French : US Open : Women's and Men's Singles Champions 1970-2008

The second of the four majors, the French Open is held right in the middle of the tennis calendar, and is a target for all the big names aiming for a Grand Slam. The list of previous French Open Winners reads like a who's who of tennis legends: Margaret Smith-Court, Chris Evert-Lloyd, Steffi Graf, Björn Borg, Monica Seles, Justine Hénin-Hardenne Borg, Evert-Lloyd, Navratilova, Laver,Rafael Nadal Lenglen... the names just keep on coming.



List Women's Singles Champions 1970-2008 French Open

1970 Margaret Smith-Court AUS
1971 Evonne Goolagong AUS
1972 Billie-Jean King USA
1973 Margaret Smith-Court AUS
1974 Chris Evert USA
1975 Chris Evert USA
1976 Sue Barker GBR
1977 Mima Jausovec YUG
1978 Virginia Ruzici ROM
1979 Chris Evert-Lloyd USA
1980 Chris Evert-Lloyd USA
1981 Hana Mandlikova CZE
1982 Martina Navratilova USA
1983 Chris Evert-Lloyd USA
1984 Martina Navratilova USA
1985 Chris Evert-Lloyd USA
1986 Chris Evert-Lloyd USA
1987 Steffi Graf GER
1988 Steffi Graf GER
1989 Arantxa Sanchez ESP
1990 Monica Seles YUG
1991 Monica Seles YUG
1992 Monica Seles YUG
1993 Steffi Graf GER
1994 Arantxa Sanchez ESP
1995 Steffi Graf GER
1996 Steffi Graf GER
1997 Iva Majoli CRO
1998 Arantxa Sanchez ESP
1999 Steffi Graf GER
2000 Mary Pierce FRA
2001 Jennifer Capriati USA
2002 Serena Williams USA
2003 Justine Hénin-Hardenne BEL
2004 Anastasia Myskina RUS
2005 Justine Hénin-Hardenne BEL
2006 Justine Hénin-Hardenne BEL
2007 Justine Hénin BEL
2008 Ana Ivanovic SER

List Men's Singles Champions 1970-2008 French Open

1970 Jan Kodes CZE
1971 Jan Kodes CZE
1972 Andres Gimeno ESP
1973 Ilie Nastase ROM
1974 Björn Borg SWE
1975 Björn Borg SWE
1976 Adriano Panatta ITA
1977 Guillermo Vilas ARG
1978 Björn Borg SWE
1979 Björn Borg SWE
1980 Björn Borg SWE
1981 Björn Borg SWE
1982 Mats Wilander SWE
1983 Yannick Noah FRA
1984 Ivan Lendl CZE
1985 Mats Wilander SWE
1986 Ivan Lendl CZE
1987 Ivan Lendl CZE
1988 Mats Wilander SWE
1989 Michael Chang USA
1990 Andres Gomez ECU
1991 Jim Courier USA
1992 Jim Courier USA
1993 Sergi Bruguera ESP
1994 Sergi Bruguera ESP
1995 Thomas Muster AUT
1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov RUS
1997 Gustavo Kuerten BRA
1998 Carlos Moya ESP
1999 Andre Agassi USA
2000 Gustavo Kuerten BRA
2001 Gustavo Kuerten BRA
2002 Albert Costa ESP
2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP
2004 Gaston Gaudio ARG
2005 Rafael Nadal ESP
2006 Rafael Nadal ESP
2007 Rafael Nadal ESP
2008 Rafael Nadal ESP