List of French Open women's singles champions


The French Open, known originally as the Internationaux de France, is an annual tennis tournament created in 1891 and played on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The women's singles event began in 1897.

History

The French Open is played during two weeks in late May and early June, and has been chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the tennis season since 1987. The event was not held from 1915 to 1919 because of World War I, and after a one-year lapse in 1940, was unofficially held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II. The national body that organizes this event is the French Tennis Federation.
The Racing Club de France and the Stade Français of Paris alternated hosting the event before the competition was moved in 1928 to the newly built Stade Roland Garros, where it has been played since. The tournament was reserved for members of French tennis clubs until the first edition open to international players took place in 1925. From 1941 to 1944, the Vichy regime requisitioned the site and held a Tournoi de France, for French players only, won two times by Alice Weiwers and once by Simone Iribarne Lafargue, and Raymonde Jones Veber. Those editions are not counted by the FFT in the tournament's history. In 1945, under the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the champion was Lolette Payot. Even if it was organised by the French Lawn Tennis Federation, the 1945 event is also not counted by the FFT in the tournament's history.
The women's singles rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. The event has always been contested in a knockout format. Records show that matches have always been played as the best-of-three sets format. The lingering death best-of-twelve points tie-break was introduced in 1973 for the first two sets.
The champion receives a miniature replica of the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen , named after Suzanne Lenglen. In 2010, the winner received prize money of €1,120,000.
In the French National Championship, which was when the tournament was reserved to members of French tennis clubs and French nationals, Adine Masson holds the record for most titles in women's singles with five victories. The record for most consecutive titles is four by Jeanne Matthey and Lenglen, all of whose titles came during the club-members-only era.
In the French International Championships, that came after the tournament opened to international competitors but before the open era, Helen Wills Moody holds the record for most titles at four. The record for most consecutive titles during this period is three by Wills Moody and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling.
During the French Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, the record for most titles is held by Chris Evert with seven. The record for most consecutive titles during the Open Era is three by Monica Seles and Justine Henin.
This event has been won without losing a set in the Open Era by Evonne Goolagong in 1971, Billie Jean King in 1972, Evert in 1974, Steffi Graf in 1988, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1994, and Henin in 2006 and 2007.

Champions

French Championships

Roland-Garros

YearCountryChampionCountryRunner-upScore in the final
19685–7, 6–4, 6–1
19696–1, 4–6, 6–3
19706–2, 6–4
19716–3, 7–5
19726–3, 6–3
19736–7, 7–6, 6–4
19746–1, 6–2
19752–6, 6–2, 6–1
19766–2, 0–6, 6–2
19776–2, 6–7, 6–1
19786–2, 6–2
19796–2, 6–0
19806–0, 6–3
19816–2, 6–4
19827–6, 6–1
19836–1, 6–2
19846–3, 6–1
19856–3, 6–7, 7–5
19862–6, 6–3, 6–3
19876–4, 4–6, 8–6
19886–0, 6–0
19897–6, 3–6, 7–5
19907–6, 6–4
19916–3, 6–4
19926–2, 3–6, 10–8
19934–6, 6–2, 6–4
19946–4, 6–4
19957–5, 4–6, 6–0
19966–3, 6–7, 10–8
19976–4, 6–2
19987–6, 0–6, 6–2
19994–6, 7–5, 6–2
20006–2, 7–5
20011–6, 6–4, 12–10
20027–5, 6–3
20036–0, 6–4
20046–1, 6–2
20056–1, 6–1
20066–4, 6–4
20076–1, 6–2
20086–4, 6–3
20096–4, 6–2
20106–4, 7–6
20116–4, 7–6
20126–3, 6–2
20136–4, 6–4
20146–4, 6–7, 6–4
20156–3, 6–7, 6–2
20167–5, 6–4
20174–6, 6–4, 6–3
20183–6, 6–4, 6–1
20196–1, 6–3

Statistics

Multiple champions

PlayerAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeYears
0771974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986
6061920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926
0661987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999
5051897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903
2351962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973
4041904, 1905, 1906, 1908
4041909, 1910, 1911, 1912
4041928, 1929, 1930, 1932
0442003, 2005, 2006, 2007
3031935, 1936, 1937
0331989, 1994, 1998
0331990, 1991, 1992
0332002, 2013, 2015
2021913, 1914
2021933, 1934
2021938, 1939
2021946, 1949
2021950, 1952
2021953, 1954
2021961, 1966
2021963, 1965
0221982, 1984
0222012, 2014

Champions by country

CountryAmateur EraOpen EraAll-timeFirst titleLast title
2913018972000
14152919282015
45919622019
71819331976
44819311999
04420042014
¤04419771992
04420032007
04419892016
¤02219871988
02219782018
10119271927
10119581958
¤01119811981
01119971997
01120082008
01120102010
01120112011
01120172017