Players with the Most Finals Lost in the Italian Open in Men's Singles
Stats of the players that participated in final matches in the Italian 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 tournament.
Which player has lost the most men's singles finals?
Novak Djokovic is the player with the most finals lost in the history of the Italian Open, having been the losser 6 times in this kind of matches. That means that he has been the player that lost in the 7.4% of a total of 81 finals.
On the bright side, other than its 6 finals lost, Novak Djokovic has 6 finals won.
Men's Singles
Most Finals Lost
6 finals
Novak Djokovic
A total of 95 players were part, at least once, in one of the 81 men's singles finals disputed in the Italian Open. Most of them (64), lost at least once, 10 of them lost 2 or more times and only one 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
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 1. | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 | 7.4% | 12 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 2. | Roger Federer | 4 | 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015 | 4.9% | 4 | - | 0.0% |
| 3. | Jan Kodeš | 3 | 1970, 1971, 1972 | 3.7% | 3 | - | 0.0% |
| 4. | Giuseppe Merlo | 2 | 1955, 1957 | 2.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Gustavo Kuerten | 2 | 2000, 2001 | 2.5% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Manuel Orantes | 2 | 1973, 1975 | 2.5% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Tony Roche | 2 | 1967, 1969 | 2.5% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Guillermo Vilas | 2 | 1976, 1979 | 2.5% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Nicola Pietrangeli | 2 | 1958, 1966 | 2.5% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Rafael Nadal | 2 | 2011, 2014 | 2.5% | 12 | 10 | 83.3% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 11. | Boris Becker | 1 | 1994 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Sergi Bruguera | 1 | 1995 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andrei Chesnokov | 1 | 1990 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Henri Cochet | 1 | 1931 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Guillermo Coria | 1 | 2005 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Albert Costa | 1 | 1998 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Carlos Costa | 1 | 1992 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Giovanni Cucelli | 1 | 1951 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sven Davidson | 1 | 1956 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Umberto De Morpurgo | 1 | 1930 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Roy Emerson | 1 | 1962 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| David Ferrer | 1 | 2010 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Neale Fraser | 1 | 1959 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Fernando González | 1 | 2007 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Tommy Haas | 1 | 2002 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Bob Hewitt | 1 | 1968 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| José Higueras | 1 | 1983 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Goran Ivanišević | 1 | 1993 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Martín Jaite | 1 | 1987 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nicolás Jarry | 1 | 2024 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Boro Jovanović | 1 | 1963 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Richard Krajicek | 1 | 1996 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Aaron Krickstein | 1 | 1984 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| André Martin-Legeay | 1 | 1933 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Miloslav Mecir | 1 | 1985 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Enrique Morea | 1 | 1954 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| David Nalbandian | 1 | 2004 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Víctor Pecci | 1 | 1981 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Guillermo Pérez Roldán | 1 | 1988 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Patrick Rafter | 1 | 1999 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Holger Rune | 1 | 2023 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Manuel Santana | 1 | 1965 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Diego Schwartzman | 1 | 2020 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Fred Stolle | 1 | 1964 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| William Talbert | 1 | 1950 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Eliot Teltscher | 1 | 1982 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 1 | 2022 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Stan Wawrinka | 1 | 2008 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Antonio Zugarelli | 1 | 1977 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Giorgio de Stefani | 1 | 1934 | 1.2% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andre Agassi | 1 | 1989 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Luis Ayala | 1 | 1960 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Lew Hoad | 1 | 1953 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| George Patrick Hughes | 1 | 1932 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Alberto Mancini | 1 | 1991 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Yannick Noah | 1 | 1980 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Giovanni Palmieri | 1 | 1935 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Adriano Panatta | 1 | 1978 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Marcelo Ríos | 1 | 1997 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Emilio Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 1986 | 1.2% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Rod Laver | 1 | 1961 | 1.2% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Ilie Nastase | 1 | 1974 | 1.2% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Alexander Zverev | 1 | 2018 | 1.2% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 1 | 1952 | 1.2% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 65. | Jimmy Arias | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Björn Borg | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| José Luis Clerc | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Àlex Corretja | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jim Courier | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Fausto Gardini | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Vitas Gerulaitis | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Andrés Gómez | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Wilmer Hines | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Ivan Lendl | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Jan-Erik Lundqvist | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Barry MacKay | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Félix Mantilla | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Daniil Medvedev | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| André Merlin | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Carlos Moyá | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Martin Mulligan | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Andy Murray | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Thomas Muster | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| John Newcombe | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Magnus Norman | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Tom Okker | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Budge Patty | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Raúl Ramírez | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Mervyn Rose | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Pete Sampras | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Emanuele Sartorio | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Frank Sedgman | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Bill Tilden | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Mats Wilander | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |