French Open Women's Singles Champions

Ana Ivanovic wins the 2008 French OpenFrench Open

The French Open, or the Tournoi de Roland-Garros, began in 1891 but became open to international competition in 1925.

The French Open is held in Paris at the Stade Roland Garros which has a clay court. This unique surface often provides a challenge to the world's top players.

The latest winner was Ana Ivanovic who defeated Dinara Safina in 2008.

Click here to view past winners of the French Open Men's Singles Tennis Tournament.



Date Champion Score Runner Up
2008 Ana Ivanovic 6-4,6-3 Dinara Safina
2007 Justine Henin 6-1,6-2 Ana Ivanovic
2006 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova
2005 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-1, 6-1 Mary Pierce
2004 Anastasia Myskina 6-1, 6-2 Elena Dementieva
2003 Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-0, 6-4 Kim Clijsters
2002 Serena Williams 7-5, 6-3 Venus Williams
2001 Jennifer Capriati 1-6, 6-4, 12-10 Kim Clijsters
2000 Mary Pierce 6-2, 7-5 Conchita Martinez
1999 Steffi Graf 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Martina Hingis
1998 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 7-6, 0-6, 6-2 Monica Seles
1997 Iva Majoli 6-4, 6-2 Martina Hingis
1996 Steffi Graf 6-3, 6-7, 10-8 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1995 Steffi Graf 7-5, 4-6, 6-0 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1994 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-4, 6-4 Mary Pierce
1993 Steffi Graf 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Mary Joe Fernandez
1992 Monica Seles 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 Steffi Graf
1991 Monica Seles 6-3, 6-4 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1990 Monica Seles 7-6, 6-4 Steffi Graf
1989 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 Steffi Graf
1988 Steffi Graf 6-0, 6-0 Natalia Zvereva
1987 Steffi Graf 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 Martina Navratilova
1986 Chris Evert Lloyd 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Martina Navratilova
1985 Chris Evert Lloyd 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 Martina Navratilova
1984 Martina Navratilova 6-3, 6-1 Chris Evert Lloyd
1983 Chris Evert Lloyd 6-1, 6-2 Mima Jausovec
1982 Martina Navratilova 7-6, 6-1 Andrea Jaeger
1981 Hana Mandlikova 6-2, 6-4 Sylvia Hanika
1980 Chris Evert Lloyd 6-0, 6-3 Virginia Ruzici
1979 Chris Evert Lloyd 6-2, 6-0 Wendy Turnbull
1978 Virginia Ruzici 6-2, 6-2 Mima Jausovec
1977 Mima Jausovec 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 Florenza Mihai
1976 Sue Barker 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 Renata Tomanova
1975 Chris Evert 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 Martina Navratilova
1974 Chris Evert 6-1, 6-2 Olga Morozova
1973 Margaret Smith Court 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 Chris Evert
1972 Billie Jean King 6-3, 6-3 Evonne Goolagong
1971 Evonne Goolagong 6-3, 7-5 Helen Gourlay
1970 Margaret Smith Court 6-2, 6-4 Helga Niessen
1969 Margaret Smith Court 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 Ann Jones
1968 Nancy Richey 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Ann Jones
1967 Francoise Durr 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Lesley Turner
1966 Ann Jones 6-3, 6-1 Nancy Richey
1965 Lesley Turner 6-3, 6-4 Margaret Smith
1964 Margaret Smith 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Maria Bueno
1963 Lesley Turner 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 Ann Haydon Jones
1962 Margaret Smith 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Lesley Turner
1961 Ann Haydon 6-2, 6-1 Yola Ramirez
1960 Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-4 Yola Ramirez
1959 Christine Truman 6-4, 7-5 Zsuzsi Kormoczi
1958 Zsuzsi Kormoczi 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 Shirley Bloomer
1957 Shirley Bloomer 6-1, 6-3 Dorothy Knode
1956 Althea Gibson 6-0, 12-10 Angela Mortimer
1955 Angela Mortimer 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 Dorothy Knode
1954 Maureen Connolly 6-4, 6-1 Ginette Bucaille
1953 Maureen Connolly 6-2, 6-4 Doris Hart
1952 Doris Hart 6-4, 6-4 Shirley Fry
1951 Shirley Fry 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Doris Hart
1950 Doris Hart 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 Patricia Todd
1949 Margaret Osborne 7-5, 6-2 Nelly Adamson
1948 Nelly Landry 6-2, 0-6, 6-0 Shirley Fry
1947 Patricia Todd 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Doris Hart
1946 Margaret Osborne 1-6, 8-6, 7-5 Pauline Betz
1939 Simone Mathieu 6-3, 8-6 Jadwiga Jedrzejowska
1938 Simone Mathieu 6-0, 6-3 Nelly Landry
1937 Hilde Sperling 6-2, 6-4 Simone Mathieu
1936 Hilde Sperling 6-3, 6-4 Simone Mathieu
1935 Hilde Sperling 6-2, 6-1 Simone Mathieu
1934 Margaret Scriven 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Helen Jacobs
1933 Margaret Scriven 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Simone Mathieu
1932 Helen Wills 7-5, 6-1 Simone Mathieu
1931 Cilly Aussem 8-6, 6-1 Betty Huthall
1930 Helen Wills 6-2, 6-1 Helen Jacobs
1929 Helen Wills 6-3, 6-4 Simone Mathieu
1928 Helen Wills 6-1, 6-2 Eileen Bennett
1927 Kea Bouman 6-2, 6-4 Irene Peacock
1926 Suzanne Lenglen 6-1, 6-0 Mary K Browne
1925 Suzanne Lenglen 6-1, 6-2 Kathleen McKane

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