Women
See also: List of French Open Women's Singles championsThe French Open Women's Singles Finals consisted of 38 separate competitors from 15 nationalities in the 43 meetings that have taken place at the event. The era's of dominance are the following: United States and Yugoslavia in different eras, Australia in the 70's, Germany and Spain in the 80's and 90's, and Belgium and Russia in the 2000s.
- * = Champion
| Competed in 2012 + |
| Player | Nationality | Appearances | Win-Loss | Year(s) |
| Evert, ChrisChris Evert | United States | 9 | 7–2 | 1973, 1974*, 1975*, 1979*, 1980*, 1983*, 1984, 1985*, 1986* |
| Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf | Germany | 9 | 6–3 | 1987*, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993*, 1995*, 1996*, 1999* |
| Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario | Spain | 6 | 3–3 | 1989*, 1991, 1994*, 1995, 1996, 1998* |
| Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová | United States | 6 | 2–4 | 1975, 1982*, 1984*, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
| Henin, JustineJustine Henin | Belgium | 4 | 4–0 | 2003*, 2005*, 2006*, 2007* |
| Seles, MonicaMonica Seles | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3–1 | 1990*, 1991*, 1992*, 1998 |
| Court, MargaretMargaret Court | Australia | 3 | 3–0 | 1969*, 1970*, 1973* |
| Jaušovec, MimaMima Jaušovec | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1–2 | 1977*, 1978, 1983 |
| Pierce, MaryMary Pierce | France | 3 | 1–2 | 1994, 2000*, 2005 |
| Goolagong, EvonneEvonne Goolagong | Australia | 2 | 1–1 | 1971*, 1972 |
| Ruzici, VirginiaVirginia Ruzici | Romania | 2 | 1–1 | 1978*, 1980 |
| Ivanovic, AnaAna Ivanovic + | Serbia | 2 | 1–1 | 2007, 2008* |
| Kuznetsova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuznetsova + | Russia | 2 | 1–1 | 2006, 2009* |
| Schiavone, FrancescaFrancesca Schiavone + | Italy | 2 | 1–1 | 2010*, 2011 |
| Haydon-Jones, AnnAnn Haydon-Jones | United Kingdom | 2 | 0–2 | 1968, 1969 |
| Hingis, MartinaMartina Hingis | Switzerland | 2 | 0–2 | 1997, 1999 |
| Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters | Belgium | 2 | 0–2 | 2001, 2003 |
| Safina, DinaraDinara Safina | Russia | 2 | 0–2 | 2008, 2009 |
| Richey, NancyNancy Richey | United States | 1 | 1–0 | 1968* |
| King, Billie JeanBillie Jean King | United States | 1 | 1–0 | 1972* |
| Barker, SueSue Barker | United Kingdom | 1 | 1–0 | 1976* |
| Mandlikova, HanaHana Mandlikova | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1–0 | 1981* |
| Majoli, IvaIva Majoli | Croatia | 1 | 1–0 | 1997* |
| Capriati, JenniferJennifer Capriati | United States | 1 | 1–0 | 2001* |
| Williams, SerenaSerena Williams + | United States | 1 | 1–0 | 2002* |
| Myskina, AnastasiaAnastasia Myskina | Russia | 1 | 1–0 | 2004* |
| Na, LiLi Na + | China | 1 | 1–0 | 2011* |
| Sharapova, MariaMaria Sharapova + | Russia | 1 | 1–0 | 2012* |
| Niessen Masthoff, HelgaHelga Niessen Masthoff | Germany | 1 | 0–1 | 1970 |
| Gourlay, HelenHelen Gourlay | Australia | 1 | 0–1 | 1971 |
| Morozova, OlgaOlga Morozova | Soviet Union | 1 | 0–1 | 1974 |
| Tomanová, RenataRenata Tomanová | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0–1 | 1976 |
| Mihai, FlorenţaFlorenţa Mihai | Romania | 1 | 0–1 | 1977 |
| Turnbull, WendyWendy Turnbull | Australia | 1 | 0–1 | 1979 |
| Hanika, SylviaSylvia Hanika | Germany | 1 | 0–1 | 1981 |
| Jaeger, AndreaAndrea Jaeger | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 1982 |
| Zvereva, NataliaNatalia Zvereva | Belarus | 1 | 0–1 | 1988 |
| Fernandez, Mary JoeMary Joe Fernandez | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 1993 |
| Martínez, ConchitaConchita Martínez | Spain | 1 | 0–1 | 2000 |
| Williams, VenusVenus Williams + | United States | 1 | 0–1 | 2002 |
| Dementieva, ElenaElena Dementieva | Russia | 1 | 0–1 | 2004 |
| Stosur, SamanthaSamantha Stosur + | Australia | 1 | 0–1 | 2010 |
| Errani, SaraSara Errani + | Italy | 1 | 0–1 | 2012 |
Read more about this topic: List Of French Open Singles Finalists During The Open Era
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