Leylah Annie Fernandez and Taylor Townsend will play each other in the quarter of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on JOHN HARRIS. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.49
Taylor Townsend -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Taylor Townsend
There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Taylor Townsend since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
19 - 17win/loss
22
13
LWWWLWWWWW | 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, the Canadian got to the quarter after defeating Maya Joint 6-3 6-3 and Jessica Pegula 6-3 1-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian defeated Pegula (6-3 1-6 7-5). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 93 points vs Pegula’s 91. Leylah was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Annie Fernandez blasted 5 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 52% of her first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Pegula 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Leylah has dropped 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.
Annie Fernandez has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (216-145). 12-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Annie Fernandez has a compiled137-84 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Leylah has an overall 18-17 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Taylor Townsend
14 - 12win/loss
117
46
LWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-15 | 15-10 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-20 | 21-13 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-16 | 16-9 | 12-4 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-8 | 14-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Taylor got to the quarter after beating Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 2-6 6-0, Emiliana Arango 6-4 6-2, Tatjana Maria 6-4 7-5 and Sofia Kenin 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-3 6-0). During the match Townsend scored 58 points vs Kenin’s 28. Townsend was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Townsend made 17 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Taylor Townsend was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Taylor broke Kenin 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taylor started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Taylor has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Annie Fernandez | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 79 |
| Pts | 161-141 | 289-229 |
| Total Points | 302 | 518 |
| Winners | 65 | 115 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Annie Fernandez played 2 matches while Townsend competed in 4 matches. Townsend started her run from the qualifications while Annie Fernandez had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Leylah Annie Fernandez dropped 1 set, while Taylor Townsend conceded 1 set. Annie Fernandez has played 4 set(s) less than Townsend (5 vs 9). Therefore, Annie Fernandez played 33 games less than Townsend. Leylah scored 65 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Townsend fired 115 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Annie Fernandez | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 84/145 | 175/273 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 65/84 | 115/175 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 31/61 | 58/98 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 59% |
Annie Fernandez scored 10 aces (5 per match). Townsend blasted 29 aces (7.3 per match). Annie Fernandez won 77% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Townsend won 66% of the points on 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 | Townsend |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 18 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 18/41 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 8 | 32 |
| Saved | 5 | 25 |
| % Saved | 63% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Canadian broke her opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Annie Fernandez dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 18 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.
| Annie Fernandez | ||||
| R1 Joint |
R2 Pegula |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 46 | |
| pts | 68-50 | 93-91 | 161-141 | |
| Total points | 118 | 184 | 302 | |
| Winners | 29 | 36 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 47/91 | 84/145 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 36/47 | 65/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 22/44 | 31/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/8 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Townsend | ||||||
| Q1 Camila Osorio Serrano |
Q3 Arango |
R1 Maria |
R2 Kenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 79 | |
| pts | 87-79 | 63-50 | 81-72 | 58-28 | 289-229 | |
| Total points | 166 | 113 | 153 | 86 | 518 | |
| Winners | 33 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% | 35% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 43/67 | 47/78 | 29/43 | 175/273 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/56 | 30/43 | 28/47 | 24/29 | 115/175 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 70% | 60% | 83% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/24 | 20/31 | 8/14 | 58/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 65% | 57% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/6 | 4/13 | 5/9 | 18/41 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 50% | 31% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 32 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 9/9 | 8/10 | 0/1 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 80% | 0% | 124% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Washington
- Emma Raducanu/Elena RybakinaRaducanu/Elena Rybakina – Giuliana Olmos/Aldila SutjiadiOlmos/Aldila Sutjiadi (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Asia Muhammad/Erin RoutliffeMuhammad/Erin Routliffe – Yifan Xu/Zhaoxuan YangXu/Zhaoxuan Yang (6-2 5-7 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Andrej MartinMartin (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico CoriaCoria – Aleksandr NedovesovNedovesov (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar – Evgeny Karlovskiy/Alexander PavlioutchenkovKarlovskiy/Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-0) – H2H and prediction
