Leylah Annie Fernandez and Sorana Cirstea will square off in the semifinal of the Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTER. 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 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 -> 1.55
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Sorana Cirstea

There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Leylah Annie Fernandez

28 - 23win/loss

Hard
22-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-5
Grass
4-4
Rank
22
High
13
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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
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Ranked no. 27, Annie Fernandez reached the semifinal after beating Hailey Baptiste 6-2 7-5, Dalma Galfi 6-1 6-4 and Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(2) 6-3.

In the quarter, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Sramkova (7-62 6-3). During the match, Annie Fernandez scored 72 points vs Sramkova’s 61. Annie Fernandez was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Annie Fernandez managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Leylah Annie Fernandez lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Annie Fernandez put 69% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Sramkova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Leylah hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.

Annie Fernandez has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (226-151). 22-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Annie Fernandez has a composed147-90 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Washington where she overcame Anna Kalinskaya in the final 6-1 6-2.

Leylah has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2025, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Osaka
Annie Fernandez's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

28 - 18win/loss

Hard
24-12
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-2
Grass
0-2
Rank
44
High
21
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-20 26-14 3-2 1-2 0-2 0-0
2024 12-16 9-8 3-5 0-0 0-3 0-0
2023 31-22 21-14 7-4 0-1 3-3 0-0
2022 22-21 10-10 4-6 4-2 4-3 0-0
2021 24-18 11-10 11-3 0-2 2-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 51, Sorana reached the semifinal after beating Moyuka Uchijima 2-6 6-4 6-2, Katie Boulter 6-3 6-1 and Viktorija Golubic 6-2 2-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Cirstea defeated Golubic (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Cirstea scored 78 points vs Golubic’s 64. Cirstea was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Cirstea blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sorana Cirstea was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of her 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Romanian broke Golubic 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sorana has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Cleveland where she overcame Ann Li in the final 6-2 6-4.

Cirstea has a compiled 28-18 win-loss record in 2025, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Osaka
Cirstea's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L. Fernandez
S.Cirstea
4h:26
4h:26
Time on court​
4h:46
4h:46
1h:34
1h:34
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
3
3
Match played
3
3
59
59
Games Played​
66
66
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
210
210
Total points​
214
214
70
70
Avg point​
71.3
71.3
86
86
Winners
73
73
28.7
28.7
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
41%
41%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
12
12
2
2
Avg Aces
4
4
8
8
Double Faults
7
7
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
86/115
86/115
1st won total​
73/104
73/104
!
75%
75%
1st won %
70%
70%
36/66
36/66
2nd won total​
40/80
40/80
55%
55%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
11/22
11/22
BP won
16/26
16/26
3.7/7.3
3.7/7.3
Avg BP won
5.3/8.7
5.3/8.7
50%
50%
Won
!
62%
62%
13
13
Conceded
14
14
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
3
3
Broken
9
9
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
10
10
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Annie Fernandez Cirstea
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 59 66
Pts 210-163 214-175
Total Points 373 389
Winners 86 73
%Winners 41% 34%

Both Annie Fernandez and Cirstea played 3 matches. At the moment, Sorana Cirstea dropped 2 sets while Leylah Annie Fernandez hasn’t dropped a set so far. Annie Fernandez has played 2 set(s) less than Cirstea (6 vs 8). Therefore, Annie Fernandez played 7 games less than Cirstea. Annie Fernandez scored 86 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sorana made 73 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Annie Fernandez Cirstea
Aces 6 12
Avg per match 2 4
1st in 115/181 104/184
%1st in 64% 57%
1st pts 86/115 73/104
%1st pts 75% 70%
2nd pts 36/66 40/80
%2nd pts 55% 50%

Annie Fernandez managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Cirstea made 12 aces (4 per match). Annie Fernandez won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Annie Fernandez Cirstea
Won 11 16
Converted 11/22 16/26
% Converted 50% 62%
Conceded 13 14
Saved 10 5
% Saved 77% 36%
Times Broken 3 9

Leylah broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Annie Fernandez dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 16 times with a 62% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded.

Annie Fernandez
R1
Baptiste 		R2
Galfi		 1/4
Sramkova		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5 6-1 6-4 7-62 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 17 22 59
pts 69-54 69-48 72-61 210-163
Total points 123 117 133 373
Winners 29 29 28 86
%Winners 42% 42% 39% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 2 6
Double Faults 2 3 3 8
1st in 38/69 36/53 41/59 115/181
% 1st in 55% 68% 69% 64%
1st pts 29/38 29/36 28/41 86/115
% 1st pts 76% 81% 68% 75%
2nd pts 16/31 10/17 10/18 36/66
% 2nd pts 52% 59% 56% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 11
Converted 4/5 3/8 4/9 11/22
Converted % 80% 38% 44% 50%
Conceded 9 1 3 13
Saved 8/9 1/1 1/3 10
Saved % 89% 100% 33% 74%
Times Broken 1 0 2 3
Cirstea
R1
Uchijima		 R2
Boulter		 1/4
Golubic		 Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-2 2-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 26 16 24 66
pts 80-75 56-36 78-64 214-175
Total points 155 92 142 389
Winners 31 14 28 73
%Winners 39% 25% 36% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 3 5 12
Double Faults 4 2 1 7
1st in 44/76 22/44 38/64 104/184
% 1st in 58% 50% 59% 57%
1st pts 31/44 14/22 28/38 73/104
% 1st pts 70% 64% 74% 70%
2nd pts 11/32 14/22 15/26 40/80
% 2nd pts 34% 64% 58% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 6 4 16
Converted 6/12 6/7 4/7 16/26
Converted % 50% 86% 57% 62%
Conceded 7 2 5 14
Saved 2/7 0/2 3/5 5
Saved % 29% 0% 60% 30%
Times Broken 5 2 2 9

Tennis Scores in Osaka

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