Women's Tennis:
French Open, Singles Champions by Year
Full list of singles winners, year by year, of the French Open for women, including champions, runner-ups and finals results of each tournament edition.
The French Open has crowned its women's singles champion in 118 editions, in which a total of 61 players have won at least one title. The first champion was Adine Masson in 1897 and the most recent was Coco Gauff in 2025.
Iga Swiątek won 3 of the last 5 titles, while in the last 10 editions, 7 players have won the title: Iga Swiątek (4), Ashleigh Barty, Coco Gauff, Simona Halep, Barbora Krejčíková, Garbiñe Muguruza and Jeļena Ostapenko.
Among the players that won titles, the most successful in the French Open is Chris Evert with 7 trophies.
Surfaces:
= Clay
Categories:
GS
= Grand Slam Women'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
GS
1981
Hana Mandlíková
Sylvia Hanika
6-2, 6-4
GS
1978
Virginia Ruzici
Mima Jaušovec
6-2, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1977
Mima Jaušovec
Florența Mihai
6-2, 6-7(5-7), 6-1
GS
1976
Sue Barker
Renáta Tomanová
6-2, 0-6, 6-2
GS
1972
Billie Jean King
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
6-3, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1971
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Helen Gourlay
6-3, 7-5
GS
1970
Margaret Court
Helga Niessen Masthoff
6-2, 6-4
GS
1969
Margaret Court
Ann Jones
6-1, 4-6, 6-3
GS
1968
Nancy Richey
Ann Jones
5-7, 6-4, 6-1
GS
1967
Françoise Dürr
Lesley Turner Bowrey
4-6, 6-3, 6-4
GS
1966
Ann Jones
Nancy Richey
6-3, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1965
Lesley Turner Bowrey
Margaret Court
6-3, 6-4
GS
1964
Margaret Court
Maria Bueno
5-7, 6-1, 6-2
GS
1963
Lesley Turner Bowrey
Ann Jones
2-6, 6-3, 7-5
GS
1962
Margaret Court
Lesley Turner Bowrey
6-3, 3-6, 7-5
GS
1961
Ann Jones
Yola Ramírez
6-2, 6-1
GS
1960
Darlene Hard
Yola Ramírez
6-3, 6-4
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1959
Christine Truman
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
6-4, 7-5
GS
1958
Zsuzsa Körmöczy
Shirley Brasher
6-4, 1-6, 6-2
GS
1957
Shirley Brasher
Dorothy Head Knode
6-1, 6-3
GS
1956
Althea Gibson
Angela Mortimer
6-0, 12-10
GS
1955
Angela Mortimer
Dorothy Head Knode
2-6, 7-5, 10-8
GS
1954
Maureen Connolly
Ginette Bucaille
6-4, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1953
Maureen Connolly
Doris Hart
6-2, 6-4
GS
1952
Doris Hart
Shirley Fry
6-4, 6-4
GS
1951
Shirley Fry
Doris Hart
6-3, 3-6, 6-3
GS
1950
Doris Hart
Patricia Canning Todd
6-4, 4-6, 6-2
GS
1949
Margaret Osborne duPont
Nelly Landry
7-5, 6-2
GS
1948
Nelly Landry
Shirley Fry
6-2, 0-6, 6-0
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1947
Patricia Canning Todd
Doris Hart
6-3, 3-6, 6-4
GS
1946
Margaret Osborne duPont
Pauline Betz
1-6, 8-6, 7-5
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
Simonne Mathieu
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
6-3, 8-6
GS
1938
Simonne Mathieu
Nelly Landry
6-0, 6-3
GS
1937
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
Simonne Mathieu
6-2, 6-4
GS
1936
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
Simonne Mathieu
6-3, 6-4
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1935
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
Simonne Mathieu
6-2, 6-1
GS
1934
Margaret Scriven
Helen Jacobs
7-5, 4-6, 6-1
GS
1933
Margaret Scriven
Simonne Mathieu
6-2, 4-6, 6-4
GS
1932
Helen Wills
Simonne Mathieu
7-5, 6-1
GS
1931
Cilly Aussem
Betty Nuthall
8-6, 6-1
GS
1930
Helen Wills
Helen Jacobs
6-2, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
GS
1929
Helen Wills
Simonne Mathieu
6-3, 6-4
GS
1928
Helen Wills
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
6-1, 6-2
GS
1927
Kea Bouman
Irene Bowder Peacock
6-2, 6-4
GS
1926
Suzanne Lenglen
Mary Browne
6-1, 6-0
GS
1925
Suzanne Lenglen
Kitty McKane Godfree
6-1, 6-2
1924
Julie Vlasto
Jeanne Vaussard
6-2, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1923
Suzanne Lenglen
Germaine Golding
6-1, 6-4
1922
Suzanne Lenglen
Germaine Golding
6-4, 6-2
1921
Suzanne Lenglen
Germaine Golding
walkover
1920
Suzanne Lenglen
Marguerite Broquedis
6-1, 7-5
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
Marguerite Broquedis
Suzanne Lenglen
5-7, 6-4, 6-3
1913
Marguerite Broquedis
Jeanne Matthey
6-3, 6-3
1912
Jeanne Matthey
Marie Danet
6-2, 7-5
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1911
Jeanne Matthey
Marguerite Broquedis
6-2, 7-5
1910
Jeanne Matthey
Germaine Golding
1-6, 6-1, 9-7
1909
Jeanne Matthey
Abeille Villard Gallay
10-8, 6-4
1908
Kate Gillou-Fenwick
A. Pean
6-2, 6-2
1907
Comtesse de Kermel
Catherine dAliney dElva
6-1, retired
1906
Kate Gillou-Fenwick
Virginia MacVeagh
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1905
Kate Gillou-Fenwick
Yvonne de Pfeffel
6-0, 11-9
1904
Kate Gillou-Fenwick
Adine Masson
1903
Adine Masson
Kate Gillou-Fenwick
6-0, 6-8, 6-0
1902
Adine Masson
P. Girod
6-0, 6-1
1901
P. Girod
Leroux
6-1, 6-1
1900
Hélène Prévost
no final played
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1899
Adine Masson
no final played
1898
Adine Masson
no final played
1897
Adine Masson
P. Girod
6-3, 6-1