# List of Australian Open women's singles champions

The Australian Open is an annual tennis tournament created in 1905 and played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.
The women's singles was first contested in 1922 along with the women's and mixed doubles competition as the last three events to be added. The Australian Open is played during two weeks mid-January, and has been chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the tennis season since 1987. The event was not held from 1940 to 1945 because of World War II, and 1986 because Tennis Australia wanted to move the tournament start from mid-December 1986 to mid-January 1987. Margaret Court holds the all-time record for singles titles at this tournament with 11; 7 in the Amateur Era and 4 in the Open Era. Serena Williams holds the Open Era record with 7 singles titles.

## History

Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne, Australia have all held the event. The competition switched locations every year before it settled in 1972 at the Kooyong Stadium, moving to Flinders Park, now Melbourne Park, in 1988. Several calendar changes took place for the Australian Open, from January to December in 1972 to bypass the January-to-June International Lawn Tennis Federation (ITLF) ban of World Championship Tennis (WCT) players; from late to early December in 1977 to avoid the Christmas holidays, which resulted in having two Opens in the season; and back to January, when the planned December 1986 edition was moved to early 1987, leaving no Open for the 1986 season.
An all British and an all American final were contested in 1935 and 1979 respectively, but otherwise every other final contested until 1980 featured an Australian player.
The women's singles' rules have undergone several changes, since the first edition. This event has been contested in a knockout format, and all matches played at the best-of-three sets. Since 1922, all sets have been decided in the advantage format, with six games and two games difference. The lingering death best-of-twelve points tie-break was introduced in 1971, and used for the first two sets since then, except from 1980 to 1982, when the tie-break was also played in final sets.
The court surface changed once, from grass (1922–1987) to hard courts, since the move to Flinders Park in 1988. No tennis player has won this event on both grass and Rebound Ace; Serena Williams is the only player to win the tournament on two different surfaces, winning her first three titles on Rebound Ace and her last four on Plexicushion.
The champion receives a miniature replica of the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, named after the five-time champion, which was first awarded to the champion in 1934. In 2010, the winner received prize money of A$2,100,000.
In the Australasian Championship, Margaret Molesworth (1922–1923) and Daphne Akhurst (1925–1926) co-hold the records for most wins and most consecutive wins.
In the Australian Championships, Margaret Court (1960–1966) holds the records for most titles with seven wins, and most consecutive titles with seven from (1960–1966).
In the Australian Open, Serena Williams (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009–2010, 2015, 2017) has the most victories, with seven. The record for most consecutive titles is three held by the following players: Margaret Court (1969–1971), Evonne Goolagong (1974–1976), Steffi Graf (1988–1990), Monica Seles (1991–1993), Martina Hingis (1997–1999).
Overall in the Championship's history, Margaret Court (1960–1973) holds the records for most titles with eleven wins, and most consecutive titles with seven from (1960–1966).
This event has been won in straight sets during the Open Era of tennis by the following players: Margaret Court in 1969, 1970 and 1973, Virginia Wade in 1972, Kerry Melville Reid in 1977 January, Evonne Goolagong in 1975, 1976 and 1977 December, Chris O'Neil in 1978, Barbara Jordan in 1979, Hana Mandlíková in 1980 and 1987, Martina Navratilova in 1983, Steffi Graf in 1988, 1989 and 1994, Monica Seles in 1992 and 1996, Mary Pierce in 1995, Martina Hingis in 1997, 1998 and 1999, Lindsay Davenport in 2000, Jennifer Capriati in 2001, Amélie Mauresmo in 2006, Maria Sharapova in 2008, Victoria Azarenka in 2012, Li Na in 2014 and Serena Williams in 2007, 2009, 2015 and 2017.

## Finals
### Australasian Championships

| Year | Country | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Score in the final |
| 1922 | AUS | Margaret Molesworth | AUS | Esna Boyd | 6–3, 10–8 |
| 1923 | AUS | Margaret Molesworth | AUS | Esna Boyd | 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1924 | AUS | Sylvia Lance Harper | AUS | Esna Boyd | 6–3, 3–6, 8–6 |
| 1925 | AUS | Daphne Akhurst | AUS | Esna Boyd | 1–6, 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1926 | AUS | Daphne Akhurst | AUS | Esna Boyd | 6–1, 6–3 |

