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The tennis champions
Australian Open
Women's Singles
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
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1922
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Margaret
Molesworth
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Esna Boyd Robertson
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6-3, 10-8
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1923
|
Margaret Molesworth
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Esna Boyd Robertson
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6-1, 7-5
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1924
|
Sylvia
Lance Harper
|
Esna Boyd Robertson
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6-3, 3-6, 8-6
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1925
|
Daphne
Akhurst Cozens
|
Esna Boyd Robertson
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1-6, 8-6, 6-4
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1926
|
Daphne Akhurst Cozens
|
Esna Boyd Robertson
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6-1, 6-3
|
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1927
|
Esna
Boyd Robertson
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Sylvia Lance Harper
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5-7, 6-1, 6-2
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1928
|
Daphne Akhurst Cozens
|
Esna Boyd Robertson
|
7-5, 6-2
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1929
|
Daphne Akhurst Cozens
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Louise
Bickerton
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6-1, 5-7, 6-2
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1930
|
Daphne Akhurst Cozens
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Sylvia Lance Harper
|
10-8, 2-6, 7-5
|
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1931
|
Coral
McInnes Buttsworth
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Marjorie
Cox Crawford
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1-6, 6-3, 6-4
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1932
|
Coral McInnes Buttsworth
|
Kathrine Le Mesurier
|
9-7, 6-4
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1933
|
Joan
Hartigan Bathurst
|
Coral McInnes Buttsworth
|
6-4, 6-3
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1934
|
Joan Hartigan Bathurst
|
Margaret Molesworth
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6-1, 6-4
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1935
|
Dorothy
Round Little
|
Nancy
Lyle
|
1-6, 6-1, 6-3
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1936
|
Joan Hartigan Bathurst
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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6-4, 6-4
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1937
|
Nancye
Wynne Bolton
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Emily Hood Westacott
|
6-3, 5-7, 6-4
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1938
|
Dorothy
Bundy Cheney
|
Dorothy Stevenson
|
6-3, 6-2
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1939
|
Emily Hood Westacott
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Nell
Hall Hopman
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6-1, 6-2
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1940
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
|
Thelma
Coyne Long
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5-7, 6-4, 6-0
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1941
|
- 1945 no competition |
World War II
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1946
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
|
Joyce
Fitch
|
6-4, 6-4
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1947
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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Nell
Hall Hopman
|
6-3, 6-2
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1948
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
|
Marie
Toomey
|
6-3, 6-1
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1949
|
Doris
Hart
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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6-3, 6-4
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1950
|
Louise
Brough Clapp
|
Doris Hart
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6-4, 3-6, 6-4
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1951
|
Nancye Wynne Bolton
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Thelma Coyne Long
|
6-1, 7-5
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1952
|
Thelma Coyne Long
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Helen Angwin
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6-2, 6-3
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1953
|
Maureen
Connolly Brinker
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Julie Sampson
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6-3, 6-2
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1954
|
Thelma Coyne Long
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Jenny Staley
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6-3, 6-4
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1955
|
Beryl Penrose
|
Thelma Coyne Long
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6-4, 6-3
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1956
|
Mary
Carter Reitano
|
Thelma Coyne Long
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3-6, 6-2, 9-7
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1957
|
Shirley
Fry Irvin
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Althea
Gibson
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6-3, 6-4
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1958
|
Angela
Mortimer Barrett
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Lorraine
Coghlan Robinson
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6-3, 6-4
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1959
|
Mary Carter Reitano
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Renee
Schuurman Haygarth
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6-2, 6-3
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1960
|
Margaret
Smith Court
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Jan
Lehane O'Neill
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7-5, 6-2
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1961
|
Margaret Smith Court
|
Jan Lehane O'Neill
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6-1, 6-4
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1962
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Jan Lehane O'Neill
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6-0, 6-2
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1963
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Jan Lehane O'Neill
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6-2, 6-2
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1964
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Lesley
