DATE: March 4 - 15, 2026
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $9,415,725
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jack Draper
Seeds:
1. Carlos Alcaraz
2. Jannik Sinner
3. Novak Djokovic
4. Alexander Zverev
5. Lorenzo Musetti
6. Alex de Minaur
7. Taylor Fritz
8. Ben Shelton
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime
10. Alexander Bublik
11. Daniil Medvedev
12. Jakub Mensik
13. Casper Ruud
14. Jack Draper
15. Flavio Cocolli
16. Karen Khachanov
17. Andrey Rublev
18. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
19. Francisco Cerundolo
20. Luciano Darderi
21. Frances Tiafoe
22. Jiri Lehecka
23. Tommy Paul
24. Valentin Vacherot
25. Learner Tien
26. Arthur Rinderknech
27. Cameron Norrie
28. Brandon Nakashima
29. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
30. Arthur Fils
31. Corentin Moutet
32. Ugo Humbert
The Tournament:
The Indian Wells Open, sponsored by BNP Paribas and known as the BNP Paribas Open, is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California, United States. It is played on outdoor hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and is held in March. The tournament is part of the ATP Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour and part of the WTA 1000 events on the WTA Tour.
The tournament is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments (493,440 in total attendance during the 2024 event); it is often called the "fifth Grand Slam" in reference to this. The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world, behind the US Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The Indian Wells Open is the premier tennis tournament in the Western United States and the second largest tennis tournament throughout the United States and the Americas (behind the US Open in the Eastern United States).
Preceding the Miami Open, it is the first event of the "Sunshine Double" — a series of two elite, consecutive hard court tournaments in the United States in early spring.
Between 1974 and 1976, it was a non-tour event and between 1977 and 1989 it was held as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour. 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.
Since 2024, mixed doubles has been introduced as a new category.
About Indian Wells:
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,757.
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $9,415,725
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jack Draper
Seeds:
1. Carlos Alcaraz
2. Jannik Sinner
3. Novak Djokovic
4. Alexander Zverev
5. Lorenzo Musetti
6. Alex de Minaur
7. Taylor Fritz
8. Ben Shelton
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime
10. Alexander Bublik
11. Daniil Medvedev
12. Jakub Mensik
13. Casper Ruud
14. Jack Draper
15. Flavio Cocolli
16. Karen Khachanov
17. Andrey Rublev
18. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
19. Francisco Cerundolo
20. Luciano Darderi
21. Frances Tiafoe
22. Jiri Lehecka
23. Tommy Paul
24. Valentin Vacherot
25. Learner Tien
26. Arthur Rinderknech
27. Cameron Norrie
28. Brandon Nakashima
29. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
30. Arthur Fils
31. Corentin Moutet
32. Ugo Humbert
The Tournament:
The Indian Wells Open, sponsored by BNP Paribas and known as the BNP Paribas Open, is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California, United States. It is played on outdoor hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and is held in March. The tournament is part of the ATP Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour and part of the WTA 1000 events on the WTA Tour.
The tournament is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments (493,440 in total attendance during the 2024 event); it is often called the "fifth Grand Slam" in reference to this. The Indian Wells Tennis Garden has the second-largest permanent tennis stadium in the world, behind the US Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The Indian Wells Open is the premier tennis tournament in the Western United States and the second largest tennis tournament throughout the United States and the Americas (behind the US Open in the Eastern United States).
Preceding the Miami Open, it is the first event of the "Sunshine Double" — a series of two elite, consecutive hard court tournaments in the United States in early spring.
Between 1974 and 1976, it was a non-tour event and between 1977 and 1989 it was held as part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour. 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.
Since 2024, mixed doubles has been introduced as a new category.
About Indian Wells:
Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,757.
Tourism Guide:
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