Indian Wells Open

Indian Wells Open
Tournament information
Founded1974 (1974)
LocationTucson, Arizona
(1974–75)
Rancho Mirage, California (1976–80)
La Quinta, California (1981–86)
Indian Wells, California (1987–current)
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
SurfaceHard (Plexipave) – outdoors
Websitebnpparibasopen.com
Current champions (2024)
Men's singlesSpain Carlos Alcaraz
Women's singlesPoland Iga Świątek
Men's doublesNetherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
Women's doublesChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Belgium Elise Mertens
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Tour Masters 1000
(since 1990)
Grand Prix tennis circuit
(1977–89)
Draw96S / 48Q / 32D
Prize moneyUS$8,995,555 (2024)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 1000
(since 2021)
WTA Premier Mandatory
(2009–19)
WTA Tier I
(1996–2008)
WTA Tier II
(1990–95)
WTA Tier III
(1989)
Draw96S / 48Q / 32D
Prize moneyUS$ 8,995,555 (2024)

The Indian Wells Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California, United States. It is played on outdoor hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and is held in March. The tournament is part of the ATP Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour and part of the WTA 1000 events on the WTA Tour.

The tournament is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments (493,440 in total attendance during the 2024 event);[1] it is often called the "fifth Grand Slam" in reference to this.[2] The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world, behind the US Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The Indian Wells Open is the premier tennis tournament in the Western United States and the second largest tennis tournament throughout the United States and the Americas (behind the US Open in the Eastern United States).

Preceding the Miami Open, it is the first event of the "Sunshine Double" — a series of two elite, consecutive hard court tournaments in the United States in early spring.

Between 1974 and 1976, it was a non-tour event and between 1977 and 1989 it was held as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour. Both singles main draws include 96 players in a 128-player grid, with the 32 seeded players getting a bye (a free pass) to the second round.

  1. ^ "BNP Paribas Open sets attendance record during unforgettable two weeks in Indian Wells". The Desert Sun. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. ^ BNP Paribas Open tennis finally returns to Indian Wells in October, Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2021

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