The defending champion in the singles is the Spaniard David Ferrer , who defeated Jerzy Janowicz from Poland in last year's final and thereby won his first Masters title. In doubles last year, the pairing Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna won the final.
The field of participants in the single competition consists of 48 players, that of the doubles competition consists of 24 pairs. The 16 top seeded players in singles or the eight top seeded pairings in doubles each receive a bye to the second round.
With their victories in the round of 16 and the fact that Milos Raonic lost his game, Stanislas Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet had secured the last two starting places for the ATP World Tour Finals that will take place the following week . This means that exactly the eight players who would also compete for the season finale in London the following week were in the quarter-finals of the individual competition in Paris.
The qualification for the BNP Paribas Masters 2013 took place on October 26th and 27th, 2013. Six qualifying places that entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament were played out.
At the BNP Paribas Masters 2013, the following prize money and world ranking points will be paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who enter the main field from qualification receive the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition apply per player.
David Ferrer
Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna
Novak Đoković
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Denis Istomin (47)
Santiago Giraldo
Robin Haase
Michał Przysiężny
Bernard Tomic
Roger Federer
D. Tursunov
E. Gulbis
K. Nishikori
L. Rosol
O. Dolhopolov
M. Raonic
K. Anderson
A. Seppi
P. Kohlschreiber
JM del Potro
G. Dimitrov
M. Čilić
J. Nieminen
