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Leylah Fernandez #73 def. Aryna Sabalenka #2

7-6(3) 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2021*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Leylah Fernandez
Score	7-6(3) 4-6 6-4
Loser	Aryna Sabalenka

Stat	Leylah Fernandez	Aryna Sabalenka
Aces	6	10
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	68	70
Second serve points won %	51	40
Break points saved %	64	43
Break points converted %	57	36
Service points won %	61	61
Return points won %	39	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Leylah Fernandez	Aryna Sabalenka
Country	CAN	BLR
Birth date	Sep 6, 2002	May 5, 1998
Age	19	23
Height	168	182
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	73	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,024	7,010
Elo (entering)	1,783	2,051
Career W-L	145–119	399–138
Career earnings	$8,264,521	$50,259,447

Pre-match H2H

Leylah Fernandez 0 – 0 Aryna Sabalenka

Path

Leylah Fernandez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2021	QF	Elina Svitolina	6-3 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2021	R16	Angelique Kerber	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2021	R32	Naomi Osaka	5-7 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2021	R64	Kaia Kanepi	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2021	R128	Ana Konjuh	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Leylah Fernandez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2021	F	Emma Raducanu	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Aryna Sabalenka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2021	QF	Barbora Krejcikova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2021	R16	Elise Mertens	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2021	R32	Danielle Collins	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2021	R64	Tamara Zidansek	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2021	R128	Nina Stojanovic	6-4 6-7(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data