List of French Open men's singles champions

The French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June. Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, the French Open became a Grand Slam event in 1925. It is one of the four tournaments played each year, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Organised by the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), the French Open is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year to be played. In 1968, it was the first Grand Slam tournament to open to non-amateur players.

The winner of the men's singles event receives the Coupe des Mousquetaires, named after The Four Musketeers of French tennis: Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste. The event was not held from 1915 to 1919 because of the First World War and was held unofficially as the Tournoi de France under German occupation from 1941 to 1944, during the Second World War.

Rafael Nadal has won 14 French Open titles which is a record for any player, male or female, in any major tournament. He also holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the Open Era, with five from 2010 to 2014. Max Decugis won eight French Championships prior to the Open Era. Michael Chang became the youngest player in the Open Era to win the French Open when he took the title in 1989 at . In contrast, Novak Djokovic is the oldest champion of the Open Era, who won the 2023 French Open at 36 years, twenty days. French players have won the most French Open men's singles titles, with 38 victories, followed by players from Spain (20) and Australia (11). The current champion is Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Jannik Sinner in the 2025 final.

History

Rafael Nadal at the 2011 French Open

Rafael Nadal, who has won an all-time record fourteen French Open titles. Nadal won four consecutive titles on two separate occasions from 2005 to 2008 and 2017–2020, and an open era record of five consecutive titles from 2010 to 2014.

The French Open was established in 1891 and was originally known as the French Championships. The tournament was only open to French players or foreign players who were a member of a French club during the first 34 years of its existence. The first winner of the Championship was the British player H. Briggs, a member of Club Stade Français which entitled him to compete.Template:Sfn Matches were played as the best-of-three sets format until 1902 or 1903, when best-of-five sets was adopted. French players were dominant in the early stages of the tournament, in particular Max Decugis, who won eight titles before the outbreak of the First World War.

File:Les Quatre Mousquetaires.jpg

"The Four Musketeers" won a total of eight titles from 1924 to 1932. Since 1981, the French Open's trophy has been named in their honor.

Between 1924 and 1932 the title was won by a member of The Four Musketeers. The championship started to attract the best players after it became an international event in 1925, which was won by René Lacoste. France's victory in the 1927 Davis Cup increased interest in the tournament and required a new stadium to be built. Previously the tournament had alternated between Racing Club and Stade Français at La Faisanderie, before the Stade Roland Garros was built in 1928. Henri Cochet won the first tournament at the new venue.

Jack Crawford's victory in 1933 was the first time a foreign player had won the tournament since 1891. Following his victory, no French players won the title up until 1940, when the tournament was suspended following the outbreak of the Second World War. Don Budge's victory in 1938 was notable, as he won all of the Grand Slam tournaments during the year. Though the event was suspended in 1940, it was held unofficially under the guise of the Tournoi de France. Bernard Destremau won the first two events, while Yvon Petra won three from 1942 to 1945. These results are not recognised by the FFT or other major international organisations and are considered unofficial. Marcel Bernard won the first event after the end of the war in 1946; he was the only Frenchman to win the event before the advent of the Open era in 1968.

No one player dominated the event during this period. Only five players, Frank Parker, Jaroslav Drobný, Tony Trabert, Nicola Pietrangeli and Roy Emerson, won multiple titles. The tournament became an Open in 1968, as professional players were allowed to compete with amateurs, previously only amateurs could compete in the Grand Slam tournaments. The tournament, won by Australian Ken Rosewall, was the first Grand Slam tournament to be played in the Open era.

Swede Björn Borg won the majority of the tournaments in the early years of the Open era. He won consecutive titles in 1974 and 1975, before winning four successive titles from 1978 to 1981. Yannick Noah became the first Frenchman to win the event since 1946, when he won in 1983. Ivan Lendl won his first title in 1984, before losing the following year to Wilander in the final and won two consecutive titles in 1986 and 1987. Michael Chang became the youngest man to win the French Open when he beat Stefan Edberg in 1989.

American Jim Courier won consecutive titles in 1991 and 1992 before Spaniard Sergi Bruguera repeated the feat in 1993 and 1994. Gustavo Kuerten won three titles in 1997, 2000 and 2001. 2005 marked Rafael Nadal's first French Open; he won four consecutive titles from 2005 to 2008. Nadal was beaten in the round of 16 of the 2009 tournament by Robin Söderling who lost to Roger Federer in the final. Nadal regained the title in 2010 and defended his crowns in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. In the 2015 event, he was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Novak Djokovic, who eventually lost in the final to Stan Wawrinka. Nadal would again win four straight titles from 2017 to 2020.

Finals

File:Henri Cochet 1922.jpg

Henri Cochet, the most successful French player since the tournament became open in 1925. He won five titles between 1922 and 1932.

A brown-haired man in a white polo shirt

Björn Borg won six titles from 1974 to 1981.

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Ivan Lendl won three titles and made two more finals.

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Mats Wilander won three titles in his career.

File:Gustavo Kuerten French Open 2005 (cropped).jpg

Gustavo Kuerten won all three of his major trophies at the French Open.

Rafael Nadal at the 2008 French Open

Rafael Nadal is the record fourteen-time champion. He holds a 112–4 win–loss record at the event.

Key

†   A French club members only tournament called the French Championships. Non-Grand Slam event.Template:Efn

††  Disputed champions: Not sanctioned or recognised by the FFT. Non-Grand Slam event.Template:Efn

French Championships

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the finalTemplate:Efn
French Championships – Non Grand Slam event (1891–1924)
1891	Template:Country data BRITemplate:Efn	(1/1) †	FRA		6–3, 6–4
1892	FRA	(1/1) †	USA		6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1893	FRA	(1/1) †	FRA		6–3, 6–3
1894	FRA	(1/4) †	FRA		1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1895	FRA	(2/4) †	FRA		9–7, 6–2
1896	FRA	(3/4) †	FRA		6–1, 7–5
1897	FRA	(1/4) †	Template:Country data BRI		4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1898	FRA	(2/4) †	FRA		5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1899	FRA	(3/4) †	FRA		9–7, 3–6, 6–3
1900	FRA	(4/4) †	FRA		6–3, 6–0
1901	FRA	(4/4) †	FRA		—
1902	FRA	(1/1) †	FRA		6–4, 6–2
1903	FRA	(1/8) †	FRA		6–3, 6–2
1904	FRA	(2/8) †	FRA		6–1, 9–7, 6–8, 6–1
1905	FRA	(1/3) †	FRA		—
1906	FRA	(2/3) †	FRA		5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1907	FRA	(3/8) †	FRA		—
1908	FRA	(4/8) †	FRA		6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 10–8
1909	FRA	(5/8) †	FRA		3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1910	FRA	(3/3) †	FRA		6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1911	FRA	(1/2) †	FRA		6–1, 8–6, 7–5
1912	FRA	(6/8) †	FRA		—
1913	FRA	(7/8) †	FRA		6–1, 6–3, 6–4Template:Efn
1914	FRA	(8/8) †	FRA		3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1915	No competition (due to World War I)Template:Efn
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920	FRA	(2/2) †	FRA		6–3, 3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1921	FRA	(1/1) †	FRA		6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1922	FRA	(1/5) †	FRA		8–6, 6–3, 7–5
1923	FRA	(1/1) †	FRA		1–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2
1924	FRA	(1/2) †	FRA		7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 5–7, 6–2
Grand Slam event (1925–1939)
1925	FRA	(1/3)	FRA		7–5, 6–1, 6–4
1926	FRA	(2/5)	FRA		6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1927	FRA	(2/3)	USA		6–4, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9
1928	FRA	(3/5)	FRA		5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1929	FRA	(3/3)	FRA		6–3, 2–6, 6–0, 2–6, 8–6
1930	FRA	(4/5)	USA		3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 6–1
1931	FRA	(2/2)	FRA		2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1932	FRA	(5/5)	ITA		6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1933	AUS	(1/1)	FRA		8–6, 6–1, 6–3
1934	GER	(1/2)	AUS		6–4, 7–9, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1935	GBR	(1/1)	GER		6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1936	GER	(2/2)	GBR		6–0, 2–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0
1937	GER	(1/1)	GBR		6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1938	USA	(1/1)	TCH		6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1939	USA	(1/1)	USA		7–5, 6–0, 6–3
1940	No competition (due to World War II)Template:Efn
Tournoi de France – Unofficial tournament (1941–1945)
1941	FRA	††	FRA		6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1942	FRA	††	FRA		5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1943	FRA	††	FRA		6–3, 6–3, 6–8, 2–6, 6–4
1944	FRA	††	FRA		6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1945	FRA	††	FRA		7–5, 6–4, 6–2
Grand Slam event (1946–present)
1946	FRA	(1/1)	TCH		3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1947	HUN	(1/1)	RSA		8–6, 7–5, 6–4
1948	USA	(1/2)	TCH		6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 8–6
1949	USA	(2/2)	USA		6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1950	USA	(1/1)	EGY		6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5
1951	EGY	(1/2)	RSA		6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1952	EGY	(2/2)	AUS		6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4
1953	AUS	(1/2)	USA		6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1954	USA	(1/2)	USA		6–4, 7–5, 6–1
1955	USA	(2/2)	SWE		2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1956	AUS	(1/1)	SWE		6–4, 8–6, 6–3
1957	SWE	(1/1)	USA		6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1958	AUS	(1/1)	CHI		6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1959	ITA	(1/2)	RSA		3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1960	ITA	(2/2)	CHI		3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1961	ESP	(1/2)	ITA		4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1962	AUS	(1/2)	AUS		3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2
1963	AUS	(1/2)	FRA		3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1964	ESP	(2/2)	ITA		6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
1965	AUS	(1/1)	AUS		3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
1966	AUS	(1/1)	HUN		6–1, 6–4, 7–5
1967	AUS	(2/2)	AUS		6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2

French Open

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
1968	AUS	(2/2)	AUS		6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1969	AUS	(2/2)	AUS		6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1970	TCH	(1/2)	YUG		6–2, 6–4, 6–0
1971	TCH	(2/2)	ROU		8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1972	ESP	(1/1)	FRA		4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1973	ROU	(1/1)	YUG		6–3, 6–3, 6–0
1974	SWE	(1/6)	ESP		2–6, 6–7(4–7),Template:Efn 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
1975	SWE	(2/6)	ARG		6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1976	ITA	(1/1)	USA		6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
1977	ARG	(1/1)	USA		6–0, 6–3, 6–0
1978	SWE	(3/6)	ARG		6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1979	SWE	(4/6)	PAR		6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
1980	SWE	(5/6)	USA		6–4, 6–1, 6–2
1981	SWE	(6/6)	TCH		6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
1982	SWE	(1/3)	ARG		1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–0, 6–4
1983	FRA	(1/1)	SWE		6–2, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
1984	TCH	(1/3)	USA		3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5
1985	SWE	(2/3)	TCH		3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1986	TCH	(2/3)	SWE		6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1987	TCH	(3/3)	SWE		7–5, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
1988	SWE	(3/3)	FRA		7–5, 6–2, 6–1
1989	USA	(1/1)	SWE		6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1990	ECU	(1/1)	USA		6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1991	USA	(1/2)	USA		3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
1992	USA	(2/2)	TCH		7–5, 6–2, 6–1
1993	ESP	(1/2)	USA		6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1994	ESP	(2/2)	ESP		6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
1995	AUT	(1/1)	USA		7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1996	RUS	(1/1)	GER		7–6(7–4), 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
1997	BRA	(1/3)	ESP		6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1998	ESP	(1/1)	ESP		6–3, 7–5, 6–3
1999	USA	(1/1)	UKR		1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
2000	BRA	(2/3)	SWE		6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
2001	BRA	(3/3)	ESP		6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
2002	ESP	(1/1)	ESP		6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
2003	ESP	(1/1)	NED		6–1, 6–3, 6–2
2004	ARG	(1/1)	ARG		0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
2005	ESP	(1/14)	ARG		6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
2006	ESP	(2/14)	SUI		1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2007	ESP	(3/14)	SUI		6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2008	ESP	(4/14)	SUI		6–1, 6–3, 6–0
2009	SUI	(1/1)	SWE		6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2010	ESP	(5/14)	SWE		6–4, 6–2, 6–4
2011	ESP	(6/14)	SUI		7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
2012	ESP	(7/14)	SRB		6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
2013	ESP	(8/14)	ESP		6–3, 6–2, 6–3
2014	ESP	(9/14)	SRB		3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
2015	SUI	(1/1)	SRB		4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
2016	SRB	(1/3)	GBR		3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
2017	ESP	(10/14)	SUI		6–2, 6–3, 6–1
2018	ESP	(11/14)	AUT		6–4, 6–3, 6–2
2019	ESP	(12/14)	AUT		6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
2020	ESP	(13/14)	SRB		6–0, 6–2, 7–5
2021	SRB	(2/3)	GRE		6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2022	ESP	(14/14)	NOR		6–3, 6–3, 6–0
2023	SRB	(3/3)	NOR		7–6(7–1), 6–3, 7–5
2024	ESP	(1/2)	GER		6–3, 2–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
2025	ESP	(2/2)	ITA		4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–2)

