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The 21st edition of the Moselle Open will be held at Les Arènes de Metz in Metz, France. Casper Ruud, Holger Rune, and Ugo Humbert headline the action.

Here's what you need to know ahead of hard-court event in France:

When is the Moselle Open?
The ATP 250 event will be held from 3-9 November, 2024. It will take place at Les Arènes de Metz in Metz, France. The tournament director is Julien Boutter.

Who is playing at the Moselle Open?
Ruud, Rune, Humbert, Sebastian Korda, Matteo Berrettini and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard are among the field in Metz.

When is the draw for the Moselle Open?
The Moselle Open draw will be made on 1 November at 7 p.m. local time (CET).

Arthur Fils further outlined his credentials as one of France’s hottest prospects on Tuesday at the Rolex Paris Masters, where he became the youngest home star to record a main-draw win at the ATP Masters 1000 event since Richard Gasquet in 2006.

The 20-year-old Fils overcame Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6(5), 6-4 to reach the second round in Paris.

Courtside win with @ArthurFils1 ?

The home crowd is loving it ???@RolexPMasters | #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/ZxcAbgopzJ

In a high-energy display inside Court Central, Fils rallied from a break down at 5-6 in the first set and then upped the aggression during a second set in which he notched 11 winners in the set to advance past Cilic. He recorded victory in one hour and 35 minutes in the pair’s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting.

Fils, who is first in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, has earned 36 tour-level wins this season. No Frenchman has recorded more victories in 2024, with Ugo Humbert second on 35.

Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Rolex Paris Masters due to a virus. The Italian announced the news during a press conference on Tuesday.

“It's a very tough announcement,” Sinner said. “I'm not going to play here in Paris. We came here very early to prepare in the best possible way. After the first practice session, I really didn't felt good. I also talked with the doctor on Sunday, it's a virus, what makes you feel better in three or four days.

“Today I feel better already a little bit, but the body is not ready to compete and I still feel very, very weak. It doesn't make sense to go on court and try to compete for this tournament. [I am very] disappointed because it's a tournament where I would like to see where my level is at. That was one of my main goals for this week. But unfortunately I cannot make this happen.”

Sinner holds a 65-6 record on the season and has already clinched ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours. The 23-year-old Italian, who has won a Tour-lead seven titles in 2024, was aiming to make his fourth appearance in Paris.

The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings will next head to Turin to lead the field at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held from 10-17 November.

The doubles field for the 2024 Nitto ATP Finals is now set. Following Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow’s loss in the Rolex Paris Masters, Wesley Koolhof/Nikola Mektic, Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden, Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz and Harri Heliovaara/Henry Patten have all qualified for the season finale.

Those teams join Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic, Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori and Max Purcell/Jordan Thompson in Turin. The year-end championships will take place at Inalpi Arena from 10-17 November.

Koolhof and Mektic, the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals champions, qualified for the season finale for the second time as a team. Four years ago, the Dutch-Croatian duo lifted the trophy at The O2 in London.

They have claimed four titles in 2024, triumphing in Auckland, Rotterdam, Indian Wells and Shanghai. Two of those events, Indian Wells and Shanghai, are ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. Koolhof and Mektic also made the final in ’s-Hertogenbosch and Basel.

Bopanna and Ebden will compete together at the Nitto ATP Finals for the second consecutive year. They began the year on a high by winning the Australian Open. They also triumphed in Miami, made the Adelaide final and the semi-finals at Roland Garros.

Jaime Faria might be the only player on the ATP Challenger Tour who can say that his artwork has appeared in a museum.

Faria’s father, Nuno, works as a history of art professor and museum curator. When Faria and his younger brother Vicente were children, they would spend countless hours at museums, listening to Nuno explain the various pieces displayed.

When a family friend directed an exposition in a Lisbon gallery, he featured work from Jaime and Vicente.

“We are not artists, but before we were and we didn’t know,” Faria said with a laugh when speaking to ATPTour.com. “We drew some paintings and actually — my father got some of those things that we did exposed in a museum and we really enjoyed it.

“We spent a lot of time in the museums, being quiet, listening, watching. We would play around, sometimes just doing nothing or things we weren’t supposed to do.”

Stefanos Tsitsipas showed he is ready to dig deep in his pursuit of a Nitto ATP Finals spot on Monday evening at the Rolex Paris Masters.

The Greek shook off a difficult start to overcome Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and book his second-round berth at the indoor ATP Masters 1000. Tsitsipas hit 36 winners to Carballes Baena’s 15 to secure a one-hour, 59-minute triumph and advance to face Alejandro Tabilo.

