​PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 02: Mirra Andreeva shows appreciation to the fans after victory over Sorana Cirstea of Romania during their Women’s Singles quarter-final match on Day Ten of the 2026 French Open at Roland Garros on June 02, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)Getty ImagesRussian teenager Mirra Andreeva is currently No. 2 in the WTA Live Rankings and is on track to become the new world No. 1 “very soon,” according to tennis analyst Brad Gilbert.Andreeva, 19, won her maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros earlier this year and has reached the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Indian Wells, where she will face American Jessica Pegula on Saturday.Andreeva is currently 1,393 points behind world No. 1 and defending WTA Finals champion Elena Rybakina, who is not playing the WTA finals as she rests and recovers from a viral illness.If Andreeva wins the WTA Finals title, she would be fewer than 300 ranking points behind Rybakina, and would then be on the brink of surpassing her early in 2027.“I think it’s going to happen very soon,” tennis analyst Brad Gilbert said on Tennis Channel.Gilbert also pointed out that if Andreeva — who is currently ranked No. 3 in the world just behind Aryna Sabalenka, whom Andreeva beat, 6-4, 6-0 in group play – comes out of the WTA Finals ranked No. 2 it will help her at the Australian Open in January. “That puts you on line 128 [of the draw],” Gilbert said. “As the 3 seed, you could be in either one of the 1 or 2’s halves. I see it [Andreeva becoming world No. 1] happening very early in 2027.”MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 31: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after her victory in the Women’s Singles Final against Aryna Sabalenka during day 14 of the 2026 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 31, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)Getty ImagesRybakina is the defending Australian Open champ, and must defend 2,000 points there, while Andreeva lost in the fourth round in Melbourne last year.“I think she can go way further than that,” Hall of Famer Tracy Austin said on Tennis Channel.Added retired American player Danielle Collins of Andreeva: “I think it will be probably early in 2027 [that Andreeva becomes No. 1]. The way that she’s been progressing with her game, her aggressive game style, but also mentally. She’s brought on a sports psychologist and there’s been a real concentrated effort to try to work through some of those emotions, she’s just been handling herself so well.’“She’s just been handling herself so well in the professionalism, I think she’s somebody that deserves to hold that position at some point soon.”If she becomes world No. 1 in 2027, the Russian would be the 31st player in WTA history to do so.First she must face Pegula in the semifinals on Saturday.The match comes after Pegula was overheard calling the Russian teenager “a diva” in a leaked conversation w