The 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters tournament runs from April 7th through the 14th. It is a small but important event featuring only men’s singles and doubles and will feature the best players of the world. Read on to get all the details of how to watch.
In a hurry? Tennis Channel is the home of the Monte-Carlo Masters. The best deal for it and tennis in general is either Sling Orange or Sling Blue and adding the Sports Extra add-on for as little as $51/mo.
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The Monte-Carlo Masters is a major event on the ATP Tour calendar — one of the nine yearly ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. The top men’s tennis players from around the world attend. And only the top-line events take place so you won’t want to miss a minute. Thankfully, you don’t need to spend a lot to do so.
The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters takes place in April each year — usually during the second week. It doesn’t get quite the attention as the the Grand Slam Tournaments — Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open — because of its focus on men’s singles and doubles. But it’s a very important tennis tournament.
How to Watch the Monte-Carlo Masters on TV
The Monte-Carlo Masters is one of the increasing number of important tournaments that is broadcast solely on the Tennis Channel. It has complete broadcast rights in the United States. During the event, there will be complete coverage on the channel including 8-hour blocks from the event itself.
Of course, the Tennis Channel is essential for all tennis fans. NBC, CBS, and ESPN all provide primary coverage of the biggest events. But even then, Tennis Channel provides news and additional coverage — especially of the less-popular matches.
Streaming Monte-Carlo Masters 2024
The Tennis Channel is still considered supplemental. No services offer it as part of their base plans. But it doesn’t cost much to add. Here are the four services that offer the channel:
- DIRECTV STREAM: $108.99/mo for the Choice Package
- Fubo: $79.99/mo + $7.99/mo for Fubo Extra
- YouTube TV: $72.99/mo + 10.99/mo for Sports Plus
- Sling TV: $40.00/mo + $11/mo for Sports Extra
Sling TV is by far the best deal for tennis fans.
Why Choose Sling TV for the Monte-Carlo Masters
Sling TV is the cheapest streaming service to watch the Monte-Carlo Masters. But it offers a lot for that great price.
Sling TV has two basic plans, each starting at $40.00/mo. They both come with a solid selection of channels: A&E, AXS TV, AMC, BBC America, BET, Bloomberg Television, CHARGE!, CNN, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Comedy Central, Comet, Food Network, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, Local Now, MGM+ Drive-In, Nick Jr, TBS, TNT, Travel Channel, and Vice.
The main thing that distinguishes the plans are the specialty channels:
- Sling Orange: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, Disney Channel, Freeform, MotorTrend, and QVC.
- Sling Blue: Fox, NBC, and ABC ($5/mo extra) in select markets; also Bravo, Discovery, FS1, FX, Fox News, HLN, MSNBC, NFL Network, National Geographic, Syfy, TLC, truTV, and USA Network.
All plans include 50 hours of cloud DVR storage. To keep costs down, the Sling Orange channel can only be streamed on one device at a time. The Blue plan allows up to 3 at the same time.
You can get Sling Orange & Blue for $55.00/mo. Note that if you do, the Sports Extra add-on costs $15/mo.
The base Sports Extra add-on for $11/mo. Regardless of your base plan, you get Tennis Channel. You also get beIN Sports, Pac-12 Network, MLB Network, MLB Network Strike Zone, NBA TV, and NHL Network. The Sling Blue version also provides NFL RedZone, Big Ten Network, FS2, and Golf Channel. Sling Orange gives you SEC Network, ACC Network, Longhorn Network, ESPNU, and ESPNews.
Sling TV supports most streaming devices. These include Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and Roku devices; smart TVs from Android TV, LG, Samsung, and Vizio; gaming systems from Xbox and Oculus; and mobile devices from Android and iOS.
Everything You Need to Know About the Monte-Carlo Masters
The 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters is the 118th edition of the event. It has been played yearly since 1896 with pauses for World War I, World War II, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event has taken place at the Monte Carlo Country Club since 1928. Despite its name, the club is located just over the border of Monaco in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.
The tournament is notable in that it only includes men’s events — and only singles and doubles. However, the tournament did feature a women’s singles event for most of its history. But there have been no women’s events since 1982 and it doesn’t look like this will change.
Like the French Open, the Monte-Carlo Masters is competed on clay courts with their high bounces and more deliberate play.
The player to most dominate this tournament is Spaniard Rafael Nadal. He won the tournament eight years in a row starting in 2005. Most recently, he won his 11th championship in 2018. His closest competitor during the Open Era is Björn Borg with a total of 3 wins.
2023 Monte-Carlo Masters Results
Although Novak Djokovic went into the tournament with the top seed — meaning he skipped the first round — he lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the third round. The number 5 and 6 seeds, Andrey Rublev and Holger Rune, made the finals with Rublev becoming champion.
Romain Arneodo and Sam Weissborn had a great run from wild card all the way to the championship game. But they were soundly defeated by Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.
2024 Monte-Carlo Masters Schedule
Here are the top 10 seeds for the Monte-Carlo Masters:
- Novak Djokovic
- Jannik Sinner
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Daniil Medvedev
- Alexander Zverev
- Andrey Rublev
- Holger Rune
- Casper Ruud
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Hubert Hurkacz
Note that because of the time difference, most of the coverage will be very early in the morning.
- Mon Apr 8 : Early Rounds
- Mon Apr 8 : Early Rounds
- Tue Apr 9 : Early Rounds
- Tue Apr 9 : Early Rounds
- Wed Apr 10 : Early Rounds
- Wed Apr 10 : Early Rounds
- Thu Apr 11 : Early Rounds
- Thu Apr 11 : Early Rounds
- Fri Apr 12 : Quarterfinals
- Fri Apr 12 : Quarterfinals
- Sat Apr 13 : Quarterfinals
- Sat Apr 13 : Semifinals
- Sun Apr 14 : Semifinals
- Sun Apr 14 : Final
Wrapping Up
The Monte-Carlo Masters will feature the top men’s tennis players in the world. Sling TV is by far the best deal for watching it. And it will set you up to enjoy tennis throughout the year. Sign up today!
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Featured image cropped from Monte-Carlo Masters by Lijian Zhang under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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