Australian Open Winners - Margaret Court has won the most women's singles titles

John Eastwood

Editor

Last updated: 31 Jan 2024

John Eastwood 31 Jan 2024

Share this article

See all the Australian Open Women's singles winners
Margaret Court holds the all-time record with 11 singles titles
Serena Williams holds the Open Era record with 7 singles titles

Serena Williams won seven Australian Open singles titles (Getty)

The Australian Open women's singles tournament was first contested in 1922 and became an Open Era event in 1969.

Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong won eight of the first ten events in the Open Era before Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis took turns at dominating in Melbourne.

Serena Williams won the first of her seven titles in 2003, her final victory coming in 2017.

Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam in the 2023 event, defeating Elena Rybakina in the final. Sabalenka backed up in 2024, taking out Zheng Qinwen in straight sets.

List of Australian Open Women's Winners & Runners-up

Year	Winner	Country	Runner-up	Cpuntry	Final Score
2025	tbc	tbc	tbc	tbc	tbc
2024	Aryna Sabalenka	Belarus	Zheng Qinwen	China	6-3, 6-2
2023	Aryna Sabalenka	Belarus	Elena Rybakina	Kazakhstan	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2022	Ashleigh Barty	Australia	Danielle Collins	USA	6-3, 7-6
2021	Naomi Osaka	Japan	Jennifer Brady	USA	6-4, 6-3
2020	Sofia Kenin	USA	Garbiñe Muguruza	Spain	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
2019	Naomi Osaka	Japan	Petra Kvitová	Czech Republic	7-6(7-2), 5-7, 6-4
2018	Caroline Wozniacki	Denmak	Simona Halep	Romania	7-6(7-2), 3-6, 6-4
2017	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	USA	6-4, 6-4
2016	Angelique Kerber	Germany	Serena Williams	USA	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
2015	Serena Williams	USA	Maria Sharapova	Russia	6-3, 7-6(7-5)
2014	Li Na	China	Dominika Cibulková	Slovakia	7-6(7-3), 6-0
2013	Victoria Azarenka	Belarus	Li Na	China	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Belarus	Maria Sharapova	Russia	6-3, 6-0
2011	Kim Clijsters	Belgium	Li Na	China	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2010	Serena Williams	USA	Justine Henin	Belgium	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
2009	Serena Williams	USA	Dinara Safina	Russia	6-0, 6-3
2008	Maria Sharapova	Russia	Ana Ivanovic	Serbia	7-5, 6-3
2007	Serena Williams	USA	Maria Sharapova	Russia	6-1, 6-2
2006	Amélie Mauresmo	France	Justine Henin	Belgium	6-1, 2-0 retired
2005	Serena Williams	USA	Lindsay Davenport	USA	2-6, 6-3, 6-0
2004	Justine Henin	Belgium	Kim Clijsters	Belgium	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2003	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	USA	7-6(7-4), 3-6, 6-4
2002	Jennifer Capriati	USA	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	4-6, 7-6(9-7), 6-2
2001	Jennifer Capriati	USA	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	6-4, 6-3
2000	Lindsay Davenport	USA	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	6-1, 7-5
1999	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	Amélie Mauresmo	France	6-2, 6-3
1998	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	Conchita Martínez	Spain	6-3, 6-3
1997	Martina Hingis	Switzerland	Mary Pierce	France	6-2, 6-2
1996	Monica Seles	USA	Anke Huber	Germany	6-4, 6-1
1995	Mary Pierce	France	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	6-3, 6-2
1994	Steffi Graf	Germany	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Spain	6-0, 6-2
1993	Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	Steffi Graf	Germany	4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1992	Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	Mary Joe Fernández	USA	6-2, 6-3
1991	Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	Jana Novotná	Czechoslovakia	5-7, 6-3, 6-1
1990	Steffi Graf	West Germany	Mary Joe Fernández	USA	6-3, 6-4
1989	Steffi Graf	West Germany	Helena Suková	Czechoslovakia	6-4, 6-4
1988	Steffi Graf	West Germany	Chris Evert	USA	6-1, 7-6(7-3)
1987	Hana Mandlíková	Czechoslovakia	Martina Navratilova	USA	7-5, 7-6(7-1)
1985	Martina Navratilova	USA	Chris Evert	USA	6-2, 4-6, 6-2
1984	Chris Evert	USA	Helena Suková	Czechoslovakia	6-7(4-7), 6-1, 6-3
1983	Martina Navratilova	USA	Kathy Jordan	USA	6-2, 7-6(7-5)
