From March 21 to April 3, Miami will host one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments - the famous Miami Open. It has been held annually for 30 years now - since the distant 1985, when Butch Buchholz realized his old dream and created a tennis championship in Miami. Since then, such world tennis stars as Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, Stefi Graf and Monika Seles have won their victory on the courts of Crandon Park.
This year to fight for the Miami Open Cup and prize fund$ 12 million will be no less eminent athletes: the lists of players announced at the tournament will include Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, the Williams sisters, and many other experienced tennis players.
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Miami Masters- a professional tennis tournament held in March in Key Biscayne (Miami, USA) on the hard courts of the local Tennis Center at Crandon Park. Since 2009, the men's tournament has been part of the ATP Masters 1000 series with a prize pool of about $7 million and a tournament bracket designed for 96 participants in singles and 32 pairs; and women's - to the WTA Premier Mandatory series with a prize fund of about $ 6.8 million and a tournament grid designed for 96 participants in singles and 32 couples.
History
The tournament was created by former tennis player Butch Buchholz. It took Buchholz three years to get tennis officials to agree to host a two-week non-Grand Slam event and then secure it with sufficient sponsorship; the last sponsorship contracts were signed on February 29, 1984, making the first tournament possible in 1985.
The Florida tournament, with its 128-player main draw, has become biggest competition protour at the start of the calendar year ( Open Championship Australia at that time was held in December). The resemblance to Grand Slam tournaments was strengthened by the fact that men's matches were held to victory in three sets, and not in two, as in most other competitions (later, the five-set format was retained only for the finals, and both brackets - both men's and women's - were cut to 96 players due to the missed first round by the seeded participants). All this caused the head International Federation tennis Philippe Chatrier that the Buchholz tournament could replace the Australian Open as the fourth Grand Slam tournament, although Buchholz himself has repeatedly stressed that this is not part of his plans. Through the efforts of journalists, the championship received the unofficial status of "Winter Wimbledon"; the organizers from the first draw were able to attract the competition of the main men's and women's professional series by signing 15-year agreements with both organizations.
With the beginning of the era of grading competitions in professional tours at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, the Miami competition was one of the first to receive their highest category.
The first tournament within the framework of this prize was held on the courts of the tennis complex in Delray Beach, a year later the competition moved to Boca Raton; however, in both of these reputable resort towns, residents and vacationers complained about a two-week hustle and bustle. Since 1987, the tournament has moved to Key Biscayne, where the tournament for it was built away from residential areas, on the site of a former city dump. The tournament is traditionally played in March on hard courts.
In 2010, the tournament set a non-Grand Slam tennis record with a total of 300,000 people watching its matches over the 12 days of the tournament; this result was further improved.
Winners and Finalists
The record holders of the men's singles tournament in terms of the number of victories is the American Andre Agassi: he has six titles from 1990 to 2003, as well as the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who also won six times from 2007 to 2016. In the women's singles tournament, the American Serena Williams won eight times, and the German Steffi Graf won five more titles. Five people have won the men's doubles tournament four times each: the Australian pair Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodford, the Americans Bob and Mike Bryan, and the Belarusian Maxim Mirny managed to do the same. The women's doubles tournament was submitted seven times to the Czech Yana Novotnaya and five times to the Spaniard Arancha Sanchez-Vicario. Twice in the history of the tournament a decisive match was not played in any of the categories - in 1986 this happened in the men's doubles tournament, and in 1989 - in the men's singles.
Where the small cozy tennis oasis of Indian Wells was lost, and now the World Tour is moving to the east coast of the USA - to a city diametrically opposite in mood, bright and colorful Miami. It is here that the Miami Open tournament will be held in the next week and a half, also claiming the title of "the fifth" major "of the season."
Leading the seeding of the competition is their reigning champion, American tennis player Serena Williams, who has won the title in Miami eight times already. In the opening match, Serena will face the winner of the match between Japan's Misaki Doi and another American, Christina McHale. In the third round, Williams Jr. can meet with the representative of Australia Daria Gavrilova, and the most likely candidates for rivalry with the first racket of the world in the 1/8 final match are German Andrea Petkovich and Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Also in the first quarter of the tournament grid performance will start Czech Petra Kvitova. Already in the third round, the Czech athlete can fight with the representative of Russia, Ekaterina Makarova, who in the first match will play either against the Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru, or against the Ukrainian Lesya Tsurenko.
Also, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina and Dane Caroline Wozniacki will qualify for the quarterfinals. To prevent Elina and Carolyn from meeting in the third round match, for example, Russian Sofia Zhuk or Chinese Zhang Shuai can.
Likely quarter-final: Serena Williams - Petra Kvitova
The second racket of the world, the Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwańska, who will start her performance in the second quarter of the tournament bracket, will start in Miami with a duel either against the representative of Kazakhstan, Galina Voskoboeva, or against the Frenchwoman, Alize Cornet. In the third round, Agnieszka is likely to fight with the Slovak Anna Shmidlova. And the most likely opponents of Radwanska in the fourth round match seem to be the Swiss Timea Bashinski and the Serb Ana Ivanovic, who can be prevented from meeting with the Pole by the Russian Margarita Gasparyan.
Also in this part of the tournament bracket will perform the Romanian Simona Halep, who in the second round match will have to fight either with the Russian Daria Kasatkina or with the representative of Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko. In the third round, the Romanian tennis player can play with the Australian Samantha Stosur. For reaching the quarterfinals, Halep can compete with Czech Lucy Shafarova or American Sloan Stevens.
Likely quarter-final: Agnieszka Radwańska - Simona Halep
The third quarter of the tournament bracket in Miami promises to be especially interesting, because tennis players such as Carla Suarez Navarro, Johanna Konta, Victoria Azarenka, Jelena Jankovic, Venus Williams, Kristina Mladenovic and Garbin Muguruza will start their performance there.
Carla Suarez Navarro starting match will play either American Coco Vandeweghe or one of the qualifying winners. In the third round, Carla can meet with the 32nd seed, Romanian Monica Niculescu. In the 1/8 final match, Suarez Navarro can fight Conta or Williams Sr., but Belgian Alison van Uytvank and Chinese Peng Shuai can also prevent them from doing so.
Already in the third round we can see the confrontation between the two ex-first rackets of the world - Belarusian Victoria Azarenka and Serbian Elena Yankovic. Victoria got into great shape, as evidenced by her excellent results at the Indian Wells tournament, but in the fourth round she can play with the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic and Spaniard Garbine Muguruza.
Likely quarter-final: Carla Suarez Navarro - Victoria Azarenka
The nominal leader of the last quarter of the tournament grid is the German Angelique Kerber. However, given the results of Angelique after her triumphant Australian Open, one cannot even be sure that she will overcome the second round barrier. In the third round of the competition, Kerber can play with Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who is quite capable of reaching the 1/8 finals.
In the fourth round, the winner of a possible match between Pavlyuchenkova and Kerber can fight either the Italian Sara Errani or the Czech Karolina Pliskova, who has gained good shape and is able to fight for reaching the semi-finals.
Also in the fourth quarter of the grid starts the Swiss Belinda Bencic, who in the third round can meet with the German Sabine Lisicki, who is a rather dangerous opponent. In the match for reaching the quarterfinals of the competition, Bencic can compete with either the American Madison Keys or the Italian Roberta Vinci.
Likely quarter-final: Roberta Vinci - Karolina Pliskova
However, it's beautiful women's tennis that chance can intervene in any hands by a strong-willed decision. In the form of an unfortunate injury, a bad mood of a favorite, or a sudden insight of someone from " dark horses". Matches of the main draw of the competition will start today, and we will find out the name of the champion of the tournament on April 3.
"Miami Open" is a tournament of the highest category, one of the largest in world tennis. 31 years (1987-2018) was held at the elite resort of Key Biscayne (Miami, USA). Since 2019, he has moved to the southern part of the city of Miami.
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Key Biscayne is a populated area ( 12.500 inhabitants) Miami-Dade County in Florida and is located on the island of the same name between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean (approx.aut. – Key Biscayne is not administratively and territorially part of the city of Miami)
. The village is located between two park areas. From north of it Crandon Park is located, in the south - Cape Florida Park. R
Dimensions of the island: 11.2 km long, 3.2 km wide, area - 360 hectares (3.6 sq. km.). The climate is subtropical, maritime, with characteristic hot, dry summers and warm winters. Time: second half of March ( in 2019: from 20 to 31 March). Starts three days after the end of the Indian Wells tournament of the same category.
- in men" ATP World Tour 1000» (the winner gets 1000 rating points, the finalist gets 600, the loser in the 1st round gets 10)
- among women " WTA Premier Mandatory» (the winner gets 1000 rating points, the finalist gets 650, the loser in the 1st round gets 10)
The prize fund for men and women is the same and in 2019 is $ 8.359.455. Winners receive: singles $1,354,010 (finalists $686,000; 1st round losers $16,425); in doubles - $ 457.290 (finalists - $ 223.170; losers in the 1st round - $ 15.960).
It is a mandatory tournament for both men and women.
Tournament bracket: 96 - in singles (32 seeds start from the 2nd round); 32 in doubles.
Venue: Hard Rock multi-purpose complex with a 13,800-seat central arena.
HISTORY
The tournament was founded by former American tennis player Butch Buchholz and was first held in 1985 ( ed. - Only in 1985 and 1987. mixed events were held).
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For the newly created tournament, Butch was its chairman and Cliff was its executive director. In 1996, they took on their 27-year-old son Butch as assistants - Trey Buchholz(Trey Buchholz) (1969), who became COO. Trey, as a tennis player, showed good results at the junior level. To complete the information about the Buchholz family, I will inform you that the father of the brothers was their first coach. In 1997, the brothers opened the Ashe-Buchholz Tennis Center in Miami in Moore Park. And inIn 1999, they sold their rights to the Key Biscayne tournament to the sports agency International Management Group (IMG). Cliff remained Tournament Director until 2002 and Butch as Tournament Chairman until 2009. |
In the early 1980s, Buchholz, as the chief executive of the ATP, approached the American Thomas J. Lipton Company to sponsor a new tournament that would be up to the level of the majors. After three years of negotiations, an agreement was reached on sponsorship tournament for 5 years with an annual payment of $ 1.5 million. Interestingly, Buchholz's agreement with the ATP and WTA on the official presentation sports base and the general sponsor for the new tournament expired on March 1, 1984, and he signed an agreement with the Thomas J. Lipton Company on the very last day - February 29. Tennis associations granted Butch a 15-year license to host the tournament, which included transferring to them a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales and television rights.
The tournament was named: "Lipton International Players Championships". Buchholz attracted a number of other companies as cooperative sponsors for this project, including such well-known ones as American Express and Subaru, which provided about $ 3 million in direct funding for the two weeks of the tournament. American broadcaster American Broadcasting Company (ABC) paid $2.25 million for the right to broadcast the finals. The same amount was paid by foreign TV channels (broadcasts were conducted to Australia, England, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan). This made it possible to form a prize pool of $ 1.8 million (today's $ 4.14 million) - the third largest after Wimbledon and the US Open.
The first "Lipton International Players Championships" was held from February 4 to February 18, 1985 on the courts of "Laver's International tennis Resort" in the resort town of Delray Beach ( 80 km north of Miami), which was attended by about 126,000 spectators (such a number was not collected by any other sports competition held in Florida).
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"Lipton International Players Championships" was the first major tournament in the tennis season ( ed. - The Australian Open at that time was held in November, and the Pilot Pen Classic (modern BNP Paribas Open) in Indian Wells was held early after it).
The press called the "rookie": " Winter Wimbledon" (by importance, not by court surface).
Alan Mills, the chief referee of the Wimbledon tournament, was invited as the chief judge.
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Mills(Alan Mills) (6 11.1935) - British player, coach and referee. He made his first appearance at Wimbledon at the age of 19, but lost in the 1st round. The best result of performances in majors is the 4th round of Wimbledon (1959, 1962). The format of "Lipton International Players Championships" is the same as in majors ( men's 5 set singles). It was attended by 128 men and women in singles, 64 pairs and 32 mixed doubles ( mixed category was held until 1989. inclusive). Huge prize money attracted the entire elite of world tennis: 84 men and 97 women from the Top 100.
