| year | Winner | Opponent in the final | Result | 
| 1884 | United Kingdom 1801  Maud Watson | United Kingdom 1801  Lilian Watson | 6: 8, 6: 3, 6: 3 | 
| 1885 | United Kingdom 1801  Maud Watson | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley | 6: 1, 7: 5 | 
| 1886 | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley | United Kingdom 1801  Maud Watson | 6: 3, 6: 3 | 
| 1887 | United Kingdom 1801  Lottie Dod | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley | 6: 2, 6: 0 | 
| 1888 | United Kingdom 1801  Lottie Dod | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | 6: 3, 6: 3 | 
| 1889 | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | Ireland 1783  Lena Rice | 4: 6, 8: 6, 6: 4 | 
| 1890 | Ireland 1783  Lena Rice | United Kingdom 1801  May Jacks | 6: 4, 6: 1 | 
| 1891 | United Kingdom 1801  Lottie Dod | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | 6: 2, 6: 1 | 
| 1892 | United Kingdom 1801  Lottie Dod | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | 6: 1, 6: 1 | 
| 1893 | United Kingdom 1801  Lottie Dod | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | 6: 8, 6: 1, 6: 4 | 
| 1894 | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom 1801  Edith Austin | 6: 1, 6: 1 | 
| 1895 | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper | United Kingdom 1801  Helen Jackson | 7: 5, 8: 6 | 
| 1896 | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper | United Kingdom 1801  Alice Pickering | 6: 2, 6: 3 | 
| 1897 | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper | 5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 2 | 
| 1898 | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper | United Kingdom 1801  Louisa Martin | 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 1899 | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper | 6: 2, 6: 3 | 
| 1900 | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 1901 | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper Sterry | United Kingdom 1801  Blanche Bingley Hillyard | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 
| 1902 | United Kingdom 1801  Muriel Robb | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper Sterry | 7: 5, 6: 1 | 
| 1903 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Douglass | United Kingdom 1801  Ethel Thomson | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2 | 
| 1904 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Douglass | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper Sterry | 6: 0, 6: 3 | 
| 1905 | United States 45  May Sutton | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Douglass | 6: 3, 6: 4 | 
| 1906 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Douglass | United States 45  May Sutton | 6: 3, 9: 7 | 
| 1907 | United States 45  May Sutton | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | 6: 1, 6: 4 | 
| 1908 | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper Sterry | United Kingdom 1801  Agnes Morton | 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 1909 | United Kingdom 1801  Dora Boothby | United Kingdom 1801  Agnes Morton | 6: 4, 4: 6, 8: 6 | 
| 1910 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | United Kingdom 1801  Dora Boothby | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 
| 1911 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | United Kingdom 1801  Dora Boothby | 6-0, 6-0 | 
| 1912 | United Kingdom 1801  Ethel Larcombe | United Kingdom 1801  Charlotte Cooper Sterry | 6: 3, 6: 1 | 
| 1913 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | United Kingdom 1801  Winifred McNair | 6-0, 6-4 | 
| 1914 | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | United Kingdom 1801  Ethel Larcombe | 7: 5, 6: 4 | 
| 1915-1918 | failed (First World War) | 
| 1919 | France  Suzanne Lenglen | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | 10: 8, 4: 6, 9: 7 | 
| 1920 | France  Suzanne Lenglen | United Kingdom 1801  Dorothea Lambert-Chambers | 6: 3, 6: 0 | 
| 1921 | France  Suzanne Lenglen | United States 48  Elizabeth Ryan | 6: 2, 6: 0 | 
| 1922 | France  Suzanne Lenglen | United States 48  Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 6: 2, 6: 0 | 
| 1923 | France  Suzanne Lenglen | United Kingdom 1801  Kitty McKane | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 
| 1924 | United Kingdom 1801  Kitty McKane | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 1925 | France  Suzanne Lenglen | United Kingdom 1801  Joan Fry | 6: 2, 6: 0 | 
| 1926 | United Kingdom 1801  Kitty Godfree | Spain 1875  Lilí Álvarez | 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3 | 
