Top six youngest players to win WTA 1000 title

These young tennis stars aren’t just winning—they’re making history, defying limits, and proving the future belongs to them.

A new wave of tennis stars is taking over, rewriting history with every match. Iga Swiatek has ruled the sport with relentless precision, Coco Gauff has electrified crowds with her fearless rise, and Mirra Andreeva became the youngest WTA 1000 champion ever. These aren’t just wins—they’re defining moments, proving that the future of tennis isn’t coming; it’s already here. If their dominance so far is any indication, we’re only getting started.

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Iga Swiatek (19 years, 11 months, 16 days) – Italian Open 2021

From the hardcourts of Doha to the legendary clay of Roland Garros, Iga Swiatek has carved her name into tennis’s firmament with meticulous precision. She has claimed the throne of women’s tennis for 125 weeks, a reign that places her seventh in the pantheon of all-time greats.

Her ascension began in earnest at the 2022 Qatar Open, where she vanquished three top-ten warriors before unleashing an unprecedented 37-match winning streak that included the rare “Sunshine Double.” Five major championships later, including four French Open conquests, her dominance continues unabated through 2024’s triumphs at Indian Wells and Madrid—her statistical supremacy second only to Serena Williams in the WTA 1000 era.

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Victoria Azarenka (19 years, 8 months, 9 days) – Miami Open 2009

In the sweltering heat of Miami’s 2009 spring, a Belarusian star was born as Victoria Azarenka dismantled Serena Williams in straight sets, claiming the first of her ten WTA 1000 crowns. The win marked his 51-week reign over the world.

Seven years later, she would etch her name alongside tennis royalty, conquering the elusive “Sunshine Double” with consecutive victories at Indian Wells and Miami—a feat accomplished by only a select few. From the scorching hard courts of Melbourne, where she twice reigned supreme, to the Cincinnati battlegrounds where she’d claim multiple titles, Azarenka’s journey through tennis’s elite tournaments reveals a champion whose brilliance against the sport’s greatest—Williams, Sharapova, Kuznetsova—has illuminated women’s tennis for over a decade.

Coco Gauff (19 years, 5 months, 7 days) – CincinnatiOpen 2023

In the summer heat of Cincinnati 2023, a young lioness claimed her first hunting ground. Coco Gauff toppled the seemingly invincible Iga Swiatek before dispatching Karolina Muchova to seize her maiden WTA 1000 crown.

Barely 19 years old, the American talent carried the momentum into a historic US Open win, with the universe seemingly bending to her rise. When Beijing’s courts beckoned in 2024, history echoed as Muchova again found herself across the net, powerless to stop Gauff’s relentless march toward a second WTA 1000 title.

Now standing atop women’s tennis—ranked second in singles, and first in doubles—this twenty-year-old architect of nine singles titles has already etched her legacy into the sport’s foundation.

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Belinda Bencic (18 years, 5 months, 6 days) – Canadian Open 2015

The summer of 2015 witnessed the emergence of a Swiss prodigy with a Slovak heritage. In Toronto’s Rogers Cup, this eighteen-year-old virtuoso orchestrated a symphony of upsets that tennis rarely witnesses.

Four top-ten titans fell before her tactical brilliance—Williams, Halep, Wozniacki, Ivanovic—each name more formidable than the last. The tournament became her coronation, echoing the achievement of her compatriot Hingis fifteen years prior.

Though her WTA 1000 collection remains a solitary jewel amid nine career singles titles, including Olympic gold from Tokyo’s delayed games, Belinda Bencic‘s adaptability across tennis’ varied battlefields continues to make her a dangerous adversary in elite tournaments, her world No. 4 ranking in 2020 testament to this Swiss precision.

Victoria Mboko (18 years, 11 months) – Canadian Open 2025

Victoria Mboko announced herself on the world stage with a stunning triumph at the 2025 Canadian Open in Montreal, becoming one of the youngest players ever to win a WTA 1000 title. The 18-year-old Canadian entered the tournament ranked world No. 85 and with no WTA titles to her name, yet displayed remarkable poise and resilience throughout the week.

In the final, Mboko faced four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and recovered from a slow start to prevail 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in front of an electrified home crowd. The victory, achieved just shy of her 19th birthday, propelled her into the top 25 of the WTA rankings for the first time.

Mboko’s fearless shot-making, powerful serve, and composure under pressure made her a breakout star of the season. Her victory not only marked a milestone for Canadian tennis but also hinted at the arrival of a new contender capable of challenging the sport’s elite in the years to come.

Bianca Andreescu (18 years, 9 months, 2 days) – Indian Wells Open

The summer of 2019 unfolded like a fairytale for Bianca Andreescu, the Romanian-Canadian whose name would soon echo across tennis’s greatest arenas. In the California desert, an eighteen-year-old wildcard stormed through Indian Wells Open‘s elite field, dispatching four top-twenty players before outlasting Angelique Kerber in a three-set championship battle that announced her arrival with thunderous clarity.

The script continued in Toronto, where fifty years of Canadian drought at their home championship ended as Andreescu carved through three top-ten opponents. When Serena Williams—whose Indian Wells victory twenty years prior Andreescu had just emulated—retired from their final while trailing, the symmetry seemed almost preordained.

These two WTA 1000 victories were merely the prelude to her historic US Open win, which further cemented her remarkable legacy.

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Mirra Andreeva (17 years and 299 days) – Dubai Tennis Championship 2025

In Dubai’s shimmering heat, seventeen-year-old Mirra Andreeva rewrote tennis history, becoming the youngest WTA 1000 champion since the format’s inception. The Russian prodigy, born in the spring of 2007, carved her path through a gauntlet of champions—Vondrousova, Rybakina, Swiatek—each falling to her tactical brilliance like chess pieces to a grandmaster.

When Mirra scored the final point against Clara Tauson, it was not only a tournament victory for her but also a coronation. The win moved her into the WTA elite and ranked her as World No. 9 on 24 February 2025.

This Dubai conquest—her second tour-level title—joins a resume already adorned with Olympic silver and a French Open semifinal appearance, positioning her as tennis‘ brightest ascendant star.

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