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