2022 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles

Iga Świątek defeated Maria Sakkari in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters. She became the first Pole to win the title.

Paula Badosa was the defending champion, but lost to Sakkari in the semifinals.

The international governing bodies of tennis (WTA, ATP, ITF, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) allowed players from Russia and Belarus to continue to participate in tennis events on tour and at the Grand Slams, but not under the name or flag of Russia or Belarus until further notice, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Seeds
All seeds received a bye into the second round. • 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková (withdrew due to elbow injury)

• Aryna Sabalenka (second round)

• 🇵🇱 Iga Świątek (champion)

• 🇪🇪 Anett Kontaveit (third round)

• 🇪🇸 Paula Badosa (semifinals)

•  Maria Sakkari (final)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

• 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur (second round)

•  Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)

•  Emma Raducanu (third round)

• 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (second round)

•  Victoria Azarenka (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Jessica Pegula (second round)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (fourth round)

• 🇺🇸 Coco Gauff (third round)

• 🇰🇿 Elena Rybakina (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇦 Leylah Fernandez (fourth round)

•  Tamara Zidanšek (second round)

• 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens (third round)

•  Veronika Kudermetova (quarterfinals)

•  Belinda Bencic (second round)

•  Daria Kasatkina (third round)

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (semifinals)

• 🇺🇸 Madison Keys (quarterfinals)

• 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea (fourth round)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (third round)

•  Liudmila Samsonova (fourth round)

•  Clara Tauson (third round)

• 🇨🇿 Markéta Vondroušová (fourth round)

•  Viktorija Golubic (fourth round)

• 🇪🇸 Sara Sorribes Tormo (third round)

• 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (second round)

Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 28, 2022. Rankings and points before are as of March 7, 2022.

Like the men's event, points from the 2021 tournament will not drop until October 17, 2022 because it was held in October 2021. Instead of defending points from the 2021 tournament, each player's 16th best result will be replaced by their points from the 2022 tournament.

Withdrawn players
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Wildcards
• 🇺🇸 Hailey Baptiste

• 🇺🇸 Elvina Kalieva

• 🇺🇸 Sofia Kenin

• 🇺🇸 Claire Liu

• 🇺🇸 Robin Montgomery

• 🇺🇸 Emma Navarro

• 🇺🇸 Katie Volynets

• 🇺🇦 Dayana Yastremska

Source:

Qualifiers
• 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter

• 🇨🇿 Marie Bouzková

• 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart

• 🇭🇺 Dalma Gálfi

• Kaja Juvan

• 🇺🇸 Ashlyn Krueger

• 🇺🇸 Caty McNally

• 🇦🇺 Daria Saville

• 🇫🇷 Harmony Tan

• 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova

• 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

• 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

Lucky losers
• 🇵🇱 Magdalena Fręch

• Anna Kalinskaya

• 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma

Withdrawals
• 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty → replaced by 🇫🇷 Océane Dodin

• 🇺🇸 Danielle Collins → replaced by 🇭🇺 Anna Bondár

• 🇷🇴 Jaqueline Cristian → replaced by 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová

• 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi → replaced by 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka

• 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by 🇵🇱 Magdalena Fręch

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Muchová → replaced by Vera Zvonareva

•  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by 🇨🇳 Zheng Qinwen

• 🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson → replaced by  Anna Kalinskaya

• 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic → replaced by 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma

Seeds
• # 🇧🇪 Greet Minnen (first round)

• # 🇨🇿 Marie Bouzková (qualified)

• # Kaja Juvan (qualified)

• # 🇭🇺 Panna Udvardy (first round)

• # Anna Kalinskaya (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu (first round)

• # 🇵🇱 Magdalena Fręch (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇫🇷 Harmony Tan (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Diane Parry (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Lucia Bronzetti (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova (qualified)

• # 🇭🇺 Dalma Gálfi (qualified)

• # Kamilla Rakhimova (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Jule Niemeier (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Chloé Paquet (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇴 Irina Bara (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart (qualified)

• # 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam (first round)

• # Ekaterine Gorgodze (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

• # 🇨🇿 Marie Bouzková

• # Kaja Juvan

• # 🇺🇸 Ashlyn Krueger

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

• # 🇬🇧 Katie Boulter

• # 🇦🇺 Daria Saville

• # 🇺🇸 Caty McNally

• # 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova

• # 🇫🇷 Harmony Tan

• # 🇬🇧 Harriet Dart

• # 🇭🇺 Dalma Gálfi

Lucky losers
• # 🇵🇱 Magdalena Fręch

• # Anna Kalinskaya

• # 🇦🇺 Astra Sharma