Men
See also: List of French Open Men's Singles championsThe French Open Men's Singles Finals have been competed in by 46 various competitors from 19 separate nationalities over the 43 year time period this event has been staged. The most dominant finalist nations are Spain and Sweden, other mildly successful competing nations are the United States, Czechoslovakia, and Argentina.
- * = Champion
| Competed in 2012 + |
| Player | Nationality | Appearances | Win-Loss | Year(s) |
| Nadal, RafaelRafael Nadal + | Spain | 7 | 7–0 | 2005*, 2006*, 2007*, 2008*, 2010*, 2011*, 2012* |
| Borg, BjörnBjörn Borg | Sweden | 6 | 6–0 | 1974*, 1975*, 1978*, 1979*, 1980*, 1981* |
| Lendl, IvanIvan Lendl | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3–2 | 1981, 1984*, 1985, 1986*, 1987* |
| Wilander, MatsMats Wilander | Sweden | 5 | 3–2 | 1982*, 1983, 1985*, 1987, 1988* |
| Federer, RogerRoger Federer + | Switzerland | 5 | 1–4 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009*, 2011 |
| Vilas, GuillermoGuillermo Vilas | Argentina | 4 | 1–3 | 1975, 1977*, 1978, 1982 |
| Kuerten, GustavoGustavo Kuerten | Brazil | 3 | 3–0 | 1997*, 2000*, 2001* |
| Courier, JimJim Courier | United States | 3 | 2–1 | 1991*, 1992*, 1993 |
| Bruguera, SergiSergi Bruguera | Spain | 3 | 2–1 | 1993*, 1994*, 1997 |
| Agassi, AndreAndre Agassi | United States | 3 | 1–2 | 1990, 1991, 1999* |
| Kodeš, JanJan Kodeš | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2–0 | 1970*, 1971* |
| Rosewall, KenKen Rosewall | Australia | 2 | 1–1 | 1968*, 1969 |
| Laver, RodRod Laver | Australia | 2 | 1–1 | 1968, 1969* |
| Năstase, IlieIlie Năstase | Romania | 2 | 1–1 | 1971, 1973* |
| Chang, MichaelMichael Chang | United States | 2 | 1–1 | 1989*, 1995 |
| Ferrero, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Ferrero + | Spain | 2 | 1–1 | 2002, 2003* |
| Corretja, ÀlexÀlex Corretja | Spain | 2 | 0–2 | 1998, 2001 |
| Söderling, RobinRobin Söderling | Sweden | 2 | 0–2 | 2009, 2010 |
| Gimeno, AndrésAndrés Gimeno | Spain | 1 | 1–0 | 1972* |
| Panatta, AdrianoAdriano Panatta | Italy | 1 | 1–0 | 1976* |
| Noah, YannickYannick Noah | France | 1 | 1–0 | 1983* |
| Gómez, AndrésAndrés Gómez | Ecuador | 1 | 1–0 | 1990* |
| Muster, ThomasThomas Muster | Austria | 1 | 1–0 | 1995* |
| Kafelnikov, YevgenyYevgeny Kafelnikov | Russia | 1 | 1–0 | 1996* |
| Moyá, CarlosCarlos Moyá | Spain | 1 | 1–0 | 1998* |
| Costa, AlbertAlbert Costa | Spain | 1 | 1–0 | 2002* |
| Gaudio, GastónGastón Gaudio | Argentina | 1 | 1–0 | 2004* |
| Franulović, ŽeljkoŽeljko Franulović | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0–1 | 1970 |
| Proisy, PatrickPatrick Proisy | France | 1 | 0–1 | 1972 |
| Pilić, NikolaNikola Pilić | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0–1 | 1973 |
| Orantes, ManuelManuel Orantes | Spain | 1 | 0–1 | 1974 |
| Solomon, HaroldHarold Solomon | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 1976 |
| Gottfried, BrianBrian Gottfried | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 1977 |
| Pecci, VíctorVíctor Pecci | Paraguay | 1 | 0–1 | 1979 |
| Gerulaitis, VitasVitas Gerulaitis | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 1980 |
| McEnroe, JohnJohn McEnroe | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 1984 |
| Pernfors, MikaelMikael Pernfors | Sweden | 1 | 0–1 | 1986 |
| Leconte, HenriHenri Leconte | France | 1 | 0–1 | 1988 |
| Edberg, StefanStefan Edberg | Sweden | 1 | 0–1 | 1989 |
| Korda, PetrPetr Korda | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0–1 | 1992 |
| Berasategui, AlbertoAlberto Berasategui | Spain | 1 | 0–1 | 1994 |
| Stich, MichaelMichael Stich | Germany | 1 | 0–1 | 1996 |
| Medvedev, AndreiAndrei Medvedev | Ukraine | 1 | 0–1 | 1999 |
| Norman, MagnusMagnus Norman | Sweden | 1 | 0–1 | 2000 |
| Verkerk, MartinMartin Verkerk | Netherlands | 1 | 0–1 | 2003 |
| Coria, GuillermoGuillermo Coria | Argentina | 1 | 0–1 | 2004 |
| Puerta, MarianoMariano Puerta | Argentina | 1 | 0–1 | 2005 |
| Djokovic, NovakNovak Djokovic + | Serbia | 1 | 0–1 | 2012 |
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