There's a million good reasons for singles stars to double up at Indian Wells.

The BNP Paribas Open will award a $1 million bonus to any player, male or female, who captures both the singles and doubles titles at the 2018 event, which begins next week.

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The feat has only been accomplished six times in tournament history—Roscoe Tanner in 1978, (with Raymond Moore), Boris Becker in 1988 (with Guy Forget), Jim Courier in 1991 (with Javier Sanchez), Lindsay Davenport in 1997 (with Natasha Zvereva) and 2000 (with Corina Morariu), and Vera Zvonareva in 2009 (with Victoria Azarenka).

Tournament director Tommy Haas says the $1 million bonus serves to incentivize singles players to play doubles.

"We want to encourage more of the top singles players to play doubles at the BNP Paribas Open, and therefore are offering a bonus of $1 million in 2018 as a significant incentive," said Haas. "While we have traditionally had great participation by singles players competing in doubles, we know how much our fans love to watch doubles at our tournament, and we want to give them the best possible doubles fields over the fortnight."

Currently there are 27 players (15 men, 12 women) who are entered in both the singles and doubles competitions in Indian Wells.

On the men’s side ten additional teams (eight direct acceptance, two wild cards) will be added next week, and for the women nine additional teams (six direct acceptance, three wild cards) will be added to the field.

The doubles draw for the women will be announced on Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7 for the men. The women’s doubles competition will begin on Wednesday, March 7, and on Friday, March 9 for the men.

Prize money for both the men’s and women’s singles champion at the 2018 event will be $1,340,860.

For more information about the BNP Paribas Open and to purchase tickets visit www.bnpparibasopen.com.

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