MELBOURNE, Jan 26 - List of Australian Open
women's singles champions since the event began in 1922
(Australian unless stated):
2008 Maria Sharapova (Russia) bt Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 7-5
6-3
2007 Serena Williams (U.S.) bt Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-1
6-2
2006 Amelie Mauresmo (France) bt Justine Henin-Hardenne
(Belgium) 6-1 2-0 retired
2005 Serena Williams (U.S.) bt Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) 2-6
6-3 6-0
2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) bt Kim Clijsters
(Belgium) 6-3 4-6 6-3
2003 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 7-6
3-6 6-4
2002 Jennifer Capriati (U.S.) beat Martina Hingis
(Switzerland) 4-6 7-6 6-2
2001 Jennifer Capriati (U.S.) beat Martina Hingis
(Switzerland) 6-4 6-3
2000 Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) beat Martina Hingis
(Switzerland) 6-1 7-5
1999 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat Amelie Mauresmo
(France) 6-2 6-3
1998 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat Conchita Martinez
(Spain) 6-3 6-3
1997 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat Mary Pierce (France)
6-3 6-3
1996 Monica Seles (U.S.) beat Anke Huber (Germany) 6-4 6-1
1995 Mary Pierce (France) beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
(Spain) 6-3 6-2
1994 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
(Spain) 6-0 6-2
1993 Monica Seles (U.S.) beat Steffi Graf (Germany) 4-6 6-3
6-2
1992 Monica Seles (U.S.) beat Mary Joe Fernandez (U.S.) 6-2
6-3
1991 Monica Seles (U.S.) beat Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia)
5-7 6-3 6-1
1990 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Mary Joe Fernandez (U.S.)
6-3 6-4
1989 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Helena Sukova
(Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6-4
1988 Steffi Graf (Germany) beat Chris Evert (U.S.) 6-1 7-6
1987 (Jan) Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) beat Martina
Navratilova (U.S.) 7-5 7-6
1986 No competition
1985 (Nov) Martina Navratilova (U.S.) beat Chris Evert
(U.S.) 6-2 4-6 6-2
1984 Chris Evert (U.S.) beat Helena Sukova (Czechoslovakia)
6-7 6-2 6-3
1983 Martina Navratilova (U.S.) beat Kathy Jordan (U.S.)
6-2 7-6
1982 Chris Evert (U.S.) beat Martina Navratilova (U.S.) 6-3
2-6 6-3
1981 Martina Navratilova (U.S.) beat Chris Evert (U.S.) 6-7
6-4 7-5
1980 Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) beat Wendy Turnbull
6-0 7-5
1979 Barbara Jordan (U.S.) beat Sharon Walsh (U.S.) 6-3 6-3
1978 Chris O'Neil beat Betsy Nagelsen (U.S.) 6-3 7-6
1977 (Dec) Evonne Cawley beat Helen Gourlay 6-3 6-0
1977 (Jan) Kerry Reid beat Dianne Fromholtz 7-5 6-2
1976 Evonne Cawley (Goolagong) beat Renata Tomanova
(Czechoslovakia) 6-2 6-2
1975 Evonne Goolagong beat Martina Navratilova
(Czechoslovakia) 6-3 6-2
1974 Evonne Goolagong beat Chris Evert (U.S.) 7-6 4-6 6-0
1973 Margaret Smith Court beat Evonne Goolagong 6-4 7-5
1972 Virginia Wade (Britain) beat Evonne Goolagong 6-4 6-4
1971 Margaret Smith Court beat Evonne Goolagong 2-6 7-5 7-6
1969 Margaret Smith Court beat Billie Jean King (U.S.) 6-4
6-1
1968 Billie Jean King (U.S.) beat Margaret Smith 6-1 6-2
1967 Nancy Richey (U.S.) beat Lesley Turner 6-1 6-4
1966 Margaret Smith beat Nancy Richey (U.S.) w/o
1965 Margaret Smith beat Maria Bueno (Brazil) 5-7 6-4 5-2
retired
1964 Margaret Smith beat Lesley Turner 6-3 6-2
1963 Margaret Smith beat Jan Lehane 6-2 6-2
1962 Margaret Smith beat Jan Lehane 6-0 6-2
1961 Margaret Smith beat Jan Lehane 6-1 6-4
1960 Margaret Smith beat Jan Lehane 7-5 6-2
1959 Mary Reitano beat Renee Schuurman (South Africa) 6-2
6-3
1958 Angela Mortimer (Britain) beat Lorraine Coghlan 6-3
6-4
1957 Shirley Fry (U.S.) beat Althea Gibson (U.S.) 6-3 6-3
1956 Mary Carter beat Thelma Long 3-6 6-2 9-7
1955 Beryl Penrose beat Thelma Long 6-4 6-3
1954 Thelma Long beat Jennifer Staley 6-3 6-4
1953 Maureen Connolly (U.S.) beat Julia Sampson (U.S.) 6-3
6-2
1952 Thelma Long beat H. Angwin 6-2 6-3
1951 Nancye Wynne Bolton beat Thelma Long 6-1 7-5
1950 Louise Brough (U.S.) beat Doris Hart (U.S.) 6-4 3-6
6-4
1949 Doris Hart (U.S.) beat Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-3 6-4
1948 Nancye Wynne Bolton beat Marie Toomey 6-3 6-1
1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton beat Nell Hopman 6-3 6-2
1946 Nancye Wynne Bolton beat Joyce Fitch 6-4 6-4
1941-45 No competition
1940 Nancye Wynne Bolton beat Thelma Coyne 5-7 6-4 6-0
1939 Emily Westacott beat Nell Hopman 6-1 6-2
1938 Dorothy Bundy (U.S.) beat Dorothy Stevenson 6-3 6-2
1937 Nancye Wynne Bolton beat Emily Westacott 6-3 5-7 6-4
1936 Joan Hartigan beat Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-4 6-4
1935 Dorothy Round (Britain) beat Nancye Wynne Bolton 1-6
6-1 6-3
1934 Joan Hartigan beat Margaret Molesworth 6-1 6-4
1933 Joan Hartigan beat Coral Buttsworth 6-4 6-3
1932 Coral Buttsworth beat Katherine Le Messurier 9-7 6-4
1931 Coral Buttsworth beat Margorie Crawford 1-6 6-3 6-4
1930 Daphne Akhurst beat Sylvia Harper 10-8 2-6 7-5
1929 Daphne Akhurst beat Louise Bickerton 6-1 5-7 6-2
1928 Daphne Akhurst beat Esna Boyd 7-5 6-2
1927 Esna Boyd beat Sylvia Harper 5-7 6-1 6-2
1926 Daphne Akhurst beat Esna Boyd 6-1 6-3
1925 Daphne Akhurst beat Esna Boyd 1-6 8-6 6-4
1924 Sylvia Lance beat Esna Boyd 6-3 3-6 6-4
1923 Margaret Molesworth beat Esna Boyd 6-1 7-5
1922 Margaret Molesworth beat Esna Boyd 6-3 10-8
(Compiled by Patrick Johnston; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)