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Preview & Pick: Mirra Andreeva or Marta Kostyuk to win the Mutua Madrid Open title?
Since the clay season started, the two finalists have been surging at the same time.
Did it feel as if Andreeva was 18 years old forever? Or at least for much longer than 12 months? Well, those days are finally over—she turned 19 earlier this week.
“I’m very excited for tomorrow,” she said the day before her birthday, “but at the same time I caught myself being a little bit sad. Because I don’t want to be old, and I don’t want to grow up. I want to just stay 18 and be a kid all the time.”
Anyone who starts her pro career at 15, the way Andreeva did, is bound to seem like a veteran at an early age. Just ask her opponent on Saturday. Kostyuk joined the tour at 13, and won two rounds at the Australian Open at 15.
Andreeva vs. Kostyuk: Everything to know about the Madrid Open final
Ahead of Saturday's championship match, here’s a complete breakdown of when Mirra Andreeva and Marta Kostyuk play, what’s at stake and how they navigated the draw in Madrid.
MADRID — Mirra Andreeva and Marta Kostyuk will meet in the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open final, each looking for a first title at La Caja Mágica when they face off for the second time this season on the WTA Tour driven by Mercedes-Benz.
From order of play to prize money and a championship preview, here is everything you need to know about Saturday's final:
Both finals will take place at Estadio Manolo Santana, with the singles championship at 5 p.m. local (4 p.m. BST, 11 a.m. EST) on Saturday. The doubles final will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m. local (1 p.m. BST, 8 a.m. EST).
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Madrid Open: Mirra Andreeva beats Hailey Baptiste to reach first final at tournament
Mirra Andreeva, who turned 19 years old on Wednesday, won her previous two WTA 1,000 finals, in Dubai and Indian Wells last year
Teenager Mirra Andreeva reached her first Madrid Open final with a 6-4 7-6 (10-8) victory over Hailey Baptiste.
The 19-year-old Russian will face 26th seed Marta Kostyuk in Saturday's final, after the Ukrainian beat Austria's Anastasia Potapova 6-2 1-6 6-1.
Ninth seed Andreeva has won all bar one of her 13 clay-court matches this season, taking the title in Linz and reaching the semi-finals in Stuttgart, and becomes the first teenager to reach three WTA 1,000 finals.
After taking the first set against the 30th seed, Andreeva served for the match at 5-4, but was broken by Baptiste who then took the second set to a tiebreak.
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