Elena Rybakina and Leylah Annie Fernandez will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.3
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Leylah Annie Fernandez

This will be the 3^rd time that Elena Rybakina and Leylah Annie Fernandez clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rybakina and Annie (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Annie won 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati back in 2024.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs Elena Rybakina – Cincinnati 15-August-2024

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 12, Rybakina reached the semifinal after beating Victoria Mboko 6-3 7-5 and Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Frech (6-3 6-3). During the match, Rybakina scored 68 points vs Frech’s 48. Elena was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rybakina recorded 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Rybakina was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (30/36) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rybakina broke Frech 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rybakina hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Rybakina has a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (358-154). 17-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Rybakina has an aggregate 166-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Strasbourg where she beat Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1.

Elena has an aggregate 33-13 win-loss record in 2025, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Rybakina has never competed in this tournament before.

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Ranked no. 36, Annie got to the semifinal after beating Maya Joint 6-3 6-3, Jessica Pegula 6-3 1-6 7-5 and Taylor Townsend 6-4 7-6(4).

In the quarter, Annie had a good straight sets win against Townsend (6-4 7-6⁴). During the match Annie scored 89 points vs Townsend’s 82. Annie was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Annie made 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Annie put 63% of her first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Townsend 5 times after converting 22% of her break points (5/23).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Annie has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Canadian has an overall 19-17 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Annie
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	39	69
Pts	139-109	250-223
Total Points	248	473
Winners	53	93
%Winners	38%	37%

Rybakina played 2 matches while Annie competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Leylah Annie Fernandez surrendered 1 set while Elena Rybakina hasn’t lost a set so far. Rybakina has played 3 set(s) less than Annie (4 vs 7). Therefore, Rybakina played 30 games less than Annie. Rybakina scored 53 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Annie bagged 93 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Annie
Aces	10	15
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	70/115	128/215
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	53/70	93/128
%1st pts	76%	73%
2nd pts	25/45	45/87
%2nd pts	56%	52%

Rybakina managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Annie managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Rybakina won 76% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Annie won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Annie
Won	7	11
Converted	7/14	11/38
% Converted	50%	29%
Conceded	6	15
Saved	4	8
% Saved	67%	53%
Times Broken	2	7

The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rybakina dropped her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Annie broke her opponents 11 times with a 29% conversion rate. Annie conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R2 Mboko	1/4 Frech	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	18	39
pts	71-61	68-48	139-109
Total points	132	116	248
Winners	23	30	53
%Winners	32%	44%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	7	10
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	34/59	36/56	70/115
% 1st in	58%	64%	61%
1st pts	23/34	30/36	53/70
% 1st pts	68%	83%	76%
2nd pts	14/25	11/20	25/45
% 2nd pts	56%	55%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/9	3/5	7/14
Converted %	44%	60%	50%
Conceded	3	3	6
Saved	1/3	3/3	4
Saved %	33%	100%	67%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Annie
	R1 Joint	R2 Pegula	1/4 Townsend	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 1-6 7-5	6-4 7-64
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	18	28	23	69
pts	68-50	93-91	89-82	250-223
Total points	118	184	171	473
Winners	29	36	28	93
%Winners	43%	39%	31%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	5	15
Double Faults	2	9	5	16
1st in	37/54	47/91	44/70	128/215
% 1st in	69%	52%	63%	60%
1st pts	29/37	36/47	28/44	93/128
% 1st pts	78%	77%	64%	73%
2nd pts	9/17	22/44	14/26	45/87
% 2nd pts	53%	50%	54%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3	5	11
Converted	3/7	3/8	5/23	11/38
Converted %	43%	38%	22%	29%
Conceded	1	7	7	15
Saved	1/1	4/7	3/7	8
Saved %	100%	57%	43%	100%
Times Broken	0	3	4	7

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Taylor Townsend/Shuai ZhangTownsend/Shuai Zhang – Emma Raducanu/Elena RybakinaRaducanu/Elena Rybakina (4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico CoriaCoria – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (7-5 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Goncalo Oliveira/Andrei VasilevskiOliveira/Andrei Vasilevski – Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction