Paris Masters

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The Paris Masters, known as the Rolex Paris Masters for sponsorship reasons (formerly the BNP Paribas Masters, Paris Open), is an annual indoor tennis tournament for male professional players held in Nanterre, France, a western suburb of Paris, at La Défense Arena, and is held in early November. It is part of the ATP Masters 1000 events on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament evolved from the French Covered Court Championships. Beginning with the Open Era, it was held at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin until 1982. In 1989 it was upgraded to the Grand Prix Tour (Grand Prix Super Series). The event is usually the final tournament on the calendar before the season-ending ATP Finals. For sponsorship reasons, the event was officially known from 2003 to 2016 as BNP Paribas Masters, and from 2017 has been called the Rolex Paris Masters. When it was held at Accor Arena in the Bercy neighborhood of Paris, the event was often referred to as the Paris Indoor event and as...

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