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You are here: Home / Front Page News / 2019 Australian Open – Day 1 Women’s Match Notes and Preview

2019 Australian Open – Day 1 Women’s Match Notes and Preview

January 13, 2019 by Tennis Panorama News

2019 Australian Open – Day 1 Women’s Match Notes and Preview

January 14, 2019

Angelique Kerber

 

POLONA HERCOG (SLO #92) vs. [2] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2)

Kerber leads 4-2
Kerber is 8-3 in first round action at Melbourne Park, with last loss at this stage coming in 2015…Hercog
owns a 1-20 career record vs. Top 10 opponents, with sole win coming over No.7 Bartoli at 2012 Charleston

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 4-2

 

POLONA HERCOG

92

 

WTA RANKING

ANGELIQUE KERBER

2

– PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 36
20-01-1991 (27) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 18-01-1988 (30)
$2,525 YTD PRIZE MONEY $21,660
$2,848,359 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $27,178,501
0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 12
0 / 2 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
2-8 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 26-10
0-1 / 135-171 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 400-226
0-0 / 38-56 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 112-88
0-0 / 26-40 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 79-53
0-1 / 49-96 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 261-146
0-0 / 1-20 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 37-60
0-0 / 7-37 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 86-112
0-0 / 12-20 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 32-20
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

 

 

ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) vs. [3] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3)

Wozniacki leads 1-0

Wozniacki is making her 12th consecutive main draw appearance at the Australian Open, and returning
to Melbourne Park in 2019 as defending champion…Van Uytvanck is bidding to defeat a defending Grand
Slam champion for the second time in career, after ousting Muguruza at 2018 Wimbledon

 

ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #52) vs. [3] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #3)

 

 

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 1-0

 

2018

ROME

CLAY O              R2                CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

6-1   6-4

96 mins

 

ALISON VAN UYTVANCK

52

 

WTA RANKING

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

3

128 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 131
26-03-1994 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (28)
$5,325 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,310
$2,111,229 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $33,495,723
0 / 2 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 30
0 / 1 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2
0-4 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 32-10
1-2 / 68-88 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 574-240
0-0 / 24-28 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 148-79
1-0 / 20-32 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 89-79
1-2 / 37-51 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 413-163
0-0 / 1-6 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 61-67
0-0 / 2-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 132-106
0-0 / 3-7 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 58-28
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

[5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #5) vs. TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #93)

First career meeting

Stephens has lost her last three first round matches at Melbourne Park (2015-16, 2018), while Townsend
has yet to win a main draw match here. One of four all-country matchups in first round

 

[5] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #5) vs. TAYLOR TOWNSEND (USA #93)

 

Head to Head: First meeting

 

 

SLOANE STEPHENS

5

 

WTA RANKING

TAYLOR TOWNSEND

93

80 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD –
20-03-1993 (25) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-04-1996 (22)
$20,345 YTD PRIZE MONEY $5,125
$13,396,548 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $1,413,884
0 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
9-6 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-2
1-2 / 197-133 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 19-32
1-1 / 64-45 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 10-8
2-1 / 50-28 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 6-3
1-2 / 130-88 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 12-22
0-0 / 17-33 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-7
0-0 / 35-54 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-11
0-0 / 16-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-0
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

 

[8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) vs. MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #51)

Kvitova leads 6-1

Kvitova’s first round exit here in 2018 was her first opening match loss at a Slam in four years – overall she
owns a 32-9 record in Grand Slam first round matches…Rybarikova owns nine career Top 10 wins, most recently against No.7 Ka.Pliskova at 2018 Birmingham

 

PETRA KVITOVA

6

 

 

WTA RANKING

 

MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA

51

1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD –
08-03-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 04-10-1988 (30)
$154,580 YTD PRIZE MONEY $6,940
$27,496,787 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $4,944,414
1 / 26 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 4
0 / 0                              DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)                                                                                                                 0 / 2
14-9                                 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) *                                                                                                                 6-9
6-1 / 404-190                                     YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *                                                                                                                 0-1 / 185-206
2-0 / 122-77                                YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) *                                                                                                                 0-0 / 70-56
3-2 / 81-59                           YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *                                                                                                                 0-0 / 40-53
6-1 / 269-132                                YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *                                                                                                                 0-1 / 121-130
1-0 / 45-14                           YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *                                                                                                                 0-0 / 16-14
1-0 / 25-30 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 2-17
1-0 / 53-50 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 9-27
3-1 / 102-85 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 23-65
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

ALISON RISKE (USA #56) vs. [9] KIKI BERTENS (NED #9)

Bertens leads 2-0

Bertens is coming in hot off the heels of her semifinal finish in Sydney – marked first semifinal on Australian
soil…Riske is fresh off reaching the final in Shenzhen and is seeking her first victory over the Dutchwoman and her 70th career hardcourt victory

 

ALISON RISKE

56

 

WTA RANKING

KIKI BERTENS

9

21 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 11
03-07-1990 (28) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27)
$81,251 YTD PRIZE MONEY $54,977
$3,172,601 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,577,101
0 / 1 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 7
0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10
4-7 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 3-6
4-1 / 120-130 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 157-135
1-1 / 39-54 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 43-49
0-1 / 30-42 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-2 / 34-40
4-1 / 69-77 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 3-2 / 67-86
0-0 / 5-23 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 15-20
0-1 / 13-44 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 24-37
0-0 / 10-8 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 16-9
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

 

[Q] ANNA KALINSKAYA (RUS #146) vs. [11] ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #11)

