25 8 06-05-1989 (27) $711,178 $7,645,669 1 / 5 0 / 0 20-8 24-10 / 293-212 9-5 / 93-79 3-3 / 69-52 WTA RANKING
ROAD TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)
YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)
ROLAND GARROS W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD)
YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) 19-7 7-2 / 68-43 8-3 / 112-52 4-5 / 35-70 2-4 / 22-43 1-2 / 25-15 2-4 / 52-88 1-3 / 27-52 0-0 / 22-19
2016 ROLAND GARROS Performance
6-1,6-3 W - QIANG WANG (CHN #74)
R2
6-2,4-6,6-2 W - [Q] KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #104)
R1
6-4,3-6,6-0 W - ANA KONJUH (CRO #76)
R2
6-3,6-1 W - SAISAI ZHENG (CHN #85)
R1
ROLAND GARROS Tournament History * Qualifying match CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO
2015
R3 L - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #28) 6-3 6-4 R2 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #182) 6-3 1-0 R1 W - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #67) 6-2 6-2
2014
QF L - EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #16) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5 R16 W - AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (CRO #72) 6-3 6-3 R3 W - TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #205) 6-2 6-2 R2 W - TIMEA BACSINSZKY (SUI #112) 7-5 1-6 6-4 R1 W - YULIYA BEYGELZIMER (UKR #157) 7-5 7-5
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
2014
R3 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #18) 6-4 6-4 R2 W - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #155) 6-3 6-4 R1 W - VIRGINIE RAZZANO (FRA #78) 7-5 6-0
2013
R2 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #92) 6-2 2-6 6-4 R1 W - LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #75) 6-1 6-4
2012
QF L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #6) 6-4 6-1 R16 W - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #1) 6-2 7-6(4) R3 W - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #48) 6-2 6-1
R2 W - VANIA KING (USA #57) 6-0 6-2
R1 W - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #158) 6-2 6-1
Suarez Navarro:
Making her eighth appearance at Roland Garros
Two-time quarterfinalist in Paris, reaching this stage on Grand Slam debut in 2008 (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) and 2014 (l. Bouchard)
Result here in 2008 meant she was the first qualifier to reach the Roland Garros QF since 2001, and ranked No.132, became joint‐lowest‐ranked quarterfinalist at Roland Garros (w/Pierce)
2016 Roland Garros marks 30th Grand Slam main draw appearance, and has reached QF at three of the four majors during her career: 2009 and 2016 Australian Open; 2008 and 2014 Roland Garros, and 2013 US Open. Best result at Wimbledon is reaching R16 in 2013
Bidding to reach R16 at Roland Garros for first time since 2014 (l. QF), and this stage at a second successive Slam - went through to QF at 2016 Australian Open
Overcame qualifier Siniakova in 1r and Wang in 2r
Plays No.25 Cibulkova today. Owns a 4-6 record vs. Top 25 opponents this season, and has lost her last three such encounters on clay, at Stuttgart (No.3 Kerber), Madrid (No.23 Stosur) and Rome (No.10 Bacsinszky)
Is one of two Spanish women to advance to 3r (also Muguruza) of the six who started in the draw
Enters Roland Garros on back of 3r exit at Rome (l. Bacsinszky). Was runner-up there last year (l. Sharapova in F in 3s, having defeated three Top 10 players en route to the final - No.6 Bouchard, No.4 Kvitova and No.2 Halep)
Also reached 3r at 2016 Madrid (l. Stosur in 3s)
Made QF run at 2016 Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kerber). Including that result, career record vs. Top 5 opponents is now 8-26 (1-2 in 2016, win coming against No.3 A.Radwanska en route to title at Doha)
ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE | May 22 - Jun 05, 2016 | $16,474,735 | GRAND SLAM
MATCH NOTES
All data as at Saturday, May 28, 2016
2013
R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #5) 5-7 6-4 6-3
R3 W - MONICA PUIG (PUR #86) 6-4 7-5
R2 W - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #170) 3-6 6-4 6-4 R1 W - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #57) 3-6 6-2 6-2
2012
R3 L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #142) 6-4 7-5 R2 W - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #125) 4-6 6-4 6-1 R1 W - TAMARINE TANASUGARN (THA #99) 6-0 6-3
2010
R1 L - OLGA GOVORTSOVA (BLR #38) 7-6(9) 6-1 2009
R3 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #9) 5-7 7-5 6-2 R2 W - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #67) 6-2 6-4 R1 W - EDINA GALLOVITS-HALL (USA #86) 6-1 6-4
2008
