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 it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
All top 75 ranked WTA and ATP Tour singles players were included in the initial entry list, but five-time champion Roger Federer withdrew after undergoing surgery on his right knee.
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.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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.
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. 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."
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 The following players were due to compete in the tournament prior to its cancellation.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds 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.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints would have wonPoints would have been 1 1 Novak Djokovic 10,220 45 10 10,185 2 2 Rafael Nadal 9,850 360 10 9,500 3 3 Dominic Thiem 7,045 1,000 10 6,055 4 5 Daniil Medvedev 5,890 45 10 5,855 5 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,745 10 10 4,745 6 7 Alexander Zverev 3,630 45 10 3,595 7 8 Matteo Berrettini 2,860 10+125 10+10 2,745 8 9 Gaël Monfils 2,860 180 10 2,690 9 10 David Goffin 2,555 10 10 2,555 10 11 Fabio Fognini 2,400 10 10 2,400 11 12 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,360 10 10 2,360 12 13 Diego Schwartzman 2,265 45 10 2,230 13 14 Andrey Rublev 2,234 53 10 2,191 14 15 Karen Khachanov 2,120 180 10 1,950 15 16 Denis Shapovalov 2,075 90 10 1,995 16 17 Stan Wawrinka 2,060 45 10 2,025 17 18 Cristian Garín 1,900 0 10 1,910 18 19 Grigor Dimitrov 1,850 0 10 1,860 19 20 Félix Auger-Aliassime 1,771 45 10 1,736 20 21 John Isner 1,760 90 10 1,680 21 22 Benoît Paire 1,738 10 10 1,738 22 23 Dušan Lajović 1,695 25 10 1,680 23 24 Taylor Fritz 1,510 10 10 1,510 24 25 Pablo Carreño Busta 1,500 0 10 1,510 25 26 Alex de Minaur 1,485 10 10 1,485 26 27 Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,395 10 10 1,395 27 28 Dan Evans 1,359 26 10 1,343 28 29 Hubert Hurkacz 1,353 180 10 1,183 29 30 Milos Raonic 1,350 360 10 1,000 30 32 Filip Krajinović 1,343 106 10 1,247 31 33 Borna Ćorić 1,320 10 10 1,320 32 34 Jan-Lennard Struff 1,315 90 10 1,235
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints would have beenReason 4 Roger Federer 6,630 600 6,030Right knee surgery 31 Kei Nishikori 1,345 45 1,300Right elbow injury
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Marcos Giron Mitchell Krueger Brandon Nakashima Tennys Sandgren Jack Sock
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Lu Yen-hsun Mackenzie McDonald Vasek Pospisil
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Qualifying not played following its cancellation
Withdrawals Kevin Anderson → replaced by Federico Delbonis Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Mackenzie McDonald Roger Federer → replaced by Philipp Kohlschreiber Kei Nishikori → replaced by Tommy Paul Guido Pella → replaced by Jannik Sinner Albert Ramos Viñolas → replaced by Roberto Carballés Baena Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Mikael Ymer
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedJuan Sebastián CabalRobert Farah31Łukasz KubotMarcelo Melo102Rajeev RamJoe Salisbury163Ivan DodigFilip Polášek184Marcel GranollersHoracio Zeballos205Pierre-Hugues HerbertNicolas Mahut226Kevin KrawietzAndreas Mies277Raven KlaasenOliver Marach358 1 Rankings as of March 9, 2020.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Wildcards not named following its cancellation
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds 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. SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints would have wonPoints would have been 1 1 Ashleigh Barty 8,717 120 10 8,607 2 3 Karolína Plíšková 5,205 215 10 5,000 3 4 Sofia Kenin 4,590 35 10 4,565 4 7 Kiki Bertens 4,335 120 10 4,225 5 5 Elina Svitolina 4,580 390 10 4,200 6 8 Belinda Bencic 4,010 390 10 3,630 7 9 Serena Williams 3,915 65 10 3,860 8 10 Naomi Osaka 3,625 120 10 3,515 9 11 Aryna Sabalenka 3,615 120 10 3,505 10 12 Petra Kvitová 3,566 10 10 3,566 11 13 Madison Keys 2,962 10 10 2,962 12 15 Petra Martić 2,770 10 10 2,770 13 16 Garbiñe Muguruza 2,711 215 10 2,506 14 14 Johanna Konta 2,803 65 10 2,748 15 17 Elena Rybakina 2,471 (60)† 10 2,421 16 18 Markéta Vondroušová 2,307 215 10 2,102 17 19 Alison Riske 2,256 10 10 2,256 18 20 Maria Sakkari 2,130 10 10 2,130 19 22 Anett Kontaveit 2,010 120 10 1,900 20 23 Elise Mertens 1,950 65 10 1,895 21 24 Donna Vekić 1,880 10 10 1,880 22 25 Dayana Yastremska 1,835 10 10 1,835 23 26 Karolína Muchová 1,813 (1)† 10 1,822 24 27 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,775 65 10 1,720 25 28 Amanda Anisimova 1,717 35 10 1,692 26 29 Wang Qiang 1,706 120 10 1,596 27 30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,540 10 10 1,540 28 31 Barbora Strýcová 1,530 35 10 1,505 29 32 Svetlana Kuznetsova 1,527 (1)† 10 1,536 30 33 Yulia Putintseva 1,525 35 10 1,500 31 34 Zheng Saisai 1,510 10 10 1,510 32 35 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. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints would have beenReason 2 Simona Halep 6,076 120 5,956Right foot injury 6 Bianca Andreescu 4,555 1,000 3,555Left knee injury 21 Angelique Kerber 2,040 650 1,390Left leg injury
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Kristie Ahn Usue Maitane Arconada Madison Brengle Kim Clijsters Leylah Annie Fernandez Christina McHale Caty McNally Last remaining wildcard slot not used following its cancellation
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Shelby Rogers Yaroslava Shvedova
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Qualifying not played following its cancellation
Withdrawals Before the tournament Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Shelby Rogers Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Misaki Doi Danielle Collins → replaced by Ons Jabeur Simona Halep → replaced by Taylor Townsend Angelique Kerber → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedHsieh Su-weiBarbora Strýcová31Tímea BabosKristina Mladenovic72Elise MertensAryna Sabalenka113Barbora KrejčíkováKateřina Siniaková174Gabriela DabrowskiJeļena Ostapenko245Chan Hao-chingLatisha Chan286Nicole MelicharXu Yifan297Květa PeschkeDemi Schuurs358 1 Rankings as of March 2, 2020.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Kim Clijsters / Sloane Stephens Remaining wildcard slots not used following its cancellation
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