The calendar turns to dirt at Monte-Carlo as the ATP’s clay swing begins along the Mediterranean. This Masters 1000 pits a 56-man draw against the principality’s slow, heavy courts, with €6.1M on the line from 5 to 12 April.

Stefanos Tsitsipas returns as the defending champion, the man who rules this sun-soaked event. Carlos Alcaraz, meanwhile, hunts the one Masters title missing from his collection, making the opener a genuine statement week for the sport’s rising rivalries.