DATE: March 10 - 20, 2022
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $8,584,055
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Paula Badosa
Seeds:
1. Barbora Krejcikova
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Iga Swiatek
4. Anett Kontaveit
5. Paula Badosa
6. Maria Sakkari
7. Karolina Pliskova
8. Garbine Muguruza
9. Ons Jabeur
10. Jelena Ostapenko
11. Emma Raducanu
12. Elina Svitolina
13. Victoria Azarenka
14. Jessica Pegula
15. Angelique Kerber
16. Coco Gauff
17. Elena Rybakina
18. Leylah Fernandez
19. Tamara Zidansek
20. Elise Mertens
21. Veronika Kudermetova
22. Belinda Bencic
23. Daria Kasatkina
24. Simona Halep
25. Madison Keys
26. Sorana Cirstea
27. Petra Kvitova
28. Liudmila Samsonova
29. Clara Tauson
30. Marketa Vondrousova
31. Viktorija Golubic
32. Sara Sorribes Tormo
The Tournament:
The Indian Wells Masters, also known as the Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The current owner is Larry Ellison, executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle. The current tournament director is former world No. 2 player Tommy Haas. The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a WTA 1000 event on the women's tour.
Between 1974 and 1976 it was non-tour event and between 1977 and 1986 it was a secondary tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour but in 1987 it was upgraded to be part of the Grand Prix Super Series, the series of nine tournaments just below the four majors and the year-end finals in importance. It took the place of the Philadelphia Indoor event as the first Super Series event of the year. The event is one of two tour events (along with the Miami Open), other than the Majors, 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 (a free pass) to the second round.
The tournament is played on hardcourt and is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments, it is often called the "fifth Grand Slam". It has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world (the Arthur Ashe Stadium being the largest).
About Indian Wells:
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 4,958.
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $8,584,055
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Paula Badosa
Seeds:
1. Barbora Krejcikova
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Iga Swiatek
4. Anett Kontaveit
5. Paula Badosa
6. Maria Sakkari
7. Karolina Pliskova
8. Garbine Muguruza
9. Ons Jabeur
10. Jelena Ostapenko
11. Emma Raducanu
12. Elina Svitolina
13. Victoria Azarenka
14. Jessica Pegula
15. Angelique Kerber
16. Coco Gauff
17. Elena Rybakina
18. Leylah Fernandez
19. Tamara Zidansek
20. Elise Mertens
21. Veronika Kudermetova
22. Belinda Bencic
23. Daria Kasatkina
24. Simona Halep
25. Madison Keys
26. Sorana Cirstea
27. Petra Kvitova
28. Liudmila Samsonova
29. Clara Tauson
30. Marketa Vondrousova
31. Viktorija Golubic
32. Sara Sorribes Tormo
The Tournament:
The Indian Wells Masters, also known as the Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The current owner is Larry Ellison, executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle. The current tournament director is former world No. 2 player Tommy Haas. The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a WTA 1000 event on the women's tour.
Between 1974 and 1976 it was non-tour event and between 1977 and 1986 it was a secondary tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour but in 1987 it was upgraded to be part of the Grand Prix Super Series, the series of nine tournaments just below the four majors and the year-end finals in importance. It took the place of the Philadelphia Indoor event as the first Super Series event of the year. The event is one of two tour events (along with the Miami Open), other than the Majors, 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 (a free pass) to the second round.
The tournament is played on hardcourt and is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments, it is often called the "fifth Grand Slam". It has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world (the Arthur Ashe Stadium being the largest).
About Indian Wells:
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 4,958.
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