The BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells tournament is a WTA 1000 event that is held in Indian Wells, California, and was postponed from April this year to October due to the pandemic.
Often considered "the fifth Grand Slam", it carries a lot of prestige and has produced several winners including defending champion Bianca Andreescu, and Simona Halep.
After being cancelled in 2020, the event returns this year with a host of star players, as Swiatek, Muguruza, Kvitova, Pliskova, Svitolina, Sakkari and Halep amongst others.
The tournament features a 96-player singles draw and a 32-woman doubles event, and runs from October 06-17, 2021.
MAIN DRAW SINGLES (Last Update - 03-10-2021 including Wild Cards)
1 Ashleigh Barty 1
2 Aryna Sabalenka 2
3 Karolina Pliskova 3
4 Elina Svitolina 4
5 Naomi Osaka 5
6 Sofia Kenin 6
7 Barbora Krejcikova 7
8 Iga Swiatek 8
9 Garbiñe Muguruza 9
10 Petra Kvitova 10
11 Simona Halep 11
12 Belinda Bencic 12
13 Maria Sakkari 13
14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 14
15 Angelique Kerber 15
16 Elise Mertens 16
17 Elena Rybakina 17
18 Ons Jabeur 18
19 Cori Gauff 19
20 Bianca Andreescu 20
21 Jennifer Brady 21
22 Karolina Muchova 22
23 Daria Kasatkina 23
24 Jessica Pegula 24
25 Danielle Collins 25
26 Paula Badosa 26
27 Leylah Fernandez 27
28 Anett Kontaveit 28
29 Jelena Ostapenko 29
30 Veronika Kudermetova 30
31 Victoria Azarenka 31
32 Ekaterina Alexandrova 33
33 Tamara Zidansek 34
34 Marketa Vondrousova 35
35 Camila Giorgi 36
36 Sara Sorribes Tormo 37
37 Alison Riske 38
38 Sorana Cirstea 39
39 Nadia Podoroska 40
40 Petra Martic 42
41 Jil Teichmann 43
42 Yulia Putintseva 44
43 Viktorija Golubic 45
44 Shelby Rogers 46
45 Madison Keys 47
46 Liudmila Samsonova 48
47 Shuai Zhang 49
48 Ajla Tomljanovic 50
49 Katerina Siniakova 51
50 Saisai Zheng (PR) 51
51 Magda Linette 52
52 Elena Vesnina (PR) 52
53 Dayana Yastremska 53
54 Sloane Stephens 54
55 Marta Kostyuk 55
56 Irina-Camelia Begu 56
57 Alison Van Uytvanck 57
58 Heather Watson 59
59 Caroline Garcia 60
60 Tereza Martincova 61
61 Andrea Petkovic 62
62 Danka Kovinic 63
63 Anhelina Kalinina 64
64 Kaia Kanepi 65
65 Johanna Konta 66
66 Anastasija Sevastova 67
67 Kristina Mladenovic 68
68 Clara Tauson 70
69 Alizé Cornet 71
70 Ann Li 72
71 Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 73
72 Arantxa Rus 74
73 Rebecca Peterson 77
74 Amanda Anisimova 78
75 Fiona Ferro 85
76 Madison Brengle 91
77 Donna Vekic 98
78 Nao Hibino 106
79 Su-Wei Hsieh 83
80 Anna Blinkova 78
81 Polona Hercog 101
Ana Konjuh 77 88
Varvara Gracheva 88 82
Marie Bouzkova 91 87
(WC) Emma Raducanu
(WC) Catherine McNally
(WC) Claire Liu
(WC) Katie Volynets
(WC) Katrina Scott
(WC) Ashlyn Kreuger
(WC) Else Jacquemot
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
(Q)
Alternates
1 Aliaksandra Sasnovich 106 90
2 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 84 93
3 Nuria Parrizas Diaz 73 95
4 Mayar Sherif 74 96
5 Misaki Doi 111 97
6 Lauren Davis 95 98
7 Jasmine Paolini 61 99
8 Claire Liu 92 100
9 Tatjana Maria 219 100 (SR)
10 Mona Barthel 205 101 (SR)
11 Kateryna Kozlova 140 104 (SR)
12 Martina Trevisan 68 106
13 Elena-Gabriela Ruse 98 108
14 Zarina Diyas 109 110
15 Kristina Kucova 112 111
16 Maryna Zanevska 102 113
17 Astra Sharma 103 114
18 Kristyna Pliskova 129 115
19 Kirsten Flipkens 135 116
20 Viktoriya Tomova 115 117