Players with the Most Finals Played 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 played the most to those who played at least one final of women's singles in this tennis Grand Slam tournament.
Which player has played in the most women's singles finals?
Margaret Court is the player with the most finals played in the history of the Australian Open with 12 appearances in this kind of matches. That means that she has been present in the 12.1% of a total of 99 finals.
Of her 12 finals played, Margaret Court won 11 and lost 1.
Women's Singles
Most Finals Played
12 finals
Margaret Court
A total of 90 players were part, at least once, in one of the 99 women's singles finals disputed in the Australian Open. Of them, 41 players did it 2 or more times, 11 did it 5 or more times and only one did it in 10 opportunities or more. Here you can see the full list of these players ordered by finals played.
Full List - Players with the Most Finals Played
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| Player | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | |
| 1. | Margaret Court | 12 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 | 12.1% | 11 | 1 | 91.7% |
| 2. | Serena Williams | 8 | 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 | 8.1% | 7 | 1 | 87.5% |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton | 8 | 1936, 1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 | 8.1% | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | |
| 4. | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 7 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 | 7.1% | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| Esna Boyd | 7 | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 | 7.1% | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | |
| 6. | Martina Hingis | 6 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 | 6.1% | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| Martina Navratilova | 6 | 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 | 6.1% | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | |
| Thelma Coyne Long | 6 | 1940, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956 | 6.1% | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | |
| Chris Evert | 6 | 1974, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988 | 6.1% | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| Player | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | |
| 10. | Daphne Akhurst | 5 | 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930 | 5.1% | 5 | - | 100.0% |
| Steffi Graf | 5 | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | |
| 12. | Monica Seles | 4 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 | 4.0% | 4 | - | 100.0% |
| Maria Sharapova | 4 | 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015 | 4.0% | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | |
| Jan Lehane | 4 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 | 4.0% | - | 4 | 0.0% | |
| 15. | Joan Hartigan | 3 | 1933, 1934, 1936 | 3.0% | 3 | - | 100.0% |
| Coral Buttsworth | 3 | 1931, 1932, 1933 | 3.0% | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | |
| Margaret Molesworth | 3 | 1922, 1923, 1934 | 3.0% | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 3 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | 3.0% | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | |
| Justine Henin | 3 | 2004, 2006, 2010 | 3.0% | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Sylvia Lance Harper | 3 | 1924, 1927, 1930 | 3.0% | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| Li Na | 3 | 2011, 2013, 2014 | 3.0% | 1 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Player | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | |
| 22. | Victoria Azarenka | 2 | 2012, 2013 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 100.0% |
| Jennifer Capriati | 2 | 2001, 2002 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 100.0% | |
| Mary Carter Reitano | 2 | 1956, 1959 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 100.0% | |
| Hana Mandlíková | 2 | 1980, 1987 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 100.0% | |
| Naomi Osaka | 2 | 2019, 2021 | 2.0% | 2 | - | 100.0% | |
| Kim Clijsters | 2 | 2004, 2011 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Lindsay Davenport | 2 | 2000, 2005 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Doris Hart | 2 | 1949, 1950 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Emily Hood Westacott | 2 | 1937, 1939 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Billie Jean King | 2 | 1968, 1969 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Amélie Mauresmo | 2 | 1999, 2006 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Kerry Melville Reid | 2 | 1970, 1977 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Mary Pierce | 2 | 1995, 1997 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| Nancy Richey | 2 | 1966, 1967 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 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% |
| Player | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | |
| 42. | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 2022 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% |
| Louise Brough | 1 | 1950 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Dorothy Bundy Cheney | 1 | 1938 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Maureen Connolly | 1 | 1953 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Shirley Fry | 1 | 1957 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Barbara Jordan | 1 | 1979 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Sofia Kenin | 1 | 2020 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Angelique Kerber | 1 | 2016 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Madison Keys | 1 | 2025 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Angela Mortimer | 1 | 1958 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Chris O'Neil | 1 | 1978 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Beryl Penrose | 1 | 1955 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Dorothy Round | 1 | 1935 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Virginia Wade | 1 | 1972 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 1 | 2018 | 1.0% | 1 | - | 100.0% | |
| 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% |