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wimbledon

Wimbledon


Jul 1 Jul 14, 2024 | London, England

Wimbledon Tournament History


Beginning in 1877, Wimbledon is one of the most prestigious and long-lasting tennis tournaments in the world. Spencer Gore, who also was known for being a solid cricket player, won the first Wimbledon. By 1884, women were included into the tournament, and by the 1910's, the tournament had expanded to include doubles play as well.

Throughout the years, several gentlemen have dominated Wimbledon and collected many of the titles. In the late 1970's, Bjorn Borg of Sweden won 5 straight Wimbledon tournaments. In the 1990's, Pete Sampras was the man, earning a record 7 Wimbledon titles, a feat that has now been matched by Swiss legend Roger Federer.


On the ladies' side of the tournament, American Martina Navratilova earned a record 9 Wimbledon titles, mostly in the 1980's. Recent history has been dominated by Serena and Venus Williams, who share 10 of the last 13 titles.


Wimbledon Location:  
Wimbledon is held in historic London, England, one of the greatest cities in the world during June and July.

Wimbledon Court:  
Wimbledon is held at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, highlighted by the famous Centre Court that seats 15,000 spectators. The tournament is played on a grass surface and is the only Grand Slam to do so.

Wimbledon Traditions:  
• A famous Wimbledon snack is strawberries and cream. Strawberries historically were only available for a short time during the English summers, and this time coincided with the tennis tournament. Thus, the spectators enjoy strawberries and cream to this day as a tradition.
• The players traditionally all wear white uniforms to keep the tournament cohesive and pleasant on the eyes, avoiding the more colorful outfits seen at other tennis tournaments.
• Young boys and girls serve as Wimbledon ball boys, with the prestigious roles being given through a careful application process.
• The British Royal Family is often present during matches and has a Royal Box allocated for them at Centre Court.

The Championships, Wimbledon, or just Wimbledon as it is more commonly referred to, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and arguably the most famous. Since the first tournament 125 years ago in 1877, The Championships have been hosted by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London and take place over two weeks in late June – early July.

Of the four major annual tennis tournaments known as the ‘Grand Slams’, Wimbledon is the only one to still be played on grass, which is where the name lawn tennis originated. Grass is also the surface which provides the fastest game of tennis. Of the other three, the Australian Open and the US Open are both played on hard courts and the French Open is played on clay.

In stark contrast to today’s sporting extravaganza, the first year of the Championships took place with very little fanfare. The All England Club had originally been called the All England Croquet Club when it opened in 1869, but as the new game of lawn tennis – an offshoot of the original indoor racquet sport known by traditionalists as ‘real tennis’ – began to grow in popularity at the end of the nineteenth century, the club decided to provide tennis courts for their visitors. On 14 April 1877 the Club introduced the first of a number of name changes to become the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club.

Unlike today’s tournament, which involves four junior and four invitation competitions alongside the five main contests – the men’s single and double matches, the women’s single and double matches and the mixed doubles – the first Wimbledon championships had one event, the Gentleman’s Singles. As it was not permissible for women to enter the tournament in 1877, the first Wimbledon champion from a group of twenty-two male competitors was twenty seven year old Spencer William Gore. In front of a crowd of 200, who had paid a shilling apiece to attend, Gore beat his opponent William Marshall in a decisive 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 defeat lasting only forty-eight minutes. As would also be the tradition for many Wimbledon tournaments to follow until a retractable roof was installed over centre court in 2009, the final was postponed due to rain. When it was eventually played three days later the weather conditions had not greatly improved.

Ladies at Wimbledon

The game of lawn tennis was still in its infancy at this stage, with players using basic handmade equipment and imprecise strokes, unlike the slick powerful serves and top of the range rackets we see today. However, modern day Wimbledon spectators would be sure to recognise many of the rules of the game which were first introduced by the All England Club’s Committee in 1877 as an adaptation of those put in place by the Marylebone Cricket Club, perversely the then controlling body of ‘real’ tennis.

Whilst no tournaments were held at Wimbledon during 1915-1918 and 1940-1945 because of the First and Second World Wars, the game continued to grow in popularity. In 1884 the men’s doubles competition was introduced and the same year women were also invited to join the tournament. In the fifties the club moved from its original rented site on Worple Road to the larger, present day Church Road site and in 1967 the tournament made history when the event became the first broadcast to ever be televised in colour.

