In the Australian Open tennis history for women, there are lots of impressive records. The women players in Melbourne have done amazing things on the tennis court. They won many big titles, played in intense finals, and showed great skill. Let’s explore these records and see the awesome moments in women’s tennis at the Australian Open.
Australian Open Women’s Singles Winners
| YEAR | WINNER | RUNNER-UP | SCORE |
| 2023 | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2022 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Danielle Collins (USA) | 6-3, 7-6(2) |
| 2021 | Naomi (JPN) | Jennifer Brady (USA) | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 2020 | Sofia Kenin (USA) | Garbine Muguruza (ESP) | 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 2019 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | Petra Kvitova (CZE) | 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-4 |
| 2018 | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | Simona Halep (ROU) | 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 |
| 2017 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber (GER) | Serena Williams (USA) | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 2015 | Serena Williams (USA) | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | 6-3, 7-6(5) |
| 2014 | Li Na (CHN) | Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) | 7-6, 6-0 |
| 2013 | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | Li Na (CHN) | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 2012 | Victoria Azarenka (BLR) | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2011 | Kim Clijsters (BEL) | Li Na (CHN) | 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 2010 | Serena Williams (USA) | Justine Henin (BEL) | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 |
| 2009 | Serena Williams (USA) | Dinara Safina (RUS) | 6-0, 6-3 |
| 2008 | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | Ana Ivanovic (SRB) | 7-5, 6-3 |
| 2007 | Serena Williams (USA) | Maria Sharapova (RUS) | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 2006 | Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) | Justine Henin (BEL) | 6-1, 2-0, retired |
| 2005 | Serena Williams (USA) | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2004 | Justine Henin (BEL) | Kim Clijsters (BEL) | 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 2003 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) | 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4 |
| 2002 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 |
| 2001 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 2000 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 1999 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1998 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Conchita Martinez (ESP) | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Mary Pierce (FRA) | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1996 | Monica Seles (USA) | Anke Huber (GER) | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1995 | Mary Pierce (FRA) | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1993 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Steffi Graf (GER) | 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1992 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1991 | Monica Seles (YUG[l]) | Jana Novotna (TCH) | 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1990 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Helena Sukova (TCH) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-1, 7-6(3) |
| 1987 | Hana Mandlikova (TCH) | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 7-5, 7-6(1) |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1984 | Chris Evert (USA) | Helena Sukova (TCH) | 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Kathy Jordan (USA) | 6-2, 7-6(5) |
| 1982 | Chris Evert (USA) | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 1981 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1980 | Hana Mandlikova (TCH) | Wendy Turnbull (AUS) | 6-0, 7-5 |
| 1979 | Barbara Jordan (USA) | Sharon Walsh (USA) | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1978 | Chris O’Neil (AUS) | Betsy Nagelsen (USA) | 6-3, 7-6(3) |
| 1977 | Kerry Melville Reid (AUS) | Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (AUS) | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1977 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Helen Gourlay Cawley (AUS) | 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1976 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Renata Tomanova (TCH) | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1975 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Martina Navratilova (TCH) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1974 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Chris Evert (USA) | 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0 |
| 1973 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1972 | Virginia Wade (GBR) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1971 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | 2-6, 7-6(0), 7-5 |
| 1970 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Kerry Melville Reid (AUS) | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1969 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Billie Jean King (USA) | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1968 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Margaret Court (AUS) | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1967 | Nancy Richey (USA) | Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS) | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1966 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Nancy Richey (USA) | walkover |
| 1965 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Maria Bueno (BRA) | 5-7, 6-4, 5-2, retired |
| 1964 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1963 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Jan Lehane O’Neill (AUS) | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1962 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Jan Lehane O’Neill (AUS) | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1961 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Jan Lehane O’Neill (AUS) | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1960 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Jan Lehane O’Neill (AUS) | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1959 | Mary Carter Reitano (AUS) | Renee Schuurman Haygarth (ZAF) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1958 | Angela Mortimer Barrett (GBR) | Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (AUS) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1957 | Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) | Althea Gibson (USA) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1956 | Mary Carter Reitano (AUS) | Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | 3-6, 6-2, 9-7 |
| 1955 | Beryl Penrose Collier (AUS) | Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1954 | Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | Jenny Staley Hoad (AUS) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA) | Julie Sampson Haywood (USA) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1952 | Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | Helen Angwin (AUS) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1951 | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | 6-1, 7-5 |
| 1950 | Louise Brough (USA) | Doris Hart (USA) | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 1949 | Doris Hart (USA) | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1948 | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | Marie Toomey (AUS) | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1947 | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | Nell Hall Hopman (AUS) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1946 | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | Joyce Fitch (AUS) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1940 | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | Thelma Coyne Long (AUS) | 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1939 | Emily Hood Westacott (AUS) | Nell Hall Hopman (AUS) | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1938 | Dorothy Cheney (USA) | Dorothy Stevenson (AUS) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1937 | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | Emily Hood Westacott (AUS) | 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 |
| 1936 | Joan Hartigan Bathurst (AUS) | Nancye Wynne Bolton (AUS) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1935 | Dorothy Round Little (GBR) | Nancy Lyle Glover (AUS) | 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1934 | Joan Hartigan Bathurst (AUS) | Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1933 | Joan Hartigan Bathurst (AUS) | Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1932 | Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | Kathrine Le Mesurier (AUS) | 9-7, 6-4 |
| 1931 | Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | Marjorie Cox Crawford (AUS) | 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1930 | Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS) | Sylvia Lance Harper (AUS) | 10-8, 2-6, 7-5 |
| 1929 | Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS) | Louise Bickerton (AUS) | 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 |
| 1928 | Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS) | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1927 | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | Sylvia Lance Harper (AUS) | 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1926 | Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS) | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1925 | Daphne Akhurst Cozens (AUS) | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | 1-6, 8-6, 6-4 |
| 1924 | Sylvia Lance Harper (AUS) | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 |
| 1923 | Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | 6-1, 7-5 |
| 1922 | Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | Esna Boyd Robertson (AUS) | 6-3, 10-8 |
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Who has won the most Australian Open titles in the Women’s game?