QF L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 6-3 6-2 R16 W - FLAVIA PENNETTA (ITA #30) 6-3 6-2 R3 W - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #51) 6-3 6-3 R2 W - AMÉLIE MAURESMO (FRA #29) 6-3 6-4 R1 W - PAULINE PARMENTIER (FRA #47) 6-4 5-7 6-2 R3* W - OLGA PUCHKOVA (RUS #116) 6-2 6-0 R2* W - SOPHIE FERGUSON (AUS #193) 6-3 5-7 7-5 R1* W - MONIQUE ADAMCZAK (AUS #170) 6-3 6-3
2011
R1 L - VANIA KING (USA #115) 6-7(10) 6-3 6-2 2010
R3 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #2) 6-3 6-4
R2 W - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #127) 4-6 6-2 6-0 R1 W - EKATERINA LOPES (RUS #148) 6-2 6-0
2009
SF L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #1) 6-3 6-3
QF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #102) 6-0 6-2
R16 W - AGNES SZAVAY (HUN #31) 6-2 6-4
R3 W - GISELA DULKO (ARG #42) 6-4 6-2
R2 W - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #101) 6-1 6-0 R1 W - ALONA BONDARENKO (UKR #28) 6-4 2-6 6-4
2008
R3 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #3) 7-5 6-3 R2 W - MILAGROS SEQUERA (VEN #156) 6-3 6-0 R1 W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #94) 6-2 6-2
2007
R3 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #3) 6-2 6-3 R2 W - MARTINA MÜLLER (GER #36) 6-3 6-2
R1 W - TIANTIAN SUN (CHN #92) 6-4 6-4
R3* W - MENG YUAN (CHN #159) 7-5 6-2
R2* W - ANDREJA KLEPAC (SLO #149) 6-1 3-6 6-4 R1* W - IVANA LISJAK (CRO #153) 2-6 7-5 6-0
Opened 2016 clay court season in Fed Cup play, beating Vinci 61 61 as Spain overcame Italy in World Group play-off
On the US hard court swing in March, was forced to withdraw from 2016 Indian Wells w/right ankle injury. Went on to lose opening 2r match at Miami (w/1r bye, l. Vandeweghe), having reached the final there the year before
Won second career title (and first Premier-level title) at Doha in February 2016 (d. Ostapenko in F); now owns 2-8 record in WTA singles finals. Won first career title at 2014 Oeiras (d. Kuznetsova in F). Returned to Top 10 after Doha title at No.6, a new career-high singles ranking
Also in February 2016, went 1-0 in singles in Fed Cup WG II QF tie vs. Serbia (d. Jankovic) and dropped 2r opener at Dubai (l. Garcia)
Advanced to QF at 2016 Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska) – first Grand Slam QF since 2014 Roland Garros (l. Bouchard); became first Spanish player to reach QF at Australian Open since she herself reached last eight in 2009
Began 2016 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. Kerber); scored her 400th match win (all levels) with QF defeat of Lepchenko. Fell 1r at Sydney (l. Errani)
Achieved best year-end finish of career in 2015, at No.13 – her third consecutive Top 20 finish
Ended 2015 season third on list for Top 5 wins (4-6 record), defeating No.3 Kvitova (3r Dubai), No.3 Kvitova (QF Doha), No.4 Kvitova (QF Rome) and No.2 Halep (SF Rome)
One of six players to make Top 10 rankings debut in 2015 (April 6, 2015 at No.10), rising as high as No.8 during the season. Third Spanish women to achieve a Top 10 ranking, after Sánchez‐Vicario and Martínez; Muguruza has since become the fourth
2015 singles highlights included finishing runner-up in three singles finals. Reached title match at Antwerp in February 2015, but was forced to withdraw vs. Petkovic w/neck injury; a month later, reached biggest final of career at Miami (l. S.Williams). Capped off strong first half of season with run to final in Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s)
In 2015, reached QF or better at 11 out of first 13 tournaments played, but struggled at the Grand Slams, making 1r exits at Australian Open (l. Witthoeft), Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko) and US Open (l. Allertova). Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Pennetta). Australian Open loss was her first opening round exit at a Grand Slam since 2012 Wimbledon
Was in contention to qualify for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore entering Moscow in October, however results went against her; participated at inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai but failed to progress out of group stage
In doubles, qualified for 2015 WTA Finals (w/Muguruza) after capturing two titles in 2015, at Birmingham and Tokyo PPO, and posting two runner-up finishes, at Dubai and Madrid. Pair advanced to final in Singapore, falling to top seeds Hingis/Mirza
Won first WTA doubles title in 2014, at Stanford (w/Muguruza); team qualified for 2014 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. QF)
Spanish No.2, having been overtaken by Muguruza after she reached 2015 Wimbledon final, ahead of Arruabarrena (May 23, 2016)