### Australian Championships

| Year | Country | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Score in the final |
| 1927 | AUS | Esna Boyd | AUS | Sylvia Lance Harper | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1928 | AUS | Daphne Akhurst | AUS | Esna Boyd | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1929 | AUS | Daphne Akhurst | AUS | Louie Bickerton | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 |
| 1930 | AUS | Daphne Akhurst | AUS | Sylvia Lance Harper | 10–8, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 1931 | AUS | Coral Buttsworth | AUS | Marjorie Cox Crawford | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1932 | AUS | Coral Buttsworth | AUS | Kathleen Le Messurier | 9–7, 6–4 |
| 1933 | AUS | Joan Hartigan | AUS | Coral Buttsworth | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1934 | AUS | Joan Hartigan | AUS | Margaret Molesworth | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1935 | GBR | Dorothy Round | GBR | Nancy Lyle | 1–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1936 | AUS | Joan Hartigan | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1937 | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | AUS | Emily Hood Westacott | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 1938 | USA | Dorothy Cheney | AUS | Dorothy Stevenson | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1939 | AUS | Emily Hood Westacott | AUS | Nell Hall Hopman | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1940 | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | AUS | Thelma Coyne Long | 5–7, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1941 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1942 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1943 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1944 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1945 | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) | No competition (due to World War II) |
| 1946 | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | AUS | Joyce Fitch | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1947 | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | AUS | Nell Hall Hopman | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1948 | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | AUS | Marie Toomey | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1949 | USA | Doris Hart | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1950 | USA | Louise Brough | USA | Doris Hart | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1951 | AUS | Nancye Wynne Bolton | AUS | Thelma Coyne Long | 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1952 | AUS | Thelma Coyne Long | AUS | Helen Angwin | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1953 | USA | Maureen Connolly | USA | Julia Sampson Hayward | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1954 | AUS | Thelma Coyne Long | AUS | Jenny Staley | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1955 | AUS | Beryl Penrose | AUS | Thelma Coyne Long | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1956 | AUS | Mary Carter Reitano | AUS | Thelma Coyne Long | 3–6, 6–2, 9–7 |
| 1957 | USA | Shirley Fry Irvin | USA | Althea Gibson | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1958 | GBR | Angela Mortimer | AUS | Lorraine Coghlan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1959 | AUS | Mary Carter Reitano | RSA | Renée Schuurman | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1960 | AUS | Margaret Smith | AUS | Jan Lehane | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1961 | AUS | Margaret Smith | AUS | Jan Lehane | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1962 | AUS | Margaret Smith | AUS | Jan Lehane | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1963 | AUS | Margaret Smith | AUS | Jan Lehane | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1964 | AUS | Margaret Smith | AUS | Lesley Turner Bowrey | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1965 | AUS | Margaret Smith | BRA | Maria Bueno | 5–7, 6–4, 5–2, retired |
| 1966 | AUS | Margaret Smith | USA | Nancy Richey | walkover |
| 1967 | USA | Nancy Richey | AUS | Lesley Turner Bowrey | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1968 | USA | Billie Jean King | AUS | Margaret Court | 6–1, 6–2 |

### Australian Open

| Year | Country | Champion | Country | Runner-up | Score in the final |
| 1969 | AUS | Margaret Court | USA | Billie Jean King | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1970 | AUS | Margaret Court | AUS | Kerry Melville | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1971 | AUS | Margaret Court | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 7–5 |
| 1972 | GBR | Virginia Wade | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1973 | AUS | Margaret Court | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1974 | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | USA | Chris Evert | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 6–0 |
| 1975 | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | TCH | Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1976 | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | TCH | Renáta Tomanová | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1977 (1) | AUS | Kerry Melville Reid | AUS | Dianne Fromholtz | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1977 (2) | AUS | Evonne Goolagong | AUS | Helen Gourlay | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1978 | AUS | Chris O'Neil | USA | Betsy Nagelsen | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| 1979 | USA | Barbara Jordan | USA | Sharon Walsh | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1980 | TCH | Hana Mandlíková | AUS | Wendy Turnbull | 6–0, 7–5 |
| 1981 | USA | Martina Navratilova | USA | Chris Evert | 6–7$^{(7–4)}$, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1982 | USA | Chris Evert | USA | Martina Navratilova | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1983 | USA | Martina Navratilova | USA | Kathy Jordan | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| 1984 | USA | Chris Evert | TCH | Helena Suková | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1985 | USA | Martina Navratilova | USA | Chris Evert | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1986 | No competition (due to date change) | No competition (due to date change) | No competition (due to date change) | No competition (due to date change) | No competition (due to date change) |
| 1987 | TCH | Hana Mandlíková | USA | Martina Navratilova | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| 1988 | FRG | Steffi Graf | USA | Chris Evert | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| 1989 | FRG | Steffi Graf | TCH | Helena Suková | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1990 | FRG | Steffi Graf | USA | Mary Joe Fernández | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1991 | YUG | Monica Seles | TCH | Jana Novotná | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1992 | YUG | Monica Seles | USA | Mary Joe Fernández | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1993 | YUG | Monica Seles | GER | Steffi Graf | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1994 | GER | Steffi Graf | ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1995 | FRA | Mary Pierce | ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1996 | USA | Monica Seles | GER | Anke Huber | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1997 | SUI | Martina Hingis | FRA | Mary Pierce | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1998 | SUI | Martina Hingis | ESP | Conchita Martínez | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1999 | SUI | Martina Hingis | FRA | Amélie Mauresmo | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2000 | USA | Lindsay Davenport | SUI | Martina Hingis | 6–1, 7–5 |
| 2001 | USA | Jennifer Capriati | SUI | Martina Hingis | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2002 | USA | Jennifer Capriati | SUI | Martina Hingis | 4–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–2 |
| 2003 | USA | Serena Williams | USA | Venus Williams | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 2004 | BEL | Justine Henin | BEL | Kim Clijsters | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 2005 | USA | Serena Williams | USA | Lindsay Davenport | 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2006 | FRA | Amélie Mauresmo | BEL | Justine Henin | 6–1, 2–0 retired |
| 2007 | USA | Serena Williams | RUS | Maria Sharapova | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2008 | RUS | Maria Sharapova | SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2009 | USA | Serena Williams | RUS | Dinara Safina | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2010 | USA | Serena Williams | BEL | Justine Henin | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 2011 | BEL | Kim Clijsters | CHN | Li Na | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2012 | BLR | Victoria Azarenka | RUS | Maria Sharapova | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 2013 | BLR | Victoria Azarenka | CHN | Li Na | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2014 | CHN | Li Na | SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–0 |
| 2015 | USA | Serena Williams | RUS | Maria Sharapova | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| 2016 | GER | Angelique Kerber | USA | Serena Williams | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 2017 | USA | Serena Williams | USA | Venus Williams | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2018 | DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | ROU | Simona Halep | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 2019 | JPN | Naomi Osaka | CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 2020 | USA | Sofia Kenin | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2021 | JPN | Naomi Osaka | USA | Jennifer Brady | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2022 | AUS | Ashleigh Barty | USA | Danielle Collins | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| 2023 | | Aryna Sabalenka | KAZ | Elena Rybakina | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2024 | | Aryna Sabalenka | CHN | Zheng Qinwen | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2025 | USA | Madison Keys | | Aryna Sabalenka | 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |

## Statistics
### Multiple champions

| Player | Amateur Era | Open Era | All-time | Years |
| Margaret Smith Court (AUS) | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 |
| Serena Williams (USA) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017 |
| Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951 |
| Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930 |
| Evonne Goolagong (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977(Dec) |
| Steffi Graf (GER) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994 |
| Monica Seles (YUG / FRY / USA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 |
| Joan Hartigan Bathurst (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1933, 1934, 1936 |
| Martina Hingis (SUI) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Martina Navratilova (USA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1981, 1983, 1985 |
| Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2012, 2013 |
| Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1931, 1932 |
| Jennifer Capriati (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2001, 2002 |
| Chris Evert (USA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1982, 1984 |
| Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1952, 1954 |
| Hana Mandlíková (CZE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1980, 1987 |
| Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1922, 1923 |
| Naomi Osaka (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2019, 2021 |
| Mary Carter Reitano (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1956, 1959 |
| Aryna Sabalenka | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2024 |

### Champions by country

| Country | Amateur Era | Open Era | All-time | First title | Last title |
| Australia (AUS) | 33 | 11 | 44 | 1922 | 2022 |
| United States (USA) | 7 | 19 | 26 | 1938 | 2025 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1988 | 2016 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1935 | 1972 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) Yugoslavia (FRY) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1991 | 1993 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1997 | 1999 |
| Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2004 | 2011 |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1980 | 1987 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1995 | 2006 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2019 | 2021 |
| China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2014 | 2014 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 2008 |