The 2024 Indian Wells Open is the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the year, and the draw for it certainly didn’t disappoint.
After the women’s draw was done for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the men’s draw followed, and there were many storylines to unfold. Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion at the tournament, and also the second seed.
Like all seeds at the event, he has a first-round bye, so focusing on his second-round clash, the 20-year-old Spaniard will begin against the winner of the match between two youngsters, Luca Van Assche and Matteo Arnaldi.
His biggest rival currently, Novak Djokovic, is on the other side of the draw as the top seed. The Serbian will play his first tournament since his Australian Open loss, and he will want to impress in the opening match against a qualifier or Aleksandar Vukic.
There’s one man who is still undefeated in 2024, and it’s Jannik Sinner, who will arrive to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden as one of the top favourites. The third-seeded Italian will want to keep his streak going, taking on Thanasi Kokkinakis or Marcos Giron in the second round.
One of the most interesting things about this year’s draw was the fact that a 22-time Grand Slam champion was unseeded, leaving anyone vulnerable. Rafael Nadal could have landed anywhere, and the Spanish player will play against Milos Raonic in the first round, with Holger Rune awaiting should he win his match.
Daniil Medvedev will be also one of the favourites in Indian Wells, and the fourth-seeded Russian will start his tournament against the winner of the match between Flavio Cobolli and Roberto Carballes Baena.
Apart from exciting possible second-round clashes, there are also many interesting first-round matches that will be played at the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the year, and you should make sure to see those in the draw below.
2024 Indian Wells Open ATP Draw:
1 Novak Djokovic (1)
2 BYE
3 Qualifier
4 Aleksandar Vukic
5 Aleksandar Kovacevic (WC)
6 Zhizhen Zhang
7 BYE
8 Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30)
9 Tommy Paul (17)
10 BYE
11 Alex Michelsen
12 Jaume Munar
13 Qualifier
14 Patrick Kypson (WC)
15 BYE
16 Ugo Humbert (26)
17 Casper Ruud (9)
18 BYE
19 Qualifier
20 Qualifier
21 Arthur Fils
22 Nuno Borges
23 BYE
24 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26)
25 Cameron Norrie (28)
26 BYE
27 Lorenzo Sonego
28 Miomir Kecmanovic
29 Gael Monfils
30 Max Purcell
31 BYE
32 Hubert Hurkacz (8)
33 Daniil Medvedev (4)
34 BYE
35 Flavio Cobolli
36 Roberto Carballes Baena
37 Roman Safiullin
38 Daniel Evans
39 BYE
40 Sebastian Korda (29)
41 Adrian Mannarino (21)
42 BYE
43 Stan Wawrinka
44 Tomas Machac
45 Qualifier
46 Alex Muller
47 BYE
48 Grigor Dimitrov (13)
49 Taylor Fritz (12)
50 BYE
51 Pavel Kotov
52 Alejandro Tabilo
53 Fabio Fognini (WC)
54 Bernabe Zapata Miralles
55 BYE
56 Sebastian Baez (19)
57 Lorenzo Musetti (26)
58 BYE
59 Botic van de Zandschulp
60 Denis Shapovalov (PR)
61 Milos Raonic (PR)
62 Rafael Nadal (PR)
63 BYE
64 Holger Rune (7)
65 Andrey Rublev (5)
66 BYE
67 Andy Murray
68 Qualifier
69 Christopher Eubanks
70 Brandon Nakashima (WC)
71 BYE
72 Jiri Lehecka (32)
73 Frances Tiafoe (18)
74 BYE
75 Dusan Lajovic
76 Emil Ruusuvuori
77 Qualifier
78 Daniel Altmaier
79 BYE
80 Stefanos Tsitsipas (11)
81 Ben Shelton (16)
82 BYE
83 Jakub Mensik (WC)
84 Qualifier
85 Aleksandar Shevchenko
86 Dominik Koepfer
87 BYE
88 Francisco Cerundolo (22)
89 Jan-Lennard Struff (25)
90 BYE
91 Borna Coric
92 Sebastian Ofner
93 Thanasi Kokkinakis
94 Marcos Giron
95 BYE
96 Jannik Sinner (3)
97 Alexander Zverev (6)
98 BYE
99 Christopher O’Connell
100 Jack Draper
101 Yannick Hanfmann
102 Pedro Cachin
103 BYE
104 Tallon Griekspoor (27)
105 Alexander Bublik (20)
106 BYE
107 Qualifier
108 Jordan Thompson
109 Taro Daniel
110 Daniel Elahi Galan
111 BYE
112 Alex de Minaur (10)
113 Karen Khachanov (15)
114 BYE
115 Qualifier
116 Jeffrey John Wolf
117 Fabian Marozsan
118 Alexei Popyrin
119 BYE
120 Nicolas Jarry (24)
121 Felix Auger-Aliassime (31)
122 BYE
123 Qualifier
124 Qualifier
125 Luca Van Assche
126 Matteo Arnaldi
127 BYE
128 Carlos Alcaraz (2)
