Tour: ATP & WTA · Level: Masters · Surface: hard court · Location: Indian Wells · Dates: Mar 4, 2026 – Mar 15, 2026
Defending Champion (2025): Jack Draper · Mirra Andreeva.
Live tournament updates, live draw, set-by-set match scores, point-by-point flow, live point predictions, live game predictions, live match predictions, point-by-point probabilities, player stats, head-to-head history, surface form, and round-by-round fantasy scoring.
Draft players from Indian Wells into a season-long fantasy league or build a salary-cap contest roster — free to play. Follow alongside today's scores.
Matches: 254 · Completed: 189 · Players in draw: 192
Indian Wells 2026 bracket — late-round matchups from R16 through the Final. Scroll horizontally to see every round; tap any match for the live score, set-by-set stats, and head-to-head history.
Full Indian Wells 2026 results — 189 completed matches so far, grouped by round below. Tap any match for the live set-by-set score, point-by-point flow, and head-to-head history.
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Aryna Sabalenka · Jannik Sinner |
| 2025 | Jack Draper · Mirra Andreeva |
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz · Iga Swiatek |
| 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz · Elena Rybakina |
Indian Wells is open as a free fantasy contest on The Drop Shot. Build a salary-cap roster from the field in a single-tournament contest, or draft a season-long team across the full ATP and WTA calendar in a snake-draft fantasy tennis league. Pricing weights surface history and recent form against Indian Wells's surface — so a clay specialist costs more here than at a hard-court event. Every match on the draw above scores live for your fantasy team, with pre-match win probabilities, set-by-set stats, and live point-by-point updates.
Born in the 1970s and anchored in the Southern California desert ever since, Indian Wells has outgrown every other stop below the four majors. The combined ATP–WTA event sprawls across nearly two weeks at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, a sprawling 16,100-seat complex that opens the post-Australian hardcourt run. It's the front half of the Sunshine Double, handing the baton east to the Miami Open once the desert wraps. The 2026 edition runs March 4–15 — long enough to give the draw a Slam's pacing without Slam billing.
The character lives in the conditions. Desert altitude and dry air should send the ball flying, but the gritty, slow hardcourt drags pace back out of it — a paradox that rewards heavy topspin and long-rally patience over flat first-strike tennis. The result reads more like a clay grinder's playground than a fast hardcourt, which is why the venue's roll of champions skews toward complete, high-margin ballstrikers rather than pure servers.
That's borne out by the recent honor roll. Carlos Alcaraz overpowered Daniil Medvedev for the 2023 men's title, while Iga Swiatek ran through Maria Sakkari to take the 2024 women's crown. Jack Draper claimed the 2025 men's edition past Holger Rune. The most recent women's final delivered the closest theater: Aryna Sabalenka edged Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(6), surviving a deciding-set tiebreak to take the 2026 title.
The event's modern identity is tied to its ownership era and the Tennis Garden buildout, which turned a regional stop into the most attended tournament outside the Slams. The combined two-week format, the desert backdrop, and that slow-hard surface keep the "fifth Slam" shorthand alive — and keep the desert distinct from the quicker indoor and outdoor hardcourts elsewhere on the calendar.