ATP 1000
Rolex Paris Masters
Paris (Bercy), France
Rolex Paris Masters
Paris (Bercy), France
WTA Finals
Fort Worth, TX, USA
As October comes to a close, we're officially in the final lap of the 2022 Tennis Season. The men's regulation tournaments end with this week's Paris Masters and the women's regulation tournament season closes with the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas. Both tours ring in Halloween tomorrow, their first day of competition🎃
ATP 500 Basel, Switzerland - Felix Auger-Aliassime (d. Holger Rune).
ATP 500 Vienna, Austria - Daniil Medvedev (d. Denis Shapavolov).
So as we leave October and Winter is coming to this tennis year, let's get to it!👇
Rolex Paris Masters ATP 1000
Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Paris, France
October 31 - November 6, 2022
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| AccorHotels Arena, Bercy Paris |
Surface: Hard indoor
Draw: Singles 56, Doubles 24
This is the 50th edition of the tournament.
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| Disneyland Paris Castle Halloween 2022 |
This year’s tournament is especially interesting for a couple reasons. It will be the last tourney for veteran Gilles Simon before he retires. The tournament could play a role in which players get the final spots for the ATP Finals, although Taylor Fritz and Hubert Hurkacz probably are longshots at this point.
Ilie Năstase, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are the only players to have ever won both Parisian tournaments (Bercy and the French Open). Djokovic won Bercy in 2009, 2013–15, 2019, 2021 and the French Open in 2016, 2021, Federer won the French Open in 2009 and Bercy in 2011 and Andre Agassi won Bercy in 1994 and both in 1999 like Ilie Năstase in 1973. In 2015, Marcelo Melo and Ivan Dodig won the doubles events at both tournaments.
Defending champion: Novak Djokovic (who with six championships, has the most ATP Paris Masters titles to date, last year defeated Daniil Medvedev)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz, Jannik Sinner, Cameron Norrie, Matteo Berrettini, Pablo Carreno Busta, Marin Cilic, Frances Tiafoe
Wildcards: All French players – Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Arthur Rinderknech, Gilles Simon
Protected ranking: Stan Wawrinka
Withdrawals: Jenson Brooksby, Nick Kyrgios, Gael Monfils, Reilly Opelka, Alexander Zverev
SINGLES DRAW
Defending champion: Novak Djokovic (who with six championships, has the most ATP Paris Masters titles to date, last year defeated Daniil Medvedev)
Seeds (in order of seeding): Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz, Jannik Sinner, Cameron Norrie, Matteo Berrettini, Pablo Carreno Busta, Marin Cilic, Frances Tiafoe
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| French Bulldogs grace the Arc de Triomphe💝 |
Wildcards: All French players – Richard Gasquet, Adrian Mannarino, Arthur Rinderknech, Gilles Simon
Protected ranking: Stan Wawrinka
Withdrawals: Jenson Brooksby, Nick Kyrgios, Gael Monfils, Reilly Opelka, Alexander Zverev
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| Eiffel Tower during Halloween festivities |
SINGLES DRAW
OOP
WTA Finals
Dickies Arena
Fort Worth, USA
Oct. 31 - Nov. 7, 2022
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| 2022 WTA Final 8 (l. to r.): Daria Kasatkina, Maria Sakkari, Iga Swiatek, Cori Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka, Caroline Garcia |
Surface: Hard Indoor
Draw: Singles 8. Doubles 8
This is the 51st edition of the event and the 46th of the doubles competition. The Fort Worth location replaced that of Shenzhen after the WTA suspended tournaments in China.
The tournament has a round robin format. Eight players are split into two groups of four, and the top two in each group advance to the semifinals, and those winners meet in the championship match.
This is the 51st edition of the event and the 46th of the doubles competition. The Fort Worth location replaced that of Shenzhen after the WTA suspended tournaments in China.
The tournament has a round robin format. Eight players are split into two groups of four, and the top two in each group advance to the semifinals, and those winners meet in the championship match.
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| Dallas-Fort Worth Halloween "Bad Pet" (sorry Gary)😎 |
2021 Champion: Garbine Muguruza, who failed to qualify this year. She defeated Anett Kontaveit, who also is not in this year’s tourney.
The Tracy Austin Group: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Daria Kasatkina.
Alternates: Veronika Kudermetova, Madison Keys
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| Ft. Worth Corgi Pup Posing for Halloween (one day this little cutie will grow up, so beware of fluffy, adorable Corgis dressed up in sheep's clothing)😨 |
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| However, there's a Sheriff in Town (if you don't recognize her, she's a Papillon - could be Lucy Lu or Zoe who are now both aware of Wolves in Sheeps Clothing!!) |
GROUPS
The Tracy Austin Group: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Daria Kasatkina.
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| Hall of Famer Tracy Austin - 3-time GS Champ and still the youngest Slam Champ at 16 yoa and the youngest inductee into the HOF |
The Nancy Richey Group: Ons Jabeur, Jessica Pegula, Maria Sakkari, Aryna Sabalenka
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| Nancy Richey (80 yoa) An American former tennis player - Two major singles titles (the 1967 AO and 1968 FO) + 4 major women's doubles titles (the 1965 USO, 1966 AO, 1966 Wimbledon, & the 1966 USO). World No. 2 in Singles at year-end 1969, Richey won 69 singles titles during her career & helped the US win the Fed Cup in 1969. She won the singles title at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships a record six consecutive years from 1963 through 1968. |
Alternates: Veronika Kudermetova, Madison Keys
(A Halloween Miracle: the WTA website provided downloadable draws - I mean the very last tournament in the regulation WTA season, and NOW they know how to provide a .pdf draw? Quelle horreur!!👿)
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