“I didn’t start so well. I had an upset stomach and wasn’t feeling so great on the court,” said Tsitsipas, who has reached the semi-finals in Paris in each of the past two years. “I couldn’t even pump myself up at the beginning of the match, because when something is bothering you that much, it takes your entire concentration and focus. That was perhaps the second battle I was facing today, along with my opponent.”

The 26-year-old Tsitsipas is 12th in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. He is chasing a sixth consecutive Nitto ATP Finals appearance, but will require a deep run in Paris if he is to stay in contention for a spot at the prestigious season finale this year.

Fellow Turin hopeful Tommy Paul did not enjoy similar success on Day 1 in Paris, falling 6-3, 7-5 to French veteran Adrian Mannarino in a result that ended the 11th seed’s hopes of making his Turin debut.

Taylor Fritz has arrived at the Rolex Paris Masters, the season’s final ATP Masters 1000 event, with a major change that has nothing to do with his game.

The American star recently dyed his hair blond, which has drawn plenty of attention on social media.

“Oh, years!” Fritz told the ATP regarding how long he has been considering the move. “I’ve polled it every year at the Australian Open. I thought it was funny and I expected to just buzz it if I hated it, but I don’t hate it.”

What we gathered from the interview:

?It wasn’t an intrusive thought.
? @Taylor_Fritz97 to report back about blondes having more fun. @RolexPMasters | #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/Hk2gAmgMMH

Some fans might be focused on Fritz’s new look, but the fifth-placed player in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin will be locked in on trying to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. He is next man in line to claim a position in Turin. Fritz, the fifth seed in Paris, will begin his tournament against Vienna champion Jack Draper or Jiri Lehecka.

When the pressure is on, Otto Virtanen remains unshaken.

The 23-year-old saved three championship points Sunday to win the ATP Challenger Tour 100 event in Brest, France and make his Top 100 debut in the PIF ATP Rankings.

By escaping Benjamin Bonzi 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(6), Virtanen ended the Frenchman’s 14-match win streak at the Challenger level and improved to 6-0 in Challenger finals. The Finn is just the 10th player in Challenger history — and first since Alexander Bublik in 2019 — to win his first six final appearances.

This was not the first time Virtanen saved championship points to lift a trophy this season. He achieved the same feat in a two-hour, 41-minute final against Daniel Masur in March, when Virtanen defended his title at the Lugano Challenger. Virtanen, who has won three Challenger titles this season, is up to World No. 96.

? OTTO VIRTANEN ?

Fresh off his title win in Brest, the 23-year-old makes his debut in the Top 100 #OnTheRise pic.twitter.com/z8MjBHS5Wf

Carlos Alcaraz has enjoyed a tremendously successful season, winning two majors (Roland Garros and Wimbledon), an ATP Masters 1000 event at Indian Wells and an ATP 500 in Beijing. But his great rival, Jannik Sinner, has already clinched ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours and Alcaraz is not shy about admitting the Italian has had the better year.

“For sure. I mean, [it] doesn't matter that I have beaten Jannik three times. Probably I didn't play good tennis in some tournaments. My percentage of wins this year is really, really high, but Jannik is another level this year,” Alcaraz said. “[He has earned] over 91 per cent of wins this year. So just [a] few players have done this before.

“But yeah, I think [all] players are looking for being more consistent during the year. In every tournament that you're going to play, you want to go far or as far as you can. That's my goal the next year. In the tournaments that I didn't play well or I didn't go as far as I wanted, just try to do it.”

Alcaraz has been consistent, winning 83.6 per cent (51-10) of his matches in 2024 according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. Sinner has just been more consistent, claiming 91.5 per cent (65-6) of his matches.

Despite the battle for year-end No. 1 being over, Alcaraz is keen to finish his season on a high, beginning this week at the Rolex Paris Masters, where he is seeded second.

Home favourite Ugo Humbert maintained his impressive record on indoor hard courts in France on Monday at the Rolex Paris Masters, where he moved past American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

The Frenchman has won his past nine matches on French indoor courts, having lifted trophies in Metz in 2023 and in Marseille in February. Backed by vocal home support in Paris, Humbert fended off both break points he faced against Nakashima in a tight deciding set to book his spot in the second round after two hours and six minutes.

ALLEZ, UGO!!! ALLEZ, UGO!!! ???@HumbertUgo holds his nerve to defeat Nakashima on home soil and will now face Giron in the second round.#RolexParisMasters | @RolexPMasters pic.twitter.com/CrUSRwP6GZ

The 15th seed Humbert, who is the first Frenchman seeded at the ATP Masters 1000 event since Gael Monfils in 2021, now leads Nakashima 3-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series.

