Diana Shnaider and Leylah Annie Fernandez will play each other in the semifinal of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.77
Diana Shnaider -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez

This will be the 3^rd time that Diana Shnaider and Leylah Annie Fernandez fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Annie (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Annie won 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3 in the 1^st round in Wuhan back in October 2024.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs Diana Shnaider – Wuhan 07-October-2024

Diana Shnaider

Ranked no. 14 (career-high), Diana got to the semifinal after defeating Kyoka Okamura 6-3 6-3, Priscilla Hon 6-4 6-1 and Suzan Lamens 6-0 6-7(4) 6-2.

In the quarter, Shnaider defeated Lamens (6-0 6-7⁴ 6-2). During the match, Shnaider scored 96 points vs Lamens’s 68. Shnaider was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shnaider scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 65% of her first serves in, winning 59% (33/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Lamens 9 times after converting 82% of her break points (9/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Diana has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Shnaider has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 69% of her matches (147-67). 29-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shnaider has an overall54-32 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Hua Hin where she overcame Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1 and the Paris where she defeated Emma Navarro in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4 and in Bad Homburg where she overcame Donna Vekic in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3 and in Budapest where she defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final 6-4 6-4.

Diana has a composed 53-23 win-loss record in 2024, 29-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Shnaider has never competed in this tournament before.

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Ranked no. 32, Annie got to the semifinal after defeating Heather Watson 6-2 6-2, Kimberly Birrell 6-1 6-2 and Bernarda Pera 6-1 7-6(7).

In the quarter, Leylah had a good straight sets win against Pera (6-1 7-6⁷

). During the match Annie scored 72 points vs Pera’s 60. Annie was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Annie struck 8 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Leylah Annie Fernandez was very effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Leylah broke Pera 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Annie hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Leylah’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Eastbourne.

Annie has an aggregate 31-23 win-loss record in 2024, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shnaider	Annie
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	62	51
Pts	221-158	202-148
Total Points	379	350
Winners	86	84
%Winners	39%	42%

Both Shnaider and Annie played 3 matches. At the moment, Diana Shnaider surrendered 1 set while Leylah Annie Fernandez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shnaider has played 1 set more than Annie (7 vs 6). Therefore, Shnaider played 11 games more than Annie. Diana scored 86 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Annie fired 84 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shnaider	Annie
Aces	10	14
Avg per match	3.3	4.7
1st in	127/188	118/185
%1st in	68%	64%
1st pts	86/127	84/118
%1st pts	68%	71%
2nd pts	36/61	38/67
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Shnaider struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Annie made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Shnaider won 68% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Annie won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shnaider	Annie
Won	17	12
Converted	17/24	12/21
% Converted	71%	57%
Conceded	8	14
Saved	3	12
% Saved	38%	86%
Times Broken	5	2

Diana broke her opponents 17 times with a 71% conversion rate. Diana dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Leylah broke her opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded her serve twice and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
	R1 Okamura	R2 Hon	1/4 Lamens	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-1	6-0 6-74 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	18	17	27	62
pts	61-47	64-43	96-68	221-158
Total points	108	107	164	379
Winners	26	27	33	86
%Winners	43%	42%	34%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	3	10
Double Faults	1	3	3	7
1st in	32/49	39/53	56/86	127/188
% 1st in	65%	74%	65%	68%
1st pts	26/32	27/39	33/56	86/127
% 1st pts	81%	69%	59%	68%
2nd pts	10/17	7/14	19/30	36/61
% 2nd pts	59%	50%	63%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	5	9	17
Converted	3/7	5/6	9/11	17/24
Converted %	43%	83%	82%	71%
Conceded	0	1	7	8
Saved	0/0	0/1	3/7	3
Saved %	–	0%	43%	14%
Times Broken	0	1	4	5

Annie
	R1 Watson	R2 Birrell	1/4 Pera	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-1 6-2	6-1 7-67
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	15	20	51
pts	68-49	62-39	72-60	202-148
Total points	117	101	132	350
Winners	26	24	34	84
%Winners	38%	39%	47%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	8	14
Double Faults	3	3	4	10
1st in	42/65	30/49	46/71	118/185
% 1st in	65%	61%	65%	64%
1st pts	26/42	24/30	34/46	84/118
% 1st pts	62%	80%	74%	71%
2nd pts	14/23	11/19	13/25	38/67
% 2nd pts	61%	58%	52%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/7	4/8	3/6	12/21
Converted %	71%	50%	50%	57%
Conceded	5	3	6	14
Saved	4/5	3/3	5/6	12
Saved %	80%	100%	83%	88%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

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