Mirra Andreeva has the movement and shot variety to become a leading grass player, but her 2026 season on the surface was short and came straight after her first major title. She finished 17th in the GTC Grass Rankings with a GTC Grass Rating of 108, down from 111.
Grass at a glance
- GTC Grass Rating: 108, 17th in the women’s rankings (13th before the season)
- Pillars: Lawn Form 58, Arsenal 72, Wimbledon 48, Nerve 58
- Nationality: Russia
- Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-final (2025)
- Grass titles: None yet
- Plays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand
- Coach: Conchita Martínez, a former Wimbledon champion
How Mirra plays on grass
Andreeva reads the game as well as anyone of her generation. She anticipates early, covers the court quickly and mixes pace, height and the drop shot to pull opponents out of rhythm. On grass that variety is valuable, and her backhand, taken early and redirected, is a reliable weapon on a low-bouncing court. Her Arsenal score of 72 is the strongest part of her grass profile.
The surface asks more of her serve than clay does, and against heavy hitters she can be pushed back and forced to defend. Her Nerve score of 58 is fair to a player who fights hard: she saved six match points in her 2026 Wimbledon defeat. The result still went the other way, and on grass, where a single break often decides a set, the price of slow starts is high.
Grass record
Andreeva made her name on grass early. At Wimbledon in 2023 she reached the fourth round, beating Liudmila Potapova and Barbora Krejčíková, who retired, before losing in three sets to Madison Keys. She lost in the first round to Brenda Fruhvirtová in 2024, then reached the quarter-finals as the 7th seed in 2025, where Belinda Bencic beat her in straight sets. She has no grass titles or finals, so her grass profile rests almost entirely on those two Wimbledon runs.
The 2026 grass season
Andreeva won Roland Garros in 2026, beating qualifier Maja Chwalińska 6-3, 6-2 in the final for her first major title. She skipped Berlin and made Bad Homburg her only grass event before Wimbledon. There she lost her first match since Paris to Ekaterina Alexandrova, 3-6, 4-6. Her rating still moved from 111 to 112 across those weeks.
Seeded 5th at Wimbledon, she beat Magda Linette and then met Krejčíková, the 2024 champion, in the second round. Andreeva won the first set and saved six match points when Krejčíková served for the match at 5-3 in the third, but lost 6-4, 5-7, 4-6 on the seventh. It was a defeat that said more about preparation than about resolve, coming with only two grass matches played since her title in Paris. The rating fell from 112 to 108.
Looking ahead to 2027
For 2027 the priority is preparation. A deep run at Roland Garros leaves little time, and in 2026 she arrived at Wimbledon with one grass match behind her. Adding a second warm-up event, or arriving earlier, would give her game the time it needs to adjust to the surface. A Wimbledon pillar of 48 is low for a player of her standing, and the realistic target is to match her 2025 quarter-final and push for a first semi-final.
