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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