2010 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Ivan Ljubičić defeated Andy Roddick in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2010 Indian Wells Masters. It was his first Masters title (following three previous runner-up finishes), making him the oldest maiden Masters champion.

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost to Ljubičić in the semifinals. Until the 2014 Australian Open, this was the last occasion where a player other than the Big Four won a title when each of the Big Four were competing.

Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # Roger Federer (third round)

• # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (fourth round)

• # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (semifinals)

• # 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (third round, withdrew due to a broken wrist)

• # 🇸🇪 Robin Söderling (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (final)

• # Marin Čilić (second round)

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

• # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 John Isner (fourth round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)

• # Ivan Ljubičić (champion)

• # 🇦🇷 Juan Mónaco (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer (fourth round)

• # Ivo Karlović (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Albert Montañés (third round)

• # 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)

• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci (third round)

• # 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis (fourth round)

• # 🇪🇸 Feliciano López (third round)

• # 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki (fourth round)

• # 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (second round, retired due to an abdominal strain)

• # 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Igor Andreev (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin (first round, retired due to left heel injury)

• # 🇺🇦 Illya Marchenko (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Daniel Brands (qualifying competition)

• # Lu Yen-hsun (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Ricardo Mello (qualified)

• # 🇩🇪 Björn Phau (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Carsten Ball (first round)

• # 🇮🇳 Somdev Devvarman (qualifying competition)

• # 🇯🇲 Dustin Brown (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Kevin Kim (qualifying competition)

• # Kevin Anderson (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Thiago Alves (qualified)

• # 🇦🇹 Stefan Koubek (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Robert Kendrick (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Michael Yani (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Donald Young (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Ryan Sweeting (qualifying competition)

• # Ramón Delgado (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Gastón Gaudio (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Dieter Kindlmann (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇷 Brian Dabul (qualified)

• # 🇲🇽 Santiago González (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jesse Witten (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds

• # 🇦🇺 Marinko Matosevic

• # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler

• # Ramón Delgado

• # Lu Yen-hsun

• # 🇧🇷 Ricardo Mello

• # 🇩🇪 Björn Phau

• # 🇧🇷 Thiago Alves

• # 🇦🇹 Stefan Koubek

• # 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek

• # 🇦🇷 Brian Dabul

• # Kevin Anderson