Elena Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7–6(13–11), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Indian Wells Open. It was her first WTA 1000 title, becoming the first Kazakhstani to win a WTA 1000 singles title. The final was a rematch of the Australian Open final, won by Sabalenka.
Iga Świątek was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Rybakina.
Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 27, 2023. Rankings and points before are as of March 6, 2023.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending Points earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Iga Świątek 10,585 1,000 390 9,975 Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina 2 2 Aryna Sabalenka 6,100 10 650 6,740 Runner-up, lost to Elena Rybakina 3 3 Jessica Pegula 5,495 10 120 5,605 Fourth round lost to Petra Kvitová 4 4 Ons Jabeur 4,921 10 65 4,976 Third round lost to Markéta Vondroušová [PR] 5 5 Caroline Garcia 4,905 35 120 4,990 Fourth round lost to Sorana Cîrstea 6 6 Coco Gauff 4,251 65 215 4,401 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 7 7 Maria Sakkari 3,451 650 390 3,191 Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 8 8 Daria Kasatkina 3,375 65 65 3,375 Third round lost to Varvara Gracheva [Q] 9 9 Belinda Bencic 3,360 10 10 3,360 Second round lost to Jil Teichmann 10 10 Elena Rybakina 2,935 215 1,000 3,720 Champion, defeated Aryna Sabalenka 11 11 2,620 215 65 2,470 Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková 12 12 Liudmila Samsonova 2,301 120 10 2,191 Second round lost to Bernarda Pera 13 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,246 35 65 2,276 Third round lost to Emma Raducanu 14 14 Victoria Azarenka 2,237 65 10 2,182 Second round lost to Karolína Muchová [PR] 15 15 Petra Kvitová 2,227 65 215 2,377 Quarterfinals lost to Maria Sakkari 16 16 Barbora Krejčíková 2,205 (1)† 120 2,324 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 17 17 Karolína Plíšková 2,045 10 120 2,155 Fourth round lost to Maria Sakkari 18 18 Ekaterina Alexandrova 2,030 35 10 2,005 Second round lost to Wang Xinyu 19 20 Madison Keys 1,857 215 10 1,652 Second round retired against Sorana Cîrstea 20 21 Magda Linette 1,770 10 10 1,770 Second round lost to Emma Raducanu 21 22 Paula Badosa 1,758 390 65 1,433 Third round lost to Elena Rybakina 22 27 Zhang Shuai 1,460 10 10 1,460 23 26 Martina Trevisan 1,529 (1)‡ 65 1,593 Third round lost to Karolína Muchová [PR] 24 25 Jeļena Ostapenko 1,550 10 65 1,605 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová 25 30 Petra Martić 1,422 215 10 1,217 Second round lost to Varvara Gracheva [Q] 26 28 Anastasia Potapova 1,439 10 65 1,494 Third round lost to Jessica Pegula 27 29 Anhelina Kalinina 1,422 35 65 1,452 Third round lost to Maria Sakkari 28 32 Marie Bouzková 1,359 95 10 1,274 29 23 Donna Vekić 1,664 (12)‡ 10 1,662 Second round lost to Lesia Tsurenko [Q] 30 49 Leylah Fernandez 1,080 120 65 1,025 Third round lost to Caroline Garcia 31 35 Amanda Anisimova 1,304 35 10 1,279 Second round lost to Linda Nosková 32 36 Bianca Andreescu 1,303 (1)‡ 65 1,367 Third round lost to Iga Świątek
† The player was not required to count points for the 2022 tournament due to a long-term injury exception. Points from her 16th best result will be deducted instead. ‡ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2022. Points from her 16th best result will be deducted instead.
Withdrawn players The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayer Points before Points dropped Points after Withdrawal reason 24 Zheng Qinwen 1,629 35 1,594
Other entry information Wildcards
Protected ranking
Withdrawals Before the tournament
Qualifying Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Qualifying draw First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
References
External links Main draw Qualifying draw