Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2026 Indian Wells Open. She saved a championship point en route to her first Indian Wells singles title (having lost two previous finals) and her tenth WTA 1000 singles title overall. The final was a rematch of both the 2023 final and this year's Australian Open final, both won by Rybakina.

Mirra Andreeva was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Kateřina Siniaková.

Talia Gibson was the youngest woman to reach a WTA 1000 quarterfinal on main-draw debut since Rybakina at the 2019 Wuhan Open, as well as the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals of Indian Wells since Lesia Tsurenko in 2015.

Seeds All seeds received 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

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 23, 2026. Rankings and points before are as of March 2, 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defending Points wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Aryna Sabalenka‡ 10,675 650 1,000 11,025 Champion, defeated Elena Rybakina 2 2 Iga Świątek 7,588 390 215 7,413 Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina 3 3 Elena Rybakina† 7,253 120 650 7,783 Runner-up, lost to Aryna Sabalenka 4 4 Coco Gauff 6,803 120 65 6,748 5 5 Jessica Pegula 6,583 120 215 6,678 Quarterfinals lost to Elena Rybakina 6 6 Amanda Anisimova 6,070 10 120 6,180 Fourth round lost to Victoria Mboko 7 7 Jasmine Paolini 4,232 120 120 4,232 Fourth round lost to Talia Gibson [Q] 8 8 Mirra Andreeva 4,001 1,000 65 3,066 Third round lost to Kateřina Siniaková 9 9 Elina Svitolina 3,845 215 390 4,020 Semifinals lost to Elena Rybakina 10 10 Victoria Mboko 3,211 (75)Ω 215 3,351 Quarterfinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 11 11 2,918 10 10 2,918 Second round lost to Talia Gibson [Q] 12 12 Belinda Bencic 2,898 215 120 2,803 Fourth round lost to Jessica Pegula 13 13 Karolína Muchová 2,668 120 120 2,668 Fourth round lost to Iga Świątek 14 14 Linda Nosková 2,421 10 390 2,801 Semifinals lost to Aryna Sabalenka 15 15 Madison Keys 2,351 390 65 2,026 Third round lost to Sonay Kartal 16 16 Naomi Osaka 2,324 10 120 2,434 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 17 17 Clara Tauson 2,095 65 65 2,095 18 18 Iva Jovic 2,095 35 10 2,070 Second round lost to Camila Osorio 19 19 Liudmila Samsonova 2,050 215 10 1,845 Second round lost to Ashlyn Krueger 20 25 Emma Navarro 1,605 65 10 1,550 Second round lost to Sonay Kartal 21 20 Diana Shnaider 1,953 65 10 1,898 Second round lost to Sorana Cirstea 22 21 Elise Mertens 1,936 65 65 1,936 Third round lost to Belinda Bencic 23 22 Anna Kalinskaya 1,813 10 65 1,868 Third round lost to Victoria Mboko 24 23 Zheng Qinwen 1,758 215 10 1,553 Second round lost to Antonia Ružić 25 24 Emma Raducanu 1,645 (30)∆ 65 1,680 26 26 Jeļena Ostapenko 1,600 10 65 1,655 Third round lost to Jessica Pegula 27 27 1,598 10 10 1,598 28 28 Marta Kostyuk 1,583 120 65 1,528 29 29 Maya Joint 1,465 30 10 1,445 30 30 Wang Xinyu 1,438 65 10 1,383 Second round lost to Ajla Tomljanović 31 32 Alexandra Eala 1,432 (27)∆ 120 1,525 Fourth round lost to Linda Nosková 32 34 Maria Sakkari 1,410 65 65 1,410 Third round lost to Iga Świątek ∆ The player is defending points from her 18th best result. Ω The player is defending points from an ITF tournament.

Other entry information Wildcards

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Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Qualifying 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

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