1891 to 2025: French Open men's singles winners and runner-ups list
Check the full list of French Open men's singles champions and runner-ups here.
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Few tournaments in tennis carry the prestige and history of the French Open. Held annually on the red clay courts of Paris, Roland-Garros is a cornerstone of the Grand Slam calendar. With a legacy spanning over 134 years, it has established itself as a symbol of tradition, elegance, and excellence in the sport. Carlos Alcaraz lifted the French Open 2025 title, winning his 2nd title this year, successfull defending his title after a thrilling final in Paris.
Throughout its storied history, the French Open has produced numerous champions, none more dominant than Rafael Nadal. The Spanish legend holds a record 14 men’s singles titles, having won all 14 finals he played. His astonishing 112-4 win-loss record at Roland-Garros over a span of 19 years is unmatched, making him the most successful player at a single Grand Slam in men’s tennis history.
For those interested in the rich history of the tournament, comprehensive records are available detailing all past champions, runners-up, and final match outcomes in both the men’s and women’s competitions.
| French Open men’s singles winners and runner-ups list | |||
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Result |
| 1891 | H. Briggs (GBR) | P. Baignieres (FRA) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1892 | Jean Schopfer (FRA) | Francis L. Fassitt (USA) | 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 |
| 1893 | Laurent Riboulet (FRA) | Jean Schopfer (FRA) | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1894 | André Vacherot (FRA) | Gérard Brosselin (FRA) | 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1895 | André Vacherot (FRA) | Laurent Riboulet (FRA) | 9-7, 6-2 |
| 1896 | André Vacherot (FRA) | Gérard Brosselin (FRA) | 6-1, 7-5 |
| 1897 | Paul Aymé (FRA) | Francky Wardan (GBR) | 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1898 | Paul Aymé (FRA) | Paul Lebreton (FRA) | 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1899 | Paul Aymé (FRA) | Paul Lebreton (FRA) | 9-7, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 1900 | Paul Aymé (FRA) | André Prévost (FRA) | 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1901 | André Vacherot (FRA) | Paul Lebreton (FRA) | W.O. |
| 1902 | Marcel Vacherot (FRA) | Max Decugis (FRA) | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1903 | Max Decugis (FRA) | André Vacherot (FRA) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1904 | Max Decugis (FRA) | André Vacherot (FRA) | 6-2, 8-6, 8-10, 6-1 |
| 1905 | Maurice Germot (FRA) | André Vacherot (FRA) | 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1906 | Maurice Germot (FRA) | Max Decugis (FRA) | 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 |
| 1907 | Max Decugis (FRA) | Robert Walllet (FRA) | 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1908 | Max Decugis (FRA) | Maurice Germot (FRA) | 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 |
| 1909 | Max Decugis (FRA) | Maurice Germot (FRA) | 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1910 | Maurice Germot (FRA) | Jean-François Blanchy (FRA) | 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 1911 | André Gobert (FRA) | Maurice Germot (FRA) | 6-1, 8-6, 7-5 |
| 1912 | Max Decugis (FRA) | André Gobert (FRA) | W.O. |
| 1913 | Max Decugis (FRA) | Georges Gault (FRA) | 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1914 | Max Decugis (FRA) | Jean Samazeuilh (FRA) | 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1920 | André Gobert (FRA) | Max Decugis (FRA) | 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1921 | Jean Samazeuilh (FRA) | André Gobert (FRA) | 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 |
| 1922 | Henri Cochet (FRA) | Jean Samazeuilh (FRA) | 8-6, 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1923 | François Blanchy (FRA) | Max Decugis (FRA) | 1-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1924 | Jean Borotra (FRA) | René Lacoste (FRA) | 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 5-7, 6-2 |
| 1925 | René Lacoste (FRA) | Jean Borotra (FRA) | 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1926 | Henri Cochet (FRA) | René Lacoste (FRA) | 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1927 | René Lacoste (FRA) | Bill Tilden (USA) | 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 |
| 1928 | Henri Cochet (FRA) | René Lacoste (FRA) | 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1929 | René Lacoste (FRA) | Jean Borotra (FRA) | 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6 |
| 1930 | Henri Cochet (FRA) | Bill Tilden (USA) | 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1931 | Jean Borotra (FRA) | Christian Boussus (FRA) | 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1932 | Henri Cochet (FRA) | Giorgio De Stefani (ITA) | 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 1933 | Jack Crawford (AUS) | Henri Cochet (FRA) | 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1934 | Gottfried von Cramm (GER) | Jack Crawford (AUS) | 6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1935 | Fred Perry (GBR) | Jack Crawford (AUS) | 6-3, 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1936 | Gottfried von Cramm (GER) | Fred Perry (GBR) | 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 |
| 1937 | Henner Henkel (GER) | Henry Austin (GBR) | 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1938 | Donald Budge (USA) | Roderich Menzel (TCH) | 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1939 | Don McNeill (USA) | Bobby Riggs (USA) | 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1946 | Marcel Bernard (FRA) | Jaroslav Drobný (TCH) | 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1947 | Jozsef Asboth (HUN) | Eric Sturgess (RSA) | 8-6, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1948 | Frank Parker (USA) | Jaroslav Drobný (TCH) | 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6 |
| 1949 | Frank Parker (USA) | Budge Patty (USA) | 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1950 | Budge Patty (USA) | Jaroslav Drobný (EGY) | 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5 |
| 1951 | Jaroslav Drobný (EGY) | Eric Sturgess (RSA) | 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1952 | Jaroslav Drobný (EGY) | Frank Sedgman (AUS) | 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 1953 | Ken Rosewall (AUS) | Victor Seixas (USA) | 6-3, 6-4, 1-5, 6-2 |
| 1954 | Tony Trabert (USA) | Arthur Larsen (USA) | 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 |
| 1955 | Tony Trabert (USA) | Sven Davidson (SWE) | 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1956 | Lew Hoad (AUS) | Sven Davidson (SWE) | 6-4, 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1957 | Sven Davidson (SWE) | Herbert Flam (USA) | 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1958 | Mervyn Rose (AUS) | Luis Ayala (CHI) | 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1959 | Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) | Ian Vermaak (RSA) | 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1960 | Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) | Luis Ayala (CHI) | 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 1961 | Manuel Santana (ESP) | Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) | 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1962 | Rod Laver (AUS) | Roy Emerson (AUS) | 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2 |
