The Indian Wells Masters may not have finished yet, but for all players not competing in the latter stages of that Masters tournament, preparations are already well underway for the second half of the Sunshine Double.
Following the conclusion of the BNP Paribas Open in California, the world's best will make the near 3,000-mile trip to Florida for the 2025 Miami Open, another prestigious 1000 tournament at ATP and WTA level.
First held in 1985, when Tim Mayotte and Martina Navratilova came up trumps in the singles events, the competition celebrates its 40th birthday this year, and hundreds of hopefuls will soon descend on the hard courts of the Hard Rock Stadium.
Here, Sports Mole runs down everything you need to know about this year's Miami Open, including confirmed players, dates and the prize money on offer.
When is the 2025 Miami Open?
The 2025 Miami Open runs for two weeks from March 16 to March 30, and the women are up first in both the preliminary rounds and main-draw events.
The women's qualifiers begin on Sunday before the men's on March 17, and the women's first round then gets underway on March 18, one day before the men's main draw starts.
2025 Miami Open singles schedule
March 16: Women's Qualifiers (11am local time | 3pm UK time)
March 17: Men's & Women's Qualifiers (11am local time | 3pm UK time)
March 18: Men's Qualifiers & Women's First Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time)
March 19: Men's & Women's First Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 20: Men's First Round & Women's Second Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 21: Men's & Women's Second Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 22: Men's Second Round & Women's Third Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 23: Men's & Women's Third Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 24: Men's Third Round & Women's Fourth Round (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 25: Men's Fourth Round & Women's Quarter-Finals (11am local time | 3pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 26: Men's & Women's Quarter-Finals (1pm local time | 5pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 27: Men's Quarter-Finals & Women's Semi-Finals (1pm local time | 5pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 28: Men's Semi-Finals (1pm local time | 5pm UK time and 7pm local time | 11pm UK time)
March 29: Women's Final (Not before 3pm local time | 7pm UK time)
March 30: Men's Final (Not before 3pm local time | 7pm UK time)
When is the 2025 Miami Open draw?
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The men's draw for the 2025 Miami Open is confirmed to be taking place on Monday at 1pm local time (5pm UK time), while the women's is expected to be held the day before on the Sunday, as has been the case in previous years.
2025 Miami Open prize money*
Winner: $1,124,380 (£1,029,426)
Finalist: $597,890 (£547,398)
Semi-finalist: $332,160 (£304,109)
Quarter-finalist: $189,075 (£173,107)
Round of 16: $103,225 (£94,507)
Round of 32: $60,400 (£55,299)
Second Round: $35,260 (£32,282)
First Round: $23,760 (£21,753)
*Exchange rates accurate as of March 15
Who are the current Miami Open champions?
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Jannik Sinner is the current men's singles champion at the Miami Open, having defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-1 in the 2024 final, but the world number one will not be defending his title this year due to his doping suspension.
However, home favourite Danielle Collins will be aiming to make it back-to-back titles after beating Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-3 in last year's championship match, which was the American's first WTA 1000 crown.
Who is playing at the 2025 Miami Open?
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A star-studded contingent of players will be wowing crowds in Miami over the next fortnight, where all seeded players receive a bye into the second round, and the men's draw is headlined by Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz.
Novak Djokovic is also competing in Florida, as the Serbian chases his first singles title of the year and his 100th overall on the ATP Tour, while Jack Draper - into the semi-finals at Indian Wells - will fly the flag high for Great Britain.
Cameron Norrie joins Draper as one of two British men in the main draw, where Australia's Nick Kyrgios - if he can shake off his injury from Indian Wells - and Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori will also be going for glory.
Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Jasmine Paolini, Rybakina and teenage phenom Mirra Andreeva - set to face Sabalenka in the Indian Wells final - are among the main contenders for the women's singles title, as well as current holder Collins.
Despite a premature exit from the BNP Paribas Open, Emma Raducanu will play in the women's main draw alongside British number one Katie Boulter, while two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova enters as a wild card.
Ben Knapton
