Home / Tournaments / Roland Garros / History Roland Garros tournament history Roland Garros is also widely known as the French Open and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on clay.
Explore Roland Garros champions and finals from 1891 to 2026.
Open an edition for its draw and match results, or compare the title leaders below.
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Career Leaders Most Titles Open Era singles titles.
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 1997, 2000, 2001 1984, 1986, 1987 1982, 1985, 1988 Most Finals Champion or runner-up finishes.
Most Match Wins Recorded main-draw match wins.
Most Appearances Editions with a recorded main-draw match.
Champion Records Youngest & Oldest Champions Age at the start of the tournament.
Youngest · 1989 Oldest · 2023 Oldest · 2022 Lowest-Ranked Champion Entering singles ranking.
1997 Most Consecutive Titles Titles in consecutive held editions.
2010–2014 Longest Title Span Years between a player's first and last title.
2005–2022 * Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.
Tournament Outcomes by Season Season Winner Score Runner-up H2H Match Data Category Surface 2026 Alexander Zverev #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Flavio Cobolli #14 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2025 Carlos Alcaraz #1 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Jannik Sinner #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2024 Carlos Alcaraz #3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2023 Novak Djokovic #3 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 Casper Ruud #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2022 Rafael Nadal #5 6-3 6-3 6-0 Casper Ruud #8 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2021 Novak Djokovic #1 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 Stefanos Tsitsipas #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2020 Rafael Nadal #2 6-0 6-2 7-5 Novak Djokovic #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2019 Rafael Nadal #2 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 Dominic Thiem #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2018 Rafael Nadal #1 6-4 6-3 6-2 Dominic Thiem #8 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2017 Rafael Nadal #4 6-2 6-3 6-1 Stan Wawrinka #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2016 Novak Djokovic #1 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 Andy Murray #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2015 Stan Wawrinka #9 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 Novak Djokovic #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2014 Rafael Nadal #1 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 Novak Djokovic #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2013 Rafael Nadal #4 6-3 6-2 6-3 David Ferrer #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2012 Rafael Nadal #2 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 Novak Djokovic #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2011 Rafael Nadal #1 7-5 7-6(3) 5-7 6-1 Roger Federer #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2010 Rafael Nadal #2 6-4 6-2 6-4 Robin Soderling #7 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2009 Roger Federer #2 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 Robin Soderling #25 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2008 Rafael Nadal #2 6-1 6-3 6-0 Roger Federer #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2007 Rafael Nadal #2 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 Roger Federer #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2006 Rafael Nadal #2 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4) Roger Federer #1 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2005 Rafael Nadal #3 6-7(6) 6-3 6-1 7-5 Mariano Puerta #11 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2004 Gaston Gaudio #10 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-6 Guillermo Coria #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero #3 6-1 6-3 6-2 Martin Verkerk #15 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2002 Albert Costa #8 6-1 6-0 4-6 6-3 Juan Carlos Ferrero #9 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2001 Gustavo Kuerten #1 6-7(3) 7-5 6-2 6-0 Alex Corretja #9 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 2000 Gustavo Kuerten #3 6-2 6-3 2-6 7-6(6) Magnus Norman #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1999 Andre Agassi #4 1-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 Andrei Medvedev #30 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1998 Carlos Moya #5 6-3 7-5 6-3 Alex Corretja #9 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1997 Gustavo Kuerten #15 6-3 6-4 6-2 Sergi Bruguera #8 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5 7-6(4) 7-5 7-6(4) Michael Stich #11 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1995 Thomas Muster #3 7-5 6-2 6-4 Michael Chang #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1994 Sergi Bruguera #4 6-3 7-5 2-6 6-1 Alberto Berasategui #14 