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French Open previous men's winners

The French Open is the only one of the four Grand Slams to be played on clay and is, therefore, a specialist tournament which tends to be dominated by a small pool of players.

Although having been staged since 1891, it took until 1968 for the tournament to become an Open and that was when professional players were first introduced to the competition. 

There have been many multiple male winners in the French capital down the years with Bjorn Borg winning the event six times between 1974 and 1981, although his achievements have since been overshadowed by the superiority of 14-time champion Rafael Nadal. 

Nadal's dominance meant there were only four different winners of the French Open for nearly two decades from 2004 with the Spaniard last lifting the trophy in 2022.

His Spanish compatriot Carlos Alcaraz has now started to dominate - winning back-to-back titles on the red clay in Paris.

French Open Men's

French Open men's winners (Open Era)

Year

Champion

Runner-up

1968

Ken Rosewall

Rod Laver

1969

Rod Laver

Ken Rosewall

1970

Jan Kodeš

Željko Franulović

1971

Jan Kodeš

Ilie Năstase

1972

Andrés Gimeno

Patrick Proisy

1973

Ilie Năstase

Nikola Pilić

1974

Björn Borg

Manuel Orantes

1975

Björn Borg

Guillermo Vilas

1976

Adriano Panatta

Harold Solomon

1977

Guillermo Vilas

Brian Gottfried

1978

Björn Borg

Guillermo Vilas

1979

Björn Borg

Víctor Pecci

1980

Björn Borg

Vitas Gerulaitis

1981

Björn Borg

Ivan Lendl

1982

Mats Wilander

Guillermo Vilas

1983

Yannick Noah

Mats Wilander

1984

Ivan Lendl

John McEnroe

1985

Mats Wilander

Ivan Lendl

1986

Ivan Lendl

Mikael Pernfors

1987

Ivan Lendl

Mats Wilander

1988

Mats Wilander

Henri Leconte

1989

Michael Chang

Stefan Edberg

1990

Andrés Gómez

Andre Agassi

1991

Jim Courier

Andre Agassi

1992

Jim Courier

Petr Korda

1993

Sergi Bruguera

Jim Courier

1994

Sergi Bruguera

Alberto Berasategui

1995

Thomas Muster

Michael Chang

1996

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Michael Stich

1997

Gustavo Kuerten

Sergi Bruguera

1998

Carlos Moyá

Àlex Corretja

1999

Andre Agassi

Andrei Medvedev

2000

Gustavo Kuerten

Magnus Norman

2001

Gustavo Kuerten

Àlex Corretja

2002

Albert Costa

Juan Carlos Ferrero

2003

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Martin Verkerk

2004

Gastón Gaudio

Guillermo Coria

2005

Rafael Nadal

Mariano Puerta

2006

Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer

2007

Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer

2008

Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer

2009

Roger Federer

Robin Söderling

2010

Rafael Nadal

Robin Söderling

2011

Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer

2012

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic

2013

Rafael Nadal

David Ferrer

2014

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic

2015

Stan Wawrinka

Novak Djokovic

2016

Novak Djokovic

Andy Murray

2017

Rafael Nadal

Stan Wawrinka

2018

Rafael Nadal

Dominic Thiem

2019

Rafael Nadal

Dominic Thiem

2020

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic

2021

Novak Djokovic

Stefanos Tsitsipas

2022

Rafael Nadal

Casper Ruud

2023

Novak Djokovic

Casper Ruud

2024

Carlos Alcaraz

Alexander Zverev

2025

Carlos Alcaraz

Jannik Sinner

Who won the 2025 French Open

The 2025 French Open saw Alcaraz claim the title in one of the most dramatic Grand Slam matches of the Open Era.

Tennis fans were treated to the latest instalment of the Alcaraz v Sinner rivalry and the showpiece certainly delivered.

Defending champion Alcaraz recovered from two sets down and saved three championship points to somehow claim victory after five hours and 29 minutes - the longest final in French Open history.

Rafael Nadal's unprecedented dominance in Paris

Rafael Nadal is widely considered the King of Clay and he is generally regarded as the best player to ever grace the surface, claiming an unprecedented 14 French Open titles at Roland Garros. 

The Spaniard grew up playing on the red dirt as a youngster and carved out a style of play that allowed him to dominate on the slower terrain. 

Nadal first rose to prominence in Paris in 2005 when he defeated Mariano Puerta to take his first French Open title as a 19-year-old. 

The Mallorcan went on to win eight of the next nine French Open titles, only failing to oblige in 2009 when exiting in the fourth round, and it was Roger Federer that capitalised to win his only ever title in Paris. 

Nadal failed to go beyond the quarter-finals in both 2015 and 2016, but he quickly recovered to take four more titles between 2017 and 2020. 

The Spaniard looked on course for more French success in 2021 but suffered a surprise four-set defeat to Djokovic in the semi-final. 

However, you couldn't keep Nadal down for long, particularly in Paris, and he regained his crown the following year, beating Casper Ruud in the 2022 final to lift his 14th and final trophy at Roland Garros. 

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