BNP Paribas Open Donating $1 From Every Ticket Sold This Month as Part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The following was submitted for publication on behalf of the BNP Paribas Open:

The BNP Paribas Open, the largest WTA and ATP World Tour combined two-week event in the world, to be held March 9-22, 2015 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, will donate $1 from every ticket sold in the month of October to a local non-profit cancer organization, it was announced Wednesday by Steve Simon, tournament director.

Last year the tournament donated more than $5,000 from its October ticket sales, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to the Eisenhower Schnitzer/Novack Breast Center at Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center.

“The BNP Paribas Open is proud to contribute to the fight against breast cancer,” said Simon. “Breast cancer has affected so many people, as well as many within the world of tennis, and this is a way that we can raise awareness and contribute to battle against this disease.”

Ticket packages now available for purchase are the Mini, Group and Hotel ticket packages for the 2015 BNP Paribas Open, and to purchase fans can visitwww.bnpparibasopen.com, call 800-999-1585 or 760-200-8000, or visit the box office at 78-200 Miles Avenue, Indian Wells, CA, 92210.