THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The BNP Paribas Open will become the first joint ATP/WTA tournament to award both the men’s and women’s singles champions US$1 million in prize money.
Tournament director Steve Simon announced the change in a release Tuesday.
The total purse for the 2012 tournament will increase to more than $11 million. In addition to the prizes for the singles champions, the singles finalists, semifinalists and quarter-finalists will now earn $500,000, $200,000 and $100,000, respectively — and prize money has been increased for all rounds of the tournament.
The BNP Paribas Open will be held March 5-18.