Leylah Fernandez

Keeping up with Leylah Annie Fernandez…

• Won the 2019 Roland Garros Girls’ title; later went on to reach the 2021 US Open Women’s Singles final, beating Top 10 seeds Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber, Elina Svitolina, and Aryna Sabalenka en route to the all-teenage final and the first major Open Era final with two unseeded players
• Born in Montreal to a Filippina mother and Ecuadorian father, who later became her coach after a Tennis Canada development program informed her that she was too small to be successful
• Enjoys dancing, solving puzzles, and eating any kind of dessert, especially chocolate lava cake