Svitolina vs Andreeva - 21:00 CET
Match news and form
Mirra Andreeva maintained her picture-perfect debut at the WTA Finals and soared into the championship match without dropping a set. After crushing Elina Svitolina, Aryna Sabalenka and Diana Shnaider in the group stage, she defeated Jessica Pegula, 6-3, 6-4, in the semi-finals.
Andreeva has lost only 18 games across four matches, the fewest by anyone en route to the final since the current format was introduced in 2003. Though she may have defined her season with the Roland Garros title, she has now won 14 of her last 17 matches on hard courts.
Elina Svitolina returns to the final of the year-end championships after unexpectedly defeating Linda Noskova with a decisive 6-2, 6-1 scoreline in the semi-finals. The Ukrainian, making her first WTA Finals appearance since 2019, was on the verge of crashing out of the round-robin stage.
Svitolina not only lost to Andreeva, 4-6, 0-6, in the first group match but also needed three sets to defeat Karolina Muchova and Aryna Sabalenka in the next two. The 32-year-old now hopes to end 2026, her best post-COVID season, on a high after scripting eight semi-final-or-better results.
Head-to-head
Andreeva leads 2-1 after prevailing a few days ago in the round-robin stage. The pair began their rivalry with a Russian victory at the BNP Paribas Open here in Indian Wells in 2025.
Stats & facts
• Andreeva has a 6-3 record in career finals and seeks her fourth title of the 2026 season.
• Andreeva is the youngest finalist at the WTA Finals since Maria Sharapova won the title in 2004.
• Svitolina has already played in the championship match of the WTA Finals twice, winning in Singapore in 2018 but falling short in Shenzhen in 2019.
• Svitolina has won two of three finals in the 2026 season, in Auckland and Rome, her first instance of multiple titles in a single year since 2020.
Betting analysis
Dominant Andreeva will play the biggest hard-court final of her career and rightfully enters the match as the heavy favourite. The young Russian already triumphed at the Masters event in Indian Wells last year and is well on her way to conquering the ongoing WTA Finals as well.
Andreeva has been displaying fantastic form in recent days, outclassing all four of her opponents, including Svitolina, by a clear margin. Nevertheless, Svitolina has vast experience, including an impressive 20-5 record in finals.
Andreeva in 2026
Best results: French Open, Linz, Adelaide (title); Beijing, Madrid (final)
Best results on outdoor hard courts: Adelaide (title); Beijing (final)
Record: 54-16
Record in the last 10 matches: 9-1
Record on outdoor hard courts: 30-10
Record against top-10 players: 4-5 (career 14-16)
Record in finals: 3-2 (career 6-3)
Grand Slams: Australian Open (round of 16), French Open (title), Wimbledon (round of 64), US Open (quarter-finals)
Andreeva at the WTA Finals
Career record: 4-0
Best result: Final (2026)
Last year's result: Did not play
Record in finals: 0-0
Preparation: Beijing (final)
Road to the final: Svitolina (6-4, 6-0), Sabalenka (6-4, 6-0), Shnaider (6-2, 6-1), Pegula (6-3, 6-4)
Svitolina in 2026
Best results: Rome, Auckland (title); Dubai (final)
Best results on outdoor hard courts: Auckland (title); Dubai (final)
Record: 53-18
Record in the last 10 matches: 7-3
Record on outdoor hard courts: 36-11
Record against top-10 players: 11-6 (career 54-63)
Record in finals: 2-1 (career 20-5)
Grand Slams: Australian Open (semi-finals), French Open (quarter-finals), Wimbledon (round of 128), US Open (round of 32)
Svitolina at the WTA Finals
Career record: 13-4
Best result: Title (2018)
Last year's result: Did not play
Record in finals: 1-1
Preparation: Beijing (quarter-finals), Wuhan (quarter-finals)
Road to the final: Andreeva (4-6, 0-6), Muchova (3-6, 6-2, 6-2), Sabalenka (6-3, 3-6, 6-1), Noskova (6-2, 6-1)