List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

Wimbledon ladies' singles champions
LocationLondon
United Kingdom
VenueAELTC
Governing bodyAELTC / LTA
Created1884
Editions130 events (2024)
56 events (Open Era)
SurfaceGrass (1884–Present)
Prize money£ 2,350,000 (2023)
TrophyVenus Rosewater Dish
Websitewimbledon.com
Most titles
Amateur era7: Dorothea Lambert Chambers
(challenge round)
8: Helen Wills Moody
(regular)
Open era9: Martina Navratilova
Most consecutive titles
Amateur era3: Lottie Dod
Suzanne Lenglen
(challenge round)
4: Helen Wills Moody
(regular)
Open era6: Martina Navratilova
Current champion
Barbora Krejčíková
(First title)

Wimbledon Championships, is an annual tennis tournament first contested in 1877 and played on outdoor grass courts[a][b][3] at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) in the Wimbledon suburb of London, United Kingdom.[4] The ladies' singles was started in 1884.[2]

History

Wimbledon has historically been played in the last week of June and the first week of July (though changed to the first two weeks of July in 2017), and has been chronologically the third of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the tennis season since 1987.[4] The event was not held from 1915 to 1918 because of World War I and again from 1940 to 1945 because of World War II.[5] The tournament was also not contested in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

The ladies' singles' rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. From 1886 until 1921, the event started with a knockout phase, the all comers' singles, whose winner then faced the defending champion in a challenge round. The all comers' winner was automatically awarded the title eleven times (1889, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913) in the absence of the previous year's champion. The challenge round system was abolished with the 1922 edition.[7] Since the first championships, all matches have been played at the best-of-three sets. Between 1877 and 1883, the winner of the next game at five games-all took the set in every match except the all comers' final, and the challenge round, which were won with six games and a two games advantage. All sets were decided in two-game advantage format from 1884 to 1970.[7] The lingering death best-of-12 points tie-break was introduced in 1971 for the first two sets, played at eight games-all until 1978 and at six games-all since 1979.[7][8][9]

The ladies' singles champion receives a sterling silver salver commonly known as the "Venus Rosewater Dish", or simply the "Rosewater Dish". The salver, which is 18.75 inches (about 48 cm) in diameter, is decorated with figures from mythology.[10] New singles champions are traditionally elected honorary members of the AELTC by the club's committee.[c][13] In 2012, the ladies' singles winner received prize money of £1,150,000.[14]

In the Amateur–challenge round era, Dorothea Lambert Chambers (1903–1904, 1906, 1910–1911, 1913–1914) holds the record for most titles, with seven. However, it's noteworthy that three of Chambers' titles were won in the challenge round. Lottie Dod (1891–1893) and Suzanne Lenglen (1919–1921) hold the record for most consecutive wins in the ladies' singles with three victories each. The record for most wins and most consecutive wins post-challenge round in the Amateur Era, belongs to Helen Wills Moody (1927–1930, 1932–1933, 1935, 1938) with eight, including four straight victories (1927–1930).[5]

In the Open Era, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Martina Navratilova (1978–1979, 1982–1987, 1990) holds the record for most victories with nine. Navratilova holds the record for most consecutive victories with six (1982–1987).[5]

This event has been won without the loss of a set during the Open Era, by the following players: Billie Jean King in 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975, Margaret Court in 1970, Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1971 and 1980, Chris Evert in 1974 and 1981, Martina Navratilova in 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1990, Steffi Graf in 1992 and 1996, Jana Novotná in 1998, Lindsay Davenport in 1999, Venus Williams in 2000, 2007 and 2008, Serena Williams in 2002, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2016, Petra Kvitová in 2011 and 2014 and Marion Bartoli in 2013.

Champions

Regular competition
All comers' winner, challenge round winner ‡
Defending champion, challenge round winner †
All comers' winner, no challenge round ◊

Amateur Era

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Lottie Dod was a five-time champion and is the youngest ever winner of the ladies' singles championships (15 years and 285 days).
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Charlotte Cooper Sterry was a five-time champion and is the oldest ladies' singles champion (37 year and 282 days).
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Dorothea Lambert Chambers was a seven-time champion over a twelve-year period from 1903 to 1914.
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Suzanne Lenglen was a six-time champion.
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Helen Wills Moody was an eight-time champion between 1927 and 1938.
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Maureen Connolly competed in 1952, 1953 and 1954 and won the title on all three occasions.
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Althea Gibson won the title in 1957, the first black tennis player to do so, and successfully defended her title in 1958.
Year[d] Country Champion Country Runner-up Score in the final[15]
1884  BRI[e] Maud Watson  BRI Lilian Watson 6–8, 6–3, 6–3
1885  BRI Maud Watson (2)  BRI Blanche Bingley 6–1, 7–5
1886  BRI Blanche Bingley ‡  BRI Maud Watson 6–3, 6–3
1887  BRI Lottie Dod ‡  BRI Blanche Bingley 6–2, 6–0
1888  BRI Lottie Dod † (2)  BRI Blanche Hillyard 6–3, 6–3
1889  BRI Blanche Hillyard ◊ (2)  BRI Lena Rice 4–6, 8–6, 6–4
1890  BRI Lena Rice ◊  BRI May Jacks 6–4, 6–1
1891  BRI Lottie Dod ◊ (3)  BRI Blanche Hillyard 6–2, 6–1
1892  BRI Lottie Dod † (4)  BRI Blanche Hillyard 6–1, 6–1
1893  BRI Lottie Dod † (5)  BRI Blanche Hillyard 6–8, 6–1, 6–4
1894  BRI Blanche Hillyard ◊ (3)  BRI Edith Austin 6–1, 6–1
1895  BRI Charlotte Cooper ◊  BRI Helen Jackson 7–5, 8–6
1896  BRI Charlotte Cooper † (2)  BRI Alice Pickering 6–2, 6–3
1897  BRI Blanche Hillyard ‡ (4)  BRI Charlotte Cooper 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
1898  BRI Charlotte Cooper ◊ (3)  BRI Louisa Martin 6–4, 6–4
1899  BRI Blanche Hillyard ‡ (5)  BRI Charlotte Cooper 6–2, 6–3
1900  BRI Blanche Hillyard † (6)  BRI Charlotte Cooper 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1901  BRI Charlotte Sterry ‡ (4)  BRI Blanche Hillyard 6–2, 6–2
1902  BRI Muriel Robb ‡  BRI Charlotte Sterry 7–5, 6–1
1903  BRI Dorothea Douglass ◊  BRI Ethel Larcombe 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1904  BRI Dorothea Douglass † (2)  BRI Charlotte Sterry 6–0, 6–3
1905  USA May Sutton ‡  BRI Dorothea Douglass 6–3, 6–4
1906  BRI Dorothea Douglass ‡ (3)  USA May Sutton 6–3, 9–7
1907  USA May Sutton ‡ (2)  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers 6–1, 6–4
1908  BRI Charlotte Sterry ◊ (5)  BRI Agnes Morton 6–4, 6–4
1909  BRI Dora Boothby ◊  BRI Agnes Morton 6–4, 4–6, 8–6
1910  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers ‡ (4)  BRI Dora Boothby 6–2, 6–2
1911  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers † (5)  BRI Dora Boothby 6–0, 6–0
