2021 BNP Paribas Open

2021 BNP Paribas Open
2021 BNP Paribas Open
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]

Champions

Men's singles

Cameron Norrie def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Women's singles

Paula Badosa def. Victoria Azarenka, 7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 7–6^(7–2)

This was Badosa's second WTA Tour singles title, and first at the WTA 1000 level.

Men's doubles

John Peers / Filip Polášek def. Aslan Karatsev / Andrey Rublev, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)

Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei / Elise Mertens def. Veronika Kudermetova / Elena Rybakina, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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
Men's doubles		600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles		650	390	215	120	65	35*	10	30	20	2
Women's doubles		650	390	215	120	10	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Women's singles	$1,209,730	$640,000	$335,000	$175,000	$92,000	$51,895	$29,045	$18,155	$9,110	$4,785
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
Men's doubles*	$414,500	$220,000	$117,240	$59,740	$31,500	$16,870	—	—	—	—
Women's doubles*	$414,500	$220,000	$117,240	$59,740	$31,500	$16,870	—	—	—	—

per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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
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.

Other entrants

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:

Philipp Kohlschreiber

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Aljaž Bedene → replaced by Daniel Altmaier
Alexander Bublik → replaced by Carlos Taberner
Jérémy Chardy → replaced by Thiago Monteiro
Marin Čilić → replaced by Jenson Brooksby
Borna Ćorić → replaced by Guido Pella
Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Roberto Carballés Baena
Novak Djokovic → replaced by Feliciano López
Roger Federer → replaced by Philipp Kohlschreiber
David Goffin → replaced by Egor Gerasimov
Ugo Humbert → replaced by Steve Johnson
Ilya Ivashka → replaced by Daniel Elahi Galán
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Brandon Nakashima
Milos Raonic → replaced by Denis Kudla
Dominic Thiem → replaced by Facundo Bagnis
Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Tennys Sandgren
Mikael Ymer → replaced by Taro Daniel

During the tournament

John Isner