MIAMI MASTERS

The 'Miami Masters' is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held at Key Biscayne, in Miami, Florida. The event's current sponsored name is the 'Sony Ericsson Open'.
The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the men's tour and is a Tier 1 event on the women's tour. The tournament is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. The event is currently held in March each year.
The tournament is widely regarded as the most prestigious on the ATP and WTA tours, and was given the nickname "Fifth Grand Slam". Its importance is reflected by the WTA's decision to designate it a mandatory event, like the 4 Grand Slam tournaments.
The event was initially known as the 'Lipton International Players Championships'. In 2000 there was a change of title sponsor and the event was renamed the 'Ericsson Open'. In 2002, the event became known as the 'NASDAQ-100 Open'. In 2007, the tournament was renamed the Sony Ericsson Open in a deal where the company will pay $20 million over the next four years.

Contents

History

Event characteristics

Past Results

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Trivia

External links

History

The tournament was founded by former player Butch Buchholz. His original aim was to make the event the first major tournament of the year (the Australian Open was held in December at that time), and he dubbed it the "Winter Wimbledon". Buchholz approached the ATP and the WTA and offered to provide the prize-money and give them a percentage of the ticket sales and worldwide television rights in return for the right to run the tournament for 15 years. The two associations agreed.
The first tournament was held in February of 1985 at Laver's International Tennis Resort at Delray Beach, Florida. Buchholz brought in Alan Mills, the tournament referee at Wimbledon, as the head referee; and Ted Tinling, a well-known tennis fashion designer since the 1920s, as the director of protocol. The prize money of US$1.8 million was surpassed only by Wimbledon and the US Open at the time. (The event's prize-money has since grown to over US$6 million.)
In 1986, the tournament relocated to Boca Raton. It moved to its permanent home at Key Biscayne in 1987.

Event characteristics

Besides the four Grand Slam championships, the Miami Masters one of the few events on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tours where the main singles draw (for both the men and the women) involves more than 64 players, and where main draw play extends beyond one week. 96 men and 96 women compete in the singles competition, and 32 teams compete in each of the doubles competitions. The event lasts for 12 days.
Given its size, history, and the fact that it is a combined event involving both men and women, some people consider the Miami Masters to be the sixth most prestigious event on the ATP and WTA tours – after the four Grand Slams and the Tennis Masters Cup / WTA Tour Championships.
In 2006, the tournament became the first event in the United States to utilize instant replay to allow players to challenge close line calls. Players were be allowed two challenges per set, with an additional challenge allowed for tiebreaks.

Past Results

Men's Singles

'Year'	'Champion'	'Runner-up'	'Score in final'
2007	'Novak Đoković	Guillermo Cañas	6-3 6-2 6-4
2006	'Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubičić	7-6, 7-6, 7-6
2005	'Roger Federer	Rafael Nadal	2-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-1
2004	'Andy Roddick	Guillermo Coria	6-7, 6-3, 6-1 (retired)
2003	'Andre Agassi	Carlos Moyà	6-3, 6-3
2002	'Andre Agassi	Roger Federer	6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2001	'Andre Agassi	Jan-Michael Gambill	7-6, 6-1, 6-0
2000	'Pete Sampras	Gustavo Kuerten	6-1, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6
1999	'Richard Krajicek	Sebastien Grosjean	4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5
1998	'Marcelo Ríos	Andre Agassi	7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1997	'Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera	7-6, 6-3, 6-1
1996	'Andre Agassi	Goran Ivanišević	3-0 (retired)
1995	'Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	3-6, 6-2, 7-6
1994	'Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	5-7, 6-3, 6-3
1993	'Pete Sampras	MaliVai Washington	6-3, 6-2
1992	'Michael Chang	Alberto Mancini	7-5, 7-5
1991	'Jim Courier	David Wheaton	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1990	'Andre Agassi	Stefan Edberg	6-1, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2
1989	'Ivan Lendl	Thomas Muster	w/o (injury)
1988	'Mats Wilander	Jimmy Connors	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1987	'Miloslav Mečíř	Ivan Lendl	7-5, 6-2, 7-5
1986	'Ivan Lendl	Mats Wilander	3-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
1985	'Tim Mayotte	Scott Davis	4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Women's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1985	'Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6-2, 6-4
1986	'Chris Evert-Lloyd	Steffi Graf	6-4, 6-2
1987	'Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6-1, 6-2
1988	'Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6-4, 6-4
1989	'Gabriela Sabatini	Chris Evert	6-1, 4-6, 6-2
1990	'Monica Seles	Judith Polzl-Wiesner	6-1, 6-2
1991	'Monica Seles	Gabriela Sabatini	6-3, 7-5
1992	'Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gabriela Sabatini	6-1, 6-4
1993	'Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1994	'Steffi Graf	Natasha Zvereva	4-6, 6-1, 6-2
1995	'Steffi Graf	Kimiko Date	6-1, 6-4
1996	'Steffi Graf	Chanda Rubin	6-1, 6-3
1997	'Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	6-2, 6-1
1998	'Venus Williams	Anna Kournikova	2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1999	'Venus Williams	Serena Williams	6-1, 4-6, 6-4
2000	'Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6-3, 6-2
2001	'Venus Williams	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-1, 7-64
2002	'Serena Williams	Jennifer Capriati	7-5, 7-64
2003	'Serena Williams	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
2004	'Serena Williams	Elena Dementieva	6-1, 6-1
2005	'Kim Clijsters	Maria Sharapova	6-3, 7-5
2006	'Svetlana Kuznetsova	Maria Sharapova	6-4, 6-3
2007	'Serena Williams	Justine Henin	0-6, 7-5, 6-3
2008

Men's Doubles

'Year'	'Champions'	'Runners-up'	'Score'
2007	'Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	Martin Damm / Leander Paes	6-7, 6-3, (10-7)
2006	'Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	6-4, 6-4
2005	'Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi	Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett	6-1, 6-2
2004	'Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge	6-2, 7-6
2003	'Roger Federer / Max Mirnyi	Leander Paes / David Rikl	7-5, 6-3
2002	'Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer	6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2001	'Jiří Novák / David Rikl	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge	7-5, 7-6
2000	'Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde	Martin Damm / Dominik Hrbatý	6-3, 6-4
1999	'Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle	Boris Becker / Jan-Michael Gambill	6-1, 6-1
1998	'Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach	Alex O'Brien / Jonathan Stark	6-2, 6-4
1997	'Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	7-6, 7-6
1996	'Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde	Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith	6-1, 6-3
1995	'Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde	Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe	6-3, 7-6
1994	'Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis	Mark Knowles / Jared Palmer	7-6, 7-6
1993	'Richard Krajicek / Jan Siemerink	Patrick McEnroe / Jonathan Stark	6-7, 6-4, 7-6
1992	'Ken Flach / Todd Witsken	Kent Kinnear / Sven Salumaa	6-4, 6-3
1991	'Wayne Ferreira / Piet Norval	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso	5-7, 7-6, 6-2
1990	'Rick Leach / Jim Pugh	Boris Becker / Cassio Motta	6-3, 6-4
1989	'Jakob Hlasek / Anders Järryd	Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe	6-3, retired
1988	'John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso	7-6, 6-1, 7-5
1987	'Paul Annacone / Christo Van Rensburg	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1986	'Brad Gilbert / Vince Van Patten	Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd	Walkover
1985	'Paul Annacone / Christo Van Rensburg	Sherwood Stewart / Kim Warwick	7-5, 7-5, 6-4

Women's Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1985	'Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová	Kathy Jordan Hana Mandlíková	7-64, 6-2
1986	'Pam Shriver Helena Suková	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	6-2, 6-3
1987	'Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6-3, 7-66
1988	'Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	7-66, 6-3
1989	'Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	7-65, 6-4
1990	'Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Betsy Nagelsen Robin White	6-4, 6-3
1991	'Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7-5, 6-2
1992	'Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	7-5, 5-7, 6-3
1993	'Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6-2, 7-5
1994	'Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6-3, 6-1
1995	'Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	7-5, 2-6, 6-3
1996	'Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	6-4 6-4
1997	'Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6-4, 6-2
1998	'Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6-2, 3-6, 6-3
1999	'Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles	0-6, 6-4, 7-61
2000	'Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
2001	'Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6-0, 6-4
2002	'Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	7-64, 6-74, 6-3
2003	'Liezel Horn-Huber Magdalena Maleeva	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	6-4, 3-6, 7-5
2004	'Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6-2, 6-3
2005	'Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7-5, 6-75, 6-2
2006	'Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Liezel Horn-Huber Martina Navrátilová	6-4, 7-5
2007	'Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Liezel Horn-Huber	6-4, 3-6, (10-2)

A mixed doubles competition was also held at the inaugural tournament in 1985, and was won by Heinz Günthardt & Martina Navratilova.

Trivia

★ The men's final has been abonded three times since the tournament's inception.

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★ In 1989, Thomas Muster was hit by a drunk driver the night before the final, which put him in a wheelchair for months. He was able to win the championship eight years later.

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★ In 1996, Goran Ivanišević retired from the match early with a stiff neck.

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★ In 2004, Guillermo Coria retired after three sets due to back pain and an inability to move properly. The problem later turned out to be gall stones.

External links

★ Official tournament website

★ Satellite view of the tournament venue (Google Maps)