Conchita Martinez says what has really surprised her about Mirra Andreeva since she started coaching her

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Mirra Andreeva has made a strong start to her 2025 season, as she now turns her attention to the the clay.

Andreeva won the Dubai Tennis Championships back in February, which was her first title at WTA 1000 level.

The Russian teenager was not finished there, as Andreeva won Indian Wells to continue her winning run.

Her 13-match winning streak came to an end at the Miami Open, where Amanda Anisimova hit out at Andreeva after a controversial incident during the match.

Now, with Andreeva guided by Conchita Martinez, she will look to move past that ahead of her first clay court tournament.

Conchita Martinez says what has surprised her about Mirra Andreeva

Andreeva has been coached by Martinez, the Wimbledon champion of 1994, since April last year and the pair have found great success together.

Martinez previously mentored former world number one Garbine Muguruza, winning the WTA Coach of the Year Award in 2021.

Now having completed a whole year of coaching Andreeva, Martinez told the Tennis Channel what has most surprised her about her player’s sudden rise to the top 10.

“I think the progress, especially in the last couple of months, you know she just went up,” said Martinez. “Winning Dubai and winning Indian Wells, that was a little bit… I don’t know, I don’t want to say she couldn’t do it, but it was a progress and all of a sudden it just went like a sky rocket.

“So yeah, it’s a little bit of a surprise in a way, but the way she’s been improving. Also, after a good pre-season where you get a little bit more time to work on the things that you want to work, especially she’s getting stronger and now I feel like she of course can compete with the big girls. So, you know I mean that’s probably the progress that does surprise me more.”

How much has Mirra Andreeva risen since hiring Conchita Martinez?

When Martinez began coaching Andreeva ahead of the WTA tournament in Rouen last year, she was the world number 43.

Andreeva had also never won a WTA title at that point, with her first coming at the tournament in Iasi, Romania.

The 17-year-old has also risen over 35 places in the WTA rankings, and now has a career-high of world number six.

At Andreeva and Martinez’s first Grand Slam tournament together, she achieved her best result to date at Roland Garros by reaching the semi-finals.

As she begins her preparation for Roland Garros again in 2025, Andreeva kicks-off her clay court season at the stacked tournament WTA in Stuttgart.

Andreeva was scheduled to play last year’s runner-up Marta Kostyuk, but after the Ukrainian withdrew she will now play her sister, Erika Andreeva.

Erika beat Mirra Andreeva in their only previous meeting on the WTA Tour last year, as they are now set to go into the second chapter of their head-to-head.