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Leylah Fernandez
Fernandez at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceBoynton Beach, Florida, U.S.[1]
Born (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22)
Montreal, Canada
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 786,772
Singles
Career record98–63
Career titles1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 66 (14 June 2021)
Current rankingNo. 73 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2020, 2021)
French Open3R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US OpenSF (2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record28–23
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 120 (21 June 2021)
Current rankingNo. 125 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French Open3R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open3R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup1–2
Last updated on: 31 August 2021.

Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Filipino-Canadian professional tennis player. She won her first WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Monterrey Open.[2] She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66, achieved on 14 June 2021. She achieved her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 120 on 21 June 2021.

Early life

Fernandez's father Jorge is from Ecuador and is a former soccer player; her mother is a Canadian citizen of Filipina descent.[3] Her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player,[4] and her older sister, Jodeci, is a dentist. Fernandez is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

Junior career

On 25 January 2019, Fernandez made it to the Australian Open girls' singles final, where she lost to the top-seeded Clara Tauson.[5] On 8 June 2019, Fernandez defeated Emma Navarro in the French Open girl's singles final to become the first Canadian female winner of a junior Grand Slam title since Eugenie Bouchard at 2012 Wimbledon.[4]

Professional career

2019: Professional debut

On 21 July 2019, Fernandez won her first professional singles tennis title when she rallied to beat fellow Canadian Carson Branstine in the final of the Gatineau Challenger. Fernandez also won her first professional doubles title on the same date when she teamed with Rebecca Marino of Vancouver. The pair defeated the second-seeded team of Marcela Zacarías of Mexico and Hsu Chieh-yu of Taiwan.[6] The following week, she made her second consecutive ITF final in Granby,[7] losing to Lizette Cabrera of Australia.

2020: Grand Slam debut, first WTA Tour final, French Open third round

Fernandez made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open. After making it through qualifying, she fell in the first round to Lauren Davis.[8]

She picked up the biggest win of her career until that time the following week in the Fed Cup qualifying round against No. 5 in the world, Belinda Bencic.[9]

In late February at the Mexican Open, she made it through qualifying and into her first WTA tournament final, where, after winning twelve sets in a row, she was defeated by world No. 69, Heather Watson. A week later, she upset Grand Slam champion Sloane Stephens to reach the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open, falling to eventual champion Elina Svitolina.

2021: First WTA title and US Open semifinal

Fernandez began 2021 unable to string together consecutive wins in her first four tournaments. That changed, however, in March at the Monterrey Open where she won her first four matches to reach the final, and defeated Viktorija Golubic to win the first WTA title of her career. At 18 years old, she was the youngest player in the main draw, and captured the championship without dropping a set the entire tournament.[10]

At the US Open, Fernandez upset defending champion, Naomi Osaka, 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 in the third round [11], the former world No. 1 and three-time grand slam champion, Angelique Kerber, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2[12] in the fourth round, and the 5th seed Elina Svitolina, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), in the quarterfinal to reach her maiden Grand Slam semifinal a day after her 19th birthday. It was the second time in the tournament she defeated a top five seed (after Naomi Osaka, the No. 3 seed), making her the youngest player to accomplish that since Serena Williams in 1999.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.[13]

Singles

Current after the 2021 Western & Southern Open.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A 3R 2R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Wimbledon A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–3 0 / 6 4–6 40%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open Q2 1R NH 1R 0 / 22 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Open A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 7 13 Career total: 23
Titles 0 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 1 1 Career total: 2
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 0–3 11–8 15–12 1 / 23 27–24 53%
Year-end ranking 487 209 88 $413,017

Doubles

Tournament 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
French Open 1R 3R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–Loss 0–1 5–4 0 / 5 5–5 50%

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 / WTA 1000
Premier / WTA 500
International / WTA 250
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Mexican Open International Hard United Kingdom Heather Watson 4–6, 7–6(8), 1–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2021 Monterrey Open, Mexico WTA 250 Hard Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–1, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 ITF Gatineau, Canada 25,000 Hard Canada Carson Branstine 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jul 2019 Challenger de Granby, Canada 80,000 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2019 ITF Waco, United States 25,000 Hard Mexico Fernanda Contreras 3–6, 6–2, 1–6

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 ITF Gatineau, Canada 25,000 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
Mexico Marcela Zacarias 		7–6(5), 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2019 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Canada Mélodie Collard United Kingdom Samantha Murray Sharan
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs 		7–6(3), 6–2
Loss 2–1 Nov 2019 Tevlin Challenger, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Canada Mélodie Collard United States Robin Anderson
France Jessika Ponchet 		6–7 (7), 2–6
Loss 2–2 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Canada Bianca Fernandez Russia Veronika Pepelyaeva
Russia Anastasia Tikhonova 		6–4, 3–6, [6–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2019 Australian Open Hard Denmark Clara Tauson 4–6, 3–6
Win 2019 French Open Clay United States Emma Navarro 6–3, 6–2

Head-to-head records

Record vs. top-ten ranked players

Active players are in boldface.[14]

Player Years Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Germany Angelique Kerber 2021 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2) at 2021 US Open
Japan Naomi Osaka 2021 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4) at 2021 US Open
Number 2 ranked players
Russia Vera Zvonareva 2020 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–4, 7–5) at 2020 French Open
Czech Republic Petra Kvitova 2020 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2020 French Open
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 2021 0–0 0% 0–0 – – TBD at 2021 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
United States Sloane Stephens 2020–21 3–0 100% 3–0 – – Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2021 Melbourne
Ukraine Elina Svitolina 2020–21 1–1 50% 1–1 – – Won (6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 US Open
Number 4 ranked players
Switzerland Belinda Bencic 2020 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–2, 7–6(7–3)) at 2020 Billie Jean King Cup
Canada Bianca Andreescu 2018 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2018 Granby
United States Sofia Kenin 2020 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2020 US Open
Number 5 ranked players
Latvia Jelena Ostapenko 2021 0–1 0% – – 0–1 Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Wimbledon
Number 7 ranked players
United States Madison Keys 2021 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 5–7) at 2021 French Open
Number 9 ranked players
United States CoCo Vandeweghe 2021 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2021 Monterrey
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 2021 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2021 Tokio Olympics
Total 2018–21 9–7 56% 9–4
(69%) 		0–2
(0%) 		0–1
(0%) 		Statistics correct as of 7 September 2021.

Top 10 wins

Season 2020 2021 Total
Wins 1 2 3
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score LFR
2020
1. Switzerland Belinda Bencic No. 5 Fed Cup, Switzerland Hard (i) QR 6–2, 7–6(7–3) No. 185
2021
2. Japan Naomi Osaka No. 3 US Open Hard 3R 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 No. 73
3. Ukraine Elina Svitolina No. 5 US Open Hard QF 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) No. 73

References

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  2. ^ "Canadian teen Leylah Annie Fernandez wins Monterrey Open, captures 1st WTA title". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Roland-Garros : le titre juniors pour la Canadienne Leylah Annie Fernandez". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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  5. ^ "Canadian Fernandez loses to top seed in Australian Open junior final". CBC. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ Pat Hickey (21 July 2019). "Leylah Annie Fernandez sweeps titles at Gatineau tennis Challenger". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. ^ Pat Hickey (28 July 2019). "Laval's Fernandez defeats Montrealer Abanda to reach Granby final". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  8. ^ Mark Lidbetter (23 January 2020). "Laval's Fernandez makes Grand Slam debut at Australian Open". The Suburban. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  9. ^ Gregory Strong (10 February 2020). "Canadian tennis starlet Leylah Annie Fernandez confident after stunning Bencic". CBC. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  10. ^ "18-year-old Leylah Fernandez captures first WTA title in Monterrey". Tennis.com.
  11. ^ "Canadian teen Fernandez ends Osaka's US Open title defense in third round stunner". WTA Tour.
  12. ^ "Canadian teen Fernandez stuns Kerber at US Open to reach first major quarterfinal; Sabalenka sweeps to victory". Women's Tennis Association.
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  14. ^ "Head to Head". WTA Tennis.
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