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French Open champions

Friday 22 May 2015 00:23, UK

  1. - Australian Ken Rosewall returns a forehand to his opponent and fellow-countryman Rod Laver during their final at the French Tennis Open in Paris 07 June 1969
    Image: Australian Ken Rosewall beat fellow-countryman Rod Laver to win the first French Open title in the Open Era, which began in 1968
  2. - Romanian Ilie Nastase returns a ball during the Paris International tournament in June 1977. Nastase won the Forrest Hills championships in 1972 and the Rolland Garros championships
    Image: Romanian star Ilie Nastase was a popular winner at Roland Garros in 1973
  3. - Swedish Bjorn Borg returns a forehand to his opponent French Francois Jauffret during their match at the French Tennis Open in Paris 07 June 1976
    Image: Sweden's Bjorn Borg dominated the French Open and went on to win six titles from 1974-81
  4. - Margaret Court nee Smith of Australia in action at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships
    Image: Australia's Margaret Court was a three-time winner as she ruled the roost during the early years in Paris
  5. - American tennis player Chris Evert Chris Lloyd holding the trophy after winning the womens title at the French Open in Paris
    Image: Then Chris Evert came along and claimed seven titles over a period spanning 12 years
  6. - British Sue Barker holds up her trophy after defeating Czech Renata Tomanova at Roland Garros stadium during the French tennis Open, on June 13, 1976
    Image: Sue Barker was a British female winner at Roland Garros when she beat Czech Renata Tomanova in the 1976 final
  7. - French Yannick Noah R holds his trophy after beating Swedes Mats Wilander C and winning the French Tennis Open at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris 05 June 1983
    Image: Yannick Noah was the last Frenchman to win the La Coupe des Mousquetaires, beating Mats Wilander in 1983
  8. - Tennis player Ivan Lendl wins the Mens Singles title at the 1984 French Open in Paris
    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
  9. - Steffi Graf of Germany celebrates with the championship trophy after defeating Martina Hingis of Switzerland to win the womens singles final of the French Open Tennis at Roland Garros
    Image: In the women's game Steffi Graf was a real force with an incredible six titles over 14 years ...
  10. - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain lifts the trophy after winning the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris
    Image: ... but she was undone by Spain's Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1989
  11. - Yugoslavian tennis player Monica Seles is all smiles as she holds up the winners cup after defeating Germanys Steffi Graf in three sets
    Image: ... and then by Monica Seles in two out of three years from 1990-92
  12. - Sixth-seeded US tennis player Michael Chang eyes his return against fifth-seeded Thomas Muster of Austria during the mens singles final of the French Open
    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
  13. - US Jim Courier jumps over the tennis court to express his joy after defeating german Michaek Stich in the semi-final of the French Tennis Open at the Roland Garros stadium
    Image: Jim Courier continued the US domination by winning back-to-back titles in 1991-92.
  14. - French player Mary Pierce holds the Suzanne Lenglen winner trophy after defeating Spanish opponent Conchita Martinez in their womens singles final match, 10 June 2000
    Image: Mary Pierce held the Suzanne Lenglen trophy aloft in 2000 - the last French player to do so
  15. - Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil poses with the trophy after winning the mens singles final match against Magnus Norman of Sweden at the French Open at Roland Garros
    Image: The same year the colourful Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil picked up the second of his three crowns in Paris
  16. - Belgiums Justine Henin-Hardenne kisses her trophy following her Roland Garros French Tennis Open women singles final match against her compatriot Kim Clijsters, 07 June 2003 in Paris
    Image: Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne beat compatriot Kim Clijsters in 2003 before collecting a hat-trick of titles from 2005-07
  17. - French Open Winner Gaston Gaudio of Argentina poses with the Rolland Garros trophy in front of the Arc de Triomphe on June 7, 2004 in Paris, France.
    Image: Gaston Gaudio of Argentina poses with the trophy in front of the Arc de Triomphe after he beat countryman Guillermo Coria in 2004
  18. - Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the winners trophy after his 3-1 sets victory over Mariano Puerta of Argentina during the Mens Final 2005
    Image: And then came the Rafael Nadal era from 2005 with the Spaniard landing nine titles in Paris to date
  19. - Roger Federer of Switzerland poses with the trophy as he celebrates victory during the Mens Singles Final match against Robin Soderling of Sweden in 2009
    Image: Roger Federer became a popular winner at Roland Garros in 2009 to complete a career Grand Slam
  20. French Open womens Final 2013
    Image: Serena Williams claimed the 16th of her 19 Grand Slam titles to date with her second Roland Garros crown in 2013
  21. Maria Sharapova poses with the Suzanne Lenglen trophy near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 8, 2014
    Image: .... and a year later Maria Sharapova posed with the Suzanne Lenglen trophy near the Eiffel Tower after winning her fifth major title