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World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated Ben Shelton 7-6, 7-5 in the final of the Paris Masters on Sunday, winning the tournament for the first time.
The final was played at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, on the western edge of the French capital, on an indoor hard court. Alcaraz had never won the event, with a quarterfinal in 2022 his best result before this year.
The 23-year-old Spaniard avenged a defeat to American Shelton at the U.S. Open in September, where he lost their quarterfinal in five sets.
Alcaraz returned to the tour at that tournament after four months out with a right wrist injury, which he sustained at the Barcelona Open in April and which kept him out of the French Open and Wimbledon. Since the U.S. Open, he has lost just one of 17 matches and won three titles.
The victory gave Alcaraz his ninth ATP Masters title. The Paris Masters was the last Masters 1000 event of the 2026 season.
“It was something I had been chasing for a long time,” Alcaraz said after the match. “I had some of the toughest defeats of my career here. I am so happy to finally achieve this. This tournament is really very special.”
Alcaraz, who has seven Grand Slam titles, will end the season at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.
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