Through 1923, the French Championships were open only to French nationals. The World Hard Court Championships (WHCC), actually played on clay in Paris (every year but 1922) or Brussells (1922), began in 1912 and were open to all nationalities. The results from that tournament are shown here from 1912 through 1914 and from 1920 through 1923. The Olympics replaced the WHCC in 1924, as the Olympics were held in Paris. Beginning in 1925, the French Championships were open to all nationalities, with the results shown here beginning with that year.
Year |
Champions |
Runner-ups |
Score |
1912 |
Anne de Borman & Max Decugis |
Unknown & Unknown |
unknown |
1913 |
Elizabeth Ryan & Max Decugis |
Germaine Golding & Anthony Wilding |
walkover |
1914 |
Elizabeth Ryan & Max Decugis |
Suzanne Lenglen & Comte Salm |
6-3, 6-1 |
1915 |
No competition (World War I) |
1916 |
No competition (World War I) |
1917 |
No competition (World War I) |
1918 |
No competition (World War I) |
1919 |
No competition |
1920 |
Germaine Golding & William Laurentz |
Suzanne Amblard & Max Decugis |
walkover |
1921 |
Suzanne Lenglen & Max Decugis |
Germaine Golding & William Laurentz |
6-3, 6-2 |
1922 |
Suzanne Lenglen & Henri Cochet |
Geraldine Beamish & John Gilbert |
6-4, 4-6, 6-0 |
1923 |
Suzanne Lenglen & Henri Cochet |
Kitty McKane Godfree & John Gilbert |
6-2, 10-8 |
1924 |
No competition (Olympics held in Paris instead) |
1925 |
Suzanne Lenglen & Jacques Brugnon |
Didi Vlasto & Henri Cochet |
6-2, 6-2 |
1926 |
Suzanne Lenglen & Jacques Brugnon |
Suzanne LeBesnerais & Jean Borotra |
6-4, 6-3 |
1927 |
Marguerite Broquedis Bordes & Jean Borotra |
Lili de Alvarez & Bill Tilden |
6-4, 2-6, 6-2 |
1928 |
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall & Henri Cochet |
Helen Wills Moody & Frank Hunter |
3-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
1929 |
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall & Henri Cochet |
Helen Wills Moody & Frank Hunter |
6-3, 6-2 |
1930 |
Cilly Aussem & Bill Tilden |
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall & Henri Cochet |
6-4, 6-4 |
1931 |
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker & Pat Spence |
Dorothy Shepherd Barron & Bunny Austin |
6-3, 5-7, 6-3 |
1932 |
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker & Fred Perry |
Helen Wills Moody & Sidney Wood |
6-4, 6-2 |
1933 |
Margaret Scriven-Vivian & Jack Crawford |
Betty Nuthall Shoemaker & Fred Perry |
6-2, 6-3 |
1934 |
Colette Rosambert & Jean Borotra |
Elizabeth Ryan & Adrian Quist |
6-2, 6-4 |
1935 |
Lolette Payot & Marcel Bernard |
Sylvie Jung Henrotin & Martin Legeay |
4-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
1936 |
Billie Yorke & Marcel Bernard |
Sylvie Jung Henrotin & Martin Legeay |
7-5, 6-8, 6-3 |
1937 |
Simone Mathieu & Yvon Petra |
Marie Luise Horn & Roland Journu |
7-5, 7-5 |
1938 |
Simone Mathieu & Dragutin Mitic |
Nancye Wynne Bolton & Christian Boussus |
2-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
1939 |
Sarah Palfrey Cooke & Elwood Cooke |
Simone Passemard Mathieu & Franjo Kukuljevic |
4-6, 6-1, 7-5 |
1940 |
No competition (World War II) |
1941 |
No competition (World War II) |
1942 |
No competition (World War II) |
1943 |
No competition (World War II) |
1944 |
No competition (World War II) |
1945 |
Unknown & Unknown |
Unknown & Unknown |
unknown |
1946 |
Pauline Betz Addie & Budge Patty |
Dorothy Bundy Cheney & Tom Brown |
7-5, 9-7 |
1947 |
Sheila Piercey Summers & Eric Sturgess |
Jadwiga Jedrzejowska & Christian Caralulis |
6-0, 6-0 |
1948 |
Pat Canning Todd & Jaroslav Drobny |
Doris Hart & Frank Sedgman |
6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
1949 |
Sheila Piercey Summers & Eric Sturgess |
Jean Quertier & Gerry Oakley |
6-1, 6-1 |
1950 |
Barbara Scofield & Enrique Morea |
Pat Canning Todd & Bill Talbert |
walkover |
1951 |
Doris Hart & Frank Sedgman |
Thelma Coyne Long & Mervyn Rose |
7-5, 6-2 |
1952 |
Doris Hart & Frank Sedgman |
Shirley Fry Irvin & Eric Sturgess |
6-8, 6-3, 6-3 |
1953 |
Doris Hart & Vic Seixas |
Maureen Connolly Brinker & Mervyn Rose |
4-6, 6-4, 6-0 |
1954 |
Maureen Connolly Brinker & Lew Hoad |
Jacqueline Patorni & Rex Hartwig |
6-4, 6-3 |
1955 |
Darlene Hard & Gordon Forbes |
Jenny Staley & Luis Ayala |
5-7, 6-1, 6-2 |
1956 |
Thelma Coyne Long & Luis Ayala |
Darlene Hard & Bob Howe |
4-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
1957 |
Věra Pužejová Suková & Jiří Javorský |
Edda Buding & Luis Ayala |
6-3, 6-4 |
1958 |
Shirley Bloomer Brasher & Nicola Pietrangeli |
Lorraine Coghlan Robinson & Bob Howe |
8-6, 6-2 |
1959 |
Yola Ramirez Ochoa & Billy Knight |
Renee Schuurman Haygarth & Rod Laver |
6-4, 6-4 |
1960 |
Maria Bueno & Bob Howe |
Ann Haydon Jones & Roy Emerson |
1-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
1961 |
Darlene Hard & Rod Laver |
Věra Pužejová Suková & Jiří Javorský |
6-0, 2-6, 6-3 |
1962 |
Renee Schuurman Haygarth & Bob Howe |
Lesley Turner Bowrey & Fred Stolle |
3-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
1963 |
Margaret Smith Court & Ken Fletcher |
Lesley Turner Bowrey & Fred Stolle |
6-1, 6-2 |
1964 |
Margaret Smith Court & Ken Fletcher |
Lesley Turner Bowrey & Fred Stolle |
6-3, 4-6, 8-6 |
1965 |
Margaret Smith Court & Ken Fletcher |
Maria Bueno & John Newcombe |
6-4, 6-4 |
1966 |
Annette Van Zyl & Frew McMillan |
Ann Haydon Jones & Clark Graebner |
1-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
1967 |
Billie Jean King & Owen Davidson |
Ann Haydon Jones & Ion Ţiriac |
6-3, 6-1 |
1968 |
Françoise Durr & Jean Claude Barclay |
Billie Jean King & Owen Davidson |
6-1, 6-4 |
1969 |
Margaret Smith Court & Marty Riessen |
Françoise Durr & Jean Claude Barclay |
6-3, 6-2 |
1970 |
Billie Jean King & Bob Hewitt |
Françoise Durr & Jean Claude Barclay |
3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
1971 |
Françoise Durr & Jean Claude Barclay |
Winnie Shaw & Tomas Lejus |
6-2, 6-4 |
1972 |
Evonne Goolagong Cawley & Kim Warwick |
Françoise Durr & Jean Claude Barclay |
6-2, 6-4 |
1973 |
Françoise Durr & Jean Claude Barclay |
Betty Stove & Patrice Dominguez |
6-1, 6-4 |
1974 |
Martina Navratilova & Ivan Molina |
Rosie Reyes Darmon & Marcelo Lara |
6-3, 6-3 |
1975 |
Fiorella Bonicelli & Tomaz Koch |