1912  BRI Ethel Larcombe ◊  BRI Charlotte Sterry 6–3, 6–1
1913  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers ◊ (6)  BRI Winifred McNair 6–0, 6–4
1914  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers † (7)  BRI Ethel Larcombe 7–5, 6–4
1915 No competition (due to World War I)[f]
1916
1917
1918
1919  FRA Suzanne Lenglen ‡  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers 10–8, 4–6, 9–7
1920  FRA Suzanne Lenglen † (2)  BRI Dorothea Lambert Chambers 6–3, 6–0
1921  FRA Suzanne Lenglen † (3)  USA Elizabeth Ryan 6–2, 6–0
1922  FRA Suzanne Lenglen (4)  USA Molla Mallory 6–2, 6–0
1923  FRA Suzanne Lenglen (5)  GBR Kitty McKane 6–2, 6–2
1924  GBR Kitty McKane  USA Helen Wills 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1925  FRA Suzanne Lenglen (6)  GBR Joan Fry 6–2, 6–0
1926  GBR Kitty Godfree (2)  ESP Lilí Álvarez 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1927  USA Helen Wills  ESP Lilí Álvarez 6–2, 6–4
1928  USA Helen Wills (2)  ESP Lilí Álvarez 6–2, 6–3
1929  USA Helen Wills (3)  USA Helen Jacobs 6–1, 6–2
1930  USA Helen Moody (4)  USA Elizabeth Ryan 6–2, 6–2
1931  GER Cilly Aussem  GER Hilde Krahwinkel 6–2, 7–5
1932  USA Helen Moody (5)  USA Helen Jacobs 6–3, 6–1
1933  USA Helen Moody (6)  GBR Dorothy Round 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1934  GBR Dorothy Round  USA Helen Jacobs 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1935  USA Helen Moody (7)  USA Helen Jacobs 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1936  USA Helen Jacobs  DEN Hilde Sperling 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1937  GBR Dorothy Round (2)  POL Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1938  USA Helen Moody (8)  USA Helen Jacobs 6–4, 6–0
1939  USA Alice Marble  GBR Kay Stammers 6–2, 6–0
1940 No competition (due to World War II)[g]
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946  USA Pauline Betz  USA Louise Brough 6–2, 6–4
1947  USA Margaret Osborne  USA Doris Hart 6–2, 6–4
1948  USA Louise Brough  USA Doris Hart 6–3, 8–6
1949  USA Louise Brough (2)  USA Margaret duPont 10–8, 1–6, 10–8
1950  USA Louise Brough (3)  USA Margaret duPont 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1951  USA Doris Hart  USA Shirley Fry 6–1, 6–0
1952  USA Maureen Connolly  USA Louise Brough 7–5, 6–3
1953  USA Maureen Connolly (2)  USA Doris Hart 8–6, 7–5
1954  USA Maureen Connolly (3)  USA Louise Brough 6–2, 7–5
1955  USA Louise Brough (4)  USA Beverly Fleitz 7–5, 8–6
1956  USA Shirley Fry  GBR Angela Buxton 6–3, 6–1
1957  USA Althea Gibson  USA Darlene Hard 6–3, 6–2
1958  USA Althea Gibson (2)  GBR Angela Mortimer 8–6, 6–2
1959  BRA Maria Bueno  USA Darlene Hard 6–4, 6–3
1960  BRA Maria Bueno (2)  RSA Sandra Reynolds 8–6, 6–0
1961  GBR Angela Mortimer  GBR Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1962  USA Karen Susman  TCH Věra Suková 6–4, 6–4
1963  AUS Margaret Smith  USA Billie Jean Moffitt 6–3, 6–4
1964  BRA Maria Bueno (3)  AUS Margaret Smith 6–4, 7–9, 6–3
1965  AUS Margaret Smith (2)  BRA Maria Bueno 6–4, 7–5
1966  USA Billie Jean King  BRA Maria Bueno 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1967  USA Billie Jean King (2)  GBR Ann Jones 6–3, 6–4

Open Era

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Billie Jean King is a six-time champion.
A blond-haired women with a white shirt, black shorts, and white tennis shoes on about ready to serve the tennis ball in hand
Martina Navratilova is a nine-time singles champion, a Grand Slam record in the Open Era for women (Margaret Court won the Australian 11 times). She won six consecutive titles from 1982 to 1987.
A blond-haired women wearing a white shirt
Steffi Graf is a seven-time champion over a nine-year period from 1988 to 1996.
Serena Williams is a seven-time champion.
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Venus Williams is a five-time champion over a nine-year period from 2000 to 2008.
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Petra Kvitová is a two-time champion, and created a first in 2011, when she became the first player, male or female, born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam tournament title.
Year[d] Country Champion Country Runner-up Score in the final[15]
1968  USA Billie Jean King (3)  AUS Judy Tegart 9–7, 7–5
1969  GBR Ann Jones  USA Billie Jean King 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1970  AUS Margaret Court (3)  USA Billie Jean King 14–12, 11–9
1971  AUS Evonne Goolagong  AUS Margaret Court 6–4, 6–1
1972  USA Billie Jean King (4)  AUS Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–3
1973  USA Billie Jean King (5)  USA Chris Evert 6–0, 7–5
1974  USA Chris Evert  URS Olga Morozova 6–0, 6–4
1975  USA Billie Jean King (6)  AUS Evonne Goolagong 6–0, 6–1
1976  USA Chris Evert (2)  AUS Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 4–6, 8–6
1977  GBR Virginia Wade  NED Betty Stöve 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1978  USA Martina Navratilova[h]  USA Chris Evert 2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1979  USA Martina Navratilova (2)  USA Chris Evert 6–4, 6–4
1980  AUS Evonne Goolagong (2)  USA Chris Evert 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
1981  USA Chris Evert (3)  TCH[i] Hana Mandlíková 6–2, 6–2
1982  USA Martina Navratilova (3)  USA Chris Evert 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1983  USA Martina Navratilova (4)  USA Andrea Jaeger 6–0, 6–3
1984  USA Martina Navratilova (5)  USA Chris Evert 7–6(7–5), 6–2
1985  USA Martina Navratilova (6)  USA Chris Evert 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1986  USA Martina Navratilova (7)  TCH Hana Mandlíková 7–6(7–1), 6–3
1987  USA Martina Navratilova (8)  FRG[j] Steffi Graf 7–5, 6–3
1988  FRG[j] Steffi Graf  USA Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1989  FRG Steffi Graf (2)  USA Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–1
1990  USA Martina Navratilova (9)  USA Zina Garrison 6–4, 6–1
1991  GER Steffi Graf (3)  ARG Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 3–6, 8–6
1992  GER Steffi Graf (4)  YUG Monica Seles 6–2, 6–1
1993  GER Steffi Graf (5)  CZE Jana Novotná 7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–4
1994  ESP Conchita Martínez  USA Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1995  GER Steffi Graf (6)  ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1996  GER Steffi Graf (7)  ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 7–5
1997   SUI Martina Hingis  CZE Jana Novotná 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1998  CZE Jana Novotná  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
1999  USA Lindsay Davenport  GER Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–5
2000  USA Venus Williams  USA Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2001  USA Venus Williams (2)  BEL Justine Henin 6–1, 3–6, 6–0
2002  USA Serena Williams  USA Venus Williams 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2003  USA Serena Williams (2)  USA Venus Williams 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2004  RUS Maria Sharapova  USA Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4
2005  USA Venus Williams (3)  USA Lindsay Davenport 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 9–7
2006  FRA Amélie Mauresmo  BEL Justine Henin 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
2007  USA Venus Williams (4)  FRA Marion Bartoli 6–4, 6–1
2008  USA Venus Williams (5)  USA Serena Williams 7–5, 6–4
2009  USA Serena Williams (3)  USA Venus Williams 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2010  USA Serena Williams (4)  RUS Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2
2011  CZE Petra Kvitová  RUS Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–4
2012  USA Serena Williams (5)  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
2013  FRA Marion Bartoli  GER Sabine Lisicki 6–1, 6–4
2014  CZE Petra Kvitová (2)  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 6–3, 6–0
2015  USA Serena Williams (6)  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 6–4, 6–4
2016  USA Serena Williams (7)  GER Angelique Kerber 7–5, 6–3
2017  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza  USA Venus Williams 7–5, 6–0
2018  GER Angelique Kerber  USA Serena Williams 6–3, 6–3
2019  ROU Simona Halep  USA Serena Williams 6–2, 6–2
2020 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)[6]
2021  AUS Ashleigh Barty  CZE Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
2022  KAZ Elena Rybakina  TUN Ons Jabeur 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2023  CZE Markéta Vondroušová  TUN Ons Jabeur 6–4, 6–4
2024  CZE Barbora Krejčíková  ITA Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 2–6, 6–4

