6 titles: Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic
Miami happens to be the first ever Masters title that Novak Djokovic won at the tender age of 19 in 2007. Seeded 10th, he put up a stunning display of his supreme talent to beat Guillermo Canas in straight sets. That made him the youngest champion of this prestigious tournament and the accomplishment undoubtedly signalled that he will be a force to reckon with in the near future.
After a gap, the Serb returned to the winners’ circle at Florida in 2011 with a riveting 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) win over the then-World No. 1 Rafael Nadal. Straight-set title wins followed in 2012 and 2014 over Andy Murray and Nadal respectively.
It was Murray who snapped the imperious Serb’s straight-set final domination when he took the middle set in 2015 but he eventually fell to Djokovic, 6-7, 6-4, 0-6. Nishikori succumbed in straight sets this year to present the World No. 1 with his sixth victory.
That put the 11-time Slam champion at par with the only other record six-time winner of Miami – Andre Agassi. Much like Djokovic, the eight-time Major winner too won the first of his six titles as a teenager when he toppled the reigning Indian Wells champion Stefan Edberg in four sets.
Agassi’s successful association with the tournament saw him grab two more titles in 1995 and 1996. In the former, he dethroned his great rival, Pete Sampras while in the latter, Goran Ivanisevic retired.
The last set of his titles came as a hattrick from 2001 to 2003 where his victims were Jan-Michael Gambill, Roger Federer and Carlos Moya respectively.
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