Leylah Annie Fernandez is a Canadian professional tennis player born in Montreal in 2002, who has climbed to a career-high ranking of No. 13 in singles (2022) and No. 17 in doubles (2023), along with five WTA Tour singles titles. Her breakout moment came as a teenager at the 2021 US Open, where she upset three top-5 seeds—including defending champion Naomi Osaka and world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka—before losing in the final to Emma Raducanu. Her junior career peaked with the 2019 French Open girls' title, making her the first Canadian female junior Grand Slam champion since Eugenie Bouchard, and she turned professional that year by winning her first ITF title in Gatineau. In 2023, she led Canada to its first-ever Billie Jean King Cup championship, winning the decisive rubber in the final and earning the Heart Award. Hailing from a diverse family (her father is Ecuadorian and her mother is Filipino-Canadian), she also captured her first WTA title at Monterrey in 2021 and made her Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open in 2020.