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Final round of qualifying on both the men’s and women’s side on the outer courts, with most of the seeded players advancing.

And another good win by Quebec’s Alexis Galarneau – who finds himself up against wild card Gaël Monfils in the first round. Still, big court, good fun, what more can you ask?

Five of the top six seeds in qualifying went out – which will make for furious competition for whatever lucky loser spots are available.

It appears that the three Russian seeds will make it in time. So not quite the buffet one might have anticipated just a few days ago.

(Indian Wells is 3 hours behind ET)

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BNP Paribas Open
Location: Indian Wells, Calif.
Category: ATP 1000 
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: March 4 – 15 2026
Prize Money: $9,415,725
Draws: S96 – D32

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Final results
Qualifying, final round

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Canadian Content

Alexis Galarneau (CAN) def [14] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) 63 64  ([WC] Gaël Monfils)

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Upsets

[19] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) def [1] Vit Kopriva (CZE) 76 (4) 64 (James Duckworth)

[15] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [2] Ignacio Buse (PER) 36 63 64 ([Q] Francesco Maestrelli)

[13] Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) def [3] Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) 76 (5) 64 ([Q] Rinky Hinjikata)

[16] Dino Prizmic (CRO) def [4] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 62 64 ([Q] Tristan Schoolkate)

Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) def. [6] Roman Andres Burruchaga (ARG) 26 76 (3) 63 (Sebastian Baez)

Daniel Merida (ESP) def [23] Dane Sweeny (AUS) 63 46 63 (Alex Michelsen)

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Seeds advancing

[9] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def [16] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) 64 57 63 (Valentin Royer)

[10] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def [24] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 64 64 (Marton Fucsovics)

[11] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) def Elias Ymer (SWE) 64 31 retd ([Q] Dino Prizmic)

[17] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def [WC] Trevor Svajda (USA) 64 62 (Matteo Arnaldi)

[22] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) def Martin Landaluce (ESP) 62 67 (3) 75   (Alexander Shevchenko)

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