Open Era started from 1968. With 8 wins Nadal is the new King of Open Era at French Open, breaking Borg’s record of 6 wins. Nadal’s 8 wins equal the all-time record of 8 maximum wins by Max Decugis (FRA) who won between 1903-1914. While the champions have come from 18 different countries since 1892, France has won maximum 38 titles, while Spain has the maximum 14 in Open Era. Here is a list of winners from 1968 to 2010.
Final Results
| Year | Winners | Runners Up |
| 1968 | Ken Rosewall (Aus) | Rod Laver (Aus) |
| 1969 | Rod Laver (Aus) | Ken Rosewall (Aus) |
| 1970 | Jan Kodes (TCH) | Zeljko Franulovic *(Yug) |
| 1971 | Jan Kodes (TCH) | Ilie Nastase (Rou) |
| 1972 | Andres Gimeno (ESP) | Patrick Proisy (FRA) |
| 1973 | Ilie Nastase (Rou) | Nikola Pilic (Yug) |
| 1974 | Bjorn Borg (Swe) | Manuel Orantes (ESP) |
| 1975 | Bjorn Borg (Swe) | Guillermo Vilas (Arg) |
| 1976 | Adriano Panatta (Ita) | Harold Solomon (USA) |
| 1977 | Guillermo Vilas (Arg) | Brian Gottfried (USA) |
| 1978 | Bjorn Borg (Swe) | Guillermo Vilas (Arg) |
| 1979 | Bjorn Borg (Swe) | Victor Pecci (Par) |
| 1980 | Bjorn Borg (Swe) | Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) |
| 1981 | Bjorn Borg (Swe) | Ivan Lendl (TCH) |
| 1982 | Mats Wilander (Swe) | Guillermo Vilas (Arg) |
| 1983 | Yannick Noah (Fra) | Mats Wilander (Swe) |
| 1984 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | John McEnroe (USA) |
| 1985 | Mats Wilander (Swe) | Ivan Lendl (TCH) |
| 1986 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | Mikael Pernfors (Swe) |
| 1987 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | Mats Wilander (Swe) |
| 1988 | Mats Wilander (Swe) | Henri Leconte (Fra) |
| 1989 | Michael Chang (USA) | Stefan Edberg (Swe) |
| 1990 | Andres Gomez (Ecu) | Andre Agassi (USA) |
| 1991 | Jim Courier (USA) | Andre Agassi (USA) |
| 1992 | Jim Courier (USA) | Petr Korda (TCH) |
| 1993 | Sergi Bruguera (ESP) | Jim Courier (USA) |
| 1994 | Sergi Bruguera (ESP) | Alberto Berasategui (ESP) |
| 1995 | Thomas Muster (AUt) | Michael Chang (USA) |
| 1996 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) | Michael Stich (Ger) |
| 1997 | Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) | Sergi Bruguera (Esp) |
| 1998 | Carlos Moya (Esp) | Alex Corretja (Esp) |
| 1999 | Andre Agassi (USA) | Andrei Medvedev (Ukr) |
| 2000 | Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) | Magnus Norman (Swe) |
| 2001 | Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) | Alex Corretja (Esp) |
| 2002 | Albert Costa (Esp) | Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) |
| 2003 | Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) | Martin Verkerk (Ned) |
| 2004 | Gaston Gaudio (Arg) | Guillermo Coria (Arg) |
| 2005 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Mariano Puerta (Arg) |
| 2006 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Roger Federer (Sui) |
| 2007 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Roger Federer (Sui) |
| 2008 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Roger Federer (Sui) |
| 2009 | Roger Federer (Sui) | Robin Soderling (Swe) |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Robin Soderling (Swe) | 2011 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Roger Federer (SUI) | 2012 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | 2013 | Rafael Nadal (Esp) | David Ferrer (Esp) |
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