Rolex Paris Masters
The Rolex Paris Masters, the only indoor ATP Masters 1000 tournament and the season’s final event of that elite series, has helped shaped the careers of some of the game’s greatest champions.
Bumper crowds for a prestigious tournament
Rolex has partnered the Rolex Paris Masters since 2007 and became Title Sponsor 10 years later. The brand is also Official Timekeeper of the tournament.
One of the world’s biggest indoor tennis events, it attracts more than 200,000 spectators to watch the finest players in the men’s game contest the ninth and final ATP Masters 1000 event. This season-long series comprises the highest-status tournaments outside the four Grand Slam® events and the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals.
High-intensity indoor tennis
The Rolex Paris Masters is held in early November at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, a western suburb of the French capital. The indoor hard court surface rewards precision, power and clean ball-striking, creating an atmosphere of concentrated intensity that distinguishes the tournament from the outdoor events that define the earlier months of the calendar.
Rolex Testimonees have displayed these skills in abundance over the years. In 2022, Holger Rune won the tournament to cap an outstanding breakthrough season. The Dane, then aged 19, became the tournament’s youngest winner since the inaugural edition in 1986 and the first on the ATP Tour to overcome five Top-10 players at the same event. With his victory, he broke into the world rankings’ Top 10 for the first time and has since confirmed his status as one of the finest young talents in the men’s game. The illustrious list of past winners of the Rolex Paris Masters also includes fellow Rolex Testimonees Stefan Edberg (1990) and Roger Federer (2011).