By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Photo Credit: Matthew Calvis
Carlos Alcaraz Plays for a rare Indian Wells with three peat next month.
Five times BNP Paribas Open Champion Novak Djokovic Will try to grab the Spaniard’s desert reign.
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BNP Paribas Open released its list of entry in 2025 today and Djokovic, who suffered a muscular tear in his left Hamstring that forced him to withdraw from last month’s semifinals Australian Open, is among the champions in it .
Alcaraz’s two -time defensive champion travels with a 12 Indian Wells games winning a line in the desert while playing to become the first man from Djokovic in 2016 to three peat.
The Kingdom of Women’s Champion IgA Swiatek is playing for history.
SWIATE’s twice champion is making offers to become the first woman to win three Singles Indian Wells championships.
2025 BNP Paribas Open will be held in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden March 2-16.
World players No.1 and three times Grand Slam Champions Sabalenka AND Jannik sinful will lead their relevant withdrawals as they both hope to capture a first career title at Palm Springs.
Sabalenka reached the final in 2023 and will look for her first title of the 2025 season after fell to Madison Keys In an exciting Australian Open final. Sabalenka and Taylor Fritz Won the title of mixed Eisenhower Cup doubles played before the main Indian Wells draw last year.
The sinner, empowered by successfully defending his Australian title Open last month, reached the Wells semifinal of the well-falling to Alcaraz twice.
In general, Alcaraz is 16-2 lifespan in the tennis paradise beating Alexander Zverev, a sudden herd of bees, sinful and Daniil Medvedev in the 2024 championship claim.
Olympic teammates Coco gafff and ex -champion Indian Wells Taylor Fritz Draw the charge of American contenders. Open Australian finalist of 2025 Alexander Zverevtriple the big triple of the Slam Casper RuudGrand Slam finalist twice Jasmine Paolini, and 2023 BNP Paribas Open Champion Elena Rybakina Complete the list of the top 5 players set to compete in the desert.
Australian champion Open 2025 Madison Keys, 2024 US finalist Open Jessica Pegula and 2024 US Open semifinalist Emma Navarro Complete the list of the top 10 players looking to break the US WTA drought in the desert.
No American woman has raised the title of BNP Paribas Open Singles Serena Williams In 2001. The Hall of Fammer Lindsay Davenport It was a three -year -old race (2003 to 2005) and Serena fell to Victoria Azarenka in the 2016 final. Champion of 2019 Bianca Andreescu It is the last North America woman to win the Indian Wells.
Since other senior American women determined to fight for the crown include world no. 12 Danielle Collinsformer ncaa national champion Peyton StearnsAND Amanda Animova.
On the side of the American men, the best players of the 10th Tommy Paul (World No. 9) will seek to build a better Indian career well that shows last year, where he reached the semifinal.
Former US Finalist open Ben Shelton will make his third appearance in fresh desert from a run in the Australian semifinal Open, with Frances Tiophoe AND Sebastian cord Completion of the list of US top players with 25 rankings coming into the tennis Paradise.
Ex -50 leading American players Reilly Opelka AND Jenson Brooksby It will also compete in the Indian Wells for the first time since Paribas BNP open 2022 BNP Open as both players make returns from the shortage of many years. 2025 Australian Open Semfinist and World Nr. 10 Paula Badosa Highlights a strong crew of former BNP winners of Paribas Open seeking to recover the championship glory in the Indian Wells tennis garden.
The 2021 champion Badosa will join the other past Indian Wells titles Naomi Osaka (2018), Victoria Azarenka (2012, 2016), and Cameron Norrie (2021).
