Elena Vesnina defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 Indian Wells Masters. It was Vesnina's first WTA 1000 singles title and the last singles title of her career. This was the second all-Russian final in tournament history, following the 2006 edition.
Victoria Azarenka was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year as she was on maternity leave.
Due to the pre-tournament withdrawal of Serena Williams due to a left knee injury, Angelique Kerber regained the world No. 1 ranking at the end of the tournament.
Seeds All seeds receive 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
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
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