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Who Completed “Sunshine Double”? Sinner plans to join Miami’s exclusive roster
The Italian can accomplish the feat by knocking out Lehka at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday
March 29, 2026
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Jannik Sinner at the 2026 Miami Open presented by Itau.
Written by ATP Staff
Jannik Sinner aims to add his name to the exclusive list in ATP Tour history at Sunday’s Miami Open hosted by Itau.
If the PIF ATP No. 2 player can defeat Jiri Lehka in the championship match at Hard Rock Stadium, he will become the eighth man to complete the Sunshine Double. Learn more about this coveted feat below.
What is Sunshine Double Standard?
The “sunshine double crown” refers to winning the championship at both the BNP Paribas Open held in Indian Wells and the Miami Open hosted by ETA in the same year.
How many ATP players have completed Sunshine Doubles?
Seven different men have completed at least one Sunshine Double: Jim Courier Courier) (1991), Tepe Chang (1992), Pete Sampras (1994), Marcelo Rios (1998), Andre Agassi (2001), Roger Federer (2005-06) and Novak Djokovic (2011, 2014-16).
Who has recently completed a Sunshine Double?
Sinner is seeking to become the first player since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double.
Who has completed the most Sunshine Doubles?
The record for most Sunshine Doubles completed is held by Novak Djokovic. The Serbian has achieved this feat four times: in 2011, and for three consecutive years from 2014-16. The only man to accomplish the feat more than once is Federer, who won at Indian Wells and Miami in 2005-06 and 2017.
Aryna Sabalenka completed her “Sunshine Double” on Saturday. How many times have ATP players and WTA players done it in the same year?
Sinner is bidding to become the 2026 Sunshine Doubles Champion alongside Sabalenka after the WTA world No. 1 defeated Coco Gauff on Saturday in Miami. If Sinner defeats Lehka to lift the trophy, it will mark the fourth time an ATP player and a WTA player have completed the Sunshine Double in the same year.
The first happened in 1994, when Sampras and Steffi Graf won in Indian Wells and Miami respectively. In 2005, Federer and Clijsters won two events each, while in 2016, Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka both won the Sunshine Double.
