The Spaniard outgunned Argentine Guillermo Coria to win the Buenos Aires Open.
The fourth seeded Brazilian had to move indoors to finally win his stop-start second round clash with American Michael Russell in the rain-interrupted Auckland Open.
David Nalbandian won his delayed singles match and then teamed up with Mariano Puerta to win the doubles.
Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick stayed on course for an all-American U.S. Open final.
List of French Open men's singles champions:
List of French Open men's singles champions:
The 2nd major of the year, the French Open will start on the weekend. With the clay-court grand slam starting on Sunday, here is the list of French Open champions over the years