| Champion |
Runner-Up |
Score |
| 1884 Maud Watson |
Louise Watson |
6-8 6-3 6-3 (13 players entered) |
| 1885 Maud Watson |
Blanche Bingley |
6-1 7-5 |
| 1886 Blanche Bingley |
Maud Watson |
6-3 6-3 |
| 1887 Lottie Dod |
Blanche Bingley |
6-2 6-0 |
| 1888 Lottie Dod |
Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
6-3 6-3 |
| 1889 Blanche Hillyard |
Lena Rice |
4-6 8-6 6-4 |
| 1890 Lena Rice |
M Jacks |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1891 Lottie Dod |
Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
6-2 6-1 |
| 1892 Lottie Dod |
Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
6-1 6-1 |
| 1893 Lottie Dod |
Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
6-8 6-1 6-4 |
| 1894 Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
E Austin |
6-1 6-1 |
| 1895 Charlotte Cooper |
H Jackson |
7-5 8-6 |
| 1896 Charlotte Cooper |
W Pickering |
6-2 6-3 |
| 1897 Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
Charlotte Cooper |
5-7 7-5 6-2 |
| 1898 Charlotte Cooper |
L Martin |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1899 Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
Charlotte Cooper |
6-2 6-3 |
| 1900 Blanche(Bingley)Hillyard |
Charlotte Cooper |
4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1901 Charlotte(Cooper)Sterry |
Blanche (Bingley)Hillyard |
6-2 6-2
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| 1902 Muriel Robb |
Charlotte(Cooper)Sterry |
7-5 6-1 |
| 1903 Dorothea Douglass |
E Thomson |
4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1904 Dorothea Douglass |
Charlotte(Cooper)Sterry |
6-0 6-3 |
| 1905 May Sutton |
Dorothea Douglass |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1906 Dorothea Douglass |
May Sutton |
6-3 9-7 |
| 1907 May Sutton |
Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
6-1 6-4 |
| 1908 Charlotte Sterry |
A Morton |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1909 Dora Boothby |
A Morton |
6-4 4-6 8-6 |
| 1910 Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
Dora Boothby |
6-2 6-2 |
| 1911 Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
Dora Boothby |
6-0 6-0 |
| 1912 Ethel Larcombe |
Charlotte(Cooper)Sterry |
6-3 6-1 |
| 1913 Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
R McNair |
6-0 6-4 |
| 1914 Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
Ethel Larcombe |
7-5 6-4 |
| 1915-18 World War I |
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| 1919 Suzanne Lenglen |
Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
10-8 4-6 9-7 |
| 1920 Suzanne Lenglen |
Dorothea(Douglass)Chambers |
6-3 6-0 |
| 1921 Suzanne Lenglen |
Elizabeth Ryan |
6-2 6-0 |
| 1922 Suzanne Lenglen |
Molla Mallory |
6-2 6-0 |
| 1923 Suzanne Lenglen |
Kitty McKane |
6-2 6-2 *(won all her 12 sets,72-11 games) |
| 1924 Kathleen McKane |
Helen Wills |
4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1925 Suzanne Lenglen* |
Joan Fry |
6-2 6-0 *(won all her 10 sets,60-5 games) |
| 1926 Kathleen Godfrey |
Lili de Alvarez |
6-2 4-6 6-3 |
| 1927 Helen Wills |
Lili de Alvarez |
6-2 6-4 |
| 1928 Helen Wills |
Lili de Alvarez |
6-2 6-3 |
| 1929 Helen Wills |
Helen Jacobs |
6-1 6-2 |
| 930 Helen(Wills)Moody |
Elizabeth Ryan |
6-2 6-2 |
| 1931 Cilly Aussem |
Hilde Kranwinkel |
6-2 7-5 |
| 1932 Helen(Wills)Moody |
Jadwiga Jacobs |
6-3 6-1 *(won all her 12 sets,72-13 games) |
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1933 Helen(Wills)Moody |
Dorothy Round |
6-4 6-8 6-3 |
| 1934 Dorothy Round |
Helen Jacobs |
6-2 5-7 6-3 |
| 935 Helen Moody |
Helen Jacobs |
6-3 3-6 7-5 |
| 1936 Helen Jacobs |
Hilde(Kranwinkel)Sperling |
6-2 4-6 7-5 |
| 1937 Dorothy Round |
Jadwiga Jedrzejowska |
6-2 2-6 7-5 |
| 1938 Helen Moody |
Jadwiga Jacobs |
6-4 6-0 |
| 1939 Alice Marble |
Kay Stammers |
6-2 6-0 |
| 1940-45 World War II |
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| 1946 Pauline Betz |
Louise Brough |
6-2 6-4 |
| 1947 Margaret Osborne |
Doris Hart |
6-2 6-4 |
| 1948 Louise Brough |
Doris Hart |
6-3 8-6 |
| 1949 Louise Brough |
Margaret(Osborne)duPont |
10-8 1-6 10-8 |
| 1950 Louise Brough |
Margaret(Osborne)duPont |
6-1 3-6 6-1 |
| 1951 Doris Hart |
Shirley Fry |
6-1 6-0 |
| 1952 Maureen Connolly |
Louise Brough |
7-5 6-3 |
| 1953 Maureen Connolly |
Doris Hart |
8-6 7-5 |
| 1954 Maureen Connolly |
Louise Brough |
6-2 7-5 |
| 1955 Louise Brough |
Beverly Fleitz |
7-5 8-6 |
| 1956 Shirley Fry |
Angela Buxton |
6-3 6-1 |
| 1957 Althea Gibson |
Darlene Hard |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1958 Althea Gibson |
Angela Mortimer |
8-6 6-2 |
| 1959 Maria Bueno |
Darlene Hard |
6-4 6-3 |
| 1960 Maria Bueno |
Sandra Reynolds |
8-6 6-0 |
| 1961 Angela Mortimer |
Christine Truman |
4-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 1962 Karen Susman |
Vera Sukova |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1963 Margaret Smith |
Billie Jean Moffitt |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1964 Maria Bueno |
Margaret Smith |
6-4 7-9 6-3 |
| 1965 Margaret Smith |
Maria Bueno |
6-4 7-5 |
| 1966 B J (Moffitt) King |
Maria Bueno |
6-3 3-6 6-1 |
| 1967 B J (Moffitt) King |
Ann Jones |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1968 B J (Moffitt) King |
Judy Tegart |
9-7 7-5 |
| 1969 Ann Jones |
B J (Moffitt) King |
3-6 6-3 6-2
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| 1970 Margaret(Smith)Court |
B J (Moffitt) King |
14-12 11-9 |
| 1971 Evonne Goolagong |
Margaret Court |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1972 B J (Moffitt) King |
Evonne Goolagong |
6-3 6-3 |
| 1973 B J (Moffitt) King |
Chris Evert |
6-0 7-5 |
| 1974 Chris Evert |
Olga Morozova |
6-0 6-4 |
| 1975 B J (Moffitt) King | Evonne(Goolagong)Cawley |
6-0 6-1 |
| 1976 Chris Evert |
Evonne(Goolagong)Cawley |
6-3 4-6 8-6 |
| 1977 Virginia Wade |
Betty Stove |
4-6 6-3 6-1 |
| 1978 Martina Navratilova |
Chris Evert Lloyd |
2-6 6-4 7-5 |
| 1979 Martina Navratilova |
Chris Evert Lloyd |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1980 Evonne(Goolagong)Cawley |
Chris Evert Lloyd |
6-1 7-6 |
| 1981 Chris Evert Lloyd |
Hana Mandlikova |
6-2 6-2 |
| 1982 Martina Navratilova |
Chris Evert Lloyd |
6-1 3-6 6-2 |
| 1983 Martina Navratilova |
Andrea Jaeger |
6-0 6-3 |
| 1984 Martina Navratilova |
Chris Evert Lloyd |
7-6 6-2 |
| 1985 Martina Navratilova |
Chris Evert Lloyd |
4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1986 Martina Navratilova |
Hana Mandlikova |
7-6 6-3 |
| 1987 Martina Navratilova |
Steffi Graf |
7-5 6-3 |
| 1988 Steffi Graf |
Martina Navratilova |
5-7 6-2 6-1 |
| 1989 Steffi Graf |
Martina Navratilova |
6-2 6-7 6-1 |
| 1990 Martina Navratilova |
Zina Garrison |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1991 Steffi Graf |
Gabriela Sabatini |
6-4 3-6 8-6 |
| 1992 Steffi Graf |
Monica Seles |
6-2 6-1 |
| 1993 Steffi Graf |
Jana Novotna |
7-6 1-6 6-4 |
| 1994 Conchita Martinez |
Martina Navratilova |
6-4 3-6 6-3 |
| 1995 Steffi Graf |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario |
4-6 61 7-5 |
| 1996 Steffi Graf |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario |
6-3 7-5 |
| 1997 Martina Hingis |
Jana Novotna |
2-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 1998 Jana Novotna |
Nathalie Tauziat |
6-4 7-6 |
| 1999 Lindsay Davenport |
Steffi Graf |
6-4 7-5 |
| 2000 Venus Williams |
Lindsay Davenport |
6-3 7-6 |
| 2001 Venus Williams |
Justine Henin |
6-1 3-6 6-0 |
| 2002 Serena Williams |
Venus Williams |
7-6(4) 6-3 |
| 2003 Serena Williams |
Venus Williams |
4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 2004 Maria Sharapova |
Serena Williams |
6-1 6-4 |
| 2005 Venus Williams |
Lindsay Davenport |
4-6 7-6 (7-4) 9-7 |