Statistics

Multiple champions

• Competitions prior to 1925 not counted as Grand Slam wins as only French tennis club members and French nationals could play. (denoted in italics).

Player	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-time	Years
Template:Flagathlete	0	14	14	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Template:Flagathlete	8	0	8	1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914
Template:Flagathlete	0	6	6	1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Template:Flagathlete	5	0	5	1922, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932
Template:Flagathlete	4	0	4	1894, 1895, 1896, 1901
Template:Flagathlete	4	0	4	1897, 1898, 1899, 1900
Template:Flagathlete	3	0	3	1905, 1906, 1910
Template:Flagathlete	3	0	3	1925, 1927, 1929
Template:Flagathlete	0	3	3	1982, 1985, 1988
Template:Flagathlete	0	3	3	1984, 1986, 1987
Template:Flagathlete	0	3	3	1997, 2000, 2001
Template:Flagathlete	0	3	3	2016, 2021, 2023
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1911, 1920
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1924, 1931
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1934, 1936
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1948, 1949
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1951, 1952
Template:Flagathlete	1	1	2	1953, 1968
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1954, 1955
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1959, 1960
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1961, 1964
Template:Flagathlete	1	1	2	1962, 1969
Template:Flagathlete	2	0	2	1963, 1967
Template:Flagathlete	0	2	2	1970, 1971
Template:Flagathlete	0	2	2	1991, 1992
Template:Flagathlete	0	2	2	1993, 1994
Template:Flagathlete	0	2	2	2024, 2025

Champions by country

Country	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-time	First title	Last title
Template:Flagteam	37	1	38	1892	1983
Template:Flagteam	2	22	24	1961	2025
Template:Flagteam	9	2	11	1933	1969
Template:Flagteam	7	4	11	1938	1999
Template:Flagteam	1	9	10	1957	1988
Template:FlagteamTemplate:Efn	0	5	5	1970	1987
Template:Flagteam	3	0	3	1934	1937
Template:Flagteam	2	1	3	1959	1976
Template:Flagteam	0	3	3	1997	2001
Template:Flagteam	0	3	3	2016	2023
Template:Flagteam	2	0	2	1891	1935
Template:Flagteam	2	0	2	1951	1952
Template:Flagteam	0	2	2	1977	2004
Template:Flagteam	0	2	2	2009	2015
Template:Flagteam	1	0	1	1947	1947
Template:Flagteam	0	1	1	1973	1973
Template:Flagteam	0	1	1	1990	1990
Template:Flagteam	0	1	1	1995	1995
Template:Flagteam	0	1	1	1996	1996

See also

French Open other competitions

• List of French Open women's singles champions
• List of French Open men's doubles champions
• List of French Open women's doubles champions
• List of French Open mixed doubles champions

Grand Slam men's singles

• List of Australian Open men's singles champions
• List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions
• List of US Open men's singles champions
• List of Grand Slam men's singles champions

Other events

• French Pro Championship
• World Hard Court Championships

Footnotes

General

Specific