Men's Tennis:
French Open, Singles Champions by Year
Full list of singles winners, year by year, of the French Open for men, including champions, runner-ups and finals results of each tournament edition.
The French Open has crowned its men's singles champion in 124 editions, in which a total of 62 players have won at least one title. The first champion was H. Briggs in 1891 and the most recent was Carlos Alcaraz in 2025.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic won, between them, 4 of the last 5 titles, while Rafael Nadal won 5 of the last 10 titles.
Among the players that won titles, the most successful in the French Open is Rafael Nadal with 14 trophies.
Surfaces:
= Clay
Categories:
GS
= Grand Slam Men's Tennis: French Open, Singles Champions by Year
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1972
Andrés Gimeno
Patrick Proisy
4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1970
Jan Kodeš
Željko Franulović
6-2, 6-4, 6-0
GS
1969
Rod Laver
Ken Rosewall
6-4, 6-3, 6-4
GS
1968
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
GS
1967
Roy Emerson
Tony Roche
6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
GS
1966
Tony Roche
István Gulyás
6-1, 6-4, 7-5
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1965
Fred Stolle
Tony Roche
3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
GS
1964
Manuel Santana
Nicola Pietrangeli
6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
GS
1963
Roy Emerson
Pierre Darmon
3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
GS
1962
Rod Laver
Roy Emerson
3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2
GS
1961
Manuel Santana
Nicola Pietrangeli
4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
GS
1960
Nicola Pietrangeli
Luis Ayala
3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1959
Nicola Pietrangeli
Ian Vermaak
3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
GS
1958
Mervyn Rose
Luis Ayala
6-3, 6-4, 6-4
GS
1957
Sven Davidson
Herbert Flam
6-3, 6-4, 6-4
GS
1956
Lew Hoad
Sven Davidson
6-4, 8-6, 6-3
GS
1955
Tony Trabert
Sven Davidson
2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
GS
1954
Tony Trabert
Arthur Larsen
6-4, 7-5, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1953
Ken Rosewall
Vic Seixas
6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
GS
1952
Jaroslav Drobný
Frank Sedgman
6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
GS
1951
Jaroslav Drobný
Eric Sturgess
6-3, 6-3, 6-3
GS
1950
Budge Patty
Jaroslav Drobný
6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5
GS
1949
Frank Parker
Budge Patty
6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
GS
1948
Frank Parker
Jaroslav Drobný
6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1947
József Asbóth
Eric Sturgess
8-6, 7-5, 6-4
GS
1946
Marcel Bernard
Jaroslav Drobný
3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
1945
Not played due to the World War II
1944
Not played due to the World War II
1943
Not played due to the World War II
1942
Not played due to the World War II
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1941
Not played due to the World War II
1940
Not played due to the World War II
GS
1939
Don McNeill
Bobby Riggs
7-5, 6-0, 6-3
GS
1938
Don Budge
Roderich Menzel
6-3, 6-2, 6-4
GS
1937
Henner Henkel
Bunny Austin
6-1, 6-4, 6-3
GS
1936
Gottfried von Cramm
Fred Perry
6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1935
Fred Perry
Gottfried von Cramm
6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
GS
1934
Gottfried von Cramm
Jack Crawford
6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
GS
1933
Jack Crawford
Henri Cochet
8-6, 6-1, 6-3
GS
1932
Henri Cochet
Giorgio de Stefani
6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
GS
1931
Jean Borotra
Christian Boussus
2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
GS
1930
Henri Cochet
Bill Tilden
3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1929
René Lacoste
Jean Borotra
6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6
GS
1928
Henri Cochet
René Lacoste
5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
GS
1927
René Lacoste
Bill Tilden
6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9
GS
1926
Henri Cochet
René Lacoste
6-2, 6-4, 6-3
GS
1925
René Lacoste
Jean Borotra
7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1924
Jean Borotra
René Lacoste
7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 5-7, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1923
François Blanchy
Max Decugis
1-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2
1922
Henri Cochet
Jean Samazeuilh
8-6, 6-3, 7-5
1921
Jean Samazeuilh
André Gobert
6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
1920
André Gobert
Max Decugis
6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
1919
Not played due to the World War I
1918
Not played due to the World War I
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1917
Not played due to the World War I
1916
Not played due to the World War I
1915
Not played due to the World War I
1914
Max Decugis
Jean Samazeuilh
3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1913
Max Decugis
Georges Gault
1912
Max Decugis
André Gobert
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1911
André Gobert
Maurice Germot
6-1, 8-6, 7-5
1910
Maurice Germot
François Blanchy
6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1909
Max Decugis
Maurice Germot
3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1908
Max Decugis
Maurice Germot
6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 10-8
1907
Max Decugis
Robert Wallet
1906
Maurice Germot
Max Decugis
5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1905
Maurice Germot
André Vacherot
1904
Max Decugis
André Vacherot
6-1, 9-7, 6-8, 6-1
1903
Max Decugis
André Vacherot
6-3, 6-2
1902
Michel Vacherot
Max Decugis
6-4, 6-2
1901
André Vacherot
Paul Lebreton
1900
Paul Aymé
André Prévost
6-3, 6-0
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1899
Paul Aymé
Paul Lebreton
9-7, 3-6, 6-3
1898
Paul Aymé
Paul Lebreton
5-7, 6-1, 6-2
1897
Paul Aymé
Francky Wardan
4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1896
André Vacherot
Gérard Brosselin
6-1, 7-5
1895
André Vacherot
Laurent Riboulet
9-7, 6-2
1894
André Vacherot
Gérard Brosselin
1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1893
Laurent Riboulet
Jean Schopfer
6-3, 6-3
1892
Jean Schopfer
Francis Fassitt
6-2, 1-6, 6-2
1891
H. Briggs
P. Baigneres
6-3, 6-4