2018 BNP Paribas Open
Date	March 5–18
Edition	45th (ATP) / 30th (WTA)
Category	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Men) WTA Premier Mandatory (Women)
Draw	96S / 32D
Prize money	$7,972,535 (ATP) $7,972,535 (WTA)
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Indian Wells, California, United States
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
Juan Martín del Potro
Women's singles
Naomi Osaka
Men's doubles
John Isner /Jack Sock
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei /Barbora Strýcová
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The2018 BNP Paribas Open (also known as theIndian Wells Open) was a professionaltennis tournament played atIndian Wells, California in March 2018. It is the 45th edition of the men's event and 30th of the women's event, and is classified as anATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the2018 ATP World Tour and aPremier Mandatory event on the2018 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at theIndian Wells Tennis Garden inIndian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2018, on outdoorhard courts.

For the first time ever, tournament organisers offered a $1,000,000 reward to any player, male or female, who wins both singles and doubles titles in the same year.^[1] However, for the 2018 edition, no players remained in contention for the bonus reward prize.

• Juan Martín del Potro defeatedRoger Federer, 6–4, 6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–2)

• Naomi Osaka defeatedDaria Kasatkina, 6–3, 6–2

• John Isner /Jack Sock defeatedBob Bryan /Mike Bryan, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2)

• Hsieh Su-wei /Barbora Strýcová defeatedEkaterina Makarova /Elena Vesnina, 6–4, 6–4

• Players with byes receive first-round points.

The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are based on ATP rankings as of March 5, 2018.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Roger Federer	10,060	1,000	600	9,660	Runner-up, lost toJuan Martín del Potro [6]
2	3	Marin Čilić	4,870	10	45	4,905	Third round lost toPhilipp Kohlschreiber [31]
3	4	Grigor Dimitrov	4,635	45	10	4,600	Second round lost toFernando Verdasco
4	5	Alexander Zverev	4,540	45	10	4,505	Second round lost toJoão Sousa
5	6	Dominic Thiem	3,810	180	45	3,675	Third round retired againstPablo Cuevas [30]
6	8	Juan Martín del Potro	3,200	45	1000	4,155	Champion, defeatedRoger Federer [1]
7	9	Kevin Anderson	3,080	25	180	3,235	Quarterfinals lost toBorna Ćorić
8	10	Jack Sock	2,650	360	45	2,335	Third round lost toFeliciano López [28]
9	12	Lucas Pouille	2,455	45	10	2,420	Second round lost toYuki Bhambri [Q]
10	13	Novak Djokovic	2,380	90	10	2,300	Second round lost toTaro Daniel [Q]
11	14	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,315	360	90	2,045	Fourth round lost toKevin Anderson [7]
12	15	Tomáš Berdych	2,275	45	45	2,275	Third round lost toChung Hyeon [23]
13	16	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,255	45	45	2,255	Third round lost toBorna Ćorić
14	17	Diego Schwartzman	2,220	10	10	2,220	Second round lost toMarcos Baghdatis [Q]
15	18	John Isner	2,205	45	10	2,170	Second round lost toGaël Monfils
16	19	Fabio Fognini	2,190	45	10	2,155	Second round lost toJérémy Chardy
17	20	Nick Kyrgios	2,125	180	0	1,945	Withdrew due to right elbow injury
18	21	Sam Querrey	2,095	10	180	2,265	Quarterfinals lost toMilos Raonic [32]
19	22	Albert Ramos Viñolas	1,745	45	10	1,710	Second round lost toBorna Ćorić
20	23	Adrian Mannarino	1,715	25	45	1,735	Third round lost toJérémy Chardy
21	24	Kyle Edmund	1,642	25	10	1,627	Second round lost toDudi Sela [LL]
22	25	Kei Nishikori	1,595	180	0	1,415	Withdrew due to illness
23	26	Chung Hyeon	1,567	(20)†	180	1,727	Quarterfinals lost toRoger Federer [1]
24	27	Gilles Müller	1,535	45	10	1,500	Second round lost toPierre-Hugues Herbert
25	28	Filip Krajinović	1,503	(9)†	45	1,539	Third round lost toRoger Federer [1]
26	30	Damir Džumhur	1,445	25	10	1,430	Second round lost toNicolás Kicker
27	31	Andrey Rublev	1,433	(50)‡	10	1,393	Second round lost toTaylor Fritz
28	32	Feliciano López	1,340	10	90	1,420	Fourth round lost toSam Querrey [18]
29	33	David Ferrer	1,325	0	45	1,370	Third round lost toJuan Martín del Potro [6]
30	34	Pablo Cuevas	1,310	180	90	1,220	Fourth round lost toChung Hyeon [23]
31	37	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,290	45	180	1,425	Quarterfinals lost toJuan Martín del Potro [6]
32	38	Milos Raonic	1,270	0	360	1,630	Semifinals lost toJuan Martín del Potro [6]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017, but was defending points from anATP Challenger Tour tournament.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Reason
1	Rafael Nadal	9,460	90	9,370	Right hip injury
7	David Goffin	3,280	90	3,190	Eye injury
11	Stan Wawrinka	2,475	600	1,875	Knee injury
29	Andy Murray	1,460	10	1,450	Hip injury
35	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1,310	10	1,300	Arm injury
36	Richard Gasquet	1,305	0	1,305	Knee injury

