ATP - Indian Wells

The ATP tour continues in the USA.

2021 BNP Paribas Open - an ATP Masters 1000 tournament, on Hard, in Indian Wells, California, USA, 4-17 October 2021.

Event not held last year due to COVID-19

Originally scheduled for 10-21 March 2021

2019 champion (not defending):

Dominic Thiem (7) who defeated Roger Federer (4) 3-6 6-3 7-5

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Aljaz Bedene replaced by Daniel Altmaier 

- Alexander Bublik replaced by Carlos,Taberner 

- Jeremy Chardy replaced by Thiago Monteiro 

- Marin Cilic replaced by Jenson Brooksby

- Borna Coric replaced by Guido Pella

- Pablo Cuevas replaced by Roberto Carballes Baena 

- Novak Djokovic replaced by Feliciano Lopez 

- Roger Federer replaced by Philipp Kohlschreiber 

- David Goffin replaced by Egor Gerasimov 

- Ugo Humbert replaced by Steve Johnson 

- Ilya Ivashka replaced by Daniel Elahi Galan 

- Rafael Nadal replaced by Brandon Nakashima 

- Milos Raonic replaced by Denis Kudla 

- Dominic Thiem replaced by Facundo Bagnis 

- Stan Wawrinka replaced by Tennys Sandgren 

- Mikael Ymer replaced by Taro Daniel 

Daniil Medvedev, world number 2, is top seed.

The other 31 seeds are all in the top 40

All seeds have first round byes.