Andreeva saves all six break points to beat Svitolina on WTA Finals debut
Mirra Andreeva won the last seven games to defeat Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 in her first WTA Finals singles match.
Mirra Andreeva saved all six break points she faced to beat Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 in 70 minutes on her WTA Finals debut in Indian Wells. The win puts Andreeva level with Aryna Sabalenka at the top of Group 2.
Key takeaways
- Mirra Andreeva beat Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 in 70 minutes.
- Andreeva saved all six break points she faced.
- Andreeva leads the head-to-head against Svitolina 2-1.
- Andreeva joins Aryna Sabalenka atop Group 2 standings.
- Andreeva plays Aryna Sabalenka next.
Mirra Andreeva won her FAGE WTA Finals singles debut on Monday at Indian Wells, defeating Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 in 70 minutes. The 19-year-old won the final seven games of the match, saving all six break points she faced, four of them in the final game.
The victory improved Andreeva to 1-0 in Group 2 play and moved her level with Aryna Sabalenka atop the Group 2 standings. It also improved her head-to-head record against Svitolina to 2-1, avenging her loss to the Ukrainian at this year's Australian Open.
Andreeva broke for 3-2 in the first set on a Svitolina double fault, then won 13 of her 15 first-serve points in the set and saved a break point as she served it out at 5-4. Svitolina did not hold serve again.
Andreeva broke her three times in the second set, then saved four break points in the last game before winning on her first match point.
Svitolina won only 15 of her 28 first-serve points and converted none of her six break points, while Andreeva took four of hers. It was the seventh time this season that Andreeva held serve throughout a match.
She has won 51 tour-level matches this season; only Elena Rybakina, with 54, has won more. The 200 points for the win cut Sabalenka's lead over her in the race for the year-end No. 2 ranking to 179 points. Svitolina won the WTA Finals in 2018.
The age gap between them, 12 years and 229 days, was the largest in a match at the event since Venus Williams played Caroline Garcia in 2017. Andreeva plays Aryna Sabalenka next.
Sabalenka leads their head-to-head 4-2, but Andreeva won their last meeting, in the 2025 Indian Wells final. After beating Svitolina, she asked her coach Conchita Martinez for extra time on the practice court.
In the other Group 2 match on Monday, Sabalenka beat Karolina Muchova 7-6 (2), 7-5. The top two reach the semi-finals on Saturday. Andreeva will play Sabalenka and Muchova in her next two matches.
What happens next
Andreeva plays Aryna Sabalenka next. The top two from Group 2 reach the semi-finals on Saturday.
Match and head-to-head facts
Detail | Fact |
|---|---|
Result | Andreeva 6-4, 6-0 Svitolina |
Match time | 70 minutes |
Break points saved by Andreeva | 6 of 6 |
Andreeva vs Svitolina head-to-head | 2-1 to Andreeva |
Group 2 co-leaders | Andreeva and Sabalenka |
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