Monte-Carlo Tennis Masters: Djokovic, Sinner, Alcaraz lead stacked 2024 men's field - Preview, schedule, and how to watch
The Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be on the minds of the best men's tennis players in the world this coming week (7-14 April) in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
That's because the Monte-Carlo Masters is the first major red clay event of the 2024 calendar, the same surface used at Roland-Garros, the site of the Olympic tennis event starting in July.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic is a two-time champion at the competition, in 2013 and 2015, but it's Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner who feels like the player to beat so far this season, his 22-1 start earning him three titles - including last week at the Miami Masters.
Djokovic and Sinner are joined by Carlos Alcaraz as perhaps the top three favourites, but another Spaniard - 11-time champion in Monte-Carlo - Rafael Nadal, has withdrawn, citing a body that "simply won’t allow" him to play, he said on social media on Thursday (4 April).
Daniil Medvedev rounds out the top four, while defending champion Andrey Rublev, Olympic gold medallist Alexander Zverev and rising Danish star Holger Rune are all inside the top eight.
It's the first of three Masters events on red clay (Madrid and Rome, too) for the ATP Tour in the lead-up to the French Open itself, which begins 26 May.
Monte-Carlos tennis Masters 2024: Schedule of play
All times listed are located Central European Summer Time (CEST, +2 GMT). See the full tournament schedule here.
Sunday, 7 April
11:00 - Singles & doubles first round
Monday, 8 April
11:00 - First round
Tuesday, 9 April
11:00 - First & second rounds
Wednesday, 10 April
11:00 - Second & third rounds
Thursday, 11 April
11:00 - Third round
Friday, 12 April
11:00 - Quarter-finals
Saturday, 13 April
11:00 - Semi-finals (doubles first and last); 13:30 - singles 1 & 15:30 - singles 2
Sunday, 14 April
12:00 - Doubles final
15:00 - Singles final
Monte-Carlo Masters: How to watch live
The Monte-Carlo Masters is an ATP Masters 1000, meaning it will air on the tour's broadcast partners.
For American fans, the actions is televised exclusively on U.S. carrier Tennis Channel, as well as its streaming platform T2.
Other key regions include:
- Australia: beIN Sports
- Canada: TSN
- Denmark: TV2 Denmark
- France: Eurosport
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Sky Deutschland
- Great Britain: Sky UK
- Greece: OTE
- India: Sony/MSM
- Italy: Sky Italia
- Japan: WOWOW; Gaora Sports Channel
- People's Republic of China: CCTV
- Poland: Polsat
- Serbia: Sportklub
- South America: ESPN International
- Spain: Telefonica/Movistar
- Tunisia: beIN Sports
Depending on your location, you can also find matches streaming on TennisTV.com.