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Open Era singles titles.
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Rafael Nadal 14 titles
ATP Roland Garros 1971 Draw, Results & Schedule
Jan Kodes won the 1971 Roland Garros, defeating Ilie Nastase 8-6 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 21 to June 4, 1971. The match log contains 118 recorded singles results for this edition.
Roland Garros is also widely known as the French Open and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on clay.
Full tournament history →Dates
May 21 — Jun 4
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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Results
| Winner | Score | Loser | H2H | Match Data | Date | Round |
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| F (1) | ||||||
| Jan Kodes DEF | 8-6 6-2 2-6 7-5 | Ilie Nastase | H2H | Match data | Jun 4, 1971* | F |
| SF (2) | ||||||
| Ilie Nastase | 6-0 2-6 6-4 6-3 | Frank Froehling | H2H | Match data | Jun 3, 1971* | SF |
| Jan Kodes DEF | 6-4 6-2 7-5 | Zeljko Franulovic | H2H | Match data | Jun 3, 1971* | SF |
| QF (4) | ||||||
| Jan Kodes DEF | 6-4 8-6 1-6 6-1 | Patrick Proisy | H2H | Match data | Jun 1, 1971* | QF |
| Ilie Nastase | 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4 | Stan Smith | H2H | Match data | Jun 1, 1971* | QF |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-2 | Istvan Gulyas | H2H | Match data | Jun 1, 1971* | QF |
| Frank Froehling | 6-4 4-6 6-3 3-6 8-6 | Arthur Ashe | H2H | Match data | Jun 1, 1971* | QF Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| R16 (8) | ||||||
| Stan Smith | 6-4 2-6 8-6 6-2 | Patrice Dominguez | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 6-4 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-4 | Pierre Barthes | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 |
| Frank Froehling | 1-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 | Marty Riessen | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Patrick Proisy | 6-4 9-7 7-5 | Bob Lutz | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 |
| Istvan Gulyas | 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-2 | Cliff Richey | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Jan Kodes DEF | 4-6 6-2 5-7 6-0 6-4 | Francois Jauffret | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 |
| Arthur Ashe | 6-4 6-4 7-5 | Georges Goven | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 |
| Ilie Nastase | 6-1 6-1 3-6 7-5 | Tadeusz Nowicki | H2H | Match data | May 30, 1971* | R16 |
| R32 (16) | ||||||
| Patrice Dominguez | 6-4 8-6 3-6 4-6 9-7 | Adriano Panatta | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Jan Kodes DEF | 6-4 9-7 6-2 | Bob Carmichael | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Ilie Nastase | 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-2 | Ray Ruffels | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Georges Goven | 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1 | Nicola Pietrangeli | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 6-3 6-1 7-5 | Tom Gorman | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Patrick Proisy | 6-1 6-0 6-3 | Jaime Pinto Bravo | — | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Marty Riessen | 3-6 6-1 6-3 13-11 | Jean Claude Barclay | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Francois Jauffret | 6-3 7-5 6-1 | Jean Baptiste Chanfreau | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Cliff Richey | 6-1 6-3 8-6 | Colin Dibley | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Pierre Barthes | 9-7 6-1 6-2 | Terry Ryan | — | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Stan Smith | 6-1 6-1 6-3 | Graham Stilwell | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Arthur Ashe | 6-2 6-3 7-5 | Jean Loup Rouyer | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Bob Lutz | 6-1 5-7 5-7 6-4 6-4 | Jun Kuki | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Istvan Gulyas | 6-2 6-2 6-2 | Bill Bowrey | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Tadeusz Nowicki | 3-6 6-1 8-6 6-2 | Frew Mcmillan | H2H | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| Frank Froehling | 4-6 6-3 8-6 7-5 | Jan Leschly | — | Match data | May 27, 1971* | R32 |
| R64 (29) | ||||||