Currently the second-highest ranked woman with a single‐handed backhand, after Vinci
Coached by Xavier Budo and Marc Casabo at Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy in Barcelona
Cibulkova:
Making ninth appearance at Roland Garros; her best results here have been SF run in 2009 (l. Safina) and QF in 2012 (l. Stosur)
Has advanced to 3r or better here on all but two occasions: fell 2r in 2011 (l. King) and 2013 (l. Erakovic). Missed 2015 Roland Garros due to left Achilles injury (first Grand Slam missed since 2009 US Open)
This is her 20th appearance in the 3r of a Grand Slam; owns a 7-12 record in such matches. Bidding to reach R16 at Roland Garros for first time since 2012 (l. QF), and first time at any Grand Slam since 2015 Australian Open (l. QF)
Defeated Zheng in 1r and Konjuh in 2r
Plays No.14 Suarez Navarro today. Is 1-4 vs. Top 15 players so far in 2016, with sole victory coming at Madrid over No.2 A.Radwanska
Arrived at Roland Garros having reached the 14th singles final of her career at Madrid (l. Halep in F); now owns a 5-9 record in singles finals
Moved into the Top 30 after Madrid (at No.25) and climbed to No.8 on Road to Singapore leaderboard
Captured her fifth career title at 2016 Katowice (d. Giorgi in F); her first title since 2014 Acapulco. Following that, made 1r exit at Prague (l. qualifier Krejcikova)
Went 2‐0 in singles in Slovakia’s 3‐2 defeat of Canada in April’s World Group II play‐offs, posting wins over Wozniak and Abanda
Back-to-back 2r appearances at 2016 Indian Wells (l. A.Radwanska) and Miami (l. Muguruza) – both losses coming 7-5 in deciding set
Reached 12th singles final of career at 2016 Acapulco (l. Stephens in F). Also reached QF at St Petersburg (l. Kasatkina) and 1r exit at Monterrey (l. Kontaveit)
Went 1‐0 in singles (d. Birrell) in Fed Cup World Group II tie vs. Australia in Bratislava (AUS d. SVK 3‐2)
Made 1r exit at 2016 Australian Open (l. Mladenovic) – as a result dropped 28 spots (from No.66 to No.38), having reached QF in 2015
Opened 2016 season with 2r exit at Brisbane (l. Vinci) but followed up with SF run at Hobart (l. eventual runner-up Bouchard)
Finished 2015 at No.38 – down from career‐best season finish of No.11 in 2014 – however missed four months of season to undergo Achilles‐related surgery on left foot; her eighth consecutive Top 40 finish
Made strong start to 2015 season with QF runs at Australian Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and Antwerp (l. eventual champion Petkovic) but afterwards announced break from game to undergo Achilles surgery
Returned to tour at 2015 Eastbourne in June, winning two matches to advance to 3r, including over world No.6 Safarova in 2r, but subsequently l. Pironkova – the first of four successive losses also taking in Wimbledon (l. Hantuchova), Istanbul (l. Giorgi) and Baku (l. eventual champion Gasparyan)
In breakthrough 2014, advanced to first Grand Slam final at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li Na); defeated four seeds en route, including No.3 Sharapova and No.5 A.Radwanska
Became first player representing Slovakia (male or female) to reach a Grand Slam final
In other notable Grand Slam results, advanced to SF at 2009 Roland Garros (l. Safina) and has reached four QF, once at each of the four Slams, most recently at 2015 Australian Open (l. S.Williams)
Made Top 10 debut at No.10 on March 31, 2014 (after Miami)
Owns five singles titles (three at Premier level): 2011 Moscow, 2012 Carlsbad, 2013 Stanford, 2014 Acapulco, 2016 Katowice
In February 2014 launched her own sportswear and accessories line, ‘Domi’, which incorporates her on‐court Slovak catch-cry ‘Pome!’; proceeds go to her foundation which assists athletes in her native Slovakia who have fallen on tough times
Currently the No.1‐ranked Slovak woman of three in current Top 100 (ahead of Schmiedlova and Rybarikova), as at May 23, 2016
ROLAND GARROS - FRANCE | May 22 - Jun 05, 2016 | $16,474,735 | GRAND SLAM
MATCH NOTES
All data as at Saturday, May 28, 2016
[18] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) vs. [14] ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #16)
Head to Head: ANA IVANOVIC leads 7-02015 CLAY ROLAND GARROS O QF ANA IVANOVIC 6-3 6-2 75 mins
2015 CLAY MADRID O R2 ANA IVANOVIC 6-3 6-4 82 mins
2014 HARD CINCINNATI O QF ANA IVANOVIC 6-2 6-3 60 mins
2014 CLAY ROLAND GARROS O R2 ANA IVANOVIC 7-5 6-2 71 mins
2014 HARD INDIAN WELLS O R2 ANA IVANOVIC 4-6 7-5 7-6(1) 148 mins
2013 HARD TOKYO O R2 ANA IVANOVIC 6-3 6-0 54 mins
2012 HARD US OPEN O R1 ANA IVANOVIC 6-3 6-2 70 mins
ELINA SVITOLINA 20 31 12-09-1994 (21) $397,177 $2,827,388 1 / 4 0 / 2 15-9 / 103-82 7-3 / 33-21 3-3 / 26-16