Novak Djokovic defeated Mardy Fish in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2008 Indian Wells Masters. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Djokovic.

Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # Roger Federer (semifinals) • # 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (semifinals) • # 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (champion) • # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (third round) • # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (second round) • # 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian (quarterfinals) • # 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet (fourth round) • # 🇺🇸 James Blake (quarterfinals) • # 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (second round) • # 🇬🇧 Andy Murray (fourth round) • # Fernando González (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round) • # 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (third round) • # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Cañas (fourth round) • # 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round) • # 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis (third round) • # 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá (third round) • # Ivo Karlović (third round) • # 🇦🇷 Juan Mónaco (third round) • # 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round) • # Ivan Ljubičić (fourth round) • # 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round) • # 🇪🇸 Nicolás Almagro (second round) • # 🇫🇮 Jarkko Nieminen (second round) • # 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round) • # 🇦🇷 Juan Ignacio Chela (third round) • # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (third round) • # 🇪🇸 Fernando Verdasco (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Igor Andreev (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Feliciano López (second round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

• # 🇦🇺 Peter Luczak (first round) • # 🇦🇺 Chris Guccione (first round) • # 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini (qualifying competition, Lucky Loser) • # 🇩🇪 Mischa Zverev (first round) • # Robin Haase (qualified) • # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (qualifying competition, Lucky Loser) • # 🇫🇷 Florent Serra (qualified) • # 🇪🇨 Nicolás Lapentti (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Amer Delić (first round) • # 🇷🇺 Teymuraz Gabashvili (first round) • # Lu Yen-hsun (qualified) • # Paul Capdeville (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Robert Kendrick (qualifying competition) • # 🇷🇺 Igor Kunitsyn (qualified) • # Kevin Anderson (qualifying competition) • # 🇺🇸 Wayne Odesnik (qualified) • # 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori (qualified) • # 🇦🇺 Alun Jones (first round) • # Rik de Voest (qualified) • # 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo (qualified) • # Stéphane Bohli (qualifying competition) • # 🇺🇸 Kevin Kim (first round) • # 🇷🇸 Dušan Vemić (qualified)

Qualifiers

• # 🇷🇺 Igor Kunitsyn • # Paul Capdeville • # 🇺🇸 Wayne Odesnik • # 🇷🇸 Dušan Vemić • # Robin Haase • # 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo • # 🇫🇷 Florent Serra • # 🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori • # 🇺🇸 Bobby Reynolds • # Rik de Voest • # 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi • # Lu Yen-hsun

Lucky losers

• # 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini • # 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier