The BNP Paribas Open is one of the biggest tournaments on the calendar, and this year’s men’s and women’s champions have both been rewarded handsomely on the new rankings for their title runs.
Let’s start with the women’s champion, Mirra Andreeva.
Having set her previous career-high ranking of No. 9 just a few weeks ago after winning her first WTA 1000 title in Dubai, the 17-year-old almost halves her ranking today—from No. 11 to No. 6—after winning her second straight WTA 1000 title in Indian Wells.
And she conquered the desert in style, too, defeating the Top 2 players on the WTA rankings back-to-back in the last two rounds: No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the semis and No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final.
“Of course I feel a lot of adrenaline still. It feels amazing,” she said after her 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Sabalenka on Sunday. “After the first set it was tough to come back, really, but I tried my best. Yeah, in the end, now I can really look back to that moment.
“Now I’m super happy and super proud of myself.”
Not only is Andreeva the youngest player in the WTA Top 10, she’s actually the youngest player in the entire WTA Top 140. You have to go all the way down to No. 145 to find anyone younger than her—American Iva Jovic, a younger 17-year-old by just over six months.
