BNP Paribas Open Tickets

BNP Paribas Open Tickets

There’s a reason they call it “The Fifth Slam.” Each year, the ATP World Tour and WTA Tour’s best descend upon the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in the Southern California desert to compete for what has become one of the biggest prizes in the sport. The BNP Paribas Open, aka Indian Wells, is next in line behind only the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open — the four Grand Slams — when it comes to world-class tennis. Those lucky enough to make to the Coachella Valley in person are rewarded with the best-in-the-business play of Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Juan Martin del Potro, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Andy Murray, Sloane Stephens and Naomi Osaka, just to name a few. Experience the ATP World Tour Masters 1000/WTA Premier Mandatory event for yourself; grab your Indian Wells tickets at StubHub.

BNP Paribas Open Info

Originally known as the Indian Wells Masters, the BNP Paribas Open serves as a Premier Mandatory stop on the women's tour and a Masters 1000 competition on the men's tour. Outside of the Grand Slam events, Indian Wells is the highest attended professional tennis tournament in the world, averaging more than 370,000 fans each year. The tournament is played on hard courts in the second largest tennis complex in the world.

BNP Paribas Open History

The BNP Paribas Open, also known as the Indian Wells Masters, was first played back in 1974 and has since grown into one of the elite tennis tournaments in the world. The men's portion of the tournament has gone under several names during the course of its existence including American Airlines Tennis Games, the Congoleum Classic, the Grand Marnier/ATP Tennis Games, the Pilot Pen Classic, the Newsweek Champions Cup, the Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells, and the Pacific Life Open before switching to its current name. The women's side of the tournament has also undergone several name changes before settling on the BNP Paribas Open, including the Virginia Slims of Indian Wells, the Virginia Slims of Palm Springs, the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup, the Evert Cup or the State Farm Evert Cup as a tribute to Chris Evert, the Tennis Masters Series, and the Pacific Life Open. Past champions read like a Who's Who of the tennis world. On the men's side, previous winners include Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Ivan Ljubicic, Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors, Yannick Noah and Roscoe Tanner. The women's side features just as many luminaries, including Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova.