Top seed Danil Medvedev could face a potential second round match against two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray at the Miami Open.
Medvedev beat Murray in their only previous head-to-head match in Brisbane in 2019. Murray won two Miami Open titles in 2009 and 2013 when the tournament was held at Key Biscayne.
Murray will open his Miami campaign against Argentina’s Federico Delbonis, who beat the British player in their only previous head-to-head match in Indian Wells in 2016.
Medvedev will be looking to bounce back from his third round match against Gael Monfils in Indian Wells.
Medvedev, who reached the quarter final as his best result in Miami in 2019, could face Christian Garin in the third round and either Jenson Brooksby or Roberto Bautista Agut in the fourth round. Brooksby showed his excellent form in Indian Wells by beating Karen Khachanov in the second round and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round before losing to Cameron Norrie.
Medvedev can overtake Novak Djokovic and return to world number 1 in the ATP Ranking if he reaches the semifinal in Miami.
Defending champion Hubert Hurkacz has been drawn in the same quarter as Medvedev and they could meet in a potential top eight match.
Hurkacz will start his title defence against either Laslo Djere or Arthur Rinderknech in the second round, Aslan Kararatsev in the third round before a potential fourth round clash against 12th seed Denis Shapovalov.
Third seed Stefanos Tsitispas leads the second quarter of the draw. The Greek player lost to Medvedev in the Australian Open semifinal and finshed runner-up to Felix Auger Aliassime in the Rotterdam final before losing to Norrie in Acapulco. Tsitsipas could be on a collision course for a potential quarter final against Auger Aliassime.
Tsitsipas will open his Miami Open campaign against Daniel Altmeier or a qualifier in the second round, Alex De Minaur in the third round and Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round.
Alcaraz reached his first Masters 1000 semifinal in Indian Wells before losing to Nadal in an epic three-set match. The Spanish teenager lost to Matteo Berrettini in the third round at the Australian Open before winning the Rio Open title. At Indian Wells he beat Mackenzie McDonald, Roberto Bautista Agut, Gael Monfils and last year’s Indian Wells finalist Cameron Norrie en route the semifinal.
Auger Aliassime will face either Indian Wells quarter finalist Miomir Kecmanovic or a qualifier.
Taylor Fritz has been drawn in the same quarter as Tsitsipas and Auger Aliassime. Sebastian Korda is another player to watch out for.
Fritz won his first Masters 1000 title in indian Wells. The Californian player became the first player to beat Rafael Nadal in 2022.
Fritz will face either Botic Van de Zandschulp or a qualifier and could meet Auger Aliassime in the quarter final.
Last year’s Miami Open finalist Andrey Rublev could face Nick Kyrgios in the second round. Rublev’s 13-match winning streak came to an end when he lost to Fritz in the Indian Wells semifinal. Rublev and Kyrgios have drawn level to 1-1 in their two head-to-head matches. If Rublev gets through to the third round, he could face Fabio Fognini in the third round and Jannik Sinner in the fourth round.
Kyrgios won the Australian Open doubles title alongside his friend Thanasi Kokkinakis last January. At Indian Wells he beat beat Casper Ruud en route to the quarter final before losing to Nadal in three sets. The Australian star, who reached the Miami Open semifinal twice, will have to beat Adrian Mannarino.
Sinner, who finished runner-up to Hurkacz in the Miami Open final last year, will face either Emil Ruusuvuori or serve and volley specialist Maxime Cressy or Pablo Carreno Busta in the second round.
Last year’s Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini will take on either Dusan Lajovic or Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round, either Frances Tiafoe or Brandon Nakashima in the third round, either Gael Monfils or Reilly Opelka in the Round of 16. In the quarter final Berrettini could face his competriot Sinner or Rublev.
Berrettini lost to Miomir Kecmanovic in the fourth round at Indian Wells.
Last year’s ATP Finals champion Alexander Zverev will be looking to bounce back from the second round defeat against either two time Miami quarter finalist Borna Coric or a qualifier in the bottom half of the draw. Coric has made his come-back after a shoulder injury.
Zverev could face a possible third round match against 26 seed Grigor Dimitrov, who beat John Isner en route to the quarter final in Indian Wells. The potential round of 16 rival for Zverev could be either Diego Schwartzman or Lorenzo Sonego.
The other half of the fourth quarter of the draw features either Casper Ruud and Cameron Norrie. They could meet in the fourth round.
Ruud will face either Henri Laaksonen or Benoit Paire in the second round and Alexander Bublik in the third round.
Norrie could meet three-time Challenger Tour champion Jack Draper, who will aim at his first Masters 1000 match win against Frenchman Gilles Simon. Norrie won the Delray Beach Open before finishing runner-up to Nadal in the the Acapulco final and the quarter finals in Indian Wells.
Norrie could face a difficult match against John Isner in the third round.
