| Champion |
Runner-Up |
Score |
| 1922 Mall Molesworth |
Esna Boyd |
6-3 10-8 |
| 1923 Mall Molesworth |
Esna Boyd |
6-1 7-5 |
| 1924 Sylvia Lance |
Esna Boyd |
6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| The Australian Championships |
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| 1925 Daphne Akhurst |
Esna Boyd |
1-6 8-6 6-4 |
| 1926 Daphne Akhurst |
Esna Boyd |
6-1 6-3 |
| 1927 Esna Boyd |
Sylvia Harper |
5-7 6-1 6-2 |
| 1928 Daphne Akhurst |
Esna Boyd |
7-5 6-2 |
| 1929 Daphne Akhurst |
Louise Bickerton |
6-1 5-7 6-2 |
| 1930 Daphne Akhurst |
Sylvia Harper |
10-8 2-6 7-5 |
| 1931 Coral Buttsworth |
Marjorie Cox Crawford |
1-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1932 Coral Buttsworth |
Kathrine Le Messurier |
9-7 6-4 |
| 1933 Joan Hartigan |
Coral Buttsworth |
6-4 6-3 |
| 1934 Joan Hartigan |
Mall Molesworth |
6-1 6-4 |
| 1935 Dorothy Round GBR |
Nancye Wynne |
1-6 6-1 6-3 |
| 1936 Joan Hartigan |
Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1937 Nancye Wynne |
Emily Hood Westacott |
6-3 5-7 6-4 |
| 1938 Dorothy Bundy GBR |
Dorothy Stevenson |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1939 Emily Westacott |
Nell Hopman |
6-1 6-2 |
| 1940 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
Thelma Coyne |
5-7 6-4 6-0 |
| 1941-45 World War II |
No Tournament |
No Tournament |
| 1946 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
Joyce Fitch |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1947 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
Nell Hopman |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1948 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
Marie Toomey |
6-3 6-1 |
| 1949 Doris Hart USA 1 |
Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1950 Louise Brough USA |
Doris Hart USA |
6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1951 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton |
Thelma Long |
6-1 7-5 |
| 1952 Thelma Long |
H Angwin |
6-2 6-3 Long oldest champion |
| 1953 Maureen Connolly USA |
Julie Sampson USA |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1954 Thelma Long |
Jenny Staley |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1955 Beryl Penrose |
Thelma Long |
6-4 6-3 |
| 1956 Mary Carter |
Thelma Long |
3-6 6-2 9-7 Carter saved match point |
| 1957 Shirley Fry USA |
Althea Gibson USA |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1958 Angela Mortimer GBR |
Lorraine Coghlan |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1959 Mary(Carter)Reitano |
Renee Schuurman RSA |
6-2 6-3 |
| 1960 Margaret Smith |
Jan Lehane |
7-5 6-2 Smith youngest champion to date |
| 1962 Margaret Smith |
Jan Lehane |
6-0 6-2 |
| 1963 Margaret Smith |
Jan Lehane |
6-2 6-2 |
| 1964 Margaret Smith |
Lesley Turner |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1965 Margaret Smith |
Maria Bueno BRA |
5-7 6-4 5-2 (retired) |
| 1966 Margaret Smith |
Nancy Richey USA |
walkover |
| 1967 Nancy Richey USA |
Lesley Turner |
6-1 6-4 |
| 1968 Billie Jean King USA |
Margaret Smith |
6-1 6-2 |
| 1969 Margaret Smith Court |
B J King (1) |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1970 Margaret Smith Court (1) |
Kerry Melville |
6-1 6-3 |
| 1971 Margaret Smith Court (1) |
Evonne Goolagong |
2-6 7-6 7-5 |
| 1972 Virginia Wade GBR |
Evonne Goolagong (1) |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1973 Margaret Court (1) |
Evonne Goolagong |
6-4 7-5 |
| 1974 Evonne Goolagong |
Chris Evert (1) USA |
7-6 4-6 6-0 |
| 1975 Evonne Goolagong |
Martina Navratilova CZE |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1976 Evonne(Goolagong)Cawley (1) |
Renata Tomanova CZE |
6-2 6-2 |
| 1977 Kerry Reid |
Dianne Balestrat (1) |
7-5 6-2 |
| Evonne(Goolagong)Cawley (1) |
Helen Gourlay |
6-3 6-0 |
| 1978 Chris O'Neil |
Betsy Nagelsen USA |
6-3 7-6 O'Neil was unseeded |
| 1979 Barbara Jordan USA |
Sharon Walsh USA |
6-3 6-3 |
| 1980 Hana Mandlikova CZE |
Wendy Turnbul |
6-0 7-5 |
| 1981 Martina Navratilova USA |
Chris Evert Lloyd (1)USA |
6-7 6-4 7-5 |
| 1982 Chris Evert Lloyd USA |
Martina Navratilova(1)USA |
6-3 2-6 6-3 |
| 1983 Martina Navratilova (1)USA |
Kathy Jordan USA |
6-2 7-6 |
| 1984 Chris Evert Lloyd USA |
Helena Sukova CZE |
6-7 6-1 6-3 |
| 1985 Martina Navratilova USA |
Chris Evert Lloyd (1)USA |
6-2 4-6 6-2 |
| 1986 Not held |
1986 Not held |
1986 Not held |
| 1987 Hana Mandlikova CZE |
Martina Navratilova(1)USA |
7-5 7-6 |
| 1988 Steffi Graf (1) GER |
Chris Evert USA |
6-1 7-6 |
| 1989 Steffi Graf (1) GER |
Helena Sukova CZE |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1990 Steffi Graf (1) GER |
Mary Jo Fernandez USA |
6-3 6-4 |
| 1991 Monica Seles USA |
Jana Novotna CZE |
5-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1992 Monica Seles (1) USA |
Mary Jo Fernandez USA |
6-2 6-3 |
| 1993 Monica Seles (1) USA |
Steffi Graf GER |
4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1994 Steffi Graf (1) GER |
A Sanchez Vicario ESP |
6-0 6-2 |
| 1995 Mary Pierce FRA |
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario(1) |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1996 Monica Seles (1) USA |
Anke Huber GER |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1997 Martina Hingis SUI |
Mary Pierce FRA |
6-2 6-2 Hingis youngest champion |
| 1998 Martina Hingis SUI |
Conchita Martinez ESP |
6-3 6-3 |
| 1999 Martina Hingis SUI |
Amelie Mauresmo FRA |
6-2 6-3 |
| 2000 Lindsay Davenport USA |
Martina Hingis (1) SUI |
6-1 7-5 |
| 2001 Jennifer Capriati USA |
Martina Hingis (1) SUI |
6-4 6-3 |
| 2002 Jennifer Capriati (1) USA |
Martina Hingis SUI |
4-6 7-6(9-7) 6-2 Capriati saved 4 match points |
| 2003 Serena Williams (1) USA |
Venus Williams (2) USA |
7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 |
| 2004 Justin Henin-Hardenne (1) BELGIUM | Kim Clijsters (2) BELGIUM |
6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 2005 Serena Williams USA |
Lindsay Davenport USA |
2-6 6-3 6-0 |
