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From Courier to Federer and Djokovic, the double sweep of ATP No. 1 Club Sunshine

ATPtour.com takes a look back at the players who swept the Indian Wells and Miami titles

March 02, 2026

From the dry desert conditions of Indian Wells to the sticky humidity of Miami, the Sunshine Double is a challenge few have been able to overcome with both lips.

Only seven men have swept both the BNP Paribas Open and the Miami Open presented by Iau in the same season, a list held by former World No.

Novak Djokovic has won the Sunshine Double record four times, while Roger Federer has achieved it three times. The Swiss player is the most recent player to do this, as he did it in 2017.

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev, three of the 29 members of the ATP No. 1 Club, are among those who will immediately start looking to join the special list of those who will win in Indian Wells and Miami in the same season.

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Jim Courier was the first to win the Sunshine Double in 1991 at the age of 20. The American started Indian Wells as the No. 26 player in the PIF ATP Rankings before going on a career-defining run, not just in California and south Florida, but the entire season.

Courier, who needed a fifth break to win a three-hour, 30-minute Indian Wells final against Frenchman Guy Forget, would claim his first major title at Roland Garros that year. Using his devastating indoor forehand to good effect, Courier also reached the final of the US Open, aiding his ascension to World No. 1 for the first time in 1992.

Courier’s countryman Pete Sampras followed up with the Sunshine Double in 1994. Sampras was No. 1 at the time, but came to Indian Wells still looking to find his place in the tournament, winning seven of his first five matches. He turned that around in style in 1994, winning a five-set Indian Wells final before successfully defending his Miami crown two weeks later.

The 1994 Miami final, one of 34 Lexus ATP Head2Head duels between Sampras and Andre Agassi, is often remembered for Agassi’s athletic prowess. After learning that Sampras was ill with a stomach problem, Agassi agreed to postpone the championship match until the next day, allowing his opponent more time to recover from his illness. “If I couldn’t beat Pete when he was healthy, I didn’t deserve to win the tournament,” Agassi said at the time, according to the New York Times.

In 1998, Marcelo Rios of Chile won the Sunshine Double to secure his rise to World No. 1. Rios started that season as the number 10 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, but in just three months, he rose to the top. Rios went one set down in Indian Wells – a stunning second-set break in the final against Greg Rusedski in which the Briton won 17/15, proving just how much it cost to go one set down on the Chilean during his Sunshine Double run.

For Rios, the double prize was on the line in Miami. He will be World No. 1 if he wins this title. The third seed did just that, defeating Agassi in the championship match.

Agassi would enjoy his time in the Sunshine Double spotlight three years later in 2001. The American has taken down three Top 10 players in both tournaments, including a straight-sets victory against arch-rival Sampras in the Indian Wells final.

Then came Federer and Djokovic, the only players to have completed the Sunshine Double more than once. In 2005, Federer’s hopes of winning for the first time hung in the balance. The Swiss miraculously came back from two sets down in the final in Miami to escape none other than Rafael Nadal. That stunning Federer-Nadal final was a year removed from their first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting, coincidentally at the same venue. The rivals will face each other 40 times in their outstanding careers.

In 2006, Federer worked on a different plane. Across the Sunshine Double, the Swiss dropped two sets in 12 matches, Federer’s first short of the year. Federer lost one match in the first three months of 2006.

In terms of streaks, Djokovic’s 2011 streak is among the greatest. The Serbian won his first 41 matches of the 2011 season, including victories in Indian Wells and Miami. Djokovic defeated rivals Federer and Nadal in the Indian Wells semifinals and finals, respectively, and will face the Spaniard again in the title match in Miami.

Djokovic turned the Sunshine Double into his domain from 2014-16. He completed a hat-trick, leaving both games and the trophy for three years in a row. In 2016, the Belgrade native, who boasts a record 428 weeks spent at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, knocked out four Top 10 players in both tournaments.

From Courier’s win in 1991 to Djokovic’s record reign, the Sunshine Double remains a rare testament: Win both Indian Wells and Miami, and you’re tied for legendary status.