Women's Tennis:
Players with the Most Grand Slam Finals Lost
List of tennis players who reached the women's Grand Slam singles finals, from those with the most losses to those who never lost.
Who lost the most women's single Grand Slam finals? Chris Evert lost 16 finals.
In the rich history of tennis, there have been until the moment 461 finals of women's singles in Grand Slam tournaments (Australia Open, French Open, US Open and Wimbledon). Of the 229 distinct players that reached that instance, 196 lost at least once. 106 were defeated just once, 21 lost 5 or more times and just 6 lost 10 or more finals.
Note: The French Open is considered a Grand Slam tournament only since 1925
More about Finals:
Men: Played - Won - Lost - Winning %
Women: Played - Won - Lost - Winning %
Women's Tennis: Players with the Most Grand Slam Finals Lost - Singles
(list sorted by "Finals Lost" and then by "Winning Percentage")
| Players | Finals Lost |
Finals Played |
Finals Won |
Winning Percentage |
|
| 1. | Chris Evert | 16 | 34 | 18 | 52.9% |
| 2. | Martina Navratilova | 14 | 32 | 18 | 56.3% |
| 3. | Doris Hart | 12 | 18 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 4. | Helen Jacobs | 11 | 16 | 5 | 31.3% |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 11 | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | |
| 6. | Serena Williams | 10 | 33 | 23 | 69.7% |
| 7. | Venus Williams | 9 | 16 | 7 | 43.8% |
| Steffi Graf | 9 | 31 | 22 | 71.0% | |
| 9. | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 8 | 12 | 4 | 33.3% |
| Louise Brough | 8 | 14 | 6 | 42.9% | |
| 11. | Martina Hingis | 7 | 12 | 5 | 41.7% |
| Blanche Bingley | 7 | 13 | 6 | 46.2% |
| Players | Finals Lost |
Finals Played |
Finals Won |
Winning Percentage |
|
| 13. | Esna Boyd | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Simonne Mathieu | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | |
| Ann Jones | 6 | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | |
| Charlotte Cooper | 6 | 11 | 5 | 45.5% | |
| Billie Jean King | 6 | 18 | 12 | 66.7% | |
| 18. | Maria Sharapova | 5 | 10 | 5 | 50.0% |
| Maria Bueno | 5 | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | |
| Justine Henin | 5 | 12 | 7 | 58.3% | |
| Margaret Court | 5 | 29 | 24 | 82.8% | |
| 22. | Jan Lehane | 4 | 4 | - | 0% |
| Helena Suková | 4 | 4 | - | 0% | |
| Thelma Coyne Long | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Mary Pierce | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Nancy Richey | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Lesley Turner Bowrey | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Lindsay Davenport | 4 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | |
| Darlene Hard | 4 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | |
| Kim Clijsters | 4 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Shirley Fry | 4 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Hana Mandlíková | 4 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Elisabeth Moore | 4 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Margaret Osborne duPont | 4 | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | |
| Dorothea Lambert Chambers | 4 | 11 | 7 | 63.6% | |
| Monica Seles | 4 | 13 | 9 | 69.2% |
| Players | Finals Lost |
Finals Played |
Finals Won |
Winning Percentage |
|
| 37. | Lilí Álvarez | 3 | 3 | - | 0% |
| Mary Joe Fernández | 3 | 3 | - | 0% | |
| Ons Jabeur | 3 | 3 | - | 0% | |
| Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 3 | 3 | - | 0% | |
| Elizabeth Ryan | 3 | 3 | - | 0% | |
| Dinara Safina | 3 | 3 | - | 0% | |
| Wendy Turnbull | 3 | 3 | - | 0% | |
| Jana Novotná | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Victoria Azarenka | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Simona Halep | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Kitty McKane Godfree | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Pauline Betz | 3 | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton | 3 | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | |
| Molla Mallory | 3 | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | |
| Helen Wills | 3 | 22 | 19 | 86.4% |
| Players | Finals Lost |
Finals Played |
Finals Won |
Winning Percentage |
|
| 52. | Eileen Bennett Whittingstall | 2 | 2 | - | 0% |
| Rosemary Casals | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Elena Dementieva | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Helen Gourlay | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Nell Hall Hopman | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Louise Hammond Raymond | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Dorothy Head Knode | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Andrea Jaeger | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Olga Morozova | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Agnes Morton | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Jasmine Paolini | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Karolína Plíšková | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Yola Ramírez | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Renáta Tomanová | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Marion Zinderstein | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Vera Zvonareva | 2 | 2 | - | 0% | |
| Maud Barger-Wallach | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Dora Boothby | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Ana Ivanovic | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Mima Jaušovec | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Sylvia Lance Harper | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Nelly Landry | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Ethel Larcombe | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Conchita Martínez | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Kerry Melville Reid | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Betty Nuthall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Christine Truman | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Marion Jones | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Li Na | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Sarah Palfrey | 2 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Mary Browne | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Angela Mortimer | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 2 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Althea Gibson | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71.4% |
| Players | Finals Lost |
Finals Played |
Finals Won |
Winning Percentage |
|
| 91. | Helen Angwin | 1 | 1 | - | 0% |
| Edith Austin | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Carolin Babcock Stark | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Beverly Baker Fleitz | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Maud Banks | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Louie Bickerton | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Eugenie Bouchard | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Irene Bowder Peacock | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Jennifer Brady | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Ginette Bucaille | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Angela Buxton | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Carole Caldwell Graebner | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Lorraine Coghlan | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Danielle Collins | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Marjorie Cox Crawford | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Sara Errani | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Leylah Fernandez | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Joyce Fitch | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Dianne Fromholtz | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Joan Fry | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Zina Garrison | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Eleanor Goss | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Dorothy Green | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Sylvia Hanika | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Anke Huber | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| May Jacks | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Helen Jackson | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Jelena Janković | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Kathy Jordan | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Laura Knight | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Kathleen Le Messurier | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Sabine Lisicki | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Nancy Lyle | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Louisa Martin | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Anna McCune Harper | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Winifred McNair | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Florența Mihai | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Karolína Muchová | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Betsy Nagelsen | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Carrie Neely | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Helga Niessen Masthoff | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Edith Parker | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Anastasía Pavliuchénkova | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Jessica Pegula | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Alice Pickering | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Zheng Qinwen | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Sandra Reynolds | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Lucie Safarova | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Julia Sampson Hayward | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Augusta Schultz | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Renée Schuurman | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Eleonora Sears | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Pam Shriver | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Jenny Staley | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Kay Stammers | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Dorothy Stevenson | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Betty Stöve | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Věra Suková | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Florence Sutton | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Nathalie Tauziat | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Judy Tegart Dalton | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Marie Toomey | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Marion Vanderhoef | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Roberta Vinci | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Lida Voorhees | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Marie Wagner | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Sharon Walsh | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Patricia Ward Hales | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Lilian Watson | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 1 | - | 0% | |
| Marion Bartoli | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Shirley Brasher | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Patricia Canning Todd | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Coco Gauff | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ellen Hansell | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Helen Hellwig | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Helen Homans | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Emily Hood Westacott | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Sofia Kenin | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Madison Keys | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Zsuzsa Körmöczy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Myrtle McAteer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Lena Rice | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ellen Roosevelt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Virginia Ruzici | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Elena Rybakina | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Francesca Schiavone | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Evelyn Sears | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Sloane Stephens | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Samantha Stosur | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Aline Terry | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Markéta Vondroušová | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Coral Buttsworth | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Petra Kvitová | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Amélie Mauresmo | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Margaret Molesworth | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Bertha Townsend | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Maud Watson | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Juliette Atkinson | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Angelique Kerber | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Dorothy Round | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| May Sutton | 1 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 1 | 5 | 4 | 80.0% |
| Players | Finals Lost |
Finals Played |
Finals Won |
Winning Percentage |
|
| 197. | Bianca Andreescu | - | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Sue Barker | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Kea Bouman | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Dorothy Bundy Cheney | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Françoise Dürr | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Barbara Jordan | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Anita Lizana | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Iva Majoli | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Anastasia Myskina | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Chris O'Neil | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Jeļena Ostapenko | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Flavia Pennetta | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Beryl Penrose | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Emma Raducanu | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Muriel Robb | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Karen Susman | - | 1 | 1 | 100% | |
| Cilly Aussem | - | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| Tracy Austin | - | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| Mabel Cahill | - | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| Mary Carter Reitano | - | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| Barbora Krejčíková | - | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| Margaret Scriven | - | 2 | 2 | 100% | |
| Ashleigh Barty | - | 3 | 3 | 100% | |
| Jennifer Capriati | - | 3 | 3 | 100% | |
| Joan Hartigan | - | 3 | 3 | 100% | |
| Virginia Wade | - | 3 | 3 | 100% | |
| Naomi Osaka | - | 4 | 4 | 100% | |
| Daphne Akhurst | - | 5 | 5 | 100% | |
| Lottie Dod | - | 5 | 5 | 100% | |
| Alice Marble | - | 5 | 5 | 100% | |
| Iga Swiątek | - | 5 | 5 | 100% | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | - | 8 | 8 | 100% | |
| Maureen Connolly | - | 9 | 9 | 100% |