Leylah Annie Fernandez

Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian tennis player.

Leylah Annie Fernandez
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceBoynton Beach, Florida, U.S.[1]
Born (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$119,501
Singles
Career record65–41 (61.3%)
Career titles0
1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 118 (9 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 118 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record18–12 (60.0%)
Career titles0
2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 284 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 290 (24 February 2020)
Team competitions
Fed CupPO (2019), record 1–2
Last updated on: 28 February 2020.

Fernandez has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 126 achieved on 2 March 2020. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 284, achieved on 3 February 2020.

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.[2] 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.[3]

Professional career

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 National Bank ITF 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.[4] The following week, she made her second consecutive ITF final in Granby,[5] losing to Lizette Cabrera of Australia.

Fernandez made her Grand Slam debut at the 2020 Australian Open. After making it through qualifying, she fell in the first round to Lauren Davis.[6] She picked up the biggest win of her career to date the following week in the Fed Cup qualifying round against No. 5 in the world Belinda Bencic.[7] In late February at the Mexican Open, she made it through qualifying and into her first WTA 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.

Personal life

Her father Jorge is a former soccer player, and her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player.[3] She is of Ecuadorean and Filipino descent, and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

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

Singles

This table is current through 2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel.

Tournament 2018 20192020 SRW–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Canadian Open Q2 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
2018 2019 2020 Career
Tournaments 1 2 2 Career total: 5
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 1 Career total: 1
Hard Win–Loss 1–1 0–2 5–3 0 / 5 6–6 50%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 0 0–1 0%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 0–3 5–3 0 / 5 6–7 46%

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Mexico Open Acapulco, Mexico International Hard Heather Watson 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 1–6

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 Carson Branstine 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jul 2019 ITF Granby, Canada 80,000 Hard Lizette Cabrera 1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2019 ITF Waco, United States 25,000 Hard Fernanda Contreras 3–6, 6–2, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 ITF Gatineau, Canada 25,000 Hard Rebecca Marino Hsu Chieh-yu
Marcela Zacarias		 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–0 Oct 2019 ITF Saguenay, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Mélodie Collard Samantha Murray Sharan
Bibiane Schoofs		 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss 2–1 Nov 2019 ITF Toronto, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Mélodie Collard Robin Anderson
Jessika Ponchet		 6–7 (7–9), 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2019 Australian Open Hard Clara Tauson 4–6, 3–6
Win 2019 French Open Clay Emma Navarro 6–3, 6–2

Top 10 wins
Season 2020 Total
Wins 1 1
# Opponent Rank Event Surface Rd Score LAFR
2020
1. Belinda Bencic No. 5 Fed Cup, Switzerland Hard (i) QR 6–2, 7–6(7–3) No. 185

References
  1. "cndtennis Profile". cndtennis.ca. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. "Canadian Fernandez loses to top seed in Australian Open junior final". CBC. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. "Canadian Fernandez wins junior title in Paris". TSN. The Canadian Press. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. Pat Hickey (July 21, 2019). "Leylah Annie Fernandez sweeps titles at Gatineau tennis Challenger". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  5. Pat Hickey (July 28, 2019). "Laval's Fernandez defeats Montrealer Abanda to reach Granby final". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  6. Mark Lidbetter (January 23, 2020). "Laval's Fernandez makes Grand Slam debut at Australian Open". The Suburban. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. Gregory Strong (February 10, 2020). "Canadian tennis starlet Leylah Annie Fernandez confident after stunning Bencic". CBC.ca. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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