List Of French Open Men's Singles Champions

Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, the French Open is (since 1925) one of the four Grand Slam 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 17 years, 3 months and 20 days. 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 Novak Djokovic, who beat Casper Ruud in the 2023 final.

 

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. Records show 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.

 

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 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

French Championships

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
1891	BRI	H. Briggs †	FRA	P. Baigneres	6–3, 6–4
1892	FRA	Jean Schopfer †	USA	Francis L. Fassitt	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1893	FRA	Laurent Riboulet †	FRA	Jean Schopfer	6–3, 6–3
1894	FRA	André Vacherot †	FRA	Gérard Brosselin	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1895	FRA	André Vacherot †	FRA	Laurent Riboulet	9–7, 6–2
1896	FRA	André Vacherot †	FRA	Gérard Brosselin	6–1, 7–5
1897	FRA	Paul Aymé †	BRI	Francky Wardan	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1898	FRA	Paul Aymé †	FRA	Paul Lebreton	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
1899	FRA	Paul Aymé †	FRA	Paul Lebreton	9–7, 3–6, 6–3
1900	FRA	Paul Aymé †	FRA	André Prévost	6–3, 6–0
1901	FRA	André Vacherot †	FRA	Paul Lebreton	—
1902	FRA	Marcel Vacherot †	FRA	Max Decugis	6–4, 6–2
1903	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	André Vacherot	6–3, 6–2
1904	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	André Vacherot	6–1, 9–7, 6–8, 6–1
1905	FRA	Maurice Germot †	FRA	André Vacherot	—
1906	FRA	Maurice Germot †	FRA	Max Decugis	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1907	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	Robert Wallet	—
1908	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	Maurice Germot	6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 10–8
1909	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	Maurice Germot	3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1910	FRA	Maurice Germot †	FRA	François Blanchy	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1911	FRA	André Gobert †	FRA	Maurice Germot	6–1, 8–6, 7–5
1912	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	André Gobert	—
1913	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	Georges Gault	—
1914	FRA	Max Decugis †	FRA	Jean Samazeuilh	3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1915	No competition (due to World War I)
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920	FRA	André Gobert †	FRA	Max Decugis	6–3, 3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1921	FRA	Jean Samazeuilh †	FRA	André Gobert	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1922	FRA	Henri Cochet †	FRA	Jean Samazeuilh	8–6, 6–3, 7–5
1923	FRA	François Blanchy †	FRA	Max Decugis	1–6, 6–2, 6–0, 6–2
1924	FRA	Jean Borotra †	FRA	René Lacoste	7–5, 6–4, 0–6, 5–7, 6–2
1925	FRA	René Lacoste	FRA	Jean Borotra	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
1926	FRA	Henri Cochet	FRA	René Lacoste	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1927	FRA	René Lacoste	USA	Bill Tilden	6–4, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9
1928	FRA	Henri Cochet	FRA	René Lacoste	5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1929	FRA	René Lacoste	FRA	Jean Borotra	6–3, 2–6, 6–0, 2–6, 8–6
1930	FRA	Henri Cochet	USA	Bill Tilden	3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 6–1
1931	FRA	Jean Borotra	FRA	Christian Boussus	2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1932	FRA	Henri Cochet	ITA	Giorgio de Stefani	6–0, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1933	AUS	Jack Crawford	FRA	Henri Cochet	8–6, 6–1, 6–3
1934	GER	Gottfried von Cramm	AUS	Jack Crawford	6–4, 7–9, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1935	GBR	Fred Perry	GER	Gottfried von Cramm	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1936	GER	Gottfried von Cramm	GBR	Fred Perry	6–0, 2–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0
1937	GER	Henner Henkel	GBR	Bunny Austin	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1938	USA	Don Budge	TCH	Roderich Menzel	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1939	USA	Don McNeill	USA	Bobby Riggs	7–5, 6–0, 6–3
1940	No competition (due to World War II)
1941	FRA	Bernard Destremau ††	FRA	Robert Ramillon	6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1942	FRA	Bernard Destremau ††	FRA	Christian Boussus	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1943	FRA	Yvon Petra ††	FRA	Henri Cochet	6–3, 6–3, 6–8, 2–6, 6–4
1944	FRA	Yvon Petra ††	FRA	Marcel Bernard	6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1945	FRA	Yvon Petra ††	FRA	Bernard Destremau	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1946	FRA	Marcel Bernard	TCH	Jaroslav Drobný	3–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1947	HUN	József Asbóth	RSA	Eric Sturgess	8–6, 7–5, 6–4
1948	USA	Frank Parker	TCH	Jaroslav Drobný	6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 8–6
1949	USA	Frank Parker	USA	Budge Patty	6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1950	USA	Budge Patty	EGY	Jaroslav Drobný	6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5
1951	EGY	Jaroslav Drobný	RSA	Eric Sturgess	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1952	EGY	Jaroslav Drobný	AUS	Frank Sedgman	6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4
1953	AUS	Ken Rosewall	USA	Vic Seixas	6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1954	USA	Tony Trabert	USA	Arthur Larsen	6–4, 7–5, 6–1
1955	USA	Tony Trabert	SWE	Sven Davidson	2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1956	AUS	Lew Hoad	SWE	Sven Davidson	6–4, 8–6, 6–3
1957	SWE	Sven Davidson	USA	Herbert Flam	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1958	AUS	Mervyn Rose	CHI	Luis Ayala	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1959	ITA	Nicola Pietrangeli	RSA	Ian Vermaak	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1960	ITA	Nicola Pietrangeli	CHI	Luis Ayala	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1961	ESP	Manuel Santana	ITA	Nicola Pietrangeli	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1962	AUS	Rod Laver	AUS	Roy Emerson	3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–2
1963	AUS	Roy Emerson	FRA	Pierre Darmon	3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1964	ESP	Manuel Santana	ITA	Nicola Pietrangeli	6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
1965	AUS	Fred Stolle	AUS	Tony Roche	3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
1966	AUS	Tony Roche	HUN	István Gulyás	6–1, 6–4, 7–5
1967	AUS	Roy Emerson	AUS	Tony Roche	6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2

French Open

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final
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	ROU	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	ROU	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
2022	ESP	Rafael Nadal	NOR	Casper Ruud	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
2023	SRB	Novak Djokovic	NOR	Casper Ruud	7–6(7–1), 6–3, 7–5

Multiple champions

• Competitions prior to 1925 opened only to French tennis club members and French nationals (denoted in italics).

Player	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-time	Years
Rafael Nadal (ESP)	0	14	14	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Max Decugis (FRA)	8	0	8	1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914
Björn Borg (SWE)	0	6	6	1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Henri Cochet (FRA)	5	0	5	1922, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932
André Vacherot (FRA)	4	0	4	1894, 1895, 1896, 1901
Paul Aymé (FRA)	4	0	4	1897, 1898, 1899, 1900
Maurice Germot (FRA)	3	0	3	1905, 1906, 1910
René Lacoste (FRA)	3	0	3	1925, 1927, 1929
Mats Wilander (SWE)	0	3	3	1982, 1985, 1988
Ivan Lendl (TCH)	0	3	3	1984, 1986, 1987
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)	0	3	3	1997, 2000, 2001
Novak Djokovic (SRB)	0	3	3	2016, 2021, 2023
André Gobert (FRA)	2	0	2	1911, 1920
Jean Borotra (FRA)	2	0	2	1924, 1931
Gottfried von Cramm (GER)	2	0	2	1934, 1936
Frank Parker (USA)	2	0	2	1948, 1949
Jaroslav Drobný (EGY)	2	0	2	1951, 1952
Ken Rosewall (AUS)	1	1	2	1953, 1968
Tony Trabert (USA)	2	0	2	1954, 1955
Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)	2	0	2	1959, 1960
Manuel Santana (ESP)	2	0	2	1961, 1964
Rod Laver (AUS)	1	1	2	1962, 1969
Roy Emerson (AUS)	2	0	2	1963, 1967
Jan Kodeš (TCH)	0	2	2	1970, 1971
Jim Courier (USA)	0	2	2	1991, 1992
Sergi Bruguera (ESP)	0	2	2	1993, 1994

Champions by country

Country	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-time	First title	Last title
France (FRA)	37	1	38	1892	1983
Spain (ESP)	2	20	22	1961	2022
Australia (AUS)	9	2	11	1933	1969
United States (USA)	7	4	11	1938	1999
Sweden (SWE)	1	9	10	1957	1988
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	5	5	1970	1987
Germany (GER)	3	0	3	1934	1937
Italy (ITA)	2	1	3	1959	1976
Brazil (BRA)	0	3	3	1997	2001
Serbia (SRB)	0	3	3	2016	2023
Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	2	1891	1935
Egypt (EGY)	2	0	2	1951	1952
Argentina (ARG)	0	2	2	1977	2004
Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	2	2009	2015
Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	1947	1947
Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	1973	1973
Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	1990	1990
Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	1995	1995
Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	1996	1996

French Open other competitions

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