Leylah Fernandez
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Fernandez in 2021
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Full name | Leylah Annie Fernandez |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.[1] |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
6 September 2002
Height | 1.68 m |
Turned pro | 2019 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) | Jorge Fernandez (father) |
Prize money | US$ 2,518,747 |
Singles | |
Career record | 117–71 (62.23%) |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 17 (16 May 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 17 (16 May 2022) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2020, 2021, 2022) |
French Open | QF (2022) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
US Open | F (2021) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 36–30 (54.55%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 58 (21 March 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 60 (4 April 2022) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2021) |
French Open | 3R (2021) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
US Open | 3R (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Last updated on: 6 April 2022. |
Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002)[1] is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 17 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 16 May 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 Monterrey Open. As a 19-year-old, she finished runner-up at the 2021 US Open to fellow teenager Emma Raducanu, defeating three top-5 players en route to the final (including defending champion Naomi Osaka).
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Junior career
- 3 Professional career
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Endorsements
- 6 Performance timelines
- 7 Grand Slam tournament finals
- 8 WTA career finals
- 9 ITF Circuit finals
- 10 Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
- 11 WTA Tour career earnings
- 12 Career Grand Slam statistics
- 13 Head-to-head records
- 14 Notes
- 15 References
- 16 External links
Early life
Fernandez was born in Montreal, Quebec.[1] Her father Jorge is from Ecuador and is a former football player. Her mother Irene (née Exevea) is a Filipino Canadian.[2] Her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player.[3]
Junior career
On 25 January 2019, as a 16-year old, Fernandez entered the Australian Open girls' singles final, where she lost to the top-seeded Clara Tauson.[4] On 8 June 2019, Fernandez defeated Emma Navarro in the French Open final to become the first Canadian female winner of a junior Grand Slam title since Eugenie Bouchard at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.[3]
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.[5] The following week, she made her second consecutive ITF final in Granby,[6] 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 qualifying, she lost in the first round to Lauren Davis.[7]
She achieved the biggest win of her career the following week in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round against world No. 5, Belinda Bencic.[8]
In late February at the Mexican Open, she qualified and reached her first WTA tournament final, where, after winning 12 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, losing to the eventual champion, Elina Svitolina.
In October at the French Open, Fernandez reached the third round, first by upsetting 31st seed Magda Linette in the opening round, and then defeating Polona Hercog before losing to Petra Kvitova in straight sets.
2021: First WTA title, US Open final, and Indian Wells debut
Fernandez began 2021 without consecutive wins in her first four tournaments. However, in March at the Monterrey Open, she won her first four matches to reach the final, defeating 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 won without dropping a set during the tournament.[9][10]
At the US Open, Fernandez became a fan favorite due to her unexpected success as an underdog.[11][12] She defeated the third seed and defending champion, Naomi Osaka, in three sets in the third round,[13] former world No. 1 and three-time major champion, Angelique Kerber, in the fourth round, in three sets,[14] and fifth seed Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals, again in three sets, to reach her maiden major semifinal a day after her 19th birthday. She then defeated Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, to reach her first major final[15] and also the first player born in 2002 to reach such a final. It was the third time in the Open Era that a woman defeated three of the top five seeds at the US Open.[citation needed] In the final, she lost to fellow teenager Emma Raducanu, in straight sets.[16]
Fernandez then made her Indian Wells Open debut as the 23rd seed. She first beat Alizé Cornet in the second round and French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the third, before suffering an upset in the fourth round by Shelby Rogers.
At the end of the year, Fernandez was given the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award by the Canadian Press as its choice for Canadian female athlete of 2021.[17]
2022: Second Monterrey title, Indian Wells doubles SF, Maiden French Open quarterfinal
Fernandez started the season at the Adelaide International. She advanced to the round of 16 where she was defeated by Iga Świątek, in straight sets.[18] She lost to Maddison Inglis in the opening round of the Australian Open as the 23rd seed.[19]
In March, Fernandez defended her Monterrey Open title, reaching her fourth final and winning her second WTA title. Beating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Zheng Qinwen, Wang Qiang and Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach the final, Fernandez won against Camila Osorio in three sets, saving five championship points in the final set.[20][21] Fernandez also entered the doubles competition with her sister, Bianca Fernandez. They lost in the first round to Elixane Lechemia and Ingrid Neel.[22]
Fernandez subsequently entered the Indian Wells Open. Receiving a bye in the first round, she advanced to third round after a retirement from Amanda Anisimova, where she won the second-set tiebreak, and defeated Shelby Rogers in three sets. She lost to defending champion Paula Badosa in the fourth round.[23] Fernandez also entered the doubles competition, partnering with Alizé Cornet. The pair reached the semifinals, before losing to eventual champions Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan.[24]
In May, at the French Open, Fernandez beat Olympic Champion Belinda Bencic and 2019 French Open semifinalist Amanda Anisimova in the third and fourth round before losing to Martina Trevisan in the quarterfinals.[25]
Personal life
Fernandez is a fan of Spanish football team Real Madrid, and English football team Manchester City.[26] She speaks three languages, English, French and Spanish.[27]
Endorsements
Fernandez is sponsored by Canadian brand Lululemon for apparel and by French brand Babolat for racquets, currently using the Babolat Pure Aero racquet. In January 2022, she became the first global brand ambassador in tennis for Lululemon. Lululemon replaces her prior apparel sponsor Asics, which she will continue to use for footwear until Lululemon launches its tennis footwear line by the end of 2022.[28] She is also sponsored by wireless telecommunications company Telcel/Claro, cosmetics company Birchbox, Morgan Stanley, and EasyPost.[29] She also is a brand ambassador for Flair Airlines along with fellow Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Felix Auger Aliassime.[30] Additional sponsors include USANA, Microsure, and Cambridge Global Payments.[31][32] In January 2022, she became a Google ambassador in Canada for the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro as well as Gatorade Canada ambassador.[33][34]
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[35]
Singles
Current through the 2022 French Open.
