Leylah Annie Fernandez and Jelena Ostapenko will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Wuhan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leylah Annie Fernandez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.8
Jelena Ostapenko -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Jelena Ostapenko
This will be the 2nd time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Jelena Ostapenko face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Ostapenko won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2021.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs Leylah Annie Fernandez – Wimbledon 30-June-2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiYjzCB0l58
Leylah Annie Fernandez
24 - 24win/loss
25
13
WWLWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-24 | 10-13 | 8-7 | 5-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-25 | 28-16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-25 | 18-15 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-24 | 28-16 | 5-6 | 6-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 12-10 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 25, Annie Fernandez got to the 3rd round after defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Han Shi 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Annie Fernandez had a good straight sets win against Shi (6-3 6-4). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 64 points vs Shi’s 51. Leylah was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Annie Fernandez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 7 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 66% of her first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Leylah broke Shi 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Annie Fernandez has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.
WTA Wuhan - Leylah Annie Fernandez's projected path
Annie Fernandez has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (256-177). 10-13 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Annie Fernandez has a compiled 163-105 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Singapore where she beat Talia Gibson in the final 7-5 6-0.
Annie Fernandez has a compiled 24-24 win-loss record in 2026, 10-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wuhan
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See her history.
Jelena Ostapenko
25 - 20win/loss
34
5
WWLWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-20 | 13-13 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-20 | 8-14 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-19 | 14-10 | 8-6 | 4-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 21-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-19 | 19-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Ostapenko got to the 3rd round after beating Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-1 and Jessica Pegula 2-6 7-6(7) 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Pegula, Jelena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-67 6-3). During the match Ostapenko scored 96 points vs Pegula’s 91. The Latvian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Ostapenko struck 10 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 51% of her first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Pegula 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ostapenko has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
WTA Wuhan - Jelena Ostapenko's projected path
The Latvian has an aggregate 25-20 win-loss record in 2026, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wuhan
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Annie Fernandez | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 44 |
| Pts | 168-146 | 156-120 |
| Total Points | 314 | 276 |
| Winners | 80 | 55 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Annie Fernandez and Ostapenko played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Leylah Annie Fernandez conceded 1 set, while Jelena Ostapenko conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Annie Fernandez and Ostapenko have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Annie Fernandez played 3 games more than Ostapenko. Annie Fernandez scored 80 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Latvian made 55 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Annie Fernandez | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 114/179 | 80/145 |
| %1st in | 64% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 80/114 | 55/80 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 27/65 | 30/65 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 46% |
Annie Fernandez fired 8 aces (4 per match). Ostapenko scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Annie Fernandez won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Ostapenko won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Annie Fernandez | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 12/16 |
| % Converted | 69% | 75% |
| Conceded | 27 | 14 |
| Saved | 21 | 7 |
| % Saved | 78% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The Canadian broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Leylah dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Jelena broke her opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Latvian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Annie Fernandez | ||||
| R1 Alexandrova |
R2 Shi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
| pts | 104-95 | 64-51 | 168-146 | |
| Total points | 199 | 115 | 314 | |
| Winners | 44 | 36 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 56% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 68/109 | 46/70 | 114/179 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 36/46 | 80/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 10/24 | 27/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/4 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 75% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 8 | 27 | |
| Saved | 14/19 | 7/8 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 74% | 88% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Ostapenko | ||||
| R1 Kasatkina |
R2 Pegula |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 30 | 44 | |
| pts | 60-29 | 96-91 | 156-120 | |
| Total points | 89 | 187 | 276 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 47/92 | 80/145 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 31/47 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 66% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 22/45 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 49% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 5/7 | 12/16 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 71% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 44% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Wuhan
- Ann LiLi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-6 7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Sara Errani/Jasmine PaoliniErrani/Jasmine Paolini – Tereza Mihalikova/Olivia NichollsMihalikova/Olivia Nicholls (4-6 6-2 10-5) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Daria SnigurSnigur (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Iva JovicJovic – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Han ShiShi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Anna Danilina/Shuai ZhangDanilina/Shuai Zhang – Anhelina Kalinina/Dayana YastremskaKalinina/Dayana Yastremska (w/o) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Caty McNallyMcNally (3-6 7-61 7-64) – See score progression
- Su-Wei Hsieh/Jelena OstapenkoHsieh/Jelena Ostapenko – Sofia Kenin/Irina KhromachevaKenin/Irina Khromacheva (2-6 7-60 10-7) – See score progression
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-4 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Sonay KartalKartal – Belinda BencicBencic (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Mia PohankovaPohankova – Xiyu WangWang (7-62 6-77 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Daria SnigurSnigur (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-4 4-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Han ShiShi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-6 7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ann LiLi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Hanyu GuoGuo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
