Complete French Open Winners List (Men’s Singles)

There are four grand slam tournaments being played on the annual tennis calendar each year and the second of them is the Roland Garros competition, also known as the French Open. It’s said that this is the most challenging of the four grand slams, played on clay courts in Paris since 1908, after being played on sand / clay between 1891 and 1907.

Established in 1891, this is among the oldest tennis championships in the world, earlier known as the French Championships, where only French national players were allowed to participate. Over time, the competition and its rules have evolved and it was officially renamed to the French Open from 1968 onwards. Keep reading for our complete list of men’s singles French Open winners from start till date…

Roland Garros winners list (men’s singles)

H Briggs won the first ever French Championships in 1891 when he beat P Baigneres in the final. Since then through the amateur era, Max Decugis was the most successful player in this competition, winning as many as eight (8) titles here during his professional career. Including both the eras, the most successful player at the French Open grand slam is Rafael Nadal, who owns fourteen (14) of these titles.

Only two players have managed to win titles across both the amateur as well as the open eras and both of them are Australian tennis greats in Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. So far, 126 successful editions of the French Open have been completed with only a few editions skipped because of World Wars I and II. Today, the tournament takes place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris every year.

Nadal’s greatness in this tournament includes four consecutive titles between 2005-2008, then five consecutive titles between 2010-2014, and then four more consecutive titles between 2017-2020. It’s not for nothing that he was given the title of ‘King of Clay’ and you can check our complete French Open winners list (updated 28th May 2023 at the start of French Open 2023) below:

List of all men’s singles French Open winners

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1891	H Briggs	P Baigneres	Great Britain	6-3, 6-4
1892	Jean Schopfer	Francis L Fassitt	France	6-2, 1-6, 6-2
1893	Laurent Riboulet	Jean Schopfer	France	6-3, 6-3
1894	André Vacherot	Gérard Brosselin	France	1-6, 6-3, 6-3
1895	André Vacherot (2)	Laurent Riboulet	France	9-7, 6-2
1896	André Vacherot (3)	Gérard Brosselin	France	6-1, 7-5
1897	Paul Aymé	Francky Wardan	France	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1898	Paul Aymé (2)	Paul Lebreton	France	5-7, 6-1, 6-2
1899	Paul Aymé (3)	Paul Lebreton	France	9-7, 3-6, 6-3
1900	Paul Aymé (4)	André Prévost	France	6-3, 6-0
1901	André Vacherot (4)	Paul Lebreton	France	–
1902	Marcel Vacherot	Max Decugis	France	6-4, 6-2
1903	Max Decugis	André Vacherot	France	6-3, 6-2
1904	Max Decugis (2)	André Vacherot	France	6-1, 9-7, 6-8, 6-1
1905	Maurice Germot	André Vacherot	France	–
1906	Maurice Germot (2)	Max Decugis	France	5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
1907	Max Decugis (3)	Robert Wallet	France	–
1908	Max Decugis (4)	Maurice Germot	France	6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 10-8
1909	Max Decugis (5)	Maurice Germot	France	3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1910	Maurice Germot (3)	François Blanchy	France	6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1911	André Gobert	Maurice Germot	France	6-1, 8-6, 7-5
1912	Max Decugis (6)	Andre Gobert	France	–
1913	Max Decugis (7)	Georges Gault	France	–
1914	Max Decugis (8)	Jean Samazeuilh	France	3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1915	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1916	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1917	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1918	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1919	World War I	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1920	André Gobert (2)	Max Decugis	France	6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
1921	Jean Samazeuilh	Andre Gobert	France	6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
1922	Henri Cochet	Jean Samazeuilh	France	8-6, 6-3, 7-5
1923	François Blanchy	Max Decugis	France	1-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2
1924	Jean Borotra	René Lacoste	France	7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 5-7, 6-2
1925	René Lacoste	Jean Borotra	France	7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1926	Henri Cochet (2)	René Lacoste	France	6-2, 6-4, 6-3

While the tournament was dominated by the Frenchmen in the early days, it became quite the spectacle when it was open to the rest of the world. In the Open Era, only one French national has managed to win the French Open and that was Yannick Noah who won in 1983, with the last Frenchman to win the title coming way back in 1946. Currently, it’s 40 years since a local has won this grand slam now…

