Elena Rybakina and Leylah Annie Fernandez will face off in the quarter of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.28
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 3.7

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez

There is no head to head record between Elena Rybakina and Leylah Annie Fernandez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 4, Elena reached the quarter after beating Lin Zhu 6-2 6-1 and Emma Navarro 6-1 6-7⁶ 6-4.

In the 3^rd round, Rybakina defeated Navarro (6-1 6-7⁶ 6-4). During the match, Rybakina scored 103 points vs Navarro’s 86. Rybakina was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rybakina struck 10 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 65% of her first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Navarro 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Rybakina has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (302-134). 13-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rybakina has an overall 140-68 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-0 6-3 and in Abu Dhabi where she defeated Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-1 6-4.

Elena has an aggregate 13-2 win-loss record in 2024, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Ranked no. 38, Leylah got to the quarter after beating Liudmila Samsonova 7-5 7-6⁴, Paula Badosa Gibert 0-6 6-2 6-3 and Qinwen Zheng 7-5 6-3.

In the 3^rd round, Leylah had a good straight sets win against Zheng (7-5 6-3). During the match Annie scored 68 points vs Zheng’s 53. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Annie couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Leylah Annie Fernandez was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of her 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Annie broke Zheng 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Canadian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Leylah has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Annie
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	45	69
Pts	160-118	235-215
Total Points	278	450
Winners	65	105
%Winners	41%	45%

Rybakina played 2 matches while Annie competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina dropped 1 set, while Leylah Annie Fernandez lost 1 set. Rybakina has played 2 set(s) less than Annie (5 vs 7). Therefore, Rybakina played 24 games less than Annie. The Kazakhstani scored 65 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Leylah managed to score 105 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Annie
Aces	17	4
Avg per match	8.5	1.3
1st in	85/127	154/220
%1st in	67%	70%
1st pts	65/85	105/154
%1st pts	76%	68%
2nd pts	22/42	34/66
%2nd pts	52%	52%

Rybakina scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Annie scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Rybakina won 76% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Annie won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Annie
Won	10	10
Converted	10/17	10/25
% Converted	59%	40%
Conceded	4	18
Saved	2	11
% Saved	50%	61%
Times Broken	2	7

Rybakina broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Rybakina lost her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Annie broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Leylah conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R2 Zhu	R3 Navarro	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-1 6-76 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	30	45
pts	57-32	103-86	160-118
Total points	89	189	278
Winners	26	39	65
%Winners	46%	38%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	10	17
Double Faults	1	3	4
1st in	30/42	55/85	85/127
% 1st in	71%	65%	67%
1st pts	26/30	39/55	65/85
% 1st pts	87%	71%	76%
2nd pts	7/12	15/30	22/42
% 2nd pts	58%	50%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/7	6/10	10/17
Converted %	57%	60%	59%
Conceded	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	2/4	2
Saved %	–	50%	25%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Annie
	R1 Samsonova	R2 Badosa	R3 Zheng	Total
Score	7-5 7-64	0-6 6-2 6-3	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	25	23	21	69
pts	86-85	81-77	68-53	235-215
Total points	171	158	121	450
Winners	40	33	32	105
%Winners	47%	41%	47%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	0	4
Double Faults	5	3	2	10
1st in	59/89	52/70	43/61	154/220
% 1st in	66%	74%	70%	70%
1st pts	40/59	33/52	32/43	105/154
% 1st pts	68%	63%	74%	68%
2nd pts	13/30	9/18	12/18	34/66
% 2nd pts	43%	50%	67%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/6	4/15	3/4	10/25
Converted %	50%	27%	75%	40%
Conceded	8	9	1	18
Saved	6/8	5/9	0/1	11
Saved %	75%	56%	0%	66%
Times Broken	2	4	1	7

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Vaclav SafranekSafranek (0-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lukas RosolRosol – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (1-6 6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-3) – H2H and prediction