2016 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles

January 2025 2016 BNP Paribas Open BLR Victoria Azarenka USA Serena Williams 6–4, 6–4 96 32 Indian Wells Open BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles 2016 BNP Paribas Open Victoria Azarenka defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Indian Wells Masters.https://www.rte.ie/sport/tennis/2016/0320/776238-azarenka-stuns-erratic-williams-in-indian-wells-fi/ Azarenka stuns erratic Williams in Indian Wells final RTE 23 April 2026 It was her second Indian Wells title and 19th WTA Tour singles title in total.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-21/victoria-azarenka-stuns-serena-williams-to-win-indian-wells-wta/7262712 Victoria Azarenka stuns Serena Williams to win Indian Wells WTA event Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 April 2026 Simona Halep was the defending champion,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/32012167 Indian Wells: Simona Halep beats Jelena Jankovic in final BBC Sport 23 April 2026 but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/17/serena-williams-simona-halep-tennis-indian-wells Serena Williams ends Simona Halep’s Indian Wells title defence The Guardian 23 April 2026 This edition of the tournament marked Venus Williams' return to the tournament for the first time since 2001; she had boycotted the event in protest of racist remarks surrounding her withdrawal from the 2001 semifinal against Serena.http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4462191/serena-to-return-to-indian-wells Women's Tennis News | WTA Tennis She lost to Kurumi Nara in the second round.https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/14955318/bnp-paribas-open-venus-williams-falls-kurumi-nara-return Defeat doesn't sour Venus Williams' return to Indian Wells ESPN 23 April 2026 Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em 1 1 USA Serena Williams (final) 2 8 GER Angelique Kerber (second round) 3 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals) 4 6 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (second round) 5 2 ROU Simona Halep (quarterfinals) 6 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (withdrew because of a right ankle injury) 7 5 SUI Belinda Bencic (third round) 8 4 CZE Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals) 9 5 ITA Roberta Vinci (fourth round, retired due to a left ankle injury) 10 2 USA Venus Williams (second round) 11 4 CZE Lucie Šafářová (second round) 12 7 SUI Timea Bacsinszky (fourth round) 13 6 BLR Victoria Azarenka (champion) 14 8 SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) 15 1 ITA Sara Errani (second round) 16 3 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round) 17 5 UKR Elina Svitolina (third round) 18 8 CZE Karolína Plíšková (semifinals) 19 3 SRB Jelena Janković (fourth round) 20 6 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (second round) 21 7 USA Sloane Stephens (second round) 22 2 GER Andrea Petkovic (second round) 23 4 USA Madison Keys (second round) 24 1 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (second round) 25 8 GBR Johanna Konta (fourth round) 26 6 AUS Samantha Stosur (fourth round) 27 1 FRA Kristina Mladenovic (second round) 28 7 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (second round) 29 4 GER Sabine Lisicki (second round) 30 2 RUS Ekaterina Makarova (third round) 31 5 AUS Daria Gavrilova (second round) 32 3 ROU Monica Niculescu (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 5 ROU Simona Halep 4 3 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 77 8 CZE Petra Kvitová 2 63 SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková 0 0 13 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 RUS Daria Kasatkina 3 2 18 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 6 1 USA Serena Williams 6 77 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4 61 13 BLR Victoria Azarenka 77 1 6 18 CZE Karolína Plíšková 61 6 2 1 USA Serena Williams 4 4 13 BLR Victoria Azarenka 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q GER L Siegemund 3 6 6 ROU I-C Begu 6 4 4 KAZ Y Putintseva 6 6 PR CHN S Peng 0 1 BEL A Van Uytvanck 2 77 2 Q UKR K Bondarenko 6 62 6 UKR L Tsurenko 7 6 HUN T Babos 5 4 1 USA S Williams 