Chasing his third title of the season, the No. 18 player in the PIF ATP Rankings will next play Marcos Giron after the American beat #NextGenATP Chinese lefty Shang Juncheng 7-6(6), 7-6(6).

With the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin edging to a close, the battle to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals took further shape in Basel and Vienna, where Turin hopefuls Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Alex de Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov and Tommy Paul competed.

With two weeks to go until the Nitto ATP Finals, ATPTour.com looks at the movers of the week in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin as of Monday, 28 October.

Alex de Minaur – Ninth (3,555 points)
The Aussie remains one place outside the Turin qualification cutoff but closed the gap on eighth-placed Andrey Rublev (3,720 points) after reaching the semi-finals in Vienna. De Minaur enjoyed a run to the semi-finals at the ATP 500, collecting 200 points in the process. The 25-year-old, who has struggled with a hip injury since Wimbledon, beat Jan-Lennard Struff, Flavio Cobolli and #NextGenATP Czech Jakub Mensik in Austria. De Minaur is aiming to make his debut at the Nitto ATP Finals, held from 10-17 November.

View PIF ATP Live Race To Turin

Andrey Rublev – Eighth (3,720 points)
Rublev added another 100 precious points to his total by advancing to the quarter-finals in Basel. The 27-year-old, who has won two ATP Tour titles in 2024, is aiming to compete at the year-end event for the fifth consecutive season. Rublev will compete at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris this week.

Former Top 5 stars Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori will be in action at the same ATP Challenger Tour event this week.

Wawrinka, the three-time major champion and Nishikori, the former No. 4 in the PIF ATP Rankings, will compete in the Slovak Open 2024. The ATP Challenger 125 tournament is being held in Bratislava.

Wawrinka, who also played ATP Challenger Tour events in Aix-en-Provence and Bordeaux earlier in the season, will begin his tournament against Maximilian Marterer.

Nishikori, who reached the quarter-finals in Como and Genoa in the past two months, will play third seed Marton Fucsovics in the first round.

Other players to watch include #NextGenATP star Joao Fonseca and fourth seed Jacob Fearnley, who owns a 23-1 ATP Challenger Tour record this season.

The final ATP Masters 1000 of the season, the Rolex Paris Masters, begins Monday with a full slate of action. Among the stars who will play are top-ranked Frenchman Ugo Humbert, 10th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and 11th seed Tommy Paul.

View the full Monday order of play below to see who is competing, on which court, and when they are scheduled.

ORDER OF PLAY - MONDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2024

COURT CENTRAL start 11 a.m.
Tomas Machac (CZE) vs [WC] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)
[Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) vs Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
[15] Ugo Humbert (FRA) vs Brandon Nakashima (USA)

Not Before 7 p.m.
[10] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs [LL] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)

Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev have qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals. This week’s Rolex Paris Masters will play a critical role in deciding who will join them.

Taylor Fritz is in pole position to return to the season finale, to be played from 10-17 November, for the second time. In 2022, the American reached the semi-finals in Turin.

The fifth-placed Fritz has 4,290 points and can guarantee his place at the year-end championships by making the quarter-finals at the season's final ATP Masters 1000 event. There are also other scenarios in which he would qualify earlier in the tournament based on the performance of players below him in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin.

PIF ATP Live Race To Turin (entering Paris)

Sixth-placed Novak Djokovic is not competing in Paris. Since the Serbian is 380 points behind the American, Fritz is guaranteed to finish the regular season ahead of him in the Live Race.

Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler gave the fans in Vienna something to cheer about on Sunday when they clinched their second title at the Erste Bank Open.

The Austrians, who triumphed at the indoor hard-court ATP 500 in 2022, rallied to defeat Neal Skupski and Michael Venus 4-6, 6-3, 10-1. With the one-hour, 25-minute victory, the duo improved to eight consecutive wins after lifting the trophy in Antwerp last week.

“The crowd went crazy today. With 10,000 people, it was an unbelievable atmosphere and we’re really happy with how the match ended,” said Miedler. “Now it’s time to celebrate. We managed to serve well [in the Match Tie-break], connect on the returns. It’s amazing to play a 10-1 tie-break against them.”

Erler and Miedler led by a break in the opening set, but lost four consecutive games to fall behind in the championship match. Undeterred, they clawed their way back in a well-fought second set, during which they produced some scintillating tennis on return to shift the momentum in their favour in the Match Tie-break.

Buoyed by the home support at a sold-out Wiener Stadthalle, Erler and Miedler finished with a flourish to seal their eighth ATP Tour title as a team, winning 12 of the final 13 points.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard completed a perfect week of sizzling serving on Sunday to upset Ben Shelton and lift the trophy at the Swiss Indoors Basel.