Statistics

Multiple champions

Title defended in the challenge round
Player Amateur Era Open Era All-time Years
 Martina Navratilova (USA)[h] 0 9 9 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990
 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 8 0 8 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938
 Dorothea Lambert Chambers (UK) 7 0 7 1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914
 Steffi Graf (GER) 0 7 7 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
 Serena Williams (USA) 0 7 7 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
 Blanche Bingley (UK) 6 0 6 1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900
 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA) 6 0 6 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925
 Billie Jean King (USA) 2 4 6 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975
 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) 5 0 5 1895, 1896, 1898, 1901, 1908
 Lottie Dod (UK) 5 0 5 1887, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893
 Venus Williams (USA) 0 5 5 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008
 Louise Brough (USA) 4 0 4 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955
 Maureen Connolly (USA) 3 0 3 1952, 1953, 1954
 Maria Bueno (BRA) 3 0 3 1959, 1960, 1964
 Margaret Court (AUS) 2 1 3 1963, 1965, 1970
 Chris Evert (USA) 0 3 3 1974, 1976, 1981
 Althea Gibson (USA) 2 0 2 1957, 1958
 Dorothy Round (UK) 2 0 2 1934, 1937
 Kathleen McKane Godfree (UK) 2 0 2 1924, 1926
 May Sutton (USA) 2 0 2 1905, 1907
 Maud Watson (UK) 2 0 2 1884, 1885
 Evonne Goolagong (AUS) 0 2 2 1971, 1980
 Petra Kvitová (CZE) 0 2 2 2011, 2014

Championships by country

A golden trophy, in the shape of a loving-cup, next to a silver plate
The Ladies' Singles plate (right) with the Gentlemen's Singles trophy (left).
Country Amateur Era Open Era All-time First title Last title
 United States (USA) 28 29 57 1905 2016
 United Kingdom (UK) 34 2 36 1884 1977
 Germany (GER)[j] 1 8 9 1931 2018
 France (FRA) 6 2 8 1919 2013
 Australia (AUS) 2 4 6 1963 2021
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 5 5 1998 2024
 Brazil (BRA) 3 0 3 1959 1964
 Spain (ESP) 0 2 2 1994 2017
  Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 1 1997 1997
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 1 2004 2004
 Romania (ROU) 0 1 1 2019 2019
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 1 1 2022 2022

See also

Wimbledon Open other competitions

Grand Slam women's singles

Notes

  1. ^ Since 2009, Centre Court features a retractable roof, allowing indoor and night-time play.[1]
  2. ^ Wimbledon entered the Open Era with the 1968 edition, allowing professional players to compete alongside amateurs.[2]
  3. ^ John McEnroe is the only player to have been denied membership in 1981, because of his on-court behaviour during the championships.[11][12]
  4. ^ a b Each year is linked to an article about that particular year's draws, but pre-1922 they did not have draws due to the challenge round system. In 1922 till the present they do have draws, but the years of 1925–1939 do not have draw pages with links, so it is linked to the year's articles instead.
  5. ^ "British Isles" (BRI) is used for players from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922), distinct from "Great Britain" (GBR) used for players from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1922–present).[5][16]
  6. ^ The tournament was not held from 1915 to 1918 because of World War I.[5]
  7. ^ The tournament was not held from 1940 to 1945 because of World War II.[5]
  8. ^ a b Martina Navratilova was born in Czechoslovakia, but competed as an American after the US Open in 1975, having sought asylum in the United States, which made her relinquish her Czechoslovakian citizenship.[17][18]
  9. ^ Czechoslovakia (TCH, 1918–1992) split into the Czech Republic (CZE, 1993–present) and Slovakia (SVK, 1993–present).
  10. ^ a b c Steffi Graf played initially for West Germany (FRG), and after unification in 1990 for Germany (GER).

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  17. ^ McCurry, Justin (11 March 2008). "'Ashamed' Navratilove regains Czech nationality". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.