robbie Ceyssens, formerly Currently without a coach
worked with Dieter Kindlmann Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player);
Previously trained under Belgian Federation until father is Dragan (was a pro handball player);
early teens, also spent a year at the brother is Luka (soccer player)
Mouratoglou Academy in Paris Started playing at age 8 when introduced to
Mother is Liliane Barbe (teaches languages and sport by parents
history); father is Guido Mertens (makes Favorite surface is grass
furniture for churches). Began playing tennis at Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian, Spanish
age 4, introduced to game by older sister and a bit of Russian
Lauren, an airline pilot with KLM Also enjoys volleyball and beach volleyball
First tennis memory is watching Kim Clijsters
playing live
Was home schooled, enjoyed studying
languages; speaks English, Dutch/Flemish and
French
Loves animals and has lots of pets at home
In 2021, launched a charitable initiative to
support the Virunga National Park's efforts to
save the gorilla population in the Democratic
Republic of Congo. During 2021 season she will
be wearing a Virunga Ranger necklace and
sporting a badge on her bag to help raise
awareness
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108 Claire Elena
Liu Rybakina 20
UNITED STATES KAZAKHSTAN
2000-05-25 Date of Birth 1999-06-17
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA Residence Moscow, Russia
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
5' 7" (1.70 m) Height 6' 0'' (1.84m)
106 Career-High Ranking 17
$706,212 Career Prize Money $2,310,368
$195,099 Season Prize Money $841,248
0/0 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0/2
3-5 (Round of 64: 2021 WIMBLEDON; Grand Slam W-L (best) 12-8 (Quarter-Finalist: 2021 ROLAND-
2018 US OPEN, WIMBLEDON) GARROS)
1-0 / 1-2 (Round of 32: 2018, 2017) YTD / Career SAN JOSE W-L 0-0 / 0-0
(best)
3-2 / 8-12 YTD / Career W-L 18-12 / 75-37
1-0 / 4-8 YTD / Career Hard W-L 6-6 / 42-21
3-0 / 7-4 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 4-6 / 21-16
0-0 / 3-4 YTD / Career TB W-L 4-5 / 20-15
0-1 / 0-5 YTD / Career TOP 20 W-L 2-4 / 8-11
Second round: WIMBLEDON, SAN YTD Best Result Semi-Finalist: OLYMPICS,
JOSE EASTBOURNE
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Liu Rybakina
Head To Head Record
YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME
2021 WIMBLEDON GRASS 2r Elena Rybakina 6-4 6-4 1h 20m
Ranking History
TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END
106 - 2021 19 -
217 222 2020 17 19
137 333 2019 37 37
138 138 2018 182 191
249 263 2017 420 425
498 670 2016 612 616
536 566 2015 - -
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Claire Elena
Liu Rybakina
Tournament History
CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT
1r: d. D. YASTREMSKA (#46) 6-3 4-6 6-4 (2h 19m) 1r: BYE
Total time on court: 2h 19m
PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES
Making third appearance at San Jose where she Making debut appearance at San Jose
has fallen 1r on previous two appearances Faces No.108 Claire Liu in 2r today; won nine of
In 1r, upset No.46 Yastremska to register the her 10 service games to edge out Liu in their 2r
first Top-50 win of her career encounter one month ago at Wimbledon
Faces No.20 Elena Rybakina in 2r today; bidding Has lost twice to players ranked outside Top 100
to reach maiden WTA QF this season, against No.430 Carle (Billie Jean
Has reached four ITF Circuit finals on clay, most King Cup) and No.118 McNally (Charleston)
recently finishing R-Up at $25k Newport Beach- Owns 7-3 career record against players from
CA, USA in March United States of America in main draw matches,
Only WC to reach 2r. Best recent result by a while is 4-1 this season (d. S.Williams at Roland
wildcard at the tournament was V.Williams' QF Garros, Rogers at Berlin, Liu and Rogers at
run in 2018, while the last to lift the title was Wimbledon; l. McNally at Charleston)
