2021 BNP Paribas Open

2021 BNP Paribas Open
2021 BNP Paribas Open
Date	October 4 – 17
Edition	47th (ATP) / 32nd (WTA)
Category	ATP Tour Masters 1000 (Men) ; WTA 1000 (Women)
Draw	96S / 32D
Surface	Hard
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
2019 Champions
Men's singles
	Dominic Thiem
Women's singles
	Bianca Andreescu
Men's doubles
	Nikola Mektić / Horacio Zeballos
Women's doubles
	Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka

The 2021 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2021 Indian Wells Masters) is a scheduled professional men and women's tennis tournament to be played in Indian Wells, California. The event was initially scheduled to take place on March 10–21, 2021, but was rescheduled to October 4–17, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic following the cancellation of the previous year's tournament.^[1]

It will be the 47th edition of the men's event and 32nd of the women's event, and will be classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2021 ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 event on the 2021 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, from October 4 through October 17, 2021, on outdoor hard courts.^[1]

Dominic Thiem and Bianca Andreescu are the defending champions in the men's and women's singles draw, respectively. However, Thiem ended his season early due to ongoing wrist injury.^[2]

The team of Nikola Mektić and Horacio Zeballos and the team of Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka are the defending champions in the men's and women's doubles draw, respectively. However, Sabalenka withdrew from the event after testing positive for COVID-19.

Champions

Men's Singles

vs.

Women's Singles

vs.

Men's Doubles

/ vs. /

Women's Doubles

/ vs. /

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	1000	600	360	180	90	45	25*	10	16	8	0
Men's Doubles		600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's Singles		650	390	215	120	65	35*	10	30	20	2
Women's Doubles		650	390	215	120	10	—	—	—	—	—

Players with byes receive first-round points.

Prize money

Women's Singles	$1,209,730	$640,000	$335,000	$175,000	$92,000	$51,895	$29,045	$18,155	$9,110	$4,785
Event	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	$1,209,730	$640,000	$335,000	$175,000	$92,000	$51,895	$29,045	$18,155	$9,110	$4,785
Men's Doubles*	$414,500	$220,000	$117,240	$59,740	$31,500	$16,870	—	—	—	—
Women's Doubles*	$414,500	$220,000	$117,240	$59,740	$31,500	$16,870	—	—	—	—

*per team

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the projected seeded players, based on projected ATP rankings as of October 4, 2021. Rank and points before are as of October 4, 2021.

As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system, players are defending their points from the 2019 tournament (which had already been reduced by 50%), as well as from tournaments held during the weeks of 7 and 14 October 2019 (Shanghai, Stockholm, Antwerp and/or Moscow) and 12 October 2020 (St. Petersburg, Cologne or Sardinia). Points from 2019 and 2020 tournaments are included in the table only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of October 4, 2021.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropped from 2019 and/or 2020	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Daniil Medvedev	10,575	1,000+45	10+10	9,550	Second round vs
2	3	Stefanos Tsitsipas	8,175	360	10	7,825	Second round vs
3	4	Alexander Zverev	7,603	23+600+250	10+10+10	6,760	Second round vs
4	5	Andrey Rublev	6,130	90+250+500	10+90+90	5,480	Second round vs
5	7	Matteo Berrettini	5,173	360	10	4,823	Second round vs
6	10	Casper Ruud	3,615	(90)^†	10	3,535	Second round vs
7	11	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3,368	45+150	10+45	3,228	Second round vs
8	12	Hubert Hurkacz	3,333	90+90	10+45	3,208	Second round vs
9	13	Denis Shapovalov	3,265	45+250+180	10+45+23	2,868	Second round vs
10	14	Jannik Sinner	2,895	90	10	2,815	Second round vs
11	15	Diego Schwartzman	2,800	10	10	2,800	Second round vs
12	16	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,550	70+90	10+10	2,410	Second round vs
13	17	Cristian Garín	2,510	45	10	2,475	Second round vs
14	18	Gaël Monfils	2,418	90+45	10+10	2,303	Second round vs
15	19	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,360	90+90	10+45	2,235	Second round vs
16	20	Reilly Opelka	2,161	45+90	10+0	2,036	Second round vs
17	21	Lorenzo Sonego	2,122	10	10	2,122	Second round vs
18	22	Daniel Evans	2,122	(23)^†	10	2,109	Second round vs
19	23	John Isner	2,091	45+90	10+0	1,966	Second round vs
20	24	Aslan Karatsev	2,085	45	10	2,050	Second round vs
21	26	Cameron Norrie	2,015	70+90	10+40	1,905	Second round vs
22	27	Alex de Minaur	1,956	10	10	1,956	Second round vs
23	28	Grigor Dimitrov	1,881	(10)^†	10	1,881	Second round vs
24	29	Karen Khachanov	1,830	90+90+90	10+45+23	1,638	Second round vs
25	30	Fabio Fognini	1,664	180	10	1,494	Second round vs
26	31	Lloyd Harris	1,652	57	10	1,605	Second round vs
27	34	Filip Krajinović	1,589	53+10+150	10+28+23	1,437	Second round vs
28	35	Dušan Lajović	1,565	10+45	10+23	1,543	Second round vs
29	36	Nikoloz Basilashvili	1,556	90	10	1,476	Second round vs
30	38	Carlos Alcaraz	1,499	80+80	10+6	1,355	Second round vs
31	39	Taylor Fritz	1,495	45	10	1,460	Second round vs
32	40	Sebastian Korda	1,469	(10)^†	10	1,469	Second round vs

† The player is not defending points from either 2019 or 2020. Accordingly, his 19th best result is shown in this column instead.
^ Because the 2021 tournament is non-mandatory, the player substituted his 19th best result in place of the points won in this tournament.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw^[3]:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

Philipp Kohlschreiber

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Aljaž Bedene → replaced by Daniel Altmaier
Alexander Bublik → replaced by Carlos Taberner
Jérémy Chardy → replaced by Thiago Monteiro
Marin Čilić → replaced by Jenson Brooksby
Borna Ćorić → replaced by Guido Pella
Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Roberto Carballés Baena
Novak Djokovic → replaced by Feliciano López
Roger Federer → replaced by Philipp Kohlschreiber
David Goffin → replaced by Egor Gerasimov
Ugo Humbert → replaced by Steve Johnson
Ilya Ivashka → replaced by Daniel Elahi Galán
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Brandon Nakashima
Milos Raonic → replaced by Denis Kudla
Dominic Thiem → replaced by Facundo Bagnis
Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Tennys Sandgren
Mikael Ymer → replaced by Taro Daniel