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 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.

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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), ^[1] 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

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 Nastase	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, 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 Mecír	Yannick Noah	3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
	1990	''' Stefan Edberg	Andre Agassi	6–4, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
	1991	''' Jim Courier	Guy Forget	4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(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), 7–6(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(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

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
2009	Mardy Fish / Andy Roddick	Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram	3–6, 6–1, 14–12
2008	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram	Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic	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

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Name
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(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(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(5), 7–6(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-Hardenne	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 Ivanovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–3
?  Premier Mandatory tournament  ?				BNP Paribas Open
2009	'''Vera Zvonareva	Ana Ivanovic	7–6(5), 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1989	''' Hana Mandlíková Pam Shriver	Rosalyn Fairbank Gretchen Rush-Magers	6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3
1990	''' Jana Novotná Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	6–2, 7–6(6)
1991	Cancelled due to rain
1992	''' Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Stephanie Rehe	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–3, 6–3
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
1995	''' Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Arantxa Sánchez	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
?  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
2000	''' Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	Anna Kournikova Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–3
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
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(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  ?
2009	''' Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva	Gisela Dulko Shahar Peer	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]

References

1. Indian Wells Celebrates Thirty-Two Years of Champions