Azarenka in 2010 Owns one hard-court title, at 2020 Hobart
One of five players from United States to reach One of two players from Kazakhstan to reach 2r
2r from 10 in the starting field (also Putintseva)
An American has won the title here on 24 During last year's American hard court swing,
occasions, most recently Keys in 2017 fell 1r at Western & Southern Open and 2r at US
During last year's American hard-court season, Open
fell in qualifying at Lexington and in 1r at US Has won 15 of her past 20 matches on Tour
Open
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Liu Rybakina
Recent Tournament History
2018 Result Rank: 154 Seed: - Making her tournament debut
1r L H. WATSON (#133) 6-4 3-6 6-4
2017 Result Rank: 295 Seed: -
1r L N. GIBBS (#128) 4-6 6-2 7-6(5)
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Liu Rybakina
Season 2021 History
Advanced to QF at WTA 125K Series event in Advanced to SF at the Olympics (l. Bencic)
Bastad. Rose to career-high ranking of No.106 on Began grass court season with 2r showing at
July 19 Berlin (l. Muguruza), then reached SF at
On grass, contested qualifying at Berlin and Eastbourne (l. Ostapenko) and R16 at
then made 2r at Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Wimbledon (l. Sabalenka)
Rybakina) At Roland Garros, advanced to maiden major QF
Fell in qualifying at Roland Garros and then (l. Pavluyuchenova); upset No.8 S.Williams in R16
made QF at WTA 125K Series event in Bol Suffered 2r exit at Madrid (l. Mertens)
On ITF Circuit, won back-to-back titles on clay, Retired w/GI illness midway through 1r match
at $60k Charlottesville, VA-USA and $100k against McNally at Charleston
Charleston, CA-USA Produced 3r showing at Miami (l. Sorribes
Suffered qualifying exit at Miami and then made Tormo)
2r at MUSC Health Women's Open (as qualifier, l. Suffered 1r exit at Doha (l. Siegemund)
Rogers) Advanced to QF in opening tournament of the
Returned to Top 200 following a good sequence season, at Abu Dhabi (l. eventual champion
of results on ITF Circuit in February and March, Sabalenka in 3s - only player to take a set off
first reaching SF at $25k Orlando, FL-USA, then the Belarusian), before falling 1r at Grampians
posting back-to-back R-Up finishes on at $25k Trophy (l. Krejcikova) and 2r at Australian Open
Boca Raton, FL-USA (l. Lepchenko) and $25k (l. Ferro)
Newport Beach, CA-USA (l. Lao)
Opened season with 1r defeat at $25k ITF/Rome,
GA-USA, then contested qualifying for
Australian Open
VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK
41 80 Aces 168 8
62% 165 First serve % 57% 248
62% 120 First Serve points won % 70% 15
45% 124 Second serve points won % 47% 76
56% 113 Overall service points won % 60% 16
63% 124 Service games won % 71% 28
55% 102 Break points saved % 54% 105
41% 38 First serve return points won % 36% 149
56% 98 Second serve return points won % 52% 196
47% 120 Break points converted % 43% 189
42% 41 Return games won % 32% 164
46% 45 Return points won % 42% 165
Best win by ranking: No.46 vs Yastremska in Best win by ranking: No.5 vs Svitolina in
SAN JOSE 1r EASTBOURNE 2r
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Titles & Grand Slams
SINGLES FINALS
Champion (2)
2020 - HOBART
2019 - BUCHAREST
Runner-Up (5)
2020 - STRASBOURG, DUBAI, ST. PETERSBURG,
SHENZHEN
2019 - NANCHANG
AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND
WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN
OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS
2r 2021 2r QF 4r
1r 2020 3r 2r 2r
2019 1r 1r
2r 2r 2018
1r 2017
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Liu Rybakina
Career Milestones
At WTA-level in 2020, fell 1r at US Open (as WC, Opened 2020 season by reaching the
l. Sorribes Tormo) and in qualifying at Lexington. championship match at four of her first five
On ITF Circuit, was a R-Up twice, including at tournaments, including a title run at Hobart (d.
$100k ITF/Nicholasville, KY-USA (l. Govortsova) Zhang in F)
Slipped down the rankings in 2019, ending at Made first final appearance at a Premier-level
No.333 after posting 23-23 record (at all levels) tournament with R-Up finish at St. Petersburg
Fell in WTA qualifying seven times (including (l. Bertens); was rewarded with Top 20 debut at
Australian Open, Roland Garros and No.19 following run in Russia (February 17, 2020)
Wimbledon), while on ITF Circuit won third - First win over a Top-5 ranked opponent came
and most recent - title at $25k ITF/Florence-SC, over No.3 Ka.Pliskova during R-Up finish at 2020
USA Dubai
Reached 2r five times in 2018, at Wimbledon (as Won back-to-back Slam matches for the first
qualifier, l. eventual champion Kerber in 3s), US time during 3r showing at 2020 Australian Open
Open (as WC, l. Sevastova), Miami (as WC, d. (l. Barty)
Osuigwe for first main draw win, l. Barty), Won maiden WTA singles title at 2019 Bucharest
Charleston (as qualifier, l. Begu) and Bucharest (d. Tig in F), breaking into Top 100 for the first
(as qualifier, l. eventual R-Up Martic) time in the following week’s rankings at No.65
Win over No.69 Linette in 1r at 2018 Charleston (July 22, 2019)
was first over a Top 100 player Also in 2019, went on to make Top 50 debut on
Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2017 US September 16, 2019, after reaching second
Open (as qualifier, l. Duan) career final at Nanchang (l. Peterson), produced
Also in 2017 fell 1r at Stanford (l. Gibbs) and in SF appearances at Luxembourg and ‘s-
qualifying at Indian Wells and Québec City. Hertogenbosch, and made Grand Slam main
Lifted second and third ITF Circuit titles, at draw debut at 2019 Roland Garros, falling 1r (as
$25k ITF/Naples, FL-USA (as qualifier, d. Collins qualifier, l. Siniakova)
in F) and $25k ITF/Caserta-ITA (d. Badosa Gibert Finished 2019 campaign with 57-21 win-loss
in F) record (across all levels) to end season at No.37,
Fell in qualifying at 2015 US Open and 2016 up from 2018’s final ranking of No.191. On the ITF
Miami Circuit in 2019, lifted silverware on three
Won first of her six ITF Circuit titles at $10k occasions: back-to-back at $25k Moscow-RUS
ITF/Orlando, FL-USA in 2015 and $25k Kazan-RUS, and at $60k
Played first matches on ITF Circuit in 2014, ITF/Launceston-AUS
qualifying at $25k ITF/Florence (lost 1r) Highlights of 2018 included reaching maiden
In juniors, won the Wimbledon girls’ singles in WTA QF at St. Petersburg (l. Goerges) and
2017, becoming the first American girl to win the clinching title at $15k ITF/Kazan-RUS
event since Chanda Rubin in 1992. With this First Top 10 win came over No.7 Garcia at 2018
success, rose to No.1 in the ITF girls' junior St. Petersburg
rankings Made WTA qualifying and main draw debut at
Also won Wimbledon girls’ doubles in 2016 2017 Moscow (as qualifier, l. Begu in 1r)
w/Arconada. At 2017 Roland Garros lost to Professional debut came at $10k ITF/Antalya-
Osuigwe in singles final TUR in 2014
Other Information
Coached by Chris Tontz Coached by Stefano Vukov
Born and still resides in Thousand Oaks, Trained at Spartak Club in Moscow as a junior;
California previous coaches included Andrei Cheshnokov
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36 Danielle Sloane
Collins (7) Stephens 67
UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
1993-12-13 Date of Birth 1993-03-20
St. Petersburg, FL, USA Residence Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Right-handed Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
