Daily Gallery: Last French Open winners

Rafael Nadal has owned the tournament since he started attending, winning seven of the last eight at Roland Garros. The Spaniard’s only loss ever at the French Open was in 2009 at the hands of Sweden’s Robin Soderling. In 2012, Nadal outlasted Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set final. (AP/Michel Euler)

Rafael Nadal has owned the tournament since he started attending, winning seven of the last eight at Roland Garros. The Spaniard’s only loss ever at the French Open was in 2009 at the hands of Sweden’s Robin Soderling. In 2012, Nadal outlasted Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set final. (AP/Michel Euler)
Rafael Nadal has owned the tournament since he started attending, winning seven of the last eight at Roland Garros. The Spaniard’s only loss ever at the French Open was in 2009 at the hands of Sweden’s Robin Soderling. In 2012, Nadal outlasted Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set final. (AP/Michel Euler)
Roger Federer has been the bridesmaid to Nadal’s dominance in four his seven titles, but the Swiss had the last laugh in 2009 when Nadal was upset before the playoffs. (AP/Christophe Ena)
Roger Federer has been the bridesmaid to Nadal’s dominance in four his seven titles, but the Swiss had the last laugh in 2009 when Nadal was upset before the playoffs. (AP/Christophe Ena)
3)Gastón Norberto Gaudio got the best of Guillermo Coria in an all-Argentine final in 2004, though he wasn’t heard from before or since. (AP/Michel Euler)
3) Gastón Norberto Gaudio got the best of Guillermo Coria in an all-Argentine final in 2004, though he wasn’t heard from before or since. (AP/Michel Euler)
Juan Carlos Ferrero had very little trouble with the Netherlands’ Martin Verkerk in the 2003 final, the Spaniard crushing him with a relatively uncontested straight-set victory. (AP/Francois Mori)
Juan Carlos Ferrero had very little trouble with the Netherlands’ Martin Verkerk in the 2003 final, the Spaniard crushing him with a relatively uncontested straight-set victory. (AP/Francois Mori)
Albert Costa started an impressive streak of Spanish domination at the French Open in 2002 that lasts to this day (a Spaniard has won nine of the last 11 at Roland Garros). Costa downed fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero with only limited opposition. (AP/Lionel Cironneau)
Albert Costa started an impressive streak of Spanish domination at the French Open in 2002 that lasts to this day (a Spaniard has won nine of the last 11 at Roland Garros). Costa downed fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero with only limited opposition. (AP/Lionel Cironneau)
Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten took two thrilling finals’ in a row in 2000 and 2001, beating Swede Magnus Norman and Spaniard Àlex Corretja, respectively. Kuerten also downed Sergi Bruguera of Spain in the 1997 final. (AP/Mark Lennihan)
Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten took two thrilling finals’ in a row in 2000 and 2001, beating Swede Magnus Norman and Spaniard Àlex Corretja, respectively. Kuerten also downed Sergi Bruguera of Spain in the 1997 final. (AP/Mark Lennihan)
American Andre Agassi hadn’t even made it to the final in eight years when he won it all in 1999, beating Ukraine’s Andrei Medvedev in five sets. (AP/Adam Butler)
American Andre Agassi hadn’t even made it to the final in eight years when he won it all in 1999, beating Ukraine’s Andrei Medvedev in five sets. (AP/Adam Butler)
Carlos Moyà needed only three sets to beat Àlex Corretja in the 1998 French Open final, an all-Spanish one. (AP/Andrew Medichini)
Carlos Moyà needed only three sets to beat Àlex Corretja in the 1998 French Open final, an all-Spanish one. (AP/Andrew Medichini)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov stunned the world’s dominant power at the time, Pete Sampras, en route to winning a tight battle against Germany’s Michael Stich in 1996. (AP/Michel Euler)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov stunned the world’s dominant power at the time, Pete Sampras, en route to winning a tight battle against Germany’s Michael Stich in 1996. (AP/Michel Euler)
10)Austria’s Thomas Muster upset No. 1 seed Andrei Agassi in the quarters before cruising past Michael Chang in the 1995 final. (AP/Andreas Schaad)
10) Austria’s Thomas Muster upset No. 1 seed Andrei Agassi in the quarters before cruising past Michael Chang in the 1995 final. (AP/Andreas Schaad)

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