Leylah Annie Fernandez aces Maria Sakkari 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Fernandez will clash against Elena Rybakina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Tokyo
Fernandez's Record

Fernandez added to her prize money $ 4,400 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, Fernandez will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.

Highlights Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Maria Sakkari Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fernandez
Sakkari
7-65 6-4
2h:00
80
80
Total points
68
68
29
29
Winners
23
23
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
66%
66%
1st in
66%
66%
59%
59%
1st won
47%
47%
29/49
29/49
1st won
23/49
23/49
48%
48%
2nd won
48%
48%
12/25
12/25
2nd won
12/25
12/25
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
5/11
5/11
60%
60%
Won
45%
45%
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At the end of the match, Fernandez scored 80 points vs. the Greek’s 68.

Fernandez

Leylah was effective when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).

Sakkari

On the other side, Maria had some problems converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Fernandez and Sakkari is 2-3 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Elena Rybakina – stats

Fernandez will fight against Rybakina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Leylah Annie Fernandez and Elena Rybakina clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Fernandez (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Fernandez won 6-72 7-63 7-63 in the semifinal in Washington back in July 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Fernandez 7-6
FernandezSakkari
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
FernandezSakkari
7
6
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
1
4
2
4
3
4
3
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
FernandezSakkari
6
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
FernandezSakkari
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
FernandezSakkari
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
FernandezSakkari
4
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezSakkari
3
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
FernandezSakkari
2
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
FernandezSakkari
2
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
FernandezSakkari
2
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
FernandezSakkari
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
FernandezSakkari
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
FernandezSakkari
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezSakkari
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40

Fernandez won the set after she broke the Greek 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Sakkari tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (2-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Yet, the Canadian maintained the focus to win the set 7-6.

Fernandez failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.

Certainly, a key moment was when the Canadian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 2-5 to 6-5. Yet also Maria won 4 consecutive games from 1-2 to 5-2

Fernandez converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (3-5 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5

15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Maria converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 10th (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 96 points. The Canadian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Greek (52-44). Fernandez conceded 21 points on serve (26-21). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 26 points on serve (23-26).

2nd Set -
Fernandez 6-4
FernandezSakkari
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
FernandezSakkari
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
FernandezSakkari
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
FernandezSakkari
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
FernandezSakkari
2
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
FernandezSakkari
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
FernandezSakkari
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
FernandezSakkari
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
FernandezSakkari
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Fernandez won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd

(1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game, Leylah broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.

Maria was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Canadian converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Sakkari converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Leylah won just 2 points more than Sakkari (27-25). The Canadian surrendered 10 points on serve (11-10). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

1st
Fernandez
Sakkari
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Fernandez
Sakkari
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0

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