2024 Miami Open – Women's singles explained

Champ: Danielle Collins
Runner: Elena Rybakina
Score:7–5, 6–3
Draw:96 (12 / 5)
Seeds:32

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Danielle Collins defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Miami Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title, and her third WTA Tour title overall. Collins became the second unseeded woman to win the tournament, after Kim Clijsters in 2005. Ranked as the world No. 53, Collins became the lowest-ranked women's singles champion, the second lowest-ranked finalist in the tournament's history (after Naomi Osaka in 2022), and the oldest first-time WTA 1000 champion since Elena Vesnina at the 2017 Indian Wells Open. Collins lost only one set en route to the title, in the first round against Bernarda Pera. Rybakina lost 69 games en route to the final, the most on record.[1]

Petra Kvitová was the reigning champion, but did not enter the tournament due to pregnancy.[2] This was the third consecutive year that the reigning champion did not defend the title, following Ashleigh Barty's withdrawal just before her professional retirement in 2022,[3] and Iga Świątek withdrawing due to injury in 2023.[4] [5]

Rybakina became the first woman to reach consecutive Miami Open finals since Serena Williams from 2013 to 2015.

This tournament marked the return to professional tennis of former world No. 1 Simona Halep. She lost to Paula Badosa in the first round. This was her first appearance since the 2022 US Open, following a suspension due to a doping violation.[6]

This tournament marked the final appearance of former Canadian Open champion Camila Giorgi, who later officially announced her retirement on 7 May 2024. She lost to Świątek in the second round.

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of March 4, 2024. Rankings and points before are as of March 18, 2024.[7]

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus
1110,715012010,835
22 Aryna Sabalenka8,195215658,045Third round lost to Anhelina Kalinina [32]
337,150651207,205Fourth round lost to Caroline Garcia [23]
445,8486506505,848
555,0353902154,860Quarterfinals lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova [14]
664,11810104,118Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan
774,050120653,995Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [27]
893,825102154,030Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina [4]
9103,493120653,438Third round lost to Anna Kalinskaya [22]
10113,11810653,173Third round lost to Sorana Cîrstea [19]
11132,87065652,870Third round lost to Katie Boulter [24]
12142,81010652,865Third round lost to Emma Navarro [20]
1315 Liudmila Samsonova2,60565102,550
1416 Ekaterina Alexandrova2,4752153902,650Semifinals lost to Danielle Collins
15172,397(1)102,406Second round lost to Naomi Osaka [PR]
16192,30510102,305Second round lost to Wang Xinyu
17182,342651202,397Fourth round lost to Elena Rybakina [4]
18212,11312001,993Withdrew due to illness
19242,0183901201,748
20202,178(80)1202,218Fourth round lost vs. Jessica Pegula [5]
21222,091(15)652,141
2225 Anna Kalinskaya1,973351202,058Fourth round withdrew
23271,865102152,070
24301,690(8)1201,802Fourth round lost to Victoria Azarenka [27]
25281,756120101,646
26311,61335651,643Third round lost to Iga Świątek [1]
2732 Victoria Azarenka1,591653901,916Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina [4]
28331,55220651,597Third round lost to Maria Sakkari [8]
29261,9463501,911Withdrew due to illness
3029 Anastasia Potapova1,707215101,502Second round lost to Danielle Collins
31351,49035651,520Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [5]
32361,483101201,593Fourth round lost to Yulia Putintseva
† The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. Points for her 18th best result will be deducted instead.
‡ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. She is defending points from an ITF Women's Tour event (Croissy-Beaubourg) instead.

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

RankPlayerPoints before Points droppedPoints afterWithdrawal reason
84,0151203,895Personal
12 Karolína Muchová3,060952,965Wrist surgery[8]
23 Petra Kvitová2,0901,0001,090Pregnancy[9]

Other entry information

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew as wild card after draw was made

Qualifying

Draw

Twelfth qualifier

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rybakina fights off Azarenka to make second straight Miami final. Women's Tennis Association. 28 March 2024. 9 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Kvitova snaps Rybakina's streak to win Miami; 30th career title . Women's Tennis Association . 13 March 2024 . en.
  3. Web site: Barty withdraws from Indian Wells and Miami, aims for April return . 2024-03-18 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
  4. Web site: 2023-03-22 . Defending champion Swiatek withdraws from Miami . 2023-03-22 . Women's Tennis Association.
  5. Web site: 2023-03-22 . WTA Miami: Defending champion Iga Swiatek has to cancel due to injury . 2024-03-18 . tennisnet.com . en-EN.
  6. News: Grand Slam champ Simona Halep wins doping case on appeal and is cleared to resume tennis . The Washington Post . 5 March 2024 . en.
  7. Web site: Player Field. miamiopen.com. 2024-03-03.
  8. Web site: World No.10 Muchova undergoes wrist surgery . 2024-02-20. wtatennis.com.
  9. Web site: Kvitova to miss Australian Open after announcing pregnancy. reuters.com. 1 January 2024.