Charleston Open: women's singles champions

WTA 500 · Clay · LTP-Daniel Island, Charleston

Jessica Pegula won the 2026 title, beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-2 6-2 in the final. Our archive has 52 editions since 1973; Chris Evert has won it most often, 7 times.

Most titles

Chris Evert71974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985
Martina Navratilova41982, 1983, 1988, 1990
Steffi Graf31986, 1989, 1993
Serena Williams32008, 2012, 2013
Tracy Austin21979, 1980
Gabriela Sabatini21991, 1992
Conchita Martinez21994, 1995
Martina Hingis21997, 1999

Titles by country

United States24
Germany6
Switzerland4
Spain3
Argentina2
Belgium2
Russia2
Colombia1

Youngest and oldest champions

Youngest: Tracy Austin, 16 in 1979
Oldest: Martina Navratilova, 33 in 1990

Age when the tournament began.

Every final

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2026	Jessica Pegula	Yuliia Starodubtseva	6-2 6-2	Draw
2025	Jessica Pegula	Sofia Kenin	6-3 7-5	Draw
2024	Danielle Collins	Daria Kasatkina	6-2 6-1	Draw
2023	Ons Jabeur	Belinda Bencic	7-6(6) 6-4	Draw
2022	Belinda Bencic	Ons Jabeur	6-1 5-7 6-4	Draw
2019	Madison Keys	Caroline Wozniacki	7-6(5) 6-3	Draw
2018	Kiki Bertens	Julia Goerges	6-2 6-1	Draw
2017	Daria Kasatkina	Jelena Ostapenko	6-3 6-1	Draw
2016	Sloane Stephens	Elena Vesnina	7-6(4) 6-2	Draw
2015	Angelique Kerber	Madison Keys	6-2 4-6 7-5	Draw
2014	Andrea Petkovic	Jana Cepelova	7-5 6-2	Draw
2013	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic	3-6 6-0 6-2	Draw
2012	Serena Williams	Lucie Safarova	6-0 6-1	Draw
2011	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Vesnina	6-2 6-3	Draw
2010	Samantha Stosur	Vera Zvonareva	6-0 6-3	Draw
2009	Sabine Lisicki	Caroline Wozniacki	6-2 6-4	Draw
2008	Serena Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6-4 3-6 6-3	Draw
2007	Jelena Jankovic	Dinara Safina	6-2 6-2	Draw
2006	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder	6-3 4-6 6-1	Draw
2005	Justine Henin	Elena Dementieva	7-5 6-4	Draw
2004	Venus Williams	Conchita Martinez	2-6 6-2 6-1	Draw
2003	Justine Henin	Serena Williams	6-3 6-4	Draw
2002	Iva Majoli	Patty Schnyder	7-6(5) 6-4	Draw
2001	Jennifer Capriati	Martina Hingis	6-0 4-6 6-4	Draw
2000	Mary Pierce	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	6-1 6-0	Draw
1999	Martina Hingis	Anna Kournikova	6-4 6-3	Draw
1998	Amanda Coetzer	Irina Spirlea	6-3 6-4	Draw
1997	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	3-6 6-3 7-6	Draw
1996	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Barbara Paulus	6-2 2-6 6-2	Draw
1995	Conchita Martinez	Magdalena Maleeva	6-1 6-1	Draw
1994	Conchita Martinez	Natalia Zvereva	6-4 6-0	Draw
1993	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	7-6 6-1	Draw
1992	Gabriela Sabatini	Conchita Martinez	6-1 6-4	Draw
1991	Gabriela Sabatini	Leila Meskhi	6-1 6-1	Draw
1990	Martina Navratilova	Jennifer Capriati	6-2 6-4	Draw
1989	Steffi Graf	Natalia Zvereva	6-1 6-1	Draw
1988	Martina Navratilova	Gabriela Sabatini	6-1 4-6 6-4	Draw
1987	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	Raffaella Reggi Concato	5-7 6-2 6-3	Draw
1986	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert	6-4 7-5	Draw
1985	Chris Evert	Gabriela Sabatini	6-4 6-0	Draw
1984	Chris Evert	Claudia Kohde Kilsch	6-2 6-3	Draw
1983	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	5-7 6-1 6-0	Draw
1982	Martina Navratilova	Andrea Jaeger	6-4 6-2	Draw
1981	Chris Evert	Pam Shriver	6-3 6-2	Draw
1980	Tracy Austin	Regina Marsikova	3-6 6-1 6-0	Draw
1979	Tracy Austin	Kerry Reid	7-6 7-6	Draw
1978	Chris Evert	Kerry Reid	6-2 6-0	Draw
1977	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6-0 6-1	Draw
1976	Isabel Fernandez De Soto	Laura Dupont	6-4 6-4	Draw
1975	Chris Evert	Evonne Goolagong	6-1 6-1	Draw
1974	Chris Evert	Kerry Reid	6-1 6-3	Draw
1973	Rosie Casals	Nancy Richey	3-6 6-1 7-5	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.