DATE: October 30 - November 5, 2023
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: €5,779,335
FIELD SIZE: 56
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Holger Rune
Seeds:
1. Novak Djokovic
2. Carlos Alcaraz
3. Daniil Medvedev
4. Jannik Sinner
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Holger Rune
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas
8. Casper Ruud
9. Alexander Zverev
10. Taylor Fritz
11. Hubert Hurkacz
12. Tommy Paul
13. Alex de Minaur
14. Ben Shelton
15. Frances Tiafoe
16. Karen Khachanov
The Tournament:
The Paris Masters 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.The event is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.
The tournament evolved from the French Covered Court Championships. In the open era it was held at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin until 1982. In 1989 it was upgraded to become one of the Grand Prix Tour (Grand Prix Super Series). The event is usually the final tournament on the tour before the season-ending ATP Finals. Because of its sponsorship, the event was officially known from 2003 to 2016 as BNP Paribas Masters, and from 2017 as the Rolex Paris Masters. Prior to the Tennis Masters Series replacing the ATP Super 9 in 2000, the event was known as the Paris Open. It is also often referred to as the Paris Indoor event in reference to both the facts that the other tennis event held in Paris, the French Open is held outdoors, and that since 2009, it is the only Masters 1000 tournament which is played indoors. From 1970 until 1986 there had usually been three indoor events amongst the top nine tournaments (then called the Grand Prix Championship Series), with there being four indoor events plus the year-end Championships from 1978 to 1980. From 1987 until 2008 there were two indoor tournaments at the Masters level.
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. Ilie Năstase, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic are the only players ever to have won both Parisian tournaments (Bercy and the French Open). Djokovic won Bercy in 2009, 2013–15, 2019, 2021 and the French Open in 2016, 2021, 2023, Federer won the French Open in 2009 and Bercy in 2011 and Andre Agassi won Bercy in 1994 and both in 1999 as did Ilie Năstase in 1973. In 2015, Marcelo Melo, Ivan Dodig won the doubles events at both tournaments. To date, Novak Djokovic is the only player who has successfully defended his title in Paris (2013–15).
About Paris:
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France. With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents as of 1 January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km2 (41 sq mi), Paris is the fifth-most populated city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, gastronomy and many areas. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its early and extensive system of street lighting, in the 19th century, it became known as the City of Light.
The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants on January 1, 2023, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €765 billion in 2021, the highest in the European Union. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, in 2022, Paris was the city with the ninth-highest cost of living in the world.
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: €5,779,335
FIELD SIZE: 56
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Holger Rune
Seeds:
1. Novak Djokovic
2. Carlos Alcaraz
3. Daniil Medvedev
4. Jannik Sinner
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Holger Rune
7. Stefanos Tsitsipas
8. Casper Ruud
9. Alexander Zverev
10. Taylor Fritz
11. Hubert Hurkacz
12. Tommy Paul
13. Alex de Minaur
14. Ben Shelton
15. Frances Tiafoe
16. Karen Khachanov
The Tournament:
The Paris Masters 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.The event is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.
The tournament evolved from the French Covered Court Championships. In the open era it was held at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin until 1982. In 1989 it was upgraded to become one of the Grand Prix Tour (Grand Prix Super Series). The event is usually the final tournament on the tour before the season-ending ATP Finals. Because of its sponsorship, the event was officially known from 2003 to 2016 as BNP Paribas Masters, and from 2017 as the Rolex Paris Masters. Prior to the Tennis Masters Series replacing the ATP Super 9 in 2000, the event was known as the Paris Open. It is also often referred to as the Paris Indoor event in reference to both the facts that the other tennis event held in Paris, the French Open is held outdoors, and that since 2009, it is the only Masters 1000 tournament which is played indoors. From 1970 until 1986 there had usually been three indoor events amongst the top nine tournaments (then called the Grand Prix Championship Series), with there being four indoor events plus the year-end Championships from 1978 to 1980. From 1987 until 2008 there were two indoor tournaments at the Masters level.
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. Ilie Năstase, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic are the only players ever to have won both Parisian tournaments (Bercy and the French Open). Djokovic won Bercy in 2009, 2013–15, 2019, 2021 and the French Open in 2016, 2021, 2023, Federer won the French Open in 2009 and Bercy in 2011 and Andre Agassi won Bercy in 1994 and both in 1999 as did Ilie Năstase in 1973. In 2015, Marcelo Melo, Ivan Dodig won the doubles events at both tournaments. To date, Novak Djokovic is the only player who has successfully defended his title in Paris (2013–15).
About Paris:
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France. With an official estimated population of 2,102,650 residents as of 1 January 2023 in an area of more than 105 km2 (41 sq mi), Paris is the fifth-most populated city in the European Union and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, gastronomy and many areas. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its early and extensive system of street lighting, in the 19th century, it became known as the City of Light.
The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants on January 1, 2023, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €765 billion in 2021, the highest in the European Union. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, in 2022, Paris was the city with the ninth-highest cost of living in the world.
Tourism Guide:
I don't think he's going to make the YEC even though in 8th place at the moment! Lucky for him Ruud's been off his game as well! Tiafoe only got by 1st round in Vienna due to Evans' injury down a break early when it happened! 
