Players with the Most Finals Lost in the French Open in Women'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 women's singles in this tennis Grand Slam tournament.
Which player has lost the most women's singles finals?
Simonne Mathieu is the player with the most finals lost in the history of the French Open, having been the losser 6 times in this kind of matches. That means that she has been the player that lost in the 5.1% of a total of 118 finals.
On the bright side, other than its 6 finals lost, Simonne Mathieu has 2 finals won.
Women's Singles
Most Finals Lost
6 finals
Simonne Mathieu
A total of 109 players were part, at least once, in one of the 118 women's singles finals disputed in the French Open. Most of them (82), lost at least once, 23 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
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| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 1. | Simonne Mathieu | 6 | 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937 | 5.1% | 8 | 2 | 25.0% |
| 2. | Germaine Golding | 4 | 1910, 1921, 1922, 1923 | 3.4% | 4 | - | 0.0% |
| Martina Navratilova | 4 | 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987 | 3.4% | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 4. | 3 | 1898, 1899, 1900 | 2.5% | 3 | - | 0.0% | |
| Doris Hart | 3 | 1947, 1951, 1953 | 2.5% | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Ann Jones | 3 | 1963, 1968, 1969 | 2.5% | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3 | 1991, 1995, 1996 | 2.5% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| Steffi Graf | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1992 | 2.5% | 9 | 6 | 66.7% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 9. | Kim Clijsters | 2 | 2001, 2003 | 1.7% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Dorothy Head Knode | 2 | 1955, 1957 | 1.7% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Martina Hingis | 2 | 1997, 1999 | 1.7% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helen Jacobs | 2 | 1930, 1934 | 1.7% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Yola Ramírez | 2 | 1960, 1961 | 1.7% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dinara Safina | 2 | 2008, 2009 | 1.7% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Shirley Fry | 2 | 1948, 1952 | 1.7% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| P. Girod | 2 | 1897, 1902 | 1.7% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Simona Halep | 2 | 2014, 2017 | 1.7% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Mima Jaušovec | 2 | 1978, 1983 | 1.7% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Nelly Landry | 2 | 1938, 1949 | 1.7% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Mary Pierce | 2 | 1994, 2005 | 1.7% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Marguerite Broquedis | 2 | 1911, 1920 | 1.7% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Lesley Turner Bowrey | 2 | 1962, 1967 | 1.7% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Chris Evert | 2 | 1973, 1984 | 1.7% | 9 | 7 | 77.8% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 24. | Eileen Bennett Whittingstall | 1 | 1928 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Pauline Betz | 1 | 1946 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Irene Bowder Peacock | 1 | 1927 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Mary Browne | 1 | 1926 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ginette Bucaille | 1 | 1954 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Maria Bueno | 1 | 1964 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marie Danet | 1 | 1912 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Elena Dementieva | 1 | 2004 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sara Errani | 1 | 2012 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Mary Joe Fernández | 1 | 1993 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helen Gourlay | 1 | 1971 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sylvia Hanika | 1 | 1981 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andrea Jaeger | 1 | 1982 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 1 | 1939 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sofia Kenin | 1 | 2020 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Leroux | 1 | 1901 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Virginia MacVeagh | 1 | 1906 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Conchita Martínez | 1 | 2000 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kitty McKane Godfree | 1 | 1925 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Florența Mihai | 1 | 1977 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Olga Morozova | 1 | 1974 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Karolína Muchová | 1 | 2023 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helga Niessen Masthoff | 1 | 1970 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Betty Nuthall | 1 | 1931 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jasmine Paolini | 1 | 2024 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Anastasía Pavliuchénkova | 1 | 2021 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| A. Pean | 1 | 1908 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | 2025 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Lucie Safarova | 1 | 2015 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sloane Stephens | 1 | 2018 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Samantha Stosur | 1 | 2010 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Renáta Tomanová | 1 | 1976 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Wendy Turnbull | 1 | 1979 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jeanne Vaussard | 1 | 1924 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Abeille Villard Gallay | 1 | 1909 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Markéta Vondroušová | 1 | 2019 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Venus Williams | 1 | 2002 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 1988 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Catherine dAliney dElva | 1 | 1907 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Yvonne de Pfeffel | 1 | 1905 | 0.8% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Shirley Brasher | 1 | 1958 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Patricia Canning Todd | 1 | 1950 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Coco Gauff | 1 | 2022 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 1 | 1972 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ana Ivanovic | 1 | 2007 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1 | 2006 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Zsuzsa Körmöczy | 1 | 1959 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Angela Mortimer | 1 | 1956 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Nancy Richey | 1 | 1966 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Virginia Ruzici | 1 | 1980 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Francesca Schiavone | 1 | 2011 | 0.8% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Maria Sharapova | 1 | 2013 | 0.8% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Monica Seles | 1 | 1998 | 0.8% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Serena Williams | 1 | 2016 | 0.8% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Kate Gillou-Fenwick | 1 | 1903 | 0.8% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Jeanne Matthey | 1 | 1913 | 0.8% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Margaret Court | 1 | 1965 | 0.8% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | |
| Adine Masson | 1 | 1904 | 0.8% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% | |
| Suzanne Lenglen | 1 | 1914 | 0.8% | 7 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 83. | Cilly Aussem | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sue Barker | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Ashleigh Barty | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Kea Bouman | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jennifer Capriati | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Maureen Connolly | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Françoise Dürr | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Althea Gibson | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Darlene Hard | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Justine Henin | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Billie Jean King | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Barbora Krejčíková | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Iva Majoli | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Hana Mandlíková | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Anastasia Myskina | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Li Na | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Margaret Osborne duPont | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Jeļena Ostapenko | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Hélène Prévost | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Margaret Scriven | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Iga Swiątek | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Christine Truman | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Julie Vlasto | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Helen Wills | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Comtesse de Kermel | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |