Tomas Machac vs Kyrian Jacquet Preview & Prediction | 2026 Paris Masters | First Round

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Tomas Machac had to come through two rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw, and the Czech 26-year-old now faces France’s Kyrian Jacquet in the first round.

Ranking points: ATP 1000

Start date/time: 2 November 2026 at 2:30 pm

Venue: La Defense Arena, Paris, France

Surface: Indoor hard

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Tomas Machac vs Kyrian Jacquet prediction

Kyrian Jacquet will be hoping for a good week on home soil, with the crowd behind him, as the 25-year-old Frenchman makes his main-draw debut in Paris.

Jacquet has been playing good tennis in recent times and has picked up some notable wins on his runs to the round of 16 in Lyon, the quarter-finals of the Japan Open and the semi-finals of the Hangzhou Open.

He will have good confidence going into this first-round match as he comes up against 26-year-old Czech Tomas Machac.

Machac had to come through two rounds of qualifying, but he did so with relative ease, beating Martin Landaluce and Sebastian Baez in straight sets. His form has not been the best this year, and he will be hoping to get his first win in this competition at the third time of asking.

Machac’s career seems to have stalled somewhat, while it is Jacquet who has the momentum coming into this one, with home support on his side. We would not want to back against Jacquet here, and Machac does not fill us with confidence, so consider the Frenchman as an underdog with value to progress.

Tomas Machac vs Kyrian Jacquet tip: Kyrian Jacquet to win