5' 10" (1.78 m) Height 5' 7" (1.70 m)
23 Career-High Ranking 3
$3,394,269 Career Prize Money $16,067,219
$441,173 Season Prize Money $508,114
1/1 Singles Titles YTD / Career 0/6
18-15 (Semi-Finalist: 2019 Grand Slam W-L (best) 75-36 (Champion: 2017 US OPEN)
AUSTRALIAN OPEN)
1-0 / 5-2 (Semi-Finalist: 2018) YTD / Career SAN JOSE W-L 1-0 / 1-1 (Round of 32: 2012)
(best)
18-9 / 69-53 YTD / Career W-L 14-11 / 232-168
11-5 / 49-40 YTD / Career Hard W-L 2-5 / 142-108
4-3 / 26-20 YTD / Career 3-Set W-L 3-4 / 74-57
4-2 / 15-12 YTD / Career TB W-L 2-2 / 60-32
Champion: PALERMO YTD Best Result Semi-Finalist: PARMA
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Collins Stephens
Head To Head Record
YEAR TOURNAMENT SURFACE ROUND WINNER SCORE/ RESULT TIME
First career meeting
Ranking History
TOP RANK YEAR-END YEAR TOP RANK YEAR-END
36 - 2021 39 -
25 45 2020 24 39
23 31 2019 3 25
35 36 2018 3 6
153 167 2017 13 13
299 299 2016 20 36
903 - 2015 28 30
950 950 2014 12 37
- - 2013 11 12
553 - 2012 36 38
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2021-08-02 - 2021-08-08 | $ 565,530
Danielle Sloane
Collins Stephens
Tournament History
CURRENT TOURNAMENT CURRENT TOURNAMENT
1r: d. S. ROGERS (#43) 6-4 6-3 (1h 25m) 1r: d. C. MCNALLY (#134) 6-4 6-2 (1h 28m)
Total time on court: 1h 25m Total time on court: 1h 28m
PLAYER NOTES PLAYER NOTES
Making third appearance at San Jose, where she Making second appearance at Mubadala Silicon
made SF in 2018 (l. Sakkari) Valley Classic; fell 1r in 2012, when they event
Has beaten Shelby Rogers so far this week to was held in Stanford (l. Watson)
extend her winning streak to six matches - her Recovered from 4-0 down in the first set to
longest since coming through qualifying to beat McNally in 1r
reach SF at 2018 Miami Faces No.36 Danielle Collins in 2r today; owns
Faces No.67 Sloane Stephens in 2r today; owns 103 wins in career over Top-50 players, including
2-2 record against fellow Americans this season five this season
(d. Rogers at San Jose and Lepchenko at Phillip Record against fellow Americans this season
Island Trophy; l. S.Williams at Yarra Valley stands at 4-2 (d. McNally at San Jose, Ahn at
Classic and Roland Garros) Wimbledon, McNally at Parma and Keys at
Has reached five WTA SF on hard courts, Charleston; l. Keys at Rome and Anisimova at
including at 2019 Australian Open Miami)
One of five players from United States in the 2r Win-loss record against seeded opponents this
from 10 in the starting field year is 5-4
An American has won the title here on 24 Three of her six career titles have come at
occasions, most recently Keys in 2017 American hard-court tournaments: 2015
During last year's American hard court season, Washington DC, 2017 US Open, 2018 Miami
fell 1r at Western & Southern Open and US Open During last year’s summer hard-court season,
fell 1r at Lexington and Western & Southern
Open before reaching 3r at US Open
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Collins Stephens
Recent Tournament History
2019 Result Rank: 33 Seed: 8 2012 Result Rank: 49 Seed: -
2r L S. ZHENG (#55) 6-2 6-0 1r L H. WATSON (#79) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1
1r W S. ZHANG (#36) 6-4 5-7 6-2
2018 Result Rank: 42 Seed: -
SF L M. SAKKARI (#49) 3-6 7-5 6-2
QF W V. AZARENKA (#108) 6-7(4) 3-0
2r W V. LAPKO (#69) 6-1 3-6 6-1
1r W D. LAO (#234) 7-6(2) 6-3
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Danielle Sloane
Collins Stephens
Season 2021 History