| 1963 | Roy Emerson (AUS) | Pierre Darmon (FRA) | 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1964 | Manuel Santana (ESP) | Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA) | 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 |
| 1965 | Fred Stolle (AUS) | Tony Roche (AUS) | 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1966 | Tony Roche (AUS) | Istvan Gulyas (HUN) | 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1967 | Roy Emerson (AUS) | Tony Roche (AUS) | 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 |
| 1968 | Ken Rosewall (AUS) | Rod Laver (AUS) | 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 |
| 1969 | Rod Laver (AUS) | Ken Rosewall (AUS) | 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1970 | Jan Kodes (TCH) | Zelko Franulovic (YUG) | 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1971 | Jan Kodes (TCH) | Ilie Nastase (ROU) | 8-6, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 |
| 1972 | Andrés Gimeno (ESP) | Patrick Proisy (FRA) | 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1973 | Ilie Nastase (ROU) | Nikola Pilic (YUG) | 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1974 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Manuel Orantes (ESP) | 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1975 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Guillermo Vilas (ARG) | 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1976 | Adriano Panatta (ITA) | Harold Salomon (USA) | 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) |
| 1977 | Guillermo Vilas (ARG) | Brian Gottfried (USA) | 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1978 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Guillermo Vilas (ARG) | 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1979 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Víctor Pecci (PAR) | 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-4 |
| 1980 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) | 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1981 | Björn Borg (SWE) | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 |
| 1982 | Mats Wilander (SWE) | Guillermo Vilas (ARG) | 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-0, 6-4 |
| 1983 | Yannick Noah (FRA) | Mats Wilander (SWE) | 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (3) |
| 1984 | Ivan Lendl (USA) | John McEnroe (USA) | 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 |
| 1985 | Mats Wilander (SWE) | Ivan Lendl (USA) | 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1986 | Ivan Lendl (USA) | Mikael Pernfors (SWE) | 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1987 | Ivan Lendl (USA) | Mats Wilander (SWE) | 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) |
| 1988 | Mats Wilander (SWE) | Henri Leconte (FRA) | 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1989 | Michael Chang (USA) | Stefan Edberg (SWE) | 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1990 | Andrés Gómez (ECU) | Andre Agassi (USA) | 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1991 | Jim Courier (USA) | Andre Agassi (USA) | 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1992 | Jim Courier (USA) | Petr Korda (TCH) | 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1993 | Sergi Bruguera (ESP) | Jim Courier (USA) | 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 1994 | Sergi Bruguera (ESP) | Alberto Berasategui (ESP) | 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 |
| 1995 | Thomas Muster (AUT) | Michael Chang (USA) | 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1996 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Michael Stich (GER) | 7-6 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (4) |
| 1997 | Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | Sergi Bruguera (ESP) | 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1998 | Carlos Moyá (ESP) | Alex Corretja (ESP) | 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1999 | Andre Agassi (USA) | Andrei Medvedev (UKR) | 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2000 | Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | Magnus Norman (SWE) | 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6) |
| 2001 | Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | Alex Corretja (ESP) | 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 2002 | Albert Costa (ESP) | Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) | 6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 2003 | Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) | Martin Verkerk (NED) | 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2004 | Gastón Gaudio (ARG) | Guillermo Coria (ARG) | 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6 |
| 2005 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Mariano Puerta (ARG) | 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 |
| 2006 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Roger Federer (SUI) | 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) |
| 2007 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Roger Federer (SUI) | 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2008 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Roger Federer (SUI) | 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2009 | Roger Federer (SUI) | Robin Söderling (SWE) | 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4 |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Robin Söderling (SWE) | 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 2011 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Roger Federer (SUI) | 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 |
| 2012 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 |
| 2013 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | David Ferrer (ESP) | 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 2014 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 2015 | Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2016 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Andy Murray (GBR) | 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 2017 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Stan Wawrinka (SUI) | 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 2018 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Dominic Thiem (AUT) | 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2019 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Dominic Thiem (AUT) | 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 2020 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 |
| 2021 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) | 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 2022 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | Casper Ruud (NOR) | 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2023 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | Casper Ruud (NOR) | 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 |
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | Alexander Zverev (GER) | 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | Jannik Sinner | 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 |
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