The Miami Open Tennis is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Miami, Florida, USA. The Tournament is held in March every year since 1985. The tournament had many names such as Lipton International Players Championships, Ericsson Open, NASDAQ-100 Open, and Sony Ericsson Open. The game is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park.
Men’s Singles Title
- Novak Djokovic has defeated Britain’s Andy Murray 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-0 to win his fifth Miami title.
Women’s singles Title
- World number one Serena Williams defeated Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2 6-0 and secured her third straight title at Crandon Park.
Men’s doubles Title
- American Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan pair has defeated Vasek Pospisil (Canada) and Jack Sock (US) pair by 6–3, 1–6, 10–8 score.
Women’s doubles Title
- Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair have defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia.
Tidbits
- Sania Mirza has achieved yet another career milestone by capturing her 25th WTA doubles title.
- Sania Mirza was named one of the 50 heroes of Asia by Time in October 2005.
- In 2014, Sania Mirza has been appointed as the UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia.
- Sania Mirza is the present brand ambassador for the Indian state of Telangana.
Awards and Honors
- Arjuna Award (2004)
- WTA New Comer of the Year (2005)
- Padma Shri (2006)
