2012 BNP Paribas Open

2012 BNP Paribas Open
2012 BNP Paribas Open
Date	March 5–18
Edition	39th (ATP) / 24th (WTA)
Category	World Tour Masters 1000 (ATP) ; Premier Mandatory (WTA)
Prize money	$4,694,696
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Indian Wells, California, US
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's singles
	Roger Federer
Women's singles
	Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles
	Marc López / Rafael Nadal
Women's doubles
	Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond

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

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.

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.

Stage	Men's singles^[1]	Men's doubles^[1]	Women's singles^[2]	Women's doubles^[2]
Champion	1000
Runner up	600		700
Semifinals	360		450
Quarterfinals	180		250
Round of 16	90		140
Round of 32	45	10	80	5
Round of 64	25 (10)	–	50 (5)	–
Round of 128	10		5
Qualifier	16		30
Qualifying Finalist	8		20
Qualifying 1st round			1

All money is in US dollars

Stage	Men's singles^[3]	Men's doubles^[3]	Women's singles^[3]	Women's doubles^[3]
Champion	$1,000,000	$241,000	$1,000,000	$241,000
Runner up	$500,000	$121,000	$500,000	$121,000
Semifinals	$200,000	$55,000	$200,000	$55,000
Quarterfinals	$100,000	$27,041	$100,000	$27,041
Round of 16	$43,520	$14,259	$43,520	$14,259
Round of 32	$23,291	$7,632	$23,291	$7,632
Round of 64	$12,725	–	$12,725	–
Round of 96	$7,709		$7,709
Final round qualifying	$2,296		$2,296
First round qualifying	$1,175		$1,175

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
ESP	Rafael Nadal	2	2
SUI	Roger Federer	3	3
GRB	Andy Murray	4	4
ESP	David Ferrer	5	5
FRA	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	6
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	7	7
USA	Mardy Fish	8	8
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	9	9
SRB	Janko Tipsarević	10	10
USA	John Isner	11	11
ESP	Nicolás Almagro	12	12
FRA	Gilles Simon	13	13
FRA	Gaël Monfils	14	14
ESP	Feliciano López	15	15
FRA	Richard Gasquet	16	16
JPN	Kei Nishikori	17	17
GER	Florian Mayer	18	18
ESP	Fernando Verdasco	19	19
AUT	Jürgen Melzer	20	20
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	21	21
ARG	Juan Mónaco	22	22
SUI	Stanislas Wawrinka	23	23
CRO	Marin Čilić	24	24
SRB	Viktor Troicki	25	25
ESP	Marcel Granollers	26	26
CAN	Milos Raonic	27	27
CZE	Radek Štěpánek	28	28
RSA	Kevin Anderson	30	29
USA	Andy Roddick	31	30
ARG	Juan Ignacio Chela	32	31
FRA	Julien Benneteau	33	32

The following players got wildcards into the singles main draw:

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers: