2018 French Open – Men's singles

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Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2018 French Open. It was his record-extending eleventh French Open title and 17th major title overall. This was the third tournament in 2018 that Nadal would win for the 11th time, following his 11th Monte Carlo Masters title and his 11th Barcelona Open title. Nadal equaled Margaret Court's all-time record of eleven singles titles won at one major, and was the first player to achieve the feat in the Open Era. He retained the world No. 1 singles ranking with the victory; Roger Federer (despite not playing the clay court season) was also in contention for the top position. Novak Djokovic was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Marco Cecchinato. Thiem was the first Austrian to reach a major singles final since Thomas Muster at the 1995 French Open. With Alexander Zverev as the...

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