| YEAR | WOMEN'S CHAMPION | RUNNER-UP | SCORE |
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| 2010 | Serena Williams (USA) | Justin Henin (BEL) | 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 2009 | Serena Williams (USA) | Dinara Safina (RUS) | 6-0 6-3 |
| 2008 | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | Ana Ivanovic (SRB) | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2007 | Serena Williams (USA) | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2006 | Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) | Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) | 6-1 2-0 ret. |
| 2005 | Serena Williams (USA) | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | 2-6 6-3 6-0 |
| 2004 | Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) | Kim Clijsters (BEL) | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 2003 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) | 7-6 3-6 6-4 |
| 2002 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 4-6 7-6 6-2 |
| 2001 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2000 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 6-1 7-5 |
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| 1999 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1998 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Conchita Martinez (ESP) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Mary Pierce (FRA) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1996 | Monica Seles (USA) | Anke Huber (GER) | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1995 | Mary Pierce | Aarantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Aarantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1993 | Monica Seles (USA) | Steffi Graf | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1992 | Monica Seles (USA) | Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1991 | Monica Seles (USA) | Jana Novotna (CZE) | 5-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1990 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Helena Sukova (CZE) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-1 7-6 |
| 1987 (Jan) | Hana Mandlikova (CZE) | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 7-5 7-6 |
| 1986 | No Competition |
| 1985 (Nov) | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-2 4-6 6-2 |
| 1984 | Chris Evert (USA) | Helena Sukova (CZE) | 6-7 6-2 6-3 |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Kathy Jordan (USA) | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1982 | Chris Evert (USA) | Martina Navratilova (CZE) | 6-3 2-6 6-3 |
| 1981 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-7 6-4 7-5 |
| 1980 | Hana Mandlikova (CZE) | Wendy Turnbull | 6-0 7-5 |
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| 1979 | Barbara Jordan (USA) | Sharon Walsh (USA) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1978 | Chris O'Neil | Betsy Nagelsen | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1977 (Dec) | Evonne Cawley | Helen Gourlay | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1977 (Jan) | Kerry Reid (Melville) | Dianne Fromholtz | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1975 | Evonne Goolagong | Martina Navratilova (CZE) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1974 | Evonne Goolagong | Chris Evert (USA) | 7-6 4-6 6-0 |
| 1973 | Margaret Court | Evonne Goolagong | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1972 | Virginia Wade (GBR) | Evonne Goolagong | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Margaret Court | Evonne Goolagong | 2-6 7-5 7-6 |
| 1970 | Margaret Court | Kerry Melville | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1969 | Margaret Court (Smith) | Billie Jean King (USA) | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1968 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Margaret Court (Smith) | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1967 | Nancy Richey (USA) | Lesley Turner | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1966 | Margaret Smith | Nancy Richey (USA) | w/o |
| 1965 | Margaret Smith | Mario Bueno (BRA) | 5-7 6-4 5-2 ret. |
| 1964 | Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1963 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1962 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1961 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1960 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 7-5 6-2 |
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| 1959 | Mary Reitano (Carter) | Renee Schuurman (RSA) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1958 | Angela Mortimer (GBR) | Lorraine Coghlan | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1957 | Shirley Fry (USA) | Althea Gibson (USA) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1956 | Mary Carter | Thelma Long | 3-6 6-2 9-7 |
| 1955 | Beryl Penrose | Thelma Long | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1954 | Thelma Long | Jennifer Staley | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly (USA) | Julia Sampson (USA) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1952 | Thelma Long | Helen Angwin | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1951 | Nancye Bolton | Thelma Long (Coyne) | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1950 | Louise Brough (USA) | Doris Hart (USA) | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1949 | Doris Hart (USA) | Nancye Bolton | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1948 | Nancye Bolton | Marie Toomey | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1947 | Nancye Bolton | Nell Hopman | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1946 | Nancye Bolton (Wynne) | Joyce Fitch | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1941-45 | No Competitions |
| 1940 | Nancye Wynne | Thelma Coyne | 5-7 6-4 6-0 |
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| 1939 | Emily Westacott | Neil Hopman (Hall) | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1938 | Dorothy Bundy (USA) | Dorothy Stevenson | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1937 | Nancye Wynne | Emily Westacott | 6-3 5-7 6-4 |
| 1936 | Joan Hartigan | Nancye Wynne | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1935 | Dorothy Round (GBR) | Nancy Lyle | 1-6 6-1 6-3 |
| 1934 | Joan Hartigan | Margaret Molesworth | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1933 | Joan Hartigan | Coral Buttsworth | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1932 | Coral Buttsworth | Katherine Le Messurier | 9-7 6-4 |
| 1931 | Coral Buttsworth | Marjorie Crawford | 1-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1930 | Daphne Akhurst | Sylvia Harper | 10-8 2-6 7-5 |
| 1929 | Daphne Akhurst | Louise Bickerton | 6-1 5-7 6-2 |
| 1928 | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1927 | Esna Boyd | Sylvia Harper | 5-7 6-1 6-2 |
| 1926 | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1925 | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd | 1-6 8-6 6-4 |
| 1924 | Sylvia Lance | Esna Boyd | 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1923 | Margaret Molesworth | Esna Boyd | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1922 | Margaret Molesworth | Esna Boyd | 6-3 10-8 |
Murray through after Nadal withdraws902
