Paris Masters

Paris Masters
Tournament information
Founded	1968
Location	Paris France
Venue	AccorHotels Arena
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet / Indoors (1968–1970, 1980, 1986–2006), Hard / Indoors (1972–1979, 1981–1982, 2007–present)
Draw	48S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	€2,646,495
Website	Official website
Current champions
Men's singles	Novak Djokovic
Men's doubles	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo

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. Prior to 1990 it was a premier tournament of the Grand Prix Tour and part of the Grand Prix Super Series. The event is usually the final tournament on the tour before the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. Because of its sponsorship, the event is officially known as the BNP Paribas 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.

Ilie Năstase, Andre Agassi and Roger Federer 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, 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. Novak Djokovic is the only player to successfully defend his title in Paris (2013–15).

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.^[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-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	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	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	Stefan Edberg	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1990	Stefan Edberg	Boris Becker	3–3, retired
1991	Guy Forget	Pete Sampras	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1992	Boris Becker	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	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	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	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	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	David Ferrer	7–5, 7–5
2014	Novak Djokovic	Milos Raonic	6–2, 6–3
2015	Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray	6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
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	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 Bruce Manson	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 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 Anders Järryd	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
1992	John McEnroe 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 Paul Haarhuis	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1997	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	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 Mike Bryan	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
2008	Jonas Björkman 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 Max Mirnyi	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 Rohan Bopanna	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
2013	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3
2014	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	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]

Records

• Most singles wins:
  • Novak Djokovic (4): 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Most singles finals:
  • Boris Becker (5): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995
• Most doubles wins:
  • Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (4): 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014
  • Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis (3): 1994, 1996, 1997
  • John Fitzgerald (3): 1988, 1989, 1991
  • Mahesh Bhupathi (3): 1998, 2010, 2012
• Most doubles finals
  • Paul Haarhuis (6): 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Note: Haarhuis reached these finals with three different partners.

References

1. http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2011/11/players-debate-court-speed-at-paris-masters/32887/#.VjkpGdaaLzI

External links

• Official tournament website
• ATP tournament profile

Coordinates: 48°50′17″N 2°22′41″E / 48.838°N 2.378°E