Leylah Annie Fernandez Biography – Leylah Annie Fernandez Wiki
Leylah Annie Fernandez is a Canadian professional tennis player. She won her first WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Monterrey Open. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66, achieved on June 14, 2021. She achieved her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 120 on June 21, 2021.
On January 25, 2019, Fernandez made it to the Australian Open girls’ singles final, where she lost to the top-seeded Clara Tauson. On June 8, 2019, she beat Emma Navarro in the French Open girl’s singles final to become the first Canadian female winner of a junior Grand Slam title since Eugenie Bouchard at 2012 Wimbledon.
On July 21, 2019, Fernandez won her first professional singles tennis title when she rallied to beat fellow Canadian Carson Branstine in the final of the Gatineau Challenger. She also won her first professional doubles title on the same date when she teamed with Rebecca Marino of Vancouver. The pair defeated the second-seeded team of Marcela Zacarías of Mexico and Hsu Chieh-yu of Taiwan. The following week, she made her second consecutive ITF final in Granby, losing to Lizette Cabrera of Australia.
Fernandez made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open. After making it through qualifying, she fell in the first round to Lauren Davis. She picked up the biggest win of her career until that time the following week in the Fed Cup qualifying round against No. 5 in the world, Belinda Bencic.
In late February at the Mexican Open, she made it through qualifying and into her first WTA tournament final, where, after winning twelve sets in a row, she was defeated by world No. 69, Heather Watson. A week later, she upset Grand Slam champion, Sloane Stephens, to reach the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open, falling to eventual champion Elina Svitolina.
She started 2021 unable to string together consecutive wins in her first four tournaments. That changed, however, in March at the Monterrey Open where she won her first four matches to reach the final and defeated Viktorija Golubic to win the first WTA title of her career. At 18 years old, she was the youngest player in the main draw and captured the championship without dropping a set the entire tournament.
At the US Open, she upset defending champion, Naomi Osaka, 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 in the third round, the former world No. 1 and three-time grand slam champion, Angelique Kerber, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2[12] in the fourth round, and the 5th seed Elina Svitolina, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), in the quarterfinal to reach her maiden Grand Slam semifinal a day after her 19th birthday. It was the second time in the tournament she defeated a top-five seed (after Naomi Osaka, the No. 3 seed), making her the youngest player to accomplish that since Serena Williams in 1999.
Leylah Annie Fernandez Age
She was born on September 6, 2002, in Montreal, Canada.
Leylah Annie Fernandez Parents
Her father Jorge Fernandez is an immigrant from Ecuador and is a former soccer player and her coach; her mother is a Canadian citizen of Filipina descent. Her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player, and her older sister, Jodeci, is a dentist. Fernandez is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.
Leylah Annie Fernandez Ethnicity
Her father is from Ecuador while her mother is a Canadian citizen of Filipina descent.
Leylah Annie Fernandez Height
She stands at a listed height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 meters)tall.
Leylah Annie Fernandez Instagram
She is active on her Instagram handle @leylahannietennis.
