Defending champion Iga Swiatek leads the main draw as the number 1 seed. Swiatek leads the main draw as the top seed. The Polish star won Indian Wells and Miami in 2022 completing the “Sunshine Double”, which was part of her 37 match winning streak.
Swiatek has a first-round bye and will face the winner of the opening round match between Katerina Siniakova and Claire Liu.
Swiatek could meet either number 13 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia or 2018 Miami Open finalist Jelena Ostapenko in the Round of 16.
In the quarter final Swiatek is projected to meet fresh Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina, who beat her Polish opponent in the semifinal in the Californian desert last weekend.
The highest seeds in the bottom half of the draw are Rybakina, Daria Kasatkina and Paula Badosa are the highest seeds in the bottom section of the draw.
Jessica Pegula could face Coco Gauff in a quarter final clash in the second quarter of the draw.
Pegula could face Czech 17-year-old player Linda Fruhvirtova in the second round and Danielle Collins in the third round before a potential quarter final showdown against Coco Gauff.
Gauff will face Liudmila Samsonova before potential clashes against Zheng Quinwen, Anastasia Potapova and this year’s Austin champion Marta Kostyuk en route to the quarter finals.
Emma Raducanu will take on 2021 Miami Open Bianca Andreescu in a blockbuster first round match in the third quarter. It will be a clash between two former Grand Slam champions Andreescu won the US Open in 2019, while Raducanu triumphed in New York in 2021.
Andreescu led Raducanu 6-2 2-1 in Rome last year, before the British player retired from the match.
The winner of the match between Raducanu and Andreescu will face number 7 seed Maria Sakkari, who reached the semifinal the Indian Wells semifinal last week and two Grand Slam semifinals at Roland Garros and at the US Ooen in 2021.
The third quarter will feature Olympic champion Belinda Bencic, 2021 US Open finalist Leyah Fernandez, 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin.
Bencic could face Fernandez in the second round.
Last year’s Wimbledon and US Open Ons Jabeur will take on Maryna Zanewska or a qualifier in the second round. The Tunisian player could meet either Petra Kvitova or Donna Vekic. Kvitova lost to Sakkari in quarter final at Indian Wells last week.
Aryna Sabalenka, who holds a 17-2 win-loss record in 2023, will take on the winner of the US clash between Sloane Stephens or Shelby Rogers. Stephens won the 2018 Miami Open beating Ostapenko in the final. Sabalenka could face 2021 Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova for the third consecutive WTA 1000 tournament in the Round of 16. Krejcikova was the first player to beat Sabalenka this year in Dubai, but Sabalenka avenged this defeat by beating her Czech opponent in the Round of 16 at Indian Wells.
Last year’s WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia has been drawn in the fourth quarter, which also features 2019 Miami Open champion Karolina Pliskova and Veronika Kudemertova.
Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open and lost to Rybakina in the Indian Wells final this year.