It was an action-packed day with 50 matches on the schedule yesterday, and there was plenty of excitement throughout for the afternoon’s sellout crowd.
Twenty-one of the first 48 matches to be completed went three sets, including an upset that saw Magda Linette defeat countrywoman and No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek, the 2022 champion, in one of four women’s second round matches played Thursday. A youth movement headlined the men’s matches, with 17-year-old Frenchman Moise Kouame scoring his first career match win and 19-year-old Joao Fonseca delighting the Brazilians in attendance with a three-set thriller.
It will be another busy one, with 52 matches scheduled today. While there will be plenty of great matches across all 10 courts, Stadium will draw the most attention thanks to an incredible lineup. The day session will be highlighted by South Florida native Coco Gauff followed by defending champion and World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
The night session will feature a wildly anticipated first ATP meeting between Fonseca and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz. Play on the outside courts will begin at 10 a.m., and gates will open at 9:45 a.m.
Stadium – start 12:00 PM
ATP – [11] Casper Ruud (Norway) vs Ethan Quinn (USA)
Not Before 1:00 PM
WTA – Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) vs [4] Coco Gauff (USA)
WTA – [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Ann Li (USA)
Night Session – Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP – [1] Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) vs Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
Not Before 8:30 PM
WTA – [3] Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) vs Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan)
Grandstand – start 11:00 AM
WTA – [6] Amanda Anisimova (USA) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
Not Before 12:30 PM
ATP – [25] Jack Draper (GBR) vs Reilly Opelka (USA)
ATP – Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) vs [6] Taylor Fritz (USA)
ATP – Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [5] Alex de Minaur (AUS)
Not Before 7:00 PM
WTA – Francesca Jones (GBR) vs [5] Jessica Pegula (USA)
Butch Buchholz – start 11:00 AM
ATP – Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs [WC] Rei Sakamoto (JPN)
ATP – [22] Tommy Paul (USA) vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
ATP – [10] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
WTA – Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) vs [15] Madison Keys (USA)
WTA – [Q] Talia Gibson (AUS) vs [16] Naomi Osaka (JPN)
Court 1 – start 10:00 AM
WTA – Anna Blinkova vs [10] Victoria Mboko (Canada)
WTA – [33] Maria Sakkari (Greece) vs Alycia Parks (USA)
Not Before 12:30 PM
WTA – [WC] Taylor Townsend (USA) vs [7] Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
ATP – Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) vs [14] Karen Khachanov
ATP – Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Argentina) vs [32] Sebastian Korda (USA)
WTA – [26] Leylah Fernandez (Canada) vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
Court 7 – start 10:00 AM
WTA – [14] Linda Noskova (Czechia) vs Sorana Cirstea (Romania)
WTA – [13] Karolina Muchova (Czechia) vs Camila Osorio (Colombia)
ATP – [28] Arthur Fils (France) vs [WC] Darwin Blanch (USA)
ATP – Raphael Collignon (Belgium) vs [13] Flavio Cobolli (Italy)
ATP – Zizou Bergs (Belgium) vs [29] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina)
Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP – [17] Luciano Darderi (Italy) vs [Q] Martin Landaluce (Spain)
Court 5 – start 10:00 AM
ATP – Valentin Royer (France) vs [LL] Thiago Agustin Tirante (Argentina)
ATP – Gabriel Diallo (Canada) vs [WC] Yibing Wu (China)
ATP – Arthur Cazaux (France) vs [Q] Tomas Barrios Vera (Chile)
ATP – [WC] Moise Kouame (France) vs [21] Jiri Lehecka (Czechia)
ATP – Mariano Navone (Argentina) vs [24] Valentin Vacherot (Monaco)
Not Before 7:00 PM
ATP – [LL] Aleksandar Vukic (Australia) vs [Q] Rafael Jodar (Spain)
Court 2 – start 10:00 AM
WTA – Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey) vs [12] Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
WTA – Katie Boulter (Great Britain) vs [17] Clara Tauson (Denmark)
WTA – Hailey Baptiste (USA) vs [19] Liudmila Samsonova
WTA – [23] Qinwen Zheng (China) vs [WC] Sloane Stephens (USA)
WTA – Peyton Stearns (USA) vs [34] Jaqueline Cristian (Romania)
Court 3 – start 10:00 AM
WTA – [20] Diana Shnaider vs Tereza Valentova (Czechia)
WTA – [Q] Elvina Kalieva (USA) vs [21] Elise Mertens (Belgium)
Not Before 12:30 PM
WTA – [25] Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) vs Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine)
