Mirra Andreeva capped a career-best week by capturing her second and biggest WTA title, defeating Clara Tauson 7-6(1), 6-1 to win the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday night.
In a showdown between two players who were each contesting their first WTA 1000 final, it was No. 12 seed Andreeva who bested 38th-ranked Tauson in 1 hour and 46 minutes, breaking new ground for teenagers at this level.
At 17 years and 299 days old, Andreeva is the youngest WTA 1000 finalist and champion since the WTA 1000 format began in 2009.
Top 10 talent confirmed: An additional milestone will come Andreeva’s way after hoisting her first WTA 1000 trophy: she will make her Top 10 debut in the PIF WTA Rankings on Monday.
With her run to the Dubai title, Andreeva is projected to move up from No. 14 to No. 9 in the updated rankings. She will become the first 17-year-old to be ranked in the Top 10 since Nicole Vaidisova in 2007.
Both contestants in Saturday’s final had stellar weeks. The top 2 seeds, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek, were not in this final because they were taken out by Tauson and Andreeva respectively.
Tauson cruised past Sabalenka in the Round of 16, underscoring an exceptional year. The Dane is the 2025 tour leader in match-wins (15) and is the only player to beat Madison Keys this season, in Auckland en route to her third career title.
But it was Andreeva who completed the week with the champion’s trophy, after beating Swiatek in the quarterfinals and backing up that victory with a win over No. 6 seed Elena Rybakina in the semifinals.
Mirra Andreeva has won her maiden WTA-1000 title after 11 main draws – the fewest since Paula Badosa (10) at Indian Wells in 2021.
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