Produced QF showing at Hamburg (l. eventual Reached 3r at Wimbledon (d. No.10 Kvitova in 1r,
champion Ruse), then made SF at Budapest (l. l. Samsonova)
Kalinina via ret. w/right elbow injury) and lifted Produced SF showing at Parma (l. Q.Wang) - her
maiden WTA title at Palermo (d. Ruse in F) deepest run since 2019 Madrid - then reached
Made 2r at Wimbledon (l. Golubic) R16 at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion
On return, advanced to 3r at Roland Garros (l. Krejcikova)
S.Williams) Fell 2r at Madrid (l. Jabeur) and 1r at Rome (as
Withdrew from Charleston to undergo surgery LL, L. Keys)
for endometriosis At Charleston, advanced to her first QF in nearly
Fell 2r at Miami (l. Kudermetova) two years (l. Kudermetova)
Advanced to SF at Phillip Island Trophy (l. Reached 2r at Miami (l. Anisimova); recovered
eventual champion Kasatkina) and made QF at from dropping first set to defeat Dodin in 1r –
Adelaide (l. eventual champion Swiatek via ret. her first win of the season
w/back injury) Made 1r exit as No.1 seed in Monterrey (l. LL
Produced QF showing at the Yarra Valley Classic Kucova)
(l. No.11 S.Williams in a third-set super tiebreak) Started 2021 season going 0-3 in Australian
and 2r exit at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) swing falling 1r at Grampians Trophy (l.
Fernandez), Australian Open (l. Putintseva) and
Phillip Island Trophy (l. Gracheva)
VALUE WTA RANK MATCH STATS VALUE WTA RANK
107 21 Aces 31 101
55% 274 First serve % 69% 53
68% 29 First Serve points won % 58% 212
47% 77 Second serve points won % 44% 144
59% 30 Overall service points won % 54% 166
65% 94 Service games won % 60% 153
50% 180 Break points saved % 56% 72
37% 117 First serve return points won % 40% 58
60% 29 Second serve return points won % 53% 175
51% 55 Break points converted % 45% 140
41% 51 Return games won % 40% 54
46% 52 Return points won % 45% 75
Best win by ranking: No.1 vs Barty in ADELAIDE Best win by ranking: No.10 vs Pliskova in
500 2r ROLAND-GARROS 2r
Longest match: 2h 34m vs Lepchenko in Longest match: 2h 31m vs Dodin in MIAMI 1r
MELBOURNE 250 2r Shortest match: 57m vs Gracheva in
Shortest match: 1h 3m vs Golubic in MELBOURNE 250 1r
WIMBLEDON 2r
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Shortest match: 1h 3m vs Kalinina in ROLAND-
GARROS 2r
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Collins Stephens
Titles & Grand Slams
SINGLES FINALS SINGLES FINALS
Champion (1) Champion (6)
2021 - PALERMO 2018 - MIAMI
2017 - US OPEN
2016 - CHARLESTON, ACAPULCO, AUCKLAND
2015 - WASHINGTON DC
Runner-Up (3)
2018 - WTA FINALS, MONTREAL, ROLAND GARROS
DOUBLES FINALS
Runner-Up (1)
2017 - WASHINGTON DC (w/Bouchard)
AUSTRALIAN ROLAND AUSTRALIAN ROLAND
WIMBLEDON US OPEN WIMBLEDON US OPEN
OPEN GARROS OPEN GARROS
2r 3r 2r 2021 1r 4r 3r
2r QF 1r 2020 1r 2r 3r
SF 2r 3r 2r 2019 4r QF 3r 1r
1r 1r 1r 2018 1r RUP 1r QF
2017 1r WON
1r 2016 1r 3r 3r
2015 1r 4r 3r 1r
1r 2014 4r 4r 1r 2r
2013 SF 4r QF 4r
2012 2r 4r 3r 3r
2011 1r 3r
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Collins Stephens
Career Milestones
Made QF at 2020 Roland Garros for first time Best result of disrupted 2020 campaign was 3r
upsetting No.15 Muguruza and No.35 Jabeur en appearance at US Open (l. S.Williams in 3s)
route (l. eventual R-Up Kenin) Finished 2019 season ranked No.25; season was
Began 2020 with SF at Adelaide (l. eventual highlighted by SF at Madrid (l. eventual
champion Barty) and QF at Brisbane (l. Keys) – champion Bertens) and QF at Roland Garros (l.
