2020 BNP Paribas Open

2020 BNP Paribas Open
DateMarch 9–22 (cancelled)
Edition47th (Men) / 32nd (Women)
CategoryATP Tour Masters 1000 (Men)
WTA Premier Mandatory (Women)
Draw96S / 32D (planned)
SurfaceHard
LocationIndian Wells, California, United States
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
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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]

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

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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

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

ATP singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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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 Serbia Novak Djokovic 10,220 45 10 10,185
2 2 Spain Rafael Nadal 9,850 360 10 9,500
3 3 Austria Dominic Thiem 7,045 1,000 10 6,055
4 5 Russia Daniil Medvedev 5,890 45 10 5,855
5 6 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,745 10 10 4,745
6 7 Germany Alexander Zverev 3,630 45 10 3,595
7 8 Italy Matteo Berrettini 2,860 10+125 10+10 2,745
8 9 France Gaël Monfils 2,860 180 10 2,690
9 10 Belgium David Goffin 2,555 10 10 2,555
10 11 Italy Fabio Fognini 2,400 10 10 2,400
11 12 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 2,360 10 10 2,360
12 13 Argentina Diego Schwartzman 2,265 45 10 2,230
13 14 Russia Andrey Rublev 2,234 53 10 2,191
14 15 Russia Karen Khachanov 2,120 180 10 1,950
15 16 Canada Denis Shapovalov 2,075 90 10 1,995
16 17 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 2,060 45 10 2,025
17 18 Chile Cristian Garín 1,900 0 10 1,910
18 19 Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 1,850 0 10 1,860
19 20 Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 1,771 45 10 1,736
20 21 United States John Isner 1,760 90 10 1,680
21 22 France Benoît Paire 1,738 10 10 1,738
22 23 Serbia Dušan Lajović 1,695 25 10 1,680
23 24 United States Taylor Fritz 1,510 10 10 1,510
24 25 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 1,500 0 10 1,510
25 26 Australia Alex de Minaur 1,485 10 10 1,485
26 27 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,395 10 10 1,395
27 28 United Kingdom Dan Evans 1,359 26 10 1,343
28 29 Poland Hubert Hurkacz 1,353 180 10 1,183
29 30 Canada Milos Raonic 1,350 360 10 1,000
30 32 Serbia Filip Krajinović 1,343 106 10 1,247
31 33 Croatia Borna Ćorić 1,320 10 10 1,320
32 34 Germany 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 Switzerland Roger Federer 6,630 600 6,030 Right knee surgery
31 Japan Kei Nishikori 1,345 45 1,300 Right elbow injury

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Qualifying not played following its cancellation

Withdrawals

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ATP doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Wildcards not named following its cancellation

WTA singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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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 Australia Ashleigh Barty 8,717 120 10 8,607
2 3 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 5,205 215 10 5,000
3 4 United States Sofia Kenin 4,590 35 10 4,565
4 7 Netherlands Kiki Bertens 4,335 120 10 4,225
5 5 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 4,580 390 10 4,200
6 8 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 4,010 390 10 3,630
7 9 United States Serena Williams 3,915 65 10 3,860
8 10 Japan Naomi Osaka 3,625 120 10 3,515
9 11 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 3,615 120 10 3,505
10 12 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 3,566 10 10 3,566
11 13 United States Madison Keys 2,962 10 10 2,962
12 15 Croatia Petra Martić 2,770 10 10 2,770
13 16 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 2,711 215 10 2,506
14 14 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 2,803 65 10 2,748
15 17 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina 2,471 (60) 10 2,421
16 18 Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová 2,307 215 10 2,102
17 19 United States Alison Riske 2,256 10 10 2,256
18 20 Greece Maria Sakkari 2,130 10 10 2,130
19 22 Estonia Anett Kontaveit 2,010 120 10 1,900
20 23 Belgium Elise Mertens 1,950 65 10 1,895
21 24 Croatia Donna Vekić 1,880 10 10 1,880
22 25 Ukraine Dayana Yastremska 1,835 10 10 1,835
23 26 Czech Republic Karolína Muchová 1,813 (1) 10 1,822
24 27 Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,775 65 10 1,720
25 28 United States Amanda Anisimova 1,717 35 10 1,692
26 29 China Wang Qiang 1,706 120 10 1,596
27 30 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,540 10 10 1,540
28 31 Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová 1,530 35 10 1,505
29 32 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 1,527 (1) 10 1,536
30 33 Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva 1,525 35 10 1,500
31 34 China Zheng Saisai 1,510 10 10 1,510
32 35 China 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 Romania Simona Halep 6,076 120 5,956 Right foot injury
6 Canada Bianca Andreescu 4,555 1,000 3,555 Left knee injury
21 Germany Angelique Kerber 2,040 650 1,390 Left leg injury

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Qualifying not played following its cancellation

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ a b "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.
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