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LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN | JULY 1 - 14, 2019 | £ 35,968,000 GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT

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WIMBLEDON - FINAL MATCH-UP[11] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) vs. [7] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7)

Williams leads 9-1 Williams won their most recent encounter in a tight third set at this year’s Australian Open... Halep is the

first Romanian woman to reach a Wimbledon final... Williams bidding for record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title... Halep's win over No.8 Svitolina in SF was only her second over a Top 10 player at SW19

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTSPLAYER WIM W/L YTD W/L C A R E E R

W/LYTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ Y T D

TITLESCAREER TITLES

[7] Simona Halep 23-8 35-10 485-207 2,033,766 30,187,343 0 18

[11] Serena Williams 98-11 15-3 816-139 623,533 88,856,834 0 72

FINAL RECORDSPLAYER BEST WIMBLEDON RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L*

[7] Simona Halep Final (1): 2019; SF (1): 2014 2019 Madrid (R-Up) 18-17

[11] Serena Williams WON (7): 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16 2018 US Open (R-Up) 71-22

* not including walkovers

CAREER GRAND SLAM RECORDS – BY ROUND REACHEDPLAYER R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF FINAL** WON TOTAL**

[7] Simona Halep 12 6 3 3 6 2 4 1 37

[11] Serena Williams 1 2 9 9 14 5 9 23 72

** including 2019 Wimbledon

YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE

2014 [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE) [13] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN) 6-3 6-0

2015 [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) [20] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP) 6-4 6-4

2016 [1] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) [4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) 7-5 6-3

2017 [14] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP) [10] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) 7-5 6-0

2018 [11] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER) [25] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) 6-3 6-3

RECENT WIMBLEDON FINALS

WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

BY THE NUMBERS

90,000,000By reaching the final, Serena Williams' career prize mon-ey will move past $90 million. She is the only woman in

history to earn over $50 million

11,781Simona Halep has run a combined total of 11,781 metres

in her six matches this fortnight. By contrast, Serena Williams has covered 7,249 metres

200The two sets won by Serena Williams in her semifinal triumph over Barbora Strycova took her all-time total at

the Championships to 200. The second-most sets won by any woman in the tournament’s history, behind Martina

Navratilova (249) and level with Chris Evert

122Serena Williams has hit the fastest serve of the tour-

nament so far, clocking 122mph in her first-round match against Giulia Gatto-Monticone. Simona Halep's fastest of the fortnight was 110mph against Mihaela Buzarnescu

in the second round

75Serena Williams has finished 75% of her points in four

shots or fewer

51Simona Halep has won 51% of her return games across the first five rounds – the fourth highest percentage of the tournament - while Serena Williams ranks 15th with 43%

24Serena Williams is looking to equal Margaret Court's all-

time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles

7It is seven years since the last three-set women's final at Wimbledon, when No.6 seed Serena Williams beat

Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-1 5-7 6-2

0Neither finalist has won a title this year. The most recent silverware lifted by either came during Simona Halep's

triumph at Montréal 11 months ago

ON THIS DAY: JULY 13Venus Williams ended home hopes at 2017 Wimbledon with a 6-4 6-2 victory over Johanna Konta. The result set up a final showdown against 2015 runner-up Garbiñe Mu-guruza, a comfortable winner over Magdalena Rybariko-va in the other semifinal.

By reaching the final, 37-year-old Williams became the second oldest woman in the Open Era to reach a Wim-bledon final (after Martina Navratilova in 1994).

Serena Williams owns the most grass court match wins (107) and titles (eight) of any active player.

CAREER GRASS COURT RECORDSPLAYER WON LOST BEST RESULTS

SERENA WILLIAMS 107 13WON: WIMBLEDON (2002-03,

2009-10, 2012, 2015-16), OLYMPICS (2012)

SIMONA HALEP 35 15 WON: ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH (2013)

CLASS ON GRASS

Simona Halep is the first Romanian woman to reach a Wimbledon final. The only other Romanian to go this deep into the draw at the All England Club was Ilie Nastase who twice finished runner-up here, in 1972 and 1976.

