1936 French Championships – Men's singles

Gottfried von Cramm defeated Fred Perry 6–0, 2–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1936 French Championships.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Gottfried von Cramm is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


 * 1) 🇬🇧 Fred Perry (finalist)
 * 2) 🇩🇪 Gottfried von Cramm (champion)
 * 3) 🇬🇧 Bunny Austin (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Christian Boussus (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Henner Henkel (third round)
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Marcel Bernard (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Bernard Destremau (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Kho Sin-Kie (fourth round)
 * 9) 🇩🇪 Kay Lund (third round)
 * 10) 🇬🇧 Frank Herbert David Wilde (second round)
 * 11)  Dragutin Mitić (first round)
 * 12) 🇬🇧 Charles Edgar Hare (fourth round)
 * 13) 🇵🇱 Adam Baworowski (fourth round)
 * 14) 🇦🇹 Georg Von Metaxa (third round)
 * 15) 🇫🇷 Jacques Brugnon (second round)
 * 16) 🇫🇷 André Martin-Legeay (fourth round)

Key

 * Q = Qualifier
 * WC = Wild card
 * LL = Lucky loser
 * r = Retired