Here are some miscellaneous bits of data.
Players who have lost only in the final to an eventual slam winner:
Code:
Steve Denton AO 1982 (Kriek) AO 1983 (Kriek)
Martin Verkerk RG 2003 (Ferrero)
MaliVai Washington WM 1996 (Krajicek)
Alberto Berasetegui RG 1994 (Bruguera)
Kim Warwick AO 1980 (Teacher)
John Marks AO 1978 (Vilas)
Manuel Orantes RG 1974 (Borg)
Onny Parun AO 1973 (Newcombe)
Malcolm Anderson AO 1972 (Rosewall)
Rod Laver RG 1968 (Rosewall)
Juan Gisbert sr. AO 1968 (Bowrey)
Most times lost to eventual winner without winning a slam:
Code:
Tim Henman 10
Tony Roche 9
Todd Martin 9
Jonas Björkman 9
Miroslav Mecir 8
Paul McNamee 8
Tommy Haas 8
Mark Philippoussis 7
Vitas Gerulaitis 7
Andrei Medvedev 7
Greg Rusedski 6
Henri Leconte 6
Tom Okker 6
Sebastian Grosjean 6
Robin Soderling 6
Nikolay Davydenko 6
Thomas Enqvist 5
Phil Dent 5
Brian Gottfried 5
Alex Matreveli 5
David Nalbandian 5
Harold Solomon 5
Tim Gullikson 5
Raoul Ramirez 5
Anders Jarryd 5
Sjeng Schalken 5
Nicolas Kiefer 5
Roy Emerson 5
Mikhail Youzhny 5
David Ferrer 5
Tomas Berdych 5
Paul-Henri Mathieu 5
And here's a new bit of trivia, though this might actually be informative!
Most times either winning a slam, or losing to the eventual winner!
Code:
Name W L Total
Ivan Lendl 8 23 31
Roger Federer 17 12 29
Pete Sampras 14 10 24
Jimmy Connors 8 15 23
Andre Agassi 8 12 20
Bjorn Borg 11 7 18
John McEnroe 7 11 18
Rafael Nadal 11 6 17
Stefan Edberg 6 11 17
Novak Djokovic 6 11 17
Lleyton Hewitt 2 13 15
Boris Becker 6 8 14
Mats Wilander 7 6 13
Guillermo Vilas 4 8 12
Jim Courier 4 8 12
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2 10 12
Michael Chang 1 11 12
Ken Rosewall 4 7 11 (open era only, remember)
Stan Smith 2 9 11
Andy Roddick 1 10 11
Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 9 10
Andy Murray 1 9 10
Tim Henman 0 10 10
Jan Kodes 3 6 9
Ilie Nastase 2 7 9
Thomas Muster 1 8 9
Tony Roche 0 9 9
Todd Martin 0 9 9
Jonas Bjorkman 0 9 9
Slam winners who lost fewest times to an eventual winner:
Code:
Gaston Gaudio 0
Rod Laver 1 (only open era)
Manuel Orantes 1
Gustavo Kuerten 1
Sergi Bruguera 2
Brian Teacher 2
John Newcombe 3
Adrian Panatta 3
Pat Cash 3
Yannick Noah 3
Petr Korda 3
Richard Krajicek 3
Thomas Johansson 3
Juan Martin del Potro 3