Players with the Most Finals Lost in the US Open in Women's Singles
Stats of the players that participated in final matches in the US 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?
Louise Brough and Doris Hart are the players with the most finals lost in the history of the US Open, 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 139 finals.
Women's Singles
Most Finals Lost
5 finals
2 players
Louise Brough and Doris Hart
A total of 107 players were part, at least once, in one of the 139 women's singles finals disputed in the US Open. Most of them (90), lost at least once, 30 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. | Louise Brough | 5 | 1942, 1943, 1948, 1954, 1957 | 3.6% | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Doris Hart | 5 | 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953 | 3.6% | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3. | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 4 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 | 2.9% | 4 | - | 0.0% |
| Helen Jacobs | 4 | 1928, 1936, 1939, 1940 | 2.9% | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Elisabeth Moore | 4 | 1892, 1897, 1902, 1904 | 2.9% | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Martina Navratilova | 4 | 1981, 1985, 1989, 1991 | 2.9% | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | |
| Serena Williams | 4 | 2001, 2011, 2018, 2019 | 2.9% | 10 | 6 | 60.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 8. | Victoria Azarenka | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2020 | 2.2% | 3 | - | 0.0% |
| Steffi Graf | 3 | 1987, 1990, 1994 | 2.2% | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | |
| Chris Evert | 3 | 1979, 1983, 1984 | 2.2% | 9 | 6 | 66.7% | |
| 11. | Rosemary Casals | 2 | 1970, 1971 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Louise Hammond Raymond | 2 | 1910, 1916 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ann Jones | 2 | 1961, 1967 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nancy Richey | 2 | 1966, 1969 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helena Suková | 2 | 1986, 1993 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 2 | 2009, 2014 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marion Zinderstein | 2 | 1919, 1920 | 1.4% | 2 | - | 0.0% | |
| Maud Barger-Wallach | 2 | 1906, 1909 | 1.4% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Martina Hingis | 2 | 1998, 1999 | 1.4% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Hana Mandlíková | 2 | 1980, 1982 | 1.4% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Darlene Hard | 2 | 1958, 1962 | 1.4% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Marion Jones | 2 | 1898, 1903 | 1.4% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Sarah Palfrey | 2 | 1934, 1935 | 1.4% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Monica Seles | 2 | 1995, 1996 | 1.4% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Venus Williams | 2 | 1997, 2002 | 1.4% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Margaret Osborne duPont | 2 | 1944, 1947 | 1.4% | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | |
| Pauline Betz | 2 | 1941, 1945 | 1.4% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | |
| Billie Jean King | 2 | 1965, 1968 | 1.4% | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | |
| Helen Wills | 2 | 1922, 1933 | 1.4% | 9 | 7 | 77.8% | |
| Molla Mallory | 2 | 1923, 1924 | 1.4% | 10 | 8 | 80.0% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 31. | Amanda Anisimova | 1 | 2025 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Carolin Babcock Stark | 1 | 1932 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Maud Banks | 1 | 1899 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Eileen Bennett Whittingstall | 1 | 1931 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Carole Caldwell Graebner | 1 | 1964 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Elena Dementieva | 1 | 2004 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Leylah Fernandez | 1 | 2021 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Eleanor Goss | 1 | 1918 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Dorothy Green | 1 | 1913 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 1 | 1929 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Ons Jabeur | 1 | 2022 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jelena Janković | 1 | 2008 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 1 | 1937 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Madison Keys | 1 | 2017 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Laura Knight | 1 | 1887 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Anna McCune Harper | 1 | 1930 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kitty McKane Godfree | 1 | 1925 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kerry Melville Reid | 1 | 1972 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Carrie Neely | 1 | 1907 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Edith Parker | 1 | 1900 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jessica Pegula | 1 | 2024 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Mary Pierce | 1 | 2005 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 2016 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Elizabeth Ryan | 1 | 1926 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Augusta Schultz | 1 | 1893 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Eleonora Sears | 1 | 1912 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Pam Shriver | 1 | 1978 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Florence Sutton | 1 | 1911 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Christine Truman | 1 | 1959 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Wendy Turnbull | 1 | 1977 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marion Vanderhoef | 1 | 1917 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Roberta Vinci | 1 | 2015 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Lida Voorhees | 1 | 1889 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Marie Wagner | 1 | 1914 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Patricia Ward Hales | 1 | 1955 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton | 1 | 1938 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Vera Zvonareva | 1 | 2010 | 0.7% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Lindsay Davenport | 1 | 2000 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Shirley Fry | 1 | 1951 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ellen Hansell | 1 | 1888 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Helen Hellwig | 1 | 1895 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Helen Homans | 1 | 1905 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1 | 2007 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Myrtle McAteer | 1 | 1901 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Betty Nuthall | 1 | 1927 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Ellen Roosevelt | 1 | 1891 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 1 | 1988 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Evelyn Sears | 1 | 1908 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 1992 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Aline Terry | 1 | 1894 | 0.7% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Althea Gibson | 1 | 1956 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Justine Henin | 1 | 2006 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | 2023 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Bertha Townsend | 1 | 1890 | 0.7% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Juliette Atkinson | 1 | 1896 | 0.7% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Mary Browne | 1 | 1921 | 0.7% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Kim Clijsters | 1 | 2003 | 0.7% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Maria Bueno | 1 | 1960 | 0.7% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 1 | 1915 | 0.7% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
| Margaret Court | 1 | 1963 | 0.7% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 91. | Bianca Andreescu | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Tracy Austin | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Mabel Cahill | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Maureen Connolly | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Coco Gauff | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Angelique Kerber | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Anita Lizana | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Alice Marble | 0 | - | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Naomi Osaka | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Flavia Pennetta | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Emma Raducanu | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Maria Sharapova | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Sloane Stephens | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Samantha Stosur | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| May Sutton | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Iga Swiątek | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Virginia Wade | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |