Novak Djokovic made history as he took down Casper Ruud 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 6-5 in the 2023 French Open final. He has now reached 23 Grand Slam titles to pass Rafael Nadal for the men's record.
Nadal, who missed the French Open for the first time since 2005, sent "many congrats on this amazing achievement" to Djokovic.
Djokovic is now the only man in tennis history to win all four Grand Slams at least three times. He is also officially tied with Serena Williams with 23 major titles. The overall record of 24 titles -- men's and women's -- still belongs to Margaret Court.
Carlos Alcaraz entered this year's French Open as the No. 1 seed -- his first time as a No. 1 seed in a Grand Slam tournament. He had recently replaced Djokovic as the No. 1 player in the world, but Djokovic knocked him out in the semi-final round at Roland Garros. That one started off exciting, but Alcaraz started suffering cramps in the third set and struggled to fully get back in the match
Djokovic's latest trophy is taking him back to the No. 1 spot. He has already spent a record 388 weeks atop the rankings throughout his career.
On the women's side, world No. 1 Iga Świątek defended her title after defeating Karolina Muchová 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. This marked her third trophy at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam title of her career.
Świątek suffered a leg injury two weeks prior to the tournament during the third set of her quarterfinal match against Elena Rybakina in Rome. However, she took a few days off to recover and booked her ticket to Paris. Last year was a breakout year for Świątek as she won the US Open and the French Open. Before that, her only Grand Slam trophy had been in 2020 at Roland Garros. In 2022, she won 37 matches in a row at the beginning of the season.
Here is everything you need to know about this year's competition at Roland Garros:
How to watch the 2023 French Open
Date: May 28-June 11
Location: Roland Garros, Paris, France
TV: NBC, Tennis Channel | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
Men's final
No. 3. Novak Djokovic def. No. 4 Casper Ruud 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 6-5
Men's semifinals
- No. 3 Novak Djokovic def. No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- No. 4 Casper Ruud def. No. 22 Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
Women's final
- No. 1 Iga Świątek def. Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Women's semifinals
- Karolina Muchova def. No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
- No. 1 Iga Świątek def. No. 14 Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
Men's seeds
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Daniil Medvedev
- Novak Djokovic
- Casper Ruud
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Holger Rune
- Andrey Rublev
- Jannik Sinner
- Taylor Fritz
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Karen Khachanov
- Frances Tiafoe
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Cameron Norrie
- Borna Coric
- Tommy Paul
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Alex de Minaur
- Roberto Bautista Agut
- Daniel Evans
- Jan-Lennard Struff
- Alexander Zverev
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Sebastian Korda
- Botic van de Zandschulp
- Denis Shapovalov
- Yoshihito Nishioka
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Ben Shelton
- Miomir Kecmanovic
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Women's Seeds
- Iga Swiatek
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Jessica Pegula
- Elena Rybakina
- Caroline Garcia
- Coco Gauff
- Ons Jabeur
- Maria Sakkara
- Daria Kasatkina
- Petra Kvitova
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Belinda Bencic
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Karolina Pliskova
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Victoria Azarenka
- Zheng Qinwen
- Madison Keys
- Donna Vekic
- Magda Linette
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anastasia Potapova
- Angelina Kalinina
- Martina Trevisan
- Irina-Camelia Begu
- Elise Mertens
- Paula Badosa
- Zhang Shuai
- Sorana Cirstea
- Marie Bouzkova
