Leylah Annie Fernandez vs Maria Sakkari Prediction & Betting Tips - Japan Women's Open

Prediction published on 20/10/2025, 10:14  by Geoffrey Ejiga | Modified on 21/10/2025 at 11:29 in Tennis Predictions

Round of 32 action continues in the Toray Pan Pacific Open, with Leylah Fernandez vs Maria Sakkari playing the opening match, which will be their fifth-ever meeting. Interestingly, despite Sakkari winning three of their only four meetings, she's the underdog, making this bet all the more complicated. You can see our best pick in this Leylah Fernandez vs Maria Sakkari match prediction.

Instead of the match winner bet, we're backing the same pick that has won in all their four meetings, and that's for this game to end in two sets. It's also good to point out that all four of those meetings were on hardcourt too. Even outside their recent meetings, this has been a trend in their recent games.

Sakkari has won her two tournament games so far in straight sets, with the latest coming Suzan Lamens in the qualification final. Meanwhile, Fernandez just won the Japan Women’s Open against Tereza Valentova, but didn't win three of the five tournament games in two sets.​

In fact, 10 of Fernandez's last 16 singles have ended in two sets, while 20 of Sakkari’s last 25 also finished in two sets.