Erika Aleksandrovna Andreeva (Russian: Эрика Александровна Андреева, IPA:[ˈɛrʲɪkəɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvnəɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvə], born 24 June 2004)[1] is a Russian tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65, reached on 21 October 2024. She also has a highest doubles ranking of No. 274, achieved on 11 December 2023.[2] Andreeva has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won three singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.
In November 2020, Andreeva won her first senior ITF Circuit title at the $15k event in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. A month later, she won another ITF title, this time at the $15k Cairo, Egypt.[4]
In March 2021, she won her third $15k tournament.[5]
2022: WTA Tour & major debuts
In May 2022, she played her first significant final on the ITF Circuit, at the $100k+H La Bisbal d'Emporda, but lost after winning the first set.[6]
Andreeva made her WTA Tour debut at the Ladies Open Lausanne after qualifying. There she recorded her first WTA Tour-level win, after dropping only three games against Anna Blinkova, in the first round.[7][8]
She made her major debut at the 2022 US Open, winning her three qualifying matches to earn a spot in the main draw[9][10] where she lost in the first round to Petra Kvitová.[11]
2023: WTA 1000 debut and first win
Ranked No. 135 at the inaugural 2023 ATX Open in Austin, Texas, she reached the main draw as lucky loser and defeated Harriet Dart in the longest match of the season thus far, lasting three hours and 32 minutes.[12] Next, she lost to Anna-Lena Friedsam in another match that lasted more than three hours.[13][14]
Andreeva lost in the final round of qualifying at Wimbledon but was given a place in the main draw as a lucky loser, going on to beat Emina Bektas in the first round to secure her first win at a major,[22] before losing her next match to Donna Vekić.[23]
At the US Open, she defeated Yuan Yue in the first round[24] but lost to seventh seed Zheng Qinwen.[25]
Personal life
Erika is the older sister of fellow professional tennis player Mirra Andreeva.[26] They are both from Krasnoyarsk, but moved to Moscow for coaching.[27] She has graduated from the local children's music school, classical guitar department.[28]
Performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.