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Wimbledon champions (Ladies' Singles)

This is a list of champions of the Wimbledon championships of the Ladies' Singles competitions. For a complete listing of champions for all categories, see List of Wimbledon champions.

The championships were not held from 1915-1918 and 1940-1945 owing to the two World Wars.

   
Year held Winner Finalist Score
2003 Serena Williams (United States) Venus Williams (United States) 4:6 6:4 6:2
2002 Serena Williams (United States) Venus Williams (United States) 6(4):7(7) 3:6
2001 Venus Williams (United States) Justine Henin (Belgium) 6:1 3:6 6:0
2000 Venus Williams (United States) Lindsay Davenport (United States) 6:3 7(7):6(3)
1999 Lindsay Davenport (United States) Steffi Graf (Germany) 6:4 7:5
1998 Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6:4 7:6
1997 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 2:6 6:3 6:3
1996 Steffi Graf (Germany) Aranxta Sanchez Vicario (Spain) 6:3 7:5
1995 Steffi Graf (Germany) Aranxta Sanchez Vicario (Spain) 4:6 6:1 7:5
1994 Conchita Martinez (Spain) Martina Navratilova (United States) 6:4 3:6 6:3
1993 Steffi Graf (Germany) Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 7:6 1:6 6:4
1992 Steffi Graf (Germany) Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) 6:2 6:1
1991 Steffi Graf (Germany) Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6:4 3:6 8:6
1990 Martina Navratilova (United States) Zina Garrison (United States) 6:4 6:1
1989 Steffi Graf (West Germany) Martina Navratilova (United States) 6:2 6:7 6:1
1988 Steffi Graf (West Germany) Martina Navratilova (United States) 5:7 6:2 6:1
1987 Martina Navratilova (United States) Steffi Graf (West Germany) 7:5 6:3
1986 Martina Navratilova (United States) Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) 7:6 6:3
1985 Martina Navratilova (United States) Chris Evert (United States) 4:6 6:3 6:2
1984 Martina Navratilova (United States) Chris Evert (United States) 7:6 6:2
1983 Martina Navratilova (United States) Andrea Jaeger (United States) 6:0 6:3
1982 Martina Navratilova (United States) Chris Evert (United States) 6:1 3:6 6:2
1981 Chris Evert (United States) Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) 6:2 6:2
1980 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Australia) Chris Evert (United States) 6:1 7:6
1979 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia) Chris Evert (United States) 6:4 6:4
1978 Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia) Chris Evert (United States) 2:6 6:4 7:5
1977 Virginia Wade (United Kingdom) Betty Stove (Netherlands) 4:6 6:3 6:1
1976 Chris Evert (United States) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Australia) 6:3 4:6 8:6
1975 Billie Jean King (United States) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Australia) 6:0 6:1
1974 Chris Evert (United States) Olga Morozova (USSR) 6:0 6:4
1973 Billie Jean King (United States) Chris Evert (United States) 6:0 7:5
1972 Billie Jean King (United States) Evonne Goolagong (Australia) 6:3 6:3
1971 Evonne Goolagong (Australia) Margaret Smith Court (Australia) 6:4 6:1
1970 Margaret Smith Court (Australia) Billie Jean King (United States) 14:12 11:9
1969 Ann Haydon Jones (United Kingdom) Billie Jean King (United States) 3:6 6:3 6:2
1968 Billie Jean King (United States) Judy Dalton Tegart 9:7 7:5
1967 Billie Jean King (United States) Ann Haydon Jones (United Kingdom) 6:3 6:4
1966 Billie Jean King (United States) Maria Bueno 6:3 3:6 6:1
1965 Margaret Smith (Australia) Maria Bueno 6:4 7:5
1964 Maria Bueno Margaret Smith (Australia) 6:4 7:9 6:3
1963 Margaret Smith (Australia) Billie Jean Moffitt (United States) 6:3 6:4
1962 Karen Susman Vera Sukova 6:4 6:4
1961 Angela Mortimer Christine Truman 4:6 6:4 7:5
1960 Maria Bueno Sandra Reynolds 8:6 6:0
1959 Maria Bueno Darlene Hard 6:4 6:3
1958 Althea Gibson (United States) Angela Mortimer 8:6 6:2
1957 Althea Gibson (United States) Darlene Hard 6:3 6:2
1956 Shirley Fry Angela Buxton 6:3 6:1
1955 Louise Brough Beverly Fleitz 7:5 8:6
1954 Maureen Connolly (United States) Louise Brough 6:2 7:5
1953 Maureen Connolly (United States) Doris Hart 8:6 7:5
1952 Maureen Connolly (United States) Louise Brough 7:5 6:3
1951 Doris Hart Shirley Fry 6:1 6:0
1950 Louise Brough Margaret Osborne duPont 6:1 3:6 6:1
1949 Louise Brough Margaret Osborne duPont 10:8 1:6 10:8
1948 Louise Brough Doris Hart 6:3 8:6
1947 Margaret Osborne Doris Hart 6:2 6:4
1946 Pauline Betz Louise Brough 6:2 6:4
1939 Alice Marble Kay Stammers
1938 Helen Wills Moody (United States) Helen Jacobs
1937 Dorothy Round Jadwiga Jedrzejowska
1936 Helen Jacobs Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
1935 Helen Wills Moody (United States) Helen Jacobs
1934 Dorothy Round Helen Jacobs
1933 Helen Wills Moody (United States) Dorothy Round
1932 Helen Wills Moody (United States) Helen Jacobs
1931 Cilly Aussem Hilde Krahwinkel
1930 Helen Wills Moody (United States) Elizabeth Ryan
1929 Helen Wills (United States) Helen Jacobs
1928 Helen Wills (United States) Lili de Alvarez
1927 Helen Wills (United States) Lili de Alvarez
1926 Kitty McKane Godfree Lili de Alvarez
1925 Suzanne Lenglen (France) Joan Fry
1924 Kitty McKane Godfree Helen Wills
1923 Suzanne Lenglen (France) Kitty McKane Godfree
1922 Suzanne Lenglen (France) Frances Mallory
1921 Suzanne Lenglen (France) Elizabeth Ryan
1920 Suzanne Lenglen (France) Dorothea Douglass Chambers
1919 Suzanne Lenglen (France) Dorothea Douglass Chambers
1914 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Ethel Larcombe
1913 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Winifred McNair
1912 Ethel Larcombe Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1911 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Dora Boothby
1910 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Dora Boothby
1909 Dora Boothby Agatha Morton
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry Agatha Morton
1907 May Sutton Dorothea Douglass Chambers
1906 Dorothea Douglass May Sutton
1905 May Sutton Dorothea Douglass
1904 Dorothea Douglass Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1903 Dorothea Douglass Ethel Thomson
1902 Muriel Robb Charlotte Cooper Sterry
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Charlotte Cooper
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Charlotte Cooper
1898 Charlotte Cooper Louise Martin
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Charlotte Cooper
1896 Charlotte Cooper Alice Simpson Pickering
1895 Charlotte Cooper Helen Jackson
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Edith Austin
1893 Lottie Dod Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1892 Lottie Dod Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1891 Lottie Dod Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1890 Lena Rice M. Jacks
1889 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Lena Rice
1888 Lottie Dod Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1887 Lottie Dod Blanche Bingley Hillyard
1886 Blanche Bingley Maud Watson
1885 Maud Watson Blanche Bingley
1884 Maud Watson Louise Watson