The winners in singles were the Americans:
- Tim Mayotte, who made a comeback in the final (4:6; 4:6; 6:3; 6:2; 6:4) against childhood friend Scott Davis, for which he received $ 112,000 ( modern $ 257.800) (both were unseeded).
- The first racket of the world Martina Navratilova in the final in two sets (6:2; 6:4) confirmed her superiority over Chris Evert-Lloyd - the 2nd racket.
It should be noted that some tournament leaders and tennis experts, in particular Bud Collins, reacted negatively to the "baby", arguing that overloading the calendar with such an "impressive" tournament with the existing majors and the "Pilot Pen Classic" is superfluous.
In 1986, due to disagreement between the new owners of Laver's International tennis Resort, the tournament was moved to Boca Raton (borders Delray Beach from the north) to the Boca West tennis center with 34 courts. Attendance increased by 65% - 193.000 people.
Once again, Butch was out of luck. The owner of Boca West, Arvida Corporation, was bought by JMB Realty Corporation, which was not interested in Buchholz's business plan.
In 1987, the tournament found its permanent residence - in Key Biscayne on tennis complex at Crandon Park. From the same year, it began to be held after the tournament in Indian Wells.
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In 2006, after reconstruction, the number of seats in the central arena was reduced to 13,800, but they have become more comfortable.
However, the owner of a piece of land on Key Biscayne (north of the center), a certain Bruce Matheson, expressed his official disagreement, and the expansion of the sports base, which was so necessary for the tournament, was suspended, and the projects remained only on paper so far.He was also an opponent of the first two reconstructions. Through repeated consideration of his lawsuits, construction work was completed after 2 years instead of the planned annual implementation. The main motivations: "Violation of the historical landscape", "Transformation of a public park into a commercial development zone." In reality, Matheson hates tennis because he gathers thousands of people around his estate, which did not contribute to his calmness. |
With the introduction of professional tour competitions at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, the Miami tournament was one of the first to receive the highest category in both the ATP and WTA.
Tournament names and title sponsors
- « Lipton International Players Championships» - 1985-1993. American manufacturer of tea products "Thomas J. Lipton Company" (contract signed 02/29/1984).
- « Lipton Championships» - 1993-1999. Same sponsor.
- « Ericsson Open» - 2000-2001. Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer Ericsson.
- « NASDAQ-100 Open» - 2002-2006. American exchange fund "NASDAQ Stock Market".
- « Sony Ericsson Open» - 2007-2012. Japanese-Swedish mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ( modern name "Sony Mobile Communications") (the contract was signed on 28.08.2006) ( ed.– In 2008, Sony Ericsson was awarded the International Tennis Hall of Fame for its significant contribution to the development of tennis).
- « Sony Open» 2013-2014. Japanese manufacturer of mobile phones "Sony Mobile Communications" (contract signed on 30.03.2012) ( author's note – Sony Ericsson became a subsidiary of Sony).
- « Miami Open» – 2015-2019. The general sponsor is the Brazilian bank Itau (the contract was signed on August 19, 2014) - the largest private bank in South America.
Chronology of further major events and most interesting facts
1989 The men's singles final did not take place. Thomas Muster was hit by a drunk driver just hours after winning his semi-final match ( more), and the title went to world No. 1 Ivan Lendl, who had already won in 1986. In 1997, Muster still won the tournament.
1990 The number of participants has decreased: singles - 96; paired - 48. Duration - 10 days (instead of 14). The winners were "youth": Andre Agassi - 19 years old and Monica Seles - 16. Men's singles matches, except for the final, began to be held from 3 sets ( ed.- The next year and the final match was held in the same format as the others. In 1997, the final was again played in a 5-set format.).
1993 The day after the opening of the tournament, the so-called "Storm of the Century" reached Florida. Hurricane (up to 160 km / h) and storm waves (up to 7 points) brought enormous damage to the state. Tennis Center at Crandon Park was also damaged: fallen trees, scoreboards, fences, torn seats in the stands, torn backdrops, broken power lines. " This is definitely the worst day in the nine-year history of the tournament.", - stated Buchholz. But the main referee of the tournament - the Englishman Alan Mills allowed himself to joke: " Maybe someone now wants to talk to me about the English weather". Every effort was made to ensure that the games resumed in a day.
1994 On February 13, the new 14,000-seat arena received the first spectators who came to the 1st round match between Karin Kschwendt and Cathy Rinaldi-Stankel (6:3; 6:4). In the final, Andre Agassi showed generosity to his rival Pete Sampras and thus ended up without a title ( more).
1996 Goran Ivanisevic, who has consistently won last rounds Andrei Medvedev, Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, in the final against Andre Agassi, with a score of 0:3 in the first set, refused to continue the game. The reason is severe pain when turning the neck to the left (stiff neck). The athlete himself was surprised when he woke up and felt pain (when asked if he could blow the air conditioner, he replied that it was turned off). There was a note in the press: Ivanisevic lost the final in a dream"A week later the pain was gone.
1998 Marcelo Rios topped the rating for the first time after winning the Lipton Championships and stayed at the top for 4 weeks ( note by author - This is the only time in the history of the ATP when the 1st racket of the world has never won a major). In the same year, Anna Kournikova also distinguished herself. Seeded 23, she beat 4 top 10 players: Monica Seles (5), Conchita Martinez (9), Lindsay Davenport (2) and Arancia Sánchez-Vicario (8). But in the final she lost to Venus Williams (6:2; 4:6; 2:6).
