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Although it began in 1897, the French women's national championship was open only to members of French tennis clubs until 1925, when foreigners were allowed to compete.

Like the men's event, the women's singles championship was opened to professionals in 1968.

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Singles Champions (since 1925)

Year	Winner	Score	Loser
1925	Suzanne Lenglen	61 62	Kitty McKane
1926	Suzanne Lenglen	61 60	Mary Browne
1927	Kea Bouman	62 64	Irene Peacock
1928	Helen Wills	61 62	E. Bennett
1929	Helen Wills	63 64	Simone Mathieu
1930	Helen Wills Moody	62 61	Helen Jacobs
1931	Cilly Aussem	86 61	Betty Nuthall
1932	Helen Wills Moody	75 61	Simone Mathieu
1933	Margaret Scriven	62 46 64	Simone Mathieu
1934	Margaret Scriven	75 46 61	Helen Jacobs
1935	Hilde Sperling	62 61	Simone Mathieu
1936	Hilde Sperling	63 64	Simone Mathieu
1937	Hilde Sperling	62 64	Simone Mathieu
1938	Simone Mathieu	60 63	Nelly Landry
1939	Simone Mathieu	63 86	Jadwiga Jedrzejowska
1940-45 NOT HELD
1946	Margaret Osborne	16 86 75	Pauline Betz
1947	Patricia Todd	63 36 64	Doris Hart
1948	Nelly Landry	62 06 60	Shirley Fry
1949	Margaret duPont	75 62	Nelly Adamson
1950	Doris Hart	64 46 62	Patricia Todd
1951	Shirley Fry	63 36 63	Doris Hart
1952	Doris Hart	64 64	Shirley Fry
1953	Maureen Connolly	62 64	Doris Hart
1954	Maureen Connolly	64 61	Ginette Bucaille
1955	Angela Mortimer	26 75 10-8	Dorothy Head Knode
1956	Althea Gibson	60 12-10	Angela Mortimer
1957	Shirley Bloomer	61 63	Dorothy Head Knode
1958	Susi Kormoczi	64 16 62	Shirley Bloomer
1959	Christine Truman	64 75	Susi Kormoczi
1960	Darlene Hard	63 64	Yola Ramirez
1961	Ann Haydon	62 61	Yola Ramirez
1962	Margaret Smith	63 36 75	Lesley Turner
1963	Lesley Turner	26 63 75	Ann Jones
1964	Margaret Smith	57 61 62	Maria Bueno
1965	Lesley Turner	63 64	Margaret Smith
1966	Ann Jones	63 61	Nancy Richey
1967	Francoise Durr	46 63 64	Lesley Turner
1968	Nancy Richey	57 64 61	Ann Jones
1969	Margaret Court	61 46 63	Ann Jones
1970	Margaret Court	62 64	Helga Niessen
1971	Evonne Goolagong	63 75	Helen Gourlay
1972	Billie Jean King	63 63	Evonne Goolagong
1973	Margaret Court	67 76 64	Chris Evert
1974	Chris Evert	61 62	Olga Morozova
1975	Chris Evert	26 62 61	Martina Navratilova
1976	Sue Barker	62 06 62	Renata Tomanova
1977	Mima Jausovec	62 67 61	Florenta Mihai
1978	Virginia Ruzici	62 62	Mima Jausovec
1979	Chris Evert Lloyd	62 60	Wendy Turnbull
1980	Chris Evert Lloyd	60 63	Virginia Ruzici
1981	Hana Mandlikova	62 64	Sylvia Hanika
1982	Martina Navratilova	76 61	Andrea Jaeger
1983	Chris Evert Lloyd	61 62	Mima Jausovec
1984	Martina Navratilova	63 61	Chris Evert Lloyd
1985	Chris Evert Lloyd	63 67 75	Martina Navratilova
1986	Chris Evert Lloyd	26 63 63	Martina Navratilova
1987	Steffi Graf	64 46 86	Martina Navratilova
1988	Steffi Graf	60 60	Natasha Zvereva
1989	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	76 36 75	Steffi Graf
1990	Monica Seles	76 64	Steffi Graf
1991	Monica Seles	63 64	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1992	Monica Seles	62 36 10-8	Steffi Graf
1993	Steffi Graf	46 62 64	Mary Joe Fernandez
1994	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	64 64	Mary Pierce
1995	Steffi Graf	76 46 60	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1996	Steffi Graf	63 61	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1997	Iva Majoli	64 62	Martina Hingis
1998	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	76 06 62	Monica Seles
1999	Steffi Graf	46 75 62	Martina Hingis
2000	Mary Pierce	62 75	Conchita Martinez
2001	Jennifer Capriati	16 64 12-10	Kim Clijsters
2002	Serena Williams	75 63	Venus Williams
2003	Justine Henin-Hardenne	60 64	Kim Clijsters
2004	Anastasia Myskina	61 62	Elena Dementieva
2005	Justine Henin-Hardenne	61 61	Mary Pierce
2006	Justine Henin-Hardenne	64 64	Svetlana Kuznetsova
2007	Justine Henin	61 62	Ana Ivanovic

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Multiple Winners

7 Chris Evert Lloyd
6 Steffi Graf
6 Suzanne Lenglen
5 Margaret Smith Court
4 Helen Wills Moody
4 Justine Henin-Hardenne
3 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
3 Monica Seles
3 Hilde Sperling

2 Maureen Connolly
2 Margaret Osborne DuPont
2 Doris Hart
2 Ann Haydon Jones
2 Suzanne Lenglen
2 Simone Mathieu
2 Margaret Scriven
2 Martina Navratilova
2 Lesley Turner

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