Singles draw has been made for the 2019 Rolex Paris Masters on Friday.
The ninth and final ATP Masters 1000 event of the season is taking place in Paris from October 28 to November 3. Sixteen seeds (1-16) get BYE in the first round.
Four-time former champion Novak Djokovic is no.1 seed and will open his quest for a fifth title at the Palais Omnisports in Bercy in the second round against Corentin Moutet (FRA, LL).
Novak’s possible rivals in the later stages of the tournament are:
3rd round: Diego Schwartzman (ARG, 14), Kyle Edmund (GBR)
Quarter-finals: Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 7), Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP, 9)
Semi-finals: Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 4), Dominic Thiem (AUT, 5), David Goffin (BEL, 12), John Isner (USA, 15), Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Finals: Rafael Nadal (ESP, 2), Alexander Zverev (GER, 6), Karen Khachanov (RUS, 8), Fabio Fognini (ITA, 11)
It will be Novak’s 14th appearance at the Paris Masters. The 32-year-old Serbian star won the tournament in 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Last year he finished runner-up to Karen Khachanov.