1999 In the final, the two Williams sisters met. Since 1884, when the Watson sisters played in the Wimbledon final, this has not happened. Venus won (6:1; 4:6; 6:4). The tournament was the best in the representation of participants from the Top 50: for men - 47, for women - 48. In June, the Buchholz brothers announced that the International Management Group (IMG) was selling the rights to the tournament. On the " masters " 17-year-old Roger Federer made his debut, where he received a wild card. He faced Dane Kenneth Carlsen (ranked 106) on the same court where he won the Orange Bowl a year ago. Lost with dignity - 5:7; 6:7(4).
year 2000. The little-known 17-year-old Andy Roddick won his first victory in the ATP tour in the 1st round (over Fernando Vincente 6:4; 6:0) ( author's note – I won the tournament twice in 2004 and 2010.).
year 2001. Number of pairs in women's category decreased from 48 to 32. The current champion and world number 4 Pete Sampras lost (6:7(2); 3:6) in the 3rd round to Andy Roddick, who received a wild card.
2002 Roger Federer (14th in the ranking) beat the 1st racket of the world for the first time. This happened in the semi-finals against Lleyton Hewitt (6:3; 6:4), but lost the title to Andre Agassi (3:6; 3:6; 6:3; 4:6) ( note by author – For Federer, this was the first final at the Masters, and for Agassi, the 700th match won in his career).
2003 The new tournament director (after the departure of Cliff Buchholz) was Adam Barrett(Adam Barrett) - Senior Vice President of IMG. Number of pairs in men's category decreased from 48 to 32.
2004 In the final, Guillermo Coria, at the beginning of the fourth sitting, refused to continue the fight due to increased back spasm. The match ended with the score 6:7(2); 6:3; 6:1 in favor of Andy Roddick. In the women's final, Serena Williams defeated Elena Dementieva in 50 minutes (6:1; 6:1). This was her third consecutive victory and her first participation in the tour after an 8-month break.
2005 year. Kim Clijsters, not being seeded, won the tournament, while in 7 matches she gave only 27 games. The next day, Roger Federer won the final in 3 hours and 42 minutes, performing a comeback against Rafael Nadal (2:6, 6:7 (4); 7:6 (5); 6:3; 6:1. It was their first final out of 22 played and the second personal meeting ( approx. Aut.- The first match between Federer (1st in the ranking) and Nadal (34th in the ranking) also took place in Miami a year earlier. Then the 17-year-old Spaniard won 6:3:6:3. Details of their opposition).
2006 For the first time, the prize fund for men and women has become the same - $ 533,500 each. And for the first time at the ATP and WTA tournaments, the central arena was equipped with an electronic Hawk-Eye ball trace detection system, as well as video adapters that allow viewers in the stands to view video replays of the most interesting moments. In addition, a new attendance record was set - 272.033 spectators ( former - 270.143 in 2001)
2007 19-year-old Novak Djokovic won his first Masters. In the final, he defeated (6:3; 6:3; 6:4) Guillermo Cañas, who made it to the main draw through a qualifying tournament. This is the only time in the history of the tournament when a qualifier became a finalist. Novak is the youngest men's champion at 19 years 319 days (women's Monica Seles was 16 years 111 days in 1990). In doubles, instead of the decisive set, a super tie-break was introduced.
In the first and last time a junior singles tournament was held (12 participants). Defeated Kei Nishikori and Sorana Kirstya.
2008 The final match in the men's singles has been changed to a 3-set format.
2010 For the first time the attendance exceeded 300 thousand spectators (312.386). After 25 years as chairman of the tournament, Butch Buchholz announced his retirement. Since that year, trophies in all categories have been named after him: "Butch Buchholz Championship Trophy".
year 2012. New record attendance - 326.131 people. Sponsor Sony Mobile Communications allocated $1 million for the reconstruction of the arena premises. The area for the dressing rooms was doubled, new recreation areas were created for the players and the dining area for them was expanded. After the departure of Alan Mills, American Mark Darby became the referee of the men's tournament, and Australian Pam Whytcross became the referee of the women's tournament.
year 2013. The tournament was held without Roger Federer (2 in the ranking) and Rafael Nadal (4 in the ranking). The Swiss did not include him in his calendar, since from this year he acquired the right to skip one "master" (in accordance with rule 1.08 of the ATP Regulations) and, moreover, Roger stopped using the IMG services and, thus, he did not have no obligation to the tournament owners. Rafael had problems with his left knee joint and, on the advice of doctors, withdrew from participation in order to undergo treatment and recover before the “ground season”. The winner of the previous two tournaments and the 1st racket of the world, Novak Djokovic, unexpectedly lost (6:2; 6:4) in the 4th round to Tommy Haas (18th in the ranking). Andy Murray became the triumphant (3rd in the ranking), after which he climbed the 2nd position in the ranking for the first time ( the first time the Scot won in 2009.).
It was announced this year that a $50 million Crandon Park Tennis Center improvement project was approved, which included the construction of 3 arenas, the renovation of the central arena to expand player, media and fan space, and the addition of green space around structures so that the territory of the tennis center is in better harmony with the landscape of the park. It was assumed that construction work will begin at the end of the 2014 tournament and will take place in three stages. However, according to the above (cf. in) for reasons the project did not take place.
2015 Has changed appearance championship trophy "Butch Buchholz Championship Trophy". Serena Williams, who won the tournament for a record eighth time, confirmed her superiority. In the final, she dealt with Carla Suarez Navarro in 56 minutes (6:2; 6:0). It was her 21st unbeaten match.
The first racket of the world Novak Djokovic after 2 hours 46 minutes once again beat Andy Murray (7:6(3); 4:6; 6:0). Novak marked his 10th consecutive win on hard against the Scot, while Andy suffered 12 consecutive losses to his Big Four colleagues. The Serb liked Miami Beach so much, which locals called the "Island of Billionaires", which at the end of the year he bought himself here for $ 8.9 million in the residential complex "". But this did not affect the results of his two subsequent participations in the tournament. He missed them due to injuries.
2016 IMG has extended its contract with Miami-Dade City to use the Crandon Park Tennis Center for another 8 years. However, tournament director Adam Barrett stated: " I do not think that without the expansion of the center the tournament will be able to stay in Miami. The license to host the tournament is valid until 2023, but the current Crandon Park Tennis Center does not correspond to top-level competitions, so "big" tennis may leave Florida before the age of 23. We're not threatening, we're just stating".
