Players with the Most Finals Lost in Wimbledon in Men's Singles
Stats of the players that participated in final matches in Wimbledon, 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?
Herbert Lawford and Arthur Gore are the players with the most finals lost in the history of Wimbledon, 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 3.6% of a total of 137 finals.
Men's Singles
Most Finals Lost
5 finals
2 players
Herbert Lawford and Arthur Gore
A total of 113 players were part, at least once, in one of the 137 men's singles finals disputed in Wimbledon. Most of them (85), lost at least once, 27 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. | Herbert Lawford | 5 | 1880, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888 | 3.6% | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Arthur Gore | 5 | 1899, 1902, 1907, 1910, 1912 | 3.6% | 8 | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 3. | Ken Rosewall | 4 | 1954, 1956, 1970, 1974 | 2.9% | 4 | - | 0.0% |
| Ernest Renshaw | 4 | 1882, 1883, 1887, 1889 | 2.9% | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | |
| Jimmy Connors | 4 | 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984 | 2.9% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Boris Becker | 4 | 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995 | 2.9% | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | |
| Roger Federer | 4 | 2008, 2014, 2015, 2019 | 2.9% | 12 | 8 | 66.7% | |
| 8. | Frank Riseley | 3 | 1903, 1904, 1906 | 2.2% | 3 | - | 0.0% |
| Andy Roddick | 3 | 2004, 2005, 2009 | 2.2% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| Fred Stolle | 3 | 1963, 1964, 1965 | 2.2% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| Gottfried von Cramm | 3 | 1935, 1936, 1937 | 2.2% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| Goran Ivanišević | 3 | 1992, 1994, 1998 | 2.2% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% | |
| Jean Borotra | 3 | 1925, 1927, 1929 | 2.2% | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Rafael Nadal | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2011 | 2.2% | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Wilfred Baddeley | 3 | 1893, 1894, 1896 | 2.2% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| Novak Djokovic | 3 | 2013, 2023, 2024 | 2.2% | 10 | 7 | 70.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 17. | Bunny Austin | 2 | 1932, 1938 | 1.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Ivan Lendl | 2 | 1986, 1987 | 1.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ilie Nastase | 2 | 1972, 1976 | 1.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kurt Nielsen | 2 | 1953, 1955 | 1.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Patrick Rafter | 2 | 2000, 2001 | 1.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Herbert Roper Barrett | 2 | 1908, 1911 | 1.5% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 2 | 1949, 1952 | 1.5% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Norman Brookes | 2 | 1905, 1919 | 1.5% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Joshua Pim | 2 | 1891, 1892 | 1.5% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| John McEnroe | 2 | 1980, 1982 | 1.5% | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Rod Laver | 2 | 1959, 1960 | 1.5% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 28. | Wilmer Allison | 1 | 1930 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Kevin Anderson | 1 | 2018 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Tomáš Berdych | 1 | 2010 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Matteo Berrettini | 1 | 2021 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| John Bromwich | 1 | 1948 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Geoff Brown | 1 | 1946 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Tom Brown | 1 | 1947 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Wilhelm Bungert | 1 | 1967 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marin Cilic | 1 | 2017 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Elwood Cooke | 1 | 1939 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jim Courier | 1 | 1993 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kevin Curren | 1 | 1985 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | 1 | 1895 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Frank Hunter | 1 | 1923 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Howard Kinsey | 1 | 1926 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nick Kyrgios | 1 | 2022 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Chris Lewis | 1 | 1983 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Randolph Lycett | 1 | 1922 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| William Marshall | 1 | 1877 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ken McGregor | 1 | 1951 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Maurice McLoughlin | 1 | 1913 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Alex Metreveli | 1 | 1973 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Martin Mulligan | 1 | 1962 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| David Nalbandian | 1 | 2002 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Brian Norton | 1 | 1921 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Mark Philippoussis | 1 | 2003 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Cédric Pioline | 1 | 1997 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dennis Ralston | 1 | 1966 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Milos Raonic | 1 | 2016 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Major Ritchie | 1 | 1909 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Tony Roche | 1 | 1968 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Frank Shields | 1 | 1931 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sidney Smith | 1 | 1900 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Vere St. Leger Goold | 1 | 1879 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Roscoe Tanner | 1 | 1979 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| MaliVai Washington | 1 | 1996 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andre Agassi | 1 | 1999 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ashley Cooper | 1 | 1957 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Jack Crawford | 1 | 1934 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Neale Fraser | 1 | 1958 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Spencer Gore | 1 | 1878 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Harold Mahony | 1 | 1897 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Chuck McKinley | 1 | 1961 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Frank Sedgman | 1 | 1950 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Stan Smith | 1 | 1971 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ellsworth Vines | 1 | 1933 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Henri Cochet | 1 | 1928 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Stefan Edberg | 1 | 1989 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| John Hartley | 1 | 1881 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| René Lacoste | 1 | 1924 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Andy Murray | 1 | 2012 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Gerald Patterson | 1 | 1920 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| John Newcombe | 1 | 1969 | 0.7% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Reginald Doherty | 1 | 1901 | 0.7% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Anthony Wilding | 1 | 1914 | 0.7% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Björn Borg | 1 | 1981 | 0.7% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | |
| Laurence Doherty | 1 | 1898 | 0.7% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | |
| William Renshaw | 1 | 1890 | 0.7% | 8 | 7 | 87.5% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 86. | Carlos Alcaraz | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Arthur Ashe | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Don Budge | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Pat Cash | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Roy Emerson | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Bob Falkenburg | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Frank Hadow | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Willoughby Hamilton | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Lew Hoad | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Bill Johnston | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jan Kodeš | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Richard Krajicek | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jack Kramer | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Alex Olmedo | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Budge Patty | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Fred Perry | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Yvon Petra | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Bobby Riggs | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Pete Sampras | 0 | - | 0.0% | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | |
| Manuel Santana | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Dick Savitt | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Ted Schroeder | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Vic Seixas | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Michael Stich | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Bill Tilden | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Tony Trabert | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Sidney Wood | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |