Since the Open Era began in 1968, tennis has seen its fair share of champions.
This thread is dedicated to all the players who lost against the players who went on to win a grand slam. From Richard Coulthard, who lost the R32 of the '68 Australian Open until Andy Murray, losing finalist at the Australian Open 2013, no less than 532 different players have been beaten by the eventual champ.
Here's a list with the players who fell to the eventual winner most often:
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Name Total F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128
Ivan Lendl 23 11 5 4 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Connors 15 7 7 1 0 0 0 0
Lleyton Hewitt 13 2 2 2 6 1 0 0
Roger Federer 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Agassi 12 7 2 2 1 0 0 0
Stefan Edberg 11 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
John McEnroe 11 4 5 2 0 0 0 0
Novak Djokovic 11 4 4 1 1 0 0 1
Michael Chang 11 3 2 2 3 1 0 0
Pete Sampras 10 4 3 2 0 0 1 0
Andy Roddick 10 4 2 3 0 1 0 0
Tim Henman 10 0 5 0 0 1 3 1
Andy Murray 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
Tony Roche 9 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
Juan Carlos Ferrero 9 2 3 1 3 0 0 0
Todd Martin 9 2 3 2 2 0 0 0
Stan Smith 9 1 0 2 5 0 1 0
Jonas Björkman 9 0 1 3 1 0 2 2
Guillermo Vilas 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
Boris Becker 8 4 1 2 0 0 1 0
Jim Courier 8 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
Thomas Muster 8 0 3 1 1 2 1 0
Tommy Haas 8 0 2 0 5 1 0 0
Paul McNamee 8 0 1 1 2 2 1 1
Bjorn Borg 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ken Rosewall 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Goran Ivanisevic 7 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
Ilie Nastase 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 0
Vitas Gerulaitis 7 2 3 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Philippoussis 7 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
Andrei Medvedev 7 1 1 1 3 0 0 1
Rafael Nadal 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mats Wilander 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jan Kodes 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
Robin Soderling 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
Tom Okker 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
Henri Leconce 6 1 1 3 0 0 0 1
Greg Rusedski 6 1 0 0 2 2 0 1
Nikolay Davydenko 6 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
Sebastian Grosjean 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 1