Alcaraz wins Paris, beating Shelton for his 9th Masters 1000

Carlos Alcaraz won the Rolex Paris Masters, beating Ben Shelton 7-6(5), 7-5 in the final in one hour and 59 minutes. It is the Spaniard's first title in Paris, his ninth Masters 1000 and his fifth trophy of 2026, a week after the one in Vienna.

No Spaniard had won the tournament since 2012, when David Ferrer did it. It is the 29th title of Alcaraz's career, and it comes in a season broken up by a wrist injury, from which he returned at the US Open. In September it was Shelton who knocked him out of the US Open quarterfinals, in five sets, in a match that ended at 3:33 in the morning. This autumn the Spaniard had already won Tokyo and Vienna.

Shelton, who will have Juan Carlos Ferrero, Alcaraz's long-time former coach, in his team from 2027, was the first American in the Paris final since Jack Sock in 2017.