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Women's French Open Winners List - Chris Evert on Top with 7 Titles at Roland Garros

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Chris Evert won 7 French Open titles from 1974 to 1986
Suzanne Lenglen & Steffi Graf are next best with 6 titles
Mirra Andreeva beat Maja Chwalinska in the 2026 final

Written by John Eastwood

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Chris Evert won seven French Open singles titles (Getty)

French Open Women's Singles Champions

Chris Evert won seven singles titles at the French Open, the most of any woman at Roland Garros.

Suzanne Lenglen and Steffi Graf are next best with six titles each, Adine Masson and Margaret Court both winning five titles.

The first women's French Open was held in 1897 when Adine Masson beat Suzanne Girod in the final.

Mirra Andreeva is the defending champion after beating Maja Chwalinska in the 2025 final. It was Andreeva's first Grand Slam title and Chwalinska, a qualifier, became the lowest-ranked finalist in French Open history.

Year	Champion	Country	Runner-Up	Country	Final
2026	Mirra Andreeva	Russia	Maja Chwalinska	Poland	6-3, 6-2
2025	Coco Gauff	USA	Aryna Sabalenka	Belarus	6-7, 6-2, 6-4
2024	Iga Swiatek	Poland	Jasmine Paolini	Italy	6-2, 6-1
2023	Iga Swiatek	Poland	Karolina Muchova	Russia	6-2, 5-7, 6-4
2022	Iga Swiatek	Poland	Coco Gauff	USA	6-1, 6-3
2021	Barbora Krejcikova	Czech Republic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Russia	6-1, 2-6, 6-4
2020	Iga Swiatek	Poland	Sofia Kenin	USA	6-4, 6-1
2019	Ashleigh Barty	Australia	Marketa Vondrousova	Czech Republic	6-1, 6-3
2018	Simona Halep	Romania	Sloane Stephens	USA	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
2017	Jelena Ostapenko	Latvia	Simona Halep	Romania	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
2016	Garbiñe Muguruza	Spain	Serena Williams	USA	7-5, 6-4
2015	Serena Williams	USA	Lucie Safarova	Czech Republic	6-3, 6-7, 6-2
2014	Maria Sharapova	Russia	Simona Halep	Romania	6-4, 6-7, 6-4
2013	Serena Williams	USA	Maria Sharapova	Russia	6-4, 6-4
2012	Maria Sharapova	Russia	Sara Errani	Italy	6-3, 6-2
2011	Li Na	China	Francesca Schiavone	Italy	6-4, 7-6
2010	Francesca Schiavone	Italy	Samantha Stosur	Australia	6-4, 7-6
2009	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Russia	Dinara Safina	Russia	6-4, 6-2
2008	Ana Ivanovic	Serbia	Dinara Safina	Russia	6-4, 6-3
2007	Justine Henin	Belgium	Ana Ivanovic	Serbia	6-1, 6-2
2006	Justine Henin	Belgium	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Russia	6-4, 6-4
2005	Justine Henin	Belgium	Mary Pierce	France	6-1, 6-1
2004	Anastasia Myskina	Russia	Elena Dementieva	Russia	6-1, 6-2
2003	Justine Henin	Belgium	Kim Clijsters	Belgium	6-0, 6-4
2002	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	USA	7-5, 6-3
2001	Jennifer Capriati	USA	Kim Clijsters	Belgium	1-6, 6-4, 12-10
2000	Mary Pierce	France	Conchita Martínez	Spain	6-2, 7-5
1999	Steffi Graf	Germany	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1998	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	Monica Seles	USA	7-6, 0-6, 6-2
1997	Iva Majoli	Croatia	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	6-4, 6-2
1996	Steffi Graf	Germany	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	6-3, 6-7, 10-8
1995	Steffi Graf	Germany	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	7-5, 4-6, 6-0
1994	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	Mary Pierce	France	6-4, 6-4
1993	Steffi Graf	Germany	Mary Joe Fernández	USA	4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1992	Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	Steffi Graf	Germany	6-2, 3-6, 10-8
1991	Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	6-3, 6-4
1990	Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	Steffi Graf	West Germany	7-6, 6-4
1989	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	Steffi Graf	West Germany	7-6, 3-6, 7-5
1988	Steffi Graf	West Germany	Natasha Zvereva	Soviet Union	6-0, 6-0
1987	Steffi Graf	West Germany	Martina Navratilova	USA	6-4, 4-6, 8-6
1986	Chris Evert	USA	Martina Navratilova	USA	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
1985	Chris Evert	USA	Martina Navratilova	USA	6-3, 6-7, 7-5
1984	Martina Navratilova	USA	Chris Evert	USA	6-3, 6-1
1983	Chris Evert	USA	Mima Jaušovec	Yugoslavia	6-1, 6-2
1982	Martina Navratilova	USA	Andrea Jaeger	USA	7-6, 6-1
1981	Hana Mandlíková	Czechoslovakia	Sylvia Hanika	West Germany	6-2, 6-4
1980	Chris Evert	USA	Virginia Ruzici	Romania	6-0, 6-3
1979	Chris Evert	USA	Wendy Turnbull	Australia	6-2, 6-0
1978	Virginia Ruzici	Romania	Mima Jaušovec	Yugoslavia	6-2, 6-2
1977	Mima Jaušovec	Yugoslavia	Florența Mihai	Romania	6-2, 6-7, 6-1
1976	Sue Barker	Great Britain	Renáta Tomanová	Czechoslovakia	6-2, 0-6, 6-2
1975	Chris Evert	USA	Martina Navratilova	Czechoslovakia	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
1974	Chris Evert	USA	Olga Morozova	Soviet Union	6-1, 6-2
1973	Margaret Court	Australia	Chris Evert	USA	6-7, 7-6, 6-4
1972	Billie Jean King	USA	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	6-3, 6-3
1971	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	Helen Gourlay	Australia	6-3, 7-5
1970	Margaret Court	Australia	Helga Niessen	West Germany	6-2, 6-4
1969	Margaret Court	Australia	Ann Haydon Jones	Great Britain	6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1968	Nancy Richey	USA	Ann Haydon Jones	Great Britain	5-7, 6-4, 6-1
1967	Françoise Dürr	France	Lesley Turner	Australia	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1966	Ann Haydon Jones	Great Britain	Nancy Richey	USA	6-3, 6-1
1965	Lesley Turner	Australia	Margaret Court	Australia	6-3, 6-4
1964	Margaret Court	Australia	Maria Bueno	Brazil	5-7, 6-1, 6-2
1963	Lesley Turner	Australia	Ann Haydon Jones	Great Britain	2-6, 6-3, 7-5
1962	Margaret Court	Australia	Lesley Turner	Australia	6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1961	Ann Haydon	Great Britain	Yola Ramírez	Mexico	6-2, 6-1
1960	Darlene Hard	USA	Yola Ramírez	Mexico	6-3, 6-4
1959	Christine Truman	Great Britain	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	Hungary	6-4, 7-5
1958	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	Hungary	Shirley Bloomer Brasher	Great Britain	6-4, 1-6, 6-2
1957	Shirley Bloomer	Great Britain	Dorothy Head Knode	USA	6-1, 6-3
1956	Althea Gibson	USA	Angela Mortimer	Great Britain	6-0, 12-10
1955	Angela Mortimer	Great Britain	Dorothy Head Knode	USA	2-6, 7-5, 10-8
1954	Maureen Connolly	USA	Ginette Bucaille	France	6-4, 6-1
1953	Maureen Connolly	USA	Doris Hart	USA	6-2, 6-4
1952	Doris Hart	USA	Shirley Fry	USA	6-4, 6-4
1951	Shirley Fry	USA	Doris Hart	USA	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
1950	Doris Hart	USA	Patricia Canning Todd	USA	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1949	Margaret Osborne duPont	USA	Nelly Adamson Landry	France	7-5, 6-2
1948	Nelly Adamson Landry	France	Shirley Fry	USA	6-2, 0-6, 6-0
1947	Patricia Canning Todd	USA	Doris Hart	USA	6-3, 3-6, 6-4
1946	Margaret Osborne duPont	USA	Pauline Betz	USA	1-6, 8-6, 7-5
1945	Lolette Payot	Switzerland	Simone Iribarne Lafargue	France	6-3, 6-4
1944	Raymonde Jones Veber	France	Jacqueline Patorni	France	6-4, 9-7
1943	Simone Iribarne Lafargue	France	Alice Weiwers	Luxembourg	6-1, 7-5
1942	Alice Weiwers	Luxembourg	Lolette Payot	Switzerland	6-4, 6-4
1941	Alice Weiwers	Luxembourg	Anne-Marie Seghers	France	6-3, 6-0
1939	Simonne Mathieu	France	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Poland	6-3, 8-6
1938	Simonne Mathieu	France	Nelly Adamson Landry	France	6-0, 6-3
1937	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Germany	Simonne Mathieu	France	6-2, 6-4
1936	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Germany	Simonne Mathieu	France	6-3, 6-4
1935	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Germany	Simonne Mathieu	France	6-2, 6-1
1934	Margaret Scriven Vivian	Great Britain	Helen Jacobs	USA	7-5, 4-6, 6-1
1933	Margaret Scriven Vivian	Great Britain	Simonne Mathieu	France	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1932	Helen Wills Moody	USA	Simonne Mathieu	France	7-5, 6-1
1931	Cilly Aussem	Germany	Betty Nuthall	Great Britain	8-6, 6-1
1930	Helen Wills Moody	USA	Helen Jacobs	USA	6-2, 6-1
1929	Helen Wills Moody	USA	Simonne Mathieu	France	6-3, 6-4
1928	Helen Wills Moody	USA	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	Great Britain	6-1, 6-2
1927	Kea Bouman	Netherlands	Irene Bowder Peacock	South Africa	6-2, 6-4
1926	Suzanne Lenglen	France	Mary Browne	USA	6-1, 6-0
1925	Suzanne Lenglen	France	Kitty McKane Godfree	Great Britain[g]	6-1, 6-2
1924	Julie Vlasto	France	Jeanne Vaussard	France	6-2, 6-3
1923	Suzanne Lenglen	France	Germaine Golding	France	6-1, 6-4
1922	Suzanne Lenglen	France	Germaine Golding	France	6-4, 6-2
1921	Suzanne Lenglen	France	Germaine Golding	France	walkover
1920	Suzanne Lenglen	France	Marguerite Broquedis	France	6-1, 7-5
1914	Marguerite Broquedis	France	Suzanne Lenglen	France	5-7, 6-4, 6-3
1913	Marguerite Broquedis	France	Jeanne Matthey	France	6-3, 6-3
1912	Jeanne Matthey	France	Marie Danet	France	6-2, 7-5
1911	Jeanne Matthey	France	Marguerite Broquedis	France	6-2, 7-5
1910	Jeanne Matthey	France	Germaine Régnier	France	1-6, 6-1, 9-7
1909	Jeanne Matthey	France	Abeille Villard Gallay	France	10-8, 6-4
1908	Kate Gillou-Fenwick	France	Pean	France	6-2, 6-2
1907	Comtesse de Kermel	France	Catherine d'Aliney d'Elva	France	6-1, retired
1906	Kate Gillou-Fenwick	France	Virginia MacVeagh	France	n/a
1905	Kate Gillou	France	Yvonne de Pfeffel	France	6-0, 11-9
1904	Kate Gillou	France	Adine Masson	France	n/a
1903	Adine Masson	France	Kate Gillou	France	6-0, 6-8, 6-0
1902	Adine Masson	France	Suzanne Girod	France	6-0, 6-1
1901	Suzanne Girod	France	Leroux	France	6-1, 6-1
1900	Yvonne Prévost	France	n/a	France	n/a
1899	Adine Masson	France	n/a	France	n/a
1898	Adine Masson	France	n/a	France	n/a
1897	Adine Masson	France	Suzanne Girod	France	6-3, 6-1

