Elena Rybakina and Leylah Annie Fernandez will square off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on P&G GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.35
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez
This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Leylah Annie Fernandez square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Doha back in February 2024.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Leylah Annie Fernandez – Doha 15-February-2024
Elena Rybakina
40 - 8win/loss
4
3
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-8 | 22-4 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-15 | 31-11 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 18-14 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-10 | 18-5 | 7-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Elena will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match at the London where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Krejcikova in the semifinal on the 11th of July.
Rybakina has a compiled 40-8 win-loss record in 2024, 22-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering 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 and in Stuttgart where she beat Marta Kostyuk in the final 6-2 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, Elena has an overall 329-140 record. She has a positive 149-70 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
22 - 17win/loss
27
13
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-17 | 9-8 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 25-17 | 19-10 | 3-5 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, Annie got to the 2nd round after beating Yue Yuan 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Yuan, Annie recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Annie scored 82 points vs Yuan’s 79. Leylah was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Annie recorded 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Annie put 68% of her first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Annie broke Yuan 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Leylah’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Eastbourne.
Annie has a composed 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020, 2021 and 2022. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-0 6-78 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Lulu SunSun (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Franco Emanuel EgeaEmanuel Egea – Bart StevensStevens (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin DhoeDhoe – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stephan GerritsenGerritsen – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Mats HermansHermans (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clement GeensGeens – Luca GelhardtGelhardt (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stephan FransenFransen – Marc GinerGiner (6-74 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Magda LinetteLinette (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Cori GauffGauff (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (2-0) – H2H and prediction