FRENCH OPEN FINALS FEATURING THE TOP TWO SEEDS

MEN

There have been 14 finals featuring the top two seeds. The No.2 seed has won on nine occasions, the No.1 seed just five.

1928: Henri Cochet (2) def. René Lacoste (1).

1930: Henri Cochet (1) def. William Tilden (2).

1933: Jack Crawford (2) def. Henri Cochet (1).

1935: Fred Perry (2) def. Gottfried Von Cramm (1).

1936: Gottfried Von Cramm (2) def. Perry (1).

1952: Jaroslav Drobny (1) def. Frank Sedgman (2).

1962: Rod Laver (1) def. Roy Emerson (2).

1967: Roy Emerson (1) def. Tony Roche (2).

1968: Ken Rosewall (2) def. Rod Laver (1).

1978: Björn Borg (1) def. Guillermo Vilas (2).

1984: Ivan Lendl (2) def. John McEnroe (1).

2006: Rafael Nadal (2) def. Roger Federer (1).

2007: Rafael Nadal (2) def. Roger Federer (1).

2008: Rafael Nadal (2) def. Roger Federer (1).

2012 : Rafael Nadal (2) def. Novak Djokovic (1).

WOMEN

There have been 21 finals featuring the top two seeds. The No.1 seed has won on eleven occasions, the No.2 seed ten times.

1925: Suzanne Lenglen (1) def. Kathleen McKane (2).

1934: Margaret Scriven (2) def. Helen Jacobs (1).

1936: Hilde Sperling (1) def. Simonne Mathieu (2).

1937: Hilde Sperling (1) def. Simonne Mathieu (2).

1946: Margaret Osborne-Dupont (2) def. Pauline Betz (1).

1952: Doris Hart (2) def. Shirley Fry (1).

1953: Maureen Connolly (1) def. Doris Hart (2).

1957: Shirley Bloomer (1) def. Dorothy Head (2).

1959: Christine Truman (2) def. Zsuzsa Kormoczy (1).

1964: Margaret Smith-Court (1) def. Maria Bueno (2).

1973: Margaret Smith-Court (1) def. Chris Evert (2).

1975: Chris Evert (1) def. Martina Navratilova (2).

1978: Virginia Ruzici (2) def. Mima Jausovec (1).

1984: Martina Navratilova (1) def. Chris Evert (2).

1985: Chris Evert (2) def. Martina Navratilova (1).

1986: Chris Evert (2) def. Martina Navratilova (1).

1987: Steffi Graf (2) def. Martina Navratilova (1).

1990: Monica Seles (2) def. Steffi Graf (1).

1992: Monica Seles (1) def. Steffi Graf (2).

1995: Steffi Graf (2) def. Arantxa Sanchez (1).