Players with the Most Finals Lost in the WTA Finals in Women's Singles
Stats of the players that participated in final matches in the WTA Finals, 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 tournament.
Which player has lost the most singles finals?
Martina Navratilova is the player with the most finals lost in the history of the WTA Finals, having been the losser 6 times in this kind of matches. That means that she has been the player that lost in the 11.3% of a total of 53 finals.
On the bright side, other than its 6 finals lost, Martina Navratilova has 8 finals won.
Women's Singles
Most Finals Lost
6 finals
Martina Navratilova
A total of 47 players were part, at least once, in one of the 53 women's singles finals disputed in the WTA Finals. Most of them (36), 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. | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 1975, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992 | 11.3% | 14 | 8 | 57.1% |
| 2. | Chris Evert | 4 | 1974, 1976, 1983, 1984 | 7.5% | 8 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 3. | Lindsay Davenport | 3 | 1994, 1998, 2001 | 5.7% | 4 | 1 | 25.0% |
| 4. | Mary Pierce | 2 | 1997, 2005 | 3.8% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| Amélie Mauresmo | 2 | 2003, 2006 | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Maria Sharapova | 2 | 2007, 2012 | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Venus Williams | 2 | 2009, 2017 | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Martina Hingis | 2 | 1996, 1999 | 3.8% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 2 | 1987, 1990 | 3.8% | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | |
| Serena Williams | 2 | 2002, 2004 | 3.8% | 7 | 5 | 71.4% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 11. | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 2011 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
| Sue Barker | 1 | 1977 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Simona Halep | 1 | 2014 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Anke Huber | 1 | 1995 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Andrea Jaeger | 1 | 1981 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Angelique Kerber | 1 | 2016 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Anett Kontaveit | 1 | 2021 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Hana Mandlíková | 1 | 1986 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Kerry Melville Reid | 1 | 1972 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Li Na | 1 | 2013 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Jessica Pegula | 1 | 2023 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Zheng Qinwen | 1 | 2024 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Nancy Richey | 1 | 1973 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | 2022 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Pam Shriver | 1 | 1988 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Sloane Stephens | 1 | 2018 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Helena Suková | 1 | 1985 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 1993 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Vera Zvonareva | 1 | 2008 | 1.9% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
| Tracy Austin | 1 | 1979 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Petra Kvitová | 1 | 2015 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Elina Svitolina | 1 | 2019 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 2010 | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 1 | 1978 | 1.9% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | |
| Monica Seles | 1 | 2000 | 1.9% | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | |
| Steffi Graf | 1 | 1986 | 1.9% | 6 | 5 | 83.3% |
| Player | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | |
| 37. | Ashleigh Barty | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Dominika Cibulková | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Kim Clijsters | 0 | - | 0.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | |
| Caroline Garcia | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Coco Gauff | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Sylvia Hanika | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Justine Henin | 0 | - | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Jana Novotná | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | |
| Iga Swiątek | 0 | - | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |