French Open champions (Men's Singles)
| Location |
Paris France |
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| Venue | Stade Roland Garros |
| Governing body | Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) |
| Created | 1891 (established) 1925 (international) Open Era: 1968 (49 editions including 2016) |
| Surface | Alternate between sand and clay (1891–1907) Clay (red) (1908–Present) |
| Trophy | Coupe des Mousquetaires |
| Website | www |
| Most titles | |
| Amateur era |
8: Max Decugis (club members) 4: Henri Cochet (international) |
| Open era | 10: Rafael Nadal |
| Current champion | |
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Rafael Nadal (Tenth title) |
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The French Open, (French:Internationaux de France) is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June. Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, the French Open is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments played each year which include the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Organised by the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), the French Open is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year to be played.
The winner of the men's singles event receives the Coupe des Mousquetaires, named after The Four Musketeers of French tennis: Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste. The event was not held from 1915 to 1919 because of the First World War and was held unofficially under German occupation from 1941 to 1944, during the Second World War.
Rafael Nadal has won the most French Open titles, with ten, and also holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the Open Era, with five from 2010 to 2014.Max Decugis won the most titles before the Open era, with eight.Michael Chang became the youngest player to win the French Open when he took the title in 1989 at 17 years, 3 months and 20 days. In contrast, André Vacherot is the oldest champion, having won in 1901 at 40 years old. In the Open era, this record belongs to Andrés Gimeno, who was 34 years and 9 months old when he won in 1972. French players have won the most French Open men's singles titles, with 38 victories, followed by Spanish (18) and Australian players (11). The current champion is Rafael Nadal who beat Stan Wawrinka in the 2017 final to win his tenth French Open title.
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