Top 10 players who have withdrawn from Indian Wells Open 2025

Jannik Sinner will miss the Indian Wells Open 2025 due to a three-month ban.

The Indian Wells Open 2025, officially the BNP Paribas Open, is a premier men’s and women’s tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. Marking its 51st men’s and 36th women’s edition, it is classified as an ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 event on their respective tours. The main draw runs from March 5 to 16, 2025, on outdoor hard courts at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The tournament will feature the top men’s and women’s singles players from around the world, including defending champions Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, who is a 5-time winner at Indian Wells but has not won here since 2016.

Top seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Alexander Zverev will seek their first Indian Wells title despite recent struggles, while other high-ranked contenders are poised to make their path challenging.

10. Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova, a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, will miss the Indian Wells 2025 event. The Czech has been sidelined since retiring from her US Open match against Jasmine Paolini in August. She underwent left ankle surgery shortly after, and her return to the WTA Tour remains uncertain.

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9. Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis has undergone surgery to address a long-term pectoral injury. The 28-year-old worsened the condition during his five-set loss to Jack Draper in the Australian Open second round and later withdrew from a doubles match with Nick Kyrgios the following day. Fresh out of surgery and currently in recovery mode, the Australian is set to miss out on Indian Wells and Miami.

8. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also withdrew from the WTA 1000 tournament. The 2021 French Open runner-up revealed in an Instagram story that she has been battling a viral infection since the Australian Open. She aims to recover in time for the Miami Open later this month.

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7. Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka will miss the event due to personal reasons. The Japanese last featured at the Delray Beach Open, where he handed a walkover to his opponent in the second round during the second week of February and hasn’t played since. Nishioka might not have recovered from the injury that forced him to forfeit his round of 16 battle.

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6. Nicolas Jarry

Nicolas Jarry sustained a toe injury at the Chile Open in Santiago and hasn’t recovered yet. As a result, the Chilean tennis player will miss Indian Wells and hopes to return in time for the Miami Open. The eventual winner, Jannik Sinner, was made to toil hard by Jarry in the first round of the Australian Open 2025, with the first two sets being decided in tiebreaks.

5. Marketa Vondrousova

Former Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova announced her decision to withdraw from Indian Wells, despite competing at the recently concluded Dubai Open, where the Czech lost to eventual champion Mirra Andreeva. Vondrousova looked fully fit during her bout and has not yet commented on why she opted out of the BNP Paribas Open.

4. Reilly Opelka

Reilly Opelka, a finalist at the Brisbane International 2025, is set to miss the 2025 BNP Paribas Open. He withdrew from the Mexican Open in Acapulco due to an unspecified injury. After nearly two years of being sidelined with wrist and hip issues before returning last year, it remains unclear if one of those injuries has resurfaced.

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3. Barbora Krejcikova

The 2024 Wimbledon winner Barbora Krejcikova continues to miss tennis action due to injury. She previously missed the Australian Open due to a lingering back injury, which is yet to heal, and then subsequently opted out of the Qatar Open and the Dubai Championship. The Czech was replaced by Julia Grabher, who moves into the main draw.

2. Venus Williams

The Indian Wells Open 2025 organisers had offered Venus Williams a wild-card entry, but the American reportedly turned the offer down. The 7-time Grand Slam champion has not played since her first-round exit at the Miami Open last year.

A Message From Tournament Director Tommy Haas:“Our team has been informed that Venus is not accepting the wild card this year. We wish Venus all the best and hope to see her back in Indian Wells in the future.”

— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) February 24, 2025

“I’m not playing – I’m going to be overseas. I’m not going to be here,” she said. Venus Williams had infamously boycotted Indian Wells for 15 years after her younger sister Serena Williams was booed and heckled by fans during her win against Kim Clijsters in the 2001 final.

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1. Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner continues to serve his three-month ban at the hands of the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). The Italian is suspended from the ATP Tour until May 4th after his team successfully settled with the agency’s judgment. The current world number one is expected to return just in time for the Italian Open (ATP 1000) in Rome, played in May, where the top seed also happens to be the defending champion.

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