PATRIOT GAMES

1Since the start of 2015, Serena Williams has amassed a 26-1 record on grass, with her sole defeat coming to Angelique

Kerber in last year's Wimbledon final

WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATIONMATCH NOTES

RANKING MOVERS

FIRST TIME’S A CHARM

AGE IS JUST A NUMBERSerena Williams has struck a tournament-leading 45 aces en route to the final, while Simona Halep has hit only nine.

2019 WIMBLEDON ACES LEADERBOARDPLAYER ACES

SERENA WILLIAMS 45

KAROLINA PLISKOVA 36

KAROLINA MUCHOVA 29

JOHANNA KONTA 28

While Halep trails the American in the ace count, her re-turn game has been as potent as ever. The Romanian has broken serve 31 times, winning 53% of her return games. Among the other players to capture more than half of their games on return at this year's Wimbledon, Lauren Davis is the only other to win more than one match:

2019 WIMBLEDON RETURN GAMES WONPLAYER % RETURN. GAMES WON

LAUREN DAVIS 60

ANGELIQUE KERBER 57

MIHAELA BUZARNESCU 57

SIMONA HALEP 53

EUGENIE BOUCHARD 50

JESSICA PEGULA 50

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA 50

At 37 years and 291 days at the end of the tournament, Serena Williams is the oldest Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era:

OPEN ERA: OLDEST GRAND SLAM FINALISTS

PLAYER AGE GRAND SLAM RESULT

SERENA WILLIAMS 37 yrs 291 d 2019 WIMBLEDON ???

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 37 yrs, 258 d 1994 WIMBLEDON R-Up

VENUS WILLIAMS 37 yrs, 29 d 2017 WIMBLEDON R-Up

SERENA WILLIAMS 36 yrs, 349 d 2018 US OPEN R-Up

SERENA WILLIAMS 37 yrs, 291 d 2018 WIMBLEDON R-Up

VENUS WILLIAMS 36 yrs, 226 d 2017 AUS OPEN R-Up

SERENA WILLIAMS 35 yrs, 125 d 2017 AUS OPEN WON

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 34 yrs, 325 d 1991 US OPEN R-Up

Williams appeared in her first Wimbledon final back in 2002, making this the longest gap between first and most recent finals in the tournament's history.

By reaching the final, Simona Halep will jump to No.4 in Monday’s new rankings.

Serena Williams, meanwhile is projected to move to No.9 and could go to No.8 if she lifts the title.

SERVE & RETURN

On Saturday, Simona Halep bids to become just the 12th woman in the Open Era to win the Wimbledon title on their debut final appearance:

OPEN ERA: WIMBLEDON FINAL DEBUT WINS

PLAYER YEAR OPPONENT SCORE

PETRA KVITOVA 2011 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3 6-4

AMELIE MAURESMO 2006 JUSTINE HENIN 2-6 6-3 6-4

MARIA SHARAPOVA 2004 SERENA WILLIAMS 6-1 6-4

SERENA WILLIAMS 2002 VENUS WILLIAMS 7-6(4) 6-3

VENUS WILLIAMS 2000 LINDSAY DAVENPORT 6-3 7-6(3)

LINDSAY DAVENPORT 1999 STEFANIE GRAF 6-4 7-5

MARTINA HINGIS 1997 JANA NOVOTNA 2-6 6-3 6-3

CONCHITA MARTINEZ 1994 MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 6-4 3-6 6-3

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 1978 CHRIS EVERT 2-6 6-4 7-5

VIRGINIA WADE 1977 BETTY STOVE 4-6 6-3 6-1

EVONNE GOOLAGONG 1971 MARGARET COURT 6-4 6-1

75Simona Halep has made just

75 unforced errors (not includ-ing double faults) in her six

matches, the fewest commit-ted by a finalist since 2016

when Angelique Kerber struck just 66

ELITE COMPANYSimona Halep is bidding to become just the 10th active player to win multiple majors, joining Serena Williams (23), Venus Williams (seven), Maria Sharapova (five), Angelique Kerber (three), Victoria Azarenka, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Petra Kvitova, Garbiñe Muguruza and Nao-mi Osaka (two each).

WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN | Jul 01 - Jul 14, 2019 | $22,876,979 | GRAND SLAM MATCH NOTES

[11] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10) vs. [7] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7)

Head to Head: SERENA WILLIAMS leads 9-1

2019 HARD O R16 SERENA WILLIAMS 107 mins6-1 4-6 6-4 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016 HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 134 mins6-2 4-6 6-3 US OPEN 2016 HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 69 mins6-4 6-3 INDIAN WELLS 2015 HARD O F SERENA WILLIAMS 99 mins6-3 7-6(5) CINCINNATI 2015 HARD O SF SERENA WILLIAMS 128 mins6-2 4-6 7-5 MIAMI 2015 HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP W/O INDIAN WELLS 2014 HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 65 mins6-0 6-2 WTA FINALS 2014 HARD I F SERENA WILLIAMS 69 mins6-3 6-0 WTA FINALS 2013 HARD O QF SERENA WILLIAMS 65 mins6-0 6-4 CINCINNATI 2013 CLAY O SF SERENA WILLIAMS 66 mins6-3 6-0 ROME 2011 GRASS O R2 SERENA WILLIAMS 107 mins3-6 6-2 6-1 WIMBLEDON

SERENA WILLIAMS

10 42

26-09-1981 (37) $623,533

$88,856,834 0 / 72 0 / 23

15-3 / 807-135 5-1 / 159-60 0-0 / 107-52

0 / 18 0 / 1 23-8

35-10 / 362-161 11-5 / 106-54

6-4 / 45-54

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

WIMBLEDON W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *

98-11

8-1 / 35-15 6-0 / 107-13

2-2 / 302-96 1-1 / 173-71

0-0 / 68-13 7-5 / 97-72 4-3 / 37-47

2-3 / 35-14

SIMONA HALEP

7 7

27-09-1991 (27) $2,041,764 $30,187,343

* Updated entering 2019 Wimbledon final

ROAD TO THE FINAL

[11] SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #10)

SF: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #54) 6-1,6-2 (0h59) QF: d. ALISON RISKE (USA #55) 6-4,4-6,6-3 (2h02) R16: d. [30] CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #31) 6-2,6-2 (1h04) R32: d. [18] JULIA GOERGES (GER #17) 6-3,6-4 (1h12) R64: d. [Q] KAJA JUVAN (SLO #133) 2-6 6-2,6-4 (1h34)

R128: d. [Q] GIULIA GATTO-MONTICONE (ITA #161) 6-2,7-5 (1h20)

[7] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #7)

SF: d. [8] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #8) 6-1,6-3 (1h13) QF: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #50) 7-6(4),6-1 (1h27) R16: d. [Q] CORI GAUFF (USA #313) 6-3,6-3 (1h15) R32: d. VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #40) 6-3,6-1 (1h06) R64: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #53) 6-3,4-6,6-2 (1h52)

R128: d. ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH (BLR #36) 6-4,7-5 (1h41)

vs.

Total games: 119 Won/lost: 78-41 Sets won/lost: 12-1 Total time on court: 8h34 Average time on court: 1h26 Average rank of opponent: 83

Total games: 125 Won/lost: 79-46 Sets won/lost: 12-2 Total time on court: 8h11 Average time on court: 1h22 Average rank of opponent: 75

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WIMBLEDON - GREAT BRITAIN | Jul 01 - Jul 14, 2019 | $22,876,979 | GRAND SLAM MATCH NOTES

SERENA WILLIAMS

2018

F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #10) 6-3 6-3

2016

F W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) 7-5 6-3

2015

F W - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #20) 6-4 6-4

2014

R3 L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #24) 1-6 6-3 6-4

2013

R16 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-2 1-6 6-4

2012

F W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #3) 6-1 5-7 6-2

2011

R16 L - MARION BARTOLI (FRA #9) 6-3 7-6(6)

