The Unseeded underdogs to win the French Open

The unseeded winners of the French Open have pulled off some of most shocking wins in Roland Garros history.

The unseeded underdogs who have won the French Open are revealed.

Mats Wilander won the French Open at the age of 17 in 1982. It was his first ever Grand Slam title. John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg couldn't play, so Mats Wilander was the only player who could have won. He beat Ivan Lendl, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jose Luis Clerc and Guillermo Vilas in the final.

Gustavo Kuerten won his first ATP title at the 1997 French Open. He was the second-lowest ranked player to win a major. Kuerden was also the first Brazilian to have won a Grand Slam. He beat Thomas Muster, Andriy Medvedev, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Filip Dewulf to reach the final. In the end, he beat two-time champion Sergi Bruguera.

Gaston Gaudio won the French Open 2004 as an unseeded player. He beat Guillermo Canas, Jiri Novak, Thomas Enqvist, Igor Andreev, Gustavo Kuerten, David Nalbandian and Guilmo Coria in the final. G audio saved two match points in that final against Cora. He is the first man to win a Grand Slam tournament after being beaten in a first set. Guillmo was also the only player to lose the third set in Grand slam final after winning the previous two sets.

Jelena Ostapenko won the 2017 French Open. She became the first unseeded woman to win a Grand Slam since Kim Clijsters at the 2009 US Open and the youngest Latvian Grand slam finalist. Ostepenko lost the opening set but won in straight sets. She lost to Simona Halep in the final.

Barbora Krejcikova won the French Open last year. She defeated Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkov in the final, 6-1, 2-6,6-4. It was her first ever singles Major title. In 2021 she will win both the singles and doubles titles.