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Alcaraz beats Shelton to win his first Paris Masters title
Carlos Alcaraz beat Ben Shelton in the Paris Masters final to win 7-6, 7-5 and claim the title for the first time.
The 23-year-old Spaniard won the indoor tournament in Paris after a final against the American that lasted two sets.
The win gives Alcaraz his ninth Masters 1000 title, a top-level tournament victory, and his fifth title this year.
He had missed more than four months of the season with a right wrist injury and returned to win titles in Vienna and Paris.
Alcaraz also showed greater mental control, saving two match points against Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals before beating Shelton.
The victory avenged his loss to Shelton in the US Open quarter-finals and continued a run of three straight tournament wins in finals since the US Open.
He now turns to the ATP Finals in Turin, which begin next Sunday, where he will try to win a title he has never claimed.
Carlos Alcaraz beat Ben Shelton 7-6 (5), 7-5 to win the Paris Masters for the first time.
The world No 3 saved two match points against Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals before claiming the title.
The victory was Alcaraz’s ninth Masters 1000 title and his first since winning Cincinnati in August 2025.
Alcaraz won the Vienna Open the previous week and is now aiming for his first ATP Finals title in Turin.
He said the Paris tournament was a major achievement after earlier struggles on the court and surface.
- Who
- Carlos Alcaraz defeated Ben Shelton in the final.
- What
- Alcaraz won the Paris Masters for the first time, taking the match 7-6 (5), 7-5.
- When
- Sunday, November 8, 2026.
- Where
- The La Défense Arena in Paris, France.
- Why
- Alcaraz was competing for the tournament title; he said he had been chasing it for a long time.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Alcaraz defeated Shelton in the Paris Masters final, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Alcaraz saved two match points against Taylor Fritz.
Alcaraz was due to compete at the ATP Finals in Turin.
- Final score
- Alcaraz beat Shelton 7-6 (5), 7-5.
- Paris Masters titles
- First
- Masters 1000 titles
- Ninth
- Recent title
- Vienna Open, the week before the Paris final
- ATP Finals
- Scheduled for November 15–22 in Turin
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