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| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Result | |
| 1887 | Ellen Hansell | d. | L. Knight | 6-1 6-0 |
| 1888 | Bertha Townsend | d. | Ellen Hansell | 6-3 6-5 |
| 1889 | Bertha Townsend | d. | L. D. Voorhees | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1890 | Ellen Roosevelt | d. | Bertha Townsend | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1891 | Mabel Cahill | d. | Ellen Roosevelt | 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3 |
| 1892 | Mabel Cahill | d. | Elisabeth Moore | 5-7 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2 |
| 1893 | Aline Terry | d. | A. L. Schultz | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1894 | Helen Helwig | d. | Aline Terry | 7-5 3-6 6-0 3-6 6-3 |
| 1895 | Juliette Atkinson | d. | Helen Helwig | 6-4 6-2 6-1 |
| 1896 | Elisabeth Moore | d. | Juliette Atkinson | 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1897 | Juliette Atkinson | d. | Elisabeth Moore | 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-3 |
| 1898 | Juliette Atkinson | d. | Marion Jones | 6-3 5-7 6-4 2-6 7-5 |
| 1899 | Marion Jones | d. | M. Banks | 6-1 6-1 7-5 |
| 1900 | Myrtle McAteer | d. | E. Parker | 6-2 6-2 6-0 |
| 1901 | Elisabeth Moore | d. | Myrtle McAteer | 6-4 3-6 7-5 2-6 6-2 |
| 1902Events January-April January 28 The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'evangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 Police beat up universal suffrage | Marion Jones | d. | Elisabeth Moore | 6-1 1-0 RET |
| 19031903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasn't had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. Events January 1 Edward VII of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Emperor of India | Elisabeth Moore | d. | Marion Jones | 7-5 8-6 |
| 19041904 is a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 7 The distress signal " CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by " SOS. February 7 A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 | May SuttonMay Godfrey Sutton born September 25, 1886 in Plymouth, England died October 4, 1975, was a tennis champion and the first American to win the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships. At the age of six, May Sutton's family moved to a ranch near Pasade | d. | Elisabeth Moore | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier | Elisabeth Moore | d. | Helen Homans | 6-4 5-7 6-1 |
| 1906Events January 8 Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 Earthquake in Ecuador (8. 6 in Richter scale) February 11 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos''. February 15 Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in t | Helen Homans | d. | Maud Bargar-Wallach | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1907Events January events January 6 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000 January 23 Charles Curtis | Evelyn Sears | d. | C. Neely | 6-3 6-2 |
| 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T | Maud Bargar-Wallach | d. | Evelyn Sears | 6-3 1-6 6-3 |
| 1909 | Hazel Hotchkiss | d. | Maud Bargar-Wallach | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1910 | Hazel Hotchkiss | d. | L. Hammond | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1911 | Hazel Hotchkiss | d. | F. Sutton | 8-10 6-1 9-7 |
| 1912 | Mary Browne | d. | Evelyn Sears | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1913 | Mary Browne | d. | D. Green | 6-2 7-5 |
| 1914 | Mary Browne | d. | M. Wagner | 6-2 1-6 6-1 |
| 1915 | Molla Bjurstedt | d. | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 4-6 6-2 6-0 |
| 1916 | Molla Bjurstedt | d. | L. H. Raymond | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1917 | Molla Bjurstedt | d. | M. Vanderhoef | 4-6 6-0 6-2 |
| 1918 | Molla Bjurstedt | d. | E. E. Goss | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1919 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | d. | M. Zinderstein | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1920 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | d. | M. Zinderstein | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1921 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | d. | Mary Browne | 4-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 1922 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | d. | Helen Wills | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1923 | Helen Wills | d. | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1924 | Helen Wills | d. | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1925 | Helen Wills | d. | Kitty McKane | 3-6 6-0 6-2 |
| 1926 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | d. | E. Ryan | 4-6 6-4 9-7 |
| 1927 | Helen Wills | d. | Betty Nuthall | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1928 | Helen Wills | d. | Helen Hull Jacobs | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1929 | Helen Wills | d. | P. H. Watson | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1930 | Betty Nuthall | d. | L. A. Harper | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1931 | Helen Wills Moody | d. | F. Whittingstall | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1932 | Helen Hull Jacobs | d. | C. A. Babcock | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1933 | Helen Hull Jacobs | d. | Helen Wills Moody | 8-6 3-6 3-0 RET |
| 1934 | Helen Hull Jacobs | d. | S. Palfrey | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1935 | Helen Hull Jacobs | d. | S. P. Fabyan | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1936 | Alice Marble | d. | Helen Hull Jacobs | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1937 | Anita Lizana | d. | J. Jedrzejowska | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1938 | Alice Marble | d. | Nancye Wynne | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1939 | Alice Marble | d. | Helen Hull Jacobs | 6-0 8-10 6-4 |
