Teenager Mirra Andreeva Claims Maiden Title at 2024 Iași Open
Andreeva faced off against Elina Avanesyan in the final.
In the all-Russian final, Mirra Andreeva, 17, defeated Elina Avanesyan, 21, to win the Women’s Singles title at the 2024 Iași Open in Iași, Romania (a WTA 250 event). The score in the final was 5-7, 7-5 and 4-0 (retired) in favor of Andreeva.
This was the second match Andreeva and Avanesyan have played against each other on the WTA Tour - with Andreeva winning their prior meeting. Today’s victory was the first title Andreeva has won on the 2024 WTA Tour and the first title of her career in single’s competition. Notably, she becomes the fifth player to win her first WTA title during the 2024 - and the youngest to do so as well. Her maiden title was claimed from a clay court event.
Heading into this tournament, Andreeva was ranked as the Number 32 tennis player on the 2024 WTA Tour, while Avanesyan carried the Number 76 designation. By winning in Iași, Andreeva has received 250 points in the overall rankings. Meanwhile, Avanesyan has picked up 163 points.
Ana Bogdan of Romania (No. 96) was the tournament’s two-time reigning champion. She decided not to play at any event this week. This was the first edition of the competition as a 250-level event. It was part of the challenger tour in 2022 and 2023. It remains a challenger event on the men’s side.
Playing as the top seed, Andreeva arrived in the final after winning against Noma Noha Akugue of Germany (No. 169), Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus (No. 104), lucky loser Lea Bošković of Croatia (No. 202), and Olga Danilović of Serbia (No. 148).
In the other half of the main draw, fifth seed Avanesyan defeated Leyre Romero Gormaz of Spain (No. 179), Petra Martić of Croatia (No. 97), third seed Jaqueline Cristian of Romania (No. 61), and Chloé Paquet of France (No. 106).
The revised rankings for the 2024 WTA Tour will be officially released on Monday, July 29. The tour will then play two tournaments between July 28 and August 4: the Summer Olympics in Paris, France and the Washington Open in Washington, D.C. (a WTA 500 event). The Olympics will be played on clay courts while the Washington Open will be contested on hard courts.
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland (No. 138) is the reigning champion at the Olympics when the event was last held in Tokyo in July 2021. She is currently on maternity leave after giving birth to her first daughter in April 2024. Andreeva will be playing at this year’s event as an unseeded player. In the first round, she will battle Magda Linette of Poland (No. 48).
Meanwhile, Coco Gauff of the United States (No. 2) is the reigning champion at the Washington Open. She has opted against defending the title to instead play at the Olympics this year. Instead, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus (No. 3) and Daria Kasatkina of Russia (No. 12) are the top two seeds. Avanesyan will not be playing anywhere this week.