KEY INFORMATION:
Tournament Level: Premier Mandatory
Prize Money: $6,314,605
Draw Size: 96 main draw (32 byes)/48 qualifying
Main Draw Ceremony: Sunday, March 20, 6pm EDT
Qualifying Dates: Monday, March 21 – Tuesday, March 22
First Day of Main Draw: Tuesday, March 22
Singles Final: Saturday, April 2, 1pm EDT
Doubles Final: Sunday, April 3, NB 1pm EDT

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TOURNAMENT NOTES:
· Defending champion Serena Williams is bidding to capture her ninth Miami Open title. Only three other players have won the same WTA event eight or more times – Chris Evert (8 at Hilton Head), Martina Navratilova (12 at Chicago, 11 at Eastbourne, 9 at Dallas, Washington DC and Wimbledon and 8 at Los Angeles, WTA Finals and Orlando) and Steffi Graf (9 at Berlin).
– There have been five different champions in the past ten years in Miami. There are five returning champions in the field this year – Williams (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015), Agnieszka Radwanska (2012), Victoria Azarenka (2009, 2011), Svetlana Kuznetsova (2006), Venus Williams (1998, 1999, 2001).

MAIN DRAW ENTRIES:
Serena Williams
Angelique Kerber
Simona Halep
Agnieszka Radwanska
Garbiñe Muguruza
Carla Suárez Navarro
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Belinda Bencic
Venus Williams
Karolina Pliskova
Victoria Azarenka
Timea Bacsinszky
Roberta Vinci
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Caroline Wozniacki
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Elina Svitolina
Sara Errani
Andrea Petkovic
Madison Keys
Sloane Stephens
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Samantha Stosur
Shuai Peng
Johanna Konta
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Kristina Mladenovic
Ekaterina Makarova
Sabine Lisicki

WILDCARDS:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA), Cici Bellis (USA), Heather Watson (GBR), Laura Robson (GBR), Naomi Osaka (JPN), Paula Badosa (ESP), Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA), Sofya Zhuk (RUS)