Sofia Kenin and Leylah Annie Fernandez will play each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.43
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez
There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Leylah Annie Fernandez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Sofia got to the 2nd round after beating Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kenin had a good straight sets win against Wickmayer (6-2 6-2). During the match Kenin scored 62 points vs Wickmayer’s 46. Sofia was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kenin fired 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sofia Kenin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 80% of her first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. Sofia was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Wickmayer 4 times.
Kenin has a weak win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 32% of her matches (608-291). 10-5 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kenin has a 218-123 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in at the Australian Open where she beat Garbine Muguruza in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in Lyon where she overcame Anna-Lena Friedsam in the final 6-2 4-6 6-4.
The American has a 16-6 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Kenin capitulated in the 3rd round 6-3 7-5 to Madison Keys.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Ranked no. 104 (career high), Leylah got to the 2nd round after beating Vera Zvonareva 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Zvonareva (6-4 7-5). During the match Annie scored 77 points vs Zvonareva’s 68. Leylah was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Annie scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Annie put 60% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. Leylah broke Zvonareva 3 times after converting 25% of her break points (3/12).
Annie has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 71% of her matches (170-71). 17-6 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Annie has a 97-48 record in the last 4 years on hard.
Leylah’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Acapulco.
The Canadian has a 18-7 win-loss record in 2020, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Leylah didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Annie |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 |
| Pts | 62-46 | 77-68 |
| Total Points | 108 | 145 |
| Winners | 33 | 27 |
| %Winners | 53% | 35% |
Both Kenin and Annie played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kenin and Annie have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kenin played 6 games less than Annie. Kenin scored 33 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Annie struck 27 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Annie |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 47/59 | 39/65 |
| %1st in | 80% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 27/39 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 18/26 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 69% |
Kenin recorded 5 aces . Annie scored 1 ace . Kenin won 70% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Annie won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Annie |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 100% | 25% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Sofia broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kenin extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Leylah broke her opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Annie conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Wickmayer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/59 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Annie | |||
| R1 Zvonareva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 77-68 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 39/65 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- Shelby RogersRogers – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-6 7-62 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (7-61 6-73 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Magda LinetteLinette – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-1 6-72 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petra MarticMartic – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-1 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Alison RiskeRiske (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Filip VegerVeger (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Johanna KontaKonta (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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