2025 Paris Masters Draw: Preview and Prediction Featuring Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, and Taylor Fritz

The 54th edition of the Paris Masters is scheduled to start on October 27th. Alexander Zverev will enter the tournament as the defending champion.

The venue of the Paris Masters has been moved from Accor Arena to La Defense Arena. A total of 16 participants will play as seeded players, with the first seed being Carlos Alcaraz.

Tournament Details

• Defending Champion: Alexander Zverev
• Tournament: 2025 Paris Masters
• Date: October 27 – November 2
• No. of Entrants: 56 (Singles)
• Venue: La Defense Arena
• Surface: Indoor hardcourt
• Total Prize Money Pool: $7,125,505

Top seeds at the 2025 Paris Masters

• Carlos Alcaraz
• Jannik Sinner
• Alexander Zverev
• Taylor Fritz
• Ben Shelton
• Alex de Minaur
• Lorenzo Musetti
• Casper Ruud
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Karen Khachanov

First quarter

Carlos Alcaraz will headline the first quarter. The Spaniard will start his campaign against Cameron Norrie or Sebastian Baez.

Valentin Vacherot, the Shanghai Masters champion, is also a part of this draw. Apart from Alcaraz, the seeded players in the draw are: Jiri Lehecka, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Casper Ruud.

Quarterfinal prediction: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Casper Ruud

Second quarter

The second quarter features these seeded players: Taylor Fritz, Karen Khachanov, Alexander Bublik, and Alex de Minaur. From these, Fritz and de Minaur are the favorites to reach the quarterfinals.

Bublik is also a contender to reach the last eight, given that after Alcaraz, he has won the most titles (four). Another player who will gain a lot of attention in this draw is Joao Fonseca.

Quarterfinal prediction: Taylor Fritz vs. Alex de Minaur

Third quarter

Lorenzo Musetti and Alexander Zverev will be the favorites to reach the last eight from this quarter. Also, it’s tough to write off Daniil Medvedev, who recently ended his title drought at the Almaty Open.

Apart from Musetti, Zverev, and Medvedev, the other seeded player in the draw is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Both Medvedev and Zverev have one Paris Masters title to their names. Last year, Sascha defeated Ugo Humbert.

Quarterfinal prediction: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Alexander Zverev

Fourth quarter

All eyes will be on Jannik Sinner in the quarter. Sinner has never clinched the Paris Masters yet and skipped the tournament last year.

Sinner is chasing his fourth title of the season and could meet Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals. Apart from Sinner and Shelton, the other two seeded players in the draw are Andrey Rublev and Jakub Mensik.

Quarterfinal prediction: Ben Shelton vs. Jannik Sinner

Semifinals

From the first quarterfinal, Alcaraz will walk on to the court as the favorite to win as he holds a 5-1 head-to-head record over Ruud. Fritz and de Minaur are tied at 5-5 in the head-to-head matchups.

Zverev, even though he is dealing with a lot of ups and downs, and trails 2-3 in the head-to-head record against Musetti, clinched the win when they met last time, in the semifinal of this year’s Vienna Open. In the final quarterfinal, Sinner versus Shelton, the former will be the favorite. The four-time Grand Slam champion also holds a 6-1 head-to-head lead over the American ace.

Semifinal prediction:

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taylor Fritz
• Alexander Zverev vs. Jannik Sinner

Final

Alcaraz has won eight titles from nine finals this year, one of the titles being the Rotterdam Open, which was also his first success on indoor hardcourts. Sinner on the other hand has seven indoor hardcourt titles.

Alcaraz holds a 10-5 head-to-head lead over Sinner, but because of the surface, the latter will be the favorite to win. Sinner also clinched back-to-back wins in the finals of the Six Kings Slam, an indoor hardcourt exhibition event.

Final prediction: Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz
Winner prediction: Jannik Sinner

Also read: Patrick Mouratoglou Says There’s No Cause for Alarm Following Carlos Alcaraz’s Loss to Jannik Sinner in the Six Kings Slam