Leylah Annie Fernandez and Kimberly Birrell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE 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.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.26
Kimberly Birrell -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Kimberly Birrell
There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
29 - 23win/loss
31
13
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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. 32, Annie Fernandez reached the 2nd round after defeating Heather Watson 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Annie Fernandez had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-2 6-2). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 68 points vs Watson’s 49. The Canadian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Annie Fernandez blasted 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 65% of her first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Annie Fernandez broke Watson 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Annie Fernandez has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (196-126). 16-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Annie Fernandez has an aggregate123-75 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Leylah’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Eastbourne.
Leylah has an aggregate 29-23 win-loss record in 2024, 16-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Kimberly Birrell
40 - 26win/loss
114
100
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 12-4 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 42-33 | 32-21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 38-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Birrell reached the 2nd round after beating Ana Bogdan 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Bogdan (6-3 6-4). During the match Birrell scored 73 points vs Bogdan’s 63. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Birrell struck 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kimberly Birrell was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of her 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Birrell broke Bogdan twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Fukuoka where she beat Emina Bektas in the final 6-2 6-4.
Birrell has an overall 40-26 win-loss record in 2024, 22-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Birrell has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Annie Fernandez | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 68-49 | 73-63 |
| Total Points | 117 | 136 |
| Winners | 26 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Annie Fernandez and Birrell played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Annie Fernandez and Birrell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Annie Fernandez played 3 games less than Birrell. The Canadian scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Annie Fernandez | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 39/73 |
| %1st in | 65% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 59% |
Annie Fernandez struck 4 aces . Birrell fired 2 aces . Annie Fernandez won 62% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 72% of the points behind 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 | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 71% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Canadian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Leylah conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Birrell broke her opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Birrell was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Annie Fernandez | |||
| R1 Watson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 42/65 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Birrell | |||
| R1 Bogdan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-63 | 73-63 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 39/73 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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- Yan BaiBai – Hao WuWu (6-2 6-76 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Blake EllisEllis – Ajeet RaiRai (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rigele TeTe – Xin GaoGao (4-6 3-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yibing WuWu – Runhao HuaHua (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Michael ZhuZhu (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Maverick BanesBanes (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Suzan LamensLamens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jessika PonchetPonchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H and prediction