Paris Masters

The Paris Masters (in French commonly referred as Bercy) 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.

Exterior of venue

Paris Masters
Tournament information
Founded	1968 (1968)
Editions	47 (2018)
Location	Paris France
Venue	Stade Pierre de Coubertin (1968–1982) AccorHotels Arena (1986–)
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet - indoors (1968–1970, 1980, 1986–2006) Hard - indoors (1972–1979, 1981–1982, since 2007)
Draw	48S / 24Q / 24D
Prize money	€5,207,405 (2019)
Website	rolexparismasters.com
Current champions (2019)
Men's singles	Novak Djokovic
Men's doubles	Nicolas Mahut Pierre-Hugues Herbert

The tournament evolved from the French Covered Court Championships. In the open era it was held at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin until 1982.[1] In 1989 it was upgraded to become one of the premier nine tournaments of the Grand Prix Tour (Grand Prix Super Series), replacing the Tokyo Open. 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.

Nadal and Wawrinka in Bercy (2007)

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 players to have ever won both Parisian tournaments (Bercy and the French Open). Federer won the French Open in 2009 and Bercy in 2011, Djokovic won Bercy in 2009, 2013–15, 2019 and the French Open in 2016 and Andre Agassi won both in 1999 like Ilie Năstase in 1973. In 2015, Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig won the doubles events at both tournaments.

To date, Novak Djokovic is the only player to successfully defend his title in Paris (2013–15).

