The 2025 Indian Wells Open concluded on Sunday with the men’s and women’s finals. On the women’s side, in an all-Eastern European final, the ninth seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia beat the first seed Aryna Sabalenka of Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. On the men’s side, the 13th seed Jack Draper of Great Britain beat the 12th seed Holger Rune of Denmark, 6-2, 6-2 in the final.
A major reason for Andreeva’s win came down to the serve. Andreeva had six aces compared to one for Sabalenka. Andreeva now has beaten Sabalenka twice in six meetings. Andreeva’s only other win over Sabalenka on the WTA Tour came in the quarterfinals of the 2024 French Open, in a three set match that Andreeva won 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.
In Indian Wells over the last 10 days. Andreeva beat four other seeded players. She beat the 22nd seed Clara Tauson of Denmark 6-3, 6-0 in the third round, 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the seventh seed, 6-1, 6-2 in the fourth round, three-time grand slam semifinalist (2019 United States Open and Wimbledon and 2023 Wimbledon) and number 23 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals, and the number two seed and five-time major champion (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 French Open and 2022 United States Open) Iga Swiatek of Poland in the semifinals. Like Swiatek, Sabalenka was a multiple major champion as she won the 2023 and 2024 Australian Open, and 2024 United States Open.
With the win, Andreeva climbs to number six in the world. It is her second WTA Masters 1000 title in 2025 following her win at Dubai last month where she beat Tauson in the final, 7-6, 6-1.
In the men’s final, Draper had 10 aces compared to only one for Rune. Draper broke Rune four times in seven chances.
Draper beat three other seeded players in the tournament. He defeated the third seed and 2024 United States Open finalist Taylor Fritz of the United States 7-5, 6-4 in the fourth round, the 11th seed and two-time grand slam semifinalist (2023 United States Open and 2025 Australian Open) Ben Shelton of the United States 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals, and the number two seed and four-time grand slam champion (2022 United States Open, 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon, and 2024 French Open), Carlos Alcaraz of Spain 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 in the semifinals.
Draper, the semifinalist from the United States Open in 2024, beat Rune in the second meeting head-to-head. Rune won their only prior meeting, 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati last year. Draper now climbs to seventh in the world after his third ATP title. He previously beat Matteo Berrettini of Italy in the finals of Stuttgart last year, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4, and then beat Karen Khachanov of Russia 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the 2024 Vienna Open.
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