| Champ: |  Novak Djokovic |
| Runner: | Roger Federer |
| Score: | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
| Draw: | 96 |
| Seeds: | 32 |
| Main Name: | Indian Wells Masters |
See main article: 2014 BNP Paribas Open.
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2014 Indian Wells Masters. It was his third Indian Wells title.
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion,[1] but lost in the third round to Alexandr Dolgopolov.[2]
All seeds receive a bye into the second round.
See also: 1 and 1. 
Rafael Nadal (third round)
See also: 2 and 8. Novak Djokovic (champion)
See also: 3 and 3. Stanislas Wawrinka (fourth round)
See also: 4 and 6. 
Tomáš Berdych (second round)
See also: 5 and 2. 
Andy Murray (fourth round)
See also: 6 and 7. 
Juan Martín del Potro (withdrew because of a wrist injury)
See also: 7 and 4. Roger Federer (final)
See also: 8 and 5. 
Richard Gasquet (third round)
See also: 9 and 7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (second round)
See also: 10 and 2. 
Milos Raonic (quarterfinals)
See also: 11 and 4. Tommy Haas (fourth round)
See also: 12 and 5. 
John Isner (semifinals)
See also: 13 and 1. 
Fabio Fognini (fourth round)
See also: 14 and 3. 
Mikhail Youzhny (withdrew because of a back injury)
See also: 15 and 6. Grigor Dimitrov (third round)
See also: 16 and 8. Tommy Robredo (third round)
See also: 17 and 3. Kevin Anderson (quarterfinals)
See also: 18 and 2. 
Jerzy Janowicz (second round)
See also: 19 and 4. 
Kei Nishikori (third round)
See also: 20 and 6. Ernests Gulbis (quarterfinals)
See also: 21 and 7. Gilles Simon (second round)
See also: 22 and 5. Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)
See also: 23 and 1. Gaël Monfils (third round)
See also: 24 and 8. Marin Čilić (fourth round)
See also: 25 and 7. Vasek Pospisil (second round)
See also: 26 and 6. Florian Mayer (second round, retired because of a leg injury)
See also: 27 and 4. Dmitry Tursunov (third round)
See also: 28 and 1. 
Alexandr Dolgopolov (semifinals)
See also: 29 and 3. Andreas Seppi (third round)
See also: 30 and 5. Fernando Verdasco (fourth round)
See also: 31 and 8. Ivan Dodig (second round)
See also: 32 and 2. Pablo Andújar (second round)
See also: 1. 
Somdev Devvarman (first round)
See also: 2. Dušan Lajović (qualified)
See also: 3. 
David Goffin (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
See also: 4. Stéphane Robert (qualified)
See also: 5. Paolo Lorenzi (qualified)
See also: 6. 
Dominic Thiem (qualified)
See also: 7. Guido Pella (qualifying competition)
See also: 8. Evgeny Donskoy (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
See also: 9. Jan Hájek (first round)
See also: 10. Paul-Henri Mathieu (qualified)
See also: 11. Alex Kuznetsov (qualified)
See also: 12. Wayne Odesnik (first round)
See also: 13. 
Andrej Martin (qualifying competition)
See also: 14. Peter Polansky (qualified)
See also: 15. Jimmy Wang (first round)
See also: 16. Thiemo de Bakker (first round)
See also: 17. 
Damir Džumhur (first round)
See also: 18. James Ward (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
See also: 19. Ruben Bemelmans (qualifying competition)
See also: 20. Illya Marchenko (first round)
See also: 21. 
Guilherme Clezar (first round)
See also: 22. 
Samuel Groth (qualified)
See also: 23. Bobby Reynolds (qualifying competition)
See also: 24. Rik de Voest (withdrew)
a. James Ward received a lucky loser spot in the main draw after No. 6 seed Juan Martín del Potro withdrew with a wrist injury.[3] [4]
b. Evgeny Donskoy received a lucky loser spot in the main draw after No. 14 seed Mikhail Youzhny withdrew with a back injury.[5]
c. Jarkko Nieminen advanced to the third round after No. 26 seed Florian Mayer was forced to retire in the second set with a leg injury.[6]
d. No. 8 seed Richard Gasquet advanced to the third round after Teymuraz Gabashvili was forced to retire in the second set citing illness.[7]
e. David Goffin received a lucky loser spot in the main draw after Michał Przysiężny withdrew with a left arm injury.[6]