Indian Wells Tennis Garden
The Indian Wells Masters , also known as BNP Paribas Open due to sponsorship reasons, is an annual tennis tournament held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California , United States.
Current owner Larry Ellison , CEO and co-founder of Oracle, purchased the tournament and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in December 2009.
The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour . Between 1974 and 1990 it was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Super Series . The event, held in March, 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 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 450,000 visitors during the 2015 event.[1] It has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world.
Location [ edit ]
Indian Wells lies in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), about 125 miles east of downtown Los Angeles .[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
History [ edit ]
The tournament was founded by Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore .
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 men's and women's tour, with 96 top professional players entering in the main draws. Dubbed "Grand Slam of the West",[5] [6] it is the most-attended tennis tournament in the world outside of the four Majors .
In 2009, the tournament and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden were sold to Larry Ellison .[7] [8]
Williams sisters controversy [ edit ]
Venus and Serena Williams , two very successful American players, refused to play the Indian Wells tournament from 2001 to 2014 despite threats of financial sanctions and rating point penalties. The two were scheduled to play in the 2001 semi-final but Venus withdrew due to an injury. Amid speculations of match fixing, the crowd for the final loudly booed Serena Williams 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.[9] 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.[10] Neither Venus nor Serena played the tournament until 2014. In 2015, Serena Williams played in the tournament, ending her 14-year boycott of the event.[11] [12] Venus Williams ended her boycott by competing in 2016.[13]
Past finals [ edit ]
Men's singles [ edit ]
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 (2)
Brian Gottfried
6–4, 6–2
Congoleum Classic
1980
Final not held due to rain
La Quinta
1981
Jimmy Connors (2)
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 (3)
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 (2)
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 (2)
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 (2)
Andre Agassi
7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1996
Michael Chang (2)
Paul Haarhuis
7–5, 6–1, 6–1
1997
Michael Chang (3)
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 (2)
Gustavo Kuerten
6–1, 6–1
2004
Roger Federer
Tim Henman
6–3, 6–3
2005
Roger Federer (2)
Lleyton Hewitt
6–2, 6–4, 6–4
2006
Roger Federer (3)
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 (2)
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 (2)
Rafael Nadal
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2012
Roger Federer (4)
John Isner
7–6(9–7) , 6–3
2013
Rafael Nadal (3)
Juan Martín del Potro
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2014
Novak Djokovic (3)
Roger Federer
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2015
Novak Djokovic (4)
Roger Federer
6–3, 6–7(5–7) , 6–2
2016
Novak Djokovic (5)
Milos Raonic
6–2, 6–0
Men's Doubles [ edit ]
Location
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
Name
Tucson
1974
Charlie Pasarell
Sherwood Stewart
Tom Edlefsen
Manuel Orantes
6–4, 6–4
American Airlines Tennis Games
1975
William Brown
Raúl Ramírez
Raymond Moore
Dennis Ralston
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Palm Springs
1976
Colin Dibley
Sandy Mayer
Raymond Moore
Erik Van Dillen
6–3, 7–5
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 (2)
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 (2)
John Lloyd
Dick Stockton
6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Congoleum Classic (II)
1983
Brian Gottfried (2)
Raúl Ramírez (3)
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 (2)
Yannick Noah
Boris Becker
Eric Jelen
5–7, 7–6, 7–5
1988
Boris Becker
Guy Forget (3)
Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken
6–3, 6–3
Newsweek Champions Cup
1989
Boris Becker (2)
Jakob Hlasek
Kevin Curren
David Pate
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990
Boris Becker (3)
Guy Forget (4)
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 (5)
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
6–4, 7–6
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 (2)
Daniel Nestor (2)
Roger Federer
Max Mirnyi
6–4, 6–4
Pacific Life Open
2003
Wayne Ferreira (2)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2)
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
2004
Arnaud Clément
Sébastien Grosjean
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2005
Mark Knowles (3)
Daniel Nestor (3)
Wayne Arthurs
Paul Hanley
7–6(8–6) , 7–6(7–2)
2006
Mark Knowles (4)
Daniel Nestor (4)
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
Marc López
Rafael Nadal
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]
2012
Marc López (2)
Rafael Nadal (2)
John Isner
Sam Querrey
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2013
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Treat Conrad Huey
Jerzy Janowicz
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
2014
Bob Bryan (2)
Mike Bryan (2)
Alexander Peya
Bruno Soares
6–4, 6–3
2015
Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock
Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
6–4, 6–7(3–7) , [10–7]
2016
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Women's Singles [ edit ]
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
Name
↓ Tier III tournament ↓
Virginia Slims of Indian Wells
1989
Manuela Maleeva
Jenny Byrne
6–4, 6–1
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
1990
Martina Navratilova
Helena Suková
6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1991
Martina Navratilova (2)
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 (2)
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–3
State Farm Evert Cup
1996
Steffi Graf (2)
Conchita Martínez
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–5)
↓ Tier I tournament ↓
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 (2)
Martina Hingis
4–6, 6–4, 6–0
TMS Indian Wells
2001
Serena Williams (2)
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 (2)
Lindsay Davenport
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2006
Maria Sharapova
Elena Dementieva
6–1, 6–2
2007
Daniela Hantuchová (2)
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–3, 6–4
2008
Ana Ivanovic
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
↓ Premier Mandatory tournament ↓
2009
Vera Zvonareva
Ana Ivanovic
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
BNP Paribas Open
2010
Jelena Janković
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–4
2011
Caroline Wozniacki
Marion Bartoli
6–1, 2–6, 6–3
2012
Victoria Azarenka
Maria Sharapova
6–2, 6–3
2013
Maria Sharapova (2)
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–2
2014
Flavia Pennetta
Agnieszka Radwanska
6–2, 6–1
2015
Simona Halep
Jelena Janković
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
2016
Victoria Azarenka (2)
Serena Williams
6–4, 6–4
Women's Doubles [ edit ]
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
Name
↓ Tier III tournament ↓
Virginia Slims of Indian Wells
1989
Hana Mandlíková
Pam Shriver
Rosalyn Fairbank
Gretchen Rush-Magers
6–3, 6–7(4–7) , 6–3
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
1990
Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
Gigi Fernández
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
1991
Final not held 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 (2)
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 (2)
Lisa Raymond (2)
Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Arantxa Sánchez
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
State Farm Evert Cup
1996
Chanda Rubin
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Julie Halard
Nathalie Tauziat
6–1, 6–4
↓ Tier I tournament ↓
1997
Lindsay Davenport (3)
Natasha Zvereva
Lisa Raymond
Nathalie Tauziat
7–5, 6–2
1998
Lindsay Davenport (4)
Natasha Zvereva (2)
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 (5)
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 (3)
Rennae Stubbs
Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová
7–5, 6–0
Pacific Life Open
2003
Lindsay Davenport (6)
Lisa Raymond (4)
Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2004
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–2
2005
Virginia Ruano Pascual (2)
Paola Suárez (2)
Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6(7–3) , 6–1
2006
Lisa Raymond (5)
Samantha Stosur
Virginia Ruano
Meghann Shaughnessy
6–2, 7–5
2007
Lisa Raymond (6)
Samantha Stosur (2)
Yung-Jan Chan
Chia-Jung Chuang
6–3, 7–5
2008
Dinara Safina
Elena Vesnina
Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
↓ Premier Mandatory tournament ↓
2009
Victoria Azarenka
Vera Zvonareva
Gisela Dulko
Shahar Pe'er
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
BNP Paribas Open
2010
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
Nadia Petrova
Samantha Stosur
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
2011
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina (2)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Meghann Shaughnessy
6–0, 7–5
2012
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond (7)
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina
6–2, 6–3
2013
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina (3)
Nadia Petrova
Katarina Srebotnik
6–0, 5–7, [10–6]
2014
Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
Cara Black
Sania Mirza
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
2015
Martina Hingis (2)
Sania Mirza (2)
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
6–3, 6–4
2016
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Coco Vandeweghe
Julia Görges
Karolína Plíšková
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Records [ edit ]
Men's singles [ edit ]
Most titles: Novak Djokovic (5)
Most finals: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic (6)
Most consecutive titles: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic (3)
Most consecutive finals: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic (3)
Most matches played: Roger Federer (63)
Most matches won: Roger Federer (52)
Most consecutive matches won: Roger Federer (18)
Most editions played: Andre Agassi (18)
Best winning %: Novak Djokovic (88.68%)
Longest final: Jim Courier v Guy Forget , result: 4–6,6–3,4–6,6–3,7–6(7–4) (51 games), (1991)
Shortest final: Novak Djokovic v Milos Raonic , result: 6–2,6–0 (14 games), (2016)
Oldest champion: Jimmy Connors , 31y, 5m, 12d, (1984)
Youngest champion: Boris Becker , 19y, 2m, 26d, (1987)
Women's singles [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Previous men's tournament categories (1970–2008)
Previous women's tournament categories (1970–2008)
Coordinates : 33°43′26″N 116°18′21″W / 33.72389°N 116.30583°W / 33.72389; -116.30583