Mirra Andreeva has already surpassed a Serena Williams record after her latest win at the WTA Finals

Mirra Andreeva continues to impress at the WTA Finals after her latest win.

Andreeva beat Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina in her opening two matches in Indian Wells, meaning that she had already topped her round-robin group.

The Russian teenager was scheduled to face Karolina Muchova in her final round-robin match, but after the Czech withdrew due to illness, Andreeva instead faced her former doubles partner Diana Shnaider, who she beat emphatically 6-2, 6-1.

This victory for Andreeva has allowed her to make history, as she has now overtaken a Serena Williams record.

Mirra Andreeva is the youngest player ever to win her first three matches at the WTA Finals

Andreeva is making her singles debut at the WTA Finals this year, having just missed out on qualifying for the year-end tournament last year, and it could not have gone any better.

The Roland Garros champion has won all of her three matches in straight sets, with Andreeva dropping just 11 games in the process, which is the fewest by any player, equal with Justine Henin in 2007 according to OptaAce.

This is not the only impressive achievement Andreeva has accomplished at the WTA Finals, as she has also become the youngest player ever to have won all of her first three matches at the tournament since 2000.

Andreeva is 19 years and 193 days old when achieving this feat, overtaking the previous record-holder Serena Williams, who was 20 years and 34 days old when she won her first three matches at the WTA Finals on her tournament debut in 2001.

Some of the other youngest players to have won their first three matches at the WTA Finals on her tournament debut are Petra Kvitova, Garbine Muguruza and Sloane Stephens.

Who is the youngest player ever to win the WTA Finals?

Andreeva is now just two wins away from the WTA Finals title, which would enable her to become one of the youngest champions in the tournament’s history.

However, Andreeva will not be able to become the youngest WTA Finals champion in history, with Monica Seles holding this record after winning the tournament at just 16 years and 11 months old in 1990. This was one of three WTA Finals victories Seles had as a teenager.

Some of the other teenagers who have won the WTA Finals are Tracy Austin, Chris Evert, Martina Hingis, Steffi Graf, Gabriela Sabatini and Kim Clijsters, with Maria Sharapova the only teenager to have won the tournament since 2000 after doing so in 2004 as a 17-year-old.

Andreeva will be hoping to join her compatriot Sharapova this year by becoming the ninth teenager in history to win the WTA Finals. If she is to do so, Andreeva will need to beat Jessica Pegula, who she is playing for the first time and following on from their drama ahead of the WTA Finals this year, and either Svitolina or Linda Noskova in the final.

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