<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2017 </Td> <Td> French Open </Td> <Td> 2019 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2017 </Td> <Td> French Open </Td> <Td> 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> Rafael Nadal was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Dominic Thiem in the final, 6--4, 6--3, 6--2 . Nadal equaled Margaret Court's all - time record of 11 Grand Slam singles titles won at one major and became the first player to achieve that feat in the Open era . He dropped only one set during the entire tournament (losing the first set of his quarterfinal match against Diego Schwartzman). Nadal also retained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking by defending the title . Nadal and Roger Federer (despite having withdrawn from the clay season) were in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament . </P> <P> With Alexander Zverev as the second seed, this was the first time since the 2006 Australian Open--when Federer and Andy Roddick were the top 2 seeds--that a player outside of the Big Four was one of the top 2 seeds at a Grand Slam . </P>

Who has won the mens singles french open tennis tournament 2018