The BNP Paribas Open is an annual Masters 1000 tournament of the ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory tournament of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Both tournaments are held in March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California. Outside of the Grand Slams, Indian Wells is the most attended of all tournaments in the Tennis Calendar.
The tournaments are played on hard courts in a 128-player grid. The top 32 of the total of 96 players advance to the second round.
Previous male champions include: Yannick Noah, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Michael Change, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and others.
Previous female champions include: Martina Navratilova, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and others.