The Spaniard’s rival in the final, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, moved up two places to take sixth place.
the serbian Novak Djokovicdefeated in the quarterfinals by Nadal, remains as N.1 in the worldbut his advantage is reduced compared to his pursuers, the No.2 Daniil Medvedev, eliminated in the round of 16 by Marin Cilic, and the No.3 Alexander Zverev, who said goodbye in the semifinals against Nadal.
Thanks to the Majorcan tennis player’s 14th title in Paris, Nadal beat Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasfinalist last year at Roland Garros, but eliminated this year in the round of 16 by the young Danish Holger Rune.
Also notable is the return to the Top 20 of Croatian Marin Cilic (17th) after his excellent run in Paris, where he only lost in the semi-finals to Casper Ruud.
Top 10 of the ATP ranking after Roland Garros:
1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 8,770 points
2. Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 8,160
3. Alexander Zverev (GER) 7,795
4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7,525 (+1)
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 6,100 (-1)
6. Casper Ruud (NOR) 5,050 (+2)
7. Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 5,005 (-1)
8. Andrey Rublev (RUS) 4,260 (-1)
9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 3,955
10. Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 3,805