2021 BNP Paribas Open | |
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Date | October 6–17 |
Edition | 47th (ATP) / 32nd (WTA) |
Category | ATP Tour Masters 1000 (Men) WTA 1000 (Women) |
Draw | 96S / 32D |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Indian Wells, California, United States |
Venue | Indian Wells Tennis Garden |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Cameron Norrie | |
Women's singles | |
Paula Badosa | |
Men's doubles | |
John Peers / Filip Polášek | |
Women's doubles | |
Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens |
The 2021 Indian Wells Open (also known as the BNP Paribas Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional men's and women's tennis tournament played in Indian Wells, California. After the event was cancelled the preceding year amid the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was initially scheduled to take place on March 10–21, 2021, but was postponed to October 6–17, 2021 to accommodate logistics disruptions owing to the pandemic. [1]
It was the 47th edition of the men's event and 32nd of the women's event, and was classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2021 ATP Tour and a WTA 1000 event on the 2021 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's qualifying and main draw events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden from October 4 through October 17, 2021 on outdoor hard courts. [1]
Dominic Thiem was the defending men's singles champion from when the tournament was last held in 2019. However, after Thiem ended his season early due to an ongoing wrist injury, he withdrew from the tournament. [2] [3] Cameron Norrie won the men's singles title to become the first British man to win the Indian Wells Masters and earn his first ATP Masters 1000 title. [4] Bianca Andreescu was the defending women's singles champion from 2019, but she lost in the third round to Anett Kontaveit. [5] Paula Badosa won the women's singles title to become the first Spanish woman to win the Indian Wells Masters and earn her first WTA 1000 title. [6]
The teams of Nikola Mektić and Horacio Zeballos [7] and Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka [8] were the defending champions in the men's and women's doubles draws, respectively. Mektić and Zeballos chose not to participate together. Mektić played alongside partner Mate Pavić as the top seeds, but the pair lost in the quarterfinals. [9] Zeballos played alongside partner Marcel Granollers, but were eliminated in the first round. Sabalenka chose not to defend her title and Mertens entered alongside partner Hsieh Su-wei. Mertens successfully defended her title with Hsieh, making it Mertens' second and Hsieh's third Indian Wells title, respectively. [10]
This was Badosa's second WTA Tour singles title, and first at the WTA 1000 level.
Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 25* | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Women's singles | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35* | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q2 | Q1 |
Men's singles | $1,209,730 | $640,000 | $335,000 | $175,000 | $92,000 | $51,895 | $29,045 | $18,155 | $9,110 | $4,785 |
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Women's singles | ||||||||||
Men's doubles* | $414,500 | $220,000 | $117,240 | $59,740 | $31,500 | $16,870 | — | — | — | — |
Women's doubles* | — | — | — | — |
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of October 4, 2021. Rank and points before are as of October 4, 2021.
As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system, players are defending their points from the 2019 tournament (which had already been reduced by 50%), as well as from tournaments held during the weeks of 7 and 14 October 2019 (Shanghai, Stockholm, Antwerp and/or Moscow) and 12 October 2020 (St. Petersburg, Cologne or Sardinia). Points from 2019 and 2020 tournaments are included in the table only if they counted towards the player's ranking as of October 4, 2021.
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points dropped from 2019 and/or 2020 | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 2 | Daniil Medvedev | 10,575 | 1,000+45 | 90+10 | 9,630 | Fourth round, lost to Grigor Dimitrov [23] |
2 | 3 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 8,175 | 360 | 180 | 7,995 | Quarterfinals, lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili [29] |
3 | 4 | Alexander Zverev | 7,603 | 23+600+250 | 180+10+10 | 6,930 | Quarterfinals lost to Taylor Fritz [31] |
4 | 5 | Andrey Rublev | 6,130 | 90+250+500 | 45+90+90 | 5,560^ | Third round, lost to Tommy Paul |
5 | 7 | Matteo Berrettini | 5,173 | 360 | 45 | 4,858 | Third round, lost to Taylor Fritz [31] |
6 | 10 | Casper Ruud | 3,615 | (90)† | 90 | 3,615 | Fourth round, lost to Diego Schwartzman [11] |
7 | 11 | Félix Auger-Aliassime | 3,368 | 45+150 | 10+45 | 3,263^ | Second round, lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas |
8 | 12 | Hubert Hurkacz | 3,333 | 90+90 | 180+45 | 3,378 | Quarterfinals, lost to Grigor Dimitrov [23] |
9 | 13 | Denis Shapovalov | 3,265 | 45+250+180 | 45+45+23 | 2,903 | Third round, lost to Aslan Karatsev [19] |
10 | 14 | Jannik Sinner | 3,100 | 90 | 90 | 3,100 | Fourth round, lost to Taylor Fritz [31] |
11 | 15 | Diego Schwartzman | 2,800 | 10 | 180 | 2,970 | Quarterfinals, lost to Cameron Norrie [21] |
12 | 16 | Pablo Carreño Busta | 2,550 | 70+90 | 45+10 | 2,445 | Third round, lost to Karen Khachanov [24] |
13 | 17 | Cristian Garín | 2,510 | 45 | 45 | 2,510 | Third round, lost to Alex de Minaur [22] |
14 | 18 | Gaël Monfils | 2,418 | 90+45 | 90+10 | 2,383 | Fourth round, lost to Alexander Zverev [3] |
15 | 19 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 2,360 | 90+90 | 45+45 | 2,270 | Third round, lost to Cameron Norrie [21] |
16 | 20 | Reilly Opelka | 2,161 | 45+90 | 45+0 | 2,071 | Third round, lost to Grigor Dimitrov [23] |
17 | 21 | Lorenzo Sonego | 2,122 | 10 | 10 | 2,125^ | Second round, lost to Kevin Anderson |
18 | 22 | Daniel Evans | 2,122 | (23)† | 45 | 2,144 | Third round, lost to Diego Schwartzman [11] |
19 | 23 | Aslan Karatsev | 2,109 | 45 | 90 | 2,154 | Fourth round, lost to Hubert Hurkacz [8] |
20 | 24 | John Isner | 2,091 | 45+90 | 45+0 | 2,001 | Third round, withdrew |
21 | 26 | Cameron Norrie | 2,015 | 70+90 | 1,000+40 | 2,895 | Champion, defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili [29] |
22 | 27 | Alex de Minaur | 1,991 | 10 | 90 | 2,071 | Fourth round, lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [2] |
23 | 28 | Grigor Dimitrov | 1,881 | (10)† | 360 | 2,231 | Semifinals, lost to Cameron Norrie [21] |
24 | 29 | Karen Khachanov | 1,830 | 90+90+90 | 90+45+23 | 1,718 | Fourth round, lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili [29] |
25 | 30 | Fabio Fognini | 1,664 | 180 | 45 | 1,529 | Third round, lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas [2] |
26 | 31 | Lloyd Harris | 1,652 | 57 | 45 | 1,640 | Third round, lost to Casper Ruud [6] |
27 | 34 | Filip Krajinović | 1,589 | 53+10+150 | 45+28+23 | 1,472 | Third round, lost to Daniil Medvedev [1] |
28 | 35 | Dušan Lajović | 1,565 | 10+45 | 10+23 | 1,556^ | Second round, lost to Tommy Paul |
29 | 36 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 1,556 | 90 | 600 | 2,066 | Runner-up, lost to Cameron Norrie [21] |
30 | 38 | Carlos Alcaraz | 1,499 | 80+80 | 10+6 | 1,355 | Second round, lost to Andy Murray [WC] |
31 | 39 | Taylor Fritz | 1,495 | 45 | 360 | 1,810 | Semifinals vs Nikoloz Basilashvili [29] |
32 | 40 | Sebastian Korda | 1,469 | (10)† | 10 | 1,469 | Second round, lost to Frances Tiafoe |
† The player is not defending points from either 2019 or 2020. Accordingly, his 19th best result is shown in this column instead.
^ Because the 2021 tournament is non-mandatory, the player substituted his 19th best result in place of the points won in this tournament.
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: [11]
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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CRO | Nikola Mektić | CRO | Mate Pavić | 1 | 1 |
USA | Rajeev Ram | GBR | Joe Salisbury | 2 | 2 |
ESP | Marcel Granollers | ARG | Horacio Zeballos | 3 | 3 |
COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 13 | 4 |
GER | Kevin Krawietz | ROU | Horia Tecău | 20 | 5 |
GBR | Jamie Murray | BRA | Bruno Soares | 19 | 6 |
AUS | John Peers | SVK | Filip Polášek | 8 | 7 |
CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 30 | 8 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of September 27, 2021. Rankings and points before are as of October 4, 2021.
As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system and changes to the WTA Tour calendar in 2020 and 2021, players will have the following potential adjustments to their ranking points after the tournament:
Points from the 2019 Indian Wells tournament will be dropped on November 8, 2021. [13]
Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | 2020 French Open Points † | 2021 French Open Points † | Points dropped from 2019 (or 16th best result) | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 3 | Karolína Plíšková | 5,285 | - | - | 30 | 65 | 5,320 | Third round, lost to Beatriz Haddad Maia [LL] |
2 | 4 | Iga Świątek | 4,756 | 2,000 | 430 | 0 | 120 | 3,306 | Fourth round, lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [24] |
3 | 5 | Barbora Krejčíková | 4,668 | - | - | 40 | 120 | 4,748 | Fourth round, lost to Paula Badosa [21] |
4 | 7 | Elina Svitolina | 4,376 | 430 | 130 | 100 | 120 | 4,096 | Fourth round, lost to Jessica Pegula [19] |
5 | 6 | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4,595 | 130 | 10 | 60 | 10 | 4,425 | Second round, lost to Ajla Tomljanović |
6 | 9 | Maria Sakkari | 4,055 | - | - | 60 | 10 | 4,005 | Second round, lost to Viktorija Golubic |
7 | 11 | Petra Kvitová | 3,735 | 780 | 70 | 55 | 65 | 3,035 | Third round, lost to Victoria Azarenka [27] |
8 | 10 | | 3,835 | - | - | 470 | 0 | 3,365 | Withdrew due to knee injury |
9 | 13 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 3,255 | - | - | 305+30 | 65+1 | 2,986 | Third round, lost to Leylah Fernandez [23] |
10 | 15 | Angelique Kerber | 3,105 | - | - | 55 | 215 | 3,265 | Quarterfinals, lost to Paula Badosa [21] |
11 | 17 | Simona Halep | 2,982 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2,807 | Third round, lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
12 | 14 | Ons Jabeur | 3,220 | - | - | 110 | 390 | 3,500 | Semifinals, lost to Paula Badosa [21] |
13 | 16 | Elena Rybakina | 2,983 | - | - | 110 | 10 | 2,883 | Second round, lost to Yulia Putintseva |
14 | 18 | Elise Mertens | 2,885 | - | - | 60 | 10 | 2,835 | Second round, lost to Jasmine Paolini [LL] |
15 | 19 | Coco Gauff | 2,815 | - | - | 280 | 65 | 2,600 | Third round, lost to Paula Badosa [21] |
16 | 21 | Bianca Andreescu | 2,563 | - | - | 0 | 65 | 2,628 | Third round, lost to Anett Kontaveit [18] |
17 | 22 | Emma Raducanu | 2,558 | - | - | 0 | 10 | 2,568 | Second round, lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich |
18 | 20 | Anett Kontaveit | 2,616 | - | - | 65 | 215 | 2,766 | Quarterfinals, lost to Ons Jabeur [12] |
19 | 24 | Jessica Pegula | 2,470 | - | - | 35 | 215 | 2,650 | Quarterfinals, lost to Victoria Azarenka [27] |
20 | 30 | Daria Kasatkina | 2,195 | - | - | 55 | 65 | 2,205 | Third round, lost to Angelique Kerber [10] |
21 | 27 | Paula Badosa | 2,298 | - | - | 50 | 1,000 | 3,248 | Champion, defeated Victoria Azarenka [27] |
22 | 25 | Danielle Collins | 2,361 | 430 | 130 | 100 | 65 | 2,026 | Third round, lost to Ons Jabeur [12] |
23 | 28 | Leylah Fernandez | 2,254 | 130 | 70 | 25 | 120 | 2,289 | Fourth round, lost to Shelby Rogers |
24 | 29 | Jeļena Ostapenko | 2,205 | 130 | 10 | 180+280 | 390+55 | 2,070 | Semifinals, lost to Victoria Azarenka [27] |
25 | 31 | Veronika Kudermetova | 2,045 | - | - | 110+100 | 65+80 | 1,980 | Third round, lost to Iga Świątek [2] |
26 | 33 | Tamara Zidanšek | 1,841 | - | - | 30 | 65 | 1,876 | Third round, lost to Ajla Tomljanović |
27 | 32 | Victoria Azarenka | 1,856 | - | - | 1 | 650 | 2,505 | Runner-up, lost to Paula Badosa [21] |
28 | 35 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 1,760 | - | - | 55 | 10 | 1,715 | Second round, lost to Anna Kalinskaya [Q] |
29 | 36 | | 1,722 | 820 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 862 | Withdrew due to physical ailments |
30 | 38 | Camila Giorgi | 1,660 | - | - | 10 | 10 | 1,660 | Second round, lost to Amanda Anisimova |
31 | 39 | Jil Teichmann | 1,650 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 1,620 | Second round, lost to Irina-Camelia Begu |
32 | 40 | Sorana Cîrstea | 1,594 | - | - | 30 | 65 | 1,629 | Third round, lost to Elina Svitolina [4] |
† Only players who were counting their 2020 French Open points in their rankings as of October 4, 2021 are shown in these columns.
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: [11]
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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CZE | Barbora Krejčiková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 3 | 1 |
TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | BEL | Elise Mertens | 7 | 2 |
JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Ena Shibahara | 16 | 3 |
CHI | Alexa Guarachi | USA | Desirae Krawczyk | 31 | 4 |
USA | Nicole Melichar-Martinez | NED | Demi Schuurs | 35 | 5 |
USA | Hayley Carter | CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | 41 | 6 |
CRO | Darija Jurak | SLO | Andreja Klepač | 46 | 7 |
CAN | Sharon Fichman | MEX | Giuliana Olmos | 57 | 8 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry using protected rankings:
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