Turner Bowrey
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6-3, 6-2
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1965
|
Margaret Smith Court
|
Maria
Bueno
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5-7, 6-4, 5-2 retired
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1966
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Nancy Richey Gunter
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walkover
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1967
|
Nancy
Richey Gunter
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Lesley Turner Bowrey
|
6-1, 6-4
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1968
|
Billie
Jean King
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Margaret Smith Court
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6-1, 6-2
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1969
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Billie Jean King
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6-4, 6-1
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1970
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Kerry Melville Reid
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6-1, 6-3
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1971
|
Margaret Smith Court
|
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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2-6, 7-6, 7-5
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1972
|
Virginia
Wade
|
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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6-4, 6-4
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1973
|
Margaret Smith Court
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Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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6-4, 7-5
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1974
|
Evonne
Goolagong Cawley
|
Chris Evert
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7-6, 4-6, 6-0
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1975
|
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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Martina Navrtilov
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6-3, 6-2
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1976
|
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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Renta
Tomanov
|
6-2, 6-2
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1977
|
Kerry
Melville Reid
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Dianne
Fromholtz Balestrat
|
7-5, 6-2 (January)
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1977
|
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
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Helen
Gourlay Cawley
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6-3, 6-0 (December)
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1978
|
Christine
O'Neil
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Betsy
Nagelsen
|
6-3, 7-6
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1979
|
Barbara
Jordan
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Sharon
Walsh
|
6-3, 6-3
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1980
|
Hana
Mandlkov
|
Wendy
Turnbull
|
6-0, 7-5
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1981
|
Martina Navrtilov
|
Chris Evert
|
6-7, 6-4, 7-5
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1982
|
Chris
Evert
|
Martina Navrtilov
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6-3, 2-6, 6-3
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1983
|
Martina Navrtilov
|
Kathy
Jordan
|
6-2, 7-6
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1984
|
Chris
Evert
|
Helena Sukov
|
6-7, 6-1, 6-3
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1985
|
Martina
Navrtilov
|
Chris Evert
|
6-2, 4-6, 6-2
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1986
|
no competition |
Date change
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1987
|
Hana
Mandlkov
|
Martina Navrtilov
|
7-5, 7-6(1)
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1988
|
Steffi
Graf
|
Chris Evert
|
6-1, 7-6(3)
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1989
|
Steffi Graf
|
Helena
Sukov
|
6-4, 6-4
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1990
|
Steffi Graf
|
Mary
Joe Fernndez
|
6-3, 6-4
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1991
|
Monica
Seles
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Jana
Novotn
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5-7, 6-3, 6-1
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1992
|
Monica Seles
|
Mary
Joe Fernndez
|
6-2, 6-3
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1993
|
Monica Seles
|
Steffi Graf
|
4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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1994
|
Steffi Graf
|
Arantxa
Snchez Vicario
|
6-0, 6-2
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1995
|
Mary
Pierce
|
Arantxa Snchez Vicario
|
6-3, 6-2
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1996
|
Monica Seles
|
Anke
Huber
|
6-4, 6-1
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1997
|
Martina
Hingis
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Mary Pierce
|
6-2, 6-2
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1998
|
Martina Hingis
|
Conchita
Martnez
|
6-3, 6-3
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1999
|
Martina Hingis
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Amlie
Mauresmo
|
6-2, 6-3
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2000
|
Lindsay
Davenport
|
Martina Hingis
|
6-1, 7-5
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2001
|
Jennifer
Capriati
|
Martina Hingis
|
6-4, 6-3
|
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2002
|
Jennifer Capriati
|
Martina Hingis
|
4-6, 7-6(7), 6-2
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2003
|
Serena
Williams
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Venus
Williams
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7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4
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2004
|
Justine
Henin-Hardenne
|
Kim
Clijsters
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6-3, 4-6, 6-3
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2005
|
Serena Williams
|
Lindsay
Davenport
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2-6, 6-3, 6-0
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2006
|
Amelie
Mauresmo
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Justine
Henin-Hardenne
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6-1, 2-0 retired
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2007
|
Serena Williams
|
Maria Sharapova
|
6-1 6-2
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2008
|
Maria Sharapova
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Ana Ivanovic
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7-5 6-3
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