Trophies and prize money

Following the completion of the five major competitions the winners are presented with the traditional Wimbledon trophies. Having had to replace both the Field Cup in 1883 and the Challenge Cup in 1886, the All England Club decided that future trophies should no longer become property of the Championship winners, who would instead receive a replica of the trophy whilst the originals were housed in the Wimbledon museum. 

For the men’s singles winners the trophy was a silver gilt cup engraved with the words “The All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Champion of the World” and inscribed with the name of winners dating back to 1877. In 2009, when there was no more room for the names of future Wimbledon Champions, the addition of a black plinth adorned with a silver band was incorporated so that more names could be commemorated.

For the ladies’ singles winners the trophy is a sterling silver salver, known as the ‘Rosewater Dish’, which was first introduced in 1886, and for each of the doubles tournaments a silver challenge cup is presented to the winners.

Whilst the coveted trophies were highly prized it wasn’t until 1968 that prize money was awarded at Wimbledon. This was also the first year that the Club allowed professional players to compete. However, surprisingly it was only as recently as 2007 that the prize money for men and women became equal! As you can see below, there is quite a difference between today’s prize money and that received by the winners in 1968!

 

Men's Singles Champions:

YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP SCORE
2021 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
2019 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Roger Federer (SUI) 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12
2018 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(3)
2017 Roger Federer (SUI) Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
2016 Andy Murray (GBR) Milos Raonic (CAN) 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2)
2015 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Roger Federer (SUI) 7-6(1), 6-7(10), 6-4, 6-3
2014 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Roger Federer (SUI) 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4
2013 Andy Murray (GBR) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
2012 Roger Federer (SUI) Andy Murray (GBR) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
2011 Novak Djokovic (SRB) Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
2010 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
2009 Roger Federer (SUI) Andy Roddick (USA) 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6, 16-14
2008 Rafael Nadal (ESP) Roger Federer (SUI) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7
2007 Roger Federer (SUI) Rafael Nadal (ESP) 7-6(7), 4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2
2006 Roger Federer (SUI) Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-3
2005 Roger Federer (SUI) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-2, 7-6(2), 6-4
2004 Roger Federer (SUI) Andy Roddick (USA) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-4
2003 Roger Federer (SUI) Mark Philippoussis (AUS) 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
2002 Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) David Nalbandian (ARG) 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
2001 Goran Ivanisevic (CRO) Patrick Rafter (AUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7
2000 Pete Sampras (USA) Patrick Rafter (AUS) 6-7(10), 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2
1999 Pete Sampras (USA) Andre Agassi (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
1998 Pete Sampras (USA) Goran Ivanisevic (CRO) 6-7(2), 7-6(9), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
1997 Pete Sampras (USA) Cedric Pioline (FRA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1996 Richard Krajicek (NED) MaliVai Washington (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
1995 Pete Sampras (USA) Boris Becker (GER) 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1994 Pete Sampras (USA) Goran Ivanisevic (CRO) 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-0
1993 Pete Sampras (USA) Jim Courier (USA) 7-6(3), 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3
1992 Andre Agassi (USA) Goran Ivanisevic (CRO) 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1991 Michael Stich (GER) Boris Becker (GER) 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-4
1990 Stefan Edberg (SWE) Boris Becker (GER) 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4
