Monfils, #NextGenATP star Jodar headline Indian Wells wild cards
Gael Monfils and #NextGenATP star Rafael Jodar are among the players who received wild cards into the BNP Paribas Open, the tournament announced Friday.
Monfils, who is playing his final ATP Tour season, holds a 22-15 tournament record, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. The 39-year-old made his Indian Wells debut in 2005 and reached the quarter-finals in 2016 and 2019. This will be the 17th time the Frenchman competes in Indian Wells. Last year, he lost in three sets in the third round to Grigor Dimitrov.
Jodar is set to feature in the main draw at an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in Indian Wells. In the past six months, the 19-year-old has won three ATP Challenger titles, which helped him qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF. He has also earned three tour-level wins this year, including an upset win over Cameron Norrie in the first round at the ATP 500 event in Acapulco.
Americans Michael Zheng, Martin Damm and Zachary Svajda each also received a wild card into the main draw. Zheng will compete in the main draw of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time. The 22-year-old, who posted a 24-7 record and won three titles at the ATP Challenger level in 2025, played in his maiden major main draw at this year’s Australian Open, where he shocked Sebastian Korda in the opening round.
Damm recently enjoyed a dream run at the ATP 250 event in Montpellier, where he upset Hubert Hurkacz and Roberto Bautista Agut en route to advancing to his first tour-level semi-final. California-native Svajda recently won the trophy at the ATP Challenger event in San Diego, where he defeated Korda in the final.
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