Pam Teeguarden & Jaime Fillol |
6-4, 7-6 |
1976 |
Ilana Kloss & Kim Warwick |
Delina Boshoff & Colin Dowdeswell |
5-7, 7-6, 6-2 |
1977 |
Mary Carillo & John McEnroe |
Florenta Mihai & Ivan Molina |
7-6, 6-3 |
1978 |
Renata Tomanova & Pavel Slozil |
Virginia Ruzici & Patrice Dominguez |
7-6 retired |
1979 |
Wendy Turnbull & Bob Hewitt |
Virginia Ruzici & Ion Ţiriac |
6-3, 2-6, 6-3 |
1980 |
Anne Smith & Billy Martin |
Renata Tomanova & Stanislav Birner |
2-6, 6-4, 8-6 |
1981 |
Andrea Jaeger & Jimmy Arias |
Betty Stove & Fred McNair |
7-6, 6-4 |
1982 |
Wendy Turnbull & John Lloyd |
Claudia Monteiro & Cassio Motta |
6-2, 7-6 |
1983 |
Barbara Jordan & Eliot Teltscher |
Lesley Allen & Charles Stode |
6-2, 6-3 |
1984 |
Anne Smith & Dick Stockton |
Anne Minter & Laurie Warder |
6-2, 6-4 |
1985 |
Martina Navratilova & Heinz Günthardt |
Paula Smith & Francisco Gonzalez |
2-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
1986 |
Kathy Jordan & Ken Flach |
Rosalyn Fairbank & Mark Edmondson |
3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 |
1987 |
Pam Shriver & Emilio Sánchez |
Lori McNeil & Sherwood Stewart |
6-3, 7-6(4) |
1988 |
Lori McNeil & Jorge Lozano |
Brenda Schultz & Michiel Schapers |
7-5, 6-2 |
1989 |
Manon Bollegraf & Tom Nijssen |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario & Horacio de la Peña |
6-3, 6-7(3), 6-2 |
1990 |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario & Jorge Lozano |
Nicole Provis & Danie Visser |
7-6(5), 7-6(8) |
1991 |
Helena Suková & Cyril Suk |
Caroline Vis & Paul Haarhuis |
3-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
1992 |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario & Mark Woodforde |
Lori McNeil & Bryan Shelton |
6-2, 6-3 |
1993 |
Eugenia Maniokova & Andrei Olhovskiy |
Elna Reinach & Danie Visser |
6-2, 4-6, 6-4 |
1994 |
Kristie Boogert & Menno Oosting |
Larisa Savchenko Neiland & Andrei Olhovskiy |
7-5, 3-6, 7-5 |
1995 |
Larisa Savchenko Neiland & Todd Woodbridge |
Jill Hetherington & John-Laffnie de Jager |
7-6(8), 7-6(4) |
1996 |
Patricia Tarabini & Javier Frana |
Nicole Arendt & Luke Jensen |
6-2, 6-2 |
1997 |
Rika Hiraki & Mahesh Bhupathi |
Lisa Raymond & Patrick Galbraith |
6-4, 6-1 |
1998 |
Venus Williams & Justin Gimelstob |
Serena Williams & Luis Lobo |
6-4, 6-4 |
1999 |
Katarina Srebotnik & Piet Norval |
Larisa Savchenko Neiland & Rick Leach |
6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
2000 |
Mariaan de Swardt & David Adams |
Rennae Stubbs & Todd Woodbridge |
6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
2001 |
Virginia Ruano Pascual & Tomas Carbonell |
Paola Suarez & Jaime Oncins |
7-5, 6-3 |
2002 |
Cara Black & Wayne Black |
Elena Bovina & Mark Knowles |
6-3, 6-3 |
2003 |
Lisa Raymond & Mike Bryan |
Elena Likhovtseva & Mahesh Bhupathi |
6-3, 6-4 |
2004 |
Tatiana Golovin & Richard Gasquet |
Cara Black & Wayne Black |
6-3, 6-4 |
2005 |
Daniela Hantuchová & Fabrice Santoro |
Martina Navrátilová & Leander Paes |
3-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
2006 |
Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjić |
Elena Likhovtseva & Daniel Nestor |
6-3, 6-4 |