| Frew Mcmillan | 6-2 6-2 6-2 | Brian Fairlie | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Ray Ruffels | 6-1 6-1 6-0 | Ross Case | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Tadeusz Nowicki | 6-3 6-4 6-3 | Vladimir Korotkov | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Nicola Pietrangeli | 6-4 2-6 6-2 6-3 | Peter Pokorny | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 6-2 6-3 6-3 | Antonio Munoz | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Graham Stilwell | 7-5 12-10 6-4 | Toshiro Sakai | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Tom Gorman | 10-12 6-2 6-2 6-1 | Jean Paul Meyer | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Francois Jauffret | 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-1 | Milan Holecek | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Frank Froehling | 6-2 6-2 6-3 | John Cooper | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Georges Goven | 5-7 6-3 6-2 7-5 | Daniel Contet | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Stan Smith | 6-4 6-1 6-1 | Jose Guerrero | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Arthur Ashe | 3-6 6-4 6-0 7-5 | Victor Egorov | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Jean Claude Barclay | 6-1 9-7 6-0 | Bernard Montrenaud | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Jun Kuki | 6-0 6-3 6-4 | Peter Marmureanu | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Istvan Gulyas | 6-0 6-3 6-0 | Nicola Spear | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Cliff Richey | 6-1 6-2 6-0 | Terry Addison | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Patrice Dominguez | 1-6 6-4 6-2 9-7 | Teimuraz Kakulia | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Colin Dibley | 6-1 6-3 7-5 | Michele Leclercq | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Bob Lutz | 4-6 6-1 1-6 6-2 6-2 | Gerald Battrick | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Ilie Nastase | 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-1 | Szabolcz Baranyi | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Bill Bowrey | 6-1 6-3 3-6 1-6 8-6 | Barry Phillips Moore | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Jan Kodes DEF | 6-3 6-0 7-5 | Jean Pierre Courcol | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Adriano Panatta | 6-2 6-4 6-1 | Wanaro N'Godrella | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Marty Riessen | 0-6 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-3 | John Alexander | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Pierre Barthes | 6-2 6-1 6-4 | Dick Crealy | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Patrick Proisy | 6-4 6-4 7-5 | Alex Metreveli | — | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Jean Baptiste Chanfreau | 6-3 6-4 6-2 | Alexander Volkov | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Jean Loup Rouyer | 6-2 6-4 7-5 | Patrick Hombergen | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| Bob Carmichael | 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2 | Geoff Masters | H2H | Match data | May 25, 1971* | R64 |
| R128 (58) | ||||||
| Patrick Hombergen | 6-2 6-2 6-3 | Byron Bertram | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Terry Addison | 6-1 4-6 6-0 7-5 | Peter Szoke | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Alexander Volkov | 6-3 9-7 6-3 | Jaime Fillol | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Istvan Gulyas | 4-6 7-5 11-9 6-2 | Juan Gisbert | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Pierre Barthes | 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-1 | Vladimir Zednik | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Wanaro N'Godrella | 6-3 4-6 6-4 7-5 | Hans Kary | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Bill Bowrey | 6-3 6-2 8-6 | Ion Tiriac | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jun Kuki | 6-0 6-3 11-9 | Phil Dent | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Frank Froehling | 6-4 6-3 6-3 | Rainer Kuhlmey | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Brian Fairlie | 10-8 6-0 6-3 | Jan Kukal | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Daniel Contet | 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-4 | Ian Fletcher | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jean Loup Rouyer | 6-1 2-6 6-1 7-9 6-4 | Stepan Koudelka | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Ilie Nastase | 6-2 6-2 6-4 | Thomaz Koch | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Geoff Masters | 6-4 6-2 6-2 | Onny Parun | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Peter Pokorny | 6-3 6-3 1-6 6-1 | Bob Giltinan | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Bob Lutz | 6-2 6-4 6-1 | Jiri Hrebec | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Patrice Dominguez | 6-3 6-1 6-4 | Frank Sedgman | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| John Alexander | 7-5 6-3 8-6 | Raymond Moore | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Antonio Munoz | 6-4 6-4 6-4 | John Clifton | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Bernard Montrenaud | 9-7 6-0 4-6 3-6 7-5 | Peter Lamp | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| John Cooper | 6-8 6-2 6-3 5-7 (ret.) | Roger Taylor | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability. |
