Leylah Annie Fernandez and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the quarter of the Rothesay Classic for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on Ann Jones 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 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 -> 1.65
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Ranked no. 33, the Canadian reached the quarter after beating Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1 6-1 and Viktorija Golubic 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Golubic, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 97 points vs Golubic’s 82. Annie Fernandez was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Annie Fernandez blasted 5 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 76% of her first serves in, winning 72% (47/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Golubic 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Annie Fernandez has lost 1 set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.

Annie Fernandez has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (180-115). 2-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Annie Fernandez has a composed5-4 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.

Leylah has a compiled 13-12 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 190, Ajla reached the quarter after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-1 and Lin Zhu 6-7⁶ 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Zhu, Tomljanovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-4). During the match Tomljanovic scored 112 points vs Zhu’s 96. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Tomljanovic struck 10 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Zhu 9 times after converting 64% of her break points (9/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ajla has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Tomljanovic’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Australia.

The Australian has a compiled 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Annie Fernandez	Tomljanovic
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	45	45
Pts	150-107	183-143
Total Points	257	326
Winners	67	68
%Winners	45%	37%

Both Annie Fernandez and Tomljanovic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Leylah Annie Fernandez surrendered 1 set, while Ajla Tomljanovic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Annie Fernandez and Tomljanovic have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (45). Leylah scored 67 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ajla recorded 68 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Annie Fernandez	Tomljanovic
Aces	7	12
Avg per match	3.5	6
1st in	94/124	105/175
%1st in	76%	60%
1st pts	67/94	68/105
%1st pts	71%	65%
2nd pts	15/30	34/70
%2nd pts	50%	49%

Annie Fernandez made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tomljanovic made 12 aces (6 per match). Annie Fernandez won 71% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Annie Fernandez	Tomljanovic
Won	11	14
Converted	11/17	14/21
% Converted	65%	67%
Conceded	10	26
Saved	5	20
% Saved	50%	77%
Times Broken	5	6

The Canadian broke her opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Canadian surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. Tomljanovic conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.

Annie Fernandez
	R1 Sorribes Tormo	R2 Golubic	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	14	31	45
pts	53-25	97-82	150-107
Total points	78	179	257
Winners	20	47	67
%Winners	38%	48%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	29/39	65/85	94/124
% 1st in	74%	76%	76%
1st pts	20/29	47/65	67/94
% 1st pts	69%	72%	71%
2nd pts	6/10	9/20	15/30
% 2nd pts	60%	45%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/7	5/10	11/17
Converted %	86%	50%	65%
Conceded	4	6	10
Saved	3/4	2/6	5
Saved %	75%	33%	54%
Times Broken	1	4	5

Tomljanovic
	R1 Blinkova	R2 Zhu	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-76 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	30	45
pts	71-47	112-96	183-143
Total points	118	208	326
Winners	30	38	68
%Winners	42%	34%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	10	12
Double Faults	3	8	11
1st in	47/78	58/97	105/175
% 1st in	60%	60%	60%
1st pts	30/47	38/58	68/105
% 1st pts	64%	66%	65%
2nd pts	17/31	17/39	34/70
% 2nd pts	55%	44%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	9	14
Converted	5/7	9/14	14/21
Converted %	71%	64%	67%
Conceded	12	14	26
Saved	11/12	9/14	20
Saved %	92%	64%	78%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Tennis Scores in Birmingham

• Miyu Kato/Shuai ZhangKato/Shuai Zhang – Greetje Minnen/Heather WatsonMinnen/Heather Watson (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Su-Wei Hsieh/Elise MertensHsieh/Elise Mertens – Samantha Murray/Eden SilvaMurray/Eden Silva (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Daniel BrandsBrands (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernard TomicTomic – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-1 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matthias BachingerBachinger – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (3-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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