Often called the unofficial fifth Grand Slam, the Indian Wells Open, or the BNP Paribas Open as it’s also called, will continue to be played for the 51st time when the players take to court in 2025. If you are looking to buy the men’s and women’s Indian Wells Open tickets for its 2025 edition, you can get all of its information in the sections below.
Played on the outdoor hardcourt surface made of Plexipave, the Indian Wells Open took place for the first time way back in 1974. It was hosted in Arizona at that time. It has moved venues from then on before settling in on its current location in Indian Wells in 1987.
Also known as the BNP Paribas Open, it is a part of the Sunshine Double which also includes the Miami Open that’s played immediately on the conclusion of this competition.
Here’s more information on this tournament that would help you buy the Indian Wells tennis tickets for it.
2025 ATP & WTA Indian Wells Open Schedule
It’s important to understand how the Indian Wells Open operates. There are 96 main draw singles players in both, the men’s and women’s draw and 32 of them are seeded.
All the seeded players get a bye from the first round while the remaining 64 players feature in an opening round match. 32 of these progress to the second round to join the aforementioned seeded players to make it a 64-player second round too.
This is followed by the third and fourth round before the quarterfinals, semifinals and final are played. The tournament kick-starts with its qualifiers on Monday while the main draw matches begin from the middle of the week.
Here’s what the schedule for the 2025 ATP & WTA Indian Wells Open looks.
- March 2, 3, & 4: Men & Women’s Singles Qualifiers
- March 5 & 6: Men’s & Women’s Singles First Round
- March 7 & 8: Men’s & Women’s Singles Second Round
- March 9 & 10: Men’s & Women’s Singles Third Round
- March 11 & 12: Men’s & Women’s Singles Fourth Round
- March 13: Men’s & Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
- March 14: Women’s Singles Semifinals, Men’s Doubles Final
- March 15: Men’s Singles Semifinals, Women’s Doubles Final
- March 16: Men’s & Women’s Singles Final
Indian Wells Open 2025 Venue
The Indian Wells Open is played in Indian Wells which is a town in the Coachella Valley of California. Its location is about 200 km away from downtown Los Angeles.
The exact venue goes by the name of Indian Wells Tennis Garden which was constructed about 25 years ago. Currently, this venue has 28 tennis courts other than the centre court which has a capacity of over 16,000. This makes it the second-largest tennis stadium in the world.
A second 8,000 seat stadium was built in 2013 and all the courts including this new one are purple in colour to make the contrast with the yellow ball even more distinct, thereby improving the viewing experience.
How to Get to Indian Wells to Watch the Tennis?
There are three different ways you can get down to the Indian Wells Open venue. These include flight, car and bus.
Flight
There are five airports which can be used to get to the Indian Wells Open with the Palm Springs International Airport being the closest.
The other airports include San Diego International Airport, John Wayne Airport Orange County, Ontario International Airport and General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport.
To get to the venue from the Palm Springs International Airport, you can either cab it down, take a bus or rent a car.
Car
Like mentioned above you can rent a car from the Palm Springs International Airport but you can do something similar from Los Angeles too. The tennis stadium is about 190 km away and will take you over two hours to drive it down.
Bus
There are various ways you can take a bus to get to this tennis venue. A FlixBus or Greyhound bus could get you to the Indian Wells Open stadium from Phoenix or from San Francisco or from any other city close to the venue.
Indian Wells Open Player List for 2025
The top 75 players from both, the men’s and women’s tennis world are expected to feature in this upcoming edition of this competition. The other slots will be filled by wild-card entries, qualifiers and lucky losers depending on who features in the tournament.
Here’s a list of the seeded players who took part in the previous year’s Indian Wells Open. This will be updated with the list for the 2025 edition once more information is out in the lead-up to the upcoming tournament:
Men’s Seeded Players
- Novak Djokovic
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Jannik Sinner
- Daniil Medvedev
- Alexander Zverev
- Andrey Rublev
- Holger Rune
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Casper Ruud
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Taylor Fritz
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Alex de Minaur
- Karen Khachanov
- Tommy Paul
- Frances Tiafoe
- Ben Shelton
- Ugo Humbert
- Adrian Mannarino
- Francisco Cerúndolo
- Alexander Bublik
- Sebastián Báez
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Nicolás Jarry
- Jan-Lennard Struff
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Cameron Norrie
- Sebastian Korda
- Tomás Martín Etcheverry
- Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Jiří Lehečka
Women’s Seeded Players
- Iga Świątek
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Coco Gauff
- Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula
- Ons Jabeur
- Markéta Vondroušová
- Zheng Qinwen
- Maria Sakkari
- Jeļena Ostapenko
- Daria Kasatkina
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Jasmine Paolini
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Elina Svitolina
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Madison Keys
- Barbora Krejčíková
- Sorana Cîrstea
- Caroline Garcia
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Emma Navarro
- Elise Mertens
- Donna Vekić
- Linda Noskova
- Victoria Azarenka
- Anastasia Potapova
- Leylah Fernandez
- Dayana Yastremska
- Marta Kotyuk
In 2024, Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s singles title by defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final while Iga Swiatek was the women’s singles champion after she overcame Maria Sakkari in the title-decider.
