Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters
Carlos Alcaraz conquers Monte-Carlo 2025
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz ended his run at the Rolex Monte-Carlo 2025 the same way he began it: with his arms raised to the heavens after a convincing 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory. However, while his opening win over Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo may only have left its mark on the statistics, his triumph on Sunday in the final over Italy's Lorenzo Musetti will go down in the history of the tournament.
A growing list of honours
13 April 2025 marked a significant milestone in Alcaraz's career: his first Monaco crown added to an already impressive list of honours. This victory was his sixth Masters 1000 title (achieved in his seventh final in this category) and brought his total number of professional titles to 18.
For a full list of the tournament's winners, visit the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters website.
Record attendance and acclaimed new features
The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2025 comes to a close on an exceptional note. Tournament director David Massey gave a glowing overview of the 118th edition at his traditional press conference, highlighting results that exceeded all expectations.
We've almost reached our maximum capacity for this tournament. Last year, we welcomed over 148,000 spectators, and this year we will pass the historic mark of 150,000 spectators over the nine days of the tournament.
Electronic umpiring makes its clay court debut
Monte-Carlo marks a major technological milestone by becoming the first Masters 1000 clay-court tournament to be equipped with electronic refereeing. Although this innovation is now widespread on the circuit, the Monaco tournament has paved the way for this category of tournament on the ochre surface. David Massey points out that the system was installed in collaboration with Hawk-Eye, a company specialising in these refereeing technologies.
Tribute to Elizabeth-Ann de Massy
The 2025 edition also pays tribute to one of the tournament's most emblematic figures. Court No. 2 is now called the Elizabeth-Ann de Massy Court, in memory of the woman who worked for the event for fifty years.
Baroness Elizabeth-Ann de Massy played an essential role in this tournament for 50 years. We are delighted to have had the opportunity to make her somewhat present in the matches that we were able to show every day on this court.
The history of the Monte-Carlo Masters
The beginnings
On 2 April 1893, Monte-Carlo Lawn Tennis was inaugurated in the cellars of the Hôtel de Paris. In 1897, the first tournament was held with men's and women's events, dominated by the Doherty brothers.
Successive moves
In 1906, the tournament moved to La Condamine. In 1914, Suzanne Lenglen, "the Divine", took part for the first time and dominated the tournament from 1919 to 1926. In the 1920s, the tournament moved temporarily to the roof of the Auto-Rivera in Beausoleil.
The George Butler revolution
The American George Butler campaigned to build a complex in Saint-Roman. The Club was inaugurated in February 1928 by Prince Louis II, with new facilities including a sports hall, professional changing rooms and 3 additional courts.
Modern development
Ten months after its inauguration, the club became "Le Monte-Carlo Country Club". In 2006, the association with the Rolex brand gave rise to the current name: Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
Renewal with the Open era
With the advent of the Open era in 1969, the Monegasque tournament opened up to professional players and joined the elite of world tennis. Today, it is part of the Masters 1000 circuit, with a unique feature: unlike other tournaments in this category, the world's top thirty players are not obliged to take part, although most choose to do so.
The Rolex Monte-Carlo Tennis Masters, the first major tournament of the European clay-court season, brings together :
- Men's singles: 56 players in a six-round knockout draw. Matches are played to the best of three sets with a tie-break.
- Men's doubles: 24 teams (48 players) compete in a five-round knockout tournament. The eight highest-ranked teams are seeded and exempt from the first round.