Players with the Most Finals Lost in the French Open in Men's Singles
Stats of the players that participated in final matches in the French 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?
In the history of the French Open, 3 players are tied for the most finals lost, having been the lossers 4 times each in this kind of matches: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Max Decugis. That means that each of them have been the player that lost in the 3.3% of a total of 123 finals.
Men's Singles
Most Finals Lost
4 finals
3 players
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Max Decugis
A total of 113 players were part, at least once, in one of the 123 men's singles finals disputed in the French Open. Most of them (85), lost at least once and 26 of them lost 2 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. | Roger Federer | 4 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 | 3.3% | 5 | 1 | 20.0% |
| Novak Djokovic | 4 | 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020 | 3.3% | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | |
| Max Decugis | 4 | 1902, 1906, 1920, 1923 | 3.3% | 12 | 8 | 66.7% | |
| 4. | Paul Lebreton | 3 | 1898, 1899, 1901 | 2.4% | 3 | - | 0.0% |
| Guillermo Vilas | 3 | 1975, 1978, 1982 | 2.4% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 3 | 1946, 1948, 1950 | 2.4% | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Maurice Germot | 3 | 1908, 1909, 1911 | 2.4% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| René Lacoste | 3 | 1924, 1926, 1928 | 2.4% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| André Vacherot | 3 | 1903, 1904, 1905 | 2.4% | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 10. | Luis Ayala | 2 | 1958, 1960 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Gérard Brosselin | 2 | 1894, 1896 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Àlex Corretja | 2 | 1998, 2001 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Casper Ruud | 2 | 2022, 2023 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Eric Sturgess | 2 | 1947, 1951 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Robin Söderling | 2 | 2009, 2010 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dominic Thiem | 2 | 2018, 2019 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Bill Tilden | 2 | 1927, 1930 | 1.6% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andre Agassi | 2 | 1990, 1991 | 1.6% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Sven Davidson | 2 | 1955, 1956 | 1.6% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Tony Roche | 2 | 1965, 1967 | 1.6% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Jean Samazeuilh | 2 | 1914, 1922 | 1.6% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Jean Borotra | 2 | 1925, 1929 | 1.6% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| André Gobert | 2 | 1912, 1921 | 1.6% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Nicola Pietrangeli | 2 | 1961, 1964 | 1.6% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Ivan Lendl | 2 | 1981, 1985 | 1.6% | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Mats Wilander | 2 | 1983, 1987 | 1.6% | 5 | 3 | 60.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 27. | Bunny Austin | 1 | 1937 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| P. Baigneres | 1 | 1891 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Alberto Berasategui | 1 | 1994 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Christian Boussus | 1 | 1931 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Guillermo Coria | 1 | 2004 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Pierre Darmon | 1 | 1963 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Stefan Edberg | 1 | 1989 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Francis Fassitt | 1 | 1892 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| David Ferrer | 1 | 2013 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Herbert Flam | 1 | 1957 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Željko Franulović | 1 | 1970 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Georges Gault | 1 | 1913 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Vitas Gerulaitis | 1 | 1980 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Brian Gottfried | 1 | 1977 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| István Gulyás | 1 | 1966 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Petr Korda | 1 | 1992 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Arthur Larsen | 1 | 1954 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Henri Leconte | 1 | 1988 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| John McEnroe | 1 | 1984 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andrei Medvedev | 1 | 1999 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Roderich Menzel | 1 | 1938 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andy Murray | 1 | 2016 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Magnus Norman | 1 | 2000 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Manuel Orantes | 1 | 1974 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Víctor Pecci | 1 | 1979 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Mikael Pernfors | 1 | 1986 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nikola Pilić | 1 | 1973 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Patrick Proisy | 1 | 1972 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| André Prévost | 1 | 1900 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Mariano Puerta | 1 | 2005 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Bobby Riggs | 1 | 1939 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Frank Sedgman | 1 | 1952 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Vic Seixas | 1 | 1953 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Harold Solomon | 1 | 1976 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Michael Stich | 1 | 1996 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 1 | 2021 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Martin Verkerk | 1 | 2003 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ian Vermaak | 1 | 1959 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Robert Wallet | 1 | 1907 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Francky Wardan | 1 | 1897 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Alexander Zverev | 1 | 2024 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Giorgio de Stefani | 1 | 1932 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| François Blanchy | 1 | 1910 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Michael Chang | 1 | 1995 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Jack Crawford | 1 | 1934 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero | 1 | 2002 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ilie Nastase | 1 | 1971 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Budge Patty | 1 | 1949 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Fred Perry | 1 | 1936 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Laurent Riboulet | 1 | 1895 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Jean Schopfer | 1 | 1893 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Stan Wawrinka | 1 | 2017 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Sergi Bruguera | 1 | 1997 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Jim Courier | 1 | 1993 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Roy Emerson | 1 | 1962 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Rod Laver | 1 | 1968 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Ken Rosewall | 1 | 1969 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Gottfried von Cramm | 1 | 1935 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Henri Cochet | 1 | 1933 | 0.8% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 86. | Carlos Alcaraz | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| József Asbóth | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Paul Aymé | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Marcel Bernard | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Björn Borg | 0 | - | 0.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | |
| H. Briggs | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Don Budge | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Albert Costa | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Gastón Gaudio | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Andrés Gimeno | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Andrés Gómez | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Henner Henkel | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Lew Hoad | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jan Kodeš | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Gustavo Kuerten | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Don McNeill | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Carlos Moyá | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Thomas Muster | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Rafael Nadal | 0 | - | 0.0% | 14 | 14 | 100.0% | |
| Yannick Noah | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Adriano Panatta | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Frank Parker | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Mervyn Rose | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Manuel Santana | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Fred Stolle | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Tony Trabert | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Michel Vacherot | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |