2020 BNP Paribas Open

The 2020 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2020 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament to be played in Indian Wells, California. The event was initially scheduled to take place on March 11–22, 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][2]

2020 BNP Paribas Open
Date	March 9–22 (cancelled)
Edition	47th (Men) / 32nd (Women)
Category	ATP Tour Masters 1000 (Men) WTA Premier Mandatory (Women)
Draw	96S / 32D (planned)
Surface	Hard
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden

It was to be the 47th edition of the men's event and 32nd of the women's event, and would be classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2020 ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2020 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events would be scheduled to take place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on outdoor hard courts.^[3][4]

All top 75 ranked WTA and ATP Tour singles players were included in the initial entry list,^[5] but five-time champion Roger Federer withdrew after undergoing surgery on his right knee.^[6]

Dominic Thiem and Bianca Andreescu were the defending champions in the men's and women's singles draw, respectively prior to the cancellation, although Andreescu withdrew prior to the originally scheduled start of the tournament, citing injury.^[7]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in California and Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports

Just days before the start of the qualifying rounds, the wider spread of COVID-19 recorded a presumptive case in the state of California after declared a public health emergency in the Coachella Valley, in accordance with the Riverside County Health Department and CDC. In the planned format, the tournament would have taken place without spectators, personnel (including ball kids) must wear gloves for protective safety to avoid the risk of spreading the disease, and not to allow players holding towels or signing post-match in-person autographs via camera.^[8]

On March 8, 2020, organizers had announced the tournament would be cancelled due to the rising virus fears, becoming the first global sporting event to be cancelled. Never less, the ATP and WTA Tours were subsequently suspended on March 12 including the Miami Open, which was due to be held after the tournament.^[a] Other sporting events have held in the month like the National Basketball Association had to indefinitely suspend its 2019–20 season after a player tested positive for the virus, the National Collegiate Athletic Association had to schedule its men's basketball tournament cancelled just days before it would have begun, the National Hockey League suspended its season indefinitely, and Major League Soccer suspended its season just a few games have been played. Tennis players' rankings in both seasons have started to be frozen on March 16, into a further extension of suspension of both tours until resumption of tennis events in August. This event was not included in the revised tennis schedule for the latter of 2020. Tournament director and former world number 2, Tommy Haas, told the press "We are prepared to hold the tournament on another date and will explore options."^[1][9]

In response of the tournament's cancellation, none of the players had tested positive for the virus. The state of California itself, later restricted mass gatherings up to 500 people to later in the year until a COVID-19 vaccine is found.

This edition of Indian Wells was initially rescheduled to March 8 to 21, 2021, but was further rescheduled to October 4 to 17, and in the end, neither Thiem and Andreescu defended their titles, Cameron Norrie and Paula Badosa won the men's and women's singles titles, respectively.

Players

The following players were due to compete in the tournament prior to its cancellation.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following would have the seeded players. Seedings would have been based on ATP rankings as of March 9, 2020. Rank and points before were also as of March 9, 2020.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points would have won	Points would have been
1	1	Novak Djokovic	10,220	45	10	10,185
2	2	Rafael Nadal	9,850	360	10	9,500
3	3	Dominic Thiem	7,045	1,000	10	6,055
4	5	Daniil Medvedev	5,890	45	10	5,855
5	6	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4,745	10	10	4,745
6	7	Alexander Zverev	3,630	45	10	3,595
7	8	Matteo Berrettini	2,860	10+125	10+10	2,745
8	9	Gaël Monfils	2,860	180	10	2,690
9	10	David Goffin	2,555	10	10	2,555
10	11	Fabio Fognini	2,400	10	10	2,400
11	12	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,360	10	10	2,360
12	13	Diego Schwartzman	2,265	45	10	2,230
13	14	Andrey Rublev	2,234	53	10	2,191
14	15	Karen Khachanov	2,120	180	10	1,950
15	16	Denis Shapovalov	2,075	90	10	1,995
16	17	Stan Wawrinka	2,060	45	10	2,025
17	18	Cristian Garín	1,900	0	10	1,910
18	19	Grigor Dimitrov	1,850	0	10	1,860
19	20	Félix Auger-Aliassime	1,771	45	10	1,736
20	21	John Isner	1,760	90	10	1,680
21	22	Benoît Paire	1,738	10	10	1,738
22	23	Dušan Lajović	1,695	25	10	1,680
23	24	Taylor Fritz	1,510	10	10	1,510
24	25	Pablo Carreño Busta	1,500	0	10	1,510
25	26	Alex de Minaur	1,485	10	10	1,485
26	27	Nikoloz Basilashvili	1,395	10	10	1,395
27	28	Dan Evans	1,359	26	10	1,343
28	29	Hubert Hurkacz	1,353	180	10	1,183
29	30	Milos Raonic	1,350	360	10	1,000
30	32	Filip Krajinović	1,343	106	10	1,247
31	33	Borna Ćorić	1,320	10	10	1,320
32	34	Jan-Lennard Struff	1,315	90	10	1,235

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points would have been	Reason
4	Roger Federer	6,630	600	6,030	Right knee surgery
31	Kei Nishikori	1,345	45	1,300	Right elbow injury

