Miami, FL – Highlighted by 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, the 2018 Miami Open will once again bring a Grand Slam quality player field to its farewell tournament at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on Key Biscayne.
In the final event on Key Biscayne prior to moving to a state-of-the-art facility at Hard Rock Stadium in 2019, the Miami Open’s 2018 official acceptance lists include 78 of the top 79 ranked men and 75 of the top 76 ranked women.
The player field features a combined 17 Grand Slam singles champions including Federer, who claimed his 20th major title at this year’s Australian Open, and Caroline Wozniacki who regained the World No. 1 ranking following her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne.
Serena Williams, who has won a record eight Miami Open singles titles, was granted a wildcard into the 2018 tournament. Following her Open Era record 23rd career Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open, Williams missed the remainder of the season while preparing for the birth of her daughter.
Whether you are looking to see a future Hall of Famer, a multiple Grand Slam champion, or a rising star, all will be on display at the Crandon Park Tennis Center during the event’s two weeks, March 19- April 1.
The 2018 ATP acceptance list features World No. 1 and 16-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, 12-time Grand Slam champion and six-time Miami Open winner Novak Djokovic, three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, and former US Open champions Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic. Cilic is coming off a finals appearance at this year’s Australian Open.
In addition, the player field boasts the next generation of ATP stars including Australian Open semifinalists Kyle Edmund and Hyeon Chung, along with World No. 5 Alexander Zverev and the always exciting Nick Kyrgios.
The women’s field for 2018 is equally impressive featuring seven-time Grand Slam Champion Venus Williams, five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova, two-time Grand Slam winner and defending Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza, reigning French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens, Olympic Gold Medalist and Miami native Monica Puig, and two-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber.
Tickets to the 2018 Miami Open are on sale now and can be purchased by phone (802.549.4658) or online at topnotchtennistours.com. An exhilarating two weeks of tennis, fashion, food and fun conclude with the women’s final on Saturday, March 31 and the men’s final on Sunday, April 1.
The Miami Open is more than just a tennis event. Located in one of the world’s most beautiful vacation destinations with a diverse fan base and exquisite dining and luxury shopping offerings, the Miami Open has an energy and excitement that is uniquely Miami.
Qualifying rounds will be March 19-20 and will determine 12 additional slots in each singles draw. The Miami Open will also award wildcards to five men and eight women. The women’s main draw begins on Tuesday, March 20, followed by the first round of the men’s main draw on Wednesday, March 21.
ATP Acceptance List (as of February 6, 2018)
Name Country Rank
Rafael Nadal ESP 01
Roger Federer SUI 02
Marin Cilic CRO 03
Grigor Dimitrov BUL 04
Alexander Zverev GER 05
Dominic Thiem AUT 06
David Goffin BEL 07
Jack Sock USA 08
Juan Martin del Potro ARG 09
Pablo Carreno Busta ESP 10
Kevin Anderson RSA 11
Sam Querrey USA 12
Novak Djokovic SRB 13
Nick Kyrgios AUS 14
Stan Wawrinka SUI 15
Tomas Berdych CZE 16
Lucas Pouille FRA 17
John Isner USA 18
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA 19
Albert Ramos-Vinolas ESP 21
Fabio Fognini ITA 22
Roberto Bautista Agut ESP 23
Diego Schwartzman ARG 24
Adrian Mannarino FRA 25
Kyle Edmund GBR 26
Kei Nishikori JPN 27
Gilles Muller LUX 28
Hyeon Chung KOR 29
Damir Dzumhur BIH 30
Milos Raonic CAN 31
Pablo Cuevas URU 32
Richard Gasquet FRA 33
Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR 34
Philipp Kohlschreiber GER 35
Andrey Rublev RUS 36
Feliciano Lopez ESP 37
Filip Krajinovic SRB 38
David Ferrer ESP 39
Fernando Verdasco ESP 40
Yuichi Sugita JPN 41
Robin Haase NED 42
Gael Monfils FRA 43
Benoit Paire FRA 44
Ryan Harrison USA 45
Paolo Lorenzi ITA 46
Borna Coric CRO 47
Denis Shapovalov CAN 48
Karen Khachanov RUS 49
Steve Johnson USA 50
Leonardo Mayer ARG 51
Aljaz Bedene SLO 52
Mischa Zverev GER 53
Tennys Sandgren USA 54
Julien Benneteau FRA 55
Daniil Medvedev RUS 56
Nikoloz Basilashvili GEO 57
Jan-Lennard Struff GER 58
Jared Donaldson USA 59
Guido Pella ARG 60
Jiri Vesely CZE 61
Marton Fucsovics HUN 62
Peter Gojowczyk GER 63
Gilles Simon FRA 64
Donald Young USA 65
Yoshihito Nishioka JPN 66*
Horacio Zeballos ARG 66
Viktor Troicki SRB 67
Joao Sousa POR 68
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP 69
Federico Delbonis ARG 70
Evgeny Donskoy RUS 71
Florian Mayer GER 72
Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ 73
Denis Istomin UZB 74
Matthew Ebden AUS 75
Pierre-Hugues Herbert FRA 76
Andreas Seppi ITA 77
Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE 78
Thomas Fabbiano ITA 79
* – entry protection
WTA Acceptance List (as of February 6, 2018)
Name Country Rank
Caroline Wozniacki DEN 01
Simona Halep ROU 02
Elina Svitolina UKR 03
Garbine Mugaruza ESP 04
Karoilina Pliskova CZE 05
Jelena Ostapenko LAT 06
Caroline Garcia FRA 07
Venus Williams USA 08
Angelique Kerber GER 09
Julia Goerges GER 10
Johanna Konta GBR 11
Sloane Stephens USA 12
Kristina Mladenovic FRA 13
Madison Keys USA 14
Anastasija Sevastova LAT 15
Ashleigh Barty AUS 16
Coco Vandeweghe USA 17
Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 18
Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 19
Elise Mertens BEL 20
Petra Kvitova CZE 21
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 22
Elena Vesnina RUS 23
Daria Kasatkina RUS 24
Barbora Strycova CZE 25
Daria Gavrilova AUS 26
Anett Kontaveit EST 27
Kiki Bertens NED 28
Carla Suarez Navarro ESP 29
Dominika Cibulkova SVK 30
Lucie Safarova CZE 31
Shuai Peng CHN 32
Agnieszka Radwanska POL 33
Shuai Zhang CHN 34
Timea Babos HUN 35
Ekaterina Makarova RUS 36
Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 37
Sorana Cirstea ROU 38
Alize Cornet FRA 39
Lesia Tsurenko UKR 40
Maria Sharapova RUS 41
Timea Bacsinszky SUI 42
Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU 43
Samantha Stosur AUS 44
Qiang Wang CHN 45
Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 46
Aleksandra Krunic SRB 47
Catherine Bellis USA 48
Katerina Siniakova CZE 49
Donna Vekic CRO 50
Naomi Osaka JPN 51
Carina Witthoeft GER 52
Monica Puig PUR 53
Marketa Vondrousova CZE 54
Zarina Diyas KAZ 55
Magda Linette POL 56
Petra Martic CRO 57
Tatjana Maria GER 58
Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 59
Maria Sakkari GRE 60
Camila Giorgi ITA 61
Lauren Davis USA 62
Margarita Gasparyan RUS 62**
Aryna Sabalenka BLR 63
Ana Konjuh CRO 64
Kateryna Kozlova UKR 65
Kaia Kanepi EST 66
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 67
Varvara Lepchenko USA 68
Kirsten Flipkens BEL 70
Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 71
Christina McHale USA 72
Belinda Bencic SUI 73
Heather Watson GBR 74
Mona Barthel GER 75
Kristyna Pliskova CZE 76
Serena Williams USA NR (WC)
** – secure ranking
WC – Wildcard Entry
