Prediction Of Gracheva Vs Fernandez H2H, Who Will Win At WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis 2024?

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Gracheva and Fernandez are on the Day 3 Schedule at Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis 2024 on Wednesday, October 23, 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?

In the second round of the Tokyo tournament, Varvara Gracheva (ranked 68th) will face Leylah Fernandez (ranked 35th). This will be their second meeting, with Fernandez leading 1-0 in their head-to-head record.

Gracheva, who is making her tournament debut in Tokyo, started with a victory over qualifier Mai Hontama in the first round. She has had success against top 50 players in the past, with her most recent win over No. 7 Maria Sakkari at the 2024 Roland Garros, where she reached her first career Grand Slam Round of 16. Her best result on a hard court came in 2023 in Austin when she finished as the runner-up. Gracheva is the only French player in this week’s main draw, and the best result by a French player in Tokyo was Sandrine Testud’s runner-up performance in 2000. Her current ranking is 68th, but she was ranked 45th at the same time last year, reaching a career-high of 39th in January. During this year’s Asian swing, she made it to the second round at Hua Hin #2, was eliminated in the first round at Beijing, and reached the semifinals at a WTA 125 event in Hong Kong.

On the other hand, Fernandez is also making her tournament debut in Tokyo. In the first round, she claimed victory over lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who retired during the match. The Canadian player has a strong record on hard courts, having won all three of her WTA singles titles on this surface (2021 Monterrey, 2022 Monterrey, and 2023 Hong Kong). She also reached the final of the 2021 US Open on a hard court. Fernandez aims to become the first Canadian woman to reach the quarterfinals in Tokyo since Eugenie Bouchard in 2013. In her career, Fernandez has a 5-4 record against players from France, with 1 win and 1 loss in 2024. Alongside Bianca Andreescu, Fernandez is one of two Canadian players in the main draw this week. Currently ranked 35th, she held the same ranking at this time last year and reached a career-high of 13th in 2022. During this year’s Asian swing, Fernandez lost in the opening match at Beijing after receiving a first-round bye but reached the round of 16 at Wuhan, where she was defeated by eventual finalist Zheng.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Gracheva will win.
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