2009 _ Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
2008 _ Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 7-5, 6-4.
2007 _ Venus Williams def. Marion Bartoli, 6-4, 6-1.
2006 _ Amelie Mauresmo def. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
2005 _ Venus Williams def. Lindsay Davenport, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7.
2004 _ Maria Sharapova def. Serena Williams, 6-1, 6-4.
2003 _ Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
2002 _ Serena Williams def. Venus Williams, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
2001 _ Venus Williams def. Justine Henin, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0.
2000 _ Venus Williams def. Lindsay Davenport, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
1999 _ Lindsay Davenport def. Steffi Graf, 6-4, 7-5.
1998 _ Jana Novotna def. Nathalie Tauziat, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
1997 _ Martina Hingis def. Jana Novotna, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
1996 _ Steffi Graf def. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 6-3, 7-5.
1995 _ Steffi Graf def. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
1994 _ Conchita Martinez def. Martina Navratilova, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
1993 _ Steffi Graf def. Jana Novotna, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4.
1992 _ Steffi Graf def. Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-1.
1991 _ Steffi Graf def. Gabriela Sabatini, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6.
1990 _ Martina Navratilova def. Zina Garrison, 6-4, 6-1.
1989 _ Steffi Graf def. Martina Navratilova, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1.
1988 _ Steffi Graf def. Martina Navratilova, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.
1987 _ Martina Navratilova def. Steffi Graf, 7-5, 6-3.
1986 _ Martina Navratilova def. Hana Mandlikova, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
1985 _ Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
1984 _ Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
1983 _ Martina Navratilova def. Andrea Jaeger, 6-0, 6-3.
1982 _ Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
1981 _ Chris Evert Lloyd def. Hana Mandlikova, 6-2, 6-2.
1980 _ Evonne Goolagong Cawley def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
1979 _ Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert Lloyd, 6-4, 6-4.
1978 _ Martina Navratilova def. Chris Evert, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.
1977 _ Virginia Wade def. Betty Stove, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
1976 _ Chris Evert def. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6.
1975 _ Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6-0, 6-1.
1974 _ Chris Evert def. Olga Morozova, 6-0, 6-4.
1973 _ Billie Jean King def. Chris Evert, 6-0, 7-5.
1972 _ Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 6-3.
1971 _ Evonne Goolagong def. Margaret Smith Court, 6-4, 6-1.
1970 _ Margaret Court def. Billie Jean King, 14-12, 11-9.
1969 _ Ann Haydon Jones def. Billie Jean King, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
1968 _ Billie Jean King def. Judy Tegart, 9-7, 7-5.
1967 _ Billie Jean King def. Ann Haydon Jones, 6-3, 6-4.
1966 _ Billie Jean King def. Maria Bueno, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
1965 _ Margaret Smith def. Maria Bueno, 6-4, 7-5.
1964 _ Maria Bueno def. Margaret Smith, 6-4, 7-9, 6-3.
1963 _ Margaret Smith def. Billie Jean Moffitt, 6-3, 6-4.
1962 _ Karen Hantze Susman def. Vera Sukova, 6-4, 6-4.
1961 _ Angela Mortimer def. Christine Truman, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
1960 _ Maria Bueno def. Sandra Reynolds, 8-6, 6-0.
1959 _ Maria Bueno def. Darlene Hard, 6-4, 6-3.
1958 _ Althea Gibson def. Angela Mortimer, 8-6, 6-2.
1957 _ Althea Gibson def. Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2.
1956 _ Shirley Fry def. Angela Buxton, 6-3, 6-1.
1955 _ Louise Brough def. Beverly Baker Fleitz, 7-5, 8-6.
1954 _ Maureen Connolly def. Louise Brough, 6-2, 7-5.
1953 _ Maureen Connolly def. Doris Hart, 8-6, 7-5.
1952 _ Maureen Connolly def. Louise Brough, 7-5, 6-3.
1951 _ Doris Hart def. Shirley Fry, 6-1, 6-0.
1950 _ Louise Brough def. Margaret Osborne duPont, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
1949 _ Louise Brough def. Margaret Osborne duPont, 10-8, 1-6, 10-8.
1948 _ Louise Brough def. Doris Hart, 6-3, 8-6.