| 1940 | Alice Marble | d. | Helen Hull Jacobs | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1941 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | d. | Pauline Betz | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1942 | Pauline Betz | d. | Louise Brough | 4-6 6-1 6-4 |
| 1943 | Pauline Betz | d. | Louise Brough | 6-3 5-7 6-3 |
| 1944 | Pauline Betz | d. | Margaret Osborne | 6-3 8-6 |
| 1945 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | d. | Pauline Betz | 3-6 8-6 6-4 |
| 1946 | Pauline Betz | d. | P. C. Canning | 11-9 6-3 |
| 1947 | Louise Brough | d. | Margaret Osborne | 8-6 4-6 6-1 |
| 1948 | Margaret Osborne duPont | d. | Louise Brough | 4-6 6-4 15-13 |
| 1949 | Margaret Osborne duPont | d. | Doris Hart | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1950 | Margaret Osborne duPont | d. | Doris Hart | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1951 | Maureen Connolly | d. | Shirley Fry | 6-3 1-6 6-4 |
| 1952 | Maureen Connolly | d. | Doris Hart | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly | d. | Doris Hart | 6-2 6-4 |
| 1954 | Doris Hart | d. | Louise Brough | 6-8 6-1 8-6 |
| 1955 | Doris Hart | d. | P. E. Ward | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1956 | Shirley Fry | d. | Althea Gibson | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1957 | Althea Gibson | d. | Louise Brough | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1958 | Althea Gibson | d. | Darlene Hard | 3-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 1959 | Maria Bueno | d. | Christine Truman | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1960 | Darlene Hard | d. | Maria Bueno | 6-4 10-12 6-4 |
| 1961 | Darlene Hard | d. | Ann Haydon | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1962 | Margaret Smith | d. | Darlene Hard | 9-7 6-4 |
| 1963 | Maria Bueno | d. | Margaret Smith | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1964 | Maria Bueno | d. | C. Graebner | 6-1 6-0 |
| 1965 | Margaret Smith | d. | Billie Jean Moffitt | 8-6 7-5 |
| 1966 | Maria Bueno | d. | Nancy Richey | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1967 | Billie Jean King | d. | Ann Haydon-Jones | 11-9 6-4 |
| 1968 | Virginia Wade | d. | Billie Jean King | 6-4 6-2 (Open Era Grand Slam) |
| 1968 | Margaret Smith Court | d. | Maria Bueno | 6-2 6-2 (US National Champs) |
| 1969 | Margaret Smith Court | d. | Nancy Richey | 6-2 6-2 (Open Era Grand Slam) |
| 1969 | Margaret Smith Court | d. | Virginia Wade | 4-6 6-3 6-0 (US National Champs) |
| 1970 | Margaret Smith Court | d. | Rosie Casals | 6-2 2-6 6-1 |
| 1971 | Billie Jean King | d. | Rosie Casals | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1972 | Billie Jean King | d. | Kerry Melville | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1973 | Margaret Smith Court | d. | Evonne Goolagong | 7-6 5-7 6-2 |
| 1974 | Billie Jean King | d. | Evonne Goolagong | 3-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 1975 | Chris Evert | d. | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 5-7 6-4 6-2 |
| 1976 | Chris Evert | d. | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1977 | Chris Evert | d. | Wendy Turnbull | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1978 | Chris Evert | d. | Pam Shriver | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1979 | Tracy Austin | d. | Chris Evert | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1980 | Chris Evert Lloyd | d. | Hana Mandlikova | 5-7 6-1 6-1 |
| 1981 | Tracy Austin | d. | Martina Navratilova | 1-6 7-6 7-6 |
| 1982 | Chris Evert Lloyd | d. | Hana Mandlikova | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova | d. | Chris Evert Lloyd | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1984 | Martina Navratilova | d. | Chris Evert Lloyd | 4-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 1985 | Hana Mandlikova | d. | Martina Navratilova | 7-6 1-6 7-6 |
| 1986 | Martina Navratilova | d. | Helena Sukova | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1987 | Martina Navratilova | d. | Steffi Graf | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf | d. | Gabriela Sabatini | 6-3 3-6 6-1 |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf | d. | Martina Navratilova | 3-6 7-5 6-1 |
| 1990 | Gabriela Sabatini | d. | Steffi Graf | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1991 | Monica Seles | d. | Martina Navratilova | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1992 | Monica Seles | d. | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1993 | Steffi Graf | d. | Helena Sukova | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1994 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | d. | Steffi Graf | 1-6 7-6 6-4 |
| 1995 | Steffi Graf | d. | Monica Seles | 7-6 0-6 6-3 |
| 1996 | Steffi Graf | d. | Monica Seles | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis | d. | Venus Williams | 6-0 6-4 |
| 1998 | Lindsay Davenport | d. | Martina Hingis | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1999 | Serena Williams | d. | Martina Hingis | 6-3 7-6(4) |
| 2000 | Venus Williams | d. | Lindsay Davenport | 6-4 7-5 |
| 2001 | Venus Williams | d. | Serena Williams | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2002 | Serena Williams | d. | Venus Williams | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2003 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | d. | Kim Clijsters | 7-5 6-1 |
| 2004 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | d. | Elena Dementieva | 6-3 7-5 |