The 2026 Miami Open completed on the weekend with Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus winning on the women’s side and Jannik Sinner of Italy winning on the men’s side. The wins for Sabalenka and Sinner were noteworthy because they both also won Indian Wells earlier this month, and have accomplished what is known as the Sunshine Double (winning Indian Wells and the Miami Open) in the same year.
In Saturday’s final, Sabalenka beat American Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in a rematch of the 2025 French Open final won by Gauff. A key statistic was double faults. Gauff had seven double faults, and Sabalenka had none. Sabalenka also broke Gauff four times.
Sinner beat Jiri Lehevcka of the Czech Republic in the final, 6-4, 6-4. Sinner is undefeated against Lehecka all-time as he has won all four encounters.
Sabalenka had two other notable wins in Miami. She beat the reigning Olympic gold medalist Qinwen Zhang of China 6-3, 6-4 in the third round and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals. Sabalenka and Rybakina played in the Australian Open final and Indian Wells final already this year.
Sinner, meanwhile made tennis history as he became the first player to win Indian Wells and Miami without dropping a single set. Other notable players Sinner beat in Miami were American Frances Tiafoe (6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals), and Germany’s Alexander Zverev (6-3, 7-6 in the semifinals).
This was only the fourth time ever that a player on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour won the Sunshine Double in the same year. It previously happened in 1994 (won by German Steffi Graff and American Pete Sampras), in 2005 (won by Kim Clijsters of Belgium and Roger Federer of Switzerland), and in 2016 (won by Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Novak Djokovic of Serbia). Ironically, the Miami Open was part of the Sunshine Double this past year even though in rained a lot.