1989 Boris Becker (FRG) Stefan Edberg (SWE) 6-0, 7-6(1), 6-4
1988 Stefan Edberg (SWE) Boris Becker (FRG) 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-2
1987 Pat Cash (AUS) Ivan Lendl (TCH) 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-5
1986 Boris Becker (FRG) Ivan Lendl (TCH) 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
1985 Boris Becker (FRG) Kevin Curren (USA) 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-4
1984 John McEnroe (USA) Jimmy Connors (USA) 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
1983 John McEnroe (USA) Chris Lewis (NZL) 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1982 Jimmy Connors (USA) John McEnroe (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4
1981 John McEnroe (USA) Bjorn Borg (SWE) 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(4), 6-4
1980 Bjorn Borg (SWE) John McEnroe (USA) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7(16), 8-6
1979 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Roscoe Tanner (USA) 6-7(4), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1978 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Jimmy Connors (USA) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1977 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Jimmy Connors (USA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
1976 Bjorn Borg (SWE) Ilie Nastase (ROU) 6-4, 6-2, 9-7
1975 Arthur Ashe (USA) Jimmy Connors (USA) 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
1974 Jimmy Connors (USA) Ken Rosewall (AUS) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1973 Jan Kodes (TCH) Alex Metreveli (URS) 6-1, 9-8(5), 6-3
1972 Stan Smith (USA) Ilie Nastase (ROU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1971 John Newcombe (AUS) Stan Smith (USA) 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1970 John Newcombe (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
1969 Rod Laver (AUS) John Newcombe (AUS) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
1968 Rod Laver (AUS) Tony Roche (AUS) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1967 John Newcombe (AUS) Wilhelm Bungert (FRG) 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1966 Manuel Santana (ESP) Dennis Ralston (USA) 6-4, 11-9, 6-4
1965 Roy Emerson (AUS) Fred Stolle (AUS) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1964 Roy Emerson (AUS) Fred Stolle (AUS) 6-4, 12-10, 4-6, 6-3
1963 Chuck McKinley (USA) Fred Stolle (AUS) 9-7, 6-1, 6-4
1962 Rod Laver (AUS) Martin Mulligan (AUS) 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1961 Rod Laver (AUS) Chuck McKinley (USA) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
1960 Neale Fraser (AUS) Rod Laver (AUS) 6-4, 3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1959 Alex Olmedo (USA) Rod Laver (AUS) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1958 Ashley Cooper (AUS) Neale Fraser (AUS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11
1957 Lew Hoad (AUS) Ashley Cooper (AUS) 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
1956 Lew Hoad (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1955 Tony Trabert (USA) Kurt Nielsen (DEN) 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1954 Jaroslav Drobny (EGY) Ken Rosewall (AUS) 13-11, 4-6, 6-2, 9-7
1953 Vic Seixas (USA) Kurt Nielsen (DEN) 9-7, 6-3, 6-4
1952 Frank Sedgman (AUS) Jaroslav Drobny (EGY) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1951 Dick Savitt (USA) Ken McGregor (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1950 Budge Patty (USA) Frank Sedgman (AUS) 6-1, 8-10, 6-2, 6-3
1949 Ted Schroeder (USA) Jaroslav Drobny (TCH) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1948 Bob Falkenburg (USA) John Bromwich (AUS) 7-5, 0-6, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
1947 Jack Kramer (USA) Tom Brown (USA) 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
1946 Yvon Petra (FRA) Geoff Brown (AUS) 6-2, 6-4, 7-9, 5-7, 6-4
1939 Bobby Riggs (USA) Elwood Cooke (USA) 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1938 Don Budge (USA) Bunny Austin (GBR) 6-1, 6-0, 6-3
1937 Don Budge (USA) Gottfried von Cramm (GER) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1936 Fred Perry (GBR) Gottfried von Cramm (GER) 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
1935 Fred Perry (GBR) Gottfried von Cramm (GER) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1934 Fred Perry (GBR) Jack Crawford (AUS) 6-3, 6-0, 7-5
1933 Jack Crawford (AUS) Ellsworth Vines (USA) 4-6, 11-9, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
1932 Ellsworth Vines (USA) Bunny Austin (GBR) 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
