2018 BNP Paribas Open – Men's singles

Juan Martín del Potro defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–2) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters. He saved three championship points en route to his first Masters 1000 title, following three previous runner-up finishes.

Federer and Rafael Nadal (despite having withdrawn from the event) were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking. Federer retained the top ranking by reaching the semifinals.

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

• Marin Čilić (third round)

• 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov (second round)

• 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev (second round)

• 🇦🇹 Dominic Thiem (third round, retired)

• 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro (champion)

•  Kevin Anderson (quarterfinals)

• 🇺🇸 Jack Sock (third round)

• 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille (second round)

• 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Pablo Carreño Busta (fourth round)

• 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (third round)

• 🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

• 🇦🇷 Diego Schwartzman (second round)

• 🇺🇸 John Isner (second round)

• 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini (second round)

•  🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios (withdrew)

• 🇺🇸 Sam Querrey (quarterfinals)

• 🇪🇸 Albert Ramos Viñolas (second round)

• 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino (third round)

• 🇬🇧 Kyle Edmund (second round)

• 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (withdrew)

• 🇰🇷 Chung Hyeon (quarterfinals)

• 🇱🇺 Gilles Müller (second round)

• 🇷🇸 Filip Krajinović (third round)

• 🇧🇦 Damir Džumhur (second round)

• 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Feliciano López (fourth round)

• 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (third round)

•  Pablo Cuevas (fourth round)

• 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (semifinals)

Seeds
• # 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil (qualified)

• # 🇧🇦 Mirza Bašić (first round)

• # 🇮🇱 Dudi Sela (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut (qualified)

• # 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis (qualified)

• # 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Matteo Berrettini (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇯🇵 Taro Daniel (qualified)

• # 🇮🇳 Yuki Bhambri (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Bjorn Fratangelo (first round)

• # 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇪🇸 Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Yannick Hanfmann (first round)

• # Henri Laaksonen (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek (qualified)

• # 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan (first round)

• # 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky (qualified)

• # 🇮🇳 Ramkumar Ramanathan (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Mackenzie McDonald (qualifying competition)

• # 🇰🇿 Alexander Bublik (qualifying competition, retired)

• # 🇸🇰 Norbert Gombos (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Calvin Hemery (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil

• # 🇺🇸 Mitchell Krueger

• # 🇺🇸 Evan King

• # 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut

• # 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis

• # 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis

• # 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky

• # 🇯🇵 Taro Daniel

• # 🇮🇳 Yuki Bhambri

• # 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie

• # 🇨🇦 Félix Auger-Aliassime

• # 🇺🇸 Tim Smyczek

Lucky losers
• # 🇮🇱 Dudi Sela

• # 🇮🇹 Matteo Berrettini

• # 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans