French Open Winners
The very first French Championships were held way back in 1891, and the tournament has since produced some of the greatest tennis stars the world has ever known. Here is a complete list of previous French Open winners, right back to Mr Briggs in 1891!
| Year | Men | Ladies |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rafael Nadal | Maria Sharapova |
| 2011 | Rafael Nadal | Li Na |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal | Francesca Schiavone |
| 2009 | Roger Federer | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| 2008 | Rafael Nadal | Ana Ivanovic |
| 2007 | Rafael Nadal | Justine Henin |
| 2006 | Rafael Nadal | Justine Henin |
| 2005 | Rafael Nadal | Justine Henin |
| 2004 | Gastón Gaudio | Anastasia Myskina |
| 2003 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Justine Henin |
| 2002 | Albert Costa | Serena Williams |
| 2001 | Gustavo Kuerten | Jennifer Capriati |
| 2000 | Gustavo Kuerten | Mary Pierce |
| 1999 | Andre Agassi | Steffi Graf |
| 1998 | Carlos Moyà | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| 1997 | Gustavo Kuerten | Iva Majoli |
| 1996 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Steffi Graf |
| 1995 | Thomas Muster | Steffi Graf |
| 1994 | Sergi Bruguera | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| 1993 | Sergi Bruguera | Steffi Graf |
| 1992 | Jim Courier | Monica Seles |
| 1991 | Jim Courier | Monica Seles |
| 1990 | Andrés Gómez | Monica Seles |
| 1989 | Michael Chang | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| 1988 | Mats Wilander | Steffi Graf |
| 1987 | Ivan Lendl | Steffi Graf |
| 1986 | Ivan Lendl | Chris Evert |
| 1985 | Mats Wilander | Chris Evert |
| 1984 | Ivan Lendl | Martina Navrátilová |
| 1983 | Yannick Noah | Chris Evert |
| 1982 | Mats Wilander | Martina Navrátilová[j] |
| 1981 | Björn Borg | Hana Mandlíková |
| 1980 | Björn Borg | Chris Evert |
| 1979 | Björn Borg | Chris Evert |
| 1978 | Björn Borg | Virginia Ruzici |
| 1977 | Guillermo Vilas | Mima Jaušovec |
| 1976 | Adriano Panatta | Sue Barker |
| 1975 | Björn Borg | Chris Evert |
| 1974 | Björn Borg | Chris Evert |
| 1973 | Ilie Nastase | Margaret Court |
| 1972 | Andrés Gimeno | Billie Jean King |
| 1971 | Jan Kodeš | Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
| 1970 | Jan Kodeš | Margaret Court |
| 1969 | Rod Laver | Margaret Court |
| 1968 | Ken Rosewall[b] | Nancy Richey |
| 1967 | Roy Emerson | Françoise Durr |
| 1966 | Tony Roche | Ann Haydon Jones |
| 1965 | Fred Stolle | Lesley Turner Bowrey |
| 1964 | Manuel Santana | Margaret Court |
| 1963 | Roy Emerson | Lesley Turner Bowrey |
| 1962 | Rod Laver | Margaret Court |
| 1961 | Manuel Santana | Ann Haydon Jones |
| 1960 | Nicola Pietrangeli | Darlene Hard |
| 1959 | Nicola Pietrangeli | Christine Truman Janes |
| 1958 | Mervyn Rose | Zsuzsa Körmöczy |
| 1957 | Sven Davidson | Shirley Bloomer Brasher |
| 1956 | Lew Hoad | Althea Gibson |
| 1955 | Tony Trabert | Angela Mortimer Barrett |
| 1954 | Tony Trabert | Maureen Connolly Brinker |
| 1953 | Ken Rosewall | Maureen Connolly Brinker |
| 1952 | Jaroslav Drobný | Doris Hart |
| 1951 | Jaroslav Drobný | Shirley Fry Irvin |
| 1950 | Budge Patty | Doris Hart |
| 1949 | Frank Parker | Margaret Osborne duPont |
| 1948 | Frank Parker | Nelly Adamson Landry |
| 1947 | József Asbóth | Patricia Canning Todd |
| 1946 | Marcel Bernard | Margaret Osborne duPont |
| 1945 | Yvon Petra | Lolette Payot |
| 1944 | Yvon Petra | Raymonde Jones Veber |
| 1943 | Yvon Petra | Simone Iribarne Lafargue |
| 1942 | Bernard Destremau | Alice Weiwers |
| 1941 | Bernard Destremau | Alice Weiwers |
| 1940 | None[f] | None[f] |
| 1939 | Donald McNeill | Simone Mathieu |
| 1938 | Donald Budge | Simone Mathieu |
| 1937 | Henner Henkel | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
| 1936 | Gottfried von Cramm | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
| 1935 | Fred Perry | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
| 1934 | Gottfried von Cramm | Margaret Scriven Vivian |
| 1933 | Jack Crawford | Margaret Scriven Vivian |
| 1932 | Henri Cochet | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1931 | Jean Borotra | Cilly Aussem |
| 1930 | Henri Cochet | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1929 | René Lacoste | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1928 | Henri Cochet | Helen Wills Moody |
| 1927 | René Lacoste | Kea Bouman |
| 1926 | Henri Cochet | Suzanne Lenglen |
| 1925 | René Lacoste | Suzanne Lenglen |
| 1924 | Jean Borotra | Emilienne Didi Vlasto |
| 1923 | François Blanchy | Suzanne Lenglen |
| 1922 | Henri Cochet | Suzanne Lenglen |
| 1921 | Jean Samazeuilh | Suzanne Lenglen |
| 1920 | André Gobert | Suzanne Lenglen |
| 1919 | None | None |
| 1918 | None | None |
| 1917 | None | None |
| 1916 | None | None |
| 1915 | None | None |
| 1914 | Max Decugis | Marguerite Broquedis |
| 1913 | Max Decugis | Marguerite Broquedis |
| 1912 | Max Decugis | Jeanne Matthey |
| 1911 | André Gobert | Jeanne Matthey |
| 1910 | Maurice Germot | Jeanne Matthey |
| 1909 | Max Decugis | Jeanne Matthey |
| 1908 | Max Decugis | Kate Gillou-Fenwick |
| 1907 | Max Decugis | Comtesse de Kermel |
| 1906 | Maurice Germot | Kate Gillou-Fenwick |
| 1905 | Maurice Germot | Kate Gillou |
| 1904 | Max Decugis | Kate Gillou |
| 1903 | Max Decugis | Adine Masson |
| 1902 | Michel Vacherot | Adine Masson |
| 1901 | André Vacherot | P Girod |
| 1900 | Paul Aymé | Hélène Prévost |
| 1899 | Paul Aymé | Adine Masson |
| 1898 | Paul Aymé | Adine Masson |
| 1897 | Paul Aymé | Adine Masson |
| 1896 | André Vacherot | None |
| 1895 | André Vacherot | None |
| 1894 | André Vacherot | None |
| 1893 | Laurent Riboulet | None |
| 1892 | Jean Schopfer | None |
| 1891 | H. Briggs | None |