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1993 Sergi Bruguera #5 6-4 2-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 Jim Courier #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1992 Jim Courier #1 7-5 6-2 6-1 Petr Korda #6 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1991 Jim Courier #4 3-6 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-4 Andre Agassi #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1990 Andres Gomez #4 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-4 Andre Agassi #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1989 Michael Chang #6 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 Stefan Edberg #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1988 Mats Wilander #2 7-5 6-2 6-1 Henri Leconte #10 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1987 Ivan Lendl #1 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-6 Mats Wilander #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1986 Ivan Lendl #1 6-3 6-2 6-4 Mikael Pernfors #15 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1985 Mats Wilander #4 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 Ivan Lendl #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1984 Ivan Lendl #1 3-6 2-6 6-4 7-5 7-5 John McEnroe #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1983 Yannick Noah #4 6-2 7-5 7-6 Mats Wilander #6 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1982 Mats Wilander #12 1-6 7-6 6-0 6-4 Guillermo Vilas #2 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1981 Bjorn Borg #1 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 Ivan Lendl #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1980 Bjorn Borg #1 6-4 6-1 6-2 Vitas Gerulaitis #5 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1979 Bjorn Borg #2 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-4 Victor Pecci #16 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1978 Bjorn Borg #2 6-1 6-1 6-3 Guillermo Vilas #3 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1977 Guillermo Vilas #3 6-0 6-3 6-0 Brian Gottfried #4 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1976 Adriano Panatta #6 6-1 6-4 4-6 7-6 Harold Solomon #12 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1975 Bjorn Borg 6-2 6-3 6-4 Guillermo Vilas H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1974 Bjorn Borg #8 2-6 6-7(4) 6-0 6-1 6-1 Manuel Orantes #12 H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1973 Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-3 6-0 Nikola Pilic H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1972 Andres Gimeno 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-1 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1971 Jan Kodes 8-6 6-2 2-6 7-5 Ilie Nastase H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1970 Jan Kodes 6-2 6-4 6-0 Zeljko Franulovic H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1969 Rod Laver 6-4 6-3 6-4 Ken Rosewall H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay 1968 Ken Rosewall 6-3 6-1 2-6 6-2 Rod Laver H2H Match data Grand Slam Clay
1967
Roy Emerson 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 Tony Roche — — Grand Slam Clay
1966
Tony Roche 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 István Gulyás — — Grand Slam Clay
1965
Fred Stolle 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 Tony Roche — — Grand Slam Clay
1964
Manuel Santana 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 Nicola Pietrangeli — — Grand Slam Clay
1963
Roy Emerson 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 Pierre Darmon — — Grand Slam Clay
1962
Rod Laver 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2 Roy Emerson — — Grand Slam Clay
1961
Manuel Santana 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 Nicola Pietrangeli — — Grand Slam Clay
1960
Nicola Pietrangeli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Luis Ayala — — Grand Slam Clay
1959
Nicola Pietrangeli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 Ian Vermaak — — Grand Slam Clay
1958
Mervyn Rose 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 Luis Ayala — — Grand Slam Clay
1957
Sven Davidson 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 Herbert Flam — — Grand Slam Clay
1956
Lew Hoad 6-4, 8-6, 6-3 Sven Davidson — — Grand Slam Clay
1955
Tony Trabert 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 Sven Davidson — — Grand Slam Clay
1954
Tony Trabert 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 Arthur Larsen — — Grand Slam Clay
1953
Ken Rosewall 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 Vic Seixas — — Grand Slam Clay
1952
Jaroslav Drobný 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 Frank Sedgman — — Grand Slam Clay
1951
Jaroslav Drobný 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 Eric Sturgess — — Grand Slam Clay
1950
Budge Patty 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5 Jaroslav Drobný — — Grand Slam Clay
1949
Frank Parker 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 Budge Patty — — Grand Slam Clay
1948
Frank Parker 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6 Jaroslav Drobný — — Grand Slam Clay
1947
József Asbóth 8-6, 7-5, 6-4 Eric Sturgess — — Grand Slam Clay
1946
Marcel Bernard 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 Jaroslav Drobný — — Grand Slam Clay 1945 — — — — — — — 1944 — — — — — — — 1943 — — — — — — — 1942 — — — — — — — 1941 — — — — — — — 1940 — — — — — — —
1939
Don McNeill 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 Bobby Riggs — — Grand Slam Clay
1938
Don Budge 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Roderich Menzel — — Grand Slam Clay
1937
Henner Henkel 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 Bunny Austin — — Grand Slam Clay
1936
Gottfried von Cramm 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 Fred Perry — — Grand Slam Clay
1935
Fred Perry 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 Gottfried von Cramm — — Grand Slam Clay
1934
Gottfried von Cramm 6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 Jack Crawford — — Grand Slam Clay
1933
Jack Crawford 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 Henri Cochet — — Grand Slam Clay
1932
Henri Cochet 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Giorgio de Stefani — — Grand Slam Clay
1931
Jean Borotra 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 Christian Boussus — — Grand Slam Clay
1930
Henri Cochet 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1 Bill Tilden — — Grand Slam Clay
1929
René Lacoste 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 8-6 Jean Borotra — — Grand Slam Clay
1928
Henri Cochet 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 René Lacoste — — Grand Slam Clay
1927
René Lacoste 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9 Bill Tilden — — Grand Slam Clay
1926
Henri Cochet 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 René Lacoste — — Grand Slam Clay
1925
René Lacoste 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 Jean Borotra — — Grand Slam Clay
1924
Jean Borotra 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 5-7, 6-2 René Lacoste — — Grand Slam Clay
1923
François Blanchy 1-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2 Max Decugis — — Grand Slam Clay
1922
Henri Cochet 8-6, 6-3, 7-5 Jean Samazeuilh — — Grand Slam Clay
1921
Jean Samazeuilh 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 André Gobert — — Grand Slam Clay
1920
André Gobert 6-3, 3-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 Max Decugis — — Grand Slam Clay 1919 — — — — — — — 1918 — — — — — — — 1917 — — — — — — — 1916 — — — — — — — 1915 — — — — — — —
1914
Max Decugis 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 Jean Samazeuilh — — Grand Slam Clay
1913
Max Decugis 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 Georges Gault — — Grand Slam Clay
1912
Max Decugis 6-1,7-5,6-0 André Gobert — — Grand Slam Clay
1911
André Gobert 6-1, 8-6, 7-5 Maurice Germot — — Grand Slam Clay
1910
Maurice Germot 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 François Blanchy — — Grand Slam Clay
1909
Max Decugis 3-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Maurice Germot — — Grand Slam Clay
1908
Max Decugis 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 Maurice Germot — — Grand Slam Clay
1907
Max Decugis 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 Robert Wallet — — Grand Slam Sand
1906
Maurice Germot 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 Max Decugis — — Grand Slam Sand
1905
Maurice Germot 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 André Vacherot — — Grand Slam Sand
1904
Max Decugis 6-2, 8-6, 8-10, 6-1 André Vacherot — — Grand Slam Sand
1903
Max Decugis 6-3, 6-2 André Vacherot — — Grand Slam Sand
1902
Michel Vacherot 6-4, 6-2 Max Decugis — — Grand Slam Sand
1901
André Vacherot 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Paul Lebreton — — Grand Slam Sand
1900
Paul Aymé 6-3, 6-0 André Prévost — — Grand Slam Sand
1899
Paul Aymé 9-7, 3-6, 6-3 Paul Lebreton — — Grand Slam Sand
1898
Paul Aymé 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Paul Lebreton — — Grand Slam Sand
1897
Paul Aymé 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Francky Wardan — — Grand Slam Sand
1896
André Vacherot 6-1, 7-5 Gérard Brosselin — — Grand Slam Sand
1895
André Vacherot 9-7, 6-2 Laurent Riboulet — — Grand Slam Sand
1894
André Vacherot 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 Gérard Brosselin — — Grand Slam Sand
1893
Laurent Riboulet 6-3, 6-3 Jean Schopfer — — Grand Slam Sand
1892
Jean Schopfer 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 Francis L. Fassitt — — Grand Slam Sand
1891
H. Briggs 6-3, 6-4 P. Baigneres — — Grand Slam Grass
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Roland Garros held? Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
Who won the most recent Roland Garros? The 2026 Roland Garros was won by Alexander Zverev, who defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles? Rafael Nadal has won 14 Roland Garros titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Roland Garros played? The first edition of Roland Garros was held in 1891.
What surface is Roland Garros played on? Roland Garros is played on clay courts.