MATCH NOTES: GENERALI LADIES LINZ
LINZ, AUSTRIA – OCTOBER 6-12, 2014 - $250,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT
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FINAL WEEKEND - SEMIFINAL MATCH-UPS
Karin Knapp (ITA #59) vs. Camila Giorgi (ITA #42) – First meeting
[Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER #94) vs. [7] Karolina Pliskova (CZE #30) – Pliskova leads 1-0
A LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR
PLAYER
22
2014
PRIZE $^
703,365
YTD
W/L*
52-27
2014
TITLES
1
CAREER
PRIZE $^
1,233,208
CAREER
W/L*
274-180
CAREER
TITLES
2
22
408,766
30-22
0
1,077,248
219-148
0
RANK
NAT
AGE
[7] Karolina Pliskova
30
CZE
Camila Giorgi
42
ITA
Karin Knapp
59
ITA
27
381,436
29-25
1
1,467,073
343-230
1
[Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam
94
GER
20
149,040
29-19
0
249,080
159-72
0
*win-loss records include current tournament; ^ prize money figures do not include this tournament
BEST LINZ
RESULT
PLAYER
CAREER
SF W/L
CAREER
F W/L
[7] Karolina Pliskova
SF (1): 2014
5-1
2-3
Camila Giorgi
SF (1): 2014
1-1
0-1
Karin Knapp
SF (1): 2014
2-7
1-1
[Q] Anna-Lena Friedsam
SF (1): 2014
0-0
0-0
POSSIBLE FINAL HEAD TO HEADS:
Knapp
Giorgi
Friedsam
First meeting
First meeting
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Ka.Pliskova
Pliskova leads 1-0
Pliskova leads 1-0 (first main draw
meeting)
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KARIN KNAPP (ITA #59) vs. CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #42)
First meeting
KARIN KNAPP (ITA)
Date of Birth (Age)
Residence
Current Singles Rank
Highest Singles Rank
June 28, 1987 (27)
Lutago, Italy
No.59
No.35 (February 25, 2008)
2014 Prize $ (USD)~
2014 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
Career Prize $ (USD)~
Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
$381,436
1/0
$1,467,073
1/ 0
^ WTA / Grand Slam events only; ~prize money figures do not include this tournament
QUICK HITS: Won first career WTA title at Tashkent last month - had previously reached final at 2008 Antwerp and seven semi
finals... Snapped 8-match losing streak earlier this year by advancing to SF at Nürnberg (l. Bouchard); was 8th career WTA SF…
2014 Tashkent is second career singles final appearance; seeking first WTA title… Lost to No.3 seed Maria Sharapova 10-8 in the
3rd set in 2r of 2014 Australian Open… In 2013 achieved multiple semifinals in a season for the first time since 2007; reached SF
at Bogotá (l. Jankovic) and Bad Gastein (l. Meusburger), both on clay; also quarterfinalist at Acapulco (l. Soler-Espinosa) and
Luxembourg (l. Lisicki)… Advanced to 4r at 2013 Wimbledon, her career-best result at a Grand Slam
TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making 3rd main draw appearance at Linz (6th overall). Reached 2r in 2007 (l. Safina) and 2013 (l.
Voegele). Fell in qualifying in 2008, 2011-12.
2014 SUMMARY: WON (1): Tashkent (d. Jovanovski in F); SF (1): Nürnberg (l. Bouchard); 2r (7): Australian Open (l. No.3 seed
Sharapova 10-8 in 3s), Paris [Indoors] (l. Errani), Doha (l. Jankovic), Bucharest (l. Kovinic), Istanbul (ll. Wozniacki), Cincinnati (l.
Pavlyuchenkova), Wuhan (l. Kvitova); 1r (14): Auckland (l. Goerges), Hobart (l. Cabeza Candela), Indian Wells (l. Townsend),
Miami (l. Mayr-Achleitner), Monterrey (l. Jaksic), Bogota (l. Scheepers), Oeiras (l. Shvedova), Madrid (l. Jovanovski), Rome (l.
Ivanovic), Roland Garros (l. Barthel), Wimbledon (l. Ka.Pliskova), Montréal (l. Garcia), US Open (l. Pironkova), Guangzhou (l.
Puig). Failed to qualify at Dubai. Went 2-0 in singles vs. USA in Fed Cup Week 1 (d. McHale and Riske)
CAREER SUMMARY: WON (1): 2014 Tashkent; R-Up (1): 2008 Antwerp; SF (7): 2007 Budapest, 2007 Palermo, 2007 Bad Gastein,
2012 Estoril, 2013 Bogotá, 2013 Bad Gastein, 2014 Nürnberg
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Won first WTA singles title at 2014 Tashkent (d. No.1 seed Jovanovski in Final)
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A finalist at 2008 Antwerp (l. Henin)
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Posted Top 100 seasons in 2007 (year she reached first 3 WTA SFs, making Top 50 debut on July 30), 2008 and 2013
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Missed 2008 grass court season and most of summer due to illness; subsequently struggled to regain form, falling
from Top 100 in February 2009 and outside Top 500 in 2010 – played mostly on ITF Circuit during this time
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Holds 4 career Top 20 wins: No.17 Groenefeld (2006 Luxembourg), No.13 Schnyder (2008 Antwerp), No.19 Kirilenko
(2012 Estoril), No.19 Vinci (2012 Rome)
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Played first WTA main draws in 2006, reaching QF at Palermo
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Has won 5 singles titles and 6 doubles titles on ITF Women’s Circuit
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Member of Italian Fed Cup Team, 2008
GRAND SLAM HISTORY
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2014 US Open marked 17th Grand Slam singles main draw appearance
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Best result: reached 4r at 2013 Wimbledon; previously best result was 3r at 2007, 2008 Roland Garros; also reached 3r
at 2013 US Open
OTHER FACTS
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Coached by brothers Alessandro and Francesco Piccari
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Began playing tennis aged 7
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Father, Alois is a fabric manufacturer; mother, Marianne is a retired schoolteacher; has two brothers, Stefan and
Michael
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Favorite surface is hard, favorite shot is forehand
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Speaks German, Italian and English
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Admires Kim Clijsters
CAMILA GIORGI (ITA)
Date of Birth (Age)
Residence
Current Singles Rank
Highest Singles Rank
December 31, 1991 (22)
2014 Prize $ (USD)~
$408,766
Tirrenia, Italy
2014 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
0/0
No.42
Career Prize $ (USD)~
$1,077,248
No.37 (August 11, 2014)
Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
0/0
^ WTA / Grand Slam events only; ~prize money figures do not include this tournament
QUICK HITS: Advanced to SF at New Haven (defeated No.11 Wozniacki in 2r for sixth Top 20 win of season to date; now 2-1 vs.
Wozniacki after she also defeated the former No.1 at 2013 US Open… Made 1r exits in last three events (US Open, Wuhan,
Beijing)... Advanced to career first WTA final this year at Katowice – defeated No.16-ranked Vinci and No.17 Suarez Navarro en
route, l. Cornet in F)… Reached R16 at Indian Wells (having qualified, defeated Petkovic, Cirstea and Sharapova en route, fell to
eventual champion Pennetta)… 3r win at Indian Wells over Sharapova marked third Top 10 win… Including 1r win over No.8
Azarenka at Eastbourne owns a 5-3 career record vs. Top 10 opponents… At 2012 Wimbledon, defeated two seeds (No.16
Pennetta and No.20 Petrova) along the way to 4r – her first two career Top 20 wins… Returned to live in Italy in 2013 after
spending time in Miami
TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making 2nd main draw appearance at Linz. Reached 2r in 2013 (qualified, l. Flipkens).
2014 SUMMARY: R-Up (1): Katowice (l. Cornet in F); SF (1): New Haven (l. Rybarikova); QF (3): Strasbourg (l. Soler-Espinosa),
Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki in 3s), Bad Gastein (l. Rogers); 4r (1): Indian Wells (qualified, d, Sharapova en route, l. Pennetta); 2r
(5): Australian Open (l. Cornet in 3s), Rome (d. No.9 seed Cibulkova en route, l. McHale), Roland Garros (l. Kuznetsova),
Birmingham (l. Flipkens), Wimbledon (l. Riske); 1r (6): Bastad (l. Dabrowski), Montreal (l. Vesnina), Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova),
US Open (l. An.Rodionova), Wuhan (l. Svitolina), Beijing (l. Safarova). Fell in Sydney, Dubai, Miami and Madrid qualifying. Went
1-0 vs. USA in Fed Cup World Group I first round (d. Keys)
CAREER SUMMARY: R-Up (1): 2014 Katowice; SF (1): 2014 New Haven QF (1): 2014 Strasbourg; 4r (3): 2012 Wimbledon, 2013
US Open, 2014 Indian Wells
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Made Top 100 debut in 2012, climbing as high as No.75; season-highlighted by R16 at Wimbledon as qualifier
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Advanced to first WTA final at 2014 Katowice (d. No. 16 Vinci and No.17 Suarez Navarro en route, l. Cornet)
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Made main draw debut at 2011 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Pironkova in 1r); played first career professional
tournament at 2006 ITF/Baku-AZE
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Has 11 career wins vs. Top 20: No.17 Pennetta (2012 Wimbledon), No.20 Petrova (2012 Wimbledon), No.7 Errani
(2012 Beijing), No.13 Bartoli (2013 Strasbourg), No.8 Wozniacki (2013 US Open), No.5 Sharapova (2014 Indian Wells),
No.16 Vinci (2014 Katowice), No.17 Suarez Navarro (2014 Katowice), No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Rome), No.8 Azarenka
(2014 Eastbourne), No.11 Wozniacki (2014 New Haven)
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Has won five ITF singles titles
GRAND SLAM HISTORY
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2014 Wimbledon marked 10th career main draw appearance at a Grand Slam
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Reached 4r at 2012 Wimbledon as a qualifier and recorded first two Top 20 wins of career and at 2013 US Open
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Also reached 3r at 2013 Wimbledon and 2r at 2014 Australian Open and 2014 Wimbledon
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On Grand Slam main draw debut, fell 1r at 2011 Wimbledon (as a qualifier)
OTHER FACTS
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Coached by her father, Sergio; mother is Claudia; brothers: Leandro and Amadeus; sister is Antonela (deceased)
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Older brother, Leandro, is training to be an actor, younger one, Amadeus, plays for Real Madrid's Miami academy
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Began playing at age 5 at local club close to house in Macerata, Italy (introduced to tennis by father)
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Favorite surfaces are hard and grass
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Favorite book is Diary Of Anne Frank; favorite color is black
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Also enjoys boxing, soccer
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Views herself as an attacking, risk-taking player
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Looked up to Sampras and Agassi
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Long-term goal is to be world No.1
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Graduated from high school
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Likes to relax by going out dancing with friends, reading and watching films
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[Q] ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER #94) vs. [7] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #30)
Pliskova leads 1-0
2014
SEOUL
HARD O
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PLISKOVA
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ANNA-LENA FRIEDSAM (GER)
Date of Birth (Age)
Residence
Current Singles Rank
Highest Singles Rank
February 1, 1994 (20)
Oberduerenbach, Germany
No.94
No.85 (Sept 8, 2014)
2014 Prize $ (USD)~
2014 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
Career Prize $ (USD)~
Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
$149,040
0/0
$249,080
0/0
QUICK HITS: One of seven Germans ranked inside the Top 100... Best result this season has been 2r on four occasions Shenzhen, Rio de Janeiro, Nurnberg and Seoul... Last match played prior to this week in Linz was in the 2r at Seoul against
Karolina Pliskova - her opponent today... Made Grand Slam main draw debut this year at Roland Garros... Won 125k event in
Suzhou, China in September... Highest ranked player defeated this year was No.36 Jovanovski at Shenzhen... Has won 11 career
ITF singles titles and 3 doubles titles
TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making main draw debut at Linz. Fell in qualifying in 2012.
2014 SUMMARY: 2r (4): Shenzhen (as qualifier, l. Cepelova), Rio de Janeiro (l. eventual champion Nara), Nurnberg (l. Kerber),
Seoul (l. eventual champion Ka. Pliskova); 1r (1): Paris [Indoors] (qualified, l. Meusburger), Roland Garros (l. Voegele),
Wimbledon (l. Nara), Tashkent (l. Pervak). Failed to qualify at Australian Open, Florianopolis, Stuttgart, New Haven, US Open.
