Jessica Pegula and Leylah Annie Fernandez will face off in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on JOHN HARRIS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.34
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Leylah Annie Fernandez face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Pegula won 7-5 6-7(1) 7-6(3) in the quarter in Cincinnati back in 2024.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Leylah Annie Fernandez – Cincinnati 17-August-2024
Jessica Pegula
35 - 14win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-23 | 35-12 | 11-5 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, the American will start her run in Washington after she played her last match at the London where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Cocciaretto in the 1st round on the 1st of July.
Jessica has an aggregate 35-13 win-loss record in 2025, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Austin where she beat Mccartney Kessler in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Charleston where she overcame Sofia Kenin in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Bad Homburg where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, Jessica has an overall 468-259 record. She has a positive 271-132 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
18 - 17win/loss
22
13
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-25 | 28-16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 36, Annie got to the 2nd round after beating Maya Joint 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Joint (6-3 6-3). During the match Annie scored 68 points vs Joint’s 50. Leylah was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Annie made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Annie broke Joint 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Annie has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria MbokoMboko (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clara TausonTauson – Caroline DolehideDolehide (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrej MartinMartin – Di WuWu (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CoriaCoria – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Akira SantillanSantillan (3-6 6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Vladyslav ManafovManafov (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Malek JaziriJaziri (7-66 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis IstominIstomin – Alexander ZhurbinZhurbin (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (7-67 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Ante PavicPavic (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pavel KotovKotov – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Evan KingKing (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago GiraldoGiraldo – Tung-Lin WuWu (2-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Sofia KeninKenin (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction