List of French Open singles finalists during the open era

French Open Singles Finalists
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Location	Paris; France
Created	1968; (47 finals, including 2014)
Men's Most	9: Rafael Nadal
Men's Most; Consecutive	5: Rafael Nadal
Women's Most	9: Chris Evert; Steffi Graf
Women's Most; Consecutive	4: Chris Evert; Martina Navratilova; Steffi Graf
Most Meetings	Men's (4 times):; Nadal vs. Federer (4-0); Women's (4 times):; Evert vs. Navratilova (3-1)

The French Open is a Grand Slam held in Paris at the Stade Roland Garros in the administrative district of XVI^e.^[1] The tournament was first held in 1891 for the men and 1897 for the women's, and has only ceased being played during the two world wars.^[1] This tournament first became part of the Open Era in 1968, which was the first slam to open up to professional tennis players in their competition.^[1]

The French Open Men's Finals have had many top players playing in them such as six-time finalist (and winner) Björn Borg, nine-time finalist (and winner) Rafael Nadal, five-time finalists Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander and Roger Federer, and four-time finalist Guillermo Vilas.^[2] Borg won four straight finals appearances 1978-1981, which is a record that Nadal tied.^[2] Lendl won three finals during the 1980s, after losing his first final to Borg in 1981.^[2] Wilander had the same record in the finals as Lendl, they met twice in finals.^[2] Wilander was victorious in 1985, but in 1987 Lendl was the champion.^[2] Nadal won four straight final appearances all in consecutive years from 2005 to 2008, and he won four straight final appearances again all in consecutive years from 2010 to 2013.^[2] However, Federer would go on to capture the career grand slam in 2009, which Nadal lost out to Robin Söderling, who would go on to the final to play Federer.^[2] Federer has tied the final consecutive appearances record at four with Borg, Lendl and Nadal (twice), but only won one of those finals.^[2] Vilas would win one of his four final appearances, but did not do this consecutively like Federer.^[2]

The French Open Women's Finals have had many top players playing in them such as; the likes of Chris Evert and Steffi Graf both nine-time finalists, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Martina Navratilova both six-time finalists, and Justine Henin and Monica Seles both four-time finalists.^[3] Evert would go on to win seven finals a record amongst men and women both, which she played Navratilova in four finals winning three in 1975, 1985, and 1986.^[3] Graf won six finals, which she played and beat Navratilova in 1987, and that would be their lone encounter.^[3] In addition, Graf would play Seles in 1990 and 1992, and Seles would win those titles.^[3] Furthermore, Graf would play Sánchez Vicario in three finals, which Graf won in 1995 and 1996.^[3] Sánchez Vicario would win three titles at the event, but would lose three more.^[3] Navratilova won two titles at the event in 1982 and 1984, which she would beat Evert in the 1984 one.^[3] Henin would win three straight, which is a woman's co-record at the event, and she matched Seles in doing so, but during the four wins and three consecutive she would not play the same opponent twice.^[3] Henin would win her second in 2005 against the 2000 champion Mary Pierce, and the last two opponents she defeated in 2006 Svetlana Kuznetsova and in 2007 Ana Ivanovic, would go on to win in 2009 and 2008 respectively.^[3] Seles played another great in 1991, which she beat Sánchez Vicario, and in 1998 Sánchez Vicario would defeat her in the finals.^[3]

Men

The French Open Men's Singles Finals have been competed in by 49 various competitors from 20 separate nationalities over the 47 year time period this event has been staged.^[2] The most dominant finalist nations are Spain and Sweden, other mildly successful competing nations are the United States, Czechoslovakia, and Argentina.^[2]

* = Champion

Rafael Nadal has been a nine time finalist overall, and both a five-time consecutive finalist and a four-time consecutive finalist, and has won all of those finals.

Björn Borg has been a six time finalist overall, and a four-time consecutive finalist, and won all of those finals.

Ivan Lendl was an five-time finalist (three wins, two losses).

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Mats Wilander was a five-time finalist (three wins, two losses).

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Roger Federer has been a five-time finalist (one win, four losses).

Player	Nationality	Appearances	Win-Loss	Year(s)
Rafael Nadal	Spain	9	9–0	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014*
Björn Borg	Sweden	6	6–0	1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Ivan Lendl	Czechoslovakia	5	3–2	1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987*
Mats Wilander	Sweden	5	3–2	1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988*
Roger Federer	Switzerland	5	1–4	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009*, 2011
Guillermo Vilas	Argentina	4	1–3	1975, 1977*, 1978, 1982
Gustavo Kuerten	Brazil	3	3–0	1997, 2000, 2001*
Jim Courier	United States	3	2–1	1991, 1992, 1993
Sergi Bruguera	Spain	3	2–1	1993, 1994, 1997
Andre Agassi	United States	3	1–2	1990, 1991, 1999*
Novak Djokovic	Serbia	3	0–3	2012, 2014, 2015
Jan Kodeš	Czechoslovakia	2	2–0	1970, 1971
Ken Rosewall	Australia	2	1–1	1968*, 1969
Rod Laver	Australia	2	1–1	1968, 1969*
Ilie Năstase	Romania	2	1–1	1971, 1973*
Michael Chang	United States	2	1–1	1989*, 1995
Juan Carlos Ferrero	Spain	2	1–1	2002, 2003*
Àlex Corretja	Spain	2	0–2	1998, 2001
Robin Söderling	Sweden	2	0–2	2009, 2010
Andrés Gimeno	Spain	1	1–0	1972*
Adriano Panatta	Italy	1	1–0	1976*
Yannick Noah	France	1	1–0	1983*
Andrés Gómez	Ecuador	1	1–0	1990*
Thomas Muster	Austria	1	1–0	1995*
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Russia	1	1–0	1996*
Carlos Moyá	Spain	1	1–0	1998*
Albert Costa	Spain	1	1–0	2002*
Gastón Gaudio	Argentina	1	1–0	2004*
Stan Wawrinka	Switzerland	1	1–0	2015*
Željko Franulović	Yugoslavia	1	0–1	1970
Patrick Proisy	France	1	0–1	1972
Nikola Pilić	Yugoslavia	1	0–1	1973
Manuel Orantes	Spain	1	0–1	1974
Harold Solomon	United States	1	0–1	1976
Brian Gottfried	United States	1	0–1	1977
Víctor Pecci	Paraguay	1	0–1	1979
Vitas Gerulaitis	United States	1	0–1	1980
John McEnroe	United States	1	0–1	1984
Mikael Pernfors	Sweden	1	0–1	1986
Henri Leconte	France	1	0–1	1988
Stefan Edberg	Sweden	1	0–1	1989
Petr Korda	Czechoslovakia	1	0–1	1992
Alberto Berasategui	Spain	1	0–1	1994
Michael Stich	Germany	1	0–1	1996
Andrei Medvedev	Ukraine	1	0–1	1999
Magnus Norman	Sweden	1	0–1	2000
Martin Verkerk	Netherlands	1	0–1	2003
Guillermo Coria	Argentina	1	0–1	2004
Mariano Puerta	Argentina	1	0–1	2005
David Ferrer	Spain	1	0–1	2013

Most recent final

Year	Nationality	Winner	Nationality	Runner-up
2015	Switzerland	Stan Wawrinka	Serbia	Novak Djokovic

Multiple-time opponents in the open era

Opponents		Record	Finals meetings
Most Wins	Most Losses	Record	Finals meetings
Rod Laver vs. Ken Rosewall		1–1	1968 (Rosewall), 1969 (Laver)
Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	2–0	1975 (Borg), 1978 (Borg)
Ivan Lendl vs. Mats Wilander		1–1	1985 (Wilander), 1987 (Lendl)
Rafael Nadal	Roger Federer	4–0	2006 (Nadal), 2007 (Nadal), 2008 (Nadal), 2011 (Nadal)
Rafael Nadal	Novak Djokovic	2–0	2012 (Nadal), 2014 (Nadal)

