Taylor Fritz defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to win the men's singles title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters. It was his first Masters 1000 title and second career title overall. Fritz was the first American to win the title since Andre Agassi in 2001. The loss ended Nadal's 20-match winning streak, dating back to the 2022 Melbourne Open.
Cameron Norrie was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Carlos Alcaraz, who became the youngest Indian Wells semifinalist since Agassi in 1988.
This was the first ATP Tour tournament since the international governing bodies of tennis (WTA, ATP, ITF, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) allowed players from Russia and Belarus to continue to participate in tennis events on Tour and at the majors, but not under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus until further notice, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Despite his withdrawal from the tournament, Djokovic reclaimed the ranking after Medvedev lost to Gaël Monfils in the third round.
With his third-round win, Nadal became the first player to win 400 Masters matches.
Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half Section 1
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Bottom half Section 5
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Section 8
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players, based on ATP rankings as of March 7, 2022. Rank and points before are as of March 7, 2022.
As a result of pandemic-related adjustments to the ranking system and changes to the ATP Tour calendar in 2021, ranking points after the tournament (as of March 21, 2022) will be calculated as follows:
Points from tournaments held during the weeks of March 8 and March 15, 2021 (Doha, Marseille, Santiago, Dubai and Acapulco) will be dropped at the end of the tournament and replaced by points from the 2022 Indian Wells tournament. Players who are not defending points from the tournaments listed above will have their 19th best result replaced by their points from the 2022 tournament. Points from the 2021 tournament will not drop until October 17, 2022 (52 weeks after the 2021 tournament) and are accordingly not reflected in this table. The other half of the remaining points from the 2019 tournament will be dropped on March 21, 2022, around three years after the end of the 2019 tournament.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints dropped (or 19th best result)†Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Daniil Medvedev 8,615 250 45 8,410 Third round lost to Gaël Monfils 2 2 Novak Djokovic 8,465 (0) 0 8,465 Withdrew due to not meeting vaccination requirements 3 3 Alexander Zverev 7,515 500 10 7,025 Second round lost to Tommy Paul 4 4 Rafael Nadal 6,515 (0) 600 7,115 Runner-up, lost to Taylor Fritz 5 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6,325 300 45 6,070 Third round lost to Jenson Brooksby 6 6 Matteo Berrettini 4,928 63‡ 90 4,955 Fourth round lost to Miomir Kecmanović 7 7 Andrey Rublev 4,590 90+180 360+45 4,725 Semifinal lost to Taylor Fritz 8 8 Casper Ruud 3,915 90 45 3,870 Third round lost to Nick Kyrgios [WC] 9 9 Félix Auger-Aliassime 3,883 90 10 3,803 Second round lost to Botic van de Zandschulp 10 10 Jannik Sinner 3,495 45+90 90+24 3,474 Fourth round withdrew against Nick Kyrgios [WC] 11 11 Hubert Hurkacz 3,468 45 90 3,513 Fourth round lost to Andrey Rublev 12 12 Cameron Norrie 3,305 90 180 3,395 Quarterfinal lost to Carlos Alcaraz 13 13 Denis Shapovalov 3,020 45+180 45+23 2,863 Third round lost to Reilly Opelka 14 14 Diego Schwartzman 2,660 (45) 45 2,660 Third round lost to John Isner 15 15 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,480 45+150 45+45 2,375 Third round lost to Carlos Alcaraz 16 16 Pablo Carreño Busta 2,220 (10) 10 2,220 Second round lost to Jaume Munar [Q] 17 17 Reilly Opelka 2,156 (0) 90 2,246 Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal 18 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili 2,121 250 45 1,916 Third round lost to Cameron Norrie 19 19 Carlos Alcaraz 2,056 (2) 360 2,414 Semifinal lost to Rafael Nadal 20 20 Taylor Fritz 2,010 45+90 1,000+45 2,920 Champion, defeated Rafael Nadal 21 21 Lorenzo Sonego 1,937 45 10 1,902 Second round lost to Benjamin Bonzi 22 22 Aslan Karatsev 1,933 15+20+500 10+10+10 1,428 Second round lost to Steve Johnson [WC] 23 23 John Isner 1,801 45 90 1,846 Fourth round lost to Grigor Dimitrov 24 24 Marin Čilić 1,785 (10) 10 1,785 Second round lost to Miomir Kecmanović 25 26 Karen Khachanov 1,680 45+45 10+23 1,623 Second round lost to Jenson Brooksby 26 28 Gaël Monfils 1,633 (0) 90 1,723 Fourth round lost to Carlos Alcaraz 27 29 Daniel Evans 1,542 (20) 45 1,567 Third round lost to Rafael Nadal 28 30 Frances Tiafoe 1,463 20+45 45+10 1,453 Third round lost to Andrey Rublev 29 31 Alex de Minaur 1,451 (10) 90 1,531 Fourth round lost to Taylor Fritz 30 32 Lloyd Harris 1,393 32+310 45+5 1,101 Third round lost to Matteo Berrettini 31 33 Alexander Bublik 1,391 (20) 45 1,416 Third round lost to Grigor Dimitrov 32 34 Federico Delbonis 1,382 90 10 1,302 Second round lost to Nick Kyrgios [WC] 33 35 Grigor Dimitrov 1,381 90 180 1,471 Quarterfinal lost to Andrey Rublev † This column shows either (a) the player's ranking points dropping on March 14 or March 21, 2022, or (b) his 19th best result (shown in brackets). Only ranking points counting towards the player's ranking as of March 7, 2022, are reflected in the column. ‡ The player is defending points from a 2019 ATP Challenger Tour tournament (Phoenix)
Withdrawn players The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. Rank Player Points before Points dropped Points after Withdrawal reason 25 Cristian Garín 1,716 250 1,466 Fatigue 27 Roger Federer 1,665 45 1,620 Right knee surgery
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