Tennis - Wimbledon Women's Singles
Wimbledon is recognised as the pinnacle of tennis. Now the only one of the Grand Slam tournaments to be played on grass, "The Championships" are contested at The All England Club in South West London in late June/early July each year. It is preceeded in January by the Australian Open in Melbourne and Roland-Garros in Paris (May-June), while the final `major` - the US Open - is held in New York in September. It was not staged in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| YEAR | WINNER | RUNNER-UP |
| 1884 | MAUD WATSON (Gbr) | L Watson (Gbr) |
| 1885 | MAUD WATSON (Gbr) | B Bingley (Gbr) |
| 1886 | BLANCHE BINGLEY (Gbr) | M Watson (Gbr) |
| 1887 | LOTTIE DODD (Gbr) | B Bingley (Gbr) |
| 1888 | LOTTIE DODD (Gbr) | B Hillyard (Gbr) |
| 1889 | BLANCHE HILLYARD (Gbr) | L Rice (Gbr) |
| 1890 | HELENE RICE (Gbr) | M Jacks (Gbr) |
| 1891 | LOTTIE DODD (Gbr) | B Hillyard (Gbr) |
| 1892 | LOTTIE DODD (Gbr) | B Hillyard (Gbr) |
| 1893 | LOTTIE DODD (Gbr) | B Hillyard (Gbr) |
| 1894 | BLANCHE HILLYARD (Gbr) | E Austin (Gbr) |
| 1895 | CHARLOTTE COOPER (Gbr) | H Jackson (Gbr) |
| 1896 | CHARLOTTE COOPER (Gbr) | A Pickering (Gbr) |
| 1897 | BLANCHE HILLYARD (Gbr) | C Cooper (Gbr) |
| 1898 | CHARLOTTE COOPER (Gbr) | L Martin (Gbr) |
| 1899 | BLANCHE HILLYARD(Gbr) | C Cooper (Gbr) |
| 1900 | BLANCHE HILLYARD (Gbr) | C Cooper (Gbr) |
| 1901 | CHARLOTTE STERRY (Gbr) * | B Hillyard (Gbr) |
| 1902 | MURIEL ROBB (Gbr) | C Sterry (Gbr) * |
| 1903 | DOROTHEA DOUGLASS (Gbr) | E Larcombe (Gbr) |
| 1904 | DOROTHEA DOUGLASS (Gbr) | C Sterry (Gbr) * |
| 1905 | MAY SUTTON (USA) | D Douglass (Gbr) |
| 1906 | DOROTHEA DOUGLASS (Gbr) | M Sutton (USA) |
| 1907 | MAY SUTTON (USA) | D Chambers (Gbr) + |
| 1908 | CHARLOTTE STERRY (Gbr) * | A Morton (Gbr) |
| 1909 | DORA BOOTHBY (Gbr) | A Morton (Gbr) |
| 1910 | DOROTHEA CHAMBERS (Gbr) + | D Boothby (Gbr) |
| 1911 | DOROTHEA CHAMBERS (Gbr) + | D Boothby (Gbr) |
| 1912 | ETHEL LARCOMBE (Gbr) | C Sterry (Gbr) * |
| 1913 | DOROTHEA CHAMBERS (Gbr) + | W McNair (Gbr) |
| 1914 | DOROTHEA CHAMBERS (Gbr) + | E Larcombe (Gbr) |
| 1915 | Not held | - |
| 1916 | Not held | - |
| 1917 | Not held | - |
| 1918 | Not held | - |
| 1919 | SUZANNE LENGLEN (Fra) | D Chambers (Gbr) + |
| 1920 | SUZANNE LENGLEN (Fra) | D Chambers (Gbr) + |
| 1921 | SUZANNE LENGLEN (Fra) | E Ryan (USA) |
| 1922 | SUZANNE LENGLEN (Fra) | M Mallory (USA) |
| 1923 | SUZANNE LENGLEN (Fra) | K McKane (Gbr) ^ |
| 1924 | KITTY McKANE (Gbr) ^ | H Wills (USA) |
| 1925 | SUZANNE LENGLEN (Fra) | J Fry (Gbr) |
| 1926 | KATHLEEN GODFREE (Gbr) | L Alvarez (Esp) |
| 1927 | HELEN WILLS (USA) | L Alvarez (Esp) |
| 1928 | HELEN WILLS (USA) | L Alvarez (Esp) |
| 1929 | HELEN WILLS (USA) | H Jacobs (USA) |
