History was made in Miami.
Not only did Aryna Sabalenka complete her sweep of the Sunshine Double — becoming the first WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz player to do so since 2022, and just the fifth woman ever — but the final set an all-time viewership record.
Tennis Channel has announced that Sabalenka’s 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Coco Gauff in the Miami Open final was the most-viewed women’s match in the history of the network.
That broke Tennis Channel’s previous record, set less than two weeks earlier, when Sabalenka saved a championship point against Elena Rybakina in the Indian Wells final. In arguably the match of 2026 to date, Sabalenka won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to win her first BNP Paribas Open title.
“It’s a dream,” Sabalenka told wtatennis.com shortly after winning her second straight Miami Open title. “It’s a dream that I’m living right now and honestly, I have no words because this is something that I would never, ever believe that I would be able to achieve.”
The only other WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz players to complete the Sunshine Double are Steffi Graf (1994 and 1996), Kim Clijsters (2005), Victoria Azarenka (2016) and Iga Swiatek (2022).
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Sabalenka is next scheduled to play the WTA 500 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, which begins on April 13. The World No. 1 has never won the title in Stuttgart, but is a four-time finalist.
The WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open and WTA 250 Copa Colsanitas Colsubsidio in Bogota, Colombia are currently airing on Tennis Channel.