Leylah Annie Fernandez and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will play each other in the 2nd round of the Ningbo Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.4
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
This will be the 5th time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Aliaksandra Sasnovich square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sasnovich won 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Vic back in 2025.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
25 - 25win/loss
30
13
WLWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-25 | 11-14 | 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. 30, Annie Fernandez reached the 2nd round after defeating Elise Mertens 2-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Mertens, Annie Fernandez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 97 points vs Mertens’s 94. Leylah was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Annie Fernandez scored just 1 ace in the match and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve 7 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 66% of her first serves in, winning 59% (40/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Mertens 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Annie Fernandez has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (257-178). 11-14 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Annie Fernandez has a compiled 164-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Singapore where she overcame Talia Gibson in the final 7-5 6-0.
Leylah has an overall 25-25 win-loss record in 2026, 11-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ningbo
Leylah has never competed in this tournament before.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
34 - 24win/loss
122
29
WWWLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-24 | 23-14 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-26 | 8-13 | 11-7 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-23 | 10-12 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-26 | 16-17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-21 | 18-10 | 12-7 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, Aliaksandra reached the 2nd round after defeating Anna Bondar 7-5 6-1, Anhelina Kalinina 5-3 ret. and Daria Kasatkina 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-4 6-2). During the match Sasnovich scored 62 points vs Kasatkina’s 38. Aliaksandra was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Sasnovich struck 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Sasnovich broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Aliaksandra has an overall 34-24 win-loss record in 2026, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ningbo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Annie Fernandez | Sasnovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 45 |
| Pts | 97-94 | 171-120 |
| Total Points | 191 | 291 |
| Winners | 40 | 55 |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% |
Annie Fernandez played 1 match while Sasnovich competed in 3 matches. Sasnovich started her run from the qualifications while Annie Fernandez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Leylah Annie Fernandez conceded 1 set while Aliaksandra Sasnovich hasn’t lost a set so far. Annie Fernandez has played 3 set(s) less than Sasnovich (3 vs 6). Therefore, Annie Fernandez played 16 games less than Sasnovich. The Canadian scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sasnovich managed to score 55 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Annie Fernandez | Sasnovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 75/133 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 40/68 | 55/75 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 13/35 | 34/58 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 59% |
Annie Fernandez scored 1 ace . Sasnovich also fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Annie Fernandez won 59% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Sasnovich won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Annie Fernandez | Sasnovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 12/20 |
| % Converted | 58% | 60% |
| Conceded | 14 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 |
Leylah broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Canadian lost her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sasnovich broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Annie Fernandez | |||
| R1 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-94 | 97-94 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/68 | 40/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/35 | 13/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/14 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Sasnovich | |||||
| Q1 Bondar |
Q3 Kalinina |
R1 Kasatkina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 5-3 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 8 | 18 | 45 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 40-32 | 62-38 | 171-120 | |
| Total points | 119 | 72 | 100 | 291 | |
| Winners | 23 | 13 | 19 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 27/48 | 21/36 | 27/49 | 75/133 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 13/21 | 19/27 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 62% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 6/15 | 15/22 | 34/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 40% | 68% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 5/7 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 71% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 60% | 127% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Ningbo
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Alycia ParksParks (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexandra EalaEala – Diane ParryParry (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elise MertensMertens (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Maria Kozyreva/Maia LumsdenKozyreva/Maia Lumsden – Tereza Mihalikova/Olivia NichollsMihalikova/Olivia Nicholls (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Han ShiShi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hanyu Guo/Kristina MladenovicGuo/Kristina Mladenovic – Shuko Aoyama/En Shuo LiangAoyama/En Shuo Liang (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ellen Perez/Demi SchuursPerez/Demi Schuurs – Yihan Qu/Yushan ShaoQu/Yushan Shao (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Alycia ParksParks (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Daria SnigurSnigur (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Belinda BencicBencic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
