Match DetailsFixture: (1) Jessica Pegula vs Leylah FernandezDate: July 23, 2025Tournament: Mubadala Citi DC OpenRound: Second Round (Round of 16)Venue: William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center, Washington, USACategory: WTA 500Surface: HardPrize Money: $ 1,282,951Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSNJessica Pegula vs Leylah Fernandez previewIn Picture: Pegula in action (Getty)Top seed Jessica Pegula will begin her campaign at the 2025 Citi DC Open when she takes on Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the second round. She began the year with a runner-up finish in Adelaide and Miami and a title in Austin. Her win/loss record on hard courts for 2025 has been 20-6.Pegula has won a clay-court title at Charleston and a grass-court title at the Bad Homburg Open, where she won against Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek in the respective finals. However, the American has had some upset losses at Majors, such as her 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 loss against Lois Boisson in the fourth round of the French Open and a 2-6, 3-6 loss against Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the first round of Wimbledon. Being the top seed, she received an opening-round bye in WashingtonLeylah Fernandez has an even 17-17 win/loss record in 2025, with two quarterfinal finishes at Abu Dhabi and Nottingham. She lost 5-7, 6-4, 2-6 against Ashlyn Krueger in Abu Dhabi and lost 3-6, 6-7 (6) against Dayana Yastremska in Nottingham.Fernandez did not have a great time on the natural surfaces, barring her one run in Nottingham, having a modest 6-9 record across the clay and grass seasons. The Canadian began her campaign at the Citi DC Open with a confident 6-3, 6-3 win over Maya Joint in the first round.Jessica Pegula vs Leylah Fernandez head-to-headPegula has a 2-0 head-to-head record against Fernandez, including a 7-5, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3) win the last time they played at the Cincinnati Open last year.Jessica Pegula vs Leylah Fernandez oddsPlayer NameMoneylineHandicap BetsTotal GamesJessica Pegula-295-1.5 (-118)Over 20.5 (-135)Leylah Fernandez+220+1.5 (-120)Under 20.5 (-110)(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)Jessica Pegula vs Leylah Fernandez predictionPegula has 14 hard-court finals in her career, winning six titles on the surface on the WTA. Her Grand Slam breakthrough came on a hard court, as she reached the US Open final last year. She is a former champion in Washington, winning the title in 2019 with a win over Camila Giorgi in the final.Like Pegula, Fernandez is a former US Open runner-up as well, finishing second to Emma Raducanu in New York in 2021. All of her three WTA titles have come on the hard courts, the last of which came at the Hong Kong Open in 2023, where she won against Katerina Siniakova.Being a former champion and the current top seed, Pegula is the clear favorite to win the upcoming match.Pick- Pegula to win in straight sets