Players with the Most Finals Lost in the Australian Open in Men's Singles
Stats of the players that participated in final matches in the Australian Open, including the full list of finalists ordered from those who lost the most to those who didn't lost any finals of men's singles in this tennis Grand Slam tournament.
Which player has lost the most men's singles finals?
Andy Murray and John Bromwich are the players with the most finals lost in the history of the Australian Open, having been the lossers 5 times each in this kind of matches. That means that each of them have been the player that lost in the 4.4% of a total of 113 finals.
Men's Singles
Most Finals Lost
5 finals
2 players
Andy Murray and John Bromwich
A total of 110 players were part, at least once, in one of the 113 men's singles finals disputed in the Australian Open. Most of them (77), lost at least once, 20 of them lost 2 or more times and only 2 of them lost 5 finals or more. Here you can see the full list of these players ordered by finals lost.
Full List - Players with the Most Finals Lost
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| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 1. | Andy Murray | 5 | 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 | 4.4% | 5 | - | 0.0% |
| John Bromwich | 5 | 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1949 | 4.4% | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3. | Rafael Nadal | 4 | 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019 | 3.5% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 4. | Neale Fraser | 3 | 1957, 1959, 1960 | 2.7% | 3 | - | 0.0% |
| Harry Hopman | 3 | 1930, 1931, 1932 | 2.7% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| Daniil Medvedev | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2024 | 2.7% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| Arthur Ashe | 3 | 1966, 1967, 1971 | 2.7% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Gerald Patterson | 3 | 1914, 1922, 1925 | 2.7% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Horace Rice | 3 | 1910, 1911, 1915 | 2.7% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Stefan Edberg | 3 | 1990, 1992, 1993 | 2.7% | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Jack Crawford | 3 | 1934, 1936, 1940 | 2.7% | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 12. | Malcolm Anderson | 2 | 1958, 1972 | 1.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Pat Cash | 2 | 1987, 1988 | 1.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Steve Denton | 2 | 1981, 1982 | 1.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Harry Parker | 2 | 1907, 1913 | 1.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Richard Schlesinger | 2 | 1924, 1929 | 1.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Fred Stolle | 2 | 1964, 1965 | 1.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ken McGregor | 2 | 1950, 1951 | 1.8% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Marat Safin | 2 | 2002, 2004 | 1.8% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Ivan Lendl | 2 | 1983, 1991 | 1.8% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 21. | Marcos Baghdatis | 1 | 2006 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Alfred Beamish | 1 | 1912 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Michael Chang | 1 | 1996 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marin Cilic | 1 | 2018 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Arnaud Clément | 1 | 2001 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dick Crealy | 1 | 1970 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jack Cummings | 1 | 1928 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kevin Curren | 1 | 1984 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Albert Curtis | 1 | 1905 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Phil Dent | 1 | 1974 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Alfred Dunlop | 1 | 1908 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Thomas Enqvist | 1 | 1999 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Francis Fisher | 1 | 1906 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ken Fletcher | 1 | 1963 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andrés Gimeno | 1 | 1969 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Juan Gisbert | 1 | 1968 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Keith Gledhill | 1 | 1933 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Fernando González | 1 | 2007 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Rex Hartwig | 1 | 1954 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Alf Hedeman | 1 | 1921 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 1 | 2005 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| John Lloyd | 1 | 1977 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| John Marks | 1 | 1978 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Todd Martin | 1 | 1994 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Miloslav Mecir | 1 | 1989 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Carlos Moyá | 1 | 1997 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Onny Parun | 1 | 1973 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Eric Pockley | 1 | 1919 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marcelo Ríos | 1 | 1998 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| John Sadri | 1 | 1979 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Rainer Schüttler | 1 | 2003 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Bert St. John | 1 | 1923 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dominic Thiem | 1 | 2020 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ronald Thomas | 1 | 1920 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 1 | 2023 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 1 | 2008 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kim Warwick | 1 | 1980 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| James Willard | 1 | 1926 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Alexander Zverev | 1 | 2025 | 0.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jimmy Connors | 1 | 1975 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| John Hawkes | 1 | 1927 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Lew Hoad | 1 | 1955 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 1 | 2000 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Dinny Pails | 1 | 1946 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ernie Parker | 1 | 1909 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Fred Perry | 1 | 1935 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Mervyn Rose | 1 | 1953 | 0.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| John Newcombe | 1 | 1976 | 0.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Pete Sampras | 1 | 1995 | 0.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Frank Sedgman | 1 | 1952 | 0.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Guillermo Vilas | 1 | 1977 | 0.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Rod Laver | 1 | 1961 | 0.9% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Adrian Quist | 1 | 1939 | 0.9% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Mats Wilander | 1 | 1985 | 0.9% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Ken Rosewall | 1 | 1956 | 0.9% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Roy Emerson | 1 | 1962 | 0.9% | 7 | 6 | 85.7% | |
| Roger Federer | 1 | 2009 | 0.9% | 7 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 78. | Andre Agassi | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Fred Alexander | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| James Anderson | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Boris Becker | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Jean Borotra | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| William Bowrey | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Norman Brookes | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Don Budge | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| James Cecil Parke | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Ashley Cooper | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Jim Courier | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Novak Djokovic | 0 | - | 0.0% | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | |
| Mark Edmondson | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Rhys Gemmell | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Vitas Gerulaitis | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Colin Gregory | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Rodney Heath | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Thomas Johansson | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Algernon Kingscote | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Petr Korda | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Johan Kriek | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Gordon Lowe | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Vivian McGrath | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Edgar Moon | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Arthur O'Hara Wood | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Pat O'Hara Wood | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Alex Olmedo | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Dick Savitt | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jannik Sinner | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Roscoe Tanner | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Brian Teacher | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Stan Wawrinka | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Anthony Wilding | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |