What Time Will Harriet Dart Play Against Leylah Fernandez?
Dart and Fernandez are on the Day 4 Schedule at Rothesay International 2024 on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
[WC] Harriet Dart (GBR #105) is facing Leylah Fernandez (CAN #30) in their second meeting. Dart leads the head-to-head 1-0. Dart is making her seventh main draw appearance at Eastbourne (eighth overall) and is playing the tournament with a wildcard. She has beaten Marie Bouzkova and Sofia Kenin to reach the quarterfinal, matching her previous best result at Eastbourne in 2022. Dart is looking for her first career semifinal on grass. This would be Dart’s first Top 30 win of the 2024 season if she succeeds, as she has failed to beat any opponents ranked in the Top 30 in her previous meetings. Fernandez is making her tournament debut and has reached back-to-back quarterfinals after Birmingham, where she lost in the eventual R-Up Tomljanovic. These are her career best results on grass. Fernandez’s record against opponents outside the Top 100 is 4-1 in 2024, with her only loss to No. 190 Tomljanovic at Birmingham. If Fernandez wins today, she will become the first Canadian woman to reach the semifinal at Eastbourne since Aleksandra Wozniak did so in 2009.
Harriet Dart’s tournament history includes her seventh appearance at Eastbourne (eighth overall). Her previous best result was reaching the quarterfinal in 2022, where she lost to the eventual champion Kvitova. Dart has played two grass events in 2024, reaching the second round at Birmingham and failing to make it past the first round at Nottingham. In this tournament, playing with a wildcard, she has beaten Marie Bouzkova and Sofia Kenin to reach her second quarterfinal of the 2024 season. Dart has a total of 10 wins over Top 50 players in her career, with her only win in the 2024 season coming against Sofia Kenin in the second round here. A win today would be her first career Top 30 win of the 2024 season, as she has failed to win in previous meetings against such opponents. Dart has a 2-2 career record against players from Canada, having defeated today’s opponent Fernandez once at Montreal in 2021. A win today would also be her first career semifinal on grass. Besides her quarterfinal run here at Eastbourne in 2022, she has reached three other quarterfinals on grass at Birmingham in 2023 and Nottingham in 2023-2022. Dart is one of three players from the United Kingdom to reach the quarterfinals at Eastbourne, along with Boulter and Raducanu. The best result by the United Kingdom at Eastbourne was a championship run by Virginia Wade. Dart is currently ranked No.105, compared to her ranking of No.142 this time last year. During the European grass swing last year, she reached the quarterfinals at Birmingham and Nottingham, the second round at Eastbourne, and failed to make it past the first round at Wimbledon.
Leylah Fernandez is making her tournament debut at Eastbourne. She has beaten Barbora Krejcikova and Ashlyn Krueger so far this week to reach back-to-back quarterfinals after Birmingham, where she lost to the eventual runner-up Tomljanovic. This is Fernandez’s career best result on grass. She is facing Harriet Dart in the quarterfinal today. Fernandez has a record of 4-1 against opponents outside the Top 100 in 2024, with her only loss to No. 190 Tomljanovic at Birmingham last week. Fernandez has a career record of 0-4 against players from the United Kingdom, losing to Waston at Acapulco 2020 (in the final), Raducanu at the US Open 2021 (in the final), Watson at Quebec City 2018, and losing to today’s opponent in their previous meeting at Montreal 2021. Fernandez has an 8-3 career record against wildcards, with a 2-0 record in 2024. Her record in WTA quarterfinal matches is 6-7, with a 0-2 record in 2024. She is looking to reach her first semifinal in 2024 after failing to do so in Doha (lost to Rybakina) and Birmingham (lost to Tomljanovic) quarterfinals. Fernandez is the only player from Canada in the draw. The best result by Canada at Eastbourne was a semifinal run by Aleksandra Wozniak in 2009. Fernandez is currently ranked No.30, compared to her ranking of No.96 this time last year. During last year’s European grass swing, she reached the second round at Wimbledon and Bad Homburg.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Dart will win.
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