2012 BNP Paribas Open

The 2012 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2012 Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2012. It was the 39th edition of the men's event (24th for the women), known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2012 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 5 through March 18, 2012 and were played on outdoor hard courts. Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated John Isner, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3
It was Federer's 3rd title of the year and 73rd of his career. It was his 4th win at Indian Wells, also winning in 2004, 2005, and 2006. It was his 19th career Masters win, tying the record held by Rafael Nadal.

Women's singles

Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–2, 6–3.
It was Azarenka's 4th title of the year and 12th of her career. Azarenka is now 23–0 for the year. It was her 3rd career Premier Mandatory event and 7th Premier overall.

Men's doubles

Marc López / Rafael Nadal defeated John Isner / Sam Querrey, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)

Women's doubles

Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina, 6–2, 6–3.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

All money is in US dollars

Players

Men's singles

Seeds

¹ Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

Robby Ginepri
Denis Kudla
Jesse Levine
Sam Querrey
Jack Sock

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

Tommy Haas

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Ruben Bemelmans
Sergei Bubka
Amer Delić
Rik de Voest
Matthew Ebden
Andrey Golubev
Paolo Lorenzi
Marinko Matosevic
Vasek Pospisil
Bobby Reynolds
Tim Smyczek
Rhyne Williams

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Frederico Gil
Tobias Kamke
Björn Phau

Withdrawals

James Blake → replaced by Matthias Bachinger
Juan Carlos Ferrero → replaced by Frederico Gil
Fabio Fognini → replaced by Lu Yen-hsun
Ivan Ljubičić → replaced by Leonardo Mayer
Gaël Monfils (gastroenteritis) → replaced by Björn Phau
Albert Montañés → replaced by Benoît Paire
Philipp Petzschner → replaced by David Nalbandian
Tommy Robredo → replaced by Nicolas Mahut
Robin Söderling (mononucleosis) → replaced by Jérémy Chardy
Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by Tobias Kamke
Filippo Volandri → replaced by Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Mikhail Youzhny → replaced by Steve Darcis

Retirements

Nikolay Davydenko (illness)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (illness)
Michaël Llodra (knee injury)
Andreas Seppi (illness)

Men's doubles

Seeds

Rankings are as of March 5, 2012

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Nicolás Almagro / Mark Knowles
Matthew Ebden / Ryan Harrison

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Carlos Berlocq / Juan Ignacio Chela

Retirements

Jürgen Melzer (illness)

Women's singles

Seeds

¹ Rankings are as of February 27, 2012

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

Jill Craybas
Lauren Davis
Irina Falconi
Jamie Hampton
Sania Mirza
Urszula Radwańska
Sloane Stephens
Coco Vandeweghe

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

Timea Bacsinszky

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Gréta Arn
Kristina Barrois
Eleni Daniilidou
Casey Dellacqua
Olga Govortsova
Michaëlla Krajicek
Varvara Lepchenko
Alexandra Panova
Jessica Pegula
Lesia Tsurenko
Aleksandra Wozniak
Zhang Shuai

Withdrawals

Serena Williams (continued boycott of the event since 2001) → replaced by Sofia Arvidsson
Anna Chakvetadze → replaced by Arantxa Rus
Kim Clijsters (left ankle injury) → replaced by Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Rebecca Marino → replaced by Kimiko Date-Krumm
Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury) → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa