The Indian Wells Open is the third WTA 1000 tournament on the calendar, and all of the top 32 players in the women\u2019s rankings are set to star at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Indian Wells Open will be the 37th edition of the WTA Tour<\/a> event, which is staged at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden \u2014 also known as Tennis Paradise \u2014 in the Californian desert.<\/p>\n The hard-court tournament is considered one of the most prestigious competitions outside of the four Grand Slams.<\/p>\n Mirra Andreeva is the reigning champion, having defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the 2025 championship match.<\/p>\n The 2026 Indian Wells Open will be held from 4 to 15 March.<\/p>\n The Indian Wells women\u2019s singles main draw will be feature 96 players, a total made up of 76 direct entrants, 12 qualifiers and eight wildcards.<\/p>\n WTA Rankings Race To Riyadh: Rybakina retains lead, Pegula soars to 2nd, Gauff up to 8th, Swiatek -3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Serena Williams\u2019 ex-coach predicts whether Jessica Pegula can win a Grand Slam title<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Venus Williams, a former world No 1 and seven-time major singles champion, is the only player who has received a wildcard so far.<\/p>\n Lois Boisson and Veronika Kudermetova have both withdrawn from Indian Wells.<\/p>\n Five former champions are on the entry list: Andreeva (2025), Iga Swiatek (2022 and 2024), Elena Rybakina (2023), Paula Badosa (2021) and Naomi Osaka (2019).<\/p>\n Players who have been unable to compete in any tournaments due to injury or pregnancy for a minimum of six months are eligible to use the WTA protected ranking system.<\/p>\n The rule allows players to use the ranking they held at the time of their absence to enter eight tournaments, or 12 if they missed more than a year.<\/p>\n Wang Yafan, who is ranked 356th and last played in October, has used a special ranking to enter.<\/p>\n 1. Aryna Sabalenka Further wildcards and qualifiers TBC<\/em><\/p>\n READ NEXT: Indian Wells prize money set to decrease in 2026 despite stars demanding more winnings in tennis<\/a> The post WTA Indian Wells 2026 Entry List: Sabalenka, Swiatek, Rybakina, Gauff star; will Eala be seeded?<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Indian Wells Open is the third WTA 1000 tournament on the calendar, and all of the top 32 players in the women\u2019s rankings are set to star at this year\u2019s event. The 2026 Indian Wells Open will be the 37th edition of the WTA Tour event, which is staged at the Indian Wells Tennis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When will the tournament take place?<\/h2>\n
How many players will feature in the main draw?<\/h2>\n
WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n
Which players have received wildcards?<\/h2>\n
Have any players withdrawn?<\/h2>\n
Which former champions will play?<\/h2>\n
Have any players used a special\/protected ranking to enter?<\/h2>\n
Indian Wells 2026 WTA Singles Entry List and Projected Seeds (24 February)<\/h2>\n
\n2. Iga Swiatek
\n3. Elena Rybakina
\n4. Coco Gauff
\n5. Jessica Pegula
\n6. Amanda Anisimova
\n7. Jasmine Paolini
\n8. Mirra Andreeva
\n9. Elina Svitolina
\n10. Victoria Mboko
\n11. Ekaterina Alexandrova
\n12. Belinda Bencic
\n13. Karolina Muchova
\n14. Linda Noskova
\n15. Madison Keys
\n16. Naomi Osaka
\n17. Clara Tauson
\n18. Iva Jovic
\n19. Liudmila Samsonova
\n20. Emma Navarro
\n21. Diana Shnaider
\n22. Elise Mertens
\n23. Anna Kalinskaya
\n24. Zheng Qinwen
\n25. Emma Raducanu
\n26. Jelena Ostapenko
\n27. Leylah Fernandez
\n28. Marta Kostyuk
\n29. Maya Joint
\n30. Wang Xinyu
\n31. Alex Eala
\n32. Maria Sakkari
\nJaqueline Cristian
\nMarie Bouzkova
\nSorana Cirstea
\nJanice Tjen
\nSara Bejlek
\nAnn Li
\nMcCartney Kessler
\nElisabetta Cocciaretto
\nHailey Baptiste
\nKaterina Siniakova
\nSofia Kenin Rebecca Sramkova
\nMarketa Vondrousova
\nTereza Valentova
\nMagda Linette
\nJessica Bouzas Maneiro
\nDayana Yastremska
\nBarbora Krejcikova
\nAntonia Ruzic
\nSonay Kartal
\nLaura Siegemund
\nTatjana Maria
\nVarvara Gracheva
\nMagdalena Frech
\nDaria Kasatkina
\nEmiliana Arango
\nPolina Kudermetova
\nElsa Jacquemot
\nPeyton Stearns
\nCristina Bucsa
\nSolana Sierra
\nAnna Bondar
\nBeatriz Haddad Maia
\nCaty McNally
\nEva Lys
\nPetra Marcinko
\nElena-Gabriela Ruse
\nFrancesca Jones
\nAjla Tomljanovic
\nOksana Selekhmeteva
\nYulia Putintseva
\nZeynep Sonmez
\nAnna Blinkova
\nPaula Badosa
\nAnastasia Potapova
\nWang Yafan (SR)
\nVenus Williams (WC)<\/p>\n
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