Marat Safin defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8) to win the singles tennis title at the 2000 Paris Masters. With the win, Safin became the world No. 1 for the first time. Andre Agassi was the reigning champion, but did not participate.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten (semifinals) • # 🇷🇺 Marat Safin (champion) • # 🇸🇪 Magnus Norman (second round) • # 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round) • # 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt (withdrew) • # 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi (withdrew) • # 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Álex Corretja (quarterfinals) • # 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (second round) • # Wayne Ferreira (third round) • # 🇦🇷 Franco Squillari (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero (semifinals) • # 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (final) • # 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline (second round) • # 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Sébastien Grosjean (third round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4