1951 French Championships – Men's singles
# 1951 French Championships – Men's singles

Jaroslav Drobný defeated Eric Sturgess 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1951 French Championships.

## Draw

### Key

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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Sedgman | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Straight Clark | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Straight Clark | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | Frank Sedgman | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jaroslav Drobný | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Jaroslav Drobný | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Dick Savitt | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dick Savitt | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | Jaroslav Drobný | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Eric Sturgess | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Eric Sturgess | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Eric Sturgess | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mervyn Rose | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mervyn Rose | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | Eric Sturgess | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ken McGregor | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Ken McGregor | 9 | 9 | 6 | | | Ken McGregor | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Lennart Bergelin | 7 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
