2016 BNP Paribas Open

The 2016 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2016 Indian Wells Open) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2016. It was the 43rd edition of the men's event and 28th of the women's event, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2016 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, from March 7 through March 20, 2016, on outdoor hard courts.

Men's singles

 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic defeated 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic, 6–2, 6–0

Women's singles

 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka defeated 🇺🇸 Serena Williams, 6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut defeated 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Women's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe defeated 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková, 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]

Point distribution

 * Players with byes receive first-round points.

Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are based on ATP rankings as of March 7, 2016. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2015. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro
 * 🇺🇸 Jared Donaldson
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Fritz
 * 🇺🇸 Mackenzie McDonald
 * 🇺🇸 Frances Tiafoe

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer
 * 🇺🇸 Bjorn Fratangelo
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert
 * 🇸🇰 Jozef Kovalík
 * 🇫🇷 Vincent Millot
 * 🇦🇷 Renzo Olivo
 * 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky
 * 🇺🇸 Noah Rubin
 * 🇺🇸 Alexander Sarkissian
 * 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek
 * 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Kevin Anderson → replaced by 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar → replaced by 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin
 * 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis → replaced by 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy
 * 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli → replaced by 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov
 * Roger Federer → replaced by 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev
 * 🇪🇸 David Ferrer → replaced by 🇦🇺 John Millman
 * 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini → replaced by 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Haider-Maurer → replaced by Ernests Gulbis
 * 🇵🇱 Jerzy Janowicz → replaced by 🇦🇷 Diego Schwartzman
 * Ivo Karlović → replaced by 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi → replaced by 🇧🇦 Damir Džumhur
 * 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo → replaced by 🇬🇧 Kyle Edmund
 * 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky → replaced by Thiemo de Bakker
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević → replaced by 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers


 * During the tournament
 * 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny

Retirements

 * 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of March 7, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / Stan Wawrinka
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios / 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev

The following pairs received entry as alternates:
 * 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy / 🇫🇷 Fabrice Martin
 * 🇨🇿 Marek Michalička / 🇨🇿 Ivo Minář

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi (leg injury)
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios (illness)

Retirements

 * 🇨🇴 Robert Farah (neck injury)

Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 29, 2016. Rankings and points before are as of March 7, 2016.

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2015. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Samantha Crawford
 * 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis
 * 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová
 * 🇺🇸 Jamie Loeb
 * 🇺🇸 Alison Riske
 * 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Cetkovská
 * 🇺🇸 Vania King
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇬🇧 Laura Robson
 * 🇰🇿 Galina Voskoboeva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Kiki Bertens
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 🇯🇵 Kurumi Nara
 * 🇯🇵 Risa Ozaki
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková
 * 🇧🇾 Aliaksandra Sasnovich
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Siegemund
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend
 * Donna Vekić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel → replaced by 🇸🇰 Magdaléna Rybáriková
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet → replaced by 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp → replaced by 🇺🇸 Vania King
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova (forearm injury and provisional suspension) → 🇰🇿 replaced by Yulia Putintseva
 * 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam
 * Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi

Retirements

 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová
 * 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of February 29, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇨🇿 Denisa Allertová / 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová
 * 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens / 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber / 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova / 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko / 🇺🇦 Olga Savchuk

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia (back injury)