| Year |
Ladies Singles Champion |
Runner-up |
| 2006 | Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) | Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) |
| 2005 | Venus Williams (USA) | Lindsay Davenport (USA) |
| 2004 | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | Serena Williams (USA) |
| 2003 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) |
| 2002 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) |
| 2001 | Venus Williams (USA) | Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) |
| 2000 | Venus Williams (USA) | Lindsay Davenport (USA) |
| 1999 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Steffi Graf (GER) |
| 1998 | Jana Novotná (CZE) | Nathalie Tauziat (FRA) |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis (SWI) | Jana Novotná (CZE) |
| 1996 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (SPA) |
| 1995 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (SPA) |
| 1994 | Conchita Martinez (SPA) | Martina Navrátilová (USA) |
| 1993 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Jana Novotná (CZE) |
| 1992 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Monica Seles (YUG) |
| 1991 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) |
| 1990 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Zina Garrison (USA) |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Martina Navrátilová (USA) |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Martina Navrátilová (USA) |
| 1987 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Steffi Graf (GER) |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Hana Mandlíková (CZE) |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1984 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Andrea Jaeger (USA) |
| 1982 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1981 | Chris Evert Lloyd (USA) | Hana Mandlíková (CZE) |
| 1980 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1979 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1978 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1977 | Virginia Wade (UK) | Betty Stöve (NED) |
| 1976 | Chris Evert Lloyd (USA) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) |
| 1975 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) |
| 1974 | Chris Evert Lloyd (USA) | Olga Morozova (USSR) |
| 1973 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1972 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) |
| 1971 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Margaret Smith Court (AUS) |
| 1970 | Margaret Smith Court (AUS) | Billie Jean King (USA) |
| 1969 | Ann Haydon Jones (UK) | Billie Jean King (USA) |
| 1968 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Judy Tegart Dalton (AUS) |
| 1967 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Ann Haydon Jones (UK) |
| 1966 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Maria Bueno (BRA) |
| 1965 | Margaret Smith Court (AUS) | Maria Bueno (BRA) |
| 1964 | Maria Bueno (BRA) | Margaret Smith Court (AUS) |
| 1963 | Margaret Smith Court (AUS) | Billie Jean King (USA) |
| 1962 | Karen Hantze Susman (USA) | Vera Pužejová Suková (CZE) |
| 1961 | Angela Mortimer (UK) | Christine Truman Janes (UK) |
| 1960 | Maria Bueno (BRA) | Sandra Reynolds Price (SAF) |
| 1959 | Maria Bueno (BRA) | Darlene Hard (USA) |
| 1958 | Althea Gibson (USA) | Angela Mortimer Barrett (UK) |
| 1957 | Althea Gibson (USA) | Darlene Hard (USA) |
| 1956 | Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) | Angela Buxton (USA) |
| 1955 | Louise Brough Clapp (USA) | Beverly Fleitz (USA) |
| 1954 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) | Louise Brough Clapp (USA) |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) | Doris Hart (USA) |
| 1952 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) | Louise Brough Clapp (USA) |
| 1951 | Doris Hart (USA) | Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) |
| 1950 | Louise Brough (USA) | Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) |
| 1949 | Louise Brough (USA) | Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) |
| 1948 | Louise Brough (USA) | Doris Hart (USA) |
| 1947 | Margaret Osborne (USA) | Doris Hart (USA) |
| 1946 | Pauline Betz (USA) | Louise Brough Clapp (USA) |
| 1940-45 | No competition - World War II |
| 1939 | Alice Marble (USA) | Kay Stammers (UK) |
| 1938 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Helen Hull Jacobs (USA) |
| 1937 | Dorothy Round (UK) | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL) |
| 1936 | Helen Hull Jacobs (USA) | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (GER) |
| 1935 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Helen Hull Jacobs (USA) |
| 1934 | Dorothy Round (UK) | Helen Hull Jacobs (USA) |
| 1933 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Dorothy Round Little (UK) |
| 1932 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Helen Hull Jacobs (USA) |
| 1931 | Cilly Aussem (GER) | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (GER) |
| 1930 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Elizabeth Ryan (USA) |
| 1929 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Helen Hull Jacobs (USA) |
| 1928 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Lili de Alvarez (SPA) |
| 1927 | Helen Wills Moody (USA) | Lili de Alvarez (SPA) |
| 1926 | Kitty McKane Godfree (UK) | Lili de Alvarez (SPA) |
| 1925 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Joan Fry (UK) |
| 1924 | Kitty McKane (UK) | Helen Wills Moody (USA) |
| 1923 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Kitty McKane Godfree (UK) |
| 1922 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (USA) |
| 1921 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Elizabeth Ryan (USA) |
| 1920 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Dorothea Lambert-Chambers (UK) |
| 1919 | Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) | Dorothea Lambert-Chambers (UK) |
| 1915-18 | No competition |
| 1914 | Dorothea Douglass Lambert-Chambers (UK) | Ethel Larcombe (UK) |
| 1913 | Dorothea Douglass Lambert-Chambers (UK) | Winifred McNair (UK) |
| 1912 | Ethel Larcombe (UK) | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) |
| 1911 | Dorothea Douglass Lambert-Chambers (UK) | Dora Boothby (UK) |
| 1910 | Dorothea Douglass Lambert-Chambers (UK) | Dora Boothby (UK) |
| 1909 | Dora Boothby (UK) | Agnes Morton (UK) |
| 1908 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) | Agnes Morton (UK) |
| 1907 | May Sutton (USA) | Dorothea Lambert-Chambers (UK) |
| 1906 | Dorothea Douglass (UK) | May Sutton (USA) |
| 1905 | May Sutton (USA) | Dorothea Douglass (UK) |
| 1904 | Dorothea Douglass (UK) | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) |
| 1903 | Dorothea Douglass (UK) | Ethel Thomson (UK) |
| 1902 | Muriel Robb (UK) | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) |
| 1901 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) |
| 1900 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1899 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1898 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) | Louise Martin (UK) |
| 1897 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1896 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) | Alice Simpson Pickering (UK) |
| 1895 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) | Helen Jackson (UK) |
| 1894 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) | Edith Austin (UK) |
| 1893 | Lottie Dod (UK) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) |
| 1892 | Lottie Dod (UK) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) |
| 1891 | Lottie Dod (UK) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) |
| 1890 | Helen Rice (UK) | May Jacks (UK) |
| 1889 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) | Lena Rice (USA) |
| 1888 | Lottie Dod (UK) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (UK) |
| 1887 | Lottie Dod (UK) | Blanche Bingley (UK) |
| 1886 | Blanche Bingley (UK) | Maud Watson (UK) |
| 1885 | Maud Watson (UK) | Blanche Bingley (UK) |
| 1884 | Maud Watson (UK) | Lillian Watson (UK) |
