Andreeva and Svitolina Meet in WTA Finals Final
Mirra Andreeva and Elina Svitolina play for the title at the WTA Finals on Sunday 15 November, the season-ending event for the top eight women on the tour. The match is being played at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California.
Andreeva has not dropped a set all week. She has conceded 18 games in four matches. Her route to the final ran through Jessica Pegula, whom she beat 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-final, and the top seed, Aryna Sabalenka, who lost 6-4, 6-0. Seeding is the ranking that decides who is placed where in the draw, so top seeds are kept apart from each other early. Sabalenka was the No. 1 seed, the highest-ranked player in the event.
The Sabalenka match is the one that stands out. Andreeva trailed 1-4 and then won 11 games in a row. A run like that is the kind of momentum swing that can change how a match feels in a few minutes, and it is a big reason she is in the final.
Andreeva will rise to No. 2 in the world rankings on Monday 16 November whatever the result. That would be the first time she has reached that spot. She also won her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in June 2026, one of the four major tournaments of the year.
Svitolina comes into the final from a 6-2, 6-1 win over Linda Noskova in the semi-final. Noskova is the reigning Wimbledon champion, so that scoreline was a strong result. Svitolina won this event once before, in 2018, and is now trying to win it a second time.
There is one recent meeting between the two. Andreeva beat Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 in the group stage earlier this week. That is a useful reminder of how quickly a match can slip away for one player. Svitolina will want to avoid another long run of games from her opponent, and to win enough points early to keep the pressure on Andreeva's serve.
Sabalenka has also issued a public apology after being accused of making offensive remarks towards Svitolina during their WTA Finals match.
For the final itself, the question is simple to ask and hard to answer. Can Svitolina hold her own in the big points, the moments where a single break point, a chance to take the server's game, can decide a set? Or will Andreeva's form carry on, as it did against Sabalenka? The answer arrives on court in Indian Wells.