The No. 50 in the PIF ATP Rankings prevailed 6-4, 7-6(4) against the sixth-seeded Shelton to become the lowest-ranked champion since Basel became a tour-level event in 1975. The 6’8” Frenchman hit 22 aces in the championship match to clinch his maiden ATP 500 crown without dropping serve all week.

“It’s amazing to win a tournament like that, a 500, for the first time for me,” said Mpetshi Perricard, who arrived in Basel having lost eight of his previous nine matches. “I just can be happy with myself, with what I did today and the past five days. It’s amazing to win here… [Before this] it was a tough month for me, but it’s always good when the victories are there.”

✨ The Age of Mpetshi Perricard ✨@MpetshiG's meteoric rise continues as he claims his maiden ATP 500 title, defeating Shelton 6-4 7-6(4) in Basel!#SwissIndoorsBasel pic.twitter.com/ojVsjRNvDG

Mpetshi Perricard’s championship-match clash with Shelton seemed destined to be serve-dominated from the outset. Both players stepped on court for their second Lexus ATP Head2Head encounter having not dropped serve en route to the final. That pattern was soon snapped, however, when the Frenchman took advantage of an uncharacteristically slow start from Shelton to break the lefty's serve in the third game of the match.

The Rolex Paris Masters, the season’s final ATP Masters 1000 event, is here. There are plenty of storylines to follow, from Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz chasing maiden glory at the tournament to the intense PIF ATP Live Race To Turin.

ATPTour.com looks at 10 things to watch at Bercy.

1) Who will qualify for Turin? Four singles places remain at the Nitto ATP Finals, with Sinner, Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev already guaranteed a spot at the season finale. Who will join them? Taylor Fritz, who made the semi-finals on his debut in 2022, will try to return to Inalpi Arena. The American is fifth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. Among those competing in Paris are seventh-placed Casper Ruud (3,845 points), Andrey Rublev (3,720) and Alex de Minaur (3,555), who are all jockeying for position.

2) Sinner top seed: The Italian has already clinched ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours. The 23-year-old has won seven tour-level titles this year and will attempt to claim an eighth this week in Paris. He has tallied a 1-2 record in the tournament, including a loss to Alcaraz in his debut in 2021. Sinner will begin his event against Ben Shelton or a qualifier/lucky loser.

3) Alcaraz’s Paris push: Two years ago, Alcaraz earned his best Rolex Paris Masters result, reaching the quarter-finals. Will he advance deeper this edition? The Spaniard, who is the second seed, will play Nicolas Jarry or a qualifier/lucky loser in his opening match. Alcaraz has won four titles this year, most recently claiming the crown in Beijing.

It was a sigh of relief for Jack Draper on Sunday after he withstood a late charge from Karen Khachanov to clinch the Erste Bank Open title. 

The Briton stood firm in a 6-4, 7-5 triumph to secure his second ATP Tour title. Trailing 0-4 in the second set, Khachanov rattled off five consecutive games to shift the momentum firmly in his favour. However, Draper dialled back in to win the biggest title of his career.

“I was playing so good, and then the momentum shifted,” said Draper, who improved to 37-21 on the season. “Honestly, I didn’t feel too nervous or tight, I just missed a few balls and made some wrong decisions, and Karen picked up his level. That’s a testament to how good he is, he’s a fighter and he’s in great form.

“It got really tight there, but I stayed solid and in a good mental frame. Luckily I was able to come through, it was a relief. To win my first ATP 500, it feels incredible. I am incredibly happy and so proud of myself and my team. It’s for moments like this, so I am going to enjoy it.”

Nothing short of sensational ⚡️

Magnificent @jackdraper0 dazzles his way to the title in Vienna! #ErsteBankOpen | @ErsteBankOpen pic.twitter.com/mZaDFj2Hyt

Matteo Berrettini announced on Saturday that he has split with coach Francisco Roig, a former member of Rafael Nadal’s team.

“I wanted to let you know that Francisco Roig and I have decided to end our professional relationship,” Berrettini wrote to his fans on his Instagram Story. “I can only thank him for all the work he’s done this year; his dedication, and the results we’ve achieved together.

“It was a professional experience that allowed me to grow immensely, both on and off the court. I wish him all the best for the future and send him my heartfelt good luck. Thank you.”

The pair began working together for the 2024 season after Berrettini split with longtime coach Vincenzo Santopadre one year ago.

The Italian has won three ATP Tour titles this season, triumphing in Marrakech, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel. He will compete this week at the Rolex Paris Masters.