The Sports Almanac

Women's Australian Open


Through the 2024 Australian Open
Australia Open Champions Multiple Champions
YEAR
 WINNER NATIONALITY
 RUNNER-UP
 NATIONALITY
 SCORES
1922
 Margaret Molesworth
 Australia
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 6-3, 10-8
1923
 Margaret Molesworth
 Australia
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 6-1, 7-5
1924
 Sylvia Lance Harper
 Australia
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 6-3, 3-6, 8-6
1925
 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
 Australia
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 1-6, 8-6, 6-4
1926
 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
 Australia
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 6-1, 6-3
1927
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 Sylvia Lance Harper
 Australia
 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
1928
 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
 Australia
 Esna Boyd Robertson
 Australia
 7-5, 6-2
1929
 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
 Australia
 Louise Bickerton
 Australia
 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
1930
 Daphne Akhurst Cozens
 Australia
 Sylvia Lance Harper
 Australia
 10-8, 2-6, 7-5
1931
 Coral McInnes Buttsworth
 Australia
 Marjorie Cox Crawford
 Australia
 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1932
 Coral McInnes Buttsworth
 Australia
 Katherine Le Mesurier
 Australia
 9-7, 6-4
1933
 Joan Hartigan Bathurst
 Australia
 Coral McInnes Buttsworth
 Australia
 6-4, 6-3
1934
 Joan Hartigan Bathurst
 Australia
 Margaret Molesworth
 Australia
 61-, 6-4
1935
 Dorothy Round Little
 Great Britain
 Nancy Lyle Glover
 Australia
 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
1936
 Joan Hartigan Bathurst
 Australia
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 6-4, 6-4
1937
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 Emily Hood Westacott
 Australia
 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
1938
 Dorothy Bundy Cheney
 United States
 Dorothy Stevenson
 Australia
 6-3, 6-2
1939
 Emily Hood Westacott
 Australia
 Nell Hall Hopman
 Australia
 6-2, 6-2
1940
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 Thelma Coyne Long
 Australia
 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
1941
 No Tournament - World War II
1942
 No Tournament - World War II
1943
 No Tournament - World War II
1944
 No Tournament - World War II
1945
 No Tournament - World War II
1946
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 Joyce Fitch
 Australia
 6-4, 6-4
1947
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 Nell Hall Hopman
 Australia
 6-3, 6-2
1948
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 Marie Toomey
 Australia
 6-3, 6-1
1949
 Doris Hart
 United States
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 6-3, 6-4
1950
 Louise Brough Clapp
 United States
 Doris Hart
 United States
 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1951
 Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 Thelma Coyne Long
 Australia
 6-1, 7-5
1952
 Thelma Coyne Long
 Australia
 Helen Angwin
 Australia
 6-2, 6-3
1953
 Maureen Connolly Brinker
 United States
 Julie Sampson Haywood
 United States
 6-3, 6-2
1954
 Thelma Coyne Long
 Australia
 Jenny Staley Hoad
 Australia
 6-3, 6-4
1955
 Beryl Penrose Collier
 Australia
 Thelma Coyne Long
 Australia
 6-4, 6-3
1956
 Mary Carter Reitano
 Australia
 Thelma Coyne Long
 Australia
 3-6, 6-2, 9-7
1957
 Shirley Fry Irvin
 United States
 Althea Gibson
 United States
 6-3, 6-4
1958
 Angela Mortimer Barrett
 Great Britain
 Lorraine Coghlan Robinson
 Australia
 6-3, 6-4
1959
 Mary Carter Reitano
 Australia
 Renee Schuurman Haygarth
 South Africa
 6-2, 6-3
1960
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Jan Lehane O'Neill
 Australia
 7-5, 6-2
1961
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Jan Lehane O'Neill
 Australia
 6-1, 6-4
1962
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Jan Lehane O'Neill
 Australia
 6-0, 6-2
1963
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Jan Lehane O'Neill
 Australia
 6-2, 6-2
1964
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Lesley Turner Browrey
 Australia
 6-3, 6-2
1965
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Maria Bueno
 Brazil
 5-7, 6-4, 5-2(retired)
1966
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Nancy Richey Gunter
 United States
 Walkover
1967
 Nancy Richey Gunter
 United States
 Lesley Turner Browrey
 Australia
 6-1, 6-4
1968
 Billie Jean King
 United States
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 6-1, 6-2
1969
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Billie Jean King
 United States
 6-4, 6-1
1970
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Kerry Melville Reid
 Australia
 6-1, 6-3
1971
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
1972
 Virginia Wade
 Great Britain
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 6-4, 6-4
1973
 Margaret Smith Court
 Australia
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 6-4, 7-5
1974
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 Chris Evert
 United States
 7-6, 4-6, 6-0
1975
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 Martina Navratilova
 Czechoslovakia
 6-3, 6-2
1976
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 Renata Tomanova
 Czechoslovakia
 6-2, 6-2
1977(Jan)
 Kerry Melville Reid
 Australia
 Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat
 Australia
