Indian Wells Open
The Indian Wells Open, also known as the Indian Wells Masters and BNP Paribas Open, is an annual tennis tournament usually held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The owner is Larry Ellison, executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle. The tournament director is former world No. 2 player Tommy Haas. The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a WTA 1000 event on the women's tour.
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Tournament information | |||||||||
Founded | 1974 | ||||||||
Location | Tucson, Arizona (1974–75) Rancho Mirage, California (1976–80) La Quinta, California (1981–86) Indian Wells, California (1987–current) | ||||||||
Venue | Indian Wells Tennis Garden | ||||||||
Surface | Hard (Plexipave) – outdoors | ||||||||
Website | bnpparibasopen.com | ||||||||
Current champions (2023) | |||||||||
Men's singles | Carlos Alcaraz | ||||||||
Women's singles | Elena Rybakina | ||||||||
Men's doubles | Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden | ||||||||
Women's doubles | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | ||||||||
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Between 1974 and 1976 it was non-tour event and between 1977 and 1989 it was held as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour. The event is one of two tour events (along with the Miami Open), other than the Majors, 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 (a free pass) to the second round.
The tournament is played on hardcourt and is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments (475,372 in total attendance during the 2019 event);[1] it is often called the "fifth Grand Slam".[2] The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world, behind New York City's Arthur Ashe Stadium. The Indian Wells Open event is the premier tennis tournament within the Western United States and is the second largest tennis tournament throughout the United States and the Americas, behind the US Open (Grand Slam tournament held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City within the Eastern United States).
Location
Indian Wells lies in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), about 125 miles (201 km) east of downtown Los Angeles.[3]
The tournament is played in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (built in 2000) which has 29 tennis courts, including the 16,100-seat main stadium, which is the second largest tennis-specific stadium in the world.[4] After the 2013 BNP Paribas Open, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden started an expansion and upgrade of its facilities that includes a new 8,000 seat Stadium 2.[5] The revamping of the tennis center also included a "Pro Purple" interior court color created specifically for the ATP Masters Series and first used at Indian Wells, citing the purple color being 180 degrees and exactly opposite the yellow of the ball.[6]
History
The tournament was founded by former tennis pros Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore. It has been known by a number of names throughout its existence. The French multinational banking group BNP Paribas has held the naming rights since 2009.[7]
- 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), 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),
- 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.
The BNP Paribas Open has become one of the largest events on both the men's and women's tours. In 2004, the tournament expanded to a multi-week 96-player field. Winning the BNP Paribas Open and the Miami Open back to back has been colloquially termed the Sunshine Double. Dubbed the "Grand Slam of the West",[8][9] it is the most-attended tennis tournament in the world other than the four Majors, with over 450,000 visitors during the 2015 event.[10]
In 2009, the tournament and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden were sold to Larry Ellison.[11][12]
On March 8, 2020, the tournament was postponed, and later canceled, to halt the potential spread of COVID-19.[13]
Williams sisters controversy
Venus and Serena Williams refused to play the Indian Wells tournament from 2001 to 2014 despite threats of financial sanctions and ranking point penalties. The two were scheduled to play in the 2001 semifinal but Venus withdrew due to an injury. Amid speculation of match fixing, the crowd for the final loudly booed Serena when she came out to play the final and continued to boo her intermittently through the entire match, even to the point of cheering unforced errors and double faults.[14] Williams won the tournament and was subsequently booed during the awards ceremony. The following month at the Ericsson Open, Richard Williams, Serena and Venus's father, claimed racial slurs were directed at him while in the stands, although there is no definitive evidence of this.[15]
After a phone call from Larry Ellison (the multi-billionaire founder of Oracle, tennis enthusiast and most recent owner of the tournament), Serena Williams returned to Indian Wells in 2015, ending her 14-year boycott of the event.[16][17][18] Venus Williams ended her boycott by competing in Indian Wells in 2016.[19]
Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Records
Men's singles
Most titles | Novak Djokovic | 5 |
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Roger Federer | ||
Most finals | Roger Federer | 9 |
Most consecutive titles | Roger Federer (2004, 2005, 2006) |
3 |
Novak Djokovic (2014, 2015, 2016) | ||
Most consecutive finals | Roger Federer (2004, 2005, 2006) (2017, 2018, 2019) |
3 |
Novak Djokovic (2014, 2015, 2016) | ||
Most matches played | Roger Federer | 79 |
Most matches won | Roger Federer | 66 |
Most consecutive matches won | Novak Djokovic | 19 |
Most editions played | Roger Federer | 18 |
Best winning % | Novak Djokovic | 84.75% (50–9) |
Youngest champion | Boris Becker | 19y, 2m, 26d (1987) |
Oldest champion | Roger Federer | 35y, 7m, 11d (2017) |
Longest final | |||||
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1991 (51 games) | |||||
Jim Courier | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 77 |
Guy Forget | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 64 |
Shortest final | |||||
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2016 (14 games) | |||||
Novak Djokovic | 6 | 6 | |||
Milos Raonic | 2 | 0 |
Women's singles
Most titles | Martina Navratilova | 2 |
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Mary Joe Fernández | ||
Steffi Graf | ||
Lindsay Davenport | ||
Serena Williams | ||
Kim Clijsters | ||
Daniela Hantuchová | ||
Maria Sharapova | ||
Victoria Azarenka | ||
Most finals | Lindsay Davenport | 6 |
Most consecutive titles | Martina Navratilova (1990, 1991) |
2 |
Most consecutive finals | Lindsay Davenport (2003, 2004, 2005) |
3 |
Most consecutive matches won | Martina Navratilova | 10 |
Ana Ivanovic | ||
Iga Świątek |
Sunshine double
The Sunshine Double is a feat in tennis achieved when a player wins the titles of the Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open back-to-back.
To date, 11 players have achieved this in singles, and 22 in doubles.
Singles players
No. | Player[23] | Title(s) | Year(s) |
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1 | Jim Courier | 1 | 1991 |
2 | Michael Chang | 1 | 1992 |
3 | Pete Sampras | 1 | 1994 |
4 | Steffi Graf | 2 | 1994, '96 |
5 | Marcelo Ríos | 1 | 1998 |
6 | Andre Agassi | 1 | 2001 |
7 | Roger Federer | 3 | 2005–06, '17 |
8 | Kim Clijsters | 1 | 2005 |
9 | Novak Djokovic | 4 | 2011, '14–'16 |
10 | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 2016 |
11 | Iga Świątek | 1 | 2022 |
Doubles players
No. | Team[24][25] | Title(s) | Year(s) |
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1 | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 1 | 1990 |
2 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 1 | 1996 |
3 | Wayne Black Sandon Stolle | 1 | 1999 |
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 1 | 2002 |
5 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 1 | 2002 |
6 | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 2 | 2006–07 |
7 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 1 | 2014 |
8 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 1 | 2015 |
9 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 1 | 2016[26] |
10 | Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | 2019 |
No. | Player (individually) | Title(s) | Year(s) |
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1 | Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 1997 |
2 | Martina Hingis | 1 | 1999 |
3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 1 | 2016 |
4 | John Isner | 1 | 2022[27] |
See also
Notes
- Known as Championship Series, Single Week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Masters Series from 2000 till 2008.
- Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
References
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- "Williams booed after Indian Wells win". CNN.
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- "BNP Paribas Open Will Not Be Held As Scheduled Due to Coronavirus Concerns". atptour.com. March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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- "Walking on Sunshine: Doubles 'Double' winners in Indian Wells & Miami". Women's Tennis Association. April 2, 2020. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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- Open, Miami (April 2, 2016). "Frenchmen Doubles Team Wins Miami Title". Miami Open. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023.
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External links
- Official tournament website
- ATP tournament profile
- Indian Wells Tennis Garden
- Official Tourism Agency of the greater Palm Springs area: Information on hotels, restaurants and more