scored third and fourth career Top 10 wins over Konta)
No.5 Svitolina (Brisbane) and No.7 Bencic In 2018 posted best year-end finish of career to
(Adelaide) date, at No.6; reached career-high No.3 ranking
Produced Grand Slam breakthrough at 2019 on July 16, 2018
Australian Open, advancing to SF (l. Kvitova); Season highlights in 2018 included capturing
had never won a major match in five previous first Premier Mandatory title at Miami –
Grand Slam appearances subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9. Also
Scored first Top 5 win of her career against No.2 reached her second Grand Slam final, at Roland
Kerber in R16 at 2019 Australian Open Garros and posted R-Up finishes at Montréal
Rose to career-high No.23 following Melbourne and WTA Finals
run (January 28, 2019) Won her maiden Grand Slam title at 2017 US
Posted five Top 20 wins in 2019, over No.13 Open, d. Keys 6-3 6-0 to become the fifth
Goerges, No.19 Garcia and No.2 Kerber (all at unseeded player to win a major in the Open Era
Australian Open), No.12 Wozniacki (Rome) and Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year.
No.12 Sevastova (Wimbledon) Returned to action ranked No.957 at Wimbledon
Season highlight in 2018 was at Miami where after 11 months on sidelines w/foot injury (had
she became first qualifier to reach SF (l. surgery in the January) and rose to No.12
Ostapenko), scoring first Top 10 win over No.8 following her US Open triumph two months
V.Williams en route. Earned USD$327,965 by later
reaching the last four in Miami, more than After 1r loss at 2017 Washington DC, went 15-2
doubling her career earnings at the time through US Open title run, including back-to-
Posted first tour-level wins during R16 run at back SF at Toronto and Cincinnati
2018 Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro), including Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco
first Top 50 win over No.15 Keys in 2r and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden
Won first title at WTA125K event in Newport singles title in first final contested at 2015
Beach in 2018 (d. Zhuk in F) Washington, DC
Fell 1r at WTA main draw debut at 2014 US Open Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013
(l. Halep) At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top
Owns four singles titles on ITF Circuit 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore
Part of US Billie Jean King Cup team in 2019 season, reached No.38 and was the youngest
Played collegiate tennis at the University of player, and the only teenager, in the year-end
Virginia (transferred from the University of Top 50 in 2012
Florida after her freshman year) winning the
NCAA singles title twice in 2014 and 2016
Other Information
Currently without a full time coach, formerly Currently without a full-time coach. Formerly
with Jay Gooding and Chip Brooks worked with Kamau Murray, Thomas Högstedt
Played collegiate tennis at the University of and Nick Saviano
Virginia (transferred from the University of Mother is Sybil Smith, a collegiate swimmer;
Florida after her freshman year) winning the brother is Shawn Farrell
NCAA singles title twice in 2014 and 2016 Favorite surface is clay
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