1982	Chris Evert	USA	Martina Navratilova	USA	6-3, 2-6, 6-3
1981	Martina Navratilova[h]	USA	Chris Evert	USA	6-7(7-4), 6-4, 7-5
1980	Hana Mandlíková	Czechoslovakia	Wendy Turnbull	Australia	6-0, 7-5
1979	Barbara Jordan	USA	Sharon Walsh	USA	6-3, 6-3
1978	Chris O'Neil	Australia	Betsy Nagelsen	USA	6-3, 7-6(7-3)
1977	Kerry Melville Reid	Australia	Dianne Fromholtz	Australia	7-5, 6-2
1977	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	Helen Gourlay	Australia	6-3, 6-0
1976	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	Renáta Tomanová	Czechoslovakia	6-2, 6-2
1975	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	Martina Navratilova[h]	Czechoslovakia	6-3, 6-2
1974	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	Chris Evert	USA	7-6(7-5), 4-6, 6-0
1973	Margaret Court	Australia	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	6-4, 7-5
1972	Virginia Wade	Great Britain	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	6-4, 6-4
1971	Margaret Court	Australia	Evonne Goolagong	Australia	2-6, 7-6(7-0), 7-5
1970	Margaret Court	Australia	Kerry Melville	Australia	6-1, 6-3
1969	Margaret Court	Australia	Billie Jean King	USA	6-4, 6-1
1968	Billie Jean King	USA	Margaret Court	Australia	6-1, 6-2
1967	Nancy Richey	USA	Lesley Turner Bowrey	Australia	6-1, 6-4
1966	Margaret Smith	Australia	Nancy Richey	USA	walkover
1965	Margaret Smith	Australia	Maria Bueno	Brazil	5-7, 6-4, 5-2, retired
1964	Margaret Smith	Australia	Lesley Turner Bowrey	Australia	6-3, 6-2
1963	Margaret Smith	Australia	Jan Lehane	Australia	6-2, 6-2
1962	Margaret Smith	Australia	Jan Lehane	Australia	6-0, 6-2
1961	Margaret Smith	Australia	Jan Lehane	Australia	6-1, 6-4
1960	Margaret Smith	Australia	Jan Lehane	Australia	7-5, 6-2
1959	Mary Carter Reitano	Australia	Renée Schuurman	South Africa	6-2, 6-3
1958	Angela Mortimer	Great Britain	Lorraine Coghlan	Australia	6-3, 6-4
1957	Shirley Fry Irvin	USA	Althea Gibson	USA	6-3, 6-4
1956	Mary Carter Reitano	Australia	Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	3-6, 6-2, 9-7
1955	Beryl Penrose	Australia	Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	6-4, 6-3
1954	Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	Jenny Staley	Australia	6-3, 6-4
1953	Maureen Connolly	USA	Julia Sampson Hayward	USA	6-3, 6-2
1952	Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	Helen Angwin	Australia	6-2, 6-3
1951	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	6-1, 7-5
1950	Louise Brough	USA	Doris Hart	USA	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1949	Doris Hart	USA	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	6-3, 6-4
1948	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	Marie Toomey	Australia	6-3, 6-1
1947	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	Nell Hall Hopman	Australia	6-3, 6-2
1946	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	Joyce Fitch	Australia	6-4, 6-4
1940	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	5-7, 6-4, 6-0
1939	Emily Hood Westacott	Australia	Nell Hall Hopman	Australia	6-1, 6-2
1938	Dorothy Cheney	USA	Dorothy Stevenson	Australia	6-3, 6-2
1937	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	Emily Hood Westacott	Australia	6-3, 5-7, 6-4
1936	Joan Hartigan	Australia	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	6-4, 6-4
1935	Dorothy Round	Great Britain	Nancy Lyle	Great Britain	1-6, 6-1, 6-3
1934	Joan Hartigan	Australia	Margaret Molesworth	Australia	6-1, 6-4
1933	Joan Hartigan	Australia	Coral Buttsworth	Australia	6-4, 6-3
1932	Coral Buttsworth	Australia	Kathleen Le Messurier	Australia	9-7, 6-4
1931	Coral Buttsworth	Australia	Marjorie Cox Crawford	Australia	1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1930	Daphne Akhurst	Australia	Sylvia Lance Harper	Australia	10-8, 2-6, 7-5
1929	Daphne Akhurst	Australia	Louie Bickerton	Australia	6-1, 5-7, 6-2
1928	Daphne Akhurst	Australia	Esna Boyd	Australia	7-5, 6-2
1927	Esna Boyd	Australia	Sylvia Lance Harper	Australia	5-7, 6-1, 6-2
1926	Daphne Akhurst	Australia	Esna Boyd	Australia	6-1, 6-3
1925	Daphne Akhurst	Australia	Esna Boyd	Australia	1-6, 8-6, 6-4
1924	Sylvia Lance Harper	Australia	Esna Boyd	Australia	6-3, 3-6, 8-6
1923	Margaret Molesworth	Australia	Esna Boyd	Australia	6-1, 7-5
1922	Margaret Molesworth	Australia	Esna Boyd	Australia	6-3, 10-8

Multiple champions

Margaret Smith Court has won the most Australian Open women's singles titles followed by Serena Williams and Nancye Wynne Bolton.

Every final contested until 1980 featured an Australian player except 1935 and 1979. No Australian woman has reached the final since Wendy Turnbull lost to Hana Mandlíková in 1980.

Player	Country	Amateur	Open	All	Years
Margaret Smith Court	Australia	7	4	11	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973
Serena Williams	USA	0	7	7	2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017
Nancye Wynne Bolton	Australia	6	0	6	1937, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951
Daphne Akhurst Cozens	Australia	5	0	5	1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930
Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Australia	0	4	4	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977(Dec)
Steffi Graf	Germany	0	4	4	1988, 1989, 1990, 1994
Monica Seles	Yugoslavia & USA	0	4	4	1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
Joan Hartigan Bathurst	Australia	3	0	3	1933, 1934, 1936
Martina Hingis	Switzerland	0	3	3	1997, 1998, 1999
Martina Navratilova	USA	0	3	3	1981, 1983, 1985
Aryna Sabalenka	Belarus	0	2	2	2023, 2024
Naomi Osaka	Japan	0	2	2	2019, 2021
Victoria Azarenka	Belarus	0	2	2	2012, 2013
Coral Buttsworth	Australia	2	0	2	1931, 1932
Jennifer Capriati	USA	0	2	2	2001, 2002
Chris Evert	USA	0	2	2	1982, 1984
Thelma Coyne Long	Australia	2	0	2	1952, 1954
Hana Mandlíková	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2	1980, 1987
Margaret Molesworth	Australia	2	0	2	1922, 1923
Mary Carter Reitano	Australia	2	0	2	1956, 1959

History

The Australian Open women's singles tournament was first contested in 1922. It was known as the Australasian Championships until 1927 when it was renamed the Australian Championships.

The became an Open Era event for the first time in 1969 when it included professional tennis players and was called the Australian Open.

Margaret Court holds the all-time record for singles titles with 11, seven in the Amateur Era and four in the Open Era.

Serena Williams holds the Open Era record with seven singles titles.

Australian Open Women's Singles Winners FAQ

Who won the 2024 Australian Open?

Aryna Sabalenka won the 2024 Australian Open women's singles title after defeating Zheng Qinwen 6-3 6-2 in the final.

Who has won the most Australian Open women's titles?

Margaret Smith Court has won the the most Australian Open women's singles titles with 11 (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973).

Who won the first Australian Open women's title?

Margaret Molesworth won the first Australian Open women's singles title in 1922 after beating Esna Boyd Australia 6-3, 10-8.

How many Australian Open's has Serena Williams won?

Serena Williams has won the Australian Open seven times (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017).

Did Venus Williams win the Australian Open?

No, Venus Williams did not win the Australian Open. She reached the finals in 2003 and 2017 when she was defeated on both occasions by her sister Serena.