2010 BNP Paribas Open

The 2010 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2010. It was the 37th edition of the men's event (22nd for the women), also known as the Indian Wells Open, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2010 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2010 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 8 through March 21, 2010.

The year's tournament saw a couple of withdrawals; The women's side saw the draw without the top two rank players with World no. 2 Dinara Safina withdrawing with a recurring back problem and world no. 1 Serena Williams with sister Venus Williams continue their boycott from the tournament since Serena won the event in 2001. The men's side saw the withdrawals of Tommy Haas and Lleyton Hewitt due to hip surgeries. Juan Martín del Potro also withdrew due to a right wrist injury and Fernando González withdrew to aid his country Chile after an earthquake. Stanislas Wawrinka also withdrew due to the birth of his child. Mikhail Youzhny also withdrew.

Men's singles
Ivan Ljubičić defeated 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
 * It was Ljubicic's first title of the year and 10th of his career. It was his first Masters 1000 title in four finals. He became the first Croatian to win the title.

Women's singles
🇷🇸 Jelena Janković defeated Caroline Wozniacki, 6–2, 6–4
 * It was Janković's first title of the year and 12th of her career.

Men's doubles
🇪🇸 Marc López / 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal defeated 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor / 🇷🇸 Nenad Zimonjić, 7–6(10–8), 6–3

Women's doubles
🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik defeated 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur, 6–4, 2–6, [10–5]

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇺🇸 Jesse Levine
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá
 * 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
 * Mario Ančić

The following players received entry via qualifying:
 * 🇧🇷 Thiago Alves
 * Kevin Anderson
 * 🇦🇷 Brian Dabul
 * Ramón Delgado
 * 🇦🇹 Stefan Koubek
 * Lu Yen-hsun
 * 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic
 * 🇧🇷 Ricardo Mello
 * 🇩🇪 Björn Phau
 * 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds
 * 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek
 * 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler

Withdrawals
The following notable players withdrew from the tournament:
 * 🇦🇷 José Acasuso
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)
 * 🇫🇷 Marc Gicquel
 * Fernando González (helping with aid in Chile)
 * 🇦🇷 Máximo González
 * 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas (hip surgery)
 * 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt (hip surgery)
 * 🇫🇷 Fabrice Santoro
 * Stanislas Wawrinka
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of March 1, 2010.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * Eleni Daniilidou
 * 🇺🇸 Alexa Glatch
 * 🇧🇪 Justine Henin
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik
 * 🇦🇹 Tamira Paszek
 * Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry via qualifying:
 * 🇺🇿 Akgul Amanmuradova
 * 🇬🇧 Elena Baltacha
 * Chan Yung-jan
 * 🇷🇴 Edina Gallovits
 * 🇺🇦 Viktoriya Kutuzova
 * Michelle Larcher de Brito
 * 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives
 * Petra Martić
 * 🇺🇸 Shenay Perry
 * 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens
 * Karolina Šprem

The following player received the lucky loser spot:
 * 🇹🇭 Tamarine Tanasugarn

Withdrawals
The following notable players withdrew from the event:
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko
 * 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld
 * 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza
 * 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina (back injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (continue to boycott event since 2001)