French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is the world’s top clay court tennis tournament, part of the Grand Slam tour. The first winner of this tournament (French Open era) was Ken Rosewall in 1968.
The tournament has had two ‘Eras’, before 1968 the Roland-Garros was played only between amateur tennis players, but from that year professional players were allowed to play in the tournament against amateurs.
France is the country with the most French Open titles taking into account both eras with a total of 38 titles, and Spain is the second country with the most titles with 20 titles. Only the two countries mentioned have twenty or more titles, three other countries (Australia, United States and Sweden) have 10 or more titles.
French Open Winners: Complete list of Roland Garros champions by year
The tennis player with the most championships is Rafael Nadal with a total of 13 titles during the Open Era (current format), he won his first championship in 2005 in which his first winning streak until 2008. Nadal conquered another two winning streaks between 2010- 2014 and 2017-2020.
The last time a United Stats tennis player won the Roland-Garros tournament was in 1999 when Andre Agassi defeated Andrei Medvedev (1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4). Only four titles for United States during the open era.
| Year | Country | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Score in the final[e] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AUS | Ken Rosewall | AUS | Rod Laver | 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 1969 | AUS | Rod Laver | AUS | Ken Rosewall | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1970 | TCH | Jan Kodeš | YUG | Željko Franulović | 6–2, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1971 | TCH | Jan Kodeš | ROM | Ilie Năstase | 8–6, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 1972 | ESP | Andrés Gimeno | FRA | Patrick Proisy | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1973 | ROM | Ilie Năstase | YUG | Nikola Pilić | 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1974 | SWE | Björn Borg | ESP | Manuel Orantes | 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1975 | SWE | Björn Borg | ARG | Guillermo Vilas | 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1976 | ITA | Adriano Panatta | USA | Harold Solomon | 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) |
| 1977 | ARG | Guillermo Vilas | USA | Brian Gottfried | 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1978 | SWE | Björn Borg | ARG | Guillermo Vilas | 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1979 | SWE | Björn Borg | PAR | Víctor Pecci | 6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 |
| 1980 | SWE | Björn Borg | USA | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1981 | SWE | Björn Borg | TCH | Ivan Lendl | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1982 | SWE | Mats Wilander | ARG | Guillermo Vilas | 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1983 | FRA | Yannick Noah | SWE | Mats Wilander | 6–2, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| 1984 | TCH | Ivan Lendl | USA | John McEnroe | 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1985 | SWE | Mats Wilander | TCH | Ivan Lendl | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1986 | TCH | Ivan Lendl | SWE | Mikael Pernfors | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1987 | TCH | Ivan Lendl | SWE | Mats Wilander | 7–5, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) |
| 1988 | SWE | Mats Wilander | FRA | Henri Leconte | 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1989 | USA | Michael Chang | SWE | Stefan Edberg | 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1990 | ECU | Andrés Gómez | USA | Andre Agassi | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1991 | USA | Jim Courier | USA | Andre Agassi | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1992 | USA | Jim Courier | TCH | Petr Korda | 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1993 | ESP | Sergi Bruguera | USA | Jim Courier | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1994 | ESP | Sergi Bruguera | ESP | Alberto Berasategui | 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |
| 1995 | AUT | Thomas Muster | USA | Michael Chang | 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1996 | RUS | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | GER | Michael Stich | 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
| 1997 | BRA | Gustavo Kuerten | ESP | Sergi Bruguera | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1998 | ESP | Carlos Moyá | ESP | Àlex Corretja | 6–3, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1999 | USA | Andre Agassi | UKR | Andrei Medvedev | 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2000 | BRA | Gustavo Kuerten | SWE | Magnus Norman | 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(8–6) |
| 2001 | BRA | Gustavo Kuerten | ESP | Àlex Corretja | 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2002 | ESP | Albert Costa | ESP | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 2003 | ESP | Juan Carlos Ferrero | NED | Martin Verkerk | 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2004 | ARG | Gastón Gaudio | ARG | Guillermo Coria | 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6 |
| 2005 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | ARG | Mariano Puerta | 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 2006 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SUI | Roger Federer | 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| 2007 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SUI | Roger Federer | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2008 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SUI | Roger Federer | 6–1, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2009 | SUI | Roger Federer | SWE | Robin Söderling | 6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
| 2010 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SWE | Robin Söderling | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2011 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SUI | Roger Federer | 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1 |
| 2012 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SRB | Novak Djokovic | 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 2013 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | ESP | David Ferrer | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2014 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SRB | Novak Djokovic | 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2015 | SUI | Stan Wawrinka | SRB | Novak Djokovic | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2016 | SRB | Novak Djokovic | GBR | Andy Murray | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2017 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 2018 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | AUT | Dominic Thiem | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2019 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | AUT | Dominic Thiem | 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 2020 | ESP | Rafael Nadal | SRB | Novak Djokovic | 6–0, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 2021 | SRB | Novak Djokovic | GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
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