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Alex de Minaur
• Ernesto Escobedo
• Bradley Klahn
• Reilly Opelka
• Tennys Sandgren

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

• Yoshihito Nishioka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Félix Auger-Aliassime
• Marcos Baghdatis
• Ričardas Berankis
• Yuki Bhambri
• Taro Daniel
• Evan King
• Mitchell Krueger
• Nicolas Mahut
• Cameron Norrie
• Peter Polansky
• Vasek Pospisil
• Tim Smyczek

The following players entered as lucky losers:

• Ruben Bemelmans
• Matteo Berrettini
• Dudi Sela

Before the tournament

• Aljaž Bedene → replaced byMikhail Youzhny
• Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced byIvo Karlović
• Guillermo García López → replaced byMaximilian Marterer
• Richard Gasquet → replaced byLukáš Lacko
• David Goffin → replaced byNicolás Kicker
• Robin Haase → replaced byRadu Albot
• Denis Istomin → replaced byDudi Sela
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced byMatteo Berrettini
• Paolo Lorenzi → replaced byStefanos Tsitsipas
• Lu Yen-hsun → replaced byTaylor Fritz
• Florian Mayer → replaced byFrances Tiafoe
• Andy Murray → replaced byVíctor Estrella Burgos
• Rafael Nadal → replaced byMarius Copil
• Kei Nishikori → replaced byRuben Bemelmans
• Andreas Seppi → replaced byMárton Fucsovics
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced byLaslo Đere
• Stan Wawrinka → replaced byJérémy Chardy

During the tournament

• Marcos Baghdatis

• Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Gaël Monfils
• Dominic Thiem

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	2	1
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	7	2
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	11	3
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	17	4
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	20	5
NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	ROU	Horia Tecău	21	6
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	28	7
CRO	Ivan Dodig	USA	Rajeev Ram	33	8

• ¹ Rankings as of March 5, 2018.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Steve Johnson /Daniel Nestor
• Philipp Petzschner /Dominic Thiem