WTA – [9] Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) vs [WC] Emerson Jones (Australia) OR [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (Czechia)
WTA – [18] Iva Jovic (USA) vs Paula Badosa (Spain)
Court 6 – start 10:00 AM
ATP – Terence Atmane (France) vs Daniel Altmaier (Germany)
ATP – [Q] Christopher O’Connell (Australia) vs Marton Fucsovics (Hungary)
ATP – [Q] Adam Walton (Australia) vs Sebastian Baez (Argentina)
WTA – [11] Ekaterina Alexandrova vs [WC] Lilli Tagger (Austria)
WTA – [LL} Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan) vs Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)
Court 4 – start 10:00 AM
WTA – [22] Anna Kalinskaya vs Anastasia Zakharova
WTA – [Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) vs [30] Cristina Bucsa (Spain)
ATP – Matteo Arnaldi (Italy) vs Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan)
WTA – Caty McNally (USA) vs [29] Xinyu Wang (China)
RESULTS – Thursday, March 19, 2026
WTA Second Round
Magda Linette (Poland) d [2] Iga Swiatek (Poland) 16 75 63
[8] Mirra Andreeva vs McCartney Kessler (USA) check score on miamiopen.com
[31] Alexandra Eala (Philippines) d Laura Siegemund (Germany) 67(6) 63 63
[32] Marie Bouzkova (Czechia) d Elsa Jacquemot (France) 62 62
WTA First Round
Alycia Parks (USA) d [Q] Sinja Kraus (Austria) 75 76(4)
Francesca Jones (Great Britain) d [WC] Venus Williams (USA) 75 75
[WC] Sloane Stephens (USA) d [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA) 64 62
Tereza Valentova (Czechia) d [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) 62 64
Hailey Baptiste (USA) vs Tatjana Maria (Germany) 75 62
[WC] Taylor Townsend (USA) d [Q] Lulu Sun (New Zealand) 76(5) 63
Paula Badosa (Spain) d [Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich 75 63
[Q] Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukraine) d Eva Lys (Germany) 61 64
Peyton Stearns (USA) d [Q] Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) 76(6) 64
Ann Li (USA) d [Q] Kimberly Birrell (Australia) 62 36 63
Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) d [WC] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 26 64 75
[Q] Talia Gibson (Australia) d Sara Bejlek (Czechia) 61 60
[Q] Elvina Kalieva (USA) d [ALT] Dalma Galfi (Hungary) 63 67(5) 76(5)
Oksana Selekhmeteva d Emiliana Arango (Colombia) 63 46 63
Caty McNally (USA) d [Q] Rebeka Masarova (Switzerland) 62 75
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) d Antonia Ruzic (Croatia) 75 76(3)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) d [LL] Darja Semenistaja (Latvia) 64 61
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) d Janice Tjen (Indonesia)36 63 64
[Q] Anastasia Zakharova d Anna Bondar (Hungary) 57 63 61
[WC] Lilli Tagger (Austria) d [LL] Ella Seidel (Germany) 67(8) 64 75
[LL] Kamilla Rakhimova (Uzbekistan) d Solana Sierra (Argentina) 61 63
[WC] Emerson Jones (Australia) vs [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (Czechia) check score on miamiopen.com
ATP First Round
Joao Fonseca (Brazil) d Fabian Marozsan (Hungary) 63 36 62
Alex Michelsen (USA) vs [Q] Mattia Bellucci (Italy) check score on miamiopen.com
Raphael Collignon (Belgium) d Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 76(3) 46 76(6)
Alejandro Tabilo (Chile) d Francisco Comesana (Argentina) 64 62
Ethan Quinn (USA) d Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) 62 64
Matteo Berrettini (Italy) d Alexandre Muller (France) 64 62
Marin Cilic (Croatia) d Alexei Popyrin (Australia) 64 64
Tomas Machac (Czechia) d Emilio Nava (USA) 26 64 61
Zizou Bergs (Belgium) d Jenson Brooksby (USA) 75 62
[Q] Martin Landaluce (Spain) d Marcos Giron (USA) 63 76(6)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) d [Q] Arthur Fery (Great Britain) 61 76(4)
[WC] Moise Kouame (France) d [Q] Zachary Svajda (USA) 57 64 64
[WC] Darwin Blanch (USA) d Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) 63 36 63
Reilly Opelka (USA) d Nuno Borges (Portugal) 67(6) 62 76(5)
[WC] Martin Damm (USA) d Jacob Fearnley (Great Britain) 6-0 ret.
Kamil Majchrzak (Poland) d Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) 46 63 61
Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) d James Duckworth (Australia) 76(3) 76(4)
Adrian Mannarino (France) d Zhizhen Zhang (China) 63 62
Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands) d Denis Shapovalov (Canada) 75 63
Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia-Herzegovina) d [Q] Ignacio Buse (Peru) 67(8) 76(8) 61
Quentin Halys (France) d [Q] Liam Draxl (Canada) 67(4) 61 61
[Q] Rafael Jodar (Spain) d [Q] Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) 64 46 61
Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Argentina) d Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) 26 63 76(3)
Mariano Navone (Argentina) d [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) 76(7) 63
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