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
French Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | QF | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | 70% |
Wimbledon | A | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | 2R | F | 0 / 2 | 7–2 | 78% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 7–4 | 4–2 | 0 / 9 | 14–9 | 61% |
National representation | ||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] | A | PO | QR | PO | 0 / 0 | 3–2 | 60% | |
WTA 1000 tournaments | ||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 2] | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | NH | 4R | 4R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
Miami Open | A | A | NH | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | A | NH | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Italian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Canadian Open | Q2 | 1R | NH | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
Wuhan Open | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
China Open | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 0 / 9 | 6–9 | 40% |
Career statistics | ||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 9 | Career total: 34 | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 2 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 4 | ||
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 0–3 | 11–8 | 23–14 | 16–8 | 2 / 34 | 51–34 | 60% |
Year-end ranking | 487 | 209 | 88 | 24 | $2,319,572 |
Doubles
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 3R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
French Open | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
Wimbledon | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
US Open | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 1–2 | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | 46% |
WTA 1000 | |||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 2] | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | NH | QF | SF | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
Miami Open | A | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Madrid Open | A | NH | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wuhan Open | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
China Open | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2021 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2020 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico | International | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(10–8), 1–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2021 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2021 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Mar 2022 | Monterrey Open, Mexico (2) | WTA 250 | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2019 | ITF Gatineau, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2019 | ITF Granby, Canada | 80,000 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Waco, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2019 | ITF Gatineau, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2019 | ITF Saguenay, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2019 | ITF Toronto, Canada | 60,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(7–9), 2–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2020 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
Girls' singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2019 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
WTA Tour career earnings
As of 7 March 2022
Year | Grand Slam titles |
WTA titles |
Total titles |
Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,608 | 973 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,899 | 618 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42,525 | 322 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356,669 | 61 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1,772,625 | 13 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 133,930 | 75 |
Career | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2,319,572 | 235 |
Career Grand Slam statistics
Seedings
The tournaments won by Fernandez are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Fernandez are in italics.
Year | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
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2020 | qualifier | not seeded | cancelled | not seeded |
2021 | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded | not seeded (1) |
2022 | 23rd | 17th |
Best Grand Slam singles results details
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Head-to-head records
Record vs. top-ten ranked players
Active players are in boldface.[36]
Player | Years | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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2021 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2) at 2021 US Open |
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2021 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4) at 2021 US Open |
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2022 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2022 Adelaide |
Number 2 ranked players | |||||||
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2021 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4) at 2021 US Open |
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2020 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–4, 7–5) at 2020 US Open |
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2021 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2021 Tokyo Olympics |
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2020 | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2020 French Open |
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2020–22 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Indian Wells |
Number 3 ranked players | |||||||
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2020–21 | 3–0 | 100% | 3–0 | – | – | Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2021 Melbourne |
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2020–21 | 1–1 | 50% | 1–1 | – | – | Won (6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 US Open |
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2021 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2021 Melbourne |
Number 4 ranked players | |||||||
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2020–22 | 2–0 | 100% | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | Won (7–5, 3–6, 7–5) at 2022 French Open |
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2018 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2018 Granby |
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2020 | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2020 US Open |
Number 5 ranked players | |||||||
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2021 | 0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Wimbledon |
Number 7 ranked players | |||||||
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2021 | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (1–6, 5–7) at 2021 French Open |
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2020–21 | 0–2 | 0% | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | Lost (4–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)) at 2021 Birmingham |
Number 9 ranked players | |||||||
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2021 | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2021 Monterrey |
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2022 | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–1, 1–6, 6–4) at 2022 Madrid |
Number 10 ranked players | |||||||
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2022 | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–0, 7–5) at 2022 French Open |
Total | 2018–22 | 13–13 | 50% | 10–9 (53%) |
3–2 (60%) |
0–2 (0%) |
Current through the 2022 French Open 3R |
Top 10 wins
Season | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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Wins | 1 | 3 | 4 |
# | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LFR |
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No. 5 | BJK Cup, Switzerland | Hard (i) | QR | 6–2, 7–6(7–3) | No. 185 |
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No. 3 | US Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 | No. 73 |
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No. 5 | US Open, United States | Hard | QF | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) | No. 73 |
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No. 2 | US Open, United States | Hard | SF | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–4 | No. 73 |
Notes
- ↑ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
References
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External links
- Leylah Fernandez at the Women's Tennis Association
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Canadian female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec
- Tennis players from Montreal
- French Open junior champions
- Canadian sportspeople of Filipino descent
- Canadian people of Ecuadorian descent
- Sportspeople of Ecuadorian descent
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Canada