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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The 2018 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian 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 an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2018, on outdoor hard 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 defeated Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–2)

• Naomi Osaka defeated Daria Kasatkina, 6–3, 6–2

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

• Hsieh Su-wei / Barbora Strýcová defeated Ekaterina 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 to Juan Martín del Potro [6]
2	3	Marin Čilić	4,870	10	45	4,905	Third round lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber [31]
3	4	Grigor Dimitrov	4,635	45	10	4,600	Second round lost to Fernando Verdasco
4	5	Alexander Zverev	4,540	45	10	4,505	Second round lost to João Sousa
5	6	Dominic Thiem	3,810	180	45	3,675	Third round retired against Pablo Cuevas [30]
6	8	Juan Martín del Potro	3,200	45	1000	4,155	Champion, defeated Roger Federer [1]
7	9	Kevin Anderson	3,080	25	180	3,235	Quarterfinals lost to Borna Ćorić
8	10	Jack Sock	2,650	360	45	2,335	Third round lost to Feliciano López [28]
9	12	Lucas Pouille	2,455	45	10	2,420	Second round lost to Yuki Bhambri [Q]
10	13	Novak Djokovic	2,380	90	10	2,300	Second round lost to Taro Daniel [Q]
11	14	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,315	360	90	2,045	Fourth round lost to Kevin Anderson [7]
12	15	Tomáš Berdych	2,275	45	45	2,275	Third round lost to Chung Hyeon [23]
13	16	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,255	45	45	2,255	Third round lost to Borna Ćorić
14	17	Diego Schwartzman	2,220	10	10	2,220	Second round lost to Marcos Baghdatis [Q]
15	18	John Isner	2,205	45	10	2,170	Second round lost to Gaël Monfils
16	19	Fabio Fognini	2,190	45	10	2,155	Second round lost to Jérémy 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 to Milos Raonic [32]
19	22	Albert Ramos Viñolas	1,745	45	10	1,710	Second round lost to Borna Ćorić
20	23	Adrian Mannarino	1,715	25	45	1,735	Third round lost to Jérémy Chardy
21	24	Kyle Edmund	1,642	25	10	1,627	Second round lost to Dudi 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 to Roger Federer [1]
24	27	Gilles Müller	1,535	45	10	1,500	Second round lost to Pierre-Hugues Herbert
25	28	Filip Krajinović	1,503	(9)†	45	1,539	Third round lost to Roger Federer [1]
26	30	Damir Džumhur	1,445	25	10	1,430	Second round lost to Nicolás Kicker
27	31	Andrey Rublev	1,433	(50)‡	10	1,393	Second round lost to Taylor Fritz
28	32	Feliciano López	1,340	10	90	1,420	Fourth round lost to Sam Querrey [18]
29	33	David Ferrer	1,325	0	45	1,370	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [6]
30	34	Pablo Cuevas	1,310	180	90	1,220	Fourth round lost to Chung Hyeon [23]
31	37	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,290	45	180	1,425	Quarterfinals lost to Juan Martín del Potro [6]
32	38	Milos Raonic	1,270	0	360	1,630	Semifinals lost to Juan 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 an ATP 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 by Mikhail Youzhny
• Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Ivo Karlović
• Guillermo García López → replaced by Maximilian Marterer
• Richard Gasquet → replaced by Lukáš Lacko
• David Goffin → replaced by Nicolás Kicker
• Robin Haase → replaced by Radu Albot
• Denis Istomin → replaced by Dudi Sela
• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Matteo Berrettini
• Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Lu Yen-hsun → replaced by Taylor Fritz
• Florian Mayer → replaced by Frances Tiafoe
• Andy Murray → replaced by Víctor Estrella Burgos
• Rafael Nadal → replaced by Marius Copil
• Kei Nishikori → replaced by Ruben Bemelmans
• Andreas Seppi → replaced by Márton Fucsovics
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Laslo Đere
• Stan Wawrinka → replaced by Jérémy 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 to Naomi Osaka
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	7,525	215	120	7,430	Fourth round lost to Daria Kasatkina [20]
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	6,175	215	10	5,970	Second round lost to Sachia Vickery [Q]
4	4	Elina Svitolina	5,480	120	65	5,425	Third round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [27]
5	5	Karolína Plíšková	5,080	390	215	4,905	Quarterfinals lost to Naomi Osaka
6	6	Jeļena Ostapenko	4,941	35	65	4,971	Third round lost to Petra Martić
7	7	Caroline Garcia	4,625	120	120	4,625	Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [10]
8	8	Venus Williams	4,277	215	390	4,452	Semifinals lost to Daria Kasatkina [20]
9	9	Petra Kvitová	3,086	0	65	3,151	Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova [WC]
10	10	Angelique Kerber	3,055	120	215	3,150	Quarterfinals lost to Daria Kasatkina [20]
11	11	Johanna Konta	2,930	65	10	2,875	Second round lost to Markéta Vondroušová
12	12	Julia Görges	2,910	65	65	2,910	Third round lost to Anastasija Sevastova [21]
13	13	Sloane Stephens	2,873	0	65	2,938	Third round lost to Daria Kasatkina [20]
14	15	Kristina Mladenovic	2,605	390	65	2,280	Third round lost to Wang Qiang
15	14	Madison Keys	2,703	120	10	2,593	Second round lost to Danielle Collins [WC]
16	21	Ashleigh Barty	2,189	(1)†	10	2,198	Second round lost to Maria Sakkari
17	16	CoCo Vandeweghe	2,433	10	65	2,488	Third round lost to Maria Sakkari
18	17	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2,405	(20)†	10	2,395	Second round lost to Sofya Zhuk [WC]
19	18	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2,362	650	10	1,722	Second round lost to Aryna Sabalenka
20	19	Daria Kasatkina	2,300	10	650	2,940	Runner-up, lost to Naomi Osaka
21	20	Anastasija Sevastova	2,295	10	120	2,405	Fourth round lost to Venus Williams [8]
22	22	Elise Mertens	2,185	(30)†	10	2,165	Second round lost to Wang Qiang
23	23	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,125	215	10	1,920	Second round lost to Amanda Anisimova [WC]
24	24	Elena Vesnina	2,110	1,000	65	1,175	Third round lost to Angelique Kerber [10]
25	25	Barbora Strýcová	1,980	65	10	1,925	Second round lost to Petra Martić
26	26	Daria Gavrilova	1,870	65	65	1,870	Third round lost to Caroline Garcia [7]
27	27	Carla Suárez Navarro	1,785	10	215	1,990	Quarterfinals lost to Venus Williams [8]
28	28	Anett Kontaveit	1,765	65	10	1,710	Second round lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich
29	29	Kiki Bertens	1,725	65	10	1,670	Second round lost to Serena Williams
30	30	Dominika Cibulková	1,610	120	10	1,500	Second round lost to Caroline Dolehide [WC]
31	32	Agnieszka Radwańska	1,525	65	10	1,470	Second round lost to Naomi Osaka
32	33	Zhang Shuai	1,500	10	65	1,555	Third round lost to Karolína 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 by Belinda Bencic
• Camila Giorgi → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
• Ana Konjuh → replaced by Kaia Kanepi
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
• Peng Shuai → replaced by Verónica Cepede Royg
• Lucie Šafářová → replaced by Petra Martić
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Lauren 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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