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 26, 2018. Rankings and points before are as of March 5, 2018.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Simona Halep	7,965	65	390	8,290	Semifinals lost toNaomi Osaka
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	7,525	215	120	7,430	Fourth round lost toDaria Kasatkina [20]
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	6,175	215	10	5,970	Second round lost toSachia Vickery [Q]
4	4	Elina Svitolina	5,480	120	65	5,425	Third round lost toCarla Suárez Navarro [27]
5	5	Karolína Plíšková	5,080	390	215	4,905	Quarterfinals lost toNaomi Osaka
6	6	Jeļena Ostapenko	4,941	35	65	4,971	Third round lost toPetra Martić
7	7	Caroline Garcia	4,625	120	120	4,625	Fourth round lost toAngelique Kerber [10]
8	8	Venus Williams	4,277	215	390	4,452	Semifinals lost toDaria Kasatkina [20]
9	9	Petra Kvitová	3,086	0	65	3,151	Third round lost toAmanda Anisimova [WC]
10	10	Angelique Kerber	3,055	120	215	3,150	Quarterfinals lost toDaria Kasatkina [20]
11	11	Johanna Konta	2,930	65	10	2,875	Second round lost toMarkéta Vondroušová
12	12	Julia Görges	2,910	65	65	2,910	Third round lost toAnastasija Sevastova [21]
13	13	Sloane Stephens	2,873	0	65	2,938	Third round lost toDaria Kasatkina [20]
14	15	Kristina Mladenovic	2,605	390	65	2,280	Third round lost toWang Qiang
15	14	Madison Keys	2,703	120	10	2,593	Second round lost toDanielle Collins [WC]
16	21	Ashleigh Barty	2,189	(1)†	10	2,198	Second round lost toMaria Sakkari
17	16	CoCo Vandeweghe	2,433	10	65	2,488	Third round lost toMaria Sakkari
18	17	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2,405	(20)†	10	2,395	Second round lost toSofya Zhuk [WC]
19	18	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2,362	650	10	1,722	Second round lost toAryna Sabalenka
20	19	Daria Kasatkina	2,300	10	650	2,940	Runner-up, lost toNaomi Osaka
21	20	Anastasija Sevastova	2,295	10	120	2,405	Fourth round lost toVenus Williams [8]
22	22	Elise Mertens	2,185	(30)†	10	2,165	Second round lost toWang Qiang
23	23	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,125	215	10	1,920	Second round lost toAmanda Anisimova [WC]
24	24	Elena Vesnina	2,110	1,000	65	1,175	Third round lost toAngelique Kerber [10]
25	25	Barbora Strýcová	1,980	65	10	1,925	Second round lost toPetra Martić
26	26	Daria Gavrilova	1,870	65	65	1,870	Third round lost toCaroline Garcia [7]
27	27	Carla Suárez Navarro	1,785	10	215	1,990	Quarterfinals lost toVenus Williams [8]
28	28	Anett Kontaveit	1,765	65	10	1,710	Second round lost toAliaksandra Sasnovich
29	29	Kiki Bertens	1,725	65	10	1,670	Second round lost toSerena Williams
30	30	Dominika Cibulková	1,610	120	10	1,500	Second round lost toCaroline Dolehide [WC]
31	32	Agnieszka Radwańska	1,525	65	10	1,470	Second round lost toNaomi Osaka
32	33	Zhang Shuai	1,500	10	65	1,555	Third round lost toKarolína Plíšková [5]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Amanda Anisimova
• Victoria Azarenka
• Eugenie Bouchard
• Danielle Collins
• Kayla Day
• Caroline Dolehide
• Claire Liu
• Sofya Zhuk

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lara Arruabarrena
• Madison Brengle
• Duan Yingying
• Hsieh Su-wei
• Sofia Kenin
• Kurumi Nara
• Monica Niculescu
• Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Taylor Townsend
• Sachia Vickery
• Yanina Wickmayer
• Vera Zvonareva

Before the tournament

• Margarita Gasparyan → replaced byBelinda Bencic
• Camila Giorgi → replaced byPauline Parmentier
• Ana Konjuh → replaced byKaia Kanepi
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced byAlison Van Uytvanck
• Peng Shuai → replaced byVerónica Cepede Royg
• Lucie Šafářová → replaced byPetra Martić
• Laura Siegemund → replaced byLauren Davis

• Kateřina Siniaková
• Carina Witthöft

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	6	1
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	16	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	20	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	23	4
ROU	Monica Niculescu	CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	23	5
CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	42	6
NED	Kiki Bertens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	44	7
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	44	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 26, 2018.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Victoria Azarenka /Aryna Sabalenka
• Eugenie Bouchard /Sloane Stephens
• Karolína Plíšková /Kristýna Plíšková

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