Tennis-List of French Open women's singles champions

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 May 23 (Reuters) - List of French Open women's singles
champions:
 2007 Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)
 6-1 6-2
 2006 Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
 6-4 6-4
 2005 Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Mary Pierce (France)
 6-1 6-1
 2004 Anastasia Myskina (Russia) beat Elena Dementieva (Russia)
 6-1 6-2
 2003 Justine Henin (Belgium) beat Kim Clijsters (Belgium)
 6-0 6-4
 2002 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Venus Williams (U.S.)
 7-5 6-3
 2001 Jennifer Capriati (U.S.) beat Kim Clijsters (Belgium)
 1-6 6-4 12-10
 2000 Mary Pierce (France) beat Conchita Martinez (Spain)
 6-2 7-5
 1999 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
 4-6 7-5 6-2
 1998 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) beat Monica Seles (U.S.)
 7-6 0-6 6-2
 1997 Iva Majoli (Croatia) beat Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
 6-4 6-2
 1996 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain)
 6-3 6-7 10-8
 1995 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain)
 7-5 4-6 6-0
 1994 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) beat Mary Pierce (France)
 6-4 6-4
 1993 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Mary-Joe Fernandez (U.S.)
 4-6 6-2 6-4
 1992 Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) beat Steffi Graf (Germany)
 6-2 3-6 10-8
 1991 Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
 (Spain) 6-3 6-4
 1990 Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) beat Steffi Graf (Germany)
 7-6 6-4
 1989 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) beat Steffi Graf (Germany)
 7-6 3-6 7-5
 1988 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union)
 6-0 6-0
 1987 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Martina Navratilova (U.S.)
 6-4 4-6 8-6
 1986 Chris Evert-Lloyd (U.S.) beat Martina Navratilova (U.S.)
 2-6 6-3 6-3
 1985 Chris Evert-Lloyd (U.S.) beat Martina Navratilova (U.S.)
 6-3 6-7 7-5
 1984 Martina Navratilova (U.S.) beat Chris Evert-Lloyd (U.S.)
 6-3 6-1
 1983 Chris-Evert Lloyd (U.S.) beat Mima Jausovec (Yugoslavia)
 6-1 6-2
 1982 Martina Navratilova (U.S.) beat Andrea Jaeger (U.S.)
 7-6 6-1
 1981 Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) beat Sylvia Hanika
 (Germany) 6-2 6-4
 1980 Chris Evert-Lloyd (U.S.) beat Virginia Ruzici (Romania)
 6-0 6-3
 1979 Chris Evert-Lloyd (U.S.) beat Wendy Turnbull (Australia)
 6-2 6-0
 1978 Virginia Ruzici (Romania) beat Mima Jausovec (Yugoslavia)
 6-2 6-2
 1977 Mima Jausovec (Yugoslavia) beat Florenta Mihai (Romania)
 6-2 6-7 6-1
 1976 Sue Barker (Britain) beat Renata Tomanova (Czechoslovakia)
 6-2 0-6 6-2
 1975 Chris Evert (U.S.) beat Martina Navratilova
 (Czechoslovakia) 2-6 6-2 6-1
 1974 Chris Evert (U.S.) beat Olga Morozova (Soviet Union)
 6-1 6-2
 1973 Margaret Court (Australia) beat Chris Evert (U.S.)
 6-7 7-6 6-4
 1972 Billie-Jean King (U.S.) beat Evonne Goolagong (Australia)
 6-3 6-3
 1971 Evonne Goolagong (Australia) beat Helen Gourlay
 (Australia) 6-3 7-5
 1970 Margaret Court (Australia) beat Helga Niessen (Germany)
 6-2 6-4
 1969 Margaret Court (Australia) beat Ann Jones (Britain)
 6-1 4-6 6-3
 1968 Nancy Richey (U.S.) beat Ann Jones (Britain)
 5-7 6-4 6-1
 1967 Francoise Durr (France) beat Lesley Turney (Australia)
 4-6 6-3 6-4
 1966 Ann Jones (Britain) beat Nancy Richey (U.S.)
 6-3 6-1
 1965 Lesley Turner (Australia) beat Margaret Smith (Australia)
 6-3 6-4
 1964 Margaret Smith (Australia) beat Maria Bueno (Brazil)
 5-7 6-1 6-2
 1963 Lesley Turner (Australia) beat Ann Jones (Britain)
 2-6 6-3 7-5
 1962 Margaret Smith (Australia) beat Lesley Turner (Australia)
 6-3 3-6 7-5
 1961 Anne Haydon (Britain) beat Yola Ramirez (Mexico)
 6-2 6-1
 1960 Darlene Hard (U.S.) beat Yola Ramirez (Mexico)
 6-3 6-4
 1959 Christine Truman (Britain) beat Zsuzsi Kormoczi (Hungary)
 6-4 7-5
 1958 Zsuzsi Kormoczi (Hungary) beat Shirley Bloomer (Britain)
 6-4 1-6 6-2
 1957 Shirley Bloomer (Britain) beat Dorothy Knode (U.S.)
 6-1 6-3
 1956 Althea Gibson (U.S.) beat Angela Mortimer (Britain) 
 6-0 12-10
 1955 Angela Mortimer (Britain) beat Dorothy Knode (U.S.)
 2-6 7-5 10-8
 1954 Maureen Connolly (U.S.) beat Ginette Bucaille (France) 
 6-4 6-1
 1953 Maureen Connolly (U.S.) beat Doris Hart (U.S.)
 6-2 6-4
 1952 Doris Hart (U.S.) Shirley Fry (U.S.) 
 6-4 6-4
 1951 Shirley Fry (U.S.) beat Doris Hart (U.S.) 
 6-3 3-6 6-3
 1950 Doris Hart (U.S.) beat Patricia Todd (U.S.)
 6-4 4-6 6-2
 1949 Margaret Osborne duPont (U.S.) beat Nelly Adamson-Landry
(France)
 7-5 6-2
 1948 Nelly Landry (France) beat Shirley Fry (U.S.)
 6-2 0-6 6-0
 1947 Patricia Todd (U.S.) beat Doris Hart (U.S.)
 6-3 3-6 6-4
 1946 Margaret Osborne (U.S.) beat Pauline Betz (U.S.)
 1-6 8-6 7-5
 1940-45 No competition   
 1939 Simone Matthieu (France) beat Jadwiga Jedrzejowska
(Poland)
 6-3 8-6
 1938 Simone Mathieu (France) Nelly Landry (France) 
 6-0 6-3
 1937 Hilde Sperling (Denmark) beat Simone Mathieu (France)
 6-2 6-4
 1936 Hilde Sperling (Denmark) beat Simone Mathieu (France)
 6-3 6-4
 1935 Hilde Sperling (Denmark) beat Simone Mathieu (France)
 6-2 6-1
 1934 Margaret Scriven (Britain) beat Helen Jacobs (U.S.)
 7-5 4-6 6-1
 1933 Margaret Scriven (Britain) beat Simone Mathieu (France)
 6-2 4-6 6-4
 1932 Helen Wills Moody (U.S.) beat Simone Mathieu (France)
 7-5 6-1
 1931 Cilly Aussem (Germany) beat Betty Nuthall (Britain) 
 8-6 6-1
 1930 Helen Wills Moody (U.S.) beat Helen Jacobs (U.S.)
 6-2 6-1
 1929 Helen Wills Moody (U.S.) beat Simone Mathieu (France) 
 6-3 6-4
 1928 Helen Wills Moody (U.S.) beat Eileen Bennett(Britain)
 6-1 6-2
 1927 Kornelia Bouman (Netherlands) beat Irene Peacock (Britain)
 6-2 6-4
 1926 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Mary Browne (U.S.)
 6-1 6-0
 1925 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Kathleen McKane (Britain)
 6-1 6-2
 1924 Dida Vlasto (France) beat Jeanne Vaussard (France)
 6-2 6-3
 1923 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Germaine Golding (Britain)
 6-1 6-4
 1922 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Germaine Golding (Britain) 
 6-4 6-0
 1921 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Germaine Golding (Britain)
 walkover
 1920 Suzanne Lenglen (France) beat Marguerite Broquedis
(France) 6-1 7-5
 1915-1919 No competition   
 1914 Marguerite Broquedis (France) beat Suzanne Lenglen 
 5-7 6-4 6-3




 

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