WTA Finals 2026 Recap: Andreeva Beats Svitolina in the Final

Andreeva wins the WTA Finals 2026 title

Mirra Andreeva won the WTA Finals 2026, the season-ending championship on hard courts. She beat Elina Svitolina in the final 7–5 6–3, and Svitolina retired.

Andreeva came into the tournament seeded 3 and ranked No. 3 in the WTA ranking of 9 November 2026. Svitolina was unseeded and ranked No. 6 in the same ranking.

Andreeva's path: three group wins and a semifinal

In the group stage Andreeva beat Svitolina (No. 6) 6–4 6–0, Aryna Sabalenka (No. 2) 6–4 6–0 and Diana Shnaider (No. 11) 6–2 6–1.

In the semifinal she beat Jessica Pegula (No. 5) 6–3 6–4. That match lasted 85 minutes, the longest at the tournament. Pegula was seed 5, and seed 8 Linda Noskova also lost in the semifinals.

The final was therefore a second meeting with Svitolina. Andreeva won the group match 6–4 6–0 and the final 7–5 6–3 before the retirement.

Match statistics across the week

Svitolina led the tournament in aces with 4, ahead of Noskova with 2 and Andreeva with 2. She also led in winners with 20, followed by Andreeva with 17 and Pegula with 12.

Svitolina's 4 aces and 20 winners both came in her match against Noskova, which set the tournament marks for one match in each category.

Across 1 match at the tournament, Andreeva had 2 aces, won 30 of 39 first-serve points, converted 4 of 9 break points and saved 4 of 6. In the same count for 1 match, Svitolina had 4 aces, won 24 of 34 first-serve points, converted 5 of 11 break points and saved 3 of 4.

The Race before this week's points

Before this week's points, Sabalenka was No. 2 in the WTA Race of 9 November 2026 with 6,485 points, and Andreeva was No. 3 with 6,306 points. Both were already qualified for the Finals.

Also in that Race of 9 November 2026, before this week's points, Coco Gauff was No. 4 with 5,763 points, Pegula No. 5 with 5,760 and Svitolina No. 6 with 5,121. Karolina Muchova was No. 7 with 4,665 points and Noskova No. 8 with 4,343, and all five were already qualified.

Elena Rybakina, No. 1 in the WTA Race, was out of the Finals with a medical issue, and Marta Kostyuk took her place. Before this week's points, Kostyuk was No. 10 in the WTA Race of 9 November 2026 with 3,910 points. In the same list Shnaider was No. 11 with 3,238 points, 950 points behind Iga Swiatek, who holds the last qualifying place.

The betting market and the tournament record

The betting market's favourite won 9 of the 15 main-draw matches it priced. One of the other results was Svitolina's group-stage win over Sabalenka, although the betting market gave Svitolina a 33% chance.

15 main-draw matches were completed. 5 went to a deciding third set and 3 sets were decided by a tie-break.

Andreeva had not won the WTA Finals before in our archive of 6 finals.