Nine of the world’s top ten tennis players will descend on Monaco next month as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters returns to the Monte-Carlo Country Club from 4th to 12th April for its 119th edition.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz heads the entry list, joined by world number two Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic — finalist at the Australian Open earlier this year — Alexander Zverev, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexander Bublik. Daniil Medvedev, Jakub Menšík, Casper Ruud, Jack Draper and Flavio Cobolli are also confirmed. In total, 18 of the ATP’s top 20 are expected to compete, making this the strongest field the tournament has assembled in recent years.
The draw was announced by tournament director David Massey at a press lunch in Paris on Tuesday 10th March, in the presence of Melanie-Antoinette de Massy, President of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, the Monte-Carlo Country Club and the Fédération Monégasque de Tennis.
Monégasque interest
The tournament will carry particular local significance this year. Valentin Vacherot, who in 2025 became the first Monégasque player to reach a final on the ATP main tour when he won the Rolex Shanghai Masters, enters the main draw directly and can expect strong home support. Stefanos Tsitsipas, a three-time Monte-Carlo champion, also returns.
In doubles, the Principality has recent cause for optimism. Romain Arneodo and Manuel Guinard won the doubles title here last year after entering on a wild card, while Hugo Nys claimed the Masters 1000 doubles title in Rome in 2023 alongside Poland’s Jan Zielinski.
Format and infrastructure
The main draw will feature 56 singles players — 45 direct acceptances, seven qualifiers and four wild cards — alongside 28 doubles teams. The draw takes place on Friday 3rd April at 17:00.
For the second consecutive year, the Monte-Carlo Beach Club will be fully privatised and transformed into a Players’ Village for competitors, their teams and families. The facility is being expanded this year to include a gym of more than 320 square metres and a dedicated relaxation area. Spectators will find a redesigned public village with new screens and an additional rest area on site.
On the technology side, the Electronic Line Calling Live system powered by Hawk-Eye will again be used for automated line calls, with Video Review available for instant challenge decisions. A new HawkVision broadcast system deploying 60 digitally unified cameras will offer viewers a courtside perspective directly behind the players.
Charity initiative
The tournament’s Points for Change initiative, run in partnership with BNP Paribas since 2023, raised €37,204 for GEMLUC — the Monégasque cancer research group — in 2025. This year the funds raised will go towards external breast prostheses for patients treated for breast cancer at the Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace.
The tournament will be broadcast in full in France on Eurosport, with a daily match on France.tv and the final on France 4. International broadcasters include The Tennis Channel, Sky Italia, Sky UK and Sky Germany. A children’s day is planned for Sunday 5th April during the Easter weekend.
Photo credit: Celina Lafuente de Lavotha
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