Andy Murray has been drawn to face either Czech player Lukas Rosol or a qualifier in his opening match at Indian Wells.
The Wimbledon champion is hoping to earn valuable ranking points at the first Masters Series event of the campaign before attempting to defend his Miami Masters title later this month.
Should he come through his first match, the fifth seed faces a potential encounter with Spain's Pablo Andujar, with the winner seeded to meet Milos Raonic in the last 16.
Rafael Nadal, Stanislas Wawrinka and Roger Federer have also been drawn in the same half as Murray.
The Brit reached the semi-finals in Acapulco last week before losing out to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets.
