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Leylah Annie Fernandez
Country (sports) Canada
Born (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 22)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$24,655
Singles
Career record37-25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 233 (August 26, 2019)
Current rankingNo. 233 (August 26, 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorF (2019)
French Open JuniorW (2019)
Doubles
Career record4–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 795 (December 31, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 808 (April 15, 2019)
Last updated on: April 20, 2019.

Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian tennis player. Her father Jorge is a former soccer player, and her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player.[1]

Fernandez has a career high WTA singles ranking of 376 achieved on 8 April 2019. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 795 achieved on 31 December 2018.

Professional career

Fernandez made her WTA main draw debut at the 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale after receiving a wild card for the singles and doubles main draw.[2]

On 8 June 2019, Fernandez played a convincing win over American Emma Navarro at the French Open junior girls' singles final to become the first Canadian female winner of a junior Grand Slam title since Eugenie Bouchard at 2012 Wimbledon.[1]

On 21 July 2019, Fernandez won her first professional singles tennis title when she rallied to beat fellow Canadian Carson Branstine 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 in the final of the $25,000 Gatineau National Bank ITF Challenger. [3] 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 Chieh-Yu Hsu of Taiwan 7–6 (7–5), 6–3. The following week she made her second consecutive ITF final in Granby, losing to Lizette Cabrera of Australia.[4]

ITF Finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

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)
Outcome No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 21 July 2019 $25,000 Gatineau, Canada Hard Canada Carson Branstine 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 28 July 2019 $80,000 Granby, Canada Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 20 October 2019 $25,000 Waco, United States Hard Mexico Fernanda Contreras 3–6, 6–2, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 21 July 2019 $25,000 Gatineau, Canada Hard Canada Rebecca Marino Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
Mexico Marcela Zacarias 		7–6(7–5), 6–3

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles

Outcome Year Championship 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

References

  1. ^ a b "Canadian Fernandez wins junior title in Paris". TSN. The Canadian Press. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Heather Watson beats teenager Annie Leylah Fernandez to reach Quebec quarters". eurosport.com.
  3. ^ https://montrealgazette.com/sports/fernandez-sweeps-titles-at-gatineau-tennis-challenger. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-teen-fernandez-wins-first-pro-singles-title-at-gatineau-challenger-1.1340366. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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