French 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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