Updated 2 November 2026. This page is updated as the field changes, through to the final on Sunday, 8 November.
Five men who were entered for the 2026 Rolex Paris Masters will not play it. Defending champion Jannik Sinner, last year’s finalist Félix Auger-Aliassime, Jakub Mensik, Alexander Bublik and João Fonseca have all pulled out, and none of them is in the 56-man draw released on Friday evening.
Withdrawals tracker. Every player who has pulled out, with the date and the reason given, updated daily until the final.
Paris Masters withdrawals
Who is out.
- Jannik Sinner (Italy), defending champion. Right knee. He has not played since winning Wimbledon in July and ended his season on 6 October.
- Félix Auger-Aliassime (Canada), 2025 finalist. Left knee, injured in Shanghai, where he retired in the round of 16. It had already kept him out of Brussels and Basel. His withdrawal was confirmed on 27 October.
- Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic). Ranked 16th, which would have made him a seed, he is missing from the draw released on 30 October. The draw sheet gives no reason.
- Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan), 2025 semifinalist. He came off the entry list on 26 October, after retiring with a right knee injury from his Almaty semifinal against Daniil Medvedev.
- João Fonseca (Brazil). Injury. He ended his season on 17 October, saying he was still not ready to compete at the level he wanted.
Who came in. Luca Van Assche, Matteo Berrettini and Mariano Navone moved up from the alternates’ list into the main draw without having to qualify. Quentin Halys, who was given one of the four main-draw wild cards on 27 October, is now in the draw on his own ranking as the last direct entry. That freed a wild card for 17-year-old Moïse Kouame, who had been handed one for qualifying and now joins Arthur Gea, Kyrian Jacquet and Titouan Droguet as a main-draw wild card. Holger Rune is in on a protected ranking. The wild cards are covered in our Paris wild cards story.
What it does to the draw. With Sinner, Auger-Aliassime and Mensik gone, the 16 seeds run from Alexander Zverev, who becomes world No. 1 on Monday, to Francisco Cerundolo. The top eight have first-round byes. Zverev opens against Lorenzo Musetti or Hubert Hurkacz, and second seed Carlos Alcaraz against Alex Michelsen or Jiri Lehecka. Novak Djokovic, seeded 10th, plays Valentin Vacherot in the first round. Halys opens against Arthur Fery, with seventh seed Frances Tiafoe waiting in the second round. How to follow the bracket is explained in how to read a tennis draw.
Turin. The Stockholm Open, the week after Paris, is the last event before the eight-man field for the Nitto ATP Finals is settled. Auger-Aliassime can no longer qualify. The ATP Finals guide explains how the places are decided, and ATP Finals alternates explained covers what happens if a qualifier pulls out.
What’s next. Qualifying is played on Saturday and Sunday, and the main draw starts on Monday, 2 November, at the Plenitude Arena. With qualifying under way, a player who withdraws from the main draw now is normally replaced by a lucky loser. Dates, points and past champions are in our Rolex Paris Masters guide.
