page_title: List of Wimbledon singles finalists during the open era
section_title: Ladies
hierarchical_section_title: List of Wimbledon singles finalists during the open era / Ladies
caption_attribution_description: Steffi Graf at „Dream Match 2008“, March 15, 2008 in Tokyo
context_page_description: Wimbledon is a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the area of SW19. Since 1968, this tournament become open to professionals, and it joined the Open Era of tennis.
  The men who have reached the final at least five times during the open era are Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Connors reached the final six times between 1974 and 1984 but won only two titles. Borg reached six consecutive finals between 1976 and 1981 and won all but the last final. McEnroe reached five consecutive finals from 1980 through 1984, and won three titles. Becker won three titles out of seven finals between 1985 and 1995. Sampras never lost a final, and he took seven titles between 1993 and 2000. Federer has appeared in a record twelve finals overall, winning a record eight; he also reached a record seven consecutive finals from 2003 through 2009. Nadal has made five appearances in the Wimbledon finals from 2006–2008, and from 2010 to 2011, of which he won two. Since 2011, Djokovic has made six finals appearances, winning five.
context_section_description: During the 52 times that this tournament has been held in the open era, 36 women have reached the Wimbledon ladies' singles final. The final has included women from 16 different nationalities. The United States is the most represented by a large margin, with Australia, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Spain, and France represented to a lesser extent.
  * = Champion
caption: Steffi Graf was a nine-time finalist (seven wins, two losses).
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