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\n Masters of Paris: Where ATP No. 1 Club members shine<\/p>\n
Alcaraz, Sinner look to join the list of No. 1s to win the indoor event<\/p>\n
October 24, 2025<\/p>\n
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Pete Sampras and Daniil Medvedev are among the ATP No. 1 Club members to triumph at the Rolex Paris Masters.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
From the thunderous serves of Boris Becker<\/a> and graceful volleys of Stefan Edberg<\/a> in the 1980s and 1990s, to the relentless baseline dominance of today\u2019s ATP Tour stars like Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Daniil Medvedev<\/a>, the Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> has long been a proving ground for ATP No. 1 Club members.<\/p>\n Since the tournament welcomed a new identity in 1986, nine different ATP No. 1 Club members have combined for 21 trophies at the indoor hard-court event. This year, Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner<\/a> will be among the favourites to join that elite list.<\/p>\n Djokovic, whose 428 total weeks atop the PIF ATP Rankings leads the ATP No. 1 Club, owns a record seven titles at the tournament. His most recent Paris triumph, in 2023, marked his record-extending 40th Masters 1000 crown. \u201cThis win is definitely one of the most special wins in the Masters 1000 category,\u201d the Serbian said at the time.<\/p>\n Medvedev is among the ATP No. 1 Club members in the Paris field this year and the 29-year-old is in form following a title run in Almaty, his first trophy in more than two years. The 21-time tour-level titlist won Paris in 2020, staging a remarkable comeback in the final against Alexander Zverev<\/a>. Trailing 5-7, 3-4, Medvedev won nine of the last 10 games to turn the match \u2014 and his season \u2014 around.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore the tournament I was not in my best form, playing not so bad with zero finals this year,\u201d said Medvedev, who carried his momentum into the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> and won the year-end event two weeks later. \u201cI was actually crying to my wife \u2014 not crying \u2014 but just complaining, \u2018Oh my God, I don\u2019t have the level, I don\u2019t even have one final, I\u2019m playing so bad\u2019, bla bla bla\u2026 So finally, I\u2019m the winner of the Rolex Paris Masters<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n A Paris victory has often foreshadowed success at the season-finale Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>, Andy Murray<\/a> demonstrated in 2016. Murray closed the year on a 24-match winning streak, capturing his lone Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> title \u2014 which was also his final Masters 1000 triumph \u2014 before defeating Novak Djokovic<\/a> in the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>, a match that decided the ATP Year-End No. 1 crown presented by PIF.<\/p>\n Roger Federer<\/a>, one of the most accomplished tennis icons with 103 tour-level titles, found Paris a tougher conquest. He won the Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> just once, in 2011, ending the season on a 17-match winning streak. \u201cI have had many attempts to win Paris and, for some reason, I wasn\u2019t able to. It\u2019s a special victory,\u201d Federer reflected.<\/p>\n The Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> switched from carpet to hard courts in 2007, but even during the carpet era, conditions favoured heavy-hitting baseliners like Marat Safin<\/a>, who claimed three of the first five titles of the 21st century (2000, 2002, 2004). <\/p>\n Safin also reached the 1999 final but fell to Andre Agassi<\/a>, who, along with rival Pete Sampras<\/a>, claimed multiple Paris titles in the 1990s. Agassi completed a rare Paris double in 1999, winning both Roland Garros<\/a> and the indoor event in November. His first Paris Masters triumph came in 1994.<\/p>\n Sandwiched between Agassi\u2019s Paris triumphs, Sampras captured the title twice. In 1997, Paris marked one of Sampras\u2019 eight tour-level titles that year alone. In 1995, the American claimed Paris by defeating Becker in the final. Becker was the first player to claim three Paris titles (1986, 1989 and 1992).<\/p>\n Edberg\u2019s aggressive game and exceptional net skills helped carry him to the 1990 Paris title. In a rematch of that year\u2019s epic five-set Wimbledon<\/a> final, the Paris final proved far less dramatic. Becker retired after just six games due to a thigh injury. It was the only retirement in Edberg and Becker\u2019s 35 Lexus ATP Head2Head meetings.<\/p>\n![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761381191_469_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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