Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris (every year but 1922) or Brussels (1922), began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.

American Chris Evert won an Open Era record seven titles during the 1970s and 1980s over a thirteen year period.

Steffi Graf is a six-time champion.

Justine Henin is a four-time champion and won three straight from 2005 to 2007.

Monica Seles is a three-time consecutive champion from 1990 to 1992.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, is a three-time champion of the event.

Year[c]	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final[4][9]
1968	USA	Richey, NancyNancy Richey	GBR	Haydon Jones, AnnAnn Haydon Jones	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
1969	AUS	Court, MargaretMargaret Court	GBR	Haydon Jones, AnnAnn Haydon Jones	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1970	AUS	Court, MargaretMargaret Court	FRG[k]	Niessen Masthoff, HelgaHelga Niessen Masthoff	6–2, 6–4
1971	AUS	Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley	AUS	Gourlay Cawley, HelenHelen Gourlay Cawley	6–3, 7–5
1972	USA	King, Billie JeanBillie Jean King	AUS	Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 6–3
1973	AUS	Court, MargaretMargaret Court	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1974	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	USSR	Morozova, OlgaOlga Morozova	6–1, 6–2
1975	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	TCH[h]	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová[j]	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1976	GBR	Barker, SueSue Barker	TCH	Tomanová, RenátaRenáta Tomanová	6–2, 0–6, 6–2
1977	YUG	Jaušovec, MimaMima Jaušovec	ROU	Mihai, FlorenţaFlorenţa Mihai	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
1978	ROU	Ruzici, VirginiaVirginia Ruzici	YUG	Jaušovec, MimaMima Jaušovec	6–2, 6–2
1979	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	AUS	Turnbull, WendyWendy Turnbull	6–2, 6–0
1980	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	ROU	Ruzici, VirginiaVirginia Ruzici	6–0, 6–3
1981	TCH[h]	Mandlíková, HanaHana Mandlíková	FRG	Hanika, SylviaSylvia Hanika	6–2, 6–4
1982	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová[j]	USA	Jaeger, AndreaAndrea Jaeger	7–6, 6–1
1983	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	YUG	Jaušovec, MimaMima Jaušovec	6–1, 6–2
1984	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	6–3, 6–1
1985	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	6–3, 6–7(4–7)[g], 7–5
1986	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1987	FRG[k]	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	6–4, 4–6, 8–6
1988	FRG	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	USSR	Zvereva, NataliaNatalia Zvereva	6–0, 6–0
1989	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	FRG	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–5
1990	YUG	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	7–6(8–6), 6–4
1991	YUG	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–4
1992	YUG	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	6–2, 3–6, 10–8
1993	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	USA	Fernández, Mary JoeMary Joe Fernández	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1994	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	FRA	Pierce, MaryMary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
1995	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1996	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 10–8
1997	CRO	Majoli, IvaIva Majoli	SUI	Hingis, MartinaMartina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
1998	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	USA	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	7–6(7–5), 0–6, 6–2
1999	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	SUI	Hingis, MartinaMartina Hingis	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2000	FRA	Pierce, MaryMary Pierce	ESP	Martínez, ConchitaConchita Martínez	6–2, 7–5
2001	USA	Capriati, JenniferJennifer Capriati	BEL	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	1–6, 6–4, 12–10
2002	USA	Williams, SerenaSerena Williams	USA	Williams, VenusVenus Williams	7–5, 6–3
2003	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	BEL	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	6–0, 6–4
2004	RUS	Myskina, AnastasiaAnastasia Myskina	RUS	Dementieva, ElenaElena Dementieva	6–1, 6–2
2005	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	FRA	Pierce, MaryMary Pierce	6–1, 6–1
2006	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	RUS	Kuznetsova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–4
2007	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	SRB	Ivanović, AnaAna Ivanović	6–1, 6–2
2008	SRB	Ivanović, AnaAna Ivanović	RUS	Safina, DinaraDinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
2009	RUS	Kuznetsova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	Safina, DinaraDinara Safina	6–4, 6–2
2010	ITA	Schiavone, FrancescaFrancesca Schiavone	AUS	Stosur, SamanthaSamantha Stosur	6–4, 7–6(7–2)