May 22 - List of French Open men's singles champions:2025 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) beat Jannik Sinner (Italy) 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(10-2)2024 Alcaraz (Spain) beat Alexander Zverev (Germany) 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-22023 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Casper Ruud (Norway) 7-6(1) 6-3 7-52022 Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-02021 Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-42020 Nadal beat Djokovic 6-0 6-2 7-52019 Nadal beat Dominic Thiem (Austria) 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-12018 Nadal beat Thiem 6-4 6-3 6-22017 Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6-2 6-3 6-12016 Djokovic beat Andy Murray (Britain) 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-42015 Wawrinka beat Djokovic 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-42014 Nadal beat Djokovic 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-42013 Nadal beat David Ferrer (Spain) 6-3 6-2 6-32012 Nadal beat Djokovic 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-52011 Nadal beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-5 7-6 5-7 6-12010 Nadal beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-4 6-2 6-42009 Federer beat Soderling 6-1 7-6 6-42008 Nadal beat Federer 6-1 6-3 6-02007 Nadal beat Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-42006 Nadal beat Federer 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-62005 Nadal beat Mariano Puerta (Argentina) 6-7 6-3 6-1 7-52004 Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) beat Guillermo Coria (Argentina) 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-62003 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) beat Martin Verkerk (Netherlands) 6-1 6-3 6-22002 Albert Costa (Spain) beat Ferrero 6-1 6-0 4-6 6-32001 Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) beat Alex Corretja (Spain) 6-7 7-5 6-2 6-02000 Kuerten beat Magnus Norman (Sweden) 6-2 6-3 2-6 7-61999 Andre Agassi (U.S.) beat Medvedev 1-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-41998 Carlos Moya (Spain) beat Corretja 6-3 7-5 6-31997 Kuerten beat Sergi Bruguera (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-21996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) beat Michael Stich (Germany) 7-6 7-5 7-61995 Thomas Muster (Austria) beat Michael Chang (U.S.) 7-5 6-2 6-41994 Bruguera beat Alberto Berasategui (Spain) 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-11993 Bruguera beat Jim Courier (U.S.) 6-4 2-6 6-2 3-6 6-31992 Courier beat Petr Korda (Czechoslovakia) 7-5 6-2 6-11991 Courier beat Agassi 3-6 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-41990 Andres Gomez (Ecuador) beat Agassi 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-41989 Chang beat Stefan Edberg (Sweden) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-21988 Mats Wilander (Sweden) beat Henri Leconte (France) 7-5 6-2 6-11987 Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) beat Wilander 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-61986 Lendl beat Mikael Pernfors (Sweden) 6-3 6-2 6-41985 Wilander beat Lendl 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-21984 Lendl beat John McEnroe (U.S.) 3-6 2-6 6-4 7-5 7-51983 Yannick Noah (France) beat Wilander 6-2 7-5 7-61982 Wilander beat Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) 1-6 7-6 6-0 6-41981 Bjorn Borg (Sweden) beat Lendl 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-11980 Borg beat Vitas Gerulaitis (U.S.) 6-4 6-1 6-21979 Borg beat Victor Pecci (Paraguay) 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-41978 Borg beat Vilas 6-1 6-1 6-31977 Vilas beat Brian Gottfried (U.S.) 6-0 6-3 6-01976 Adriano Panatta (Italy) beat Harold Solomon (U.S.) 6-1 6-4 4-6 7-61975 Bjorn Borg beat Vilas 6-2 6-3 6-41974 Bjorn Borg beat Manuel Orantes (Spain) 6-7 6-0 6-1 6-11973 Ilie Nastase (Romania) beat Niki Pilic (Yugoslavia) 6-3 6-3 6-01972 Andres Gimeno (Spain) beat Patrick Proisy (France) 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-11971 Jan Kodes (Czechoslovakia) beat Nastase 8-6 6-2 2-6 7-51970 Kodes beat Zelijko Franulovic (Yugoslavia) 6-2 6-4 6-01969 Rod Laver (Australia) beat Ken Rosewall (Australia) 6-4 6-3 6-41968 Rosewall beat Laver 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2*1967 Roy Emerson (Australia) beat Tony Roche (Australia) 