The Sunshine State has been with significant rain over the last week, forcing mass match cancellations at the Miami Open.
All 37 matches at the Miami Open were canceled Wednesday after persistent rain across the 10 competition courts at Hard Rock Stadium. The tournament had canceled matches on a rolling basis throughout the day, then at around 7 p.m. ET, officially ruled out all play for all matches across sessions 3 and 4, Wednesday’s day and night sessions, respectively.
The organizers issued the following statement:
“Due to persistent rain, no play took place on Wednesday. Impacted ticket holders for Wednesday’s sessions will be contacted directly regarding the rain policy. This sets up a terrific Thursday with 50 matches scheduled. To accommodate the extra matches, play will begin one hour earlier, at 10 a.m., on Courts 1-7. Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.”
The Miami Open has an extensive rain policy on its website that permits ticket exchange for a cancelled session: “If a Miami Open session is cancelled … tickets can be exchanged for a one-for-one basis for this year’s Miami Open (2026), subject to availability.”
The policy indicates that eligible ticket holders will receive an email regarding their exchange.
Wednesday was originally scheduled to be the first day of the main draw for the men’s singles event and the second day for the women’s singles event.
The Miami Open, a combined 1000 event, had already cancelled all qualifying matches and practice sessions Sunday due to rain. Rain is not expected to affect the matches Thursday, though there is light rain forecasted in Miami on Friday.
There’s been no indication that the tournament will extend beyond its originally scheduled end-date of March 29, when women’s doubles and men’s singles finals will be played. . The women’s singles and men’s doubles finals are March 28.
Tennis tournaments often adjust to play cancellations by packing their schedules, leading to players competing in matches on back-to-back days. Rain delays forced Wimbledon to schedule matches on “Middle Sunday,” a traditional one-day break in play during the tournament that was removed in 2022.