2017 The 1st and 2nd rackets of the world refused to participate in the tournament: Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. Both have the same cause - an injury to the right elbow joint. World No. 2 Serena Williams removed from women due to knee problems ( note by author – Due to the refusal at the previous tournament in Indian Wells, she lost the leadership in the rating to Angelique Kerber). The tournament ended triumphantly with Roger Federer, who defeated his longtime rival Rafael Nadal (6:3; 6:4) in the final ( for the third time since the start of the season; about their opposition) and Johanna Konta, who was stronger than Caroline Wozniacki in the final (6:4; 6:3).
In December, tournament owner IMG and general sponsor Itaú announced they were moving the 2019 Miami Open to a location in the south of the city.
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2018 year. In January, James Blake became the new tournament director.
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American James Blake(James Blake) (12/28/1979) - ex-fourth racket of the world, winner of 10 ATP tournaments in singles, finalist of the Final Tournament (2006), winner of the Davis Cup (2007) and Hopman Cup (2003, 2004) as part of the national team. Best Major Performance: Quarterfinals "US Open" (2005, 2006) in singles and semi-finals of Wimbledon (2009) in doubles. He played with a one-handed backhand. In 2004, during a tournament in Rome, he slipped on the ground and, as a result of an unsuccessful fall, broke the 7th cervical vertebra. He recovered by the beginning of the next season. He ended his career in 2013.
This year, due to health reasons, the 2nd and 7th rackets of the world Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem, as well as such recognized tennis authorities as Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka, did not take part. The first racket of the world Roger Federer in the opening match (2nd round) sensationally lost (6:3; 3:6; 6:7(4)) for 15 years to the youngest Australian Tanasi Kokkinakis, who occupies the 175th position in the ranking. In the 2nd round finished performances and ex-first racket Novak Djokovic. In women, for the first time in the history of the tournament, a player from the qualification entered the semi-finals: American Danielle Collins defeated 37-year-old compatriot eighth racket of the world Venus Williams (6:2; 6:3). For the first time in 33 years, the winners of this tournament were the Americans:
- singles John Isner and Sloane Stephens
- in the doubles, the brothers Brien and Coco Vandewey paired with the Australian Ashleigh Barty
The Americans achieved such success only at the first tournament in 1985.
2019 year. Because of an injury, the second racket of the world Rafael Nadal was absent from the bugs, and the Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut (1:6; 7:5; 6:3) crossed the road to the world ranking leader Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. It was unexpected that two Canadian teenagers, Denis Shapovalov (23) and Felix Auger-Aliassime (57), reached the semi-finals, but both lost to Federer and the reigning champion Isner. In the final, the 38-year-old Swiss maestro won the trophy for the fourth time. (6:1; 6:4). Thus, he became the oldest winner of the tournament. An interesting detail: Isner finished all matches, except for the final, with a score of 2:0, while out of 10 won sets, 9 ended with a tie-break and one with a score of 7:5 ( Top 5 tennis players by won tiebreaks). In women, the Czech Karolina Pleshkova (7) and the Australian Ashleigh Barty (11) reached the final. The 22-year-old Australian won (7:6(1); 6:3).
After an 8-month hiatus due to Bob Bryan's hip injury, star couple The 40-year-old twin brothers Bryan once again showed that, despite their far from young, by tennis standards, age, they remain one of the leaders in doubles tennis. The title they got was 39th in the Masters and 118th in their career.
Most titles have:
- Serena Williams - 8 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015) (lost only once in 2009. final Victoria Azarenka 3:6; 1:6)
- Andre Agassi - 6 (1990, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- Novak Djokovic - 6 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)
The tournament has never been won by the ex-first rackets of the world: Rafael Nadal, although he was in the final three times (2005, 2011, 2014) and Maria Sharapova, who was a finalist five times (2005, 2006, 2011-2013).
If someone wants to remember the players - their compatriots and contemporaries, then I suggest looking at the following tables.
SUCCESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE USSR AND POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES
men's singles
| First Name Last Name | Year birth |
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best indicator |
| Andrey Chesnokov | 1966 | the USSR | 1987-1993 | 6 | 4 (1988) |
| Alexander Volkov | 1967 | the USSR | 1987-1991 | 5 | 4 (1990) |
| Andrey Olkhovsky | 1966 | the USSR | 1989-1992 | 2 | 1 (1989) |
| Andrey Cherkasov | 1970 | USSR/Russia | 1990-1993 | 4 | B/F (1992) |
| Andrey Medvedev | 1974 | Ukraine | 1993-2001 | 7 | B/F (1995, 1997) |
| Evgeny Kafelnikov | 1974 | Russia | 1998-2003 | 6 | 4 (1998, 2000) |
| Marat Safin | 1980 | Russia | 1999-2009 | 10 | B/F (2002) |
| Maxim Mirny | 1977 | Belarus | 2000-2007 | 8 | 3 (2004) |
| Vladimir Volchkov | 1978 | Belarus | 2001-2003 | 2 | 2 (2001) |
| Nikolai Davidenko | 1981 | Russia | 2002-2014 | 10 | P (2008) |
| Andrey Stolyarov | 1977 | Russia | 2003 | 1 | 1 (2003) |
| Mikhail Youzhny | 1982 | Russia | 2003-2017 | 9 | 4 (2008) |
| Dmitry Tursunov | 1982 | Russia | 2004-2014 | 7 | 4 (2006, 2008) |
| Igor Andreev | 1983 | Russia | 2004-2011 | 7 | B/F (2008) |
| Igor Kunitsyn | 1981 | Russia | 2006-2012 | 5 | 2 (2009, 2011, 2012) |
| Evgeny Korolev | 1988 | Russia | 2007-2008 | 2 | 2 (2007) |
| Teimuraz Gabashvili | 1985 | Russia | 2007-2016 | 5 | 2 (2007, 2009, 2014, 2015) |
| Sergei Stakhovsky | 1986 | Ukraine | 2009-2016 | 7 | 3 (2010) |
| Mikhail Kukushkin | 1987 | Kazakhstan | 2009-2018 | 6 | 3 (2016) |
| Ilya Marchenko | 1987 | Ukraine | 2010-2016 | 2 | 2 (2010) |
| Alexander Dolgopolov | 1988 | Ukraine | 2011-2017 | 7 | B/F (2014) |
| Andrey Golubev | 1987 | Kazakhstan | 2011-2015 | 3 | 1 (2011, 2014, 2015) |
| Sergey Bubka | 1987 | Ukraine | 2012 | 1 | 2 (2012) |
| Ernest Gulbis | 1988 | Latvia | 2012-2016 | 3 | 2 (2015) |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 1990 | Russia | 2013-2018 | 2 | 2 (2018) |
| Denis Istomin | 1986 | Uzbekistan | 2013-2018 | 4 | 3 (2014) |
| Karen Khachanov | 1996 | Russia | 2014-2019 | 4 | 3 (2018) |
| Alexander Bogomolov | 1983 | Russia | 2014 | 1 | 1 (2014) |
| Andrey Rublev | 1997 | Russia | 2015-2019 | 4 | 3 (2019) |
| Andrey Kuznetsov | 1991 | Russia | 2016-2017 | 2 | 4 (2016) |
| Konstantin Kravchuk | 1985 | Russia | 2017 | 1 | 1 (2017) |
| Richardas Berankis | 1990 | Lithuania | 2018 | 1 | 1 (2018) |
| Daniil Medvedev | 1996 | Russia | 2018-2019 | 2 | 4 (2019) |
| Radu Albot | 1989 | Moldova | 2019 | 1 | 2 (2019) |
men's doubles
| First Name Last Name | Year birth |
The country | Period participation |
Qty fates |
best indicator |
| Andrey Olkhovsky | 1966 | USSR/Russia | 1989-1999 | 4 | 3 (1993, 1995) |
| Alexander Volkov | 1967 | the USSR | 1989 | 1 | 1 (1989) |
| Dmitry Polyakov | 1962 | Ukraine | 1993 | 1 | 1 (1993) |
| Maxim Mirny | 1977 | Belarus | 1998-2018 | 19 | P (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009) |
| Evgeny Kafelnikov | 1974 | Russia | 1998-2003 | 3 | B/F (1998) |
| Marat Safin | 1980 | Russia | 1999-2009 | 3 | 3 (1999) |
| Nikolai Davidenko | 1981 | Russia | 2005 | 1 | F (2005) |
| Dmitry Tursunov | 1982 | Russia | 2006-2009 | 3 | 1 (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Mikhail Youzhny | 1982 | Russia | 2006-2018 | 5 | 3 (2018) |
| Evgeny Korolev | 1988 | Russia | 2007 | 1 | 1 (2007) |
| Igor Kunitsyn | 1981 | Russia | 2009 | 1 | 1 (2009) |
| Igor Andreev | 1983 | Russia | 2010 | 1 | 2 (2010) |
| Sergei Stakhovsky | 1986 | Ukraine | 2011 | 1 | 2 (2011) |
| Alexander Dolgopolov | 1988 | Ukraine | 2012 | 1 | 1 (2012) |
| Ernest Gulbis | 1988 | Latvia | 2015 | 1 | 2 (2015) |
| Daniil Medvedev | 1996 | Russia | 2018-2019 | 2 | 1 (2018, 2019) |
| Karen Khachanov | 1996 | Russia | 2018-2019 | 2 | F (2018) |
| Andrey Rublev | 1997 | Russia | 2018 | 1 | F (2018) |
Maxim Mirny, along with the Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodford, as well as the Brian brothers, holds the record for the number of titles in the men's doubles. In 2002, he was offered to play a pair by Roger Federer, who rarely played in doubles. And they reached the semi-finals, and the next year they won the tournament. The next two victories are associated with the Swede Jonas Bjorkman. In 2009, his partner was Israeli Andy Ram.
women's singles
| First Name Last Name | Year birth |
The country | Period participation |
Qty fates |
best indicator |
| Larisa Savchenko-Neiland | 1966 | Ukraine/Latvia | 1991-1997 | 4 | 3 (1993) |
| Natalia Medvedeva | 1971 | Ukraine | 1991-1995 | 2 | 2 (1995) |
| Elena Bryukhovets | 1971 | Ukraine | 1991 | 1 | 1 (1991) |
| Leyla Meskhi | 1968 | Georgia | 1993 | 1 | B/F (1993) |
| Evgenia Manyukova | 1968 | Russia | 1993-1995 | 2 | 2 (1995) |
