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border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Left to right: Carlos Alcaraz, Stan Wawrinka and Moise Kouame                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>The 2026 ATP Masters 1000 clay-court swing gets underway with the Monte Carlo Masters, where defending champion Carlos Alcaraz headlines a field featuring seven top-10 players.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam winner defended an injury-hit Lorenzo Musetti in three sets in the 2025 final to win his first title at the Monte Carlo Country Club and he will once again be the man to beat along with world No 2 Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> is one of four Monte Carlo Masters champions in the main draw with three-time winner Stefanos Tsitsipas (2024, 2022, 2021), Andrey Rublev (2023) and Stan Wawrinka (2014) also taking part in the 2026 edition.<\/p>\n<p>But there will be no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/monte-carlo-masters-withdrawal-list-players-join-novak-djokovic-sidelines\">Novak Djokovic as he is one of several players<\/a> who have withdrawn from the tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>How many players will feature at the Monte Carlo Masters<\/h2>\n<p>Unlike the Indian Wells Open and Miami Open where 96 players make up the main draw, the Monte Carlo Masters is a 56-player main draw competition and it takes place over one week.<\/p>\n<p>The top-16 players in the ATP Rankings at the cutoff date of 30 March are seeded for the event with the top eight receiving byes into the second round.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Alcaraz and Sinner lead the way and they are followed by Alexander Zverev, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Bublik.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/what-jannik-sinner-had-to-say-about-no-1-battle-with-carlos-alcaraz-as-he-makes-if-admission\">What Jannik Sinner had to say about No 1 battle with Carlos Alcaraz as he makes \u2018if\u2019 admission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-schedule-tournament-director-reveals-tennis-great-keen-to-play-key-clay-event\">Novak Djokovic schedule: Tournament director reveals tennis great \u2018keen\u2019 to play key clay event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four players have received wildcards and they are former champion Wawrinka, who will be playing in Monte Carlo for the last time along with fellow retiree Gael Monfils with the Frenchman also receiving a wildcard.<\/p>\n<p>Rising French teenager Moise Kouame, who made history at the Miami Oepn as he was the youngest player to win a main draw match at the tournament as he was just 17 years and 13 days old when he beat Zachary Svajda in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Italian Matteo Berrettini is the final wildcard entry while Hubert Hurkacz has used his protected ranking to enter the main draw.<\/p>\n<p>Seven players will enter the draw via the qualifying tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the key dates and when will the draw take place?<\/h2>\n<p>The Monte Carlo Masters first-round matches get underway on 5 April and the tournament comes to a conclusion on Sunday 12 April with the doubles and singles finals.<\/p>\n<p>The draw is set to take place on Friday, 4 April at 17:00 local time.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 Monte Carlo Masters Entry List<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Seeds<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Carlos Alcaraz<br \/>\n2. Jannik Sinner<br \/>\n3. Alexander Zverev<br \/>\n4. Lorenzo Musetti<br \/>\n5. Alex de Minaur<br \/>\n6. Felix Auger-Aliassime<br \/>\n7. Daniil Medvedev<br \/>\n8. Alexander Bublik<br \/>\n9. Casper Ruud<br \/>\n10. Flavio Cobolli<br \/>\n11. Jiri Lehecka<br \/>\n12. Karen Khachanov<br \/>\n13. Andrey Rublev<br \/>\n14. Frances Tiafoe<br \/>\n15. Luciano Darderi<br \/>\n16. Francisco Cer\u00fandolo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other entries<\/strong><br \/>\nTommy Paul<br \/>\nLearner Tien<br \/>\nValentin Vacherot<br \/>\nCameron Norrie<br \/>\nJakub Mensik<br \/>\nArthur Rinderknech<br \/>\nArthur Fils<br \/>\nTomas Martin Etcheverry<br \/>\nCorentin Moutet<br \/>\nBrandon Nakashima<br \/>\nUgo Humbert<br \/>\nAlex Michelsen<br \/>\nGabriel Diallo<br \/>\nDenis Shapovalov<br \/>\nAlejandro Tabilo<br \/>\nJoao Fonseca<br \/>\nJenson Brooksby<br \/>\nAdrian Mannarino<br \/>\nTerence Atmane<br \/>\nAlexei Popyrin<br \/>\nZizou Bergs<br \/>\nFabian Marozsan<br \/>\nNuno Borges<br \/>\nStefanos Tsitsipas<br \/>\nSebastian Baez<br \/>\nMarton Fucsovics<br \/>\nGiovanni Mpetshi Perricard<br \/>\nKamil Majchrzak<br \/>\nDaniel Altmaier<br \/>\nQualifier<br \/>\nQualifier<br \/>\nQualifier<br \/>\nQualifier<br \/>\nQualifier<br \/>\nQualifier<br \/>\nQualifier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wildcards<\/strong><br \/>\nMatteo Berrettini<br \/>\nMoise Kouame<br \/>\nGael Monfils<br \/>\nStan Wawrinka<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protected Ranking<\/strong><br \/>\nHubert Hurkacz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monte Carlo Masters Entry List: Carlos Alcaraz leads seeds, French teen gets wildcard, draw date Shahida Jacobs 01 Apr 2026 7:58 AM Left to right: Carlos Alcaraz, Stan Wawrinka and Moise Kouame The 2026 ATP Masters 1000 clay-court swing gets underway with the Monte Carlo Masters, where defending champion Carlos Alcaraz headlines a field featuring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1858900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1858900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1858900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1858900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1858900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}