The BNP Paribas Open is the largest two-week combined ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier professional tennis tournament in the world and it will be held this year from March 6th to March 19th at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens. 

The top men and women professional players compete in a 96 singles draw and 32 doubles draw. The tournament offers more than $10 million in prize money with each of the Champions earning a $1 million prize purse. It is the only professional tournament in the world that provides Hawkeye, the official line-challenge system for players, on all match courts for both main and qualifying rounds. In 2015, more than 456,000 people attended the event and over 350 media from all over the world covered the BNP Paribas Open. 

 

Considered Southern California’s ultimate tennis center, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden’s Stadium 1 is the second largest in the world, which includes 16,100-seats with great viewing of center court, 44 luxurious stadium suites, locker rooms, press room, broadcast booths, 6,000 square-foot commissary and more. The Tennis Garden’s beautiful landscaped grounds covering 54 acres also include a new, permanent Stadium 2, with 8,000 seats and three fine dining restaurants, including the world-famous Japanese restaurant Nobu. There are two 19,000-square-foot shade structures, 29 world-class courts, eight acres of outdoor exposition space, outdoor parking and a year-round full-service Tennis Club. 

 

In addition to the BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells is also home to the Indian Wells Golf Resort, Indian Wells Art Festival, and Desert Town Hall Indian Wells Lecture Series, and is a world-class vacation and conference destination, featuring fine-dining, top-rated hotel and spa facilities, and more. 

For more information about the BNP Paribas Open and for tickets, please visit: http://www.bnpparibasopen.com/en/visit-us 

To view a video teaser of the Stadium 1 renovations currently under way at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens, please use the following link: Indian Wells Tennis Gardens Stadium 1 Renovations Teaser