Miami Open

The Miami Open is a ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Miami Gardens, Florida on hard courts, played in March. Men and women compete at the same venue in the same fortnight, which is unusual outside the majors and makes it one of the few events where you can watch both tours in a single day. The main singles draw holds 128 players.

Miami sits at the other end of the same month and plays nothing like Indian Wells, which is what makes the pair so revealing about a player. Here the air is humid and heavy, so the ball slows through the air, but the courts underneath are quick.

The wind off the bay is a factor almost every day. It moves the ball toss, punishes players who hit flat through the court, and turns routine overheads into genuine problems. Matches are frequently decided by whoever adapts to the conditions first rather than by who hits better.

Like Indian Wells it runs over two weeks with byes for the top seeds, and the two tournaments together carry enough points to reshape the top twenty inside a month.

Our dates count the main draw only. Qualifying runs the week before and most calendars fold it in, which is why a start date printed elsewhere can be a week earlier than the one at the top of this page. The full draw with scores is on its own page.

The main draw holds 128 players in single elimination, which is 7 rounds to the title and 127 matches in all. Seeds are spread through the bracket so the strongest cannot meet early, and qualifiers arrive already match-sharp. How seeding, byes and qualifying work is explained in the guides.

The Miami Open draw with every score is on its own page and updates while the tournament is being played.

Jannik Sinner won the men's title in 2026, beating Jiri Lehečka in the final by 6-4, 6-4. They were ranked 1 in the world at the time of writing.

Aryna Sabalenka won the women's title in 2026, beating Coco Gauff in the final by 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. They were ranked 1 in the world at the time of writing.

A title here does not only change the trophy cabinet. It sets the number the same player has to defend twelve months later, and defending is the hardest thing in tennis: the points disappear on schedule whether or not the player is fit, in form or even entered.

8 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the men's draw were seeded, which is close to what the seedings predicted. Jannik Sinner took the title from the number 2 seeding, and the final went 2 sets.

7 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the women's draw were seeded, which is close to what the seedings predicted. Aryna Sabalenka took the title from the number 1 seeding, and the final went 3 sets.

Numbers like these are the quickest way to read a tournament you did not watch. A draw where most of the seeds survive to the last eight was decided on quality; one where they did not was decided by conditions, scheduling or fatigue, and the surface section above usually explains which.

Rights to the Miami Open are sold country by country, so the answer depends entirely on where you are sitting. There is no free-to-air option for this event in the major markets, which is normal below Grand Slam level.

The Miami Open is played in Miami Gardens, Florida, and matches follow the local schedule, so check the order of play against your own time zone before committing an evening to it.

There is no free-to-air route to this one in the major markets. That is typical below Grand Slam level: the free coverage in tennis is concentrated on the four majors, and only in the countries that host them or have a historic public-broadcast deal.

Miami plays day and night sessions on the main stadium, and the night session is the one to catch from Europe because it starts in the early hours rather than the middle of the night. Coverage is concentrated on the stadium court and the grandstand; the outer courts, where the first two rounds are played, are streamed patchily. Rain delays are common enough that the published order of play should be treated as a rough guide.

The viewing guide goes through what each service covers across the season and what it leaves out.