Won WTA 125k at Suzhou
CAREER SUMMARY: Won WTA 125k title at Suzhou
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Made top 100 debut on August 11, 2014 (No.100); career high ranking is No.85 (September 8, 2014)
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Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Shenzhen (qualified, advanced to 2r)
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Has won 11 career ITF singles titles and 2 ITF doubles titles
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Made professional debut at ITF event in Croatia in 2011
GRAND SLAM HISTORY
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2014 Wimbledon marked 2nd Grand Slam singles main draw appearance
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Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2014 Roland Garros
OTHER FACTS
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Coached by Bijan Wardjawand
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Parents are Ludwig and Barbara; brother is Sebastian, sister is Manuela
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Started playing tennis at age 6
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Favorite shot is serve; favorite surface is hardcourt
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Hobbies include spending time with family and friends, going to the cinema, listening to music and reading books
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KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE)
Date of Birth (Age)
Residence
Current Singles Rank
Highest Singles Rank
March 21, 1992 (22)
2014 Prize $ (USD)~
$703,365
Louny, Czech Republic
2014 Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
1/2
No.30
Career Prize $ (USD)~
$1,233,208
No.29 (September 29, 2014)
Career Titles (Singles/Doubles)^
2/4
^ WTA / Grand Slam events only; ~prize money figures do not include this tournament
QUICK HITS: Since US Open, has posted 11-3 record in singles - R-Up at Hong Kong and winning title at Seoul (d. Lepchenko in
F); also won doubles title with sister Krystina at Hong Kong; also reached 3r at Wuhan (d. Stosur, l. Kvitova)… Equaled best
Grand Slam result by reaching 2r; has now reached 2r at all majors, but never beyond… Reached four finals this year, winning
second career title at Seoul… Has a 2-9 career record vs. Top 10 players (2-5 in 2014), with wins this year at Nürnberg (d. No. 9
Kerber) and US Open (d. No.9 Ivanovic)… Reached back-to-back QFs earlier this summer – at Bad Gastein (l. Min) and Istanbul (l.
Wozniacki).... Has won two doubles titles this season at Nürnberg, Bad Gastein and Hong Kong (all w/sister Krystina)... No.3
ranked Czech… Won first WTA singles title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur (d. two seeds en route and Mattek-Sands in F)… Won first
WTA doubles title at 2013 Linz (w/twin sister Kristyna Pliskova) – the first two twins to ever win a WTA doubles title; the pair
also reached the final at Palermo… Won Australian Open girls’ singles title in 2010
TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Making 2nd main draw appearance at Linz. 1r exit in 2013 (l. Schiavone). Fell in qualifying in 2012.
2014 SUMMARY: WON (1): Seoul (d. Lepchenko in F); R-Up (3): Pattaya City (l. Makarova in F), Nürnberg (l. Bouchard in F),
Hong Kong (l. Lisicki); SF (1): Kuala Lumpur (l. Cibulkova); QF (3): Monterrey (l. Wozniacki), Bad Gastein (l. Min), Istanbul (l.
eventual champion Wozniacki); 3r (3): Indian Wells (l. Li), US Open (l. Dellacqua), Wuhan (l. eventual champion Kvitova); 2r (7):
Auckland (l. Flipkens), Australian Open (l. No.31 seed Hantuchova 12-10 in 3s), Doha (l. Kerber), Roland Garros (l.
A.Radwanska), Wimbledon (l. Lisicki), Stanford (l. eventual champion S.Williams), Montreal (as qualifier, l. Suarez Navarro in
3s); 1r (5): Dubai (as qualifier, l. Flipkens), Miami (l. Peng), Madrid (as qualifier, l. Lisicki), Birmingham (l. Razzano), Beijing (l.
Hercog). Fell in qualifying at Eastbourne, Cincinnati and New Haven. Won doubles titles at Nürnberg (w/Krajicek), Bad Gastein
(w/Kr. Pliskova) and Hong Kong (w/Kr.Pliskova)
CAREER SUMMARY: WON (2): 2014 Seoul, 2013 Kuala Lumpur; R-Up (3): 2014 Hong Kong,2014 Pattaya City, 2014 Nürnberg;
four doubles titles
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Won first WTA singles title at 2013 Kuala Lumpur; won second title at 2014 Seoul
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Won four WTA doubles titles: 2013 Linz (w/Kr. Pliskova), 2014 Nürnburg (w/Krajicek), 2014 Bad Gastein (Kr. Pliskova),
2014 Hong Kong (w.Kr.Pliskova)
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Made WTA debut at 2007 Prague as WC (l. 1r Puchkova)
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Has 2 wins over Top 10 players: No.9 Kerber (2014 Nurnberg) and No.9 Ivanovic (2014 US Open)
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On ITF Circuit, has won 10 singles and six doubles titles
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Won 2010 Australian Open girls’ title
GRAND SLAM HISTORY
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2014 US Open marked 10th Grand Slam main draw appearance
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Best result is 2r at 2013 Wimbledon, 2014 Australian Open, 2014 Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon
OTHER FACTS
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Coached by Daniel Varek; fitness trainer is Frantisek Mandlik; trains at the I. CLTK club in Prague
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Began playing tennis at age 4
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Enjoys fishing, music (pop, Czech music) and movies (Rocky, Public Enemies)
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Has twin sister Kristyna Pliskova, also a WTA player
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