Paris Masters

The Paris Masters is a ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament held in Nanterre on indoor hard courts, played in November. It is a men's event, so only one tour is in town. The main singles draw holds 64 players.

The Paris Masters is played indoors, which removes almost every variable that decides outdoor tennis. There is no wind, no sun, no change in temperature between the first match and the last, and the bounce is the same at midnight as it was at midday.

Those conditions favour big servers more than any other tournament at this level. A serve that is difficult outdoors becomes very difficult indoors, and the tournament regularly produces finalists whose results elsewhere in the season do not point that way.

It is the final Masters of the year and the last realistic chance to qualify for the season finals, so the entry list is complete and the motivation among the players chasing the eight is unusually visible.

Our dates count the main draw only. Qualifying runs the week before and most calendars fold it in, which is why a start date printed elsewhere can be a week earlier than the one at the top of this page. The full draw with scores is on its own page.

The main draw holds 64 players in single elimination, which is 6 rounds to the title and 63 matches in all. Seeds are spread through the bracket so the strongest cannot meet early, and qualifiers arrive already match-sharp. How seeding, byes and qualifying work is explained in the guides.

The Paris Masters draw with every score is on its own page and updates while the tournament is being played.

Jannik Sinner won the men's title in 2025, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final by 6-4, 7-6. They were ranked 1 in the world at the time of writing.

A title here does not only change the trophy cabinet. It sets the number the same player has to defend twelve months later, and defending is the hardest thing in tennis: the points disappear on schedule whether or not the player is fit, in form or even entered.

8 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the men's draw were seeded, which is close to what the seedings predicted. Jannik Sinner took the title from the number 2 seeding, and the final went 2 sets.

Numbers like these are the quickest way to read a tournament you did not watch. A draw where most of the seeds survive to the last eight was decided on quality; one where they did not was decided by conditions, scheduling or fatigue, and the surface section above usually explains which.

Rights to the Paris Masters are sold country by country, so the answer depends entirely on where you are sitting. There is no free-to-air option for this event in the major markets, which is normal below Grand Slam level.

The Paris Masters is played in Nanterre, and matches follow the local schedule, so check the order of play against your own time zone before committing an evening to it.

There is no free-to-air route to this one in the major markets. That is typical below Grand Slam level: the free coverage in tennis is concentrated on the four majors, and only in the countries that host them or have a historic public-broadcast deal.

Paris is indoors, so nothing is ever delayed by weather and the order of play holds better than at any outdoor tournament. Sessions run from lunchtime into the late evening local time, which for European viewers is the friendliest schedule of the autumn. There is one main court with full coverage and a secondary court that carries the early rounds, and the difference in coverage between them is stark.

The viewing guide goes through what each service covers across the season and what it leaves out.