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Wimbledon 2010: [3] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #4) vs. [29] ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #32)

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments

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By LadyDragon

HEAD TO HEAD: Wozniacki leads 3-0

2009 NEW HAVEN HARD O R16 WOZNIACKI 61 64

2010 MIAMI HARD O R16 WOZNIACKI 62 62

2010 PONTE VEDRA BEACH CLAY O QF WOZNIACKI 61 63

WIMBLEDON (Hollywood Today) 6/26/10 – MATCH FACTS: There are currently 3 teenagers ranked in the Top 50 – Wozniacki (No.4), Pavlyuchenkova (No.32) and

Oudin (No.35); Pavlyuchenkova will be the second teen Wozniacki has faced after defeating Chang Kai-Chen in 2r… This

will be Wozniacki and Pavlyuchenkova’s 3rd meeting this year (4th overall)… Making her 4th appearance at Wimbledon,

Wozniacki has improved her finish by one round each year; reaching 4r here for the first time last year… Wozniacki is

bidding to reach 4r for a 5th consecutive Slam – 2009 Wimbledon (4r), 2009 US Open (R-Up), 2010 Australian Open (4r)

and 2010 RG (QF)… Wozniacki won her 7th Tour singles title in April at Ponte Vedra Beach (clay)… Wozniacki won the

girls’ singles title at 2006 Wimbledon; she is 1 of 2 junior champions remaining in the draw (A. Radwanska)

By reaching the 3r at Wimbledon, Pavlyuchenkova has equaled her career-best GS performance; this is her 4th time

advancing to 3r (2008 Wimbledon, 2009/2010 Roland Garros)… Pavlyuchenkova is 3-7 vs. Top 5 ranked opponents with

all 3 wins against the No.3 ranked woman – Jankovic (Indian Wells), V.Williams (2009 Tokyo and Beijing)…

Pavlyuchenkova won her first Tour singles title at 2010 Monterrey, one of 5 first-time singles winners this year on Tour…

WOZNIACKI PAVLYUCHENKOVA

Tournament W-L (MD) 8-3 Tournament W-L (MD) 5-3

Grand Slam W-L (MD) 34-13 Grand Slam W-L (MD) 12-10

YTD / Career W-L 29-12 / 202-85 YTD / Career W-L 23-12 / 135-71

3-Set (YTD / Career) 8-3 / 45-23 3-Set (YTD / Career) 8-2 / 36-25

Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 4-1 / 33-20 Tie-Break (YTD / Career) 5-2 / 21-24

Grass (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 15-6 Grass (YTD / Career) 2-1 / 9-6

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN)

Date of Birth (Age) July 11, 1990 (19) 2010 Prize $ (USD)~ $850,902

Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco 2010 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^ 1 / 0

Current Singles Rank* No.4 Career Prize $ (USD)~ $4,101,260

Highest Singles Rank No.2 (March 22, 2010) Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^ 7 / 2

^denotes Sony Ericsson WTA Tour events and Grand Slams only; ~prize money figures do not include this tournament

TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making 4th main draw appearance at Wimbledon (5th overall); best result was reaching 4r in

2009 (as No.9 seed, l. Lisicki); reached 3r in 2008 (as No.31 seed, l. No.2 seed Jankovic in 3s); fell 2r in 2007 (l. No.28

seed Santangelo); fell in 2006 qualifying

2010 HIGHLIGHTS: WON (1): Ponte Vedra Beach; R-Up (1): Indian Wells; SF (1): Charleston; QF (3): Miami, Warsaw,

Roland Garros; 4r (1): Australian Open

• Finished clay court season 15-6, incl. 4 QF or better finishes highlighted by singles title at Ponte Vedra Beach (as

top seed, d. Govortsova in final)

• Runner-up at Indian Wells (as No.2 seed, l. No.6 Jankovic in F); rose to career-high No.2 afterwards (26th player

to rank in Top 2 since computer rankings introduced in November 1975)

• SF at Charleston (as top seed, ret. vs. No.7 seed Zvonareva w/right ankle sprain)

• QF finish at Miami (as No.2 seed, l. WC Henin 64 in 3s), Warsaw (ret. vs. No.5 seed Zheng due to right ankle

injury) and Roland Garros (as No.3 seed, d. No.14 seed Pennetta in 3s in a 3 hour match in 4r; l. No.17 seed and

eventual champion Schiavone)

• Equaled best Australian Open performance, reaching 4r for 2nd time (as No.4 seed, l. No.16 seed Li)

• 3r at Dubai (as top seed w/1r bye, l. Peer) and Rome (as No.2 seed w/1r bye, l. eventual champion Martinez

Sanchez; fell 2r at Madrid (as No.2 seed, l. A.Bondarenko) and Stuttgart (l. Safarova after 1r bye)

• Lost 1r at Sydney (l. Li) and Eastbourne (as defending champion and top seed, l. Rezai in 3s)

• Went 2-0 for Denmark in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group I, helping Denmark to stay in that group for 2011

*Seedings based on rankings of June 14, 2010; Rankings in brackets as of June 21, 2010

2010 WIMBLEDON – DAY 6 NOTES

THIRD ROUND – SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2010

CAREER SUMMARY: WON (7): most recently at 2010 Ponte Vedra Beach; R-Up (7): (incl. 1 Grand Slam) most recently at

2010 Indian Wells; 2 doubles titles, most recently 2009 Memphis (w/Azarenka)

• Reached 8 Tour finals in 2009, equal most among all players (w/Safina), winning 3 titles (Ponte Vedra Beach,

Eastbourne, New Haven) also advanced to first Grand Slam final (2009 US Open). Also won 3 titles in 2008

• Advanced to SF on debut at Sony Ericsson Championships-Doha 2009 (ret. vs. S.Williams w/left abdominal

strain); won (67) and played (91) more matches than any player on Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in 2009

• At 2008 Stockholm, became the first Danish woman ever to win a Tour singles title (Scheuer-Larsen won 7 Tour

doubles titles in 1980s and 1990s).

• Professional debut as WC at 2005 Cincinnati (8 days after 15th birthday); first full year on Tour in 2007; broke

Top 100 after 2007 Wimbledon and Top 50 after 2008 Australian Open; cracked Top 20 in August 2008; then

Top 10 on May 18, 2009, (first Danish woman to do so). Went Top 5 for first time on September 21, 2009

• 11 career wins vs. Top 10 opponents, having never beaten a Top 20 player before 2008; most recent was vs.

WIMBLEDON 2010: No.8 A.Radwanska (2010 Indian Wells). Highest-ranked player defeated is No.3 Dementieva (2009 Charleston)

• Helped V.Williams win first Tour doubles match with a partner other than S.Williams at 2008 Doha, falling in 2r

• Member of Danish Olympic Team, 2008 and Danish Fed Cup Team, 2005-10

GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• 2010 Wimbledon is 14th consecutive Grand Slam singles main draw

• First Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen (1955 Wimbledon) at 2009 US Open (as No.9

seed, l. Clijsters in final)

• Prior to 2009 US Open, best results had been 4r finish (3 times): 2008 Australian Open, 2008 US Open and 2009

Wimbledon. Fell 4r for 4th time at 2010 Australian Open

• Has fallen in 1r only once (Grand Slam debut, 2007 Roland Garros)

• Girls’ singles champion at 2006 Wimbledon (d. Rybarikova) and runner-up at 2006 Australian Open (l.

Pavlyuchenkova); also 2006 Roland Garros girls’ doubles runner-up

OTHER FACTS

• Coached by father Piotr, also trains with adidas Player Development Program; also trains with Morten

Christensen in Denmark

• Official website is www.carolinewozniacki.dk

• In July 2009 was announced as the face of the ‘adidas by Stella McCartney’ tennis range

• Father, Piotr, played pro soccer in Poland, Denmark; mother, Anna, played volleyball for Polish National Team;

brother, Patrik, plays pro soccer in Denmark

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