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Marcos Giron
• Mitchell Krueger
• Brandon Nakashima
• Tennys Sandgren
• Jack Sock

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Lu Yen-hsun
• Mackenzie McDonald
• Vasek Pospisil

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Qualifying not played following its cancellation

Withdrawals

• Kevin Anderson → replaced by Federico Delbonis
• Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Mackenzie McDonald
• Roger Federer → replaced by Philipp Kohlschreiber
• Kei Nishikori → replaced by Tommy Paul
• Guido Pella → replaced by Jannik Sinner
• Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by Roberto Carballés Baena
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Mikael Ymer

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	3	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	10	2
USA	Rajeev Ram	GBR	Joe Salisbury	16	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	SVK	Filip Polášek	18	4
ESP	Marcel Granollers	ARG	Horacio Zeballos	20	5
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	22	6
GER	Kevin Krawietz	GER	Andreas Mies	27	7
RSA	Raven Klaasen	AUT	Oliver Marach	35	8

• ¹ Rankings as of March 9, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Wildcards not named following its cancellation

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following would have the seeded players. Seedings would have been based on WTA rankings as of March 2, 2020. Rank and points before were as of March 9, 2020.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points would have won	Points would have been
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	8,717	120	10	8,607
2	3	Karolína Plíšková	5,205	215	10	5,000
3	4	Sofia Kenin	4,590	35	10	4,565
4	7	Kiki Bertens	4,335	120	10	4,225
5	5	Elina Svitolina	4,580	390	10	4,200
6	8	Belinda Bencic	4,010	390	10	3,630
7	9	Serena Williams	3,915	65	10	3,860
8	10	Naomi Osaka	3,625	120	10	3,515
9	11	Aryna Sabalenka	3,615	120	10	3,505
10	12	Petra Kvitová	3,566	10	10	3,566
11	13	Madison Keys	2,962	10	10	2,962
12	15	Petra Martić	2,770	10	10	2,770
13	16	Garbiñe Muguruza	2,711	215	10	2,506
14	14	Johanna Konta	2,803	65	10	2,748
15	17	Elena Rybakina	2,471	(60)†	10	2,421
16	18	Markéta Vondroušová	2,307	215	10	2,102
17	19	Alison Riske	2,256	10	10	2,256
18	20	Maria Sakkari	2,130	10	10	2,130
19	22	Anett Kontaveit	2,010	120	10	1,900
20	23	Elise Mertens	1,950	65	10	1,895
21	24	Donna Vekić	1,880	10	10	1,880
22	25	Dayana Yastremska	1,835	10	10	1,835
23	26	Karolína Muchová	1,813	(1)†	10	1,822
24	27	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,775	65	10	1,720
25	28	Amanda Anisimova	1,717	35	10	1,692
26	29	Wang Qiang	1,706	120	10	1,596
27	30	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,540	10	10	1,540
28	31	Barbora Strýcová	1,530	35	10	1,505
29	32	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,527	(1)†	10	1,536
30	33	Yulia Putintseva	1,525	35	10	1,500
31	34	Zheng Saisai	1,510	10	10	1,510
32	35	Zhang Shuai	1,475	35	10	1,450

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, points from her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points would have been	Reason
2	Simona Halep	6,076	120	5,956	Right foot injury
6	Bianca Andreescu	4,555	1,000	3,555	Left knee injury
21	Angelique Kerber	2,040	650	1,390	Left leg injury

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kristie Ahn
• Usue Maitane Arconada
• Madison Brengle
• Kim Clijsters
• Leylah Annie Fernandez
• Christina McHale
• Caty McNally
• Last remaining wildcard slot not used following its cancellation

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Shelby Rogers
• Yaroslava Shvedova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Qualifying not played following its cancellation

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Shelby Rogers
• Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Misaki Doi
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Ons Jabeur
• Simona Halep → replaced by Taylor Townsend
• Angelique Kerber → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	3	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	7	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	11	3
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	17	4
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	24	5
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	28	6
USA	Nicole Melichar	CHN	Xu Yifan	29	7
CZE	Květa Peschke	NED	Demi Schuurs	35	8

• ¹ Rankings as of March 2, 2020.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kim Clijsters / Sloane Stephens
• Remaining wildcard slots not used following its cancellation

Notes

1. Other tennis events affected included the Nur-Sultan Challenger and Potchefstroom Open, were all in part of the ATP Challenger Tour, and several ITF tennis matches.

References

1. "STATEMENT REGARDING CORONAVIRUS". bnpparibasopen.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
2. "Indian Wells Tennis Tournament Canceled Because of coronavirus pandemic". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. "BNP Paribas Open Overview". atptour.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
4. "BNP Paribas Open Overview". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
5. "2020 Player Entry Lists Feature All Top 75 Ranked WTA And ATP Tour Singles Players". BNP Paribas Open. January 29, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
6. "Roger Federer to Miss French Open After Knee Surgery". The New York Times.
7. "Andreescu won't defend title at Indian Wells". ESPN.com. March 7, 2020.
8. "Ball Kids to Wear Gloves, not Touch Towels at Indian Wells". NBC Sports. March 7, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
9. "ATP tour suspended for six weeks due to coronavirus". The Guardian. March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

External links

• Official website