ATP Indian Wells 2025

[Winner Sinner]

Likely Alcaraz vs Shapovalov in the third round.
New possible collision Alcaraz vs Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
Interesting Draper vs Fonseca possibly in the second round.

Masters 1000 Indian Wells – Main Draw – Upper half – hard
(1) Alexander Zverev vs. Bye
Miomir Kecmanovic vs Tallon Griekspoor
Fabian Marozsan vs Pedro Martinez
Bye vs (29) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

(19) Tomas Machac vs Bye
Alexander Bublik vs Qualifier
Roberto Bautista Agut vs Qualifier
Bye vs (16) Frances Tiafoe

(12) Holger Rune vs. Bye
Corentin Moutet vs Jordan Thompson
Jaume Munar vs Kei Nishikori
Bye vs (18) Ugo Humbert

(28) Matteo Berrettini vs Bye
Roberto Carballes Baena vs Christopher O'Connell
Thiago Seyboth Wild vs Alexandre Muller
Bye vs (8) Stefanos Tsitsipas

(4) Casper Ruud vs. Bye
Marcos Giron vs Qualifier
Zizou Bergs vs Qualifier
Bye vs (26) Alexei Popyrin

(20) Arthur Fils vs. Bye
Zhizhen Zhang vs Qualifier
Roman Safiullin vs (WC) Reilly Opelka
Bye vs (15) Lorenzo Musetti

(10) Tommy Paul vs. Bye
(WC) Tristan Boyer vs Aleksandar Vukic
Cameron Norrie vs Luca Nardi
Bye vs (23) Jiri Lehecka

(31) Alex Michelsen vs Bye
Qualifier vs Flavio Cobolli
Yunchaokete Bu vs (WC) Nishesh Basavareddy
Bye vs (5) Daniil Medvedev

Masters 1000 Indian Wells – Main Draw – Lower part – hard
(7) Andrey Rublev vs. Bye
Matteo Arnaldi vs Aleksandar Kovacevic
Alexander Shevchenko vs Rinky Hijikata
Bye vs (32) Brandon Nakashima

(22) Karen Khachanov vs. Bye
Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Jakub Mensik
Mariano Navone vs Learner Tien
Bye vs (11) Ben Shelton

(13) Jack Draper vs. Bye
Jacob Fearnley vs (WC) Joao Fonseca
Benjamin Bonzi vs (PR) Jenson Brooksby
Bye vs (17) Felix Auger-Aliassime

(30) Alejandro Tabilo vs Bye
Qualifier vs Dusan Lajovic
Qualifier vs Sebastian Baez
Bye vs (3) Taylor Fritz

(6) Novak Djokovic vs Bye
Qualifier vs (PR) Nick Kyrgios
(WC) Mackenzie McDonald vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Bye vs (25) Francisco Cerundolo

(21) Hubert Hurkacz vs. Bye
Luciano Darderi vs Facundo Diaz Acosta
David Goffin vs Lorenzo Sonego
Bye vs (9) Alex de Minaur

(14) Grigor Dimitrov vs Bye
Arthur Rinderknech vs Nuno Borges
Jan-Lennard Struff vs Gael Monfils
Bye vs (24) Sebastian Korda

(27) Denis Shapovalov vs Bye
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Quentin Halys vs Qualifier
Bye vs (2) Carlos Alcaraz

 

[Winner Sinner]

And again;

Djokovic vs. Kyrgios in the second round?

Also interesting is the possible clash between the two American tennis players with the best future prospects, Shelton vs. possibly Tien.

 

[albatros_forehand]

Expecting big things from Fonseca, Tien, Tsitsipas and Fokina

 

[Rovesciarete]

And again;

Djokovic vs. Kyrgios in the second round?

Also interesting is the possible clash between the two American tennis players with the best future prospects, Shelton vs. possibly Tien.

Mice usually dance when the big cat is away. Hope to see more from the youngsters.

 

[Vincent-C]

Shapovalov seeded 27th. Cool

 

[flyingboris]

For those not following the qualies, so far we've already lost Daniel Altmaier, Taro Daniel, Lloyd Harris, Fabio Fognini, Adrian Mannarino, and Christopher Eubanks, to name just a few that I recognize.

 

[mightyjeditribble]

And again;

Djokovic vs. Kyrgios in the second round?

Also interesting is the possible clash between the two American tennis players with the best future prospects, Shelton vs. possibly Tien.

Alcaraz v Shapo is another interesting potential early clash in R3.

 

[Vincent-C]

Alcaraz v Shapo is another interesting potential early clash in R3.

Now there's a match to really sink your teeth into!

 

[mightyjeditribble]

For those not following the qualies, so far we've already lost Daniel Altmaier, Taro Daniel, Lloyd Harris, Fabio Fognini, Adrian Mannarino, and Christopher Eubanks, to name just a few that I recognize.

Botic having to go through qualifying. I didn't realise he had dropped quite so low in the rankings.