Talking about personal records, there was a certain Michael Chang from USA who won the French Open 1989 men’s singles title. He beat Stefan Edberg in the final and went on to become the youngest ever men’s singles champion in this competition, at the age of 17 years and 109 days. The record stands till date (34 years later) and that remained Chang’s only grand slam victory of his career.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1927	René Lacoste (2)	William Tilden	France	6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
1928	Henri Cochet (3)	René Lacoste	France	5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1929	René Lacoste (3)	Jean Borotra	France	6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6
1930	Henri Cochet (4)	William Tilden	France	3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1
1931	Jean Borotra (2)	Christian Boussus	France	2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1932	Henri Cochet (5)	Giorgio de Stefani	France	6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1933	Jack Crawford	Henri Cochet	Australia	8-6, 6-1, 6-3
1934	Gottfried von Cramm	Jack Crawford	Germany	6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
1935	Fred Perry	Gottfried von Cramm	Great Britain	6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1936	Gottfried von Cramm (2)	Fred Perry	Germany	6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
1937	Henner Henkel	Bunny Austin	Germany	6-1, 6-4, 6-3
1938	Donald Budge	Roderich Menzel	USA	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1939	Donald McNeill	Bobby Riggs	USA	7-5, 6-0, 6-3
1940	World War II	CANCELLED	NA	NA
1941	Bernard Destremau	Robert Ramillon	France	6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
1942	Bernard Destremau (2)	Christian Boussus	France	5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
1943	Yvon Petra	Henri Cochet	France	6-3, 6-3, 6-8, 2-6, 6-4
1944	Yvon Petra (2)	Marcel Bernard	France	6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1945	Yvon Petra (3)	Bernard Destremau	France	7-5, 6-4, 6-2
1946	Marcel Bernard	Jaroslav Drobný	France	3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
1947	József Asbóth	Eric Sturgess	Hungary	8-6, 7-5, 6-4
1948	Frank Parker	Jaroslav Drobný	USA	6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6
1949	Frank Parker (2)	Budge Patty	USA	6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
1950	Budge Patty	Jaroslav Drobný	USA	6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
1951	Jaroslav Drobný	Eric Sturgess	Egypt	6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1952	Jaroslav Drobný (2)	Frank Sedgman	Egypt	6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
1953	Ken Rosewall	Vic Seixas	Australia	6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
1954	Tony Trabert	Arthur Larsen	USA	6-4, 7-5, 6-1
1955	Tony Trabert (2)	Sven Davidson	USA	2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
1956	Lew Hoad	Sven Davidson	Australia	6-4, 8-6, 6-3
1957	Sven Davidson	Herbert Flam	Sweden	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1958	Mervyn Rose	Luis Ayala	Australia	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1959	Nicola Pietrangeli	Ian Vermaak	Italy	3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
1960	Nicola Pietrangeli (2)	Luis Ayala	Italy	3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
1961	Manuel Santana	Nicola Pietrangeli	Spain	4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
1962	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	Australia	3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2
1963	Roy Emerson	Pierre Darmon	Australia	3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1964	Manuel Santana (2)	Nicola Pietrangeli	Spain	6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
1965	Fred Stolle	Tony Roche	Australia	3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1966	Tony Roche	István Gulyás	Australia	6-1, 6-4, 7-5
1967	Roy Emerson (2)	Tony Roche	Australia	6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

Experts always talk about how playing at Roland Garros is the most most physically challenging task for both men and women, and that’s proved by the fact that living legend Roger Federer has only one French Open title to his name. For someone who has dominated world tennis and has a total of 20 grand slam single’s titles to his name, he only managed to win once in Paris.

