Australia Has Not Won A French Women’s Singles Tournament Since 1973
Victor P Taffa
Australian Open Male Singles Tennis Champions Before And After Introduction Of Open Era In May 1968
- 4 is Number Of Australian Women To Win French Open 1969-2018
- 4 is Number Of Australian Women To Win French Open 1897-1968
- 47 is Number Of Opens Australians Did Not Win French Open 1969-2018
- 56 is Number Of Opens Australians Did Not Win French Open 1897-1968
- 51 is Total Number Of Opens Contested 1969-2018
- 60 is Total Number Of Opens Contested 1905-1968
- 5 is Number Of Opens Missed During World War I
- 6 is Number Of Opens Missed During World War II
French Open Women’s Singles Champion
French Open, (French: Internationaux de France) is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June.
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. Women’s singles event began in 1897.
Racing Club de France and the Stade Francais 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.
French Open is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments played each year which include the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
Organised by the Federation Francaise de Tennis (FFT), the French Open is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year to be played.
Event was not held from 1915-1919 because of the First World War and was held unofficially under German occupation from 1941-1944, during the Second World War.
From 1941-1944, 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.
These results are not recognised by the FFT or other major international organisations and are considered unofficial.
Champion receives a miniature replica of the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen (Suzanne Lenglen Cup), named after Suzanne Lenglen. In 2010, the winner received prize money of €1,120,000.
Champions
Year Champion Runner-up
2018 Simona Halep (ROM) Sioane Stephens (USA)
2017 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) Simona Halep (ROM)
2016 Garbine Muguruza (SPA) Serena Williams (USA)
2015 Serena Williams (USA) Lucie Safarova (CZE)
2014 Maria Sharapova (RUS) Simona Halep (ROM)
2013 Serena Williams (USA) Maria Sharapova (RUS)
2012 Maria Sharapova (RUS) Sara Errani (ITA)
2011 Li Na (CHI) Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
2010 Francesca Schiavone (ITA) Samantha Stosur (AUS)
2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Dinara Safina (RUS)
2008 Ana Ivanovic (SER) Dinara Safina (RUS)
2007 Justine Henin (BE) Ana Ivanovic (SER)
2006 Justine Henin (BE) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
2005 Justine Henin (BE) Mary Pierce (FRA)
2004 Anastasia Myskina (RUS) Elena Dementieva (RUS)
2003 Justine Henin (BE) Kim Clijsters (BE)
2002 Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA)
2001 Jennifer Capriati (USA) Kim Clijsters (BE)
2000 Mary Pierce (FRA) Conchita Martinez (SPA)
1999 Steffi Graf (GER) Martina Hingis (SWI)
1998 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) Monica Seles (USA)
1997 Iva Majoli (CRO) Martina Hingis (SWI)
1996 Steffi Graf (GER) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA)
1995 Steffi Graf (GER) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA)
1994 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) Mary Pierce (FRA)
1993 Steffi Graf (GER) Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)
1992 Monica Seles (YUG) Steffi Graf (GER)
1991 Monica Seles (YUG) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA)
1990 Monica Seles (YUG) Steffi Graf (WEG)
1989 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) Steffi Graf (WEG)
1988 Steffi Graf (WEG) Natasha Zvereva (SU)
1987 Steffi Graf (WEG) Martina Navratilova (USA)
1986 Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA)
1985 Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (USA)
1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Chris Evert (USA)
1983 Chris Evert (USA) Mima Jausovec (YUG)
1982 Martina Navratilova (USA) Andrea Jaeger (USA)
1981 Hana Mandlikova (CZE) Sylvia Hanika (WEG)
1980 Chris Evert (USA) Virginia Ruzici (ROM)
1979 Chris Evert (USA) Wendy Turnbull (AUS)
1978 Virginia Ruzici (ROM) Mima Jausovec (YUG)
1977 Mima Jausovec (YUG) Florenta Mihai (ROM)
1976 Sue Barker (UK) Renata Tomanova (CZE)
1975 Chris Evert (USA) Martina Navratilova (CZE)
1974 Chris Evert (USA) Olga Morozova (SU)
1973 Margaret Court (AUS) Chris Evert (USA)
1972 Billie Jean King (USA) Evonne Goolagong (AUS)
1971 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) Helen Gourlay (AUS)
1970 Margaret Court (AUS) Helga Niessen (WEG)
1969 Margaret Court (AUS) Ann Haydon Jones (UK)
1968 Nancy Richey (USA) Ann Haydon Jones (UK)
French Open 1968-
Open Era Tennis Begins May 1968
1967 Francoise Durr (FRA) Lesley Turner (AUS)
1966 Ann Haydon Jones (UK) Nancy Richey (USA)
1965 Lesley Turner (AUS) Margaret Court (AUS)
1964 Margaret Court (AUS) Maria Bueno (BRA)
1963 Lesley Turner (AUS) Ann Haydon Jones (UK)
1962 Margaret Court (AUS) Lesley Turner (AUS)
1961 Ann Haydon (UK) Yola Ramirez (MEX)
1960 Darlene Hard (USA) Yola Ramirez (MEX)
1959 Christine Truman (UK) Zsuzsa Kormoczy (HUN)
1958 Zsuzsa Kormoczy (HUN) Shirley Bloomer Brasher (UK)
1957 Shirley Bloomer (UK) Dorothy Head Knode (USA)
1956 Althea Gibson (USA) Angela Mortimer (UK)
1955 Angela Mortimer (UK) Dorothy Head Knode (USA)
1954 Maureen Connolly (USA) Ginette Bucaille (FRA)
1953 Maureen Connolly (USA) Doris Hart (USA)
1952 Doris Hart (USA) Shirley Fry (USA)
1951 Shirley Fry (USA) Doris Hart (USA)
1950 Doris Hart (USA) Patricia Canning Todd (USA)
1949 Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) Nelly Adamson Landry (FRA)
1948 Nelly Adamson Landry (FRA) Shirley Fry (USA)
1947 Patricia Canning Todd (USA) Doris Hart (USA)
1946 Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) Pauline Betz Addie (USA)
1945 Lolette Payot (SWI) Simone Iribarne Lafargue (FRA) (Unofficial competition)
1944 Raymond Jones Veber (FRA) Jacqueline Patorni (FRA) (Unofficial competition)
1943 Simone Iribarne Lafargue (FRA) Alice Weiwers (LUX) (Unofficial competition)
1942 Alice Weiwers (LUX) Lolette Payot (SWI) (Unofficial competition)
1941 Alice Weiwers (LUX) Anne-Marie Seghers (Unofficial competition)
1940 No competition
1939 Simonne Mathieu (FRA) Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL)
1938 Simonne Mathieu (FRA) Nelly Adamson Landry (FRA)
1937 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (NAZ) Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
1936 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (NAZ) Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
1935 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (NAZ) Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
1934 Margaret Scriven Vivian (UK) Helen Jacobs (USA)
1933 Margaret Scriven Vivian (UK) Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
1932 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
1931 Cilly Aussem (GER) Betty Nuthall (UK)
1930 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Helen Jacobs (USA)
1929 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Simonne Mathieu (FRA)
1928 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (UK)
1927 Kea Bouman (NET) Irene Bowder Peacock (SA)
1926 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Mary Browne (USA)
1925 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Kitty McKane Godfree (UK)
1924 Julie Vlasto (FRA) Jeanne Vaussard (FRA)
1923 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Germaine Golding (FRA)
1922 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Germaine Golding (FRA)
1921 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Germaine Golding (FRA)
1920 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Marguerite Broquedis (FRA)
1919 No competition
1918 No competition
1917 No competition
1916 No competition
1915 No competition
1914 Marguerite Broquedis (FRA) Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)
1913 Marguerite Broquedis (FRA) Jeanne Matthey (FRA)
1912 Jeanne Matthey (FRA) Marie Danet (FRA)
1911 Jeanne Matthey (FRA) Marguerite Broquedis (FRA)
1910 Jeanne Matthey (FRA) Germaine Regnier (FRA)
1909 Jeanne Matthey (FRA) Abeille Villard Gallay (FRA)
1908 Kate Gillou-Fenwick (FRA) Pean
1907 Comtesse de Kernel (FRA) Catherine d’Aliney d’Elva (FRA)
1906 Kate Gillou-Fenwick (FRA) Virginia MacVeagh (FRA)
1905 Kate Gillou (FRA) Yvonne de Pfeffel (FRA)
1904 Kate Gillou (FRA) Adine Masson (FRA)
1903 Adine Masson (FRA) Kate Gillou (FRA)
1902 Adine Masson (FRA) P. Girod (FRA)
1901 P. Girod (FRA) Leroux (FRA)
1900 Helene Prevost (FRA) Only entrant (No final)
1899 Adine Masson (FRA) Only entrant (No final)
1898 Adine Masson (FRA) Only entrant (No final)
1897 Adine Masson (FRA) P. Girod (FRA)
French Championships 1897-1967
Multiple Champions
Player Amateur Era Open Era All-Time Years
Chris Evert (USA) 0 7 7 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986,
Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) 6 0 6 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926,
Steffi Graf (WEG, GER) 0 6 6 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999,
Francoise Adine Masson (FRA) 5 0 5 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903,
Margaret Court (AUS) 2 3 5 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973,
Kate Gillou (FRA) 4 0 4 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908,
Jeanne Matthey (FRA) 4 0 4 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
Helen Wills (USA) 4 0 4 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932,
Justine Henin (BE) 0 4 4 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007,
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (NAZ) 3 0 3 1935, 1936, 1937,
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (SPA) 0 3 3 1989, 1994, 1998,
Monica Seles (YUG) 0 3 3 1990, 1991, 1992,
Serena Williams (USA) 0 3 3 2002, 2003, 2015,
Margaret Scriven Vivian (UK) 2 0 2 1933, 1934,
Simonne Mathieu (FRA) 2 0 2 1938, 1939,
Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) 2 0 2 1946, 1949,
Doris Hart (USA) 2 0 2 1950, 1952,
Maureen Connolly (USA) 2 0 2 1953, 1954,
Ann Haydon Jones (UK) 2 0 2 1961, 1966,
Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS) 2 0 2 1963, 1965,
Martina Navratilova (USA) 0 2 2 1982, 1984,
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 0 2 2 2012, 2014,
Abbreviations
AUS Australia
AU Austria
BAH Bahamas
BEL Belarus
BE Belgium
BRA Brazil
CAN Canada
CHI China
CRO Croatia
CZE Czech Republic
CZE Czechoslovakia
DEN Denmark
ECU Ecuador
FIN Finland
FRA France
GER Germany
HUN Hungary
IND India
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JAP Japan
LAT Latvia
LUX Luxembourg
MEX Mexico
NAZ Nazi Germany
NET The Netherlands
PER Peru
POL Poland
ROM Romania
RUS Russia
SER Serbia
SA South Africa
SU Soviet Union
SPA Spain
SWE Sweden
SWI Switzerland
UK United Kingdom
URU Uruguay
USA United States of America
WEG West Germany
YUG Yugoslavia
ZIM Zimbabwe