Learner Tien was 1-5 down in the deciding tiebreak of last year’s Metz final against Cameron Norrie. He won it 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6), taking his first tour-level title at 19 and becoming the first American teenager to win one since Andy Roddick in 2002. It was also the last ATP 250 final played in Metz.
The ATP announced in February 2025 that the Metz ATP 250 would no longer take place in 2026. The city still has a men’s tournament in November. The Open Metz-Grand Est, a new ATP Challenger 125 run by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) and the Ligue Grand Est de Tennis, plays its first edition at Les Arènes de Metz from 16 to 22 November 2026.
Open Metz-Grand Est at a Glance
- Event: Open Metz-Grand Est, an ATP Challenger 125 (first edition)
- Dates: qualifying from Sunday 15 November; main draw Monday 16 to Sunday 22 November 2026
- Venue: Les Arènes de Metz, which seats more than 4,000
- Surface: indoor hard court
- Prize money: €203,900
- Champion’s ranking points: 125
- Draws: 28 singles players and 16 doubles teams [UNVERIFIED: 28-player singles draw is stated only on the official tournament site (open-metz-grandest.com, “À propos”); the ATP Challenger calendar leaves the draw size blank. Confirm against the ATP draw before publishing.]
- Tournament director: Julien Benneteau
- Last ATP 250 champion in Metz: Learner Tien (2025)
Is the Moselle Open Still an ATP 250?
No. When the ATP published its 2026 calendar on 3 February 2025, it said the Metz ATP 250 “will no longer take place”, and the 2026 season has 29 events at the ATP 250 level. The announcement gave no reason. The Moselle Open had been an ATP tour-level event for 22 editions, from 2003 to 2019 and from 2021 to 2025, with no tournament in 2020. Its last edition was played from 2 to 8 November 2025.
The 2026 event is a separate tournament with its own name, organisers and ATP listing, not a renamed Moselle Open. It is backed by the Ville de Metz and the Région Grand Est, with support from Roland-Garros, the Rolex Paris Masters and the Alpine Paris Major, and it is billed as the last tournament of the year in France.
Points and Prize Money
The drop from ATP 250 to Challenger 125 halves what the title is worth in the PIF ATP Rankings:
- 2026 Challenger 125, singles: champion 125, finalist 64, semifinalist 35, quarterfinalist 16, second round 8
- 2026 Challenger 125, doubles: champions 125, finalists 75, semifinalists 45, quarterfinalists 25
- 2025 ATP 250, singles (for comparison): champion 250, finalist 165, semifinalist 100, quarterfinalist 50, second round 25
The total prize money of €203,900 is the same as at the other Challenger 125s this month, in Orleans and Helsinki. The 2026 breakdown by round has not been published. In 2025, the ATP 250 singles champion in Metz took home €90,675 alone. How Challenger points feed a player’s ranking is covered in our explainer on the Challenger and ITF route to the top 100.
Entry, Qualifying and Wild Cards
The main draw is filled from the ATP ranking, with places held back for wild cards and for players who come through qualifying, which starts on Sunday 15 November. No wild cards have been announced yet. How players move up the list as others withdraw is explained in our guide to tennis entry lists, and the labels on the draw sheet are in our guide to reading a tennis draw.
Where Metz Sits in the Calendar
The Stockholm Open, an indoor ATP 250, is played the week before, from 8 to 14 November, as the European indoor season winds down. Metz then runs in the same week as the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, 15 to 22 November, as the last weeks of the men’s season lead into the off-season.
Final day has an extra attraction. At 2pm on Sunday 22 November, Mansour Bahrami, Richard Gasquet, Cédric Pioline and Benneteau play an exhibition before the final. During the week, Gael Monfils will sign autographs and pose for photos, and Yannick Noah will appear for the Para Tennis Tour event and a private concert.
Moselle Open Records, 2003 to 2025
- Most titles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4 (2011, 2012, 2015, 2019). Gilles Simon won 3 (2010, 2013, 2018).
- Most match wins: Tsonga, 23
- Youngest champion: Novak Djokovic, 19, in 2006
- Oldest champion: Tsonga, 34, in 2019
- Highest-ranked champion: Tsonga, No. 7, in 2012
- Lowest-ranked champion: Jérôme Haehnel, No. 185, in 2004
Every Moselle Open Singles Champion
- 2025: Learner Tien d. Cameron Norrie 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6)
- 2024: Benjamin Bonzi d. Cameron Norrie 7-6(6), 6-4
- 2023: Ugo Humbert d. Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-3
- 2022: Lorenzo Sonego d. Alexander Bublik 7-6(3), 6-3
- 2021: Hubert Hurkacz d. Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6(2), 6-3
- 2020: not held
- 2019: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Aljaz Bedene 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-3
- 2018: Gilles Simon d. Matthias Bachinger 7-6(2), 6-1
- 2017: Peter Gojowczyk d. Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-2
- 2016: Lucas Pouille d. Dominic Thiem 7-6(5), 6-2
- 2015: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Gilles Simon 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-2
- 2014: David Goffin d. Joao Sousa 6-4, 6-3
- 2013: Gilles Simon d. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-3
- 2012: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-2
- 2011: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3
- 2010: Gilles Simon d. Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-2
- 2009: Gael Monfils d. Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-2
- 2008: Dmitry Tursunov d. Paul-Henri Mathieu
- 2007: Tommy Robredo d. Andy Murray
- 2006: Novak Djokovic d. Jurgen Melzer
- 2005: Ivan Ljubicic d. Gael Monfils
- 2004: Jérôme Haehnel d. Richard Gasquet
- 2003: Arnaud Clement d. Fernando Gonzalez
Season Snapshot (as of 10 November 2026)
- Player list: the organisers have named 22 of the 28 singles entrants. They include Daniel Altmaier, Mattia Bellucci, Adrian Mannarino, Kyrian Jacquet, Nikoloz Basilashvili, 2024 Metz champion Benjamin Bonzi, Hugo Gaston, Alexandre Muller, Dusan Lajovic, Gabriel Diallo, Moise Kouame, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Harold Mayot, who was born in Metz and reached the 2023 quarterfinals as a qualifier.
- Wild cards, seeds and draw: not yet announced.
- Prize money by round: not yet published.
This snapshot is dated and will change. The career record above does not.
