2014 Sony Open Tennis Explained

Date:	March 17–30
Edition:	30th
Category:	Masters 1000 (ATP) Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Draw:	96S/48Q/32D
Prize Money:	$4,562,245 (men) $4,562,245 (women)
Surface:	Hard (Outdoor)
Location:	Key Biscayne, Florida, United States
Venue:	Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Champms:	Novak Djokovic
Champws:	Serena Williams
Champmd:	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Champwd:	Martina Hingis / Sabine Lisicki
Main Name:	Miami Masters
Before Name:	Sony Open Tennis
After Name:	Miami Open

The 2014 Sony Open Tennis (also known as 2014 Miami Masters) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Miami Masters, and was part of the Masters 1000 category on the 2014 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Mandatory category on the 2014 WTA Tour. All men and women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States, from March 17 through March 30, 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	width=85		width=85		width=85
Men's singles^[1]	1000	600	360	180	90	45	25*	10	16	8	0
Men's doubles						0
Women's singles^[2]		650	390	215	120	65	35*	10	30	20	2
Women's doubles						10

• Players with byes receive first round points.

Prize money

The total commitment prize money for this year's event was $5,649,405 for men and $5,427,105 for women (WTA Tour and ATP World Tour).^[3]

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style=background:#ededed	Singles	$787,000	$384,065	$192,485	$98,130	$51,730	$27,685	$14,945	$9,165	$2,730	$1,395
style=background:#ededed	Doubles	$257,860	$125,850	$63,070	$32,140	$16,950	$9,070

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are according to ATP rankings on March 17, 2014.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1		13,130	0	600	13,730	Final lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
2	2		10,900	90	1,000	11,810	Champion, won against Rafael Nadal [1]
3	3		5,650	0	90	5,740	Fourth round lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov [22]
4	4	David Ferrer	5,150	600	90	4,640	Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori [20]
5	5		5,045	0	180	5,225	Quarterfinals lost to Kei Nishikori [20]
6	6		4,795	1,000	180	3,975	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
7	7		4,540	180	360	4,720	Withdrew prior to semifinal match
8	8		4,270	10	0	4,260	Withdrew prior to second round match
9	9		2,905	360	90	2,635	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [5]
10	10		2,670	45	90	2,715	Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
11	11		2,615	90	90	2,615	Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [6]
12	12		2,575	45	180	2,710	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
13	13		2,435	360	0	2,075	Withdrew prior to second round match
14	14		2,295	45	90	2,340	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
15	16		2,130	45	45	2,130	Third round lost to Kei Nishikori [20]
16	17		2,050	(0)	90	2,140	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [2]
17	18		1,940	45	45	1,940	Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [9]
18	19	Nicolás Almagro	1,795	90	45	1,750	Third round lost to John Isner [10]
19	20	Jerzy Janowicz	1,715	10	10	1,715	Second round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut
20	21		1,715	90	360	1,985	Withdrew prior to semifinal match
21	22	Ernests Gulbis	1,690	(45)	10	1,655	Second round lost to Julien Benneteau
22	23		1,555	45	180	1,690	Quarterfinals lost to Tomáš Berdych [7]
23	24		1,520	(20)	10	1,510	Second round lost to Guillermo García López
24	25	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,510	10	10	1,510	Second round lost to Marcos Baghdatis [WC]
25	26	Marin Čilić	1,500	180	10	1,330	Second round lost to Édouard Roger-Vasselin
26	27	Gilles Simon	1,485	180	10	1,315	Second round lost to João Sousa
27	28		1,343	(48)	10	1,305	Second round lost to Aljaž Bedene [Q]
28	29	Fernando Verdasco	1,270	10	10	1,270	Second round lost to Thiemo de Bakker [Q]
29	30		1,231	41	10	1,200	Second round lost to Denis Istomin
30	32	Florian Mayer	1,210	10	45	1,245	Withdrew prior to third round match
31	33		1,195	90	45	1,150	Third round lost to David Ferrer [4]
32	34		1,180	0	45	1,225	Third round lost to Andy Murray [6]

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Withdrew due to
15	Mikhail Youzhny	2,135	45	0	2,090	Back injury
31	Benoît Paire	1,230	10	0	1,220	Knee injury

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marcos Baghdatis^[4]
• Kyle Edmund^[4]
• Ryan Harrison^[4]
• Karen Khachanov^[4]
• Guido Pella

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Aljaž Bedene
  • Alex Bogomolov Jr. Thiemo de Bakker
• David Goffin
• Andrey Golubev
  • Malek Jaziri Steve Johnson
    • • • Lukáš Lacko Paul-Henri Mathieu Jack Sock Dominic Thiem Jimmy Wang

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Benjamin Becker
• Dušan Lajović

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Pablo Andújar → replaced by Stéphane Robert
• Brian Baker → replaced by Bradley Klahn
• Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury) → replaced by Benjamin Becker
• Tommy Haas (shoulder injury) → replaced by Dušan Lajović
• Jürgen Melzer (shoulder injury) → replaced by Jiří Veselý
• Benoît Paire (knee injury) → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky
• Dudi Sela → replaced by Kenny de Schepper
• Janko Tipsarević (foot injury) → replaced by Ivo Karlović
• Mikhail Youzhny (back injury) → replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver

During the tournament

• Tomáš Berdych (gastroenteritis)
• Florian Mayer
• Kei Nishikori (groin injury)

Retirements

• Mikhail Kukushkin

Men's doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Bob Bryan		Mike Bryan	2	1
Austria	Alexander Peya	Brazil	Bruno Soares	6	2
	Ivan Dodig	Brazil	Marcelo Melo	11	3
India	Leander Paes	Czech Republic	Radek Štěpánek	18	4
Spain	David Marrero	Spain	Fernando Verdasco	18	5
Canada	Daniel Nestor	Serbia	Nenad Zimonjić	27	6
India	Rohan Bopanna	Pakistan	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	29	7
France	Michaël Llodra	France	Nicolas Mahut	38	8

• ¹ Rankings as of March 17, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Deiton Baughman / Martin Redlicki
• Ryan Harrison / Jack Sock

Women's singles

Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are according to WTA rankings on March 3, 2014. Points before is as of March 17, 2014.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	12,660	1,000	1,000	12,660	Champion, won against Li Na [2]
2	2		7,185	250	650	7,585	Final lost to Serena Williams [1]
3	3	Agnieszka Radwańska	6,215	450	215	5,980	Quarterfinals lost to Dominika Cibulková [10]
4	5		4,271	700	390	3,961	Semifinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
5	6		4,050	80	215	4,185	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
6	7		4,775	80	0	4,695	Withdrew prior to second round match
7	8		4,590	450	10	4,150	Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
8	9		4,235	80	215	4,370	Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
9	10		3,830	250	65	3,645	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [23]
10	11	Dominika Cibulková	3,470	140	390	3,720	Semifinals lost to Li Na [2]
11	12		2,605	80	215	2,740	Quarterfinals lost to Li Na [2]
12	13	Ana Ivanovic	3,140	140	120	3,120	Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová [8]
13	14	Roberta Vinci	2,925	250	10	2,685	Second round lost to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
14	15	Sabine Lisicki	2,660	5	65	2,720	Third round, Withdrew against Kirsten Flipkens
15	16	Carla Suárez Navarro	2,620	80	120	2,660	Fourth round lost to Li Na [2]
16	17		2,420	0	65	2,485	Third round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe [Q]
17	18	Sloane Stephens	2,625	140	65	2,550	Third round lost to Caroline Wozniacki [11]
18	19	Eugenie Bouchard	2,485	50	10	2,445	Second round lost to Elina Svitolina
19	20	Kirsten Flipkens	2,215	250	120	2,085	Fourth round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
20	21	Flavia Pennetta	3,255	50	65	3,270	Third round lost to Ana Ivanovic [12]
21	22	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,240	5	10	2,245	Second round lost to CoCo Vandeweghe [Q]
22	23	Alizé Cornet	2,230	140	65	2,155	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková [10]
23	24	Ekaterina Makarova	2,125	5	120	2,240	Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [5]
24	26	Kaia Kanepi	2,045	0	65	2,110	Third round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [15]
25	27	Sorana Cîrstea	1,910	140	10	1,780	Second round lost to Tsvetana Pironkova
26	28	Lucie Šafářová	1,880	5	65	1,940	Third round lost to Maria Sharapova [4]
27	29	Klára Zakopalová	1,615	140	10	1,485	Second round lost to Caroline Garcia
28	30	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,583	80	10	1,513	Second round lost to Donna Vekić [Q]
29	31	Venus Williams	1,577	80	120	1,617	Fourth round lost to Dominika Cibulková [10]
30	32	Garbiñe Muguruza	1,403	140	10	1,273
31	34	Daniela Hantuchová	1,442	50	10	1,402	Second round lost to Madison Keys
32	35	Elena Vesnina	1,395	80	65	1,380	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [3]

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points Before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Withdrew due to
4	Victoria Azarenka	5,441	0	0	5,441	Foot injury
25	Maria Kirilenko	1,596	80	0	1,516	Knee injury
33	Jamie Hampton	1,452	50	0	1,402	Hip Injury

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Casey Dellacqua
• Indy de Vroome^[4]
• Victoria Duval^[4]
• Anett Kontaveit
• Rebecca Peterson^[4]
• Nadia Petrova^[4]
• Heather Watson^[4]
• Aleksandra Wozniak

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Alisa Kleybanova
• Iveta Melzer
• Romina Oprandi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • • Kiki Bertens Estrella Cabeza Candela Kimiko Date-Krumm
• Zarina Diyas
• Olga Govortsova
• Nadiia Kichenok
  • • • Patricia Mayr-Achleitner Shahar Pe'er Katarzyna Piter Virginie Razzano
  • CoCo Vandeweghe Donna Vekić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Jana Čepelová

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka (foot injury) → replaced by Chanelle Scheepers
• Simona Halep (toe injury) → replaced by Jana Čepelová
• Jamie Hampton → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Caroline Garcia
• Maria Kirilenko → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
• Ayumi Morita → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa
• Laura Robson (wrist injury) → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova

During the tournament

• Alisa Kleybanova (illness)
• Sabine Lisicki (flu)

Retirements

• Mona Barthel (gastrointestinal illness)

Women's doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Hsieh Su-wei	China	Peng Shuai	3	1
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	7	2
Italy	Sara Errani	Italy	Roberta Vinci	12	3
Czech Republic	Květa Peschke		Katarina Srebotnik	14	4
	Cara Black	India	Sania Mirza	24	5
Czech Republic	Andrea Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	25	6
Australia	Ashleigh Barty	Australia	Casey Dellacqua	34	7
	Raquel Kops-Jones		Abigail Spears	38	8

• ¹ Rankings as of March 3, 2014.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Sorana Cîrstea / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Kirsten Flipkens / Ana Ivanovic
• Martina Hingis / Sabine Lisicki
• Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Sharon Fichman / Megan Moulton-Levy

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands (left hip injury)

During the tournament

• Alisa Kleybanova (illness)

Finals

Men's singles

See main article: 2014 Sony Open Tennis – Men's singles.

• Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–3

Women's singles

See main article: 2014 Sony Open Tennis – Women's singles.

• Serena Williams defeated Li Na, 7–5, 6–1

Men's doubles

See main article: 2014 Sony Open Tennis – Men's doubles.

• Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah, 7–6^(10–8), 6–4

Women's doubles

See main article: 2014 Sony Open Tennis – Women's doubles.

• Martina Hingis / Sabine Lisicki defeated Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina, 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]

External links

• Official website
• Sony Open Tennis Schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings explained. 25 February 2013. atpworldtour.com.
2. Web site: Rankings explained . 25 February 2012 . WTA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .
3. Web site: 2014 Prize Money.
4. Web site: Miami Open – March 21-April 3, 2022.