| Natalia Zvereva | 1971 | Belarus | 1994-2000 | 6 | F (1994) |
| Elena Makarova | 1973 | Russia | 1994-1997 | 2 | 1 (1994, 1997) |
| Tatyana Ignatieva | 1974 | Belarus | 1995 | 1 | 1 (1995) |
| Elena Likhovtseva | 1975 | Russia | 1996-2007 | 11 | 4 (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005) |
| Anna Kournikova | 1981 | Russia | 1997-2003 | 6 | F (1998) |
| Alexandra Panova | 1989 | Russia | 1997-2004 | 7 | B/F (2002) |
| Olga Barabanshchikova | 1979 | Belarus | 1998-1999 | 2 | 3 (1998) |
| Elena Tatarkova | 1976 | Ukraine | 1999 | 1 | 2 (1999) |
| Elena Dementieva | 1981 | Russia | 2000-2010 | 9 | F (2004) |
| Nadezhda Petrova | 1982 | Russia | 2000-2014 | 10 | P/F (2004) |
| Anastasia Myskina | 1981 | Russia | 2000-2001 | 2 | 3 (2000, 2001) |
| Tatiana Puchek | 1979 | Belarus | 2000-2007 | 5 | 3 (2002) |
| Tatiana Perebiynis | 1982 | Ukraine | 2001-2008 | 6 | 2 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008) |
| Elena Bovina | 1983 | Russia | 2001-2005 | 4 | 3 (2005) |
| Anastasia Myskina | 1981 | Russia | 2001-2006 | 3 | B/F (2006) |
| Lina Krasnorutskaya | 1984 | Belarus | 2001 | 1 | 1 (2001) |
| Maria Sharapova | 1987 | Russia | 2002-2015 | 10 | F (2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Iroda Tulyaganova | 1982 | Uzbekistan | 2003 | 1 | 4 (2003) |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1985 | Russia | 2003-2017 | 15 | P (2006) |
| Vera Dushevina | 1986 | Russia | 2003-2012 | 6 | 4 (2007) |
| Dinara Safina | 1986 | Russia | 2003-2009 | 9 | B/F (2008) |
| Alina Zhidkova | 1977 | Russia | 2003-2007 | 4 | 2 (2003, 2005, 2007) |
| Vera Zvonareva | 1984 | Russia | 2003-2015 | 11 | P/F (2008, 2011) |
| Maria Kirilenko | 1987 | Russia | 2004-2012 | 5 | 4 (2006, 2012) |
| Victoria Kutuzova | 1988 | Ukraine | 2004-2006 | 2 | 3 (2006) |
| Julia Vakulenko | 1983 | Ukraine | 2004-2007 | 2 | 3 (2007) |
| Galina Voskoboeva | 1984 | Russia/Kazakhstan | 2005-2014 | 5 | 2 (2005, 2009) |
| Anna Chakvetadze | 1987 | Russia | 2005-2010 | 6 | P/F (2007) |
| Yuliana Fedak | 1983 | Ukraine | 2005-2007 | 2 | 1 (2005, 2007) |
| Alena Bondarenko | 1984 | Ukraine | 2005-2010 | 3 | 3 (2006) |
| Victoria Azarenko | 1989 | Belarus | 2006-2019 | 9 | P (2009, 2011, 2016) |
| Elena Vesnina | 1986 | Russia | 2006-2017 | 8 | 4 (2008) |
| Ekaterina Bychkova | 1985 | Russia | 2006-2008 | 3 | 3 (2007) |
| Alisa Kleybanova | 1989 | Russia | 2006-2014 | 2 | 4 (2009) |
| Kaya Kanepi | 1985 | Estonia | 2007-2019 | 6 | 3 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015) |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | 1987 | Russia/Kazakhstan | 2007-2015 | 5 | 4 (2010) |
| Vasilisa Bardina | 1987 | Russia | 2007 | 1 | 2 (2007) |
| Anastasia Rodionova | 1982 | Russia | 2003-2008 | 3 | 2 (2003, 2007, 2008) |
| Katerina Bondarenko | 1986 | Ukraine | 2007-2017 | 6 | 2 (2007, 2008, 2012) |
| Olga Puchkova | 1987 | Russia | 2007 | 1 | 2 (2007) |
| Anastasia Ekimova | 1986 | Belarus | 2007-2012 | 4 | 3 (2009) |
| Ekaterina Makarova | 1988 | Russia | 2008-2017 | 8 | B/F (2016) |
| Tatiana Puchek | 1979 | Belarus | 2008 | 1 | 1 (2008) |
| Anastasia Pivovarova | 1990 | Russia | 2008-2009 | 2 | 2 (2009) |
| Olga Govortsova | 1988 | Belarus | 2008-2016 | 7 | 2 (2014) |
| Olga Savchuk | 1987 | Ukraine | 2008 | 1 | 1 (2008) |
| Alla Kudryavtseva | 1987 | Russia | 2009-2011 | 3 | 2 (2009, 2010) |
| Maria Korytseva | 1985 | Ukraine | 2009-20010 | 2 | 2 (2009, 2010) |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1991 | Russia | 2009-2019 | 7 | 4 (2010) |
| Regina Kulikova | 1989 | Russia | 2010 | 1 | 1 (2010) |
| Ksenia Pervak | 1991 | Russia/Kazakhstan | 2011-2012 | 2 | 3 (2012) |
| Spring Manasieva | 1989 | Russia | 2011 | 1 | 1 (2011) |
| Valeria Savinykh | 1991 | Russia | 2012 | 1 | 2 (2012) |
| Lesya Tsurenko | 1989 | Ukraine | 2013-2017 | 3 | 2 (2016) |
| Yulia Putintseva | 1995 | Kazakhstan | 2013 | 1 | 1 (2013) |
| Elina Svitolina | 1994 | Ukraine | 2014-2019 | 5 | 4 (2014, 2016) |
| Hope Kichenok | 1992 | Ukraine | 2014 | 1 | 1 (2014) |
| Zarina Diyas | 1993 | Kazakhstan | 2014-2016 | 3 | 3 (2016) |
| Anette Kontaveit | 1995 | Estonia | 2014_ 2019 | 2 | P/F (2019) |
| Evgenia Rodina | 1989 | Russia | 2015_2019 | 2 | 1 (2015, 2019) |
| Katerina Kozlova | 1994 | Ukraine | 2015 | 1 | 1 (2015) |
| Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 1997 | Russia | 2015-2019 | 3 | 1 (2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Daria Gavrilova | 1994 | Russia | 2015-2017 | 2 | 4 (2015) |
| Alexandra Sasnovich | 1994 | Belarus | 2016-2019 | 3 | 2 (2017, 2019) |
| Daria Kasatkina | 1997 | Russia | 2016-2019 | 3 | 3 (2019) |
| Sofia Zhuk | 1999 | Russia | 2016 | 1 | 1 (2016) |
| Margarita Gasparyan | 1994 | Russia | 2016 | 1 | 2 (2016) |
| Dayana Yastremskaya | 2000 | Ukraine | 2019 | 1 | 1 (2019) |
| Vera Lapko | 1998 | Belarus | 2019 | 1 | 1 (2019) |
| Anastasia Sevastova | 1990 | Latvia | 2019 | 1 | 3 (2019) |
| Elena Ostapenko | 1997 | Latvia | 2019 | 1 | 2 (2019) |
women's doubles
| First Name Last Name | Year birth |
The country | Period participation |
Qty fates |
best indicator |
| Svetlana Parkhomenko | 1962 | the USSR | 1987 | 1 | 3 (1987) |
| Larisa Savchenko-Neiland | 1966 | USSR/Latvia | 1987-1999 | 8 | F (1996) |
| Natalia Zvereva | 1971 | USSR/Belarus | 1987-2002 | 8 | F (1995, 1998) |
| Leyla Meskhi | 1968 | the USSR | 1987 | 1 | 3 (1987) |
| Elena Bryukhovets | 1971 | the USSR | 1990-1991 | 2 | 3 (1990, 1991) |
| Natalia Medvedeva | 1971 | USSR/Ukraine | 1990-1996 | 3 | B/F (1995) |
| Elena Likhovtseva | 1975 | Russia | 1994-2008 | 11 | F (2004) |
| Elena Makarova | 1973 | Russia | 1994 | 1 | 2 (1994) |
| Elena Tatarkova | 1976 | Ukraine | 1995-2002 | 4 | B/F (1999) |
| Olga Lugina | 1974 | Ukraine | 1995-1998 | 3 | 1 (1995, 1997, 1998) |
| Anna Kournikova | 1981 | Russia | 1998-2001 | 4 | P/F (1999) |
| Elena Dementieva | 1981 | Russia | 2001-2005 | 4 | B/F (2005) |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1985 | Russia | 2003-2017 | 13 | P (2005, 2009) |
| Nadezhda Petrova | 1982 | Russia | 2003-2013 | 10 | P (2004, 2010, 2012) |
| Elena Bovina | 1983 | Russia | 2003-2005 | 2 | B/F (2005) |
| Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 1978 | Russia | 2003 | 1 | 1 (2003) |
| Tatiana Perebiynis | 1982 | Ukraine | 2003-2008 | 4 | 1 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) |
| Lina Krasnorutskaya | 1984 | Russia | 2004 | 1 | 2 (2004) |
| Maret Ani | 1982 | Estonia | 2004 | 1 | 1 (2004) |
| Maria Kirilenko | 1987 | Russia | 2005-2013 | 6 | P (2012) |
| Anastasia Myskina | 1981 | Russia | 2005-2006 | 2 | B/F (2005) |
| Vera Zvonareva | 1982 | Russia | 2005-2012 | 6 | B/F (2005) |
| Dinara Safina | 1986 | Russia | 2005-2008 | 4 | 2 (2005, 2007, 2008) |
| Alina Zhidkova | 1977 | Russia | 2005-2008 | 2 | 1 (2005, 2008) |
| Alena Bondarenko | 1984 | Ukraine | 2006-2011 | 5 | 2 (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Katerina Bondarenko | 1986 | Ukraine | 2006-2018 | 5 | B/F (2016) |
| Galina Voskoboeva | 1984 | Russia/Kazakhstan | 2006-2016 | 6 | 2 (2007, 2012, 2016) |
| Maria Korytseva | 1985 | Ukraine | 2006-2009 | 3 | 1 (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Yuliana Fedak | 1983 | Ukraine | 2007 | 1 | 1 (2007) |
| Elena Vesnina | 1986 | Russia | 2007-2018 | 11 | F (2014, 2015, 2018) |
| Anastasia Rodionova | 1982 | Russia | 2007-2017 | 3 | 2 (2007, 2008, 2017) |
| Vera Dushevina | 1986 | Russia | 2007-2012 | 5 | B/F (2012) |
| Victoria Azarenko | 1989 | Belarus | 2008-2019 | 3 | P/F (2008, 2019) |
| Alla Kudryavtseva | 1987 | Russia | 2008-2018 | 7 | B/F (2014, 2018) |
| Tatiana Puchek | 1979 | Belarus | 2008-2010 | 2 | 1 (2008, 2010) |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | 1987 | Kazakhstan | 2009-2017 | 7 | F (2016) |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1991 | Russia | 2009-2019 | 7 | B/F (2012) |
| Olga Savchuk | 1987 | Ukraine | 2009-2018 | 5 | B/F (2016) |
| Ekaterina Makarova | 1988 | Russia | 2009-2018 | 8 | F (2014, 2015, 2018) |
| Alisa Kleybanova | 1989 | Russia | 2009-2014 | 5 | B/F (2010) |
| Daria Kustova | 1986 | Belarus | 2010 | 1 | 1 (2010) |
| Olga Govortsova | 1988 | Belarus | 2010-2012 | 3 | 2 (2010) |
| Liga Decmeyere | 1983 | Latvia | 2010 | 1 | 1 (2010) |
| Maria Kondratieva | 1998 | Russia | 2011 | 1 | 2 (2011) |
| Nina Bratchikova | 1095 | Russia | 2012 | 1 | 1 (2012) |
| Alexandra Panova | 1989 | Russia | 2012-2019 | 3 | B/F (2015) |
| Anette Kontaveit | 1995 | Estonia | 2013 | 1 | 1 (2013) |
| Elina Svitolina | 1994 | Ukraine | 2015 | 1 | 1 (2015) |
| Margarita Gasparyan | 1994 | Russia | 2015 | 1 | P/F (2015) |
| Ludmila Kichenok | 1992 | Ukraine | 2016-2019 | 3 | B/F (2018) |
| Hope Kichenok | 1992 | Ukraine | 2018_2019 | 2 | B/F (2018) |
| Daria Kasatkina | 1997 | Russia | 2016-2019 | 3 | B/F (2019) |
| Oksana Kalashnikova | 1990 | Georgia | 2017 | 1 | 1 (2017) |
| Lesya Tsurenko | 1989 | Ukraine | 2018 | 1 | 2 (2018) |
| Anastasia Sevastova | 1990 | Latvia | 2018-2019 | 2 | 1 (2018, 2019) |
| Elena Ostapenko | 1997 | Latvia | 2018-2019 | 2 | 1 (2018, 2019) |
| Arina Sobolenko | 1998 | Belarus | 2018-2019 | 2 | 2 (2019) |
| Lydia Morozova | 1992 | Belarus | 2019 | 1 | 2 (2019) |
| Veronika Kudermetova | 1997 | Russia | 2019 | 1 | 2 (2019) |
| Irina Khromacheva | 1995 | Russia | 2019 | 1 | 1 (2019) |