{"id":450654,"date":"2026-02-05T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:36:16","slug":"star-studded-2026-bnp-paribas-open-player-field-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450654\/","title":{"rendered":"Star-Studded 2026 BNP Paribas Open Player Field Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world No.1 and seven-time major champion is joined by our 2023 champion <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/elena-rybakina\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elena Rybakina<\/a>, who is also fresh off a stunning title at this year\u2019s Australian Open. Four-time major champions <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/carlos-alcaraz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jannik Sinner <\/a>will bid for their first career titles in Tennis Paradise, while Grand Slam king <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/novak-djokovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> makes his bid for a record sixth title in the California desert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two-time major champion <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/coco-gauff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coco Gauff<\/a> leads a strong contingent of Americans set to vie for the crown, joined by fellow Top-10 player and former champion Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n<p>With Grand Slam champions, global icons, and the deepest field in tennis set to compete, the world\u2019s best are converging in the desert. Be here next month for thrilling competition, an electric atmosphere, and the moments that only happen in Tennis Paradise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View the full 2026 field and secure your tickets today to see the world&#8217;s best in Tennis Paradise this March!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"GlobalButton_primary__56Isb GlobalButton_button__Ld58J RichText_button__YgAjZ GlobalButton_typography__k_in2\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world No.1 and seven-time major champion is joined by our 2023 champion Elena Rybakina, who is also&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-450654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}