Indian Wells is the master of all Masters tournaments again.
For a record-tying fifth consecutive year, the BNP Paribas Open—held each March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden—has been voted the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Tournament of the Year by the players.
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The BNP Paribas Open, the largest WTA and ATP World Tour combined two-week event in the world, has swept the top tournament honors on both the men’s and women’s Tours each year since 2014. The Masters 1000 designation is the highest category on the ATP World Tour, outside of the Tour Finals, and includes the tournaments in Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, Canada, Shanghai, and Paris, in addition to Indian Wells.
“We are honored and humbled that for the fifth straight year, our event has been recognized by the players as tournament of the year,” tournament director Tommy Haas said. “Our entire staff works incredibly hard to deliver a world-class experience, and our goal will be to make the 2019 event even better this March.”
A full-scale renovation to Stadium 1 in 2017 added more than 21 new restaurants and concessions to the second-largest tennis stadium in the world, while players enjoy top-notch facilities, amenities and practice courts. The BNP Paribas Open remains the only tournament in the world to have Hawk-Eye on all match courts for both main draw and qualifying matches.
For more information about the BNP Paribas Open and to purchase tickets to the 2019 event, visit bnpparibasopen.com.
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