Jannik Sinner defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2026 Indian Wells Open. It was his sixth ATP 1000 title and 25th career title overall. He did not lose a set en route to the title, becoming the first man in history to win two consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments without dropping a set. Sinner was the third—and youngest—man (after Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic) to win all six hardcourt ATP 1000 events, since the series began in 1990, and all nine hardcourt Big Titles (the six ATP Masters 1000 events, Australian Open, US Open and ATP Finals).

Jack Draper was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Medvedev.

Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man to reach five consecutive semifinals at a single ATP 1000 tournament, surpassing the previous record held by Rafael Nadal at the Monte-Carlo Masters, and was the third—and youngest—man (after Nadal and Djokovic) to reach five consecutive Indian Wells semifinals. Alexander Zverev was the fifth man to reach the semifinals of all nine ATP 1000 tournaments, and the first player outside of the Big Four to do so.

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 ATP rankings as of March 2, 2026. Rankings and points before are as of March 2, 2026

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Carlos Alcaraz 13,550 400 400 13,550 Semifinals lost to Daniil Medvedev 2 2 Jannik Sinner‡ 10,400 0 1,000 11,400 Champion, defeated Daniil Medvedev 3 3 Novak Djokovic 5,280 10 100 5,370 Fourth round lost to Jack Draper 4 4 Alexander Zverev 4,555 (50)∆ 400 4,905 Semifinals lost to Jannik Sinner 5 5 Lorenzo Musetti 4,405 50 10 4,365 Second round lost to Márton Fucsovics 6 6 Alex de Minaur 4,235 100 50 4,185 Third round lost to Cameron Norrie 7 7 Taylor Fritz 4,220 100 50 4,170 Third round lost to Alex Michelsen 8 8 Ben Shelton 4,010 200 50 3,860 Third round lost to Learner Tien 9 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime 3,950 (50)∆ 100 4,000 Fourth round lost to Arthur Fils 10 10 Alexander Bublik 3,405 (30+90)∆Ω 50+50 3,385 Third round lost to Rinky Hijikata [Q] 11 11 Daniil Medvedev† 3,360 400 650 3,610 Runner-up, lost to Jannik Sinner 12 12 Jakub Menšík 2,650 (50)Ω 50 2,650 13 13 Casper Ruud 2,625 10 100 2,715 Fourth round lost to Carlos Alcaraz 14 14 Jack Draper 2,510 1,000 200 1,710 Quarterfinals lost to Daniil Medvedev 15 15 Flavio Cobolli 2,480 10 50 2,520 Third round lost to Frances Tiafoe 16 16 Karen Khachanov 2,450 50 10 2,410 Second round lost to João Fonseca 17 17 Andrey Rublev 2,400 10 10 2,400 Second round lost to Gabriel Diallo 18 19 2,190 (30)∆ 100 2,260 Fourth round lost to Learner Tien 19 20 Francisco Cerúndolo 2,170 200 50 2,020 Third round lost to Jack Draper 20 21 Luciano Darderi 2,104 (30)∆ 10 2,084 Second round lost to Rinky Hijikata [Q] 21 22 Frances Tiafoe 1,870 50 100 1,920 Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev 22 23 Jiří Lehečka 1,850 10 10 1,850 Second round lost to Sebastián Báez 23 24 Tommy Paul 1,815 100 50 1,765 Third round lost to João Fonseca 24 26 Valentin Vacherot 1,691 (0)∆ 50 1,741 Third round lost to Casper Ruud 25 27 Learner Tien 1,685 (25)∆ 200 1,860 Quarterfinals lost to Jannik Sinner 26 28 Arthur Rinderknech 1,617 10 50 1,657 Third round lost to Carlos Alcaraz 27 29 Cameron Norrie 1,603 50 200 1,753 Quarterfinals lost to Carlos Alcaraz 28 30 Brandon Nakashima 1,535 100 50 1,485 Third round lost to Alexander Zverev 29 31 1,445 (25)∆ 10 1,430 Second round lost to Denis Shapovalov 30 32 Arthur Fils 1,440 200 200 1,440 Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev 31 33 Corentin Moutet 1,383 30 10 1,363 Second round lost to Aleksandar Kovacevic 32 34 Ugo Humbert 1,285 50 10 1,245 Second round lost to Alex Michelsen ∆ The player is defending points from his 18th best tournament. Ω The player is defending points from an ATP Challenger Tour event.

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 18 Holger Rune 2,290 650 1,640 Left achilles tendon injury 25 Tallon Griekspoor 1,785 200 1,585 Left hamstring injury

Other entry information Wildcards

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

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

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