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1968	Milan Holeček	Robert Carmichael	6–4, 10–8, 3–6, 6–3
1969	Tom Okker	Butch Buchholz	8–6, 6–2, 6–1
1970	Arthur Ashe	Marty Riessen	7–6, 6–4, 6–3
1971	Not held
1972	Stan Smith	Andrés Gimeno	6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1973	Ilie Năstase	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1974	Brian Gottfried	Eddie Dibbs	6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–0
1975	Tom Okker (2)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1976	Eddie Dibbs	Jaime Fillol	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1977	Corrado Barazzutti	Brian Gottfried	7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 6–4
1978	Robert Lutz	Tom Gullikson	6–2, 6–2, 7–6
1979	Harold Solomon	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1980	Brian Gottfried (2)	Adriano Panatta	4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
1981	Mark Vines	Pascal Portes	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1982	Wojciech Fibak	Bill Scanlon	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1983–85	Not held
1986	Boris Becker	Sergio Casal	6–4, 6–3, 7–6
1987	Tim Mayotte	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
1988	Amos Mansdorf	Brad Gilbert	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1989	Boris Becker (2)	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1990	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	3–3 (ret.)
1991	Guy Forget	Pete Sampras	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1992	Boris Becker (3)	Guy Forget	7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1993	Goran Ivanišević	Andriy Medvedev	6–4, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
1994	Andre Agassi	Marc Rosset	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1995	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	7–6^(7–5), 6–4, 6–4
1996	Thomas Enqvist	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1997	Pete Sampras (2)	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1998	Greg Rusedski	Pete Sampras	6–4, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
1999	Andre Agassi (2)	Marat Safin	7–6^(7–1), 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2000	Marat Safin	Mark Philippoussis	3–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(10–8)
2001	Sébastien Grosjean	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6^(7–3), 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
2002	Marat Safin (2)	Lleyton Hewitt	7–6^(7–4), 6–0, 6–4
2003	Tim Henman	Andrei Pavel	6–2, 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–2)
2004	Marat Safin (3)	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2005	Tomáš Berdych	Ivan Ljubičić	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4
2006	Nikolay Davydenko	Dominik Hrbatý	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
2007	David Nalbandian	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–0
2008	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	David Nalbandian	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2009	Novak Djokovic	Gaël Monfils	6–2, 5–7, 7–6^(7–3)
2010	Robin Söderling	Gaël Monfils	6–1, 7–6^(7–1)
2011	Roger Federer	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–1, 7–6^(7–3)
2012	David Ferrer	Jerzy Janowicz	6–4, 6–3
2013	Novak Djokovic (2)	David Ferrer	7–5, 7–5
2014	Novak Djokovic (3)	Milos Raonic	6–2, 6–3
2015	Novak Djokovic (4)	Andy Murray	6–2, 6–4
2016	Andy Murray	John Isner	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
2017	Jack Sock	Filip Krajinović	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
2018	Karen Khachanov	Novak Djokovic	7–5, 6–4
2019	Novak Djokovic (5)	Denis Shapovalov	6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1969	John Newcombe Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	10–8, 6–4, 6–2
1970	Pancho Gonzales Ken Rosewall	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–6, 7–6
1971	Not held
1972	Pierre Barthès François Jauffret	Andrés Gimeno Juan Gisbert	6–7, 6–2, 6–3
1973	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–4
1974	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret (2)	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 6–4
1975	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker	6–3, 9–8
1976	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
1977	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Jeff Borowiak Roger Taylor	6–2, 6–0
1978	Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2
1979	Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton	John Lloyd Tony Lloyd	7–6, 7–6
1980	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	Brian Gottfried Raymond Moore	6–4, 6–4
1981	Ilie Năstase Yannick Noah	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–4, 6–4
1982	Brian Gottfried (2) Bruce Manson (2)	Jay Lapidus Richard Meyer	6–4, 6–2
1983–85	Not held
1986	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	Mansour Bahrami Diego Pérez	6–3, 6–2
1987	Jakob Hlasek Claudio Mezzadri	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 6–2
1988	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	Jim Grabb Christo van Rensburg	6–2, 6–2
1989	John Fitzgerald (2) Anders Järryd	Jakob Hlasek Eric Winogradsky	7–6, 6–4
1990	Scott Davis David Pate	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	7–6, 7–6
1991	John Fitzgerald (3) Anders Järryd (2)	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
1992	John McEnroe (2) Patrick McEnroe	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	7–6, 6–3
1993	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1994	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
1995	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	Jim Grabb Todd Martin	6–3, 7–6
1996	Jacco Eltingh (2) Paul Haarhuis (2)	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1997	Jacco Eltingh (3) Paul Haarhuis (3)	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–2, 7–6
1998	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–6
1999	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	6–1, 6–3
2000	Nicklas Kulti Max Mirnyi	Paul Haarhuis Daniel Nestor	7–6^(8–6), 7–5
2001	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2002	Nicolas Escudé Fabrice Santoro	Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline	6–3, 6–3
2003	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
2004	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
2005	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4
2006	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2007	Bob Bryan (2) Mike Bryan (2)	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
2008	Jonas Björkman (2) Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–2
2009	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–4
2010	Mahesh Bhupathi (2) Max Mirnyi (2)	Mark Knowles Andy Ram	7–5, 7–5
2011	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	6–2, 6–4
2012	Mahesh Bhupathi (3) Rohan Bopanna (2)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
2013	Bob Bryan (3) Mike Bryan (3)	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3
2014	Bob Bryan (4) Mike Bryan (4)	Marcin Matkowski Jürgen Melzer	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, [10–6]
2015	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2016	Henri Kontinen John Peers	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2017	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo (2)	Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, [10–6]
2018	Marcel Granollers Rajeev Ram	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–4, 6–4
2019	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	Karen Khachanov Andrey Rublev	6–4, 6–1

Records

Singles

Most titles	Novak Djokovic	5
Most finals	Novak Djokovic	6
Most consecutive titles	Novak Djokovic (2013, 2014, 2015)	3
Most consecutive finals	Novak Djokovic (2013, 2014, 2015)	3
Most matches played	Novak Djokovic	45
Most matches won	Novak Djokovic	37
Most consecutive matches won	Novak Djokovic	17
Most editions played	Fernando Verdasco	16

Doubles

Most titles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4
Most finals	Paul Haarhuis[note 1]	6
Most consecutive titles	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis (1996, 1997)	2
	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan (2013, 2014)

1. Haarhuis reached these finals with three different partners.

See also

• French Covered Court Championships – predecessor to Paris Masters

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.

External links

• Official tournament website (in English and French)
• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile