Miami Open ATP 1000, WTA 1000
Hard Rock Stadium
Miami, Florida, USA
WTA March 19-30
ATP March 20-31, 2024
ATP March 20-31, 2024
Draw: Singles 96, Doubles 32
Just a hop, skip and a jump away (kidding) from Indian Wells, CA 2024 tournament we are at the 2024 Miami Open held at the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami. Fun fact - in the 1800's it would have taken 4 - 6 months to travel from California to Florida.....
Thousands of years before Europeans arrived, a large portion of south east Florida, including the area where Miami, Florida exists today, was inhabited by Tequestas. The Tequesta (also Tekesta, Tegesta, Chequesta, Vizcaynos) Native American tribe, at the time of first European contact, occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida. They had infrequent contact with Europeans and had largely migrated by the middle of the 18th century. Miami is named after the Mayaimi, a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century.Will there be upsets like Luca Nardi's defeat of the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic? Can Iga Swiatek win Miami thus making it back to back wins of Indian Welss and Miami? The question is will she not can she. With her dominant performance Iga is set to break all kinds of records. The same question applies to Carlos Alcaraz Garfia. There is no doubt he can repeat his performane but will he?
DISCUSSION CORNER -
OHBH or 2HBH? So much discussion which from some comments I have read have devolved into silly season and vacuous, gratuitous blaming of Novak Djokovic for not taking tennis to the next level and therefore he has destroyed the game. I mean some of the comments shared in the GQ article with Roger GQ article became stupid and on par with the political discourse of the day. So the OHBH is pretty and works extremely well for some (yeah Roger am looking at you) while others have effectively employed the 2HBH. I have seen some pretty ones too with both male and female players. Why can't we say and accept that IMHO (I don't know crap about the technicality of serves etc.) the ROS is one of the most important shots. So picking a stroke that is better at it for you is probably valuable. No? Yes? In other words whatever works for you and gives you the results you want go for it and stick with it. By the way Roger admitted in that article that he teaches his kids the 2HBH. Ha!
WTA
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| Miami Tennis Art Murals |
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2023 Petra Kvitová |
2002 Serena Williams |
Oldest winner: Serena Williams at 33 in 2015.
Youngest winner: Monica Seles at 16 in 1990.
Winners of the Sunshine Double (both Indian Wells and Miami in the same year): Steffi Graf twice (1994, 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005), Victoria Azarenka (2016), Iga Swiatek (2022).
2023 champion: Petra Kvitova who defeated Elena Rybakina. Kvitova is on maternity leave, so is not taking part this year.
Doubles champions: Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula who defeated Leylah Fernandez/Taylor Townsend.
Top 16 seeds (of 32): Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Zheng Qinwen, Maria Sakkari, Jelena Ostapenko, Daria Kasatkina, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Jasmine Paolini, Liudmila Samsonova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Elina Svitolina, Veronika Kudermetova
The 32 seeds have a first-round bye.
Wildcards: American players Hailey Baptiste, Venus Williams, plus Erika Andreeva, Brenda Fruhvirtova, Linda Fruhvirtova, Simona Halep, Emma Raducanu, Caroline Wozniacki
Protected ranking: Paula Badosa, Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Shelby Rogers, Daria Saville, Zhang Shuai
Withdrawals: Include Mirra Andreeva, Amanda Anisimova, Belinda Bencic, Petra Kvitova, Karolina Muchova, Marketa Vondrousova
ATP
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| Miami Tennis Art Murals |
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2023 Daniil Medvedev |
2003 Andre Agassi |
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Most titles: Andre Agassi and Novak Djokovic with 6 each.
Defending champion: Daniil Medvedev who defeated Jannik Sinner.
Doubles champions: Santiago Gonzales/Edouard Roger-Vasselin who defeated Austin Krajicek/ Nicolas Mahut.
Oldest winner: Roger Federer at 37 in 2019.
Youngest winner: Carlos Alcarez at 18 in 2022.
Sunshine Double (winning both IW and Miami in the same year): Seven men have achieved that, including Novak Djokovic 4 times and Roger Federer 3 times.
Top 16 seeds (of 32) in order of seeding: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcarez, Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev, Holger Rune, Casper Ruud, Hubert Hurkacz, Alex de Minaur, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Grigor Dimitrov, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Ugo Humbert. Karen Khachanov, Ben Shelton
The 32 seeds receive a first-round bye.
Wildcards: American players Darwin Blanch, Martin Damm, plus Martin Landaluce, Kei Nishikori, Shang Juncheng
Protected ranking: Matteo Berrettini, Kwon Soon-woo, Denis Shapovalov
Withdrawals: Novak Djokovic, Aslan Karatsev, Mackenzie McDonald, Milos Raonic, Stan Wawrinka
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