2010

F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #21) 6-3 6-2

2009

F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #3) 7-6(3) 6-2

2008

F L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #7) 7-5 6-4

2007

QF L - JUSTINE HENIN (BEL #1) 6-4 3-6 6-3

2005

R3 L - JILL CRAYBAS (USA #85) 6-3 7-6(4)

2004

F L - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #15) 6-1 6-4

2003

F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #4) 4-6 6-4 6-2

2002

F W - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #1) 7-6(4) 6-3

2001

QF L - JENNIFER CAPRIATI (USA #4) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-3

2000

SF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #5) 6-2 7-6(3)

1998

R3 L - VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (ESP #47) 7-5 4-1

SIMONA HALEP

2018

R3 3-6 6-4 7-5 L - SU-WEI HSIEH (TPE #48)

2017

QF 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7)

2016

QF 7-5 7-6(2) L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4)

2015

R1 5-7 6-4 6-3 L - JANA CEPELOVA (SVK #106)

2014

SF 7-6(5) 6-2 L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #13)

2013

R2 6-2 1-6 6-0 L - NA LI (CHN #6)

2012

R1 3-6 6-1 6-2 L - ANABEL MEDINA GARRIGUES (ESP #28)

2011

R2 3-6 6-2 6-1 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #25)

2010

R2* 6-4 6-1 L - ANASTASIYA YAKIMOVA (BLR #142)

WIMBLEDON Tournament History * Qualifying match

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VSSERENAWILLIAMS

SIMONA HALEP

WIMBLEDON• Making ninth main draw appearance at Wimbledon

(10th overall). Previous best result here was reach-ing SF in 2014 (l. Bouchard)

• Recovered from injuring her left ankle in opening set of 1r match against Sasnovich

• Defeated compatriot Buzarnescu in 2r – the first time she had played a fellow Romanian at a major

• Dispatched fellow former No.1 Azarenka in straight sets in 3r, committing just nine unforced errors

• Ended the run of 15-year-old Gauff in R16 - has reached at least QF at four of last seven majors

• Produced another tidy display to see off Zhang Shuai in QF, hitting 17 winners and only 13 unforced errors

• Beat No.8 Svitolina in SF to record just her second Top 10 win at Wimbledon (also No.9 Keys in 2016)

• Across six matches, has committed only 75 unforced errors - by comparison S.Williams has struck 109

• Has won 53% of her return games en route to the final, the fourth best of the entire field; by contrast her season average heading into Wimbledon stood at 41.8%

• Results this fortnight have improved overall Grand Slam record to 86-35

• Owns 1-3 record in Grand Slam finals, losing first three (Roland Garros in 2014 and 2017, Australian Open in 2018) before finally breaking through at 2018 Roland Garros

• Is the fourth active player to reach Grand Slam finals on grass, clay and hard (also, Sharapova, S.Williams and V.Williams)

• Since the start of the Open Era, 11 woman have won the Wimbledon title in their first final, most recently Kvitova in 2011

• Faces No.10 S.Williams in today’s final; has lost all three Grand Slam meetings with the American in three sets, including on Wimbledon debut in 2011

• Entered 2019 Wimbledon ranked No.7 – was World No.1 and top seed entering last year’s event. The No.7 seed has won Wimbledon once in the Open Era: V.Williams in 2008 (d. S.Williams in F)

• S.Williams is the first seed she has faced at Wimble-don since losing to No.7 Konta in 2017 QF

• Owns 8-9 record against Top 10 players at majors (37-47 overall)

• The last remaining of six Romanian women in the starting field this fortnight (also Buzarnescu, Cirstea, Ruse, Bogdan and Niculescu)

• Is the first Romanian woman to reach the Wimbledon singles final. On the men’s side, Illie Nastase was R-Up in 1972 and 1976

• Last year, having triumphed at Roland Garros, did not contest a grass court tournament before Wimble-don where she fell in 3r (l. Hsieh)

• Has won one career title on grass at 2013 ‘s-Herto-genbosch (d. Flipkens in F)

WIMBLEDON• Making 19th main draw appearance at Wimbledon.

Among active players, only Venus, who made her 22nd appearance this fortnight, has contested more

• Bidding to win her eighth Wimbledon singles title, having lifted the Venus Rosewater Dish in 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; also a three-time runner-up here, in 2004, 2008 and 2018

• Currently tied with Stefanie Graf on seven Wimble-don titles; in the Open Era, only Martina Navratilova has won more (nine titles); pre-Open Era, Helen Wills-Moody won eight

• Six-time doubles champion here w/Venus in 2000, 2002, 2008-09, 2012 and 2016

• Won mixed doubles w/Mirnyi in 1998; played mixed doubles this fortnight w/A.Murray (l. top seeds Soares/Melichar in 3r on Wednesday)

• Is making Grand Slam appearance number 72 this fortnight – second on the Open Era list, behind only her sister V.Williams (83)

• Victory here would see her tie Australia’s Margaret Court on 24 major singles titles, the all-time record

• Winner of eight grass court titles – won gold medal at London 2012 Olympics in addition to Wimbledon crowns – the most among active players, followed by V.Williams (five) and Kvitova (four)

• Finished R-Up last year (l. Kerber). Was No.181 (entered under special ranking of No.1 and seeded No.25), became lowest-ranked and lowest-seeded woman to reach an Open Era Wimbledon final – previous lowest-ranked was World No.31 V. Williams (d. Bartoli in 2007 Wimbledon F) and lowest-seeded was No.23 Lisicki (l. No.15 Bartoli and No.23 V.Wil-liams in 2007

• By returning to the final this year, has become the oldest Grand Slam finalist in the Open Era (37 years and 291 days)

• This year, defeated Gatto-Monticone and Juvan in 1r and 2r to improve Grand Slam record against qual-ifiers to 23-0 – Juvan was only the third qualifier to take a set from her (also Zvonareva at 2002 Roland Garros and Santangelo at 2008 Wimbledon)

• In 3r, beat No.17 seed Georges in a rematch of last year’s SF – her second Top 20 win of the season (also No.1 Halep at Australian Open)

• Beat Suárez Navarro 6-2 6-2 in R16 – her seventh consecutive win against the Spaniard

• Struck 19 aces during QF win over fellow American Riske; has only hit more aces in a single match three times at SW19 - Azarenka in 2012 (24), Zheng Jie in 2012 (23) and Dementieva in 2009 (20)

• Committed just 10 unforced errors in impressive SF win over Strycova

• Through to 32rd Slam final - the joint-second most in history, level with Navratilova and behind Evert (34)

VSSERENAWILLIAMS

SIMONA HALEP

WIMBLEDON CONT. GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• In only pre-Wimbledon grass court event, reached QF at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Kerber)

• As the defending champion, posted QF run at Roland Garros (l. Anisimova)

• Suffered opening match loss at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova)

• Had previously reached at least the QF stage in her last 10 clay court tournaments – 2019 Madrid (F), 2018 Roland Garros (Won), 2018 Rome (F), 2018 Madrid (QF), 2018 Stuttgart (QF), 2017 Roland Gar-ros (F), 2017 Rome (F), 2017 Madrid (Won), 2017 Stuttgart (SF) and 2016 Bucharest (Won)

• Prior to Rome, posted R-Up showing at Madrid (l. Bertens); scored third Top 10 win of the season over No.9 Barty in QF, having previously seen off No.5 Ka.Pliskova (Fed Cup) and No.7 Svitolina (Doha)

• Beat Kuzmova without dropping a game in R16 at Madrid - the third 6-0 6-0 win on the WTA tour this season (also Sharapova d. Dart at Australian Open and Pavlyuchenkova d. Jorovic at Monterrey); at 45 minutes, it was the shortest completed match in 2019

• Withdrew from Stuttgart w/hip injury following long weekend on Fed Cup duty. Won both singles rubbers (d. Garcia and Mladenovic), before losing decisive rubber w/Niculescu to Garcia/Mladenovic in 3-2 loss to France in semifinal

