Mirra Andreeva has become the fourth-youngest woman to reach a French Open singles final in the past 30 years after another landmark win at Roland Garros.
The Russian teenager defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 in Thursday’s semi-final to reach the first Grand Slam final of her career.
Andreeva is 19, but the scale of her achievement is best understood through the recent history of the tournament.
Since 1996, only Martina Hingis, Kim Clijsters and Coco Gauff have been younger women’s singles finalists at Roland Garros.
Mirra Andreeva becomes fourth-youngest French Open finalist in 30 years
Andreeva was born on April 29, 2007, meaning she was 19 years and 36 days old when she secured her place in the French Open final on June 4, 2026.
She will be 19 years and 38 days old when the women’s singles final is played on Saturday, according to the Roland Garros schedule.
That places her behind Hingis, Clijsters and Gauff among women’s singles finalists at Roland Garros since 1996.
Martina Hingis was 16 when she reached the 1997 final, where she lost to Iva Majoli.
Kim Clijsters was 17 when she reached the 2001 final, before turning 18 ahead of her defeat by Jennifer Capriati.
Coco Gauff was 18 when she reached her first Grand Slam singles final at Roland Garros in 2022.
Andreeva now joins that group after a run that has made her one of the youngest women’s finalists in the modern history of the French Open.
Andreeva backs up age milestone with dominant Kostyuk win
The age statistic is the headline, but the performance against Kostyuk gave it greater weight.
Andreeva beat Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3 in 76 minutes to reach her first major final.
The result was notable because Kostyuk arrived as one of the form players of the clay season.
She had won 17 straight matches on clay before facing Andreeva, while the Russian had already collected 21 clay-court wins and 35 wins overall in 2026.
Andreeva also had to reverse recent history between the pair. Kostyuk had beaten her in straight sets in both of their previous meetings this year.
This time, Andreeva controlled the match. She kept her error count lower, resisted pressure early in both sets and stopped Kostyuk’s brief second-set recovery before it could change the contest.
She has now dropped only one set across six matches in Paris and has conceded just 32 games on her way to the final.
The wider context around the semi-final was also unavoidable. Kostyuk, who has repeatedly spoken against Russia’s war in Ukraine, did not take a pre-match photo with Andreeva and there was no handshake after the match.
Andreeva kept the focus on the tennis afterwards, admitting she had been nervous but saying she tried to accept everything that happened on court and keep fighting.
That response matched the performance. Andreeva has reached a rare age landmark at Roland Garros, and Saturday’s final gives her the chance to turn one of the youngest French Open final runs of the past 30 years into a first Grand Slam title.
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