Paris Masters 2024 Preview: When is it, who is playing and what is the prize money?

The 2024 season may be approaching its final stages, but there are still lots of important matches to be played with the Paris Masters coming up.

And we, at Tennishead, have all the information for you about the final Masters 1000 tournament of the year:

When are the Paris Masters 2024?

The main draw of the Paris Masters gets underway on Monday 28th October, and the tournament will come to a conclusion on Sunday 3rd November with both the singles and doubles finals.

Play on most days will start at 11am local time (10am GMT), with night sessions beginning at the later time of 7:30pm (6:30pm GMT).

Qualifying in Paris will be conducted over the coming weekend (Saturday 26th October-Sunday 27th October).

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Watch the 2024 qualifying draw live! #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/wOrOjlwEBH

— ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) October 25, 2024

Where are the Paris Masters held?

Since 1986, the Paris Masters have been held at the Accor Arena (Bercy), but this is the last year of that era before the tournament relocates to the Paris La Defense Arena on a 10-year deal from 2025.

The indoor arena possesses three hard courts, with Central Court able to hold as many as 15,500 spectators.

Who is playing at the Paris Masters 2024?

The singles draw in Paris consists of 56 players, with all of the top eight seeds receiving automatic byes to the second round.

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the top two seeds, as they both look to continue their impressive 2024 seasons.

That being said, neither have particularly impressed at this tournament in previous years, with Alcaraz’s best result coming in 2022 when he reached the quarter-finals and Sinner is still yet to surpass the third round.

Despite Sinner and Alcaraz leading the line in Paris, the tournament have been dealt a big blow after record seven-time champion and last year’s winner Novak Djokovic withdrew.

Wishing our 7-time champion to be back on court soon 🙌 #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/PKdhe8y4kG

— ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) October 23, 2024

There are still lots of big names hoping to impress though, including 2020 champion Daniil Medvedev, former runner-up Alexander Zverev, US Open finalist Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud and Grigor Dimitrov.

𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐯, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎

Securing his third Masters 1000 title and his first in Paris, Medvedev claims the final 1000 of the season 👏#RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/E4UdCuQYsx

— ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) October 22, 2024

As well as it being a significant tournament in the ATP calendar, it is also one of the last big chances for players still in contention to gain big ranking points to qualify for the year-end Finals in Turin.

Some of the other players who will still be fighting for those all-important ranking points include Alex de Minaur, Tommy Paul and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The aforementioned Medvedev is one of three former champion’s returning to the French capital, alongside Karen Khachanov (2018) and Holger Rune (2022).

Wildcards have been awarded to an all-French lineup of Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Arthur Rinderknech.

🚨 2024 wild cards have been revealed!#RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/Rnh06NsNLy

— ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) October 22, 2024

How many ranking points are on offer at the Paris Masters 2024?

As previously mentioned, the desire for ranking points is greater than ever with the ATP Finals soon approaching and this is the biggest opportunity remaining for players to achieve that.

Here is a full breakdown of the ranking points on offer in Paris over the next week:

What is the prize money for the Paris Masters 2024?

There is a total of €5,950,575 on offer next week, which is a nearly 3% increase from the prize money offerings in 2023.

And here is how both singles and doubles players can get a share of that:

*Per team

Previous winners of the Paris Masters

Last year, Novak Djokovic beat Grigor Dimitrov in a straight sets final victory to extend his lead in the Paris Masters record books with seven victories.

However, in the doubles draw it was a new set of champions with French crowd favourite Edouard Roger-Vasselin and his Mexican partner taking the title.

Here are all of the singles and doubles champions in Paris from the past 10 years:

How can you watch the Paris Masters 2024?

You can watch the Paris Masters on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or on Tennis Channel in the United States of America. The tournament will also be shown on Tennis TV worldwide, and the qualifying draw will be available to watch on the Paris Masters YouTube channel.

For more information on how to watch the final Masters 1000 tournament of the year in your location, visit the official ATP website here.

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