High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 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 7 through March 20, 2011.