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-21966 Roche beat Istvan Gulyas (Hungary) 6-1 6-4 7-51965 Fred Stolle (Australia) beat Roche 3-6 6-0 6-2 6-31964 Manuel Santana (Spain) beat Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-51963 Emerson beat Pierre Darmon (France) 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-41962 Laver beat Emerson 3-6 2-6 6-3 9-7 6-21961 Santana beat Pietrangeli 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-0 6-21960 Pietrangeli beat Luis Ayala (Chile) 3-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-31959 Pietrangeli beat Ian Vermaak (South Africa) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-11958 Mervyn Rose (Australia) beat Ayala 6-3 6-4 6-41957 Sven Davidson (Sweden) beat Herbert Flam (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 6-41956 Lew Hoad (Australia) beat Davidson 6-4 8-6 6-31955 Tony Trabert (U.S.) beat Davidson 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-21954 Trabert beat Arthur Larsen (U.S.) 6-4 7-5 6-11953 Rosewall beat Vic Seixas (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-21952 Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) beat Frank Sedgman (Australia) 6-2 6-0 3-6 6-41951 Drobny beat Eric Sturgess (South Africa) 6-3 6-3 6-31950 Budge Patty (U.S.) beat Drobny 6-1 6-2 3-6 5-7 7-51949 Frank Parker (U.S.) beat Patty 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-41948 Parker beat Drobny 6-4 7-5 5-7 8-61947 Joseph Asboth (Hungary) beat Sturgess 8-6 7-5 6-41946 Marcel Bernard (France) beat Drobny 3-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-31940-45 No competition1939 Donald McNeill (U.S.) beat Bobby Riggs (U.S.) 7-5 6-0 6-31938 Donald Budge (U.S.) beat Roderik Menzel (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 6-2 6-41937 Henner Henkel (Germany) beat Henry Austin (Britain) 6-1 6-4 6-31936 Gottfried von Cramm (Germany) beat Fred Perry (Britain) 6-0 2-6 6-2 2-6 6-01935 Perry beat Von Cramm 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-31934 Von Cramm beat John Crawford (Australia) 6-4 7-9 3-6 7-5 6-31933 Crawford beat Henri Cochet (France) 8-6 6-1 6-31932 Cochet beat Giorgio de Stefani (Italy) 6-0 6-4 4-6 6-31931 Jean Borotra (France) beat Claude Boussus (France) 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-41930 Cochet beat William Tilden (U.S.) 3-6 8-6 6-3 6-11929 Rene Lacoste (France) beat Borotra 6-3 2-6 6-0 2-6 8-61928 Cochet beat Lacoste 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-31927 Lacoste beat Tilden 6-4 4-6 5-7 6-3 11-91926 Cochet beat Lacoste 6-2 6-4 6-31925 Lacoste beat Borotra 7-5 6-1 6-4**1924 Borotra beat Lacoste 7-5 6-4 0-6 5-7 6-21923 Francois Blanchy beat Max Decugis 1-6 6-2 6-0 6-21922 Cochet beat Jean Samazeuilh 8-6 6-3 7-51921 Samazeuilh beat Andre Gobert 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-51920 Gobert beat Decugis 6-3 3-6 1-6 6-2 6-31915-1919 No competition1914 Decugis beat Samazeuilh 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-41913 Decugis beat Georges Gault1912 Decugis beat Gobert1911 Gobert beat Maurice Germot 6-1 8-6 7-51910 Germot beat Francois Blanchy 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-31909 Decugis beat Germot 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-41908 Decugis beat Germot 6-2 6-1 3-6 10-81907 Decugis beat Robert Wallet 6-0 6-3 6-11906 Germot beat Decugis 5-7 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-31905 Germot beat Andre Vacherot 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-31904 Decugis beat Andre Vacherot 6-1 9-7 6-8 6-11903 Max Decugis beat Andre Vacherot 6-3 6-21902 Marcel Vacherot beat Decugis 6-4 6-21901 Andre Vacherot beat Paul Lebreton1900 Paul Ayme beat Andre Prevost 6-3 6-01899 Ayme beat Lebreton 9-7 3-6 6-31898 Ayme beat Lebreton 5-7 6-1 6-21897 Ayme beat Francky Wardan (Britain) 4-6 6-4 6-21896 Andre Vacherot beat Gerard Brosselin 6-1 7-51895 Andre Vacherot beat Laurent Riboulet 9-7 6-21894 Andre Vacherot beat Brosselin 1-6 6-3 6-31893 Laurent Riboulet beat Jean Schopfer 6-3 6-31892 Schopfer beat Francis Louis Fassitt (U.S.) 6-2 1-6 6-21891 H. Briggs (Britain) beat P. Baigneres 6-3 6-4*The Championships became an Open in 1968, as professional players were allowed to compete with amateurs for the first time.**Competitions prior to 1925 opened only to French tennis club members and French nationals.***Scores not published until after 1924. REUTERS
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