2019 Monte-Carlo Masters

2019 Monte-Carlo Masters
2019 Monte-Carlo Masters
Date	15 – 21 April
Edition	113th
Category	Masters 1000
Draw	56S / 32D
Prize money	€5,207,405
Surface	Clay
Location	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France; (billed as Monte Carlo, Monaco)
Venue	Monte Carlo Country Club
Champions
Singles
	Fabio Fognini
Doubles
	Nikola Mektić / Franko Škugor

The 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament for male professional players played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 113th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, sponsored by Rolex for the 11th time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France (though billed as Monte Carlo, Monaco).^[1] The event was on the 2019 ATP Tour.

Points

Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.^[2]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's singles^[3]	1,000	600	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	0
Men's doubles^[3]	1,000	600	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	€958,055	€484,950	€248,745	€128,200	€64,225	€33,635	€18,955	€7,255	€3,630
Men's doubles	€284,860	€139,020	€69,680	€35,510	€18,730	€10,020	—	—	—

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SRB	Novak Djokovic	1	1
ESP	Rafael Nadal	2	2
GER	Alexander Zverev	3	3
AUT	Dominic Thiem	5	4
JPN	Kei Nishikori	6	5
GRE	Stefanos Tsitsipas	8	6
CRO	Marin Čilić	11	7
RUS	Karen Khachanov	12	8
CRO	Borna Ćorić	13	9
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	14	10
ITA	Marco Cecchinato	16	11
GEO	Nikoloz Basilashvili	17	12
ITA	Fabio Fognini	18	13
~~FRA~~	~~Gaël Monfils~~	19	14
CAN	Denis Shapovalov	20	15
BEL	David Goffin	21	16
GBR	Kyle Edmund	22	17

Rankings are as of April 8, 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

The following player received entry as an alternate:

Malek Jaziri

The following players received entry via the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Taro Daniel

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Kevin Anderson → replaced by Adrian Mannarino
Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Taylor Fritz
Richard Gasquet → replaced by Hubert Hurkacz
Thanasi Kokkinakis → replaced by Taro Daniel
Gaël Monfils → replaced by Malek Jaziri

During the tournament

Gilles Simon

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
FRA	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	FRA	Nicolas Mahut	8	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	10	2
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	17	3
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	22	4
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	23	5
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	33	6
CRO	Nikola Mektić	CRO	Franko Škugor	34	7
RSA	Raven Klaasen	GBR	Joe Salisbury	35	8