TheIndian Wells Masters is an annualtennis tournament held in the small city ofIndian Wells,California. The official sponsored name of the event is currently thePacific Life Open.
The event is part of theATP Masters Series on themen's tour and is aPremier Mandatory event on thewomen's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events (besideMiami Masters) in which main draw play extends beyond 8 days. The women's main draw usually starts on Wednesday and the men's main draw starts on Monday. Both finals are held on Sunday of the following week. Both singles main draws include 96 players. The 32 seeded players get a bye to the second round.
The tournament is played onhard courts and is the best attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments, with over 300,000 visitors during the event. It has the second largest stadium in the world.
The tournament is usually held in early March. However in 2020, it was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021, it was on in October. Cameron Norrie from Great Britain and Paula Badosa from Spain are the most recent champions.
