{"id":171146,"date":"2026-10-30T21:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=171146"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T20:03:41","slug":"novak-s-paris-masters-draw-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-s-paris-masters-draw-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak\u2019s Paris Masters draw revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final Masters 1000 event of the season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolexparismasters.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolex Paris Masters,<\/a> will take place from November 2 to 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament organisers released the main-draw matchups on Friday evening, with Novak seeded No. 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Novak\u2019s first opponent in Paris will be Valentin Vacherot (MON), currently ranked No. 31 in the ATP rankings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak\u2019s projected path through the tournament:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second round:<\/strong> Luciano Darderi (ITA)<br \/>\n<strong>Third round:<\/strong> Alex de Minaur (AUS, 8), Andrey Rublev (RUS)<br \/>\n<strong>Quarter-final:<\/strong> Alexander Zverev (GER, 1), Learner Tien (USA, 15), Hubert Hurkacz (POL)<br \/>\n<strong>Semi-final:<\/strong> Ben Shelton (USA, 3), Frances Tiafoe (USA, 7), Tommy Paul (USA, 12), Francisco Cerundolo (ARG, 16)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final:<\/strong> Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, 2), Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 4), Flavio Cobolli (ITA, 5), Arthur Fils (FRA, 6), Rafael Jodar (ESP, 9)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Across his 17 previous appearances in the French capital, the Serbian has lifted the trophy six times, in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris tournament represents Novak\u2019s final opportunity to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, which will be held in Turin, Italy, from November 15 to 22.<\/p>\n<p>You can download Novak\u2019s November 2026 calendar <a href=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Calendar_November2026.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final Masters 1000 event of the season, the Rolex Paris Masters, will take place from November 2 to 8, 2026. The tournament organisers released the main-draw matchups on Friday evening, with Novak seeded No. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":171141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101013390,118,101012019,101013328,101012141,101013555],"class_list":["post-171146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-1000-en-2","tag-draw","tag-france","tag-masters-en-2","tag-paris","tag-rolex-paris-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171147,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171146\/revisions\/171147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}