Players with the Most Finals Lost in the Australian Open in Women'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 women's singles in this tennis Grand Slam tournament.
Which player has lost the most women's singles finals?
Esna Boyd is the player with the most finals lost in the history of the Australian Open, having been the losser 6 times in this kind of matches. That means that she has been the player that lost in the 6.1% of a total of 99 finals.
On the bright side, other than its 6 finals lost, Esna Boyd has one final won.
Women's Singles
Most Finals Lost
6 finals
Esna Boyd
A total of 90 players were part, at least once, in one of the 99 women's singles finals disputed in the Australian Open. Most of them (67), lost at least once, 18 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. | Esna Boyd | 6 | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928 | 6.1% | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2. | Jan Lehane | 4 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 | 4.0% | 4 | - | 0.0% |
| Thelma Coyne Long | 4 | 1940, 1951, 1955, 1956 | 4.0% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Chris Evert | 4 | 1974, 1981, 1985, 1988 | 4.0% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 5. | Maria Sharapova | 3 | 2007, 2012, 2015 | 3.0% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Martina Hingis | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002 | 3.0% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| Martina Navratilova | 3 | 1975, 1982, 1987 | 3.0% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 3 | 1971, 1972, 1973 | 3.0% | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 9. | Mary Joe Fernández | 2 | 1990, 1992 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Nell Hall Hopman | 2 | 1939, 1947 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helena Suková | 2 | 1984, 1989 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 2 | 1994, 1995 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Lesley Turner Bowrey | 2 | 1964, 1967 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Venus Williams | 2 | 2003, 2017 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Justine Henin | 2 | 2006, 2010 | 2.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Sylvia Lance Harper | 2 | 1927, 1930 | 2.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Li Na | 2 | 2011, 2013 | 2.0% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton | 2 | 1936, 1949 | 2.0% | 8 | 6 | 75.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 19. | Helen Angwin | 1 | 1952 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Louie Bickerton | 1 | 1929 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jennifer Brady | 1 | 2021 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Maria Bueno | 1 | 1965 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 1 | 2014 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Lorraine Coghlan | 1 | 1958 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Danielle Collins | 1 | 2022 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marjorie Cox Crawford | 1 | 1931 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Joyce Fitch | 1 | 1946 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dianne Fromholtz | 1 | 1977 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Althea Gibson | 1 | 1957 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helen Gourlay | 1 | 1977 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Simona Halep | 1 | 2018 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Anke Huber | 1 | 1996 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ana Ivanovic | 1 | 2008 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kathy Jordan | 1 | 1983 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Petra Kvitová | 1 | 2019 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kathleen Le Messurier | 1 | 1932 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nancy Lyle | 1 | 1935 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Conchita Martínez | 1 | 1998 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 1 | 2020 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Betsy Nagelsen | 1 | 1978 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jana Novotná | 1 | 1991 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Zheng Qinwen | 1 | 2024 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Elena Rybakina | 1 | 2023 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dinara Safina | 1 | 2009 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Julia Sampson Hayward | 1 | 1953 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Renée Schuurman | 1 | 1959 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jenny Staley | 1 | 1954 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dorothy Stevenson | 1 | 1938 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Renáta Tomanová | 1 | 1976 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marie Toomey | 1 | 1948 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Wendy Turnbull | 1 | 1980 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sharon Walsh | 1 | 1979 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kim Clijsters | 1 | 2004 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Lindsay Davenport | 1 | 2005 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Doris Hart | 1 | 1950 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Emily Hood Westacott | 1 | 1937 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Billie Jean King | 1 | 1969 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Amélie Mauresmo | 1 | 1999 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Kerry Melville Reid | 1 | 1970 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Mary Pierce | 1 | 1997 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Nancy Richey | 1 | 1966 | 1.0% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Coral Buttsworth | 1 | 1933 | 1.0% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Margaret Molesworth | 1 | 1934 | 1.0% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | 2025 | 1.0% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Steffi Graf | 1 | 1993 | 1.0% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Serena Williams | 1 | 2016 | 1.0% | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | |
| Margaret Court | 1 | 1968 | 1.0% | 12 | 11 | 91.7% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 68. | Daphne Akhurst | 0 | - | 0.0% | 5 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Victoria Azarenka | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Ashleigh Barty | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Louise Brough | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Dorothy Bundy Cheney | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jennifer Capriati | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Mary Carter Reitano | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Maureen Connolly | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Shirley Fry | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Joan Hartigan | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Barbara Jordan | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Sofia Kenin | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Angelique Kerber | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Madison Keys | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Hana Mandlíková | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Angela Mortimer | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Chris O'Neil | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Naomi Osaka | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Beryl Penrose | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Dorothy Round | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Monica Seles | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Virginia Wade | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |