2013 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2013 Indian Wells Masters. It was Nadal's third Indian Wells singles title, his record 22nd ATP Tour Masters 1000 title, and his 53rd title overall.

Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost to Nadal in the quarterfinals.

Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (semifinals)

• # Roger Federer (quarterfinals)

• # Andy Murray (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (champion)

• # 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (final)

• # 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet (fourth round)

• # 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro (third round)

• # Marin Čilić (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon (fourth round)

• # 🇦🇷 Juan Mónaco (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 John Isner (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (third round)

• # 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (fourth round)

• # Stanislas Wawrinka (fourth round)

• # 🇩🇪 Tommy Haas (fourth round)

• # 🇮🇹 Andreas Seppi (third round)

• # 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)

• # 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey (fourth round)

• # 🇵🇱 Jerzy Janowicz (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy (second round)

• # 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny (second round)

• # 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Mardy Fish (third round)

Seeds
• # Ernests Gulbis (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Michael Russell (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Daniel Brands (qualified)

• # 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)

• # 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Tobias Kamke (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Guillaume Rufin (qualifying competition, withdrew because of a lower back injury)

• # João Sousa (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Jan Hájek (first round)

• # 🇨🇦 Jesse Levine (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Guido Pella (qualified)

• # 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Flavio Cipolla (first round)

• # 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Matthias Bachinger (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Adrian Ungur (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden (qualified)

• # 🇦🇹 Andreas Haider-Maurer (first round)

• # 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Philipp Petzschner (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Matteo Viola (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # Ernests Gulbis

• # 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds

• # 🇩🇪 Daniel Brands

• # 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov

• # 🇩🇪 Mischa Zverev

• # 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil

• # 🇦🇺 Matthew Ebden

• # 🇩🇪 Philipp Petzschner

• # 🇪🇸 Daniel Muñoz de la Nava

• # 🇦🇷 Guido Pella

• # Ivo Karlović

• # 🇺🇸 Wayne Odesnik