Most consecutive finals in the open era

Country	Player	Number	Years	Results
Country	Player	Number	Years	Won	Lost
Spain	Rafael Nadal	5	2010–14	5	0
Sweden	Björn Borg	4	1978–81	4	0
Czechoslovakia	Ivan Lendl	4	1984–87	3	1
Spain	Rafael Nadal	4	2005–08	4	0
Switzerland	Roger Federer	4	2006–09	1	3
United States	Jim Courier	3	1991–93	2	1
Australia	Rod Laver	2	1968–69	1	1
Australia	Ken Rosewall	2	1968–69	1	1
Czechoslovakia	Jan Kodeš	2	1970–71	2	0
Sweden	Björn Borg	2	1974–75	2	0
Argentina	Guillermo Vilas	2	1977–78	1	1
Sweden	Mats Wilander	2	1982–83	1	1
Sweden	Mats Wilander	2	1987–88	1	1
United States	Andre Agassi	2	1990–91	0	2
Spain	Sergi Bruguera	2	1993–94	2	0
Brazil	Gustavo Kuerten	2	2000–01	2	0
Spain	Juan Carlos Ferrero	2	2002–03	1	1
Sweden	Robin Söderling	2	2009–10	0	2
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	2	2014–15^	0	2

Bolded Years^ indicates Active or Current Streak

Women

The French Open Women's Singles Finals consisted of 43 separate competitors from 16 nationalities in the 47 meetings that have taken place at the event.^[3] The era's of dominance are the following: United States and Yugoslavia in different eras, Australia in the 70's, Germany and Spain in the 80's and 90's, and Belgium and Russia in the 2000s.^[3]

* = Champion

Chris Evert was a nine-time finalist (seven wins, two losses).

Steffi Graf was a nine-time finalist (six wins, three losses).

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, was a six-time finalist (three wins, three losses).

Martina Navratilova was a six-time finalist (four losses, and two wins).

Justine Henin has been a four-time finalist winner (three consecutive).

Monica Seles was a four-time finalist (three wins, one loss).

Player	Nationality	Appearances	Win-Loss	Year(s)
Chris Evert	United States	9	7–2	1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986*
Steffi Graf	Germany	9	6–3	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	6	3–3	1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998*
Martina Navratilova	United States^[a]	6	2–4	1975, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Justine Henin	Belgium	4	4–0	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
Monica Seles	Yugoslavia^[b]	4	3–1	1990, 1991, 1992*, 1998
Margaret Court	Australia	3	3–0	1969, 1970, 1973*
Serena Williams	United States	3	3–0	2002, 2013, 2015*
Maria Sharapova	Russia	3	2–1	2012, 2013, 2014
Mima Jaušovec	Yugoslavia	3	1–2	1977*, 1978, 1983
Mary Pierce	France	3	1–2	1994, 2000*, 2005
Evonne Goolagong	Australia	2	1–1	1971*, 1972
Virginia Ruzici	Romania	2	1–1	1978*, 1980
Ana Ivanovic	Serbia	2	1–1	2007, 2008*
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Russia	2	1–1	2006, 2009*
Francesca Schiavone	Italy	2	1–1	2010*, 2011
Ann Haydon-Jones	United Kingdom	2	0–2	1968, 1969
Martina Hingis	Switzerland	2	0–2	1997, 1999
Kim Clijsters	Belgium	2	0–2	2001, 2003
Dinara Safina	Russia	2	0–2	2008, 2009
Nancy Richey	United States	1	1–0	1968*
Billie Jean King	United States	1	1–0	1972*
Sue Barker	United Kingdom	1	1–0	1976*
Hana Mandlikova	Czechoslovakia	1	1–0	1981*
Iva Majoli	Croatia	1	1–0	1997*
Jennifer Capriati	United States	1	1–0	2001*
Anastasia Myskina	Russia	1	1–0	2004*
Li Na	China	1	1–0	2011*
Helga Niessen Masthoff	Germany	1	0–1	1970
Helen Gourlay	Australia	1	0–1	1971
Olga Morozova	Soviet Union	1	0–1	1974
Renata Tomanová	Czechoslovakia	1	0–1	1976
Florenţa Mihai	Romania	1	0–1	1977
Wendy Turnbull	Australia	1	0–1	1979
Sylvia Hanika	Germany	1	0–1	1981
Andrea Jaeger	United States	1	0–1	1982
Natalia Zvereva	Belarus	1	0–1	1988
Mary Joe Fernandez	United States	1	0–1	1993
Conchita Martínez	Spain	1	0–1	2000
Venus Williams	United States	1	0–1	2002
Elena Dementieva	Russia	1	0–1	2004
Samantha Stosur	Australia	1	0–1	2010
Sara Errani	Italy	1	0–1	2012
Simona Halep	Romania	1	0–1	2014
Lucie Šafářová	Czech Republic	0	0–1	2015