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Roland Garros winners: Nadal's record and the recent champions
In short
Rafael Nadal is the all-time record holder at Roland Garros with 14 titles (2005-2022), the record for the most titles at a single Grand Slam ever. In 2026, Alexander Zverev and Mirra Andreeva each won their first Grand Slam title. On the women's side, Chris Evert leads with 7 titles, and with Justine Henin (4 titles) Belgium has its own Roland Garros legend too.
Who won Roland Garros in 2024, 2025 and 2026
On the men's side, the tournament had the same winner in 2024 and 2025. In 2024, Carlos Alcaraz claimed his first Roland Garros title. A year later, in 2025, he successfully defended that title by beating Jannik Sinner in the final: his second consecutive Roland Garros title and his fifth Grand Slam title overall. In 2026, that run came to an end: Alcaraz withdrew before the tournament with a wrist injury, and Alexander Zverev won his first Grand Slam title by beating Flavio Cobolli in a five-set final. That made him the first German man to win a major title since Boris Becker in 1996, and the first winner other than Sinner or Alcaraz since 2023.
On the women's side, 2025 brought an end to a long period of dominance. Iga Swiatek had won the tournament in 2022, 2023 and 2024, good for three titles in a row and four in total. In 2025, that streak was broken by Coco Gauff, who beat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the final to claim her first Roland Garros title. In 2026, defending champion Gauff was eliminated in the third round by Anastasia Potapova, and Mirra Andreeva, at just 19, won her first Grand Slam title by beating Maja Chwalinska.
| Year | ATP | WTA |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Carlos Alcaraz | Iga Swiatek |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | Coco Gauff |
| 2026 | Alexander Zverev | Mirra Andreeva |
For the full course of both tournaments, including how previous rounds played out, see the Roland Garros results page.
Rafael Nadal's record
No other name is as tied to Roland Garros as Rafael Nadal. Between 2005 and 2022, the Spaniard won the tournament 14 times, a record that isn't just unmatched at Roland Garros, but at any Grand Slam tournament in the history of tennis, among men and women alike. Over those 19 years, he built up an extraordinary match record at Roland Garros of 112 wins against just 4 losses.
Before Nadal, the record for the most Roland Garros titles belonged to Sweden's Bjorn Borg, with 6 titles in the 1970s and early 1980s. Nadal more than doubled that record. His nickname at the tournament, "the King of Clay," refers directly to that dominance on the red clay courts of the Stade Roland Garros.
Analysts typically call Nadal's Roland Garros record one of the hardest achievements in the sport to ever match, precisely because it's not just about the number of titles, but also the span of almost two decades and the dominant 112-4 match record behind it.
Among the other great men of the modern game, the gap to Nadal remains huge. Novak Djokovic, the all-time record holder across all tournaments with 24 Grand Slam titles, won Roland Garros "only" 3 times (2016, 2021 and 2023). That shows just how exceptional Nadal's dominance on this one specific surface was, compared to his generation.
Record holders on the women's side
On the women's side, the record for the most Roland Garros titles in the Open Era belongs to Chris Evert, with 7 titles. What makes her achievement particularly striking is the spread: there's a 12-year gap between her first and her last Roland Garros title, a sign of exceptional long-term consistency.
Iga Swiatek, with her 4 titles between 2020 and 2024 (three of them in a row), belongs to the strongest generation since Evert, though she still remains some way off that record of 7.
Justine Henin: the Belgian Roland Garros legend
For Belgian tennis fans, there's one more name that can't go unmentioned: Justine Henin. The Walloon won Roland Garros a total of 4 times: in 2003, and then three years running from 2005 to 2007. That makes her one of only three women ever to win three consecutive Roland Garros titles, alongside Monica Seles and Iga Swiatek.
Henin won each of her three consecutive titles without dropping a set in the final: in 2005 against Mary Pierce, in 2006 against Svetlana Kuznetsova and in 2007 against Ana Ivanovic. For a country like Belgium, with a modest tennis tradition at the very highest level, that achievement remains one of the greatest sporting milestones in recent Belgian sports history.
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Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles ever?
Rafael Nadal, with 14 titles between 2005 and 2022. That's the record for the most titles at a single Grand Slam tournament in the history of tennis, among men and women combined.
Who won Roland Garros in 2026?
Alexander Zverev won his first Grand Slam title in the men's draw, by beating Flavio Cobolli in a five-set final. Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title in the women's draw, at 19, by beating Maja Chwalinska. Defending champions Carlos Alcaraz (injury, didn't start) and Coco Gauff (lost in the third round) weren't able to defend their titles this time.
Who is the women's record holder at Roland Garros?
Chris Evert, with 7 titles in the Open Era. Iga Swiatek follows with 4 titles, three of them in a row between 2022 and 2024.
Has a Belgian ever won Roland Garros?
Yes. Justine Henin won the tournament 4 times: in 2003 and from 2005 to 2007. She's one of only three women ever to win three in a row, alongside Monica Seles and Iga Swiatek.