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Wimbledon Champions: Women's Singles
The Championships were first played under the control of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1877 at a ground near Worple Road, Wimbledon; the only event held was Gentlemen's Singles. In 1884, the All England Club added Ladies' Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles. Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles were added in 1913. The Championships moved to their present location, at a ground near Church Road, in 1922.
Listed here are winners and runners-up of the women's singles tournaments since 1884.
| Year | Ladies Singles Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Serena Williams (USA) | Garbińe Muguruza (ESP) |
| 2014 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) |
| 2013 | Marion Bartoli (FRA) | Sabine Lisicki (GER) |
| 2012 | Serena Williams (USA) | Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) |
| 2011 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | Maria Sharapova (RUS) |
| 2010 | Serena Williams (USA) | Vera Zvonareva (RUS) |
| 2009 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) |
| 2008 | Venus Williams (USA) | Serena Williams (USA) |
| 2007 | Venus Williams (USA) | Marion Bartoli (FRA) |
| 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) |
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