Jannik Sinner becomes first tennis player ever to win Sunshine Double without losing a set

Jannik Sinner powered his way to the Miami Open title on Sunday, outslugging Jiri Lehecka in straight sets in the final, 6-4, 6-4.

And having won Indian Wells two weeks ago, Sinner has now completed the Sunshine Double for the first time in his career, which means winning Indian Wells and Miami in the same year.

He's the first man to complete the Sunshine Double since Roger Federer in 2017, and the eighth man ever to achieve the feat.

The possibility of winning the Sunshine Double on the men’s tour began in 1985, when Miami joined Indian Wells on the ATP calendar.

MEN TO WIN THE SUNSHINE DOUBLE (since 1985):

• Jim Courier [1991]
• Michael Chang [1992]
• Pete Sampras [1994]
• Marcelo Rios [1998]
• Andre Agassi [2001]
• Roger Federer [2005, 2006, 2017]
• Novak Djokovic [2011, 2014, 2015, 2016]
• Jannik Sinner [2026]

But there’s something even more historic about Sinner’s run…

Sinner has also become the first player ever—male or female—to complete the Sunshine Double without even dropping a set.

The Italian swept all 24 sets he played en route to winning Indian Wells and Miami this month, and only one player—Joao Fonseca—got to set point against him. The Brazilian teenager actually held triple set point up 6-3 in the first set tie-break of their fourth-round match at Indian Wells, but Sinner eventually won, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4).

None of the seven previous men to capture the Indian Wells and Miami titles in the same year did it without losing a set, and none of the five women to achieve the feat—Steffi Graf in 1994 and 1996, Kim Clijsters in 2005, Victoria Azarenka in 2016, Iga Swiatek in 2022 and Aryna Sabalenka this year—did it without losing a set either.

Before Sinner, the fewest sets any player dropped en route to completing the Sunshine Double was one—achieved twice by Graf in 1994 (beating Natasha Zvereva in the Miami final, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2) and 1996 (beating Lindsay Davenport in the Indian Wells semifinals, 6-7(6), 7-6 (3), 6-4) and Djokovic once in 2016 (beating Bjorn Fratangelo—now the husband and coach of Madison Keys—in his opening match in Indian Wells that year, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2).

After rain delayed the start of Sunday's final by more than an hour, Sinner came out swinging and struck first, breaking Lehecka in the third game of the match, then riding that break to the first set.

A few points into the second set there was another rain delay, this one roughly an hour and a half, and upon resumption Sinner threatened to grab another early break, bringing up break points in Lehecka’s 1-all and 2-all service games—but the Czech fought them all off and continued to stay on serve with the Italian.

But it was third time lucky for Sinner as he finally broke at 4-all and served it out in the next game, sealing the victory with a backhand approach followed by a volley winner into the open court.

The Italian has now won the last three Masters 1000s in a row without dropping a set—Paris last year and now Indian Wells and Miami this year. He was already the only player ever to win two Masters 1000s in a row without dropping a set, and that’s now three in a row.

In total, the world No. 2 has now won 34 sets in a row at Masters 1000 events, which is by far the longest consecutive set streak ever at this level. Djokovic held the previous record with 24 in a row in 2016.

It’s his seventh Masters 1000 title and 26th overall title.

Though he didn’t come away with the title, it was still a career-best run for Lehecka in Miami, as the Czech not only reached the biggest final of his career, but he also recorded the milestone 10th Top 10 win of his career along the way against Taylor Fritz in the fourth round.

He’s also projected to make his Top 15 debut when the new ATP rankings come out on Monday, rising from No. 22 to a new career-high of No. 14, jumping over his previous personal best of No. 16.

The 24-year-old also pulled off a rare feat in Miami this year, making it all the way to a Masters 1000 final without dropping serve—the first man to achieve that feat since Djokovic did it in Shanghai in 2018.