Indian Wells Open: Start date, venue, history and more

March is an action-packed month on the tennis calendar and it typically gets underway with a bang as the best players on the planet head to California to compete for silverware at the Indian Wells Open.

Indian Wells' heavyweight status means it carries great significance in terms of the world ranking points on both the ATP and WTA Tours. It is arguably the most prestigious of the ATP's nine Masters 1000 tournaments and is one of four WTA Mandatory events.

We have compiled a list of information detailing all you need to know about this key hard-court event.
 

Indian Wells dates

The 2025 Indian Wells Open will take place between Sunday 2nd March 2025 and Sunday 16th March 2025.

Indian Wells times

The main-draw action is scheduled to start at 11:00 local time each day. As California is eight hours behind the UK, matches will start at 19:00 for UK viewers.

Indian Wells venue

Also known as the BNP Paribas Open for sponsorship reasons or the Indian Wells Masters on the ATP Tour, this annual tournament takes place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States.

The location, which was built in 2000, has 29 tennis courts, including a 16,100-seat main stadium.

That is the second largest tennis-specific stadium in the world behind the Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows, New York, which hosts the US Open.

Indian Wells history

Considered to be one of, if not the most important event outside of the four Grand Slams, the tournament began as a men's non-tour event in Tucson, Arizona, in 1974, which was called the American Airlines Tennis Games.

The event which is now known as Indian Wells took place on the Grand Prix Tennis Tour from 1977 to 1989 before that circuit became the ATP Tour in 1990. The event moved to Indian Wells, California in 1987, with a WTA Tour tournament introduced in 1989.

The current venue, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, took over hosting duties in 2000 and BNP Paribas took over sponsorship of the event in 2009.

The tournament is the first leg of the Sunshine Double, with the second taking place at the similarly prestigious Miami Open. Winning both events is considered a rare feat in tennis.

Roger Federer was the last male player to claim the Sunshine Double, in 2017, while Iga Swiatek achieved the same feat in the women's game in 2022.

Indian Wells previous men's winners (since 2000)

• 2000 – Alex Corretja

• 2001 – Andre Agassi

• 2002 – Lleyton Hewitt

• 2003 – Lleyton Hewitt (2)

• 2004 – Roger Federer

• 2005 – Roger Federer (2)

• 2006 – Roger Federer (3)

• 2007 – Rafael Nadal

• 2008 – Novak Djokovic

• 2009 – Rafael Nadal (2)

• 2010 – Ivan Ljubicic

• 2011 – Novak Djokovic (2)

• 2012 – Roger Federer (4)

• 2013 – Rafael Nadal (3)

• 2014 – Novak Djokovic (3)

• 2015 – Novak Djokovic (4)

• 2016 – Novak Djokovic (5)

• 2017 – Roger Federer (5)

• 2018 – Juan Martín del Potro

• 2019 – Dominic Thiem

• 2020 – Not held

• 2021 – Cameron Norrie

• 2022 – Taylor Fritz

• 2023 – Carlos Alcaraz

• 2024 - Carlos Alcaraz

Indian Wells previous women's winners (since 2000)

• 2000 – Lindsay Davenport (2)

• 2001 – Serena Williams (2)

• 2002 – Daniela Hantuchova

• 2003 – Kim Clijsters

• 2004 – Justine Henin

• 2005 – Kim Clijsters (2)

• 2006 – Maria Sharapova

• 2007 – Daniela Hantuchova (2)

• 2008 – Ana Ivanovic

• 2009 – Vera Zvonareva

• 2010 – Jelena Jankovic

• 2011 – Caroline Wozniacki

• 2012 – Victoria Azarenka

• 2013 – Maria Sharapova (2)

• 2014 – Flavia Pennetta

• 2015 – Simona Halep

• 2016 – Victoria Azarenka (2)

• 2017 – Elena Vesnina

• 2018 – Naomi Osaka

• 2019 – Bianca Andreescu

• 2020 – Not held

• 2021 – Paula Badosa

• 2022 – Iga Swiatek

• 2023 – Elena Rybakina

• 2024 - Iga Swiatek