Two of the youngest stars on the WTA Tour, Mirra Andreeva and Victoria Mboko, will go head-to-head in the final of the 2026 Adelaide International. Andreeva is a top-10 seed at the Australian Open beginning next week, and she will look to win a title heading into the Melbourne Major. Mboko will also look to get on a high with a title as she is all set to make her Melbourne debut next week.
Mirra Andreeva vs. Victoria Mboko Match Details
Date: Jan. 16, 2026 (in ET)
Tournament: Adelaide International 2026
Round: Final
Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category:Â WTA 500
Live Telecast: Tennis Channel, TSN, RDS, Sky Sports
Andreeva vs. Mboko Head-to-Head
These two young stars have yet to go up against each other on the Tour, and therefore, the head-to-head is 0-0.
Andreeva began her season in Brisbane, winning her first couple of matches against Olivia Gadecki and Linda Noskova, but losing to Marta Kostyuk in the quarterfinals.
In Adelaide, she began with a bye in the first round, following which she won 6-3, 6-1 against Marie Bouzkova in the second round, and then notched another impressive 6-2, 6-0 victory against home favorite Maya Joint in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinal, she faced off against ninth-seeded Diana Shnaider, winning 6-3, 6-2 against her doubles partner.
Mboko was in action at the United Cup, winning one of the two matches she played there. At Adelaide, she began with wins over the likes of Beatriz Haddad Maia and Anna Kalinskaya in the first couple of matches.
Coming into the quarterfinals, the Canadian pulled off an upset, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 against defending champion Madison Keys, following which she won with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 scoreline over local favorite, Kimberly Birrell, in the semifinal.
Andreeva vs. Mboko Prediction
In her match against Shnaider, Andreeva won 62 percent of the service points and 54 percent of the return points. She won 64 percent of the return points on her opponent’s second serve, breaking her serve five times in the match. She herself faced two break points and was broken once.
Mboko was at her best against Birrell, winning 65 percent of the total points. She won 80 percent of the first serve points and was not broken once in the match, but was able to break her opponent’s serve five times in the game.
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Despite just starting their careers, both Mboko and Andreeva have shown their wares on hard courts, winning WTA 1000 titles last year. While Andreeva won the titles in Dubai and Indian Wells, Mboko won the WTA 1000 title in Montreal.
Both players are coming off comprehensive semi-winners, but given that she is the higher-seeded player, Andreeva will have a slight advantage in the upcoming match.
Pick: Andreeva to win in three sets