• Reached SF at Miami (l. Ka.Pliskova) and posted R16 run at Indian Wells (l. No.61 Vondrousova in 3s)

• Fell in QF at Dubai (l. eventual champion Bencic)• Finished R-Up in Doha (l. Mertens) • Defeated Siniakova and Ka.Pliskova to help Roma-

nia to a 3-2 victory over Czech Republic in the Fed Cup first round and reach the SF for the first time. Was the first time Czech Republic had been defeated at home in 10 years

• Lost to S.Williams in R16 at Australian Open• Fell to Barty in 2r at Sydney (after 1r bye)

• 2019 Wimbledon marks 37th career Grand Slam appearance - 36th consecutive appearance

• Won first Grand Slam title of career at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes in Paris in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s)

• Was the first Romanian woman to advance to final at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki)

• Made SF at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

SEASON

• Following Strycova result, has now won 200 sets at Wimbledon - the joint-second-most sets won by any woman in the tournament’s history, behind Navratilo-va (249) and level with Evert (200)

• Faces Halep today in 11th Wimbledon final - only Navratilova has appeared in more (12)

• Wimbledon record now stands at 98-11, this fort-night’s results seeing her surpassing Evert (96-15) for second place on the all-time match wins list in the women’s singles (behind Navratilova, 120-14)

• Win-loss record across all Slams is now 343-47 – the most wins by a woman in the Open Era

• Career record in Wimbledon finals stands at 7-3 – losing to Sharapova in 2004, V.Williams in 2008 and Kerber in 2016. Overall record in Grand Slam final is 23-8, with seven of these defeats coming in straight sets

• Serena’s 107-13 record on grass reigns supreme over all other active players on tour, followed by V.Williams (94-21) and Sharapova (80-20)

• Bidding to become the fourth mother to win a major singles titles in the Open Era, following Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Kim Clijsters

• Is projected to remain in Top 10 by reaching the final and will go as high as No.8 by lifting the title

GRAND SLAM HISTORY• A 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, ahead of Ste-

fanie Graf (22) on Open Era leaderboard, and behind only Margaret Court (24) all time

• Her titles were won at Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017; Roland Garros: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002-03, 2009-10, 2012, 2015-16; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012-14

• Owns a 23-8 record in Slam finals, with losses com-ing at 2001 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2004 Wimble-don (l. Sharapova), 2008 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams), 2011 US Open (l. Stosur), 2016 Australian Open (l. Kerber), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Muguruza), 2018 Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and 2018 US Open (l. Osaka)

• Aged 35y 125d at the end of 2017 Australian Open, is the oldest player to win a major in the Open Era

• 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, 17y 6.5m before her 2017 Australian title. WTA legends Evert, Navratilova and Graf all won their Slams over a 12 year span

• The 2017 Australian Open final saw Serena and Venus have the oldest combined age of any Grand Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

VSSERENAWILLIAMS

SIMONA HALEP

GRAND SLAM CONT.

• Announced at Miami that she is working with Daniel Dobre. During off-season long-time coach Darren Cahill announced he was talking a 12-month break from tennis

• Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita • Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer• Sponsorship portfolio includes deals with Mercedes,

Unilever and is an Ambassador for Dubai Duty Free• Loves chocolate ice cream, cheesecake and crepes

PERSONAL

• Ended 2018 season as World No.1 for the second time in her career, with season highlighted by maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F)

• Also won titles last year at Shenzhen (d. Siniakova in F) and Montréal (d. Stephens in F) and was R-Up at Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), Rome (l. Svitolina) and Cincinnati (l. Bertens). Is 18-16 in career finals

• Won first career WTA doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/Begu). Now 1-1 in career doubles finals

• Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach the top spot, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1

• Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F); reached four more finals in 2017: Rome, Roland Gar-ros, Cincinnati and Beijing. 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid, Bucharest and Montréal

• Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved rank-ing from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles

• Has qualified five times for WTA Finals in Singapore (2014-18), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, hav-ing defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage)

• Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals

CAREER MILESTONES• In 2015, came within two wins of completing the cal-

endar year Grand Slam, having won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon; l. Vinci in SF at US Open. Two women in Open Era had previously achieved the feat: Court (1970) and Graf (1988)

• Has twice been in possession of all four majors for a “Serena Slam” (2002 Roland Garros to 2003 Austra-lian Open and 2014 US Open to 2015 Wimbledon)

• Has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with sister Venus – most recently at 2016 Wimbledon (d. Babos/Shvedova in F). Also won mixed doubles titles at 1998 Wimbledon and 1998 US Open (both w/Mirnyi)

• Fell 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kenin)• Made 2019 clay debut in Rome, defeating Peterson

in 1r before withdrawing against sister Venus Wil-liams due to a continuing left knee injury

• Fell 3r at both Indian Wells (ret. vs. Muguruza w/viral illness) and Miami (withdrew prior to match vs. Q.Wang w/left knee injury)

• Returned to Top 10 for the first time since coming back from pregnancy on February 18

• Reached QF at Australian Open (l. Ka.Pliskova after holding 4mp)`

• Overcame World No.1 Halep in R16 – was first time facing the reigning World No.1 since 2013 Doha (l. Azarenka in F) and was first win since 2013 Brisbane (d. Azarenka in SF). Aged 37, is the oldest player to defeat the reigning World No.1, bettering sister Venus’s win vs. Kerber aged 36 at 2017 Miami

• Now owns a 17-12 win-loss record vs. World No.1s - only Navratilova has more wins with 18

• Began 2019 at Hopman Cup, posted wins over Bencic, Sakkari and Boulter as USA made RR exit

SEASON

CAREER MILESTONES• Returned to Top 20 in 2018 year-end rankings (at

No.16) despite playing only seven tournaments• Was R-Up at both Wimbledon (l. Kerber) and US

Open (l. Osaka) last season, and advanced to R16 at Roland Garros (withdrew prior to match against Sharapova w/right pectoral muscle tear)

• Made her return to tour as a mother at Indian Wells in March 2017, falling to sister V.Williams in 3r, hav-ing defeated Diyas and Bertens in straight sets

• Ended 2017 ranked No.22, despite playing only two events all season, and both in January. Broke streak of 10 consecutive Top 20 finishes. Overall, has 15 Top 10 finishes – third-most behind Navratilova (20) and Evert (19) – including five as year-end No.1

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SIMONA HALEP

CAREER CONT.

• Coached by father Richard Williams and mother Ora-cene Price; coaching consultant is Patrick Mourato-glou; hitting partner is Jarmere Jenkins

• Gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on September 1, 2017

• Married Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in Novem-ber 2017 in New Orleans

• Launched her own clothing line, ‘Serena’, in late 2018

• Won 23rd Grand Slam singles title at 2017 Australian Open (d. V.Williams in F)

• With 72 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). Also a 22-time singles runner-up

• Holds distinction of being the oldest No.1 in WTA history – set record when most recent streak began on February 18, 2013. Spent her 319th week at No.1 in May 2017. Third on all-time list after Graf’s 377 and Navratilova’s 332

• Held the top ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (through 2016 US Open) which equaled the record held by Graf (186 weeks, August 17, 1986 through March 10, 1991)

• Five-time champion at WTA Finals (2001, 2009, 2012-14)

• Has registered 17 career wins over (seven different) No.1 ranked players, second-most behind Navratilo-va (18)

• Among active players, owns the most titles on clay (13), hard (46) and grass (8)

• Singles gold medalist at London 2012 Olympics, and doubles gold medalist at 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London (all w/V.Williams)

• Spent eight weeks as co-No.1 in doubles (w/V. Wil-liams); one of six players to hold No.1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (also Navratilova, Hingis, Sánchez Vicario, Davenport and Clijsters)

• Holds single-season prize money record of $12,385,572, achieved in 2013

• At 2014 US Open, received $4 million prize money pay out (including Emirates Airline US Open Se-ries bonus); the largest payout in tennis – men’s or women’s

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