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.

As per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
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

Leylah Annie Fernandez

29 - 23win/loss

Hard
16-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-6
Grass
7-3
Rank
32
High
13
WLWWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-23 16-14 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. 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

Hong Kong
Annie Fernandez's Record

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

40 - 26win/loss

Hard
22-18
I Hard
0-3
Clay
1-1
Grass
12-4
Carpet
5-0
Rank
115
High
100
WLWWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-26 22-18 1-1 0-3 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.

Hong Kong
Birrell's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L. Fernandez
K.Birrell
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
1h:53
1h:53
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
68
68
Total points​
73
73
68
68
Avg point​
73
73
26
26
Winners
28
28
26
26
Avg Winners​
28
28
38%
38%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
26/42
26/42
1st won total​
28/39
28/39
62%
62%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
14/23
14/23
2nd won total​
20/34
20/34
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
2/6
2/6
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
2/6
2/6
!
71%
71%
Won
33%
33%
5
5
Conceded
4
4
5
5
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
4
4

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

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

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