Paris Masters

Annual tennis tournament in Paris, France
Tennis tournament
Paris Masters
Tournament information
Founded1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Editions51 (2023)
LocationParis
France
VenueStade Pierre de Coubertin (1969–1982)
AccorHotels Arena (1986–)
CategoryMasters 1000
SurfaceCarpet – indoors
(1969–1970, 1986–2006)
Hard (indoor)
(1972–1982, 2007–)
Draw56S / 28Q / 24D
Prize money€5,779,335 (2023)
Websiterolexparismasters.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesSerbia Novak Djokovic
DoublesMexico Santiago González
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin

The Paris Masters (formerly known as the Paris Open, and currently called the Rolex Paris Masters for sponsorship reasons) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the AccorHotels Arena, in the neighborhood of Bercy, and is held in early November. The event is part of the Masters 1000 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.

Exterior of venue.

The tournament evolved from the French Covered Court Championships. Beginning with the Open Era, it was held at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin until 1982.[1] In 1989 it was upgraded to the Grand Prix Tour (Grand Prix Super Series). The event is usually the final tournament on the calendar before the season-ending ATP Finals. For sponsorship reasons, the event was officially known from 2003 to 2016 as BNP Paribas Masters, and from 2017 has been called the Rolex Paris Masters. It is also referred to as the Paris Indoor event and as Bercy to distinguish it from the other significant tennis tournanent held in Paris, the French Open, which is held outdoors in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka in Bercy (2007).

It is the last of the top nine tournanents to be held indoors. The surface used to be one of the fastest courts in the world which rewarded bold attacking tennis, but since 2011 it has followed the general slow-down of most courts on the tour.[2] Ilie Năstase, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are the only singles players to have won both Parisian tournaments (Bercy and the French Open). Năstase, Agassi and Djokovic are the only three to win the double in a season, with Djokovic doing so twice.[3][4] Djokovic is also the most successful singles player in the tournament's history with seven titles, and is the only player to defend the title (2013–2015).

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1969 Netherlands Tom Okker United States Butch Buchholz 8–6, 6–2, 6–1
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1970 United States Arthur Ashe United States Marty Riessen 7–6, 6–4, 6–3
1971 Not held
1972 United States Stan Smith Spain Andrés Gimeno 6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1973 Romania Ilie Năstase United States Stan Smith 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1974 United States Brian Gottfried United States Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0
1975 Netherlands Tom Okker (2) United States Arthur Ashe 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1976 United States Eddie Dibbs Chile Jaime Fillol 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1977 Italy Corrado Barazzutti United States Brian Gottfried 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4
1978 United States Robert Lutz United States Tom Gullikson 6–2, 6–2, 7–6
1979 United States Harold Solomon Italy Corrado Barazzutti 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1980 United States Brian Gottfried (2) Italy Adriano Panatta 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
1981 United States Mark Vines France Pascal Portes 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1982 Poland Wojciech Fibak United States Bill Scanlon 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1983–85 Not held
1986 Germany Boris Becker Spain Sergio Casal 6–4, 6–3, 7–6
1987 United States Tim Mayotte United States Brad Gilbert 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
1988 Israel Amos Mansdorf United States Brad Gilbert 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1989 Germany Boris Becker (2) Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
↓  ATP Tour Masters 1000[a]  ↓
1990 Sweden Stefan Edberg Germany Boris Becker 3–3 (ret.)
1991 France Guy Forget United States Pete Sampras 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1992 Germany Boris Becker (3) France Guy Forget 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1993 Croatia Goran Ivanišević Ukraine Andriy Medvedev 6–4, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
1994 United States Andre Agassi Switzerland Marc Rosset 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1995 United States Pete Sampras Germany Boris Becker 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
1996 Sweden Thomas Enqvist Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1997 United States Pete Sampras (2) Sweden Jonas Björkman 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1998 United Kingdom Greg Rusedski United States Pete Sampras 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
1999 United States Andre Agassi (2) Russia Marat Safin 7–6(7–1), 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2000 Russia Marat Safin Australia Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)
2001 France Sébastien Grosjean Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
2002 Russia Marat Safin (2) Australia Lleyton Hewitt 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
2003 United Kingdom Tim Henman Romania Andrei Pavel 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2)
2004 Russia Marat Safin (3) Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2005 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Croatia Ivan Ljubičić 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
2006 Russia Nikolay Davydenko Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
2007 Argentina David Nalbandian Spain Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–0
2008 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Argentina David Nalbandian 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2009 Serbia Novak Djokovic France Gaël Monfils 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Sweden Robin Söderling France Gaël Monfils 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
2011 Switzerland Roger Federer France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2012 Spain David Ferrer Poland Jerzy Janowicz 6–4, 6–3
2013 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) Spain David Ferrer 7–5, 7–5
2014 Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) Canada Milos Raonic 6–2, 6–3
2015 Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) United Kingdom Andy Murray 6–2, 6–4
2016 United Kingdom Andy Murray United States John Isner 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
2017 United States Jack Sock Serbia Filip Krajinović 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
2018 Russia Karen Khachanov Serbia Novak Djokovic 7–5, 6–4
2019 Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) Canada Denis Shapovalov 6–3, 6–4
2020 Russia Daniil Medvedev Germany Alexander Zverev 5–7, 6–4, 6–1
2021 Serbia Novak Djokovic (6) Russia Daniil Medvedev 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2022 Denmark Holger Rune Serbia Novak Djokovic 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2023 Serbia Novak Djokovic (7) Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1969 Australia John Newcombe
Australia Tony Roche
Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
10–8, 6–4, 6–2
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1970 United States Pancho Gonzales
Australia Ken Rosewall
Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6–4, 7–6, 7–6
1971 Not held
1972 France Pierre Barthès
France François Jauffret
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Juan Gisbert
6–3, 6–2
1973 Spain Juan Gisbert
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1974 France Patrice Dominguez
France François Jauffret (2)
United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
7–5, 6–4
1975 Poland Wojtek Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler
Romania Ilie Năstase
Netherlands Tom Okker
6–4, 7–6
1976 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
United States Fred McNair
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–2, 6–2
1977 United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Jeff Borowiak
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
6–2, 6–0
1978 United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
7–6, 6–2
1979 France Jean-Louis Haillet
France Gilles Moretton
United Kingdom John Lloyd
United Kingdom Tony Lloyd
7–6, 7–6
1980 Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta
United States Brian Gottfried
South Africa Raymond Moore
6–4, 6–4
1981 Romania Ilie Năstase
France Yannick Noah
United Kingdom Andrew Jarrett
United Kingdom Jonathan Smith
6–4, 6–4
1982 United States Brian Gottfried (2)
United States Bruce Manson (2)
United States Jay Lapidus
United States Richard Meyer
6–4, 6–2
1983–85 Not held
1986 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Iran Mansour Bahrami
Uruguay Diego Pérez
6–3, 6–2
1987 Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
7–6, 6–2
1988 United States Paul Annacone
Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Jim Grabb
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
6–2, 6–2
1989 Australia John Fitzgerald (2)
Sweden Anders Järryd
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
France Éric Winogradsky
7–6, 6–4
↓  ATP Tour Masters 1000[a]  ↓
1990 United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1991 Australia John Fitzgerald (3)
Sweden Anders Järryd (2)
United States Kelly Jones
United States Rick Leach
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1992 United States John McEnroe (2)
United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Patrick Galbraith
South Africa Danie Visser
6–4, 6–2
1993 Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1994 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Jonathan Stark
3–6, 7–6, 7–5
1995 Canada Grant Connell
United States Patrick Galbraith
United States Jim Grabb
United States Todd Martin
6–2, 6–2
1996 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (2)
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (2)
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1997 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh (3)
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (3)
United States Rick Leach
United States Jonathan Stark
6–2, 7–6
1998 India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 6–2
1999 Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer
7–6(9–7), 7–5
2000 Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 7–5
2001 South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
2002 France Nicolas Escudé
France Fabrice Santoro
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
France Cédric Pioline
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
2003 Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
6–3, 1–6, 6–3
2004 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–4
2005 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
2006 France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
7–6(7–4), 6–2
2007 United States Bob Bryan (2)
United States Mike Bryan (2)
Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2008 Sweden Jonas Björkman (2)
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–2, 6–2
2009 Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Tommy Robredo
6–3, 6–4
2010 India Mahesh Bhupathi (2)
Belarus Max Mirnyi (2)
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Israel Andy Ram
7–5, 7–5
2011 India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
6–2, 6–4
2012 India Mahesh Bhupathi (3)
India Rohan Bopanna (2)
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
7–6(8–6), 6–3
2013 United States Bob Bryan (3)
United States Mike Bryan (3)
Austria Alexander Peya
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–3, 6–3
2014 United States Bob Bryan (4)
United States Mike Bryan (4)
Poland Marcin Matkowski
Austria Jürgen Melzer
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–6]
2015 Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Canada Vasek Pospisil
United States Jack Sock
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2016 Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2017 Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo (2)
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Spain Marcel Granollers
7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–6]
2018 Spain Marcel Granollers
United States Rajeev Ram
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău
6–4, 6–4
2019 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
Russia Karen Khachanov
Russia Andrey Rublev
6–4, 6–1
2020 Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime
Poland Hubert Hurkacz
Croatia Mate Pavić
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), [10–2]
2021 Germany Tim Pütz
New Zealand Michael Venus
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Nicolas Mahut
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [11–9]
2022 United Kingdom Neal Skupski
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United States Austin Krajicek
Croatia Ivan Dodig
7–6(7–5), 6–4
2023 Mexico Santiago González
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
India Rohan Bopanna
Australia Matthew Ebden
6–2, 5–7, [10–7]

Records

Singles

Most titles Serbia Novak Djokovic 7
Most finals Serbia Novak Djokovic 9
Most consecutive titles Serbia Novak Djokovic
(2013, 2014, 2015)
3
Most consecutive finals Serbia Novak Djokovic
(2013, 2014, 2015)
(2021, 2022, 2023)
3
Most matches played Serbia Novak Djokovic 59
Most matches won Serbia Novak Djokovic 50
Most consecutive matches won Serbia Novak Djokovic
2013 (5), 2014 (5),
2015 (5), 2016 (2)
17
Most editions played Serbia Novak Djokovic
17

Doubles

Most titles United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4
Most finals Netherlands Paul Haarhuis[note 1] 6
Most consecutive titles Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
(1996, 1997)
2
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
(2013, 2014)
  1. ^ Haarhuis reached these finals with three different partners.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Known as Championship Series, Single Week from 1990 till 1995, Super 9 from 1996 till 1999 and Masters Series from 2000 till 2008.

References

  1. ^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 101–104. ISBN 9781450728331.
  2. ^ "Players debate court speed at Paris Masters". Tennis.com. 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Novak Djokovic's classy act to heartbroken opponent after recordbreaking win". Fox Sports. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  4. ^ "Novak Djokovic in a row with Andre Agassi and Ilie Nastase". Fox Sports. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-05.

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