1931 Sidney Wood (USA) Frank Shields (USA) walkover
1930 Bill Tilden (USA) Wilmer Allison (USA) 6-3, 9-7, 6-4
1929 Henri Cochet (FRA) Jean Borotra (FRA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1928 Rene Lacoste (FRA) Henri Cochet (FRA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1927 Henri Cochet (FRA) Jean Borotra (FRA) 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
1926 Jean Borotra (FRA) Howard Kinsey (USA) 8-6, 6-1, 6-3
1925 Rene Lacoste (FRA) Jean Borotra (FRA) 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
1924 Jean Borotra (FRA) Rene Lacoste (FRA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1923 Bill Johnston (USA) Francis Hunter (USA) 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
1922 Gerald Patterson (AUS) Randolph Lycett (BRI) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1921 Bill Tilden (USA) Brian Norton (RSA) 4-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5
1920 Bill Tilden (USA) Gerald Patterson (AUS) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1919 Gerald Patterson (AUS) Norman Brookes (AUS) 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
1914 Norman Brookes (AUS) Anthony Wilding (NZL) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1913 Anthony Wilding (NZL) Maurice McLoughlin (USA) 8-6, 6-3, 10-8
1912 Anthony Wilding (NZL) Arthur Gore (BRI) 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1911 Anthony Wilding (NZL) Herbert Roper Barrett (BRI) 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2,
1910 Anthony Wilding (NZL) Arthur Gore (BRI) 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
1909 Arthur Gore (BRI) Josiah Ritchie (BRI) 6-8, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1908 Arthur Gore (BRI) Herbert Roper Barrett (BRI) 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4
1907 Norman Brookes (AUS) Arthur Gore (BRI) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1906 Lawrence Doherty (BRI) Frank Riseley (BRI) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
1905 Lawrence Doherty (BRI) Norman Brookes (AUS) 8-6, 6-2, 6-4
1904 Lawrence Doherty (BRI) Frank Riseley (BRI) 6-1, 7-5, 8-6
1903 Lawrence Doherty (BRI) Frank Riseley (BRI) 7-5, 6-3, 6-0
1902 Lawrence Doherty (BRI) Arthur Gore (BRI) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
1901 Arthur Gore (BRI) Reginald Doherty (BRI) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
1900 Reginald Doherty (BRI) Sydney Smith (BRI) 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1899 Reginald Doherty (BRI) Arthur Gore (BRI) 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1898 Reginald Doherty (BRI) Lawrence Doherty (BRI) 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1
1897 Reginald Doherty (BRI) Harold Mahony (BRI) 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1896 Harold Mahony (BRI) Wilfred Baddeley (BRI) 6-2, 6-8, 5-7, 8-6, 6-3
1895 Wilfred Baddeley (BRI) Wilberforce Eaves (BRI) 4-6, 2-6, 8-6, 6-2, 6-3
1894 Joshua Pim (BRI) Wilfred Baddeley (BRI) 10-8, 6-2, 8-6
1893 Joshua Pim (BRI) Wilfred Baddeley (BRI) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
1892 Wilfred Baddeley (BRI) Joshua Pim (BRI) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1891 Wilfred Baddeley (BRI) Joshua Pim (BRI) 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
1890 Willoughby Hamilton (BRI) William Renshaw (BRI) 6-8, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
1889 William Renshaw (BRI) Ernest Renshaw (BRI) 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
1888 Ernest Renshaw (BRI) Herbert Lawford (BRI) 6-3, 7-5, 6-0
1887 Herbert Lawford (BRI) Ernest Renshaw (BRI) 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1886 William Renshaw (BRI) Herbert Lawford (BRI) 6-0, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
1885 William Renshaw (BRI) Herbert Lawford (BRI) 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1884 William Renshaw (BRI) Herbert Lawford (BRI) 6-0, 6-4, 9-7
1883 William Renshaw (BRI) Ernest Renshaw (BRI) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
1882 William Renshaw (BRI) Ernest Renshaw (BRI) 6-1, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
1881 William Renshaw (BRI) John Hartley (BRI) 6-0, 6-1, 6-1
1880 John Hartley (BRI) Herbert Lawford (BRI) 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1879 John Hartley (BRI) Vere St. Leger Goold (BRI) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1878 Frank Hadow (BRI) Spencer Gore (BRI) 7-5, 6-1, 9-7
1877 Spencer Gore (BRI) William Marshall (BRI) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4