| Nicola Spear | 6-2 7-5 6-3 | Vincenzo Franchitti | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Marty Riessen | 7-5 6-1 6-1 | Sergio Palmieri | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Georges Goven | 6-1 6-1 6-1 | Syd Ball | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Ross Case | 6-4 10-8 7-5 | J. Mandarino | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Francois Jauffret | 6-3 6-1 6-1 | Atet Wijono | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Barry Phillips Moore | 6-1 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-1 | Patricio Cornejo | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Peter Marmureanu | 6-4 4-6 6-2 4-6 8-6 | Robert Maud | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jean Paul Meyer | 4-6 8-6 6-2 2-0 (ret.) | Boro Jovanovic | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Tadeusz Nowicki | 6-3 6-0 6-2 | Jim Mcmanus | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Frew Mcmillan | (w/o) | Nikola Pilic | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Cliff Richey | 6-2 6-4 6-2 | Massimo Di Domenico | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Victor Egorov | 6-4 1-6 3-6 6-4 8-6 | Robert Machan | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Arthur Ashe | 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-1 | Geza Varga | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Graham Stilwell | 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-0 | Corrado Barazzutti | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Colin Dibley | 6-1 6-4 6-1 | Pierre Joly | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jairo Velasco | 7-5 6-2 6-3 | David Lloyd | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jean Baptiste Chanfreau | 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-8 6-3 | Ivan Molina | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Tom Gorman | 2-6 2-6 8-6 6-3 6-4 | Andrew Pattison | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Bob Carmichael | 6-2 6-0 6-1 | Patrice Beust | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Vladimir Korotkov | 1-6 6-1 6-3 6-3 | Allan Stone | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Ray Ruffels | 6-0 6-4 6-2 | Patricio Rodriguez Chi | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Patrick Proisy | 6-2 6-4 6-1 | Thomas Lejus | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 6-2 6-2 2-6 10-8 | Pat Cramer | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Gerald Battrick | 6-3 6-8 0-6 6-2 7-5 | Frantisek Pala | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Teimuraz Kakulia | (w/o) | Manuel Orantes | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Adriano Panatta | 6-3 6-3 7-5 | Stanley Matthews | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jan Kodes DEF | 6-1 6-1 6-3 | Wieslaw Gasiorek | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Nicola Pietrangeli | 6-0 8-6 6-2 | Charlie Pasarell | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jean Claude Barclay | 6-0 6-1 6-2 | Dimitri Sturdza | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jose Guerrero | 6-0 6-3 6-2 | Bill Freer | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Alex Metreveli | 6-1 6-2 7-5 | Antonio Zugarelli | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Stan Smith | 6-3 6-2 8-6 | Nicholas Kalogeropoulos | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Dick Crealy | (w/o) | Jaidip Mukerjea | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Szabolcz Baranyi | 6-1 4-6 5-7 6-0 6-0 | Hendrick Sepp | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Milan Holecek | 6-4 6-3 6-3 | Zlatko Ivancic | H2H | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jose Luis Arillla | (w/o) | Miecyslav Rybarczyk | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
| Jean Pierre Courcol | 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-3 | Sever Muresan | — | Match data | May 23, 1971* | R128 |
Tournament Records
The leading Open Era records for Roland Garros.
Most Finals
Champion or runner-up finishes.
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Rafael Nadal 14 finals
Most Match Wins
Recorded main-draw match wins.
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Rafael Nadal 112 wins
Most Appearances
Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.
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Novak Djokovic 22 appearances
View the full Roland Garros record book →
Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.
Recent Finals
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | H2H | Match Data | Season | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Zverev | 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 | Flavio Cobolli | H2H | Match data | 2026 | Clay |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) | Jannik Sinner | H2H | Match data | 2025 | Clay |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 | Alexander Zverev | H2H | Match data | 2024 | Clay |
| Novak Djokovic | 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 | Casper Ruud | H2H | Match data | 2023 | Clay |
| Rafael Nadal | 6-3 6-3 6-0 | Casper Ruud | H2H | Match data | 2022 | Clay |
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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.