| Champion | Runner-Up | Score |
| 1897 Adine Masson | P Girod | not listed |
| 1898 Adine Masson | Opponent not listed | Score not listed |
| 1899 Adine Masson | Not listed | Not listed |
| 900 Hélène Prévost | Not listed | Not listed |
| 1901 P Girod | Leroux | not listed |
| 1902 Adine Masson | P Girod | not listed |
| 1903 Adine Masson | Katie Gillou | not listed |
| 1904 Katie Gillou | Adine Masson | not listed |
| 1905 Katie Gillou | Y de Pfoeffel | not listed |
| 1906 Katie(Gillou)Fenwick | Fenwick MacVeagh (GBR) | not listed |
| 1907 Comtesse de Kermel | d’Elva | not listed |
| 1908 Katie(Gillou)Fenwick | A Pean | not listed |
| 1909 Jeanne Matthey | Galey | not listed |
| 1910 Jeanne Matthey | Marguerite Broquedis | not listed |
| 1911 Jeanne Matthey | Marguerite Broquedis | not listed |
| 1912 Jeanne Matthey | Marie Danet | not listed |
| 1913 Marguerite Broquedis | Jeanne Matthey | not listed |
| 1914 Marguerite Broquedis | Suzanne Lenglen | not listed |
| 1915-19 No Tournament | World War I | not listed |
| 1920 Suzanne Lenglen | Marguerite (Broquedis) Billout | not listed |
| 1921 Suzanne Lenglen | Germaine Golding GBR | not listed |
| 1922 Suzanne Lenglen | Germaine Golding GBR | not listed |
| 1923 Suzanne Lenglen | Germaine Golding GBR | not listed |
| 1924 Julie 'Diddie' Vlasto | Jeanne Vaussard | not listed |
| 1925 Suzanne Lenglen | Kitty McKane GBR | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1926 Suzanne Lenglen FRA | Mary Browne USA | 6-1 6-0 |
| 1927 Kea Bouman NED | Irene Peacock RSA | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1928 Helen Wills USA | Ellen Bennett USA | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1929 Helen Wills USA | Simone Mathieu FRA | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1930 Helen Wills Moody USA | Helen Jacobs USA | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1931 Cilly Aussem GER | Betty Nuthall GBR | 8-6 6-1 |
| 1932 Helen Wills Moody USA | Simone Mathieu FRA | 7-5 6-1 |
| 1933 Margaret Scriven GBR | Simone Mathieu FRA | 6-2 4-6 6-4 |
| 1934 Margaret Scriven GBR | Helen Jacobs USA | 7-5 4-6 6-1 |
| 1935 Hilde Sperling GER | Simone Mathieu FRA | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1936 Hilde Sperling GER | Simone Mathieu FRA | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1937 Hilde Sperling GER | Simone Mathieu FRA | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1938 Simone Mathieu FRA | Nelly Landry FRA | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1939 Simone Mathieu FRA | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska POL | 6-3 8-6 |
| 1940-45 World War II | | |
| 1946 Margaret Osborne USA | Pauline Betz USA | 1-6 8-6 7-5 Osborne saved 2 match points |
| 1947 Patricia Todd USA | Doris Hart USA | 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1948 Nelly Landry FRA | Shirley Fry USA | 6-2 0-6 6-0 |
| 1949 Margaret(Osborne)duPont USA | Nelly(Landry)Adamson FRA | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1950 Doris Hart USA | Patricia Todd USA | 6-4 4-6 6-2 |
| 1951 Shirley Fry USA | Doris Hart USA | 6-3 3-6 6-3 |
| 1952 >Doris Hart USA | Shirley Fry USA | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1953 Maureen Connolly USA | Doris Hart USA | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1954 Maureen Connolly USA | Ginette Bucaille FRA | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1955 Angela Mortimer GBR | Dorothy Head Knode FRA | 2-6 7-5 10-8 |
| 1956 Althea Gibson USA | Angela Mortimer GBR | 6-0 12-10 (first black grand slam winner) |
| 1957 Shirley Bloomer GBR | Dorothy Head Knode FRA | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1958 Susi Kormoczi HUN | Shirley Bloomer GBR | 6-4 1-6 6-2 |
| 1959 Christine Truman GBR | Susi Kormoczi HUN | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1960 Darlene Hard USA | Yola Ramirez MEX | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1961 Ann Haydon GBR | Yola Ramirez MEX | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1962 Margaret Smith AUS | Lesley Turner AUS | 6-3 3-6 7-5 Smith saved a match point |
| 1963 Lesley Turner AUS | Ann Haydon-Jones GBR | 2-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 1964 Margaret Smith AUS | Maria Bueno GBR | 5-7 6-1 6-2 |
| 1965 Lesley Turner AUS | Margaret Smith AUS | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1966 Ann Haydon-Jones GBR | Nancy Richey USA | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1967 Francoise Durr FRA | Lesley Turner AUS | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1968 Nancy Richey USA | Ann Haydon-Jones GBR | 5-7 6-4 6-1 |
| 1969 Margaret Smith Court AUS | Ann Haydon-Jones GBR | 6-1 4-6 6-3 |
| 1970 Margaret Smith Court AUS | Helga Niessen FRG | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1971 Evonne Goolagong AUS | Helen Gourlay AUS | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1972 Billie Jean King USA | Evonne Goolagong AUS | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1973 Margaret Smith Court AUS | Chris Evert USA | 6-7 7-6 6-4 |
| 1974 Chris Evert USA | Olga Morozova URS | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1975 Chris Evert USA | Martina Navratilova CZE | 2-6 6-2 6-1 |
| 1976 Sue Barker GBR | Renata Tomanova CZE | 6-2 0-6 6-2 |
| 1977 Mima Jausovec YUG | Florenta Mihai ROM | 6-2 6-7 6-1 |
| 1978 Virginia Ruzici ROM | Mima Jausovec YUG | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1979 Chris Evert Lloyd USA | Wendy Turnbull AUS | 6-2 6-0 |
| 1980 Chris Evert Lloyd USA | Virginia Ruzici ROM | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1981 Hana Mandlikova CZE | Sylvia Hanika FRG | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1982 Martina NavratilovaUSA | Andrea Jaeger USA | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1983 Chris Evert Lloyd USA | Mima Jausovec YUG | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1984 Martina Navratilova USA | <Chris Evert Lloyd USA | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1985 Chris Evert Lloyd USA | Martina Navratilova USA | 6-3 6-7 7-5 |
| 1986 Chris Evert Lloyd USA | Martina Navratilova USA | 2-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 1987 Steffi Graf FRG | Martina Navratilova USA | 6-4 4-6 8-6 |
| 1988 Steffi Graf FRG | Natash Zvereva URS | 6-0 6-0 |
| Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | Steffi Graf FRG | 7-6 3-6 7-5 |
| 1990 Monica Seles YUG | <Steffi Graf FRG | 7-6 6-4 |
| 1991 Monica Seles YUG | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1992 Monica Seles YUG | Steffi Graf GER | 6-2 3-6 10-8 |
| Steffi Graf GER | Mary Jo Fernandez USA | 4-6 6-2 6-4 |
| 1994 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | Mary Pierce FRA | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1995 Steffi Graf GER | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | 7-6 4-6 6-0 |
| 1996 Steffi Graf GER | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1997 Iva Majoli CRO | Martina Hingis SUI | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1998 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | Monica Seles USA | 7-6 0-6 6-2 |
| 1999 Steffi Graf GER | Martina Hingis SUI | 4-6 7-5 6-2 |
| 2000 Mary Pierce FRA | Conchita Martinez ESP | 6-2 7-5 |
| 2001 Jennifer Capriati USA | Kim Clijsters BEL | 1-6 6-4 12-10 |
| 2002 Serena Williams USA | Venus Williams USA | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2003 Justine Henin-HardenneBEL | Kim Clijsters BEL | 6-0 6-4 |
2004 Anastasia Myskina RUS | Elena Dementieva RUS | 6-1 6-2 | | 2005 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL | Mary PierceFR | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2006 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL | Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2007 Justine Henin BEL | Ana IvanovicSER | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2008Ana Ivanovic SER | Dinara Safina RUS | 6–4 6-3 |
| 2009 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS | Dinara Safina RUS | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2010 Francesca SchiavoneITA | Samantha Stosur AUS | 6-4 7-6 (7-2) |
| 2011 Li Na | Francesca Schiavone | 6–4 7–6(7–0) |
