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WTA Finals: Andreeva vs Svitolina — split rivalry lands on Stadium 2

Two players arriving off losses at Indian Wells, level 1-1 in their last two meetings — the tiebreak of this rivalry comes fast.

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WTA Finals

WTA Finals

TENNIS
Stadium 2Indian Wells
KICK-OFF21:10MON09/11
Mirra Andreeva
Mirra Andreeva
VS
Elina Svitolina
Elina Svitolina

Recent form

Mirra AndreevaLWWMirra Andreeva: L-W-W in the last 3 games.
Elina SvitolinaLWWElina Svitolina: L-W-W in the last 3 games.
Qinwen Zheng 2-0 Mirra AndreevaMirra Andreeva 2-0 Nikola BartunkovaEkaterina Alexandrova 0-2 Mirra AndreevaElina Svitolina 1-2 Sonay KartalElina Svitolina 2-0 Hanyu GuoElina Svitolina 2-1 Liudmila Samsonova

The WTA Finals bring Mirra Andreeva and Elina Svitolina to Stadium 2 in Indian Wells on November 9, and both arrive with something to answer for. Andreeva's most recent outing ended in a 2-0 loss to Qinwen Zheng on October 11 — the blemish on an otherwise L-W-W stretch that featured straight-sets wins over Nikola Bartunkova and Ekaterina Alexandrova. Svitolina's ledger reads identically: L-W-W, capped by a 1-2 defeat to Sonay Kartal after beating Hanyu Guo 2-0 and grinding past Liudmila Samsonova 2-1.

Head to head

  • 2026-01-25Elina Svitolina 2-0 Mirra AndreevaL
  • 2025-03-13Mirra Andreeva 2-0 Elina SvitolinaW
Last 2 meetings: Mirra Andreeva 1W, 0D, Elina Svitolina 1W.

The head-to-head cuts both ways. Svitolina won their most recent clash 2-0 in January 2026; Andreeva answered an earlier one the same way, taking March 2025's meeting 2-0. Neither has needed a third set against the other lately — and both have shown a habit of responding to straight-sets conclusions with straight-sets conclusions.

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  • Whether Andreeva rebounds from the 2-0 loss to Zheng the way she dispatched Bartunkova and Alexandrova before it.
  • Whether Svitolina's 2-1 escape against Samsonova showed staying power — or whether being pushed to 1-2 by Kartal lingers.
  • The H2H pattern — 1-1 in the last two meetings, both decided 2-0; breaking the straight-sets run could decide the night.

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