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Who has completed the ‘Sunshine Double’? Sinner aims to join exclusive list in Miami
Italian can complete feat by downing Lehecka on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium
March 29, 2026
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Jannik Sinner in action at the 2026 Miami Open presented by Itau.
By ATP Staff
Jannik Sinner will aim to add his name to an exclusive list in ATP Tour history on Sunday at the Miami Open presented by Itau.
If the No. 2 player in the PIF ATP Rankings can defeat Jiri Lehecka in the championship match at Hard Rock Stadium, he will become just the eighth man to complete the ‘Sunshine Double’. Find out more about this coveted feat below.
What is the Sunshine Double?
The ‘Sunshine Double’ refers to winning both the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and the Miami Open presented by Itau in the same year.
How many ATP players have completed the Sunshine Double?
Seven different men have completed the Sunshine Double at least once: Jim Courier (1991), Michael Chang (1992), Pete Sampras (1994), Marcelo Rios (1998), Andre Agassi (2001), Roger Federer (2005-06) and Novak Djokovic (2011, 2014-16).
Who was the man to most recently complete the Sunshine Double?
Sinner is bidding to become the first man to complete the Sunshine Double since Roger Federer in 2017.
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Who has completed the Sunshine Double the most times?
The record for completing the Sunshine Double the most times is held by Novak Djokovic. The Serbian has achieved the feat four times: In 2011, and then in three consecutive years from 2014-16. The only other man to complete it more than once is Federer, who triumphed in Indian Wells and Miami in 2005-06 and 2017.
Aryna Sabalenka completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ on Saturday. How many times has it been completed by an ATP player and a WTA player in the same year?
Sinner is bidding to join Sabalenka as a Sunshine Double winner in 2026 after the WTA World No. 1 overcame Coco Gauff on Saturday in Miami. If Sinner defeats Lehecka to lift the trophy, it will mark the fourth time that an ATP player and a WTA player have completed the Sunshine Double in the same year.
The first time it happened was in 1994, when Sampras and Steffi Graf each triumphed in Indian Wells and Miami. In 2005, Federer and Kim Clijsters each won both events, while in 2016 Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka both secured Sunshine Double glory.