The 7 US men to win the Miami Open title: ft Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras
US No 1 Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda are flying the American flag at the Miami Open in 2025, with both men making it to the last eight.
Ahead of their respective quests to lift the title, we look back at the seven US stars who have triumphed at the Masters 1000 event.
Tim Mayotte – 1985
Former world No 7 Mayotte wrote his name into the record books by becoming the tournament’s first champion with victory at the inaugural 1985 event.
Mayotte defeated a young Boris Becker in the second round and would ultimately rally from two sets down to beat Scott Davis 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
It was the first of 12 career ATP Tour titles for Mayotte, who remains the only unseeded men’s singles champion in Miami history.
Andre Agassi – 1990, 1995-96, 2001-03
Agassi kickstarted a period of US dominance in Miami in 1990, winning what proved to be the first of a joint record six titles with a 6-1, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 victory over Stefan Edberg in the final.
After defeat in the 1994 final, Agassi bounced back to beat Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(3) and regain the title in 1995, before defending his crown in 1996 thanks to a 3-0 retirement win versus Goran Ivanisevic.
Agassi lost the 1998 final to Marcelo Rios, but the eight-time major champion would then complete a ‘three-peat’ of titles in the early 2000s – starting with a 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Jan-Michael Gambill.
He then successfully defended the title by beating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in 2002, and triumphed for the final time with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Carlos Moya in 2003.
Jim Courier – 1991
One of the leading US stars of the early 1990s, Courier completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ in 1991 thanks to his sole Miami Open triumph.
Courier downed fourth seed Guy Forget – who he’d beaten in the Indian Wells final – in round four, before wins over Derek Rostagno and Richey Reneberg saw him safely reach the final.
The four-time Grand Slam champion found himself a set down to compatriot David Wheaton, though a rallying 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory saw him claim a second Masters 1000 title.
Michael Chang – 1992
Twelve months after Courier, Chang also completed the ‘Sunshine Double’ after claiming his first and only title in Miami.
Seeded sixth, Chang dispatched fourth seed Pete Sampras in the last eight, before ending Courier’s title defence with an impressive 6-2, 6-4 semi-final victory.
The former world No 2 was a significant favourite in the final against 20th seed Alberto Mancini, and saw off the Argentine 7-5, 7-5.
Pete Sampras – 1993-94, 2000
Perhaps the greatest US male player of the Open Era, 14-time Grand Slam champion Sampras is a three-time champion in Miami.
The former world No 1 triumphed for the first time in 1993, beating compatriot MaliVai Washington 6-3, 6-2 in the final, and defended his crown a year later with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Agassi.
Sampras missed out on a third straight title after losing to Agassi in the 1995 final, but reclaimed the title for a final time in 2000.
After seeing off Lleyton Hewitt in the last four, Sampras defeated Gustavo Kuerten 6–1, 6–7(2), 7–6(5), 7–6(8).
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Andy Roddick – 2004, 2010
Still the last US man to reach world No 1 and win a Grand Slam, Roddick was twice a champion at the Miami Open.
Roddick lifted the title for the first time in 2004, the second seed leading 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-1 when third seed Guillermo Coria retired due to injury.
Six years later, the US star regained the title – and won his final Masters 1000 title – with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph over Tomas Berdych.
John Isner – 2018
The last US man to win the title was big-serving Isner, who stunned the tennis world by lifting his first—and only—Masters 1000 trophy at the event in 2018.
Seeded 14th, Isner stunned second seed Marin Cilic in the fourth round and proceeded to beat Hyeon Chung and Juan Martin del Potro – the recent Indian Wells champion – to make the final.
Isner looked set to fall 0-4 in Masters final after dropping the opening set to fourth seed Alexander Zverev, but roared back to seal an impressive 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4 victory.
He came close to defending his crown in 2019, but was beaten by Federer in the final.
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