French Open champions

Friday 22 May 2015 01:23, UK

Image: Australian Ken Rosewall beat fellow-countryman Rod Laver to win the first French Open title in the Open Era, which began in 1968
Image: Romanian star Ilie Nastase was a popular winner at Roland Garros in 1973
Image: Sweden's Bjorn Borg dominated the French Open and went on to win six titles from 1974-81
Image: Australia's Margaret Court was a three-time winner as she ruled the roost during the early years in Paris
Image: Then Chris Evert came along and claimed seven titles over a period spanning 12 years
Image: Sue Barker was a British female winner at Roland Garros when she beat Czech Renata Tomanova in the 1976 final
Image: Yannick Noah was the last Frenchman to win the La Coupe des Mousquetaires, beating Mats Wilander in 1983
Image: Andy Murray's former coach Ivan Lendl was a master of the clay courts. The Czech was a three-time winner of the tournament
Image: In the women's game Steffi Graf was a real force with an incredible six titles over 14 years ...
Image: ... but she was undone by Spain's Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1989
Image: ... and then by Monica Seles in two out of three years from 1990-92
Image: In 1989 Michael Chang became the youngest male player ever to win a Grand Slam title at the age of 17 years and 110 days
Image: Jim Courier continued the US domination by winning back-to-back titles in 1991-92.
Image: Mary Pierce held the Suzanne Lenglen trophy aloft in 2000 - the last French player to do so
Image: The same year the colourful Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil picked up the second of his three crowns in Paris
Image: Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne beat compatriot Kim Clijsters in 2003 before collecting a hat-trick of titles from 2005-07
Image: Gaston Gaudio of Argentina poses with the trophy in front of the Arc de Triomphe after he beat countryman Guillermo Coria in 2004
Image: And then came the Rafael Nadal era from 2005 with the Spaniard landing nine titles in Paris to date
Image: Roger Federer became a popular winner at Roland Garros in 2009 to complete a career Grand Slam
Image: Serena Williams claimed the 16th of her 19 Grand Slam titles to date with her second Roland Garros crown in 2013
Image: .... and a year later Maria Sharapova posed with the Suzanne Lenglen trophy near the Eiffel Tower after winning her fifth major title

French Open champions

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