Andy Murray cited a disappointing serving display as a key factor in his loss to Novak Djokovic in Sunday's French Open final.

Murray looked primed to spring a shock on Court Philippe Chatrier when he recovered from not winning a point in his opening service game to take the first set in confident fashion.

However, Djokovic was not to be denied the one grand slam that had previously eluded him, the Serbian prevailing 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 to become only the eighth man to win all four major titles.

Having fallen short in his bid to become the first British winner at Roland Garros since Fred Perry in 1935, Murray, who was taken to five sets in each of his first two matches, was understandably downbeat in his post-tournament news conference.

"From 13 days ago, I maybe would have signed to have been in this position. I was struggling. I was a couple of points from going out of the tournament in the first round," said the 29-year-old.

"But then when you get there obviously you want to win. I didn't do that today. Right now I'm very disappointed, but obviously the tournament could have been quite different, had I gone out in the first round.

"I could have served better, for sure. I didn't serve particularly well. On this surface, it's harder to get free points on your second serve. Maybe on the quicker surfaces, you can do that.

"In the first set I was serving better. I was able to dictate a few more of the points, whereas when you're hitting second serves you're more often on the back foot and spend more time defending."

Murray has suffered defeat in his last three grand slam finals, Djokovic his conqueror on each occasion.

However, the former US Open and Wimbledon champion remains hopeful he can end the dominance of the world number one, who now holds all four of the game's premier singles trophies.

"Yeah, we only played twice on grass. I won both those matches," said Murray.

"I have played some of my best tennis on clay, for sure, over the last few weeks and definitely the last couple of years. Hopefully that translates well onto the grass, which is a surface that comes way, way more natural to me.

"So, yeah, I will try and have a good run on the grass and, if we meet, try and learn from the last few weeks' matches and see things I could have done better."