Top 5 tennis greats who never won the Monte Carlo Masters

#4. Boris Becker

Becker reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters three times without winning

Clay was the only surface on which Boris Becker never won a title with the French Open being the only Grand Slam that eluded him. Becker reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters thrice, losing every time. The first of these instances came in 1989 where he was the 2^nd seed and reached the final without dropping a set. However, he was beaten by 14^th seeded Argentine Alberto Mancini in four sets.Becker’s second final came in 1991 when he faced Sergi Bruguera. Becker took the first set but Bruguera came back to take the next three sets and win the tournament. Becker’s closest opportunity to win the Monte Carlo Masters came in 1995 when he faced Thomas Muster in the final.

Becker took the first two sets but Muster came back to win the third set. In the fourth set tie-break, Becker had a match point but he double-faulted on it and Muster climched the fourth set 7-6 before bageling him in the final set to take the match and the title.