Australian Open women's singles champions and runners-up

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2024	Aryna Sabalenka	Zheng Qinwen	6-3	6-2
2023	Aryna Sabalenka	Elena Rybakina	4-6	6-3	6-4
2022	Ashleigh Barty	Danielle Collins	6-3	7-6
2021	Naomi Osaka	Jennifer Brady	6-4	6-3
2020	Sofia Kenin	Garbiñe Muguruza	4-6	6-2	6-2
2019	Naomi Osaka	Petra Kvitová	7-6	5-7	6-4
2018	Caroline Wozniacki	Simona Halep	7-6	3-6	6-4
2017	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6-4	6-4
2016	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams	6-4	3-6	6-4
2015	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6-3	7-6
2014	Li Na	Dominika Cibulková	7-6	6-0
2013	Victoria Azarenka	Li Na	4-6	6-4	6-3
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6-3	6-0
2011	Kim Clijsters	Li Na	3-6	6-3	6-3
2010	Serena Williams	Justine Henin	6-4	3-6	6-2
2009	Serena Williams	Dinara Safina	6-0	6-3
2008	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanovic	7-5	6-3
2007	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6-1	6-2
2006*	Amélie Mauresmo	Justine Henin	6-1	2-0
2005	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	2-6	6-3	6-0
2004	Justine Henin	Kim Clijsters	6-3	4-6	6-3
2003	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	7-6	3-6	6-4
2002	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	4-6	7-6	6-2
2001	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-4	6-3
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6-1	7-5
1999	Martina Hingis	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2	6-3
1998	Martina Hingis	Conchita Martínez	6-3	6-3
1997	Martina Hingis	Mary Pierce	6-2	6-2
1996	Monica Seles	Anke Huber	6-4	6-1
1995	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-3	6-2
1994	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6-0	6-2
1993	Monica Seles	Steffi Graf	4-6	6-3	6-2
1992	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernández	6-2	6-3
1991	Monica Seles	Jana Novotná	5-7	6-3	6-1
1990	Steffi Graf	Mary Joe Fernández	6-3	6-4
1989	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	6-4	6-4
1988	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6-1	7-6
1987	Hana Mandlíková	Martina Navrátilová	7-5	7-6
1985	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6-2	4-6	6-2
1984	Chris Evert	Helena Suková	6-7	6-1	6-3
1983	Martina Navrátilová	Kathy Jordan	6-2	7-6
1982	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6-3	2-6	6-3
1981	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6-7	6-4	7-5
1980	Hana Mandlíková	Wendy Turnbull	6-0	7-5
1979	Barbara Jordan	Sharon Walsh	6-3	6-3
1978	Chris O'Neil	Betsy Nagelsen	6-3	7-6
1977	Kerry Melville Reid	Dianne Fromholtz	7-5	6-2
1977	Evonne Goolagong	Helen Gourlay	6-3	6-0
1976	Evonne Goolagong	Renáta Tomanová	6-2	6-2
1975	Evonne Goolagong	Martina Navrátilová	6-3	6-2
1974	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	7-6	4-6	6-0
1973	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	6-4	7-5
1972	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong	6-4	6-4
1971	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	2-6	7-6	7-5
1970	Margaret Court	Kerry Melville Reid	6-1	6-3
1969	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6-4	6-1
1968	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court	6-1	6-2
1967	Nancy Richey	Lesley Turner	6-1	6-4
1966*	Margaret Smith	Nancy Richey	-
1965*	Margaret Smith	Maria Bueno	5-7	6-4	5-2
1964	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6-3	6-2
1963	Margaret Smith	Jan Lehane	6-2	6-2
1962	Margaret Smith	Jan Lehane	6-0	6-2
1961	Margaret Smith	Jan Lehane	6-1	6-4
1960	Margaret Smith	Jan Lehane	7-5	6-2
1959	Mary Carter Reitano	Renée Schuurman	6-2	6-3
1958	Angela Mortimer	Lorraine Coghlan	6-3	6-4
1957	Shirley Fry	Althea Gibson	6-3	6-4
1956	Mary Carter Reitano	Thelma Coyne Long	3-6	6-2	9-7
1955	Beryl Penrose	Thelma Coyne Long	6-4	6-3
1954	Thelma Coyne Long	Jenny Staley	6-3	6-4
1953	Maureen Connolly	Julia Sampson	6-3	6-2
1952	Thelma Coyne Long	Helen Angwin	6-2	6-3
1951	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Thelma Coyne Long	6-1	7-5
1950	Louise Brough	Doris Hart	6-4	3-6	6-4
1949	Doris Hart	Nancye Wynne Bolton	6-3	6-4
1948	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Marie Toomey	6-3	6-1
1947	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Nell Hall Hopman	6-3	6-2
1946	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Joyce Fitch	6-4	6-4
1940	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Thelma Coyne Long	5-7	6-4	6-0
1939	Emily Hood Westacott	Nell Hall Hopman	6-1	6-2
1938	Dorothy Cheney	Dorothy Stevenson	6-3	6-2
1937	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Emily Hood Westacott	6-3	5-7	6-4
1936	Joan Hartigan	Nancye Wynne Bolton	6-4	6-4
1935	Dorothy Round	Nancy Lyle	1-6	6-1	6-3
1934	Joan Hartigan	Margaret Molesworth	6-1	6-4
1933	Joan Hartigan	Coral Buttsworth	6-4	6-3
1932	Coral Buttsworth	Kathleen Le Messurier	9-7	6-4
1931	Coral Buttsworth	Marjorie Cox Crawford	1-6	6-3	6-4
1930	Daphne Akhurst	Sylvia Lance Harper	10-8	2-6	7-5
1929	Daphne Akhurst	Louie Bickerton	6-1	5-7	6-2
1928	Daphne Akhurst	Esna Boyd	7-5	6-2
1927	Esna Boyd	Sylvia Lance Harper	5-7	6-1	6-2
1926	Daphne Akhurst	Esna Boyd	6-1	6-3
1925	Daphne Akhurst	Esna Boyd	1-6	8-6	6-4
1924	Sylvia Lance Harper	Esna Boyd	6-3	3-6	8-6
1923	Margaret Molesworth	Esna Boyd	6-1	7-5
1922	Margaret Molesworth	Esna Boyd	6-3	10-8

* : Walkover / Retirement

Statistics : Titles per player

Titles	Player
7	Margaret Smith
7	Serena Williams
6	Nancye Wynne Bolton
5	Daphne Akhurst
4	Evonne Goolagong
4	Margaret Court
4	Monica Seles
4	Steffi Graf
3	Joan Hartigan
3	Martina Hingis
3	Martina Navrátilová