Mirra Andreeva Wins the 2026 French Open at 19 — Guided by Spanish Coach Conchita Martínez

19-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva has won the 2026 French Open, beating Maja Chwalińska of Poland 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Behind this victory, in large part, stands Spanish coach Conchita Martínez — a former world No. 2, the 1994 Wimbledon champion, and the 2000 French Open finalist.

"She has a difficult character. You tell her something, and she may not want to listen. When she does what I tell her, there's no limit to her," Martínez said of Andreeva. "It's important that she keeps growing and improving, and that will make her stronger. Winning the French Open is a dream, and she made it come true at 19, having significantly improved her game. That makes me very happy. But she needs to stay grounded and keep working. She wants more," the coach added.

At the awards ceremony, Andreeva herself said that only she knows how hard it was for her. She thanked herself "for always giving 100%, even when it's hard, for trying every day to become better as a person and as a player, for believing in her own strength, for fighting many inner demons."

Andreeva was born in Siberia, later moved to Sochi, and then to France to develop her tennis career. She burst onto the big tennis scene at 15 at the 2023 Madrid tournament, where she became the third-youngest player to win a main-draw match at a WTA 1000 tournament and reached the quarter-finals. Since then, she had been considered a contender to win Grand Slam tournaments.

Andreeva became the youngest French Open champion since Monica Seles, who won the tournament at 18 in 1992. In the final, she struck 25 winners against her opponent's 10 and made fewer unforced errors — 26 against 29.

Andreeva competed without the Russian flag, in neutral status, because of the war in Ukraine. In the semi-final, Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk refused to shake her hand. "No one in the world wants war. I never think about it during a match," Andreeva said after that match.