Danielle Collins, ranked #53 and an unseeded American tennis player, clinched her first WTA 1000 title at the Miami Open, defeating world No. 4 Elena Rybakina in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. This victory marks a significant milestone in Collins' career, making her the second-lowest ranked and second unseeded player to win the Miami Open since its inception in 1985, following Kim Clijsters in 2005. Collins' triumph is particularly noteworthy as it comes during her farewell tour, highlighting her remarkable journey in professional tennis. Throughout the tournament, Collins demonstrated exceptional skill and determination, winning her matches in straight sets, including a hard-fought first set against Rybakina, and securing 14 sets in a row. Her success at the Miami Open adds to her legacy as one of the lowest-ranked players to win a WTA 1000 event, the fourth-oldest first-time finalist, and as the sixth American woman to secure the title.
Danielle Collins became the 6th American woman to win the Miami Open title #MiamiOpen #DanielleCollins https://t.co/V4sMVqlrYX
Miami Open: Danielle Collins beats Elena Rybakina in women's final https://t.co/tWyxMURQon
Danielle Collins Is The Queen of the Miami Open https://t.co/HlBXwxUCT8 via @WorldTennisMag https://t.co/dJPC4ySBNZ
Danielle Collins wins Miami Open on her final try, topping Elena Rybakina in straight sets https://t.co/FhYJRsAvZx
Danielle Collins holds firm against Elena Rybakina to win Miami Open https://t.co/jGwFurVnaw
American Danielle Collins, who has said this season will be her last, beat Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in the Miami Open final on Saturday to take home her first WTA 1000 title. https://t.co/8DMlG02kcm
Danielle Collins In The Queen of the Miami Open https://t.co/HlBXwxUCT8 via @WorldTennisMag
Unseeded American Danielle Collins, a Floridian, beats world No. 4 to win Miami Open https://t.co/CgvJDGLbl2
π¨πΎUnseeded American Danielle Collins, a Floridian, beats world No. 4 Elena Rybakina to win Miami Open. She is lowest ranked player ever to win women's Miami title. https://t.co/7KBQSNDAr4 @MiamiHerald @HeraldSports @MiamiOpen #MiamiOpen #tennis
Congrats on winning the @MiamiOpen, Danielle Collins! Collins becomes the second unseeded player to win the Womenβs Singles title at the Miami Open after Kim Clijsters in 2005! https://t.co/PIYf1gX2tn
Hard work pays off πͺπ Danielle Collins | #MiamiOpen https://t.co/auxvJL8Y0q
"This is Miami...it's going to be a big night" says Danielle Collins on @TennisChannel of her #MiamiOpen title celebration plans
What a week and what a win for Danielle Collins who wins Miami for her first ever WTA 1000 event. https://t.co/yDtvNYqWe9
Danielle Collins is the 2024 Miami Open Champion πͺ #MiamiOpen https://t.co/HhA00VP078
#Florida woman Danielle Collins wins Miami Open as part of farewell tour. https://t.co/2XWaTkiukw h/t @sarp1900
Legendary stuff from Danielle Collins! π€― #MiamiOpen https://t.co/TIItBKtmhi
What a moment! Danielle Collins lifts the Miami Open title! ππ https://t.co/g2llToDDWy
Very special words from Danielle Collins π©΅ #MiamiOpen https://t.co/5nyZT8hNDs
COME ON π£ Danielle Collins is the women's singles champion in Miami! #TennisParadise https://t.co/eeyeg9oSbz
"It's hard not to get emotional" π Danielle Collins wins the Miami Open in her retirement year β¨ https://t.co/kn9X1nklwM
Danielle Collins's updated resume π #MiamiOpen https://t.co/ToQqmuzupQ
"I used to beg my dad to take me here and he said, 'You can go when you play in the tournament.'" Danielle Collins just WON the tournament! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/s2bN4gvGIV
What a finish for American Danielle Collins, who rips a running backhand winner on her fourth championship point to defeat Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-3 and win the #MiamiOpen Biggest title of her career, and it comes at age 30 in what she says is her final season Applause please https://t.co/sVXKs58frj
