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The BNP Paribas Masters is an annual hard-court tennis tournament which is held in Paris, France. The event is played indoors at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. This is the ninth and the last of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. Many people consider this tournament as the world’s most prestigious indoor tennis tournament. As this is the final tournament of the regular men’s tennis season, there is a race among players to win the prestigious title and clinch one of the remaining spots in the ATP World Tour Finals.

The event was previously known as the Paris Open or also the Paris Indoor event. Due to the sponsorship, the event is officially known as BNP Paribas Masters. The event boasts of top tennis players in the world competing for a share of considerable prize money.

Tournament Facts –

Venue – Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Surface – Hard / Indoors
Official Ball – Penn
Men’s Singles – 48 players, with 39 main entries based on ATP rankings, 6 qualifiers and 3 wild cards
Men’s Doubles – 16 pairs, with 10 pairs based on their doubles rankings, 4 pairs are admitted directly according to the singles rankings of at least one of the players and 2 wild card teams.
Courts – The center court has a capacity of 12,300 people.
Winner of most Men’s Singles titles –Boris Becker and Marat Safin – 3 titles.
Tournament – 7th to 14th November 2010.
Next Tournament - November, 2011
Past Winners – Robin Söderling