Miami Open Week 1: What's happening on Thursday?
Mar 19, 2026
Due to persistent rain, no play took place on Wednesday. Impacted ticket holders for Wednesday’s sessions will be contacted directly regarding the rain policy. This sets up a terrific Thursday with 50 matches scheduled. To accommodate the extra matches, play will begin one hour earlier, at 10 a.m., on Courts 1-7. Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The No. 1 players in the world are both expected to play Friday, with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka due to play during the day and ATP top seed Carlos Alcaraz at night. Jannik Sinner’s 2026 Miami debut is expected during the day session Saturday. This schedule is subject to change.
ORDER OF PLAY - Thursday, March 19, 2026
STADIUM starts at 12:00 PM
WTA - [31] Alexandra Eala (Philippines) vs Laura Siegemund (Germany)
Not Before 1:00 PM
ATP - Fabian Marozsan (Hungary) vs Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
WTA - Magda Linette (Poland) vs [2] Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Night Session - Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP - Alex Michelsen (USA) vs [Q] Mattia Bellucci (Italy)
Not Before 8:30 PM
WTA - [8] Mirra Andreeva vs McCartney Kessler (USA)
Grandstand - start 11:00 AM
WTA - Alycia Parks (USA) vs [Q] Sinja Kraus (Austria)
Not Before 12:00 PM
WTA - Francesca Jones (Great Britain) vs [WC] Venus Williams (USA)
ATP - Raphael Collignon (Belgium) vs Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
ATP - Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) vs Francisco Comesana (Argentina)
Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA – [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA) vs [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA)
Butch Buchholz - start 11:00 AM
WTA - Tereza Valentova (Czechia) vs [Q] Katie Volynets (USA)
ATP - Ethan Quinn (USA) vs Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
ATP - Alexandre Muller (France) vs Matteo Berrettini (Italy)
ATP - Marin Cilic (Croatia) vs Alexei Popyrin (Australia)
ATP - Emilio Nava (USA) vs Tomas Machac (Czechia)
Court 1 - start 11:00 AM
ATP - Zizou Bergs (Belgium) vs Jenson Brooksby (USA)
ATP - Marcos Giron (USA) vs [Q] Martin Landaluce (Spain)
ATP - Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) vs [Q] Arthur Fery (Great Britain)
WTA - Hailey Baptiste (USA) vs Tatjana Maria (Germany)
WTA – [Q] Lulu Sun (New Zealand) vs [WC] Taylor Townsend (USA)
Court 7 - start 10:00 AM
ATP - [WC] Moise Kouame (France) vs [Q] Zachary Svajda (USA)
ATP - [WC] Darwin Blanch (USA) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany)
ATP - Reilly Opelka (USA) vs Nuno Borges (Portugal)
ATP - [WC] Martin Damm (USA) vs Jacob Fearnley (Great Britain)
ATP - Kamil Majchrzak (Poland) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia)
Court 5 - start 10:00 AM
WTA - Paula Badosa (Spain) vs [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Not Before 11:00 AM
WTA - Eva Lys (Germany) vs [Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine)
WTA – [Q] Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) vs Peyton Stearns (USA)
WTA - Ann Li (USA) vs [Q] Kimberly Birrell (Australia)
WTA - Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) vs [WC] Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
Court 2 - start 10:00 AM
WTA - Sara Bejlek (Czechia) vs [Q] Talia Gibson (Australia)
Not Before 11:00 AM
WTA – [ALT] Dalma Galfi (Hungary) vs [Q] Elvina Kalieva (USA)
WTA - Emiliana Arango (Colombia) vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
WTA - Caty McNally (USA) vs [Q] Rebeka Masarova (Switzerland)
WTA - Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) vs Antonia Ruzic (Croatia)
Court 3 - start 10:00 AM
ATP - James Duckworth (Australia) vs Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain)
ATP - Zhizhen Zhang (China) vs Adrian Mannarino (France)
ATP - Denis Shapovalov (Canada) vs Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands)
ATP - [Q] Ignacio Buse (Peru) vs Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
ATP - Quentin Halys (France) vs [Q] Liam Draxl (Canada)
Court 6 - start 10:00 AM
ATP - [Q] Rafael Jodar (Spain) vs [Q] Yannick Hanfmann (Germany)
Not Before 11:00 AM
WTA – [LL] Darja Semenistaja (Latvia) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy)
ATP - Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Argentina)
WTA - Janice Tjen (Indonesia) vs Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)
WTA - Elsa Jacquemot (France) vs [32] Marie Bouzkova (Czechia)
Court 4 - start 10:00 AM
ATP - [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) vs Mariano Navone (Argentina)
Not Before 11:00 AM
WTA – [Q] Anastasia Zakharova vs Anna Bondar (Hungary)
WTA – [WC] Lilli Tagger (Austria) vs [LL] Ella Seidel (Germany)
WTA - Solana Sierra (Argentina) vs [LL] Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan)
WTA – [WC] Emerson Jones (Australia) vs [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (Czechia)
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