Nadal, Halep 1st pair of No. 1 French Open champs since 1992

PARIS, June 11 (AP): Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep needed strong French Open showings to hold onto their top rankings. They did just that, becoming the first pair of ATP and WTA No. 1s to both win the title at Roland Garros since Jim Courier and Monica Seles in 1992.

Nadal sits barely ahead of No. 2 Roger Federer on Monday, with a 100-point lead of 8,770 to 8,670.

They would have switched places if the Spaniard had failed to win his record-extending 11th championship Sunday.

"Today is all about Roland Garros," Nadal said after defeating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday's final. "I don't think about the rankings at all today, no?"

Alexander Zverev is No. 3, nearly 3,000 rankings points further back.

Juan Martin del Potro jumped two spots to No. 4 by reaching his first French Open semifinal in nine years, and Thiem rose one place to No. 7 by reaching his first Grand Slam final.

Marco Cecchinato made the biggest move in the ATP top 100, going up 45 spots to No. 27 - putting him in line for a Wimbledon seeding next month - after reaching the semifinals. At No. 72, he was the lowest-ranked semifinalist in 19 years.

The 25-year-old Italian had never won a Grand Slam match before this French Open, but he beat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals after also eliminating players seeded No. 8 and 10.