How to Buy Indian Wells Open 2025 Tickets
There are various ways to be able to watch the Indian Wells Open from the venue. Match days are divided into morning and evening sessions and you could purchase tickets for single sessions or opt for one of the multiple other packages available.
You can go to the official ticketing website for the Indian Wells Open 2025 here to check for the various available options.
Here’re the different ways to buy these tickets:
Single Session
There are day and evening sessions on each of the days that the tournament will be played between March 2 and March 16.
Here’re the various single session tickets you can opt for:
- March 2, 2024, Day Session: Women’s Qualifying
- March 3, 2024, Day Session: Women’s Qualifying & Men’s Qualifying
- March 4, 2024, Day Session: Women’s Qualifying & Men’s Qualifying
- March 5, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women First Round
- March 5, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women First Round
- March 6, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women First Round
- March 6, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women First Round
- March 7, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Second Round
- March 7, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Second Round
- March 8, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Second Round
- March 8, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Second Round
- March 9, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Third Round
- March 9, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Third Round
- March 10, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Third Round
- March 10, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Third Round
- March 11, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Fourth Round
- March 11, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Fourth Round
- March 12, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Fourth Round
- March 12, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Fourth Round
- March 13, 2024, Day Session: Men’s & Women Quarterfinals
- March 13, 2024, Evening Session: Men’s & Women Quarterfinals
- March 14, 2024, Day Session: Men’s Doubles Finals & Women’s Semifinals
- March 15, 2024, Day Session: Women’s Doubles Finals & Men’s Semifinals
- March 16, 2024, Day Session: Women’s & Men’s Finals
Series Packages
There are multiple series packages available to be bought for the 2025 Indian Wells Open with the starting price of $800 for the Loge seats. You can watch all the Stadium 1 matches using this option.
The others include (along with their starting prices):
- Front Box: $7725
- Premium Courtside Box: $4875
- Courtside Box: $3700
- Stadium Box: $2850
- Prime Loge: $1200
- Loge: $800
- Premium Club Suite: $16275
- Club Suite: $9125
- Stadium 2: $1525
- Stadium 3: $1000
Mini Packages
These are smaller packages for a pre-decided set of dates. These include:
- Kickoff Weekend (March 7-9): $600
- Mid Week (March 11-13): $630
- Electric Evenings (March 5-13): $775
- Final Weekend (March 14-16):
- Championship Weekend (March 15-16): $1610
Group Packages
There are two group packages available on the official website in order to watch the Indian Wells Open. These include:
- Group Package: 10 or more people can apply to watch the tennis at Stadium 1
- All Pro Package: 50 or more people
The pricing for the group packages can be found here.
Premium Experiences
There are multiple ways to enjoy your tennis in a lavish style and the Premium Experiences package is one of the ways to do it.
You could either book the Daily Private Suite or if you are really interested in a once-in-a-lifetime splurge, you can opt for a Full Series premium package with a starting price of $100,000.
These form a part of the Luxury Suites.
You could also go for a Club Suite Seat or a Premium Club Suite Seat.
Travel Packages
Steve Furgai’s International Tennis Tours provide official premium tickets, transportation, spectacular stadium views and quite a few of hotel accommodations.
How Much do Indian Wells Open Tickets Cost in 2025?
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What Should I Do if Indian Wells Open 2025 Tickets Are Not Available?
The best way to buy tickets for the Indian Wells Open is through the aforementioned official website. It’s quite hassle-free and affords the best possible rates for these tickets.
However, if you are looking for the tickets to a particular session or a specific package which have been sold out, then the alternate method you could use is to log in to a secondary sale website like Viagogo.com or StubHub.com.
These are ticketing marketplaces available online where ticket-holders can sell their Indian Wells Open tickets and those looking to buy them at the 11th hour or for something that’s not available on the official site, can do so.
As you would expect, the prices associated with tickets available at sites like Viagogo.com are not the same as that mentioned on them. Typically speaking they are higher than the printed price and you might want to check that out before purchasing them.
Here’s how you can use Viagogo to buy your Indian Wells Open 2025 tickets:
- Go to Viagogo.com here
- On the search bar, type in Indian Wells Open and search. You will get a list of all the available Indian Wells Open ticketing options for the year.
- Choose the date for which you want your Indian Wells Open tickets along with the stadium and click on the corresponding button (typically See Tickets)
- Select the number of tickets you want, choose if you want to be seated together and click on continue
- You will get the list of available tickets for that day and corresponding ticket cost.
- Select your favourite, key in your details, make the payment and voila, you will your Indian Wells tickets emailed or posted to you.
