How to follow the Paris Masters tennis event

Every year, as the tennis season enters its final stretch, the tour arrives in the French capital for the Paris Masters - the last ATP Masters 1000 event of the calendar. Played indoors in late October and early November, the tournament has a unique intensity: it's the final chance for players on the bubble to grab the ranking points they need to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals, while the already-qualified stars use it to sharpen their form. Upsets are common, the atmosphere is electric, and for tennis fans it's unmissable viewing.

What makes the Paris Masters special

The Paris Masters - long known as Paris-Bercy after its home arena - brings together virtually the entire world top 40 on a fast indoor hard court. Because it sits immediately before the ATP Finals, the stakes write themselves each year:

• Qualification drama. Players ranked just outside the ATP Finals cut-off often need a deep run in Paris to claim one of the coveted spots, producing desperate, high-quality tennis in the early rounds.
• Indoor conditions. The quick court rewards big serving and aggressive play, which tends to produce short points, tiebreaks, and surprises against the top seeds.
• End-of-season storylines. Year-end number one is sometimes still in play, adding another layer to the biggest matches.

Where can you watch the Paris Masters when you are abroad?

In France, live coverage of the Paris Masters is carried by French broadcasters, with pay-TV typically covering the full tournament and select matches sometimes appearing on free-to-air channels. Other countries have their own rights holders showing selected sessions. The catch is always the same: every one of these streams is geo-restricted, available only to viewers whose IP address places them in the right country.

So if you're a French fan traveling in New York or Hong Kong - or an international fan whose home broadcaster carries the event - the stream you normally watch will refuse to load. That's where a VPN comes in.

Watch the best tennis in Paris, thanks to Le VPN

Le VPN lets you hide your real IP address and appear online from a country of your choice. Connect to one of Le VPN's servers in France and you get a French IP address; French streaming platforms then treat you as a viewer in France, wherever you actually are. The setup takes minutes:

1. Subscribe to Le VPN and install the app on your device - Windows, macOS, iOS, or Android.
2. Connect to a server in France (or whichever country's coverage you prefer - Le VPN offers servers in 100+ locations).
3. Verify your new location on the test your IP page, then open your streaming service and enjoy the tennis.

If a particular platform detects the VPN, try another server in the same country - Le VPN has several French locations, including Paris, Lille, and Marseille, plus a dedicated France - Media server.

Security on top of streaming

Beyond bypassing geolocation constraints, Le VPN protects your personal data whenever you're online. All your traffic travels through an encrypted tunnel, which keeps your accounts and browsing safe on public Wi-Fi in airports, hotels, and cafés - exactly the networks travelers use to stream. Le VPN supports WireGuard, OpenVPN, and IPSec/IKEv2, plus Stealth WireGuard for restrictive networks, and one account covers up to 10 devices simultaneously.

And the Paris Masters is just the start: with servers across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa, you can follow your favorite programs on French, UK, or US channels - and the rest of the tennis calendar, from the Australian Open to the ATP Finals - from anywhere in the world. With a 30-day money-back guarantee on your first purchase, you can try Le VPN risk-free before the first serve in Bercy.