1985 Paris Open
| Paris Masters | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament information | |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Editions | 46 (2017) |
| 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 | €4,273,775 (2017) |
| Website | rolexparismasters.com |
| Current champions (2017) | |
| Men's singles |
 Jack Sock
|
| Men's doubles |
 Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo
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The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the AccorHotels Arena. The event is part of the ATP World 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 one of the premier nine tournaments of the Grand Prix Tour and part of the 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 is officially known starting in 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.
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.
Since 2009, it is the only Masters 1000 tournament to be played indoors.
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 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.
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