Leylah Fernandez Wins 4th Profession Title at Mubadala Citi DC Open
The Canadian defeated top-seed Jessica Pegula and No. 3-seed Elena Rybakina en path to first
WTA 500 title
[TORONTO, ON] July 27, 2025 – On Sunday, Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC) claimed her fourth profession WTA title, defeating Anna Kalinskaya 6-1, 6-2 within the Mubadala Citi DC Open closing. This marks her first title for the reason that Hong Kong Tennis Open in 2023, and the primary WTA 500-level crown of her profession.
Fernandez, 22, reached her final closing in 2024 on the WTA 250 match in Eastbourne, Nice Britain, the place she misplaced to Australia’s Daria Kasatkina, the No. 6 seed. This week, the Canadian managed to go one additional, defeating top-seed Jessica Pegula, of america, and third-seed Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, in addition to Maya Joint, of Australia, and Taylor Townsend, of america, earlier than beating world No. 39 Kalinskaya within the championship match.
Kalinskaya, who was taking part in in her fourth WTA closing, certified for the championship match after defeating Kamila Rakhimova, Magda Linette, of Poland, No. 4-seed Clara Tauson, of Denmark, and Emma Raducanu, of Nice Britain. Fernandez and Kalinskaya had confronted one another as soon as earlier than, with the Canadian narrowly successful 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
In in the present day’s match, the primary set went the way in which of Fernandez, who bought off to a flying begin, breaking Kalinskaya’s serve within the fourth and sixth video games to take the opener in lower than half-hour. The second set adopted an identical sample, with the 22-year-old breaking Kalinskaya within the third and fifth video games, sustaining the momentum proper as much as match level within the eighth sport.
Fernandez was terrific within the service division, preserving 71 per cent of first serves in play and successful 75 per cent of these factors. She was additionally glorious on strain factors, saving each break factors she confronted and changing on 4 of six break factors.
“I need to dedicate this trophy to my mother, my older sister, and to my health coach, Abdul Sillah,”Fernandez mentioned throughout her on-court speech. “You guys have been combating all yr spherical and nonetheless are combating, so thanks a lot for by no means giving up on me, and don’t quit on yourselves. This trophy is for you guys.”
Fernandez will climb to No. 24 when the rankings replace on Monday as she seems to get issues underway in her residence match, the Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers in Montreal.
