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Marta Kostyuk captured the biggest title of her career Saturday in Madrid, defeating Mirra Andreeva in straight sets to win the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open. It's the 23-year-old Ukrainian's third title and her first above the 250 level.
For the first time, Marta Kostyuk is a WTA 1000 champion. The 23-year-old from Ukraine defeated Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 7-5 in 1 hour and 21 minutes on Saturday to win the 2026 Mutua Madrid Open for the third title of her career and her first above the 250 level.
The victory capped a dominant week in Spain for Kostyuk, who entered as the No. 26 seed, but defeated the likes of Jessica Pegula, Linda Noskova and Andreeva en route to the title. It gives her back-to-back titles at the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz level for the first time, following her triumph in Rouen a few weeks ago.
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.
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A disciplined Mirra Andreeva has seen off a late challenge from Hailey Baptiste to prevail 6-4 7-6 (10-8) in a battle of nerves to reach the final of the Madrid Open.
Andreeva, who turned 19 on Wednesday, will face Marta Kostyuk after the Ukrainian beat Anastasia Potapova 6-2 1-6 6-1 in the second semi-final.
"I feel so much adrenaline inside, I feel like I'm still nervous," Andreeva said in the post-match interview.
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