ALL-TIME
- Margaret Court 11
- Serena Williams 7
- Nancye Wynne Bolton 6
- Daphne Akhurst Cozens 5
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4
- Monica Seles 4
- Steffi Graf 4
- Martina Hingis 3
- Joan Hartigan Bathurst 3
- Martina Navratilova 3
OPEN ERA
- Serena Williams 7
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4
- Monica Seles 4
- Steffi Graf 4
- Margaret Court 4
- Martina Hingis 3
- Martina Navratilova 3
- Jennifer Capriati 2
- Hana Mandlikova 2
- Chris Evert 2
- Victoria Azarenka 2
Who has reached the most Australian Open finals in the Women’s game?
ALL-TIME
- Margaret Court 12
- Serena Williams 8
- Nancye Wynne Bolton 8
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7
- Esna Boyd Robertson 7
- Martina Hingis 6
- Chris Evert 6
- Martina Navratilova 6
- Thelma Coyne Long 6
- Steffi Graf 5
- Daphne Akhurst Cozens 5
- Jan Lehane O’Neill 4
- Maria Sharapova 4
- Monica Seles 4
- Li Na 3
- Joan Hartigan Bathurst 3
- Coral Buttsworth 3
- Margaret Molesworth 3
- Justine Henin 3
- Sylvia Lance Harper 3
OPEN ERA
- Serena Williams 8
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7
- Martina Hingis 6
- Chris Evert 6
- Martina Navratilova 6
- Steffi Graf 5
- Margaret Court 5
- Maria Sharapova 4
- Monica Seles 4
- Li Na 3
- Justine Henin 3
- Kim Clijsters 2
- Amelie Mauresmo 2
- Jennifer Capriati 2
- Mary Pierce 2
- Hana Mandlikova 2
- Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 2
- Victoria Azarenka 2
- Lindsay Davenport 2
- Kerry Melville Reid 2
- Billie Jean King 2
- Venus Williams 2
- Mary Joe Fernandez 2
- Helena Sukova 2
In terms of games, what are the longest Australian Open Women’s finals?
ALL-TIME
- 2021 Australian Open Naomi d. Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 ()
- 2022 Australian Open Ashleigh Barty d. Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6(2) ()
- 2023 Australian Open Aryna Sabalenka d. Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 ()
- 2006 Australian Open Amelie Mauresmo d. Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0, retired (9)
- 1994 Australian Open Steffi Graf d. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-0, 6-2 (14)
- 1962 Australian Open Margaret Court d. Jan Lehane O’Neill 6-0, 6-2 (14)
- 1977 Australian Open Evonne Goolagong Cawley d. Helen Gourlay Cawley 6-3, 6-0 (15)
- 1939 Australian Open Emily Hood Westacott d. Nell Hall Hopman 6-1, 6-2 (15)
- 2009 Australian Open Serena Williams d. Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 (15)
- 1968 Australian Open Billie Jean King d. Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 (15)
OPEN ERA
- 2022 Australian Open Ashleigh Barty d. Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6(2) ()
- 2023 Australian Open Aryna Sabalenka d. Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 ()
- 2021 Australian Open Naomi d. Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 ()
- 2006 Australian Open Amelie Mauresmo d. Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0, retired (9)
- 1994 Australian Open Steffi Graf d. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-0, 6-2 (14)
- 1977 Australian Open Evonne Goolagong Cawley d. Helen Gourlay Cawley 6-3, 6-0 (15)
- 2009 Australian Open Serena Williams d. Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 (15)
- 1968 Australian Open Billie Jean King d. Margaret Court 6-1, 6-2 (15)
- 2012 Australian Open Victoria Azarenka d. Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 (15)
- 2007 Australian Open Serena Williams d. Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2 (15)