French Open men’s single’s winners list

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1968	Ken Rosewall (2)	Rod Laver	Australia	6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
1969	Rod Laver (2)	Ken Rosewall	Australia	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1970	Jan Kodeš	Željko Franulović	Czechoslovakia	6-2, 6-4, 6-0
1971	Jan Kodeš (2)	Ilie Năstase	Czechoslovakia	8-6, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1972	Andres Gimeno	Patrick Proisy	Spain	4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1973	Ilie Năstase	Nikola Pilic	Romania	6-3, 6-3, 6-0
1974	Bjorn Borg	Manuel Orantes	Sweden	2-6, 6-7, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1
1975	Bjorn Borg (2)	Guillermo Vilas	Sweden	6-2, 6-3, 6-4
1976	Adriano Panatta	Harold Solomon	Italy	6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
1977	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Gottfried	Argentina	6-0, 6-3, 6-0
1978	Bjorn Borg (3)	Guillermo Vilas	Sweden	6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1979	Bjorn Borg (4)	Victor Pecci	Sweden	6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
1980	Bjorn Borg (5)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Sweden	6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1981	Bjorn Borg (6)	Ivan Lendl	Sweden	6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
1982	Mats Wilander	Guillermo Vilas	Sweden	1-6, 7-6, 6-0, 6-4
1983	Yannick Noah	Mats Wilander	France	6-2, 7-5, 7-6
1984	Ivan Lendl	John McEnroe	Czechoslovakia	3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5
1985	Mats Wilander (2)	Ivan Lendl	Sweden	3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1986	Ivan Lendl (2)	Mikael Pernfors	Czechoslovakia	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1987	Ivan Lendl (3)	Mats Wilander	Czechoslovakia	7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
1988	Mats Wilander (3)	Henri Leconte	Sweden	7-5, 6-2, 6-1
1989	Michael Chang	Stefan Edberg	USA	6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1990	Andres Gomez	Andre Agassi	Ecuador	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

In terms of countries to have done well here, it’s obviously France who leads the men’s singles titles count with 38 titles here (37 in amateur era + 1 in open era). On the other hand, Spain is second on the list with as many as 22 titles over the years, including 20 of them in the open era. Australia and USA are join third on the list with 11 titles each by players from these nations.

Players from Hungary, Romania, Russia, Austria, and Ecuador have all won the titles once each. While there were many iconic players to have won titles at French Open over the years, Bjorn Borg from Sweden was another legend here, winning it four consecutive times between 1978-1981, and a total of 6 career men’s Roland Garros titles.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Nationality	Final Score
1991	Jim Courier	Andre Agassi	USA	3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
1992	Jim Courier (2)	Petr Korda	USA	7-5, 6-2, 6-1
1993	Sergi Bruguera	Jim Courier	Spain	6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
1994	Sergi Bruguera (2)	Alberto Berasategui	Spain	6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
1995	Thomas Muster	Michael Chang	Austria	7-5, 6-2, 6-4
1996	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Michael Stich	Russia	7-6, 7-5, 7-6
1997	Gustavo Kuerten	Sergi Bruguera	Brazil	6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1998	Carlos Moya	Àlex Corretja	Spain	6-3, 7-5, 6-3
1999	Andre Agassi	Andrei Medvedev	USA	1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
2000	Gustavo Kuerten (2)	Magnus Norman	Brazil	6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6
2001	Gustavo Kuerten (3)	Àlex Corretja	Brazil	6-7, 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
2002	Albert Costa	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Spain	6-1, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
2003	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Martin Verkerk	Spain	6-1, 6-3, 6-2
2004	Gastón Gaudio	Guillermo Coria	Argentina	0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6
2005	Rafael Nadal	Mariano Puerta	Spain	6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
2006	Rafael Nadal (2)	Roger Federer	Spain	1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
2007	Rafael Nadal (3)	Roger Federer	Spain	6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2008	Rafael Nadal (4)	Roger Federer	Spain	6-1, 6-3, 6-0
2009	Roger Federer	Robin Soderling	Switzerland	6-1, 7-6, 6-4
2010	Rafael Nadal (5)	Robin Soderling	Spain	6-4, 6-2, 6-4
2011	Rafael Nadal (6)	Roger Federer	Spain	7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1
2012	Rafael Nadal (7)	Novak Djokovic	Spain	6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
2013	Rafael Nadal (8)	David Ferrer	Spain	6-3, 6-2, 6-3
2014	Rafael Nadal (9)	Novak Djokovic	Spain	3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
2015	Stan Wawrinka	Novak Djokovic	Switzerland	4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
2016	Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray	Serbia	3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
2017	Rafael Nadal (10)	Stan Wawrinka	Spain	6-2, 6-3, 6-1
2018	Rafael Nadal (11)	Dominic Thiem	Spain	6-4, 6-3, 6-2
2019	Rafael Nadal (12)	Dominic Thiem	Spain	6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
2020	Rafael Nadal (13)	Novak Djokovic	Spain	6-0, 6-2, 7-5
2021	Novak Djokovic (2)	Stefanos Tsitsipas	Serbia	6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
2022	Rafael Nadal (14)	Casper Ruud	Spain	6-3, 6-3, 6-0
2023	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2024	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD