Australian Open: women's singles champions

Grand Slam · Hard · Melbourne Park, Melbourne

Elena Rybakina won the 2026 title, beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the final. Our archive has 57 editions since 1968; Serena Williams has won it most often, 7 times.

Most titles

Serena Williams72003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017
Margaret Court41969, 1970, 1971, 1973
Steffi Graf41988, 1989, 1990, 1994
Monica Seles41991, 1992, 1993, 1996
Evonne Goolagong31974, 1975, 1976
Martina Navratilova31981, 1983, 1985
Martina Hingis31997, 1998, 1999
Hana Mandlikova21980, 1987

Titles by country

United States23
Australia11
Germany5
Belarus4
Switzerland3
France2
Belgium2
Japan2

Youngest and oldest champions

Youngest: Martina Hingis, 16 in 1997
Oldest: Serena Williams, 35 in 2017

Age when the tournament began.

Every final

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2026	Elena Rybakina	Aryna Sabalenka	6-4 4-6 6-4	Draw
2025	Madison Keys	Aryna Sabalenka	6-3 2-6 7-5	Draw
2024	Aryna Sabalenka	Qinwen Zheng	6-3 6-2	Draw
2023	Aryna Sabalenka	Elena Rybakina	4-6 6-3 6-4	Draw
2022	Ashleigh Barty	Danielle Collins	6-3 7-6(2)	Draw
2021	Naomi Osaka	Jennifer Brady	6-4 6-3	Draw
2020	Sofia Kenin	Garbine Muguruza	4-6 6-2 6-2	Draw
2019	Naomi Osaka	Petra Kvitova	7-6(2) 5-7 6-4	Draw
2018	Caroline Wozniacki	Simona Halep	7-6(2) 3-6 6-4	Draw
2017	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6-4 6-4	Draw
2016	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams	6-4 3-6 6-4	Draw
2015	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6-3 7-6(5)	Draw
2014	Na Li	Dominika Cibulkova	7-6(3) 6-0	Draw
2013	Victoria Azarenka	Na Li	4-6 6-4 6-3	Draw
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6-3 6-0	Draw
2011	Kim Clijsters	Na Li	3-6 6-3 6-3	Draw
2010	Serena Williams	Justine Henin	6-4 3-6 6-2	Draw
2009	Serena Williams	Dinara Safina	6-0 6-3	Draw
2008	Maria Sharapova	Ana Ivanovic	7-5 6-3	Draw
2007	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	6-1 6-2	Draw
2006	Amelie Mauresmo	Justine Henin	6-1 2-0 RET	Draw
2005	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	2-6 6-3 6-0	Draw
2004	Justine Henin	Kim Clijsters	6-3 4-6 6-3	Draw
2003	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4	Draw
2002	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	4-6 7-6(7) 6-2	Draw
2001	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-4 6-3	Draw
2000	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6-1 7-5	Draw
1999	Martina Hingis	Amelie Mauresmo	6-2 6-3	Draw
1998	Martina Hingis	Conchita Martinez	6-3 6-3	Draw
1997	Martina Hingis	Mary Pierce	6-2 6-2	Draw
1996	Monica Seles	Anke Huber	6-4 6-1	Draw
1995	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6-3 6-2	Draw
1994	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6-0 6-2	Draw
1993	Monica Seles	Steffi Graf	4-6 6-3 6-2	Draw
1992	Monica Seles	Mary Joe Fernandez	6-2 6-3	Draw
1991	Monica Seles	Jana Novotna	5-7 6-3 6-1	Draw
1990	Steffi Graf	Mary Joe Fernandez	6-3 6-4	Draw
1989	Steffi Graf	Helena Sukova	6-4 6-4	Draw
1988	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6-1 7-6(3)	Draw
1987	Hana Mandlikova	Martina Navratilova	7-5 7-6(1)	Draw
1985	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6-2 4-6 6-2	Draw
1984	Chris Evert	Helena Sukova	6-7(4) 6-1 6-3	Draw
1983	Martina Navratilova	Kathy Jordan	6-2 7-6	Draw
1982	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6-3 2-6 6-3	Draw
1981	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6-7(4) 6-4 7-5	Draw
1980	Hana Mandlikova	Wendy Turnbull	6-0 7-5	Draw
1979	Barbara Jordan	Sharon Walsh Pete	6-3 6-3	Draw
1977	Kerry Reid	Dianne Fromholtz	7-5 6-2	Draw
1976	Evonne Goolagong	Renata Tomanova	6-2 6-2	Draw
1975	Evonne Goolagong	Martina Navratilova	6-3 6-2	Draw
1974	Evonne Goolagong	Chris Evert	7-6 4-6 6-0	Draw
1973	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	6-4 7-5	Draw
1972	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong	6-4 6-4	Draw
1971	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	2-6 7-6(0) 7-5	Draw
1970	Margaret Court	Kerry Reid	6-3 6-1	Draw
1969	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6-4 6-1	Draw
1968	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court	6-1 6-2	Draw

Finals of the tour-level event in our match archive, matched by tournament across name changes. Every champion is checked against an independent record; a year where the two disagree is left out until it is resolved, and a missing year means the event was not held or is not in the archive.