| Champion | Runner-Up | Score |
| 1922 Mall Molesworth | Esna Boyd | 6-3 10-8 |
| 1923 Mall Molesworth | Esna Boyd | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1924 Sylvia Lance | Esna Boyd | 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
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| 1925 Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd | 1-6 8-6 6-4 |
| 1926 Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1927 Esna Boyd | Sylvia Harper | 5-7 6-1 6-2 |
| 1928 Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1929 Daphne Akhurst | Louise Bickerton | 6-1 5-7 6-2 |
| 1930 Daphne Akhurst | Sylvia Harper | 10-8 2-6 7-5 |
| 1931 Coral Buttsworth | Marjorie Cox Crawford | 1-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1932 Coral Buttsworth | Kathrine Le Messurier | 9-7 6-4 |
| 1933 Joan Hartigan | Coral Buttsworth | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1934 Joan Hartigan | Mall Molesworth | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1935 Dorothy Round GBR | Nancye Wynne | 1-6 6-1 6-3 |
| 1936 Joan Hartigan | Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1937 Nancye Wynne | Emily Hood Westacott | 6-3 5-7 6-4 |
| 1938 Dorothy Bundy GBR | Dorothy Stevenson | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1939 Emily Westacott | Nell Hopman | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1940 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | Thelma Coyne | 5-7 6-4 6-0 |
| 1941-45 World War II | No Tournament | No Tournament |
| 1946 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | Joyce Fitch | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1947 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | Nell Hopman | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1948 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | Marie Toomey | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1949 Doris Hart USA 1 | Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1950 Louise Brough USA | Doris Hart USA | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1951 Nancye(Wynne)Bolton | Thelma Long | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1952 Thelma Long | H Angwin | 6-2 6-3 Long oldest champion |
| 1953 Maureen Connolly USA | Julie Sampson USA | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1954 Thelma Long | Jenny Staley | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1955 Beryl Penrose | Thelma Long | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1956 Mary Carter | Thelma Long | 3-6 6-2 9-7 Carter saved match point |
| 1957 Shirley Fry USA | Althea Gibson USA | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1958 Angela Mortimer GBR | Lorraine Coghlan | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1959 Mary(Carter)Reitano | Renee Schuurman RSA | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1960 Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 7-5 6-2 Smith youngest champion to date |
| 1962 Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1963 Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1964 Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1965 Margaret Smith | Maria Bueno BRA | 5-7 6-4 5-2 (retired) |
| 1966 Margaret Smith | Nancy Richey USA | walkover |
| 1967 Nancy Richey USA | Lesley Turner | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1968 Billie Jean King USA | Margaret Smith | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1969 Margaret Court | Billie Jean King (1) | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1970 Margaret Court (1) | Kerry Melville | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1971 Margaret Court (1) | Evonne Goolagong | 2-6 7-6 7-5 |
| 1972 Virginia Wade GBR | Evonne Goolagong (1) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1973 Margaret Court (1) | Evonne Goolagong | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1974 Evonne Goolagong | Chris Evert (1) USA | 7-6 4-6 6-0 |
| 1975 Evonne Goolagong | Martina Navratilova CZE | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1) | Renata Tomanova CZE | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1977 Kerry Reid | Dianne Balestrat (1) | 7-5 6-2 |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1) | Helen Gourlay | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1978 Chris O'Neil | Betsy Nagelsen USA | 6-3 7-6 O'Neil was unseeded |
| 1979 Barbara Jordan USA | Sharon Walsh USA | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1980 Hana Mandlikova CZE | Wendy Turnbul | 6-0 7-5 |
| 1981 Martina Navratilova USA | Chris Evert(1)USA | 6-7 6-4 7-5 |
| 1982 Chris Evert USA | Martina Navratilova(1)USA | 6-3 2-6 6-3 |
| 1983 Martina Navratilova(1)USA | Kathy Jordan USA | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1984 Chris Evert USA | Helena Sukova CZE | 6-7 6-1 6-3 |
| 1985 Martina Navratilova USA | Chris Evert (1)USA | 6-2 4-6 6-2 |
| 1986 Not held | 1986 Not held | 1986 Not held |
| 1987 Hana Mandlikova CZE | Martina Navratilova(1)USA | 7-5 7-6 |
| 1988 Steffi Graf (1) GER | Chris Evert USA | 6-1 7-6 |
| 1989 Steffi Graf (1) GER | Helena Sukova CZE | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1990 Steffi Graf (1) GER | Mary Jo Fernandez USA | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1991 Monica Seles USA | Jana Novotna CZE | 5-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1992 Monica Seles (1) USA | Mary Jo Fernandez USA | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1993 Monica Seles (1) USA | Steffi Graf GER | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1994 Steffi Graf (1) GER | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1995 Mary Pierce FRA | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario(1) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1996 Monica Seles (1) USA | Anke Huber GER | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1997 Martina Hingis SUI | Mary Pierce FRA | 6-2 6-2 Hingis youngest champion |
| 1998 Martina Hingis SUI | Conchita Martinez ESP | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1999 Martina Hingis SUI | Amelie Mauresmo FRA | 6-2 6-3 |
| 2000 Lindsay Davenport USA | Martina Hingis (1) SUI | 6-1 7-5 |
| 2001 Jennifer Capriati USA | Martina Hingis (1) SUI | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2002 Jennifer Capriati(1) USA | Martina Hingis SUI | 4-6 7-6(9-7) 6-2 Capriati saved 4 match points |
| 2003 Serena Williams (1) USA | Venus Williams (2) USA | 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 |
| 2004 Justine Henin (1) BEL | Kim Clijsters (2) BEL | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 2005 Serena Williams USA | Lindsay Davenport USA | 2-6 6-3 6-0 |
| 2006 Amelie Mauresmo FRA | Justine Henin BEL | 6-1 2-0 (Ret) |
| 2007 Serena Williams USA | Maria Sharapova RUS | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2008 Maria SharapovaRUS | Ana Ivanovic SER | 7–5 6-3 |
| 2009 Serena Williams USA | Dinara Safina RUS | 6-0 6-3 |
| 2010 Serena Williams USA | Justine Henin BEL | 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 2011 Kim Clijsters BEL | Li Na | 3-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 2012 Victoria Azarenka | Maria Sharapova | 6-3 6-0 |
