BNP Paribas is one of the most prestigious and popular Masters 1000 events. It is also known as Indian Wells Masters and Indian Wells Open, know its previous winners list
The BNP Paribas Open is a tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California, United States. It is also known as the Indian Wells Masters and Indian Wells Open. Every year in early to mid-March, this annual tennis tournament takes place.
What Is The Indian Wells Masters Or BNP Paribas Open
This tournament is now owned by Larry Ellison, executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle. The current tournament director is Tommy Haas, a former world No. 2 player. It was founded by two former tennis players, Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore.
Men’s tour is categorized in the Masters 1000 tournaments. The ATP Masters 1000 events, formerly known as the ATP Masters Series, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the ATP Tour’s top-ranked players.
The main draw for men usually starts on Wednesday, with the finals the following week on Sunday. The main draws for men’s singles feature 96 players in a 128-player grid, with the top 32 seeds earning a bye to the second round.
It was a non-tour event between 1974 and 1976, before becoming a Grand Prix Tennis Tour subsidiary tournament from 1977 until 1986.
In 1987, however, it was promoted to the Grand Prix Super Series, a nine-tournament series that ranks third in importance behind the four majors and the year-end championships. As the year’s first Super Series event, it took the place of the Philadelphia Indoor.
All-time winners list of Indian Wells Masters Men’s Singles And Doubles
All-time Winners of men’s singles:
- 1974- John Newcombe
- 1975- John Alexander
- 1976- Jimmy Connors
- 1977- Brian Gottfried
- 1978- Roscoe Canner
- 1979- Roscoe Canner
- 1980- Not held due to rain
- 1981- Jimmy Connors
- 1982- Yannick Noah
- 1983- Jose Hisueras
- 1984- Jimmy Connors
- 1985- Larry Stefanki
- 1986- Jokim Nystrom
- 1987- Boris Becker
- 1988- Boris Becker
- 1989- Miloslav Mecir
- 1990- Stefan Edberg
- 1991- Jim Courier
- 1992- Michael Chang
- 1993- Jim Courier
- 1994- Pete Sampras
- 1995- Pete Sampras
- 1996- Michael Chang
- 1997- Michael Chang
- 1998- Marcelo Rios
- 1999- Mark Philippoussis
- 2000- Alex Corretja
- 2001-Andre Agassi
- 2002- Lleyton Hewitt
- 2003- Lleyton Hewitt
- 2004- Roger Federer
- 2005- Roger Federer
- 2006- Roger Federer
- 2007- Rafael Nadal
- 2008- Novak Djokovic
- 2009- Rafael Nadal
- 2010- Ivan Ljubicic
- 2011- Novak Djokovic
- 2012- Roger Federer
- 2013- Rafael Nadal
- 2014- Novak Djokovic
- 2015- Novak Djokovic
- 2016- Novak Djokovic
- 2017- Roger Federer
- 2018- Juan Martin Del Potro
- 2019- Dominic Thiem
- 2020- Not held due to COVID-19
- 2021- Cameron Noorie
All-time Winners of men’s doubles
- 1974- Charlie Pasarell & Sherwood Stewart
- 1975- William Brown & Raúl Ramírez
- 1976- Colin Dibley & Sandy Mayer
- 1977- Bob Hewitt & Frew McMillan
- 1978- Raymond Moore & Roscoe Tanner
- 1979- Gene Mayer & Sandy Mayer
- 1980- Not held due to rain
- 1981- Bruce Manson & Brian Teacher
- 1982- Brian Gottfried & Raúl Ramírez
- 1983- Brian Gottfried & Raúl Ramírez
- 1984- Bernard Mitton & Butch Walts
- 1985- Heinz Günthardt & Balázs Taróczy
- 1986- Peter Fleming & Guy Forget
- 1987- Guy Forget & Yannick Noah
- 1988- Boris Becker & Guy Forget
- 1989- Boris Becker & Jakob Hlasek
- 1990- Boris Becker & Guy Forget
- 1991- Jim Courier & Javier Sánchez
- 1992- Steve DeVries & David Macpherson
- 1993- Guy Forget & Henri Leconte
- 1994- Grant Connell & Patrick Galbraith
- 1995- Tommy Ho & Brett Steven
- 1996- Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde
- 1997- Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
- 1998- Jonas Björkman & Patrick Rafter
- 1999- Wayne Black & Sandon Stolle
- 2000- Alex O’Brien & Jared Palmer
- 2001- Wayne Ferreira & Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- 2002- Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
- 2003- Wayne Ferreira & Yevgeny Kafelnikov
- 2004- Arnaud Clément & Sébastien Grosjean
- 2005- Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
- 2006- Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor
- 2007- Martin Damm & Leander Paes
- 2008- Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram
- 2009- Mardy Fish & Andy Roddick
- 2010- Marc López & Rafael Nadal
- 2011- Alexandr Dolgopolov & Xavier Malisse
- 2012- Marc López & Rafael Nadal
- 2013- Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
- 2014- Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
- 2015- Vasek Pospisil & Jack Sock
- 2016- Pierre-Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut
- 2017- Raven Klaasen & Rajeev Ram
- 2018- John Isner & Jack Sock
- 2019- Nikola Mektić & Horacio Zeballos
- 2020- Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021- John Peers & Filip Polášek
Indian Wells Masters 2022 Prize Money Pool Distribution For Both Men’s Singles And Doubles
After a decreased prize pool last year, normal operation in Miami has finally returned. The entire prize pool for 2022 is now $17,168,110. This is an increase of 156.72% over the previous year.
With a few exceptions, the prize money for the Miami Open has been consistent since 2006.
That means each tour is vying for a piece of the $8,584,055 prize pool, with the 2022 Miami Open Champion taking home $1,231,245, a 310.26% increase over Hubert Hurkacz and Ash Barty’s rewards last year.
For singles
| 2022 | Prize Money $ USD | Prize Money £ GBP | Prize Money € EUR | % Change vs 2021 |
| Winner | $1,231,245 | £889,371 | €1,042,491 | 1.58% |
| Runner-up | $646,110 | £466,708 | €547,059 | 0.88% |
| Semifinal | $343,985 | £248,472 | €291,251 | 2.50% |
| Quarterfinal | $179,940 | £129,977 | €152,355 | 2.65% |
| Round 4 | $94,575 | £68,315 | €80,076 | 2.74% |
| Round 3 | $54,400 | £39,295 | €46,060 | 4.83% |
| Round 2 | $30,130 | £21,764 | €25,511 | 3.74% |
| Round 1 | $18,200 | £13,146 | €15,410 | 0.25% |
| Q2 | $9,205 | £6,649 | €7,794 | 1.04% |
| Q1 | $5,025 | £3,630 | €4,255 | 5.02% |
For doubles
| 2022 | Prize Money $ USD | Prize Money £ GBP | Prize Money € EUR | % Change vs 2021 |
| Winner | $426,010 | £307,722 | €360,701 | 2.8% |
| Runner-up | $225,980 | £163,233 | €191,337 | 2.7% |
| Semifinal | $120,520 | £87,056 | €102,044 | 2.8% |
| Quarterfinal | $61,100 | £44,135 | €51,733 | 2.3% |
| Round 2 | $32,630 | £23,570 | €27,628 | 3.6% |
| Round 1 | $17,580 | £12,699 | €14,885 | 4.2% |
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