| 1930 | HELEN MOODY (USA) # | E Ryan (USA) |
| 1931 | CILLY AUSSEM (Ger) | H Krahwinkel (Ger) |
| 1932 | HELEN MOODY (USA) # | H Jacobs (USA) |
| 1933 | HELEN MOODY (USA) # | D Round (Gbr) |
| 1934 | DOROTHY ROUND (Gbr) | H Jacobs (USA) |
| 1935 | HELEN MOODY (USA) # | H Jacobs (USA) |
| 1936 | HELEN JACOBS (USA) | H Sperling (Den) |
| 1937 | DOROTHY ROUND (Gbr) | J Jedrzejowska (Pol) |
| 1938 | HELEN MOODY (USA) # | H Jacobs (USA) |
| 1939 | ALICE MARBLE (USA) | K Stammers (Gbr) |
| 1940 | Not held | - |
| 1941 | Not held | - |
| 1942 | Not held | - |
| 1943 | Not held | - |
| 1944 | Not held | - |
| 1945 | Not held | - |
| 1946 | PAULINE BETZ (USA) | L Brough (USA) |
| 1947 | MARGARET OSBORNE (USA) | D Hart (USA) |
| 1948 | LOUISE BROUGH (USA) | D Hart (USA) |
| 1949 | LOUISE BROUGH (USA) | M duPont (USA) |
| 1950 | LOUISE BROUGH (USA) | M duPont (USA) |
| 1951 | DORIS HART (USA) | S Fry (USA) |
| 1952 | MAUREEN CONNOLLY (USA) | L Brough (USA) |
| 1953 | MAUREEN CONNOLLY (USA) | D Hart (USA) |
| 1954 | MAUREEN CONNOLLY (USA) | L Brough (USA) |
| 1955 | LOUISE BROUGH (USA) | B Fleitz (USA) |
| 1956 | SHIRLEY FRY (USA) | A Buxton (Gbr) |
| 1957 | ALTHEA GIBSON (USA) | D Hard (USA) |
| 1958 | ALTHEA GIBSON (USA) | A Mortimer (Gbr) |
| 1959 | MARIA BUENO (Bra) | D Hard (USA) |
| 1960 | MARIA BUENO (Bra) | S Reynolds (RSA) |
| 1961 | ANGELA MORTIMER (Gbr) | C Truman (Gbr) |
| 1962 | KAREN SUSMAN (USA) | V Sukova (Cze) |
| 1963 | MARGARET SMITH (Aus) | B J Moffitt (USA) |
| 1964 | MARIA BUENO (Bra) | M Smith (Aus) |
| 1965 | MARGARET SMITH (Aus) | M Bueno (Bra) |
| 1966 | BILLIE JEAN KING (USA) | M Bueno (Bra) |
| 1967 | BILLIE JEAN KING (USA) | A Jones (Gbr) |
| 1968 | BILLIE JEAN KING (USA) | J Tregart (Aus) |
| 1969 | ANN JONES (Gbr) | B J King (USA) |
| 1970 | MARGARET COURT (Aus) > | B J King (USA) |
| 1971 | EVOONE GOOLAGONG (Aus) | M Court (Aus) > |
| 1972 | BILLIE JEAN KING (USA) | E Goolagong (Aus) |
| 1973 | BILLIE JEAN KING (USA) | C Evert (USA) |
| 1974 | CHRIS EVERT (USA) | O Morozova (Urs) |
| 1975 | BILLIE JEAN KING (USA) | E Goolagong (Aus) |
| 1976 | CHRIS EVERT (USA) | E Goolagong (Aus) |
| 1977 | VIRGINIA WADE (Gbr) | B Stove (Nld) |
| 1978 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (Csv) | C Evert (USA) |
| 1979 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (Csv) | C Evert (USA) |
| 1980 | EVONNE CAWLEY (Aus) < | C Evert (USA) |
| 1981 | CHRIS EVERT (USA) | H Mandlikova (Csv) |
| 1982 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | C Evert (USA) |
| 1983 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | A Jaeger (USA) |
| 1984 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | C Evert (USA) |
| 1985 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | C Evert (USA) |
