Whitney Osuigwe vs Leylah Fernandez — Osaka Qualifying Round 1

Osaka · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Whitney Osuigwe
USA
Whitney Osuigwe
#190WTA
1489ELO
1454Hard ELO
24 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 16 September 2019
hard
Leylah Fernandez
CAN
Leylah Fernandez
#25WTA
1805ELO
1785Hard ELO
$787kYTD
$8.1MCAREER
23 yrs · 168 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLWWL
Osuigwe W.
6-4 5-7 6-2
Fernandez L.
Osuigwe W.
6562
Fernandez L.
4721

Whitney Osuigwe defeated Leylah Fernandez 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the Osaka qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Leylah Fernandez came in ranked #25.

Key context

  • Match story: Whitney Osuigwe closed it out in three sets, 6–4 5–7 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Osuigwe W.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Fernandez L.

Fernandez L.serving59% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Osuigwe W.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Osuigwe W.Fernandez L.
—
Serve
60
—
Return
27

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Osuigwe W.Fernandez L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
50%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.4
2.6
Double faults / match·Even
4.4
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (139 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Osuigwe W.Fernandez L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
24
87
Break points saved·Dominant
18
95
Break points won·Slight edge
88
95
Deciding sets·Dominant
44
90
Tiebreaks·
—
75

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Osuigwe W.Fernandez L.
Freshness·Even
100
100

Osuigwe W.: 21 days rest · Fernandez L.: 15 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Flink V.
Kawa K.
6-17-63
Tomova V.
Samsonova L.
3-66-06-4
Han X.
Naito Y.
6-34-66-1
Gibbs N.
Osuigwe W.
6-46-3
Cornet A.
Nara K.
6-737-626-2
Diyas Z.
Okamura K.
6-16-2
Q1
Gibbs N.
Shimizu A.
6-26-3
Flink V.
Hontama M.
6-36-7106-3
Samsonova L.
Omae A.
2-66-47-5
Tomova V.
Di Lorenzo F.
3-66-36-1
Cornet A.
Uchijima M.
6-06-4
Nara K.
Kobori M.
6-36-2
Diyas Z.
Imanishi M.
6-16-4
Okamura K.
Kucova K.
6-26-1
Han X.
Ozaki R.
6-26-3
Naito Y.
Sharma A.
1-64-1
Osuigwe W.
Fernandez L.
6-45-76-2
Kawa K.
Hibi M.
6-42-66-4