By Chris Oddo | Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Who is the master of the North American spring swing? Apparently, Novak Djokovic. But the Serb, who will begin his bid for a record third Indian Wells-Miami double this week at the Miami Open, isn’t the only one to have made his mark by winning the grueling hard court events in succession.

In total, nine players (seven men and two women) have achieved the feat, while only one (Roger Federer) has won it in back-to-back years. Djokovic can be the second to win the double in back-to-back years, as well as the first to win the double three times with a title in Miami.

If you’re wondering if the double is a predictor of success for the rest of the season, well, it’s hard to say. Steffi Graf won all three Slams in ’96 after her double, and Federer (twice) and Djokovic (once) have both gone on to win two of the year’s final three majors after their doubles. But on four occasions, the winner of the doubles has come up empty at the majors for the rest of the season.

Here’s a tidy little table to breakdown the history of the double, below (Yellow background is for women, green is for second double):

	Indian	Wells	Miami	Open
YEAR	WINNER	VICTIM IN FINAL	WINNER	VICTIM IN FINAL	Slams Won After
1991	Courier	Forget	Courier	Wheaton	French
1992	Chang	Chesnekov	Chang	Mancini	none
1994	Graf	Coetzer	Graf	Zvereva	none
1994	Sampras	Korda	Sampras	Agassi	Wimbledon
1996	Graf	Martinez	Graf	Rubin	All Three
1998	Rios	Rusedski	Rios	Agassi	none
2001	Agassi	Sampras	Agassi	Gambill	none
2005	Federer	Hewitt	Federer	Nadal	Wimbledon, US Open
2005	Clijsters	Davenport	Clijsters	Davenport	US Open
2006	Federer	Blake	Federer	Ljubicic	Wimbledon, US Open
2011	Djokovic	Nadal	Djokovic	Nadal	Wimbledon, US Open
2014	Djokovic	Federer	Djokovic	Nadal	Wimbledon