Tennis fiends are gearing up for the unofficial “fifth major,” the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, March 5-18, in Indian Wells.
Garden Party
BNP Paribas Open slates kick-off event to tennis season at Tthe Gardens on El Paseo Jan. 26.
BNP Paribas Open slates kick-off event to tennis season at the Gardens on El Paseo Jan. 26.
BNP Paribas Open Makes it a Grand Slam
Players vote Indian Wells event as WTA Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year for fourth straight year.
For the fourth consecutive year, the BNP Paribas Open – has been voted the WTA Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year, as determined by player vote.
Order on the Court
While the brawl for bragging rights raged on between the Racquet Club and the Tennis Club in Palm Springs, a new champion was emerging in the east valley.
It may have been some 40 years ago but tennis hall-of-famer Charlie Pasarell still remembers the last ATP tennis tournament played in Tucson before it was relocated to Mission Hills Country Club and the valley where it would grow to become the BNP Paribas Open. First of all, it wasn’t really even a tennis tournament. “They called it the American
Courting Success
Dee Dee Felich will be honored for growing the game of tennis in the Coachella Valley at Rosie Casals & Jackie Cooper Team Tennis Pro-Am.
And the Best Everer
Roger Federer, at 35, became the oldest champion at the BNP Paribas Open, surpassing by four years and two months Jimmy Connors, who won in 1984, at 31.
Swiss Banks Win at Paribas
Elena Vesnina did the unexpected, outlasting the eighth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in a grueling three-hour match to win the BNP Paribas Open women's title.
Another Master Who Floats and Stings
BNP Paribas Open fans got their wish. Roger Federer is the the men's singles final at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Eternal Indian Wells
A tournament like the BNP Paribas Open serves as a corrective, for both the perfect and the admiring imperfect.