 7-5, 6-2
1977(Dec)
 Evonne Goolagong Cawley
 Australia
 Helen Gourlay Cawley
 Australia
 6-3, 6-0
1978
 Christine O'Neil
 Australia
 Betsy Nagelsen
 United States
 6-3, 7-6
1979
 Barbara Jordan
 United States
 Sharon Walsh
 United States
 6-3, 6-3
1980
 Hana Mandlikova
 Czechoslovakia
 Wendy Turnbull
 Australia
 6-0, 7-5
1981
 Martina Navratilova
 United States
 Chis Evert
 United States
 6-7, 6-4, 7-5
1982
 Chris Evert
 United States
 Martina Navratilova
 United States
 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1983
 Martina Navratilova
 United States
 Kathy Jordan
 United States
 6-2, 7-6
1984
 Chris Evert
 United States
 Helena Sukova
 Czechoslovakia
 6-7, 6-1, 6-3
1985
 Martina Navratilova
 United States
 Chris Evert
 United States
 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
1986
 No tournament - Date change from December to January
1987
 Hana Mandlikova
 Czechoslovakia
 Martina Navratilova
 United States
 7-5, 7-6
1988
 Steffi Graf
 West Germany
 Chris Evert
 United States
 6-1, 7-6
1989
 Steffi Graf
 West Germany
 Helena Sukova
 Czechoslovakia
 6-4, 6-4
1990
 Steffi Graf
 West Germany
 Mary Joe Fernandez
 United States
 6-3, 6-4
1991
 Monica Seles
 Yugoslavia
 Jana Novatna
 Czechoslovakia
 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
1992
 Monica Seles
 Yugoslavia
 Mary Joe Fernandez
 United States
 6-2, 6-3
1993
 Monica Seles
 Yugoslavia
 Steffi Graf
 Germany
 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1994
 Steffi Graf
 Germany
 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
 Spain
 6-0, 6-2
1995
 Mary Pierce
 France
 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
 Spain
 6-3, 6-2
1996
 Monica Seles
 United States
 Anke Huber
 Germany
 6-4, 6-1
1997
 Martina Hingis
 Switzerland
 Mary Pierce
 France
 6-2, 6-2
1998
 Martina Hingis
 Switzerland
 Conchita Martinez
 Spain
 6-3, 6-3
1999
 Martina Hingis
 Switzerland
 Amelie Mauresmo
 France
 6-2, 6-3
2000
 Lindsay Davenport
 United States
 Martina Hingis
 Switzerland
 6-2, 7-5
2001
 Jennifer Capriati
 United States
 Martina Hingis
 Switzerland
 6-4, 6-3
2002
 Jennifer Capriati
 United States
 Martina Hingis
 Switzerland
 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
2003
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Venus Williams
 United States
 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
2004
 Justine Henin
 Belgium
 Kim Clijsters
 Belgium
 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2005
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Lindsay Davenport
 United States
 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
2006
 Amelie Mauresmo
 France
 Justine Henin
 Belgium
 6-1, 2-0(retired)
2007
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Maria Sharapova
 Russia
 6-1, 6-2
2008
 Maria Sharapova
 Russia
 Ana Ivanovic
 Serbia
 7-5, 6-3
2009
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Dinara Safina
 Russia
 6-0, 6-3
2010
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Justine Henin
 Belgium
 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
2011
 Kim Clijsters
 Belgium
 Li Na
 China
 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2012
 Victoria Azarenka
 Belarus
 Maria Sharapova
 Russia
 6-3, 6-0
2013
 Victoria Azarenka
 Belarus
 Li Na
 China
 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
2014
 Li Na
 China
 Dominika Cibulkova
 Slovakia
 7-6(7-3), 6-0
2015
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Maria Sharapova
 Russia
 6-3, 7-6(7-5)
2016
 Angelique Kerber
 Germany
 Serena Williams
 United States
 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
2017
 Serena Williams
 United States
 Venus Williams
 United States
 6-4, 6-4
2018
 Caroline Wazniacki
 Denmark
 Simona Halep
 Romania
 7-6(7-2), 3-6, 6-4
2019
 Naomi Osaka
 Japan
 Petra Kvitova
 Czech Republic
 7-6(7-2), 5-7, 6-4
2020
 Sofia Kenin
 United States
 Garbine Muguruza
 Spain
 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
2021
 Naomi Osaka
 Japan
 Jennifer Brady
 United States
 6-4, 6-3
2022
 Ashleigh Barty
 Australia
 Danielle Collins
 United States
 6-3, 7-6(7-2)
2023
 Aryna Sabalenka
 Belarus
 Elena Rybakina
 Kazakhstan
 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2024
 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus Zheng Qinwen
 China
 6-3, 6-2

Multiple Winners  Australian Open Winners
Champion Nationality
 Years
 Wins
Margaret Smith Court Australia
 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 11
Serena Williams United States
 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 7
Nancye Wynne Bolton
 Australia
 1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951
 6
Daphne Akhurst Cozens Australia
 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930 5
Evonne Goolagong Cawley Australia
 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977(Dec) 4
Stefi Graf Germany
 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994 4
Monica Seles
 United States
 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 4
Joan Hartigan Bathurst Australia
 1933, 1934, 1936 3
Martina Navratilova United States
 1981, 1983, 1985 3
Martina Hingis Switzerland
 1997, 1998, 1999 3
Margaret Molesworth
 Australia
 1922, 1923
 2
Coral McInnes Buttsworth Australia
 1931, 1932
 2
Thelma Coyne Long Australia
 1952, 1954
 2
Chris Evert
 United States
 1982, 1984
 2
Jennifer Capriati
 United States
 2001, 2002
 2
Victoria Azarenka
 Belarus
 2012, 2013
 2
Naomi Osaka Japan
 2019, 2021
 2
Aryna Sabalenka Belarus
 2023, 2024
 2