| 1927 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | Spain 1875  Lilí Álvarez | 6: 2, 6: 4 | 
| 1928 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | Spain 1875  Lilí Álvarez | 6: 2, 6: 3 | 
| 1929 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | United States 48  Helen Hull Jacobs | 6: 1, 6: 2 | 
| 1930 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | United States 48  Elizabeth Ryan | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 
| 1931 | German Empire  Cilly Aussem | German Empire  Hilde Krahwinkel | 6: 2, 7: 5 | 
| 1932 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | United States 48  Helen Hull Jacobs | 6: 3, 6: 1 | 
| 1933 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | United Kingdom  Dorothy Round | 6: 4, 6: 8, 6: 3 | 
| 1934 | United Kingdom  Dorothy Round | United States 48  Helen Hull Jacobs | 6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 3 | 
| 1935 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | United States 48  Helen Hull Jacobs | 6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 5 | 
| 1936 | United States 48  Helen Hull Jacobs | Denmark  Hilde Sperling | 6: 2, 4: 6, 7: 5 | 
| 1937 | United Kingdom  Dorothy Round | Poland  Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 5 | 
| 1938 | United States 48  Helen Wills Moody | United States 48  Helen Hull Jacobs | 6: 4, 6: 0 | 
| 1939 | United States 48  Alice Marble | United Kingdom  Kay Stammers | 6: 2, 6: 0 | 
| 1940-1945 | failed (World War II) | 
| 1946 | United States 48  Pauline Betz Addie | United States 48  Louise Brough | 6: 2, 6: 4 | 
| 1947 | United States 48  Margaret Osborne duPont | United States 48  Doris Hart | 6: 2, 6: 4 | 
| 1948 | United States 48  Louise Brough | United States 48  Doris Hart | 6: 3, 8: 6 | 
| 1949 | United States 48  Louise Brough | United States 48  Margaret Osborne duPont | 10: 8, 1: 6, 10: 8 | 
| 1950 | United States 48  Louise Brough | United States 48  Margaret Osborne duPont | 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 1 | 
| 1951 | United States 48  Doris Hart | United States 48  Shirley Fry | 6: 1, 6: 0 | 
| 1952 | United States 48  Maureen Connolly | United States 48  Louise Brough | 6: 4, 6: 3 | 
| 1953 | United States 48  Maureen Connolly | United States 48  Doris Hart | 8: 6, 7: 5 | 
| 1954 | United States 48  Maureen Connolly | United States 48  Louise Brough | 6: 2, 7: 5 | 
| 1955 | United States 48  Louise Brough | United States 48  Beverly Fleitz | 7: 5, 8: 6 | 
| 1956 | United States 48  Shirley Fry | United States 48  Angela Buxton | 6: 3, 6: 1 | 
| 1957 | United States 48  Althea Gibson | United States 48  Darlene Hard | 6: 3, 6: 2 | 
| 1958 | United States 48  Althea Gibson | United Kingdom  Angela Mortimer | 8: 6, 6: 2 | 
| 1959 | Brazil 1889  Maria Bueno | United States 48  Darlene Hard | 6: 4 6: 3 | 
| 1960 | Brazil 1960  Maria Bueno | South Africa 1961  Sandra Reynolds Price | 8: 6, 6: 0 | 
| 1961 | United Kingdom  Angela Mortimer | United Kingdom  Christine Truman | 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 | 
| 1962 | United States  Karen Hantze Susman | Czechoslovakia  Věra Pužejová Suková | 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 1963 | Australia  Margaret Smith | United States  Billie Jean King | 6: 3, 6: 4 | 
| 1964 | Brazil 1960  Maria Bueno | Australia  Margaret Smith | 6: 4, 7: 9, 6: 3 | 
| 1965 | Australia  Margaret Smith | Brazil 1960  Maria Bueno | 6: 4, 7: 5 | 
| 1966 | United States  Billie Jean King | Brazil 1960  Maria Bueno | 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 1 | 
| 1967 | United States  Billie Jean King | United Kingdom  Ann Haydon-Jones | 6: 3, 6: 4 | 
| Beginning of the open era | 
| 1968 | United States  Billie Jean King | Australia  Judy Tegart Dalton | 9: 7, 7: 5 | 
| 1969 | United Kingdom  Ann Haydon-Jones | United States  Billie Jean King | 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 | 
| 1970 | Australia  Margaret Smith Court | United States  Billie Jean King | 14:12, 11: 9 | 
| 1971 | Australia  Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Australia  Margaret Smith Court | 6: 4, 6: 1 | 
| 1972 | United States  Billie Jean King | Australia  Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6: 3, 6: 3 | 
| 1973 | United States  Billie Jean King | United States  Chris Evert | 6-0, 7-5 | 
| 1974 | United States  Chris Evert | Soviet Union 1955  Olga Morosova | 6-0, 6-4 | 
| 1975 | United States  Billie Jean King | Australia  Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6-0, 6-1 | 
| 1976 | United States  Chris Evert | Australia  Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6: 3, 4: 6, 8: 6 | 
| 1977 | United Kingdom  Virginia Wade | Netherlands  Betty Stöve | 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1 | 
| 1978 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Chris Evert | 2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5 | 
| 1979 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Chris Evert-Lloyd | 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 1980 | Australia  Evonne Goolagong Cawley | United States  Chris Evert-Lloyd | 6: 1, 7: 6 4 | 
| 1981 | United States  Chris Evert-Lloyd | Czechoslovakia  Hana Mandlíková | 6: 2, 6: 2 | 
| 1982 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Chris Evert-Lloyd | 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2 | 
| 1983 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Andrea Jaeger | 6: 0, 6: 3 | 
| 1984 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Chris Evert-Lloyd | 7: 6 5 , 6: 2 | 
| 1985 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Chris Evert-Lloyd | 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 | 
| 1986 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | Czechoslovakia  Hana Mandlíková | 7: 6 1 , 6: 3 | 
| 1987 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | Germany Federal Republic  Steffi Graf | 7: 5, 6: 3 | 
| 1988 | Germany Federal Republic  Steffi Graf | United States  Martina Navrátilová | 5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 1 | 
| 1989 | Germany Federal Republic  Steffi Graf | United States  Martina Navrátilová | 6: 2, 6: 7 1 , 6: 1 | 
| 1990 | United States  Martina Navrátilová | United States  Zina Garrison | 6: 4, 6: 1 | 
| 1991 | Germany  Steffi Graf | Argentina  Gabriela Sabatini | 6: 4, 3: 6, 8: 6 | 
| 1992 | Germany  Steffi Graf | Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic  Monica Seles | 6: 2, 6: 1 | 
| 1993 | Germany  Steffi Graf | Czech Republic  Jana Novotná | 7: 6 6 , 1: 6, 6: 4 | 
| 1994 | Spain  Conchita Martínez | United States  Martina Navrátilová | 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3 | 
| 1995 | Germany  Steffi Graf | Spain  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5 | 
| 1996 | Germany  Steffi Graf | Spain  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6: 3, 7: 5 | 
| 1997 | Switzerland  Martina Hingis | Czech Republic  Jana Novotná | 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 | 
| 1998 | Czech Republic  Jana Novotná | France  Nathalie Tauziat | 6: 4, 7: 6 2 | 
| 1999 | United States  Lindsay Davenport | Germany  Steffi Graf | 6: 4, 7: 5 | 
| 2000 | United States  Venus Williams | United States  Lindsay Davenport | 6: 3, 7: 6 3 | 
| 2001 | United States  Venus Williams | Belgium  Justine Henin | 6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 0 | 
| 2002 | United States  Serena Williams | United States  Venus Williams | 7: 6 4 , 6: 3 | 
| 2003 | United States  Serena Williams | United States  Venus Williams | 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2 | 
| 2004 | Russia  Maria Sharapova | United States  Serena Williams | 6: 1, 6: 4 | 
| 2005 | United States  Venus Williams | United States  Lindsay Davenport | 4: 6, 7: 6 4 , 9: 7 | 
| 2006 | France  Amélie Mauresmo | Belgium  Justine Henin-Hardenne | 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 | 
| 2007 | United States  Venus Williams | France  Marion Bartoli | 6: 4, 6: 1 | 
| 2008 | United States  Venus Williams | United States  Serena Williams | 7: 5, 6: 4 | 
| 2009 | United States  Serena Williams | United States  Venus Williams | 7: 6 3 , 6: 2 | 
| 2010 | United States  Serena Williams | Russia  Vera Swonaryova | 6: 3, 6: 2 | 
| 2011 | Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová | Russia  Maria Sharapova | 6: 3, 6: 4 | 
| 2012 | United States  Serena Williams | Poland  Agnieszka Radwańska | 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 2 | 
| 2013 | France  Marion Bartoli | Germany  Sabine Lisicki | 6: 1, 6: 4 | 
| 2014 | Czech Republic  Petra Kvitová | Canada  Eugenie Bouchard | 6: 3, 6: 0 | 
| 2015 | United States  Serena Williams | Spain  Garbiñe Muguruza | 6: 4, 6: 4 | 
| 2016 | United States  Serena Williams | Germany  Angelique Kerber | 7: 5, 6: 3 | 
| 2017 | Spain  Garbiñe Muguruza | United States  Venus Williams | 7: 5, 6: 0 | 
| 2018 | Germany  Angelique Kerber | United States  Serena Williams | 6: 3, 6: 3 | 
| 2019 | Romania  Simona Halep | United States  Serena Williams | 6: 2, 6: 2 |