Indian Wells Open

BNP Paribas Open

The BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of 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. 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. The 32 seeded players get 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.

Location

Indian Wells lies in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), about 115 miles east of central Los Angeles.

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 stadia.

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), 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 Evert Cup (1994, 1999), the State Farm Evert Cup (1995–1998), or the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup (1992–1993) 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.

Champions

Men's singles

Indian Wells, California
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2008	Novak Djokovic	Mardy Fish	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
2007	Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	6–2, 7–5
2006	Roger Federer	James Blake	7–5, 6–3, 6–0
2005	Roger Federer	Lleyton Hewitt	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
2004	Roger Federer	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–3
2003	Lleyton Hewitt	Gustavo Kuerten	6–1, 6–1
2002	Lleyton Hewitt	Tim Henman	6–1, 6–2
2001	Andre Agassi	Pete Sampras	7–6(5), 7–5, 6–1
2000	Àlex Corretja	Thomas Enqvist	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1999	Mark Philippoussis	Carlos Moyà	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1998	Marcelo Ríos	Greg Rusedski	6–3, 6–7(15), 7–6(4), 6–4
1997	Michael Chang	Bohdan Ulihrach	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1996	Michael Chang	Paul Haarhuis	7–5, 6–1, 6–1
1995	Pete Sampras	Andre Agassi	7–5, 6–3, 7–5
1994	Pete Sampras	Petr Korda	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1993	Jim Courier	Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1992	Michael Chang	Andrei Chesnokov	6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1991	Jim Courier	Guy Forget	4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(4)
1990	Stefan Edberg	Andre Agassi	6–4, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1989	Miloslav Mečíř	Yannick Noah	3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1988	Boris Becker	Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1987	Boris Becker	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
La Quinta, California
1986	Joakim Nyström	Yannick Noah	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1985	Larry Stefanki	David Pate	6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1984	Jimmy Connors	Yannick Noah	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1983	José Higueras	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
1982	Yannick Noah	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1981	Jimmy Connors	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–6
Rancho Mirage, California
1980	final canceled (rain)
1979	Roscoe Tanner	Brian Gottfried	6–4, 6–2
Palm Springs, California
1978	Roscoe Tanner	Raúl Ramírez	6–1, 7–6
1977	Brian Gottfried	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1976	Jimmy Connors	Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
2008	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram	Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–4
2007	Martin Damm / Leander Paes	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
2006	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
2005	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley	7–6(6), 7–6(2)
2004	Arnaud Clément / Sébastien Grosjean	Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
2003	Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–4
2002	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	Roger Federer / Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
2001	Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–5
2000	Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer	Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle	6–4, 7–6(5)
1999	Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach	6–3, 6–4
1998	Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter	Todd Martin / Richey Reneberg	6–0, 6–3
1997	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor	Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter	7–5, 6–4
1996	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde	Brian MacPhie / Michael Tebbutt	6–3, 6–4
1995	Tommy Ho / Brett Steven	Gary Muller / Piet Norval	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1994	Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black / Jonathan Stark	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
1993	Guy Forget / Henri Leconte	Luke Jensen / Scott Melville	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1992	Steve DeVries / David Macpherson	Kent Kinnear / Sven Salumaa	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1991	Jim Courier / Javier Sánchez	Guy Forget / Henri Leconte	7–6, 6–1
1990	Boris Becker / Guy Forget	Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe	6–4, 6–3
1989	Boris Becker / Jakob Hlasek	Kevin Curren / David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988	Boris Becker / Guy Forget	Jorge Lozano / Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–3
1987	Guy Forget / Yannick Noah	Boris Becker / Eric Jelen	5–7, 7–6, 7–5
La Quinta, California
1986	Peter Fleming / Guy Forget	Yannick Noah / Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–2
1985	Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy	Ken Flach / Robert Seguso	7–6, 7–5
1984	Bernard Mitton / Butch Walts	Scott Davis / Ferdi Taygan	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
1983	Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez	Tian Viljoen / Danie Visser	6–3, 6–3
1982	Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez	John Lloyd / Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1981	Bruce Manson / Brian Teacher	Terry Moor / Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 6–2
Rancho Mirage, California
1980	final canceled (rain)
1979	Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer	Cliff Drysdale / Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Palm Springs, California
1978	Raymond Moore / Roscoe Tanner	Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–4
1977	Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan	Marty Riessen / Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 7–6
1976	Colin Dibley / Sandy Mayer	Raymond Moore / Erik Van Dillen	6–3, 7–5

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008	Ana Ivanović	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3
2007	Daniela Hantuchová	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–3, 6–4
2006	Maria Sharapova	Elena Dementieva	6–1, 6–2
2005	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2004	Justine Henin	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 6–4
2003	Kim Clijsters	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 7–5
2002	Daniela Hantuchová	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–4
2001	Serena Williams	Kim Clijsters	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
1999	Serena Williams	Steffi Graf	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1998	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–4
1997	Lindsay Davenport	Irina Spîrlea	6–2, 6–1
1996	Steffi Graf	Conchita Martínez	7–6(5), 7–6(5)
1995	Mary Joe Fernández	Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–3
1994	Steffi Graf	Amanda Coetzer	6–0, 6–4
1993	Mary Joe Fernández	Amanda Coetzer	3–6, 6–1, 7–6(6)
1992	Monica Seles	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–1
1991	Martina Navrátilová	Monica Seles	6–2, 7–6(6)
1990	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1989	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	Jenny Byrne	6–4, 6–1

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2008	Dinara Safina / Elena Vesnina	Zi Yan / Jie Zheng	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
2007	Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur	Yung-Jan Chan / Chia-Jung Chuang	6–3, 7–5
2006	Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 7–5
2005	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez	Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6(3), 6–1
2004	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez	Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
2003	Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond	Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2002	Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs	Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová	7–5, 6–0
2001	Nicole Arendt / Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–4
2000	Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu	Anna Kournikova / Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–3
1999	Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova	Mary Joe Fernández / Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–2
1998	Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva	Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1997	Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva	Lisa Raymond / Nathalie Tauziat	7–5, 6–2
1996	Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Julie Halard / Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–4
1995	Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond	Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1994	Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond	Manon Bollegraf / Helena Suková	6–2, 6–4
1993	Rennae Stubbs / Helena Suková	Ann Grossman / Patricia Hy	6–3, 6–4
1992	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Stephanie Rehe	Jill Hetherington / Kathy Rinaldi	6–3, 6–3
1991	Doubles cancelled due to rain
1990	Jana Novotná / Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández / Martina Navrátilová	6–2, 7–6(6)
1989	Hana Mandlíková / Pam Shriver	Rosalyn Fairbank / Gretchen Rush Magers	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3

External links

• Official tournament website
• Indian Wells Tennis Garden