1974 French Open – Men's singles

Björn Borg defeated Manuel Orantes in the final, 2–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1974 French Open. It was his first major title, and the first of six French Open titles (an all-time record until it was surpassed by Rafael Nadal in 2012).

Ilie Năstase was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Harold Solomon.

The first two rounds of the tournament were played as best-of-three sets, while the last five rounds were played as best-of-five sets.

It was the first time that in the Open Era in the men's final there was a victory starting from a situation of 0-2 sets against

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


 * 1) 🇷🇴 Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
 * 2)  Jan Kodeš (fourth round)
 * 3) 🇸🇪 Björn Borg (champion)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe (fourth round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Tom Gorman (second round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Stan Smith (first round)
 * 7) 🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta (second round)
 * 8)  Alex Metreveli (second round)
 * 9) 🇲🇽 Raúl Ramírez (quarterfinals)
 * 10) 🇫🇷 François Jauffret (semifinals)
 * 11) 🇮🇹 Paolo Bertolucci (first round)
 * 12) 🇺🇸 Eddie Dibbs (fourth round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Marty Riessen (fourth round)
 * 14) 🇪🇸 Manuel Orantes (final)
 * 15) 🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried (second round)
 * 16) 🇨🇱 Jaime Fillol Sr. (fourth round)

Key

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