Women's Singles Champions

2021 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3
2019 Simona Halep (ROU) Serena Williams (USA) 6-2, 6-2
2018 Angelique Kerber (GER) Serena Williams (USA) 6-3, 6-3
2017 Garbine Muguruza (ESP) Venus Williams (USA) 7-5, 6-0
2016 Serena Williams (USA) Angelique Kerber (GER) 7-5, 6-3
2015 Serena Williams (USA) Garbine Muguruza (SPA) 6-4, 6-4
2014 Petra Kvitova (Cze) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-1, 6-4
2013 Marion Bartoli (FRA) Eugenie Bouchard (Can) 6-3, 6-0
2012 Serena Williams (USA) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
2011 Petra Kvitova (CZE) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4
2010 Serena Williams (USA) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 6-3, 6-2
2009 Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA) 7-6(3), 6-2
2008 Venus Williams (USA) Serena Williams (USA) 7-5, 6-4
2007 Venus Williams (USA) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 6-4, 6-1
2006 Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) Justine Henin (BEL) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2005 Venus Williams (USA) Lindsay Davenport (USA) 4-6, 7-6(4), 9-7
2004 Maria Sharapova (RUS) Serena Williams (USA) 6-1, 6-4
2003 Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
2002 Serena Williams (USA) Venus Williams (USA) 7-6(4), 6-3
2001 Venus Williams (USA) Justine Henin (BEL) 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
2000 Venus Williams (USA) Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-3, 7-6(3)
1999 Lindsay Davenport (USA) Steffi Graf (GER) 6-4, 7-5
1998 Jana Novotna (CZE) Nathalie Tauziat (FRA) 6-4, 7-6(2)
1997 Martina Hingis (SUI) Jana Novotna (CZE) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
1996 Steffi Graf (GER) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 6-3, 7-5
1995 Steffi Graf (GER) Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
1994 Conchita Martinez (ESP) Martina Navratilova (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1993 Steffi Graf (GER) Jana Novotna (CZE) 7-6(6), 1-6, 6-4
1992 Steffi Graf (GER) Monica Seles (YUG) 6-2, 6-1
1991 Steffi Graf (GER) Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) 6-4, 3-6, 8-6
1990 Martina Navratilova (USA) Zina Garrison (USA) 6-4, 6-1
1989 Steffi Graf (FRG) Martina Navratilova (USA) 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-1
1988 Steffi Graf (FRG) Martina Navratilova (USA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) Steffi Graf (FRG) 7-5, 6-3
1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) Hana Mandlikova (TCH) 7-6(1), 6-3
1985 Martina Navratilova (USA) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) 7-6(5), 6-2
1983 Martina Navratilova (USA) Andrea Jaeger (USA) 6-0, 6-3
1982 Martina Navratilova (USA) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
1981 Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) Hana Mandlikova (TCH) 6-2, 6-2
1980 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) 6-1, 7-6(4)
1979 Martina Navratilova (USA) Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) 6-4, 6-4
1978 Martina Navratilova (USA) Chris Evert (USA) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
1977 Virginia Wade (GBR) Betty Stove (NED) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
1976 Chris Evert (USA) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
1975 Billie Jean King (USA) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 6-0, 6-1
1974 Chris Evert (USA) Olga Morozova (URS) 6-0, 6-4
1973 Billie Jean King (USA) Chris Evert (USA) 6-0, 7-5
1972 Billie Jean King (USA) Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 6-3, 6-3
1971 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) Margaret Court (AUS) 6-4, 6-1
1970 Margaret Court (AUS) Billie Jean King (USA) 14-12, 11-9
1969 Ann Haydon Jones (GBR) Billie Jean King (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1968 Billie Jean King (USA) Judy Tegart Dalton (AUS) 9-7, 7-5
1967 Billie Jean King (USA) Ann Haydon Jones (GBR) 6-3, 6-4
1966 Billie Jean King (USA) Maria Bueno (BRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
1965 Margaret Court (AUS) Maria Bueno (BRA) 6-4, 7-5
1964 Maria Bueno (BRA) Margaret Court (AUS) 6-4, 7-9, 6-3
1963 Margaret Court (AUS) Billie Jean King (USA) 6-3, 6-4
1962 Karen Hantze Susman (USA) Vera Puzejova Sukova (CZE) 6-4, 6-4
1961 Angela Mortimer Barrett (GBR) Christine Truman Janes (GBR) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1960 Maria Bueno (BRA) Sandra Reynolds Price (ZAF) 8-6, 6-0
1959 Maria Bueno (BRA) Darlene Hard (USA) 6-4, 6-3
1958 Althea Gibson (USA) Angela Mortimer (GBR) 8-6, 6-2
1957 Althea Gibson (USA) Darlene Hard (USA) 6-3, 6-2
1956 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) Angela Buxton (GBR) 6-3, 6-1
1955 Louise Brough Clapp (USA) Beverly Baker Fleitz (USA) 7-5, 8-6
1954 Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 6-2, 7-5
1953 Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) Doris Hart (USA) 8-6, 7-5
1952 Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 6-4, 6-3
1951 Doris Hart (USA) Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) 6-1, 6-0
1950 Louise Brough Clapp (USA) Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
1949 Louise Brough Clapp (USA) Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) 10-8, 1-6, 10-8
1948 Louise Brough Clapp (USA) Doris Hart (USA) 6-3, 8-6
1947 Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) Doris Hart (USA) 6-2, 6-4
1946 Pauline Betz Addie (USA) Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 6-2, 6-4
1939 Alice Marble (USA) Kay Stammers Bullitt (GBR) 6-2, 6-0
1938 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Helen Jacobs (USA) 6-4, 6-0
1937 Dorothy Round Little (GBR) Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1936 Helen Jacobs (USA) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (DEN) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1935 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Helen Jacobs (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1934 Dorothy Round Little (GBR) Helen Jacobs (USA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
1933 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Dorothy Round Little (GBR) 6-4, 6-8, 6-3
1932 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Helen Jacobs (USA) 6-3, 6-1
1931 Cilly Aussem (GER) Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (GER) 6-2, 7-5
1930 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 6-2, 6-2
1929 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Helen Jacobs (USA) 6-1, 6-2
1928 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Lili de Alvarez (ESP) 6-2, 6-3
1927 Helen Wills Moody (USA) Lili de Alvarez (ESP) 6-2, 6-4
1926 Kitty McKane Godfree (GBR) Lili de Alvarez (ESP) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1925 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Joan Fry (GBR) 6-2, 6-0
1924 Kitty McKane Godfree (GBR) Helen Wills Moody (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1923 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Kitty McKane Godfree (GBR) 6-2, 6-2
1922 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (USA) 6-2, 6-0
1921 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 6-2, 6-0
1920 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) 6-3, 6-0
1919 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) 10-8, 4-6, 9-7
1914 Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) Ethel Thomson Larcombe (BRI) 7-5, 6-4
1913 Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) Winifred McNair (BRI) 6-0, 6-4
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (BRI) Charlotte Cooper Sterry (BRI) 6-3, 6-1
1911 Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) Dora Boothby (BRI) 6-0, 6-0
1910 Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) Dora Boothby (BRI) 6-2, 6-2
1909 Dora Boothby (BRI) Agnes Morton (BRI) 6-4, 4-6, 8-6
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (BRI) Agnes Morton (BRI) 6-4, 6-4
1907 May Sutton (USA) Dorothea Lambert Chambers (BRI) 6-1, 6-4
1906 Dorothea Douglass (BRI) May Sutton (USA) 6-3, 9-7
1905 May Sutton (USA) Dorothea Douglass (BRI) 6-3, 6-4
1904 Dorothea Douglass (BRI) Charlotte Cooper Sterry (BRI) 6-0, 6-3
1903 Dorothea Douglass (BRI) Ethel Thomson Larcombe (BRI) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1902 Muriel Robb (BRI) Charlotte Cooper Sterry (BRI) 7-5, 6-1
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (BRI) Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) 6-2, 6-2
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) Charlotte Cooper (BRI) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) Charlotte Cooper (BRI) 6-2, 6-3
1898 Charlotte Cooper (BRI) Louisa Martin (BRI) 6-4, 6-4
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) Charlotte Cooper (BRI) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1896 Charlotte Cooper (BRI) Alice Simpson Pickering (BRI) 6-2, 6-3
1895 Charlotte Cooper (BRI) Helen Jackson (BRI) 7-5, 8-6
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) Edith Austin (BRI) 6-1, 6-1
1893 Lottie Dod (BRI) Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) 6-8, 6-1, 6-4
1892 Lottie Dod (BRI) Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) 6-1, 6-1
1891 Lottie Dod (BRI) Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) 6-2, 6-1
1890 Lena Rice (BRI) May Jacks (BRI) 6-4, 6-1
1889 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) Lena Rice (BRI) 4-6, 8-6, 6-4
1888 Lottie Dod (BRI) Blanche Bingley Hillyard (BRI) 6-3, 6-3
1887 Lottie Dod (BRI) Blanche Bingley (BRI) 6-2, 6-0
1886 Blanche Bingley (BRI) Maud Watson (BRI) 6-3, 6-3
1885 Maud Watson (BRI) Blanche Bingley (BRI) 6-1, 7-5
1884 Maud Watson (BRI) Lillian Watson (BRI) 6-8, 6-3, 6-3