Indian Wells Masters

BNP Paribas Open
Location Indian Wells, California
 United States
Venue Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Surface Hard / Outdoors
Official website
 ATP World Tour
Category Masters 1000
Draw 96S / 48Q / 32D
Prize Money US$3,645,000
 WTA Tour
Category Premier Mandatory
Draw 96S / 48Q / 32D
Prize Money US$4,500,000

The Indian Wells Masters (now sponsored by BNP Paribas and officially called the BNP Paribas Open) is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California.

The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour having as main sponsor the French bank BNP Paribas. Between 1974 and 1990 it was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship Series. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events (besides the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida) in which main draw play extends beyond eight days. The women's main draw usually starts on Wednesday and the men's main draw starts on Thursday. Both finals are held on Sunday of the following week. Both singles main draws include 96 players in a 128-player grid, with the 32 seeded players getting a bye to the second round.

The tournament is played on hard courts and is the best attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments, with over 300,000 visitors during the event. It has the second largest tennis stadium in the world.

Contents

Location

Indian Wells lies in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), about 125 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.[1]

The tournament is played in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (built in 2000) which has 20 tennis courts, including the 16,100-seat main stadium and two smaller stadiums.[2]

History

The men's tournament was previously called the American Airlines Tennis Games (1974–1978), the Congoleum Classic (1979–1980, 1982–1984), the Grand Marnier/ATP Tennis Games (1981), the Pilot Pen Classic (1985–1987), the Newsweek Champions Cup (1988–1999), the Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells (2000–2001),[3] and the Pacific Life Open (2002–2008).

The women's tournament was previously called the Virginia Slims of Indian Wells (1989–1990); the Virginia Slims of Palm Springs (1991); the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup (1992–1993); the Evert Cup (1994, 1999), or the State Farm Evert Cup (1995–1998) in honor of Chris Evert; the Tennis Masters Series (2000–2001); and, the Pacific Life Open (2002–2008).

Originally the women's tournament was held a week before the men's event. In 1996, the championship became one of the few fully combined events on both the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association tours.

It has also recently become one of the largest events on both tours, with 96 top professional players entered in both the men's and women's main draws.

Past finals

Men

Records

Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
Tucson 1974 John Newcombe Arthur Ashe 6–3, 7–6 American Airlines Tennis Games
1975 John Alexander Ilie Năstase 7–5, 6–2
Palm Springs 1976 Jimmy Connors Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4
1977 Brian Gottfried Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1978 Roscoe Tanner Raúl Ramírez 6–1, 7–6
Rancho Mirage 1979 Roscoe Tanner Brian Gottfried 6–4, 6–2 Congoleum Classic
1980 Final not held due to rain
La Quinta 1981 Jimmy Connors Ivan Lendl 6–3, 7–6 Grand Marnier Tennis Games
1982 Yannick Noah Ivan Lendl 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 Congoleum Classic (II)
1983 José Higueras Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–2
1984 Jimmy Connors Yannick Noah 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
1985 Larry Stefanki David Pate 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 Pilot Pen Classic
1986 Joakim Nyström Yannick Noah 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Indian Wells 1987 Boris Becker Stefan Edberg 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1988 Boris Becker Emilio Sánchez 7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 Newsweek Champions Cup
1989 Miloslav Mečíř Yannick Noah 3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1990 Stefan Edberg Andre Agassi 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6)
1991 Jim Courier Guy Forget 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
1992 Michael Chang Andrei Chesnokov 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1993 Jim Courier Wayne Ferreira 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1994 Pete Sampras Petr Korda 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1995 Pete Sampras Andre Agassi 7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1996 Michael Chang Paul Haarhuis 7–5, 6–1, 6–1
1997 Michael Chang Bohdan Ulihrach 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1998 Marcelo Ríos Greg Rusedski 6–3, 6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–4), 6–4
1999 Mark Philippoussis Carlos Moyà 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2000 Àlex Corretja Thomas Enqvist 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 TMS Indian Wells
2001 Andre Agassi Pete Sampras 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–1
2002 Lleyton Hewitt Tim Henman 6–1, 6–2 Pacific Life Open
2003 Lleyton Hewitt Gustavo Kuerten 6–1, 6–1
2004 Roger Federer Tim Henman 6–3, 6–3
2005 Roger Federer Lleyton Hewitt 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
2006 Roger Federer James Blake 7–5, 6–3, 6–0
2007 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5
2008 Novak Djokovic Mardy Fish 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2009 Rafael Nadal Andy Murray 6–1, 6–2 BNP Paribas Open
2010 Ivan Ljubičić Andy Roddick 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
2011 Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
Palm Springs 1976 Colin Dibley
Sandy Mayer		 Raymond Moore
Erik Van Dillen		 6–3, 7–5 American Airlines Tennis Games
1977 Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan		 Marty Riessen
Roscoe Tanner		 7–6, 7–6
1978 Raymond Moore
Roscoe Tanner		 Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan		 6–4, 6–4
Rancho Mirage 1979 Gene Mayer
Sandy Mayer		 Cliff Drysdale
Bruce Manson		 6–4, 7–6 Congoleum Classic
1980 Final not held due to rain
La Quinta 1981 Bruce Manson
Brian Teacher		 Terry Moor
Eliot Teltscher		 7–6, 6–2 Grand Marnier Tennis Games
1982 Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 John Lloyd
Dick Stockton		 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Congoleum Classic (II)
1983 Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez		 Tian Viljoen
Danie Visser		 6–3, 6–3
1984 Bernard Mitton
Butch Walts		 Scott Davis
Ferdi Taygan		 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1985 Heinz Günthardt
Balázs Taróczy		 Ken Flach
Robert Seguso		 7–6, 7–5 Pilot Pen Classic
1986 Peter Fleming
Guy Forget		 Yannick Noah
Sherwood Stewart		 7–6, 6–2
Indian Wells 1987 Guy Forget
Yannick Noah		 Boris Becker
Eric Jelen		 5–7, 7–6, 7–5
1988 Boris Becker
Guy Forget		 Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken		 6–3, 6–3 Newsweek Champions Cup
1989 Boris Becker
Jakob Hlasek		 Kevin Curren
David Pate		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990 Boris Becker
Guy Forget		 Jim Grabb
Patrick McEnroe		 6–4, 6–3
1991 Jim Courier
Javier Sánchez		 Guy Forget
Henri Leconte		 7–6, 6–1
1992 Steve DeVries
David Macpherson		 Kent Kinnear
Sven Salumaa		 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1993 Guy Forget
Henri Leconte		 Luke Jensen
Scott Melville		 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1994 Grant Connell
Patrick Galbraith		 Byron Black
Jonathan Stark		 3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1995 Tommy Ho
Brett Steven		 Gary Muller
Piet Norval		 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1996 Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde		 Brian MacPhie
Michael Tebbutt		 6–3, 6–4
1997 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		 Mark Philippoussis
Patrick Rafter		 7–5, 6–4
1998 Jonas Björkman
Patrick Rafter		 Todd Martin
Richey Reneberg		 6–0, 6–3
1999 Wayne Black
Sandon Stolle		 Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach		 6–3, 6–4
2000 Alex O'Brien
Jared Palmer		 Paul Haarhuis
Sandon Stolle		 6–4, 7–6(7–5) TMS Indian Wells
2001 Wayne Ferreira
Yevgeny Kafelnikov		 Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge		 6–2, 7–5
2002 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		 Roger Federer
Max Mirnyi		 6–4, 6–4 Pacific Life Open
2003 Wayne Ferreira
Yevgeny Kafelnikov		 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 6–1, 6–4
2004 Arnaud Clément
Sébastien Grosjean		 Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett		 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2005 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		 Wayne Arthurs
Paul Hanley		 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2)
2006 Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 6–4, 6–4
2007 Martin Damm
Leander Paes		 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 6–4, 6–4
2008 Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		 6–4, 6–4
2009 Mardy Fish
Andy Roddick		 Max Mirnyi
Andy Ram		 3–6, 6–1, 14–12 BNP Paribas Open
2010 Rafael Nadal
Marc López		 Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		 7–6(10–8), 6–3
2011 Alexandr Dolgopolov
Xavier Malisse		 Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka		 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]

Women

Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
Indian Wells 1989 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Jenny Byrne 6–4, 6–1 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells
1990 Martina Navratilova Helena Suková 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1991 Martina Navratilova Monica Seles 6–2, 7–6(8–6) Virginia Slims of Palm Springs
1992 Monica Seles Conchita Martínez 6–3, 6–1 Matrix Essentials Evert Cup
1993 Mary Joe Fernández Amanda Coetzer 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
1994 Steffi Graf Amanda Coetzer 6–0, 6–4 Evert Cup
1995 Mary Joe Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 6–3 State Farm Evert Cup
↓  Tier I tournament   ↓
1996 Steffi Graf Conchita Martínez 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
1997 Lindsay Davenport Irina Spîrlea 6–2, 6–1
1998 Martina Hingis Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4
1999 Serena Williams Steffi Graf 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 Evert Cup (II)
2000 Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 TMS Indian Wells
2001 Serena Williams Kim Clijsters 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2002 Daniela Hantuchová Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–4 Pacific Life Open
2003 Kim Clijsters Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 7–5
2004 Justine Henin Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–4
2005 Kim Clijsters Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2006 Maria Sharapova Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–2
2007 Daniela Hantuchová Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–4
2008 Ana Ivanović Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–3
↓  Premier Mandatory tournament   ↓ BNP Paribas Open
2009 Vera Zvonareva Ana Ivanović 7–6(7–5), 6–2
2010 Jelena Janković Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
2011 Caroline Wozniacki Marion Bartoli 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
Indian Wells 1989 Hana Mandlíková
Pam Shriver		 Rosalyn Fairbank
Gretchen Rush-Magers		 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells
1990 Jana Novotná
Helena Suková		 Gigi Fernández
Martina Navratilova		 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
1991 Cancelled due to rain Virginia Slims of Palm Springs
1992 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Stephanie Rehe		 Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi		 6–3, 6–3 Matrix Essentials Evert Cup
1993 Rennae Stubbs
Helena Suková		 Ann Grossman
Patricia Hy		 6–3, 6–4
1994 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond		 Manon Bollegraf
Helena Suková		 6–2, 6–4 Evert Cup
1995 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond		 Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez		 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 State Farm Evert Cup
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1996 Chanda Rubin
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy		 Julie Halard
Nathalie Tauziat		 6–1, 6–4
1997 Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva		 Lisa Raymond
Nathalie Tauziat		 7–5, 6–2
1998 Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva		 Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat		 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1999 Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova		 Mary Joe Fernández
Jana Novotná		 6–2, 6–2 Evert Cup (II)
2000 Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu		 Anna Kournikova
Natasha Zvereva		 6–2, 6–3 TMS Indian Wells
2001 Nicole Arendt
Ai Sugiyama		 Virginia Ruano
Paola Suárez		 6–4, 6–4
2002 Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs		 Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová		 7–5, 6–0 Pacific Life Open
2003 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond		 Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama		 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2004 Virginia Ruano
Paola Suárez		 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva		 6–1, 6–2
2005 Virginia Ruano
Paola Suárez		 Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy		 7–6(7–3), 6–1
2006 Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur		 Virginia Ruano
Meghann Shaughnessy		 6–2, 7–5
2007 Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur		 Yung-Jan Chan
Chia-Jung Chuang		 6–3, 7–5
2008 Dinara Safina
Elena Vesnina		 Zi Yan
Jie Zheng		 6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
↓  Premier Mandatory tournament  ↓ BNP Paribas Open
2009 Victoria Azarenka
Vera Zvonareva		 Gisela Dulko
Shahar Pe'er		 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
2010 Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik		 Nadia Petrova
Samantha Stosur		 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
2011 Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina		 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy		 6–0, 7–5

Sponsors

2010

2012

References

  1. ^ http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=los+angeles,+ca&daddr=78200+Miles+Ave,+Indian+Wells,+CA+92210-6803&hl=en&geocode=%3BFdONAgIddlQR-SlBKJLsPvnagDH8PZ_i8BtwRA&mra=ls&sll=33.721805,-116.304789&sspn=0.008656,0.014656&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=8
  2. ^ http://www.iwtg.net/Site-Facts
  3. ^ Indian Wells Celebrates Thirty-Two Years of Champions

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San Diego
Miami		 Favorite WTA Tier I - II Tournament
1997
2005, 2006		 Succeeded by
Toronto
Stuttgart
Preceded by
Stuttgart
(Tier I - II)		 Favorite WTA Premier Tournament
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Stuttgart
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