 

[Winner Sinner]

Alcaraz v Shapo is another interesting potential early clash in R3.

Yes, in fact I had reported it in the preview comment.

 

[messiahrobins]

And again;

Djokovic vs. Kyrgios in the second round?

Also interesting is the possible clash between the two American tennis players with the best future prospects, Shelton vs. possibly Tien.

Semi final line up:

Berretini v Paul
Shelton v Alcaraz.

Final

Paul v Alcaraz

Winner: Alcaraz

 

[messiahrobins]

And again;

Djokovic vs. Kyrgios in the second round?

Also interesting is the possible clash between the two American tennis players with the best future prospects, Shelton vs. possibly Tien.

Shelton will do damage here. But Alcaraz will be too much.

 

[robyrolfo]

For those not following the qualies, so far we've already lost Daniel Altmaier, Taro Daniel, Lloyd Harris, Fabio Fognini, Adrian Mannarino, and Christopher Eubanks, to name just a few that I recognize.

Unfortunate that things have gone so steadily downhill for the Wizard after his great run a couple of years ago to reach a career high. Hopefully Adrian can turn it around. The top 100 is more interesting with him in it!

Botic having to go through qualifying. I didn't realise he had dropped quite so low in the rankings.

Yeah, that was a surprise. There were a few names in qualifying that I thought had been doing decently lately, but I'm not sure where the cutoff was for this draw.

 

[TheSlicer]

Interesting to see how the players adapt to this new hard courts, probably some players that didnt do good here in the past will surprise

 

[Airspun]

I think all of Ukraine and Canada should boycott all US tournaments.

 

[Snafu23]

I think all of Ukraine and Canada should boycott all US tournaments.

i think all of europe should too

 

[Nostradamus]

Hugo Gaston "Drop shot Dragon" is opening up Bagel shop on Spirizzi in the qualies... LOL. i guess now we now what the weakness is when you play Spirizzi

 

[bullfan]

I am giving Fritz a chance. With Sinner out, I think Fritz has a shot

 

[The Aceserver]

Hugo Gaston "Drop shot Dragon" is opening up Bagel shop on Spirizzi in the qualies... LOL. i guess now we now what the weakness is when you play Spirizzi

Ha ha. I like the nickname. I still remember when he played Thiem in RG a few years ago he had like 45 drop shots or something. Thiem won the match, but his legs were gone in his next match.

 

[Rosstour]

Alcaraz v Shapo is another interesting potential early clash in R3.

This could be the match of the year in terms of oohs and aaahs. They will be trying to one-up each other athletically. These are the two most dynamic players on tour when they're clicking.

 

[Musterrific]

Unfortunate that things have gone so steadily downhill for the Wizard after his great run a couple of years ago to reach a career high. Hopefully Adrian can turn it around. The top 100 is more interesting with him in it!

What are you honestly expecting from him? He's ancient.

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Yes, in fact I had reported it in the preview comment.

So you did! Sorry I missed that at the beginning of the post with the draw. Shapo has shown some good form recently, and Alcaraz hasn't really caught fire yet this year, despite the win in Rotterdam. I think he'll have too much for Shapo if they meet, but this one could have fireworks if both play their best tennis.

 

[VilasFan]

Albert Portas from Spain was the original player nicknamed the "Drop Shot Dragon."
Played 1994-2007

Ha ha. I like the nickname. I still remember when he played Thiem in RG a few years ago he had like 45 drop shots or something. Thiem won the match, but his legs were gone in his next match.

Hugo Gaston "Drop shot Dragon" is opening up Bagel shop on Spirizzi in the qualies... LOL. i guess now we now what the weakness is when you play Spirizzi

Albert Portas from Spain was the original player nicknamed the "Drop Shot Dragon."
Played 1994-2007

 

[Vincent-C]

So Shapovalov gets a bye, then a qualifier (Zeppieri or Walton), then Alcaraz. Go, Shap!

 

[bezs]

Didn'y Kyrgios mention he was done with playing singles.

 

[flyingboris]

Didn'y Kyrgios mention he was done with playing singles.

If this recent video is any indication his tournament may be over before it started.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1j3ss6m

 

[flyingboris]

For those not following the qualies, so far we've already lost Daniel Altmaier, Taro Daniel, Lloyd Harris, Fabio Fognini, Adrian Mannarino, and Christopher Eubanks, to name just a few that I recognize.

In the second (and final) round of the qualies we lost a few more somewhat notable players, namely TTW favorite Cristian Garín, Botic van de Zandschulp, and James Duckworth.

 

[mightyjeditribble]

In the second (and final) round of the qualies we lost a few more somewhat notable players, namely TTW favorite Cristian Garín, Botic van de Zandschulp, and James Duckworth.

 

[tennis24x7]

I didn't know my man Kyrgios is still playing. I thought he retired?? If so hoping he can go couple rounds. Bring some excitement back.

 

[robyrolfo]

This could be the match of the year in terms of oohs and aaahs. They will be trying to one-up each other athletically. These are the two most dynamic players on tour when they're clicking.

Ben Shelton might want in on that dynamic player list.

What are you honestly expecting from him? He's ancient.

With his style of play, he can keep doing well at a later age. But mostly it's his unconventional approach to everything that is so fun and interesting to see. He plays differently, dresses differently, acts differently, uses his equipment very differently...

 

[Rosstour]

Ben Shelton might want in on that dynamic player list.

Yeah and I don't totally disagree after watching him bludgeon Musetti, who I also put on that list. But Shelton is a real power player, not as much of an artist as Carlos or Lorenzo and doesn't have the effortless graceful power that Shapo does

 

[mightyjeditribble]

Nishikori claims a final set tiebreak win against Munar. Still very dangerous in deciding sets, it seems ...

 

[robyrolfo]

Yeah and I don't totally disagree after watching him bludgeon Musetti, who I also put on that list. But Shelton is a real power player, not as much of an artist as Carlos or Lorenzo and doesn't have the effortless graceful power that Shapo does

Well, dynamic and graceful aren't always intertwined. Musetti plays beautiful tennis. Smooth and, yes, graceful tennis. Not sure I would call him dynamic in his movement in general. Likewise, I don't think I would consider Alcaraz graceful, but dynamic for sure (ditto Shelton). Shapo is a pretty good mix of both.

 

[Rosstour]

Well, dynamic and graceful aren't always intertwined. Musetti plays beautiful tennis. Smooth and, yes, graceful tennis. Not sure I would call him dynamic in his movement in general. Likewise, I don't think I would consider Alcaraz graceful, but dynamic for sure (ditto Shelton). Shapo is a pretty good mix of both.

I specifically didn't say Carlos was graceful lol, would not make that leap.

I used "dynamic" in a broader sense of being exciting to watch but I appreciate using it more specifically. And therefore yes Musetti is a little relaxed in his movement, he never looks like he's really going fast. FH is a little ungainly as well. But he's creative and hits a big ball and uses spin very well. His grass form last year really surprised everyone even me.

 

[merwy]

The highlights I saw from the Nishikori-Munar match were great! Nishikori still has a lot of explosive power on those groundstrokes and his technique is smooth as always. Hope he still has some gas left in the tank. Very tough first round.

 

[Aabye5]

The highlights I saw from the Nishikori-Munar match were great! Nishikori still has a lot of explosive power on those groundstrokes and his technique is smooth as always. Hope he still has some gas left in the tank. Very tough first round.

Technique is gold, which is why Davydenko was so right about the deficiencies of modern players. Nishi, La Monf, and of course Nole are all the latest proof of this.

 

[Steeez]

Holy sh*t this Colton Smith kid (U of Arizona) can play - scary good from the baseline. Current level seems to be top 50.........and he barely even plays on the tour! Interesting matchup with Michelson next round...

 

[Rafa4GOAT]

Holy sh*t this Colton Smith kid (U of Arizona) can play - scary good from the baseline. Current level seems to be top 50.........and he barely even plays on the tour! Interesting matchup with Michelson next round...

Yeah seems absurd that he’s going back for another year of college

 

[norcal]

Watching Zizou Bergs on T2, what an entertaining personality! Gonna be rooting for this guy, he's got a good game to go along with the personality.

 

[RSJfan]

Expecting a deep run by Bye.

 

[norcal]

Bublik's gonna be out of the top 100 real soon.

 

[placebo]

Watanuki is so fun to watch. He looks like he really enjoys himself on court. Bublik, on the other hand, looks so depressed. Some progress in that he actually did try a little harder today and saved a bunch of break points.

 

[tx10is]

it's getting late here and the announcers are lit lol Courier asked Goodall who is from England but now lives in America if he has gotten his "gold" card yet lol when Goodall replied he just has his green card. Courier then replied uh oh ICE is at the door before commercial break lol

 

[BlackSilver]

If anyone saw Muller vs Wild and wishes to do a simple report, I am all hears.

 

[BlackSilver]

The highlights I saw from the Nishikori-Munar match were great!Very tough first round.

I saw Munar playing on Rio Open. He gave me the impression of being a quite limited clay court. So, Nishikori having problems to take him out, is likely a very bad sign, although he had cramps, which is sort of a relief (although it's also a bad sign on its own)

 

[tennis24x7]

Yeah seems absurd that he’s going back for another year of college

Another flash in the pan.

 

[robyrolfo]

If anyone saw Muller vs Wild and wishes to do a simple report, I am all hears.

Not quite a report, but at one point I was watching the TV feed of a WTA match on an adjacent court, and all you could hear were the Brazilian fans screaming. They were LOUD.

 

[BallisticMissileFonseca]

JOAOOOOOOOOOOO FOOOOOONNNSECAAAAAAAAA

 

[sortof]

Well, yes - let´s see what the Fons can do today!

 

[BallisticMissileFonseca]

Fonseca's ball was looking oddly slow during practice. It's not as big. I think he has changed his gear a bit.