6 6 Q GER L Siegemund 2 1 KAZ Y Putintseva 6 6 27 FRA K Mladenovic 4 4 24 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 2 77 4 Q UKR K Bondarenko 6 61 6 UKR L Tsurenko 6 6 15 ITA S Errani 4 3 1 USA S Williams 77 6 KAZ Y Putintseva 62 0 Q UKR K Bondarenko 3 6 79 UKR L Tsurenko 6 4 67 1 USA S Williams 6 6 Q UKR K Bondarenko 2 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round BRA T Pereira 1 2 Q JPN K Nara 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 Q BLR A Sasnovich 1 3 CZE L Hradecká 77 6 WC USA A Riske 64 2 Q USA T Townsend 2 3 PR USA V King 6 6 10 USA V Williams 4 3 Q JPN K Nara 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 5 6 7 22 GER A Petkovic 7 4 5 30 RUS E Makarova 6 6 CZE L Hradecká 4 4 PR USA V King 1 1 5 ROU S Halep 6 6 Q JPN K Nara 6 1 2 CZE B Strýcová 3 6 6 30 RUS E Makarova 2 4 5 ROU S Halep 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 3 0r 5 ROU S Halep 6 1 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round SVK D Cibulková 6 6 Q CZE K Siniaková 2 0 PR KAZ G Voskoboeva 64 6 1 WC GBR H Watson 77 4 6 GER C Witthöft 0 6 6 USA I Falconi 6 4 4 USA C Vandeweghe 6 6 Q NED K Bertens 4 4 3 POL A Radwańska 6 3 7 SVK D Cibulková 3 6 5 WC GBR H Watson 4 6 2 32 ROU M Niculescu 6 2 6 19 SRB J Janković 6 6 GER C Witthöft 1 3 USA C Vandeweghe 6 6 16 RUS S Kuznetsova 4 3 3 POL A Radwańska 6 6 32 ROU M Niculescu 2 1 19 SRB J Janković 6 6 USA C Vandeweghe 0 1 3 POL A Radwańska 6 6 19 SRB J Janković 3 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q CZE Kr Plíšková 3 77 5 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 63 7 Q USA N Gibbs 6 6 ROU A Dulgheru 1 0 GER T Maria 4 63 SWE J Larsson 6 77 WC USA S Crawford 3 4 MNE D Kovinić 6 6 11 CZE L Šafářová 3 4 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 Q USA N Gibbs 6 6 23 USA M Keys 3 3 29 GER S Lisicki 7 4 2 SWE J Larsson 5 6 6 MNE D Kovinić 3 6 65 8 CZE P Kvitová 6 4 77 KAZ Y Shvedova 0 4 Q USA N Gibbs 6 6 SWE J Larsson 3 6 5 8 CZE P Kvitová 6 4 7 Q USA N Gibbs 6 3 4 8 CZE P Kvitová 4 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round JPN N Hibino 2 4 WC USA L Davis 6 6 PR GBR L Robson 63 2 SVK M Rybáriková 77 6 USA B Mattek-Sands 2 2 GER A Beck 6 6 BLR O Govortsova 1 3 RUS M Gasparyan 6 6 7 SUI B Bencic 6 3 6 WC USA L Davis 3 6 3 SVK M Rybáriková 2 7 6 31 AUS D Gavrilova 6 5 4 17 UKR E Svitolina 4 77 6 GER A Beck 6 60 1 RUS M Gasparyan 3 79 65 9 ITA R Vinci 6 67 77 7 SUI B Bencic 4 6 3 SVK M Rybáriková 6 3 6 17 UKR E Svitolina 1 3 9 ITA R Vinci 6 6 SVK M Rybáriková 6 2 9 ITA R Vinci 2 0r Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round KAZ Z Diyas 6 6 WC USA J Loeb 1 4 WC CHN S Zhang 77 0 Q FRA P Parmentier 65 0r SLO P Hercog 6 4 4 BEL Y Wickmayer 0 6 6 FRA C Garcia 4 4 USA C McHale 6 6 13 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 KAZ Z Diyas 3 2 WC CHN S Zhang 4 710 7 20 DEN C Wozniacki 6 68 5 26 AUS S Stosur 2 6 78 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 4 66 USA C McHale 7 6 4 ESP G Muguruza 5 1 13 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 WC CHN S Zhang 4 3 26 AUS S Stosur 6 2 6 USA C McHale 4 6 4 13 BLR V Azarenka 6 4 6 26 AUS S Stosur 1 6 1 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 WC SVK D Hantuchová 2 4 PUR M Puig 6 6 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 1 2 CAN E Bouchard 2 6 6 Q JPN R Ozaki 6 4 2 Q CRO D Vekić 2 5 BUL T Pironkova 6 7 LL GER A-L Friedsam 5 3 RUS D Kasatkina 7 6 PUR M Puig 6 6 28 SVK AK Schmiedlová 1 2 21 USA S Stephens 5 5 CAN E Bouchard 7 7 BUL T Pironkova 2 1 12 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6 RUS D Kasatkina 6 3 77 PUR M Puig 4 6 62 CAN E Bouchard 2 7 2 12 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 5 6 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 12 SUI T Bacsinszky 4 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GER J Görges 3 2 ITA C Giorgi 6 6 WC USA S Rogers 6 4 6 COL M Duque Mariño 1 6 3 JPN M Doi 1 5 USA M Brengle 6 7 CZE D Allertová 6 6 PR CZE P Cetkovská 0 1 14 SRB A Ivanovic 2 6 77 ITA C Giorgi 6 2 65 WC USA S Rogers 2 4 18 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 6 25 GBR J Konta 6 6 USA M Brengle 4 0 CZE D Allertová 7 7 2 GER A Kerber 5 5 14 SRB A Ivanovic 2 0 18 