2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Andy Murray in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 Indian Wells Masters. Nadal saved five match points en route to the title, in his fourth-round match against David Nalbandian.

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andy Roddick.

Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (champion)

• # Roger Federer (semifinals)

• # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals)

• # 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (final)

• # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (withdrew due to a left heel injury)

• # 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (semifinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (quarterfinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇸 James Blake (third round)

• # 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian (fourth round)

• # 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (fourth round, retired due to a right wrist injury)

• # Stanislas Wawrinka (fourth round)

• # Fernando González (fourth round)

• # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (second round)

• # Marin Čilić (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Mardy Fish (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Igor Andreev (fourth round)

• # 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet (third round)

• # 🇷🇺 Marat Safin (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov (third round)

• # Ivo Karlović (third round)

• # Mario Ančić (second round, retired due to illness)

• # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (second round)

• # 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer (third round)

• # 🇩🇪 Nicolas Kiefer (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round)

Seeds
• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Björn Phau (qualified)

• # 🇰🇿 Evgeny Korolev (first round)

• # Paul Capdeville (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Robert Kendrick (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Kevin Kim (qualified)

• # 🇦🇹 Daniel Köllerer (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Simon Greul (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇷 Thiago Alves (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Benjamin Becker (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇦 Jesse Levine (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Olivier Patience (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo (qualified)

• # Stéphane Bohli (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Donald Young (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Brendan Evans (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Sam Warburg (first round)

• # 🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse (withdrew)

• # Rik de Voest (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Ricardo Mello (qualifying competition)

• # 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Sébastien de Chaunac (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci

• # 🇩🇪 Björn Phau

• # Rik de Voest

• # 🇺🇸 Todd Widom

• # 🇺🇸 Robert Kendrick

• # 🇺🇸 Kevin Kim

• # 🇦🇹 Daniel Köllerer

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Berrer

• # 🇺🇸 Michael Russell

• # 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo

• # 🇺🇸 Brendan Evans

• # Michael Lammer

Lucky losers
• # 🇫🇷 Olivier Patience