1947 _ Margaret Osborne def. Doris Hart, 6-2, 6-4.
1946 _ Pauline Betz def. Louise Brough, 6-2, 6-4.
1940-45 _ No tournament, World War II
1939 _ Alice Marble def. Kay Stammers, 6-2, 6-0.
1938 _ Helen Wills Moody def. Helen Jacobs, 6-4, 6-0.
1937 _ Dorothy Round def. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
1936 _ Helen Jacobs def. Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
1935 _ Helen Wills Moody def. Helen Jacobs, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
1934 _ Dorothy Round def. Helen Jacobs, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
1933 _ Helen Wills Moody def. Dorothy Round, 6-4, 6-8, 6-3.
1932 _ Helen Wills Moody def. Helen Jacobs, 6-3, 6-1.
1931 _ Cilly Aussen def. Hilde Krahwinkel, 6-2, 7-5.
1930 _ Helen Wills Moody def. Elizabeth Ryan, 6-2, 6-2.
1929 _ Helen Wills def. Helen Jacobs, 6-1, 6-2.
1928 _ Helen Wills def. Lili de Alvarez, 6-2, 6-3.
1927 _ Helen Wills def. Lili de Alvarez, 6-2, 6-4.
1926 _ Kitty McKane Godfree def. Lili de Alvarez, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
1925 _ Suzanne Lenglen def. Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0.
1924 _ Kitty McKane def. Helen Wills, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
1923 _ Suzanne Lenglen def. Kitty McKane, 6-2, 6-2.
1922 _ Suzanne Lenglen def. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 6-2, 6-0.
1921 _ Suzanne Lenglen def. Elizabeth Ryan, 6-2, 6-0.
1920 _ Suzanne Lenglen def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 6-3, 6-0.
1919 _ Suzanne Lenglen def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 10-8, 4-6, 9-7.
1915-18 _ No tournament, World War I
1914 _ Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Ethel Thomson Larcombe, 7-5, 6-4.
1913 _ Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Winifred Slocock McNair, 6-0, 6-4.
1912 _ Ethel Thomson Larcombe def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 6-3, 6-1.
1911 _ Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Dora Boothby, 6-0, 6-0.
1910 _ Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Dora Boothby, 6-2, 6-2.
1909 _ Dora Boothby def. Agnes Morton, 6-4, 4-6, 8-6.
1908 _ Charlotte Cooper Sterry def. Agnes Morton, 6-4, 6-4.
1907 _ May Sutton def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 6-1, 6-4.
1906 _ Dorothea Douglass def. May Sutton, 6-3, 9-7.
1905 _ May Sutton def. Dorothea Douglass, 6-3, 6-4.
1904 _ Dorothea Douglass def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 6-0, 6-3.
1903 _ Dorothea Douglass def. Ethel Thomson, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
1902 _ Muriel Robb def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 7-5, 6-1.
1901 _ Charlotte Cooper Sterry def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-2.
1900 _ Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Charlotte Cooper, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
1899 _ Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Charlotte Cooper, 6-2, 6-3.
1898 _ Charlotte Cooper def. Louise Martin, 6-4, 6-4.
1897 _ Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Charlotte Cooper, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
1896 _ Charlotte Cooper def. Alice Simpson Pickering, 6-2, 6-3.
1895 _ Charlotte Cooper def. Helen Jackson, 7-5, 8-6.
1894 _ Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Edith Austin, 6-1, 6-1.
1893 _ Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-8, 6-1, 6-4.
1892 _ Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-1, 6-1.
1891 _ Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-1.
1890 _ Helena Rice def. M. Jacks, 6-4, 6-1.
1889 _ Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Helena Rice, 4-6, 8-6, 6-4.
1888 _ Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-3, 6-3.
1887 _ Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-0.
1886 _ Blanche Bingley def. Maud Watson, 6-3, 6-3.
1885 _ Maud Watson def. Blanche Bingley, 6-1, 7-5.
1884 _ Maud Watson def. Lillian Watson, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3.
From 1885 through 1921, a challenge round format was in effect. In the challenge round system, the defending champion played only one match against the winner of an all-comers tournament. When the champion didn't defend, the previous all-comers winner acted as defending "champion."
