Carlos Alcaraz beats Ben Shelton to win Paris Masters tennis title

What the report says

Carlos Alcaraz won the Paris Masters for the first time on Sunday, beating Ben Shelton 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 in the final at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, outside Paris, according to Al Jazeera’s report based on AFP. The victory gave the Spaniard his ninth career title at the ATP Masters 1000 level and came after he had previously struggled to produce his best tennis at the event.

The result also served as a measure of revenge for Alcaraz, who was knocked out by Shelton at the US Open earlier in the season. Alcaraz has now won nine straight matches and arrived in Paris after taking the title in Vienna. The Paris win gives him five tour-level titles in 2026 so far, leaving him in strong form heading into the ATP Finals in Turin later this month.

Alcaraz said after the match that he and his team had kept returning to Paris despite difficult results in previous years. He received the trophy from former Paris Masters champion Boris Becker. Shelton, ranked world number four in the article, lost a Masters final for the first time after winning his previous two high-level final appearances at the Canadian Open. The result also underlines Alcaraz’s strong record in title matches in Paris, where he has now won both French Open crowns and the Masters event.