Series tied 1-1
Sabalenka is enjoying her third – and highest – seeding at a Slam, at No.11. By contrast, 12 months ago she sat at No.69 in the rankings…Kalinskaya has come through qualifying again in 2019 to reach the main draw – did not drop a set, defeating Lemoine, Diatchenko and Lottner

 

ANNA KALINSKAYA

146

 

WTA RANKING

ARYNA SABALENKA

11

90 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 8
02-12-1998 (20) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 05-05-1998 (20)
$3,919 YTD PRIZE MONEY $169,605
$345,928 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $2,318,544
0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 1 / 3
0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
0-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-1
0-0 / 3-16 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 63-31
0-0 / 1-4 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 26-12
0-0 / 1-2 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 16-11
0-0 / 1-8 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 5-1 / 51-21
0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 8-6
0-0 / 0-3 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 16-11
0-0 / 0-1 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 6-5
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

[14] JULIA GOERGES (GER #13) vs. DANIELLE COLLINS (USA #35)

First career meeting

Goerges owns a 10-1 record in first round matches at Melbourne Park, with her sole loss coming against
Ivanovic in 2009…Collins is making her Australian Open debut and enters the tournament ranked No.36, one place off career-high set on August 6, 2018 following San Jose QF run

 

 

JULIA GOERGES

13

 

 

WTA RANKING

 

DANIELLE COLLINS

35

9 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 169
02-11-1988 (30) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 13-12-1993 (25)
$43,910 YTD PRIZE MONEY $13,285
$8,672,406 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $997,636
1 / 7 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
0 / 5                              DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)                                                                                                             0 / 0
16-10                                 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) *                                                                                                             0-0
5-0 / 288-232                                     YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *                                                                                                             0-2 / 17-22
2-0 / 88-83                                YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) *                                                                                                             0-1 / 9-6
2-0 / 65-72                           YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *                                                                                                             1-2 / 4-5
5-0 / 172-141                                YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *                                                                                                             0-2 / 13-15
0-0 / 16-26                           YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *                                                                                                             0-1 / 1-2
0-0 / 8-17 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 0-3
0-0 / 16-36 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 1-5
0-0 / 34-75 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 3-9
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

 

[15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #15) vs. LUKSIKA KUMKHUM (THA #67)

Series tied 1-1

Barty owns an 8-9 record in Grand Slam first round matches – last loss to a player outside the Top 50 was
against No.63 Azarenka at 2018 Tokyo…Kumkhum advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time as a qualifier here last year

ASHLEIGH BARTY

15

 

WTA RANKING

LUKSIKA KUMKHUM

67

5 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 16
24-04-1996 (22) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 21-07-1993 (25)
$75,570 YTD PRIZE MONEY $4,698
$5,283,650 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $954,716
0 / 3 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
0 / 9 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
4-5 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 4-5
4-1 / 88-50 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 21-32
1-1 / 25-14 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 8-10
0-2 / 13-12 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 7-4
4-1 / 57-31 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 20-27
2-1 / 7-15 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-2
3-1 / 17-29 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-9
0-1 / 9-5 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 2-1
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

 

MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #43) vs. [22] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #22)

Ostapenko leads 1-0

Ostapenko’s best finish here were back-to-back third rounds in 2017 (l.Ka.Pliskova) and 2018
(l.Kontaveit)…Sakkari is up to No.43 to start the tournament, after being ranked No.55 at this stage last season

 

MARIA SAKKARI

43

 

WTA RANKING

JELENA OSTAPENKO

22

– PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD –
25-07-1995 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 08-06-1997 (21)
$2,100 YTD PRIZE MONEY $13,844
$1,697,961 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $7,548,328
0 / 0 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2
0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3
3-3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 4-3
0-1 / 43-54 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 92-73
0-1 / 12-21 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 32-25
0-0 / 13-8 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 27-13
0-1 / 26-35 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 0-2 / 50-51
0-0 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 8-11
0-0 / 6-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 12-21
0-0 / 2-4 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 8-10
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r

 

 

 

[30] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #30) vs. [Q] HARRIET DART (GBR #131)

First career meeting

Sharapova’s record in Grand Slam first round matches stands at 50-4 (.926) – among active players with
10 or more majors to their name, only S.Williams has a better winning percentage (.986)…Dart is contesting Australian Open at a career-high ranking of No.131; this time last year, she was ranked No.309; just her second-career Grand Slam main draw

 

MARIA SHARAPOVA

30

 

WTA RANKING

HARRIET DART

131

64 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 49
19-04-1987 (31) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 28-07-1996 (22)
$13,121 YTD PRIZE MONEY $12,705
$38,355,240 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $264,354
0 / 36 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
0 / 3 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0
54-13 AUSTRALIAN OPEN W-L (MD) * 0-0
2-1 / 598-158 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 2-7
0-0 / 162-59 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 1-0 / 2-1
1-1 / 74-63 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1
2-1 / 358-101 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 1-1 / 1-4
0-0 / 97-66 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 0-1
0-1 / 171-100 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD) * 0-1 / 0-2
0-0 / 54-15 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 1-0
* Updated entering 2019 Australian Open 1r
AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament Performance – 2019                        * Qualifying match
*R3 W – IVANA JOROVIC (SRB #117) 1-6,6-3,6-1 120 mins
*R2 W – SHILIN XU (CHN #217) 7-6(4),6-1 81 mins
*R1 W – CHLOE PAQUET (FRA #224) 6-3,4-6,6-2 116 mins

 

 

 

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