Congratulations to the sixth American woman to win the #MiamiOpen, Danielle Collins! ππΊπΈ https://t.co/KmQsqXgeXN
Danielle Collins. What an INSANE tournament she just put together! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/PWeIGTd7Z4
Danielle Collins is your champion in Miami! π https://t.co/I2jzYS25A0
What a moment for Danielle Collins β¨ Danielle Collins defeats Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 and wins the 2024 Miami Open! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/BWBV1v5BE4
Danielle Collins is the Miami Open Champion! πΊπΈπ https://t.co/OBCqd1vpi1
Who would have known that at the beginning of the tournament that Danielle Collins would take it all? She did when she beat Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 at the Miami Open. That was one of her best ever, hands down. What a show. https://t.co/HKYnzAqA1n
π COLLINS QUEEN IN MIAMI π¬ Amazing Danielle Collins who wins biggest career's title by beating World No.4 Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-3 at @MiamiOpen! What a dream fortnight for the American who was playing there for the last time β¨ https://t.co/WXHguUHenJ
THE BIGGEST TITLE OF HER CAREER! π πΊπΈ Danielle Collins has beaten Elena Rybakina, 7-5 6-3, to win her first WTA 1000 title at the #MiamiOpen π΄ After dropping her first set of the tournament, Collins won her next FOURTEEN SETS IN A ROW without even going to a tie-break. π₯π₯π₯
Wow! Danielle Collins wins Miami Open! So happy for her. https://t.co/CQrleYpDPC
Danielle Collins, a player with great hot streaks throughout her career, brings the Miami heat in a scorching way, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 to win the WTA 1000 final. Absolutely sparkling performance by Collins in the sunset of her pro career. Remarkable poise and power.
YOUR 2024 MIAMI OPEN CHAMPION π Danielle Collins gets the biggest title of her career in her farewell season π«Ά #MiamiOpen https://t.co/znMXjtcqCG
COLLINS CONQUERS MIAMI π Danielle Collins wins the biggest title of her career! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/khABDR7ivB
Danielle Collins is the Miami champion! She just would not be denied, holding and holding and holding no matter what Elena Rybakina threw at her. A brilliant final (despite being straight sets), one of the great final games, and a very, very worthy winner.
53 - Danielle Collins has become the lowest ranked (#53) champion at the Miami Open and the third-lowest to secure a title at the Sunshine Double (Indian Wells and Miami). Run. #MiamiOpen | @MiamiOpen @WTA @WTA_insider https://t.co/2yb1bnUlWy
3 - Danielle Collins has become the third to win a maiden Womenβs Singles title at the Miami Open after turning 30, after Chris Evert (1986) and Petra Kvitova (2023), since the inaugural event in 1985. Experience. #MiamiOpen | @MiamiOpen @WTA @WTA_insider https://t.co/JAu5tgGPjR
2 - Danielle Collins has become the second unseeded player to win the Womenβs Singles title at the Miami Open after Kim Clijsters in 2005, since the eventβs inauguration in 1985. Champion! #MiamiOpen | @MiamiOpen @WTA @WTA_insider https://t.co/vGbIi3Y2TZ
Collins is absolutely brilliant β¨ In today's @BetMGM Shot of the Day, Danielle Collins gets an early break in the Miami Open Women's Final! #MiamiOpen | @BetMGM https://t.co/4VGCnmDuCh
Is Danielle Collins about to take the Miami title AND a backhand list place from Elena Rybakina? π±π±π±π±π±
DANIELLE COLLINS TAKES THE FIRST SET πͺ #MiamiOpen https://t.co/tU8upxSkZ8
First set Danielle Collins 7-5 over Elena Rybakina in this #MiamiOpen final. Collins not her sharpest point to point but was when she needed it: Saved 5 of 5 break points. Rybakina back in a fight #getty https://t.co/SEQD9u93yv
Danielle Collins takes a hard-fought first set 7-5 over Rybakina, the 13th straight set sheβs won at WTA 1000 Miami. Rybakina, who has lost five sets in her six Miami matches so far, will have to scrap once more.
There's a Danimal on the loose in Miami π Danielle Collins wins the first set 7-5 over Rybakina! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/XrIq0dSVpW
Danielle Collins, approximately 45 seconds after waking up #MiamiOpen https://t.co/a8ocuuMERO
1οΈβ£5οΈβ£ main draw wins already in 2024 πΎ This is Danielle Collins' best start to a season in her career. #MiamiOpen https://t.co/3eRHTtudCD
Fire & Ice π₯π§ Danielle Collins faces Elena Rybakina for the #MiamiOpen title π https://t.co/qgWeld2Gge
American Danielle Collins & Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in #MiamiOpen final New champ guaranteed. Rybakina holds 3-1 edge but their duels have been tight and tense Rybakina the favorite and has had tougher road to the final this week (Keys, Sakkari Azarenka): 11 hours plus https://t.co/NdbWKYUG8L
Collins has won 12 straight sets while Rybakina has battled through four 3-set matches en route to the final! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/5GAia62Fup
One match to decide it all π Will Danielle Collins or Elena Rybakina take the title? #MiamiOpen https://t.co/LwqASWDft7
Photo of the Day Danielle Collins: #MiamiOpen finalist πΈRobert Prange https://t.co/o0ZXmoMCwf
Heck of a run for Danielle Collins in what's set to be her final tournament in her home state. Faces Rybakina in the WTA 1000 Miami final. https://t.co/2vNwz3MI0h
First final of her final season on tour β Collins raced past Alexandrova in straight sets and will meet Rybakina in the final! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/cwsb54EREv
Danielle Collins advances to her 1st WTA 1000 final! The American beats Alexandrova 6-3, 6-2 and faces Rybakina on Saturday for the π #MiamiOpen https://t.co/a01HGWzfyn
Danielle Collins continues her stellar run in Miami to reach her first WTA 1000 final. https://t.co/W7Q6HlOlIY
COME ON π£ Danielle Collins reaches her first WTA 1000 final! #MiamiOpen https://t.co/S12hwYk1Ky
Collins does it! π₯ Danielle Collins becomes the second lowest-ranked Miami Open finalist and the fourth-oldest first-time WTA 1000 finalist with her 6-3, 6-2 win over Alexandrova at #MiamiOpen https://t.co/xjVcGKRNRR
53 - Danielle Collins (#53) has become the second-lowest ranked player to make the final at the Miami Open since the inception of the event in 1985 - only higher ranked than Naomi Osaka in 2022 (#77). Surprise. #MiamiOpen | @MiamiOpen @WTA @WTA_insider https://t.co/9uNyjLDp26
Danielle Collins is in the zone tonight π₯ #MiamiOpen https://t.co/fhqm23peZ8
All aboard the Danielle Collins Express π She races through the first set 6-3 against Alexandrova. #MiamiOpen https://t.co/fffkzWdh1s
Who will face Elena Rybakina in the final? Ekaterina Alexandrova takes on Danielle Collins πΎ #MiamiOpen https://t.co/OeJ1hJ11TE
After her 6-3, 6-2 win over Caroline Garcia, Danielle Collins is heading to the golf course to celebrate ποΈββοΈ @PrakashAmritraj | #MiamiOpen https://t.co/YQFw3eGeRU
Semifinal ticket booked β Danielle Collins is into the semifinals after defeating Garcia 6-3, 6-2. #MiamiOpen https://t.co/yVkoHQDAjm
Collins continues her run! π₯ Danielle Collins takes down the No. 23 seed Caroline Garcia in straight sets to reach the semifinals in Miami. #MiamiOpen https://t.co/MxLf69TgnU
DANIMAL mode unlocked π Danielle Collins takes the first set 6-3 over Garcia and is one set away from the semifinals. #MiamiOpen https://t.co/uWBjHNY7Ic
One set away from the semis π₯ Danielle Collins gets the break and then holds to win the opening set 6-3 over Caroline Garcia. #MiamiOpen https://t.co/O4vKkYlmCH