Multiple Champions

Chris Evert, Suzanne Lenglen, Steffi Graf, Adine Masson and Margaret Court all won five or more titles at French Open.

Player	Country	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-Time	Years
Chris Evert	USA	0	7	7	1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986
Suzanne Lenglen	France	6	0	6	1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926
Steffi Graf	Germany	0	6	6	1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999
Adine Masson	France	5	0	5	1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903
Margaret Court	Australia	2	3	5	1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973
Iga Swiatek	Poland	0	4	4	2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Kate Gillou	France	4	0	4	1904, 1905, 1906, 1908
Jeanne Matthey	France	4	0	4	1909, 1910, 1911, 1912
Helen Wills	USA	4	0	4	1928, 1929, 1930, 1932
Justine Henin	Belgium	0	4	4	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Germany	3	0	3	1935, 1936, 1937
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	0	3	3	1989, 1994, 1998
Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	0	3	3	1990, 1991, 1992
Serena Williams	USA	0	3	3	2002, 2013, 2015
Marguerite Broquedis	France	2	0	2	1913, 1914
Margaret Scriven Vivian	Great Britain	2	0	2	1933, 1934
Simonne Mathieu	France	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	Great Britain	2	0	2	1961, 1966
Lesley Turner Bowrey	Australia	2	0	2	1963, 1965
Martina Navratilova	USA	0	2	2	1982, 1984
Maria Sharapova	Russia	0	2	2	2012, 2014

Championships by country

Players from France dominated the women's French Open in the amateur era but tasted little success since. Players from United States took over in the open era.

Country	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-Time	First Title	Last Title
France	29	1	30	1897	2000
United States	14	16	30	1928	2025
Australia	4	5	9	1962	2019
Great Britain	7	1	8	1933	1976
Germany	4	4	8	1931	1999
Russia	0	5	5	2004	2026
Yugoslavia	0	4	4	1977	1992
Belgium	0	4	4	2003	2007
Spain	0	4	4	1989	2016
Poland	0	4	4	2020	2024
West Germany	0	2	2	1987	1988
Romania	0	2	2	1978	2018
Netherlands	1	0	1	1927	1927
Hungary	1	0	1	1958	1958
Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	1981	1981
Croatia	0	1	1	1997	1997
Serbia	0	1	1	2008	2008
Italy	0	1	1	2010	2010
China	0	1	1	2011	2011
Latvia	0	1	1	2017	2017
Czech Republic	0	1	1	2021	2021

History

The first French Open was held in 1891, known as the Championnat de France and only open to tennis players who were members of French clubs.

The first women's singles tournament was held in 1897.

The new Stade de Roland Garros held the French International Championships in 1928 and the event has been held there ever since.

In 1968 the French Championships became the first Grand Slam tournament to go open, allowing both amateurs and professionals to compete.

French Open Winners FAQ

Who has won the most women's singles titles at French Open?
Chris Evert is the most successful woman at French Open with seven singles titles.
Who won 2026 French Open?
Mirra Andreeva won the 2026 French Open, beating Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the final.

John Eastwood

Graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2008 with a BA in English Literature before completing MA in Journalism. Began his career as a sports journalist in London before moving to the Middle East to work as a sports editor for national media companies in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Favourite Sports: Tennis, Boxing, Golf.

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