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By The Numbers - 25 Stats That Define The 2025 BNP Paribas Open
4 Min Read · March 16, 2025
Milestones were cracked. Expectations shattered. Numbers don’t lie: the 2025 BNP Paribas Open was full of amazing statistical achievements from the tour’s top players. Before we close the notebook on a brilliant Indian Wells fortnight, let’s run down our Top 25:
Sunday’s men’s singles final between Holger Rune and Jack Draper was the first Masters 1000 final played between players born after 2000.
Mirra Andreeva claimed her second WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells, the 17-year-old stretching her streak to 12 consecutive wins by taking out Aryna Sabalenka in a final for the ages.
Three players under the age of 18 have defeated the World No. 1 and No. 2 en route to a WTA title in the last 40 years. Steffi Graf, Serena Williams and Mirra Andreeva.
After four consecutive years of placing an American man in the semifinals at Indian Wells, from 2021 to 2024, the streak was broken this year. Ben Shelton, who fell to Jack Draper in the quarterfinals, was the last American man standing.
Tallon Griekspoor (1-18) and Marcos Giron (1-10) each earned their first Top 5 wins in the tournament.
Tallon Griekspoor (1-18) and Marcos Giron (1-10) each earned their first Top 5 wins in the tournament.
Andreeva will rise to a career-high No.6 in Monday’s WTA rankings after winning the title.
For seven consecutive years, the women’s singles champion at the BNP Paribas Open has been 23 years old or younger.
The women’s final has been contested over three sets eight times since 2001, and 12 times overall.
Years since a British man has defeated multiple Top 5 players at the same event. Draper defeated No.4-ranked Fritz and No.2-ranked Alcaraz to become the first man from his country to achieve the feat since Andy Murray at the 2016 ATP Finals.
Women who have won two singles titles at the BNP Paribas. Two-time champion Iga Swiatek failed in her bid to become the first three-time women’s singles champion in tournament history when she lost in the semis to Mirra Andreeva.
Draper’s title makes him the 11th lefty to win a BNP Paribas Open men’s singles title. He took out Joao Fonseca, Jenson Brooksby, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune along the way.
The length of Mirra Andreeva’s current winning streak after her title run. She is one of three players 20 or younger to have reeled off 10-plus victories on the trot this century, along with Maria Sharapova and Nicole Vaidisova.
Number of titles the Big Three have won at Indian Wells: Federer (5), Djokovic (5), Nadal (3).
Number of doubles titles won by Marcelo Arevalo. The top-seeded pairing of Arevalo and Mate Pavic defeated Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson in the final. Pavic earned his 40th title with the win, and became the first active ATP player to hit the mark.
In the last 15 years, there have only been five Masters 1000 finals that featured two players 23 and under in age. 23-year-old Draper vs 21-year-old Rune was the first at Indian Wells since 2009.
Victoria Azarenka made her 16th main draw appearance, which ties the two-time champion with former champion Jelena Jankovic for most all-time appearances in the women’s singles draw.
Age of Torrance, California native Iva Jovic, the youngest player to contest the singles main draw this year.
2025 BNP Paribas Open women’s singles champion Andreeva will turn 18 on April 29.
Andreeva now leads the WTA in match wins in 2025 with 19 (19-3 overall).
It has been 20 years since a WTA player younger than 18 defeated the World No. 1 in a WTA final. Andreeva is the first player to do it since Maria Sharapova defeated Lindsay Davenport in Tokyo 2005
21-year-old Rune became the first Danish men's finalist in BNP Paribas Open history.
Rune will turn 22 on April 29, the same day that Andreeva turns 18.
Years since a German man was the top seed at the event. Alexander Zverev, who lost in the second-round to Tallon Griekspoor, was the first man from his country to be seeded No. 1 since BNP Paribas Open Tournament Director Tommy Haas in 2002.
Years since a 17-year-old last played a BNP Paribas Open singles final. Belgium’s Kim Clijsters was defeated by 19-year-old Serena Williams, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Rune became the first Scandinavian men's finalist at Indian Wells since Sweden’s Tomas Enqvist in 2000.