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 6 25 GBR J Konta 6 6 CZE D Allertová 4 1 18 CZE Ka Plíšková 77 3 6 25 GBR J Konta 62 6 3 Qualifying Seeds 30em GER Anna-Lena Friedsam (qualifying competition, lucky loser) CHN Zheng Saisai (qualifying competition) UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (qualified) TPE Hsieh Su-wei (first round) BEL Kirsten Flipkens (qualifying competition) CRO Ana Konjuh (first round) GER Laura Siegemund (qualified) JPN Kurumi Nara (qualified) RUS Elena Vesnina (first round) EST Anett Kontaveit (qualifying competition) LAT Anastasija Sevastova (qualifying competition) CRO Donna Vekić (qualified) BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich (qualified) CZE Kristýna Plíšková (qualified) RUS Evgeniya Rodina (first round) USA Nicole Gibbs (qualified) JPN Naomi Osaka (qualifying competition) POL Magda Linette (first round) ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino (qualifying competition) NED Kiki Bertens (qualified) CZE Kateřina Siniaková (qualified) CZE Klára Koukalová (first round) USA Anna Tatishvili (first round) FRA Pauline Parmentier (qualified) Qualifiers 30em USA Nicole Gibbs FRA Pauline Parmentier UKR Kateryna Bondarenko CZE Kristýna Plíšková BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich NED Kiki Bertens GER Laura Siegemund JPN Kurumi Nara CZE Kateřina Siniaková JPN Risa Ozaki USA Taylor Townsend CRO Donna Vekić Lucky losers GER Anna-Lena Friedsam Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 4 6 6 ISR Julia Glushko 6 0 4 SUI Viktorija Golubic 5 5 16 USA Nicole Gibbs 7 7 1 GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 4 7 5 16 USA Nicole Gibbs 6 5 7 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 CHN Zheng Saisai 7 6 WC USA Sofia Kenin 5 2 UKR Kateryna Kozlova 6 63 1 24 FRA Pauline Parmentier 1 77 6 2 CHN Zheng Saisai 2 62 24 FRA Pauline Parmentier 6 77 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 POL Paula Kania 0 4 WC USA Maria Sanchez 63 6 2 19 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 77 3 6 3 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 19 ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino 4 0 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 5 1 CHN Han Xinyun 7 6 WC USA Sachia Vickery 0 6 3 14 CZE Kristýna Plíšková 6 4 6 CHN Han Xinyun 1 2 14 CZE Kristýna Plíšková 6 6 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 BEL Kirsten Flipkens 7 6 USA Louisa Chirico 5 3 BUL Sesil Karatantcheva 5 4 13 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7 6 5 BEL Kirsten Flipkens 1 2 13 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 CRO Ana Konjuh 1 3 CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 6 6 CHN Duan Yingying 6 3 0 20 NED Kiki Bertens 3 6 6 CAN Aleksandra Wozniak 4 2 20 NED Kiki Bertens 6 6 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 GER Laura Siegemund 6 6 AUS Jarmila Wolfe 2 2 AUT Tamira Paszek 7 4 4 17 JPN Naomi Osaka 5 6 6 7 GER Laura Siegemund 6 6 17 JPN Naomi Osaka 2 3 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 JPN Kurumi Nara 6 6 ROU Patricia Maria Țig 2 1 PAR Verónica Cepede Royg 6 6 22 CZE Klára Koukalová 1 4 8 JPN Kurumi Nara 6 6 PAR Verónica Cepede Royg 4 1 Ninth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 9 RUS Elena Vesnina 4 3 WC USA Julia Boserup 6 6 WC USA Raveena Kingsley 3 1 21 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6 6 WC USA Julia Boserup 0 2 21 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6 6 Tenth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 10 EST Anett Kontaveit 6 6 GRE Maria Sakkari 4 3 JPN Risa Ozaki 2 77 6 18 POL Magda Linette 6 63 4 10 EST Anett Kontaveit 65 4 JPN Risa Ozaki 77 6 Eleventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 11 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 6 6 USA Jessica Pegula 2 2 WC USA Taylor Townsend 6 77 15 RUS Evgeniya Rodina 2 61 11 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 2 7 2 WC USA Taylor Townsend 6 5 6 Twelfth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 12 CRO Donna Vekić 6 4 6 BEL An-Sophie Mestach 3 6 1 SVK Jana Čepelová 2 7 6 23 USA Anna Tatishvili 6 5 1 12 CRO Donna Vekić 6 2 6 SVK Jana Čepelová 3 6 2 References External links Main draw Qualifying draw Women's Singles