| 1986 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | H Mandlikova (Csv) |
| 1987 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | S Graf (Frg) |
| 1988 | STEFFI GRAF (Frg) | M Navratilova (USA) |
| 1989 | STEFFI GRAF (Frg) | M Navratilova (USA) |
| 1990 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (USA) | Z Garrison (USA) |
| 1991 | STEFFI GRAF (Ger) | G Sabatini (Arg) |
| 1992 | STEFFI GRAF (Ger) | M Seles (Yug) |
| 1993 | STEFFI GRAF (Ger) | J Novotna (Cze) |
| 1994 | CONCHITA MARTINEZ (Esp) | M Navratilova (USA) |
| 1995 | STEFFI GRAF (Ger) | A Sanchez-V (Esp) |
| 1996 | STEFFI GRAF (Ger) | A Sanchez-V (Esp) |
| 1997 | MARTINA HINGIS (Swi) | J Novotna (Cze) |
| 1998 | JANA NOVOTNA (Cze) | N Tauziat (Fra) |
| 1999 | LINDSAY DAVENPORT (USA) | S Graf (Ger) |
| 2000 | VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) | L Davenport (USA) |
| 2001 | VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) | J Henin (Bel) |
| 2002 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | V Williams (USA) |
| 2003 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | V Williams (USA) |
| 2004 | MARIA SHARAPOVA (Rus) | S Williams (USA) |
| 2005 | VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) | L Davenport (USA) |
| 2006 | AMELIE MAURESMO (Fra) | J Henin (Bel) |
| 2007 | VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) | M Bartoli (Fra) |
| 2008 | VENUS WILLIAMS (USA) | S Williams (USA) |
| 2009 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | V Williams (USA) |
| 2010 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | V Zvonareva (Rus) |
| 2011 | PETRA KVITOVA (Cze) | M Sharapova (Rus) |
| 2012 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | A Radwanska (Pol) |
| 2013 | MARION BARTOLI (Fra) | S Lisikci (Ger) |
| 2014 | PETRA KVITOVA (Cze) | E Bouchard (Can) |
| 2015 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | G Muguruza (Esp) |
| 2016 | SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) | A Kerber (Ger) |
| 2017 | GARBINE MUGURUZA (Esp) | V Williams (USA) |
| 2018 | ANGELIQUE KERBER (Ger) | S Williams (USA) |
| 2019 | SIMONA HALEP (Rom) | S Williams (USA) |
| ^2020 | Not held | - |
| 2021 | ASHLEIGH BARTY (Aus) | K Pliskova (Cze) |
| 2022 | ELENA RYBAKINA (Kaz) | O Jabeur (Tun) |
| 2023 | MARKETA VONDROUSOVA (Cze) | O Jabeur (Tun) |
| 2024 | BARBORA KREJCIKOVA (Cze) | J Paolini (Ita) |
| 2025 | IGA SWIATEK (Pol) | A Anisimova (USA) |
| 2026 | LINDA NOSKOVA (Cze) | K Muchova (Cze) |
* Charlotte Sterry (nee Cooper)
+ Dorothea Chambers (nee Douglass)
^ Kathleen McKane (nee Godfree)
# Helen Moody (nee Wills)
> Margaret Court (nee Smith)
' Billie Jean King (nee Moffitt)
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