2023 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open WTA Draw with Gauff, Pegula, Swiatek & more

| by Zachary Wimer

The 2023 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open runs from March 8th to 19th, and we already know the draw for the WTA 1000 event.

Last year, Iga Swiatek captured the Sunshine Double and so she's the defending champion in Indian Wells. Like all the first 32-seeded players, World No. 1 has a BYE in the first round, so she'll jump into the action from the second round.

In the second round, the young Pole will take on Claire Liu or Alison Van Uytvanck. In the third round, she can possibly meet a Grand Slam champion, as the 32nd-seeded Bianca Andreescu will start against Peyton Stearns or a qualifier.

The fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia also doesn't have an easy draw. The French player will begin against Tamara Korpatsch or the 2022 Australian Open finalist, Danielle Collins, and in the third round, she can meet the 2021 US Open finalist, Leylah Fernandez.

The fourth-seeded Ons Jabeur, who is returning to action, will play against Maryna Zanevska or Lauren Davis as the reigning Wimbledon champion, Elena Rybakina, will start against one of the seeded players. The Kazakhstani will meet either Sloane Stephens or Sofia Kenin.

The seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari will clash with Katie Volynets or Shelby Rogers, while the third-seeded Jessica Pegula will play against Camila Giorgi or a qualifier. Her doubles partner, and the sixth-seeded Coco Gauff will play against one of the qualifiers as she's yet to know who she can meet.

The second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who is the most recent major winner, will play against Evgeniya Rodina or Alize Cornet in the second round, and in the third round, she can meet the 29th-seeded Donna Vekic, who recently won her first title in two years.

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2023 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open WTA Draw:

1. Iga Swiatek (1)
2. BYE
3. Claire Liu
4. Alison Van Uytvanck
5. Qualifier
6. Peyton Stearns
7. BYE
8. Bianca Andreescu (32)
9. Magda Linette (20)
10. BYE
11. Danka Kovinic
12. Emma Raducanu
13. Katerina Siniakova
14. Jule Niemeier
15. BYE
16. Beatriz Haddad Maia (13)
17. Liudmila Samsonova (12)
18. BYE
19. Bernarda Pera
20. Lucia Bronzetti
21. Sorana Cirstea
22. Qualifier
23. BYE
24. Madison Keys (19)
25. Leylah Fernandez (20)
26. BYE
27. Emma Navarro
28. Caty McNally
29. Tamara Korpatsch
30. Danielle Collins
31. BYE
32. Caroline Garcia (5)
33. Ons Jabeur (4)
34. BYE
35. Maryna Zanevska
36. Lauren Davis
37. Marketa Vondrousova
38. Rebecca Marino
39. BYE
40. Marie Bouzkova (28)
41. Martina Trevisan (23)
42. BYE
43. Qualifier
44. Madison Brengle
45. Yulia Putintseva
46. Karolina Muchova
47. BYE
48. Victoria Azarenka (14)
49. Elena Rybakina (10)
50. BYE
51. Sloane Stephens
52. Sofia Kenin
53. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
54. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
55. BYE
56. Paula Badosa (21)
57. Petra Martic (25)
58. BYE
59. Qualifier
60. Qualifier
61. Tatjana Maria
62. Jasmine Paolini
63. BYE
64. Daria Kasatkina (8)
65. Maria Sakkari (7)
66. BYE
67. Katie Volynets
68. Shelby Rogers
69. Mayar Sherif
70. Linda Fruhvirtova
71. BYE
72. Anhelina Kalinina (27)
73. Karolina Pliskova (17)
74. BYE
75. Anna Kalinskaya
76. Alycia Parks
77. Ann Li
78. Anna Blinkova
79. BYE
80. Veronika Kudermetova (11)
81. Petra Kvitova (15)
82. BYE
83. Elizabeth Mandlik
84. Alison Riske-Amritraj
85. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
86. Kaia Kanepi
87. BYE
88. Jelena Ostapenko (24)
89. Anastasia Potapova (26)
90. BYE
91. Qualifier
92. Xinyu Wang
93. Qualifier
94. Camila Giorgi
95. BYE
96. Jessica Pegula (3)
97. Coco Gauff (6)
98. BYE
99. Qualifier
100. Qualifier
101. Linda Noskova
102. Irina-Camelia Begu
103. BYE
104. Amanda Anisimova (31)
105. Shuai Zhang (27)
106. BYE
107. Qualifier
108. Marta Kostyuk
109. Qualifier
110. Jil Teichmann
111. BYE
112. Belinda Bencic (9)
113. Barbora Krejcikova (16)
114. BYE
115. Dayana Yastremska
116. Anna Bondar
117. Xiyu Wang
118. Elise Mertens
119. BYE
120. Ekaterina Alexandrova (18)
121. Donna Vekic (29)
122. BYE
123. Qualifier
124. Lin Zhu
125. Evgeniya Rodina
126. Alize Cornet
127. BYE
128. Aryna Sabalenka (2)

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