The men’s and women’s main draw events took place from March 5 through 16, 2025 on outdoor hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Jack Draper beat Holger Rune 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the BNP Paribas Open to claim his first Masters 1000 title and a first top 10 place of the ATP rankings. Draper became the second British man to win the title, after Cameron Norrie in 2021! By the way, Carlos Alcaraz was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Draper.
Mirra Andreeva shocked whole world and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to win a maiden Indian Wells title. The 17-year-old Russian came from a set down to beat the Belarusian 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the Californian desert, with the ninth seed following up her Dubai victory with another stupendous title after she had become the youngest ever WTA 1000 winner and the youngest to break into the world top 10 since 2007.
Andreeva has become the third-youngest women’s champion at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, following in the footsteps of the great Martina Hingis and Serena Williams, and she showed that she belonged at the top table of the women’s game with a fearless display to come back from a set down.
Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić won the men’s doubles title at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open, defeating Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Arévalo and Pavić retained the ATP No. 1 doubles ranking after Henry Patten lost in the second round.
Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs defeated Tereza Mihalíková and Olivia Nicholls in the final, 6–2, 7–6 to win the women’s doubles title at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open. Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens were the defending champions, but chose to compete with different partners this year.
In only their third WTA 1000 event as a pairing, Asia Muhammad and Demi Schuurs have already teamed up to win a WTA 1000 trophy. They took home the BNP Paribas Open doubles title in Indian Wells with a 6-2, 7-6(4) victory over Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls in an all-unseeded final. Muhammad and Schuurs saved two set points at 5-4 in the second set en route to victory.
For the first time since 2009, the prize money at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open was not distributed equally between the ATP and WTA tours, with a 2.13% difference between the two. The total combined prize money was $19,387,080, with the ATP tour receiving $9,693,540 and the WTA tour receiving $9,489,532. This represented a rise of 6.63% from 2024.
In addition, the champion’s prize money increased for 2025, with the men’s winner receiving $1,201,125 and the women’s winner $1,127,500 (up from $1,100,000 in 2024). Meanwhile, men’s first-round losers’ pay decreased by 15.56% ($30,050 in 2024 vs $25,375 in 2025).