| 2025 | Madison Keys (USA) | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-3 2-6 7-5 |
| 2024 | Aryna Sabalenka | Zheng Qinwen (CHN) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2023 | Aryna Sabalenka | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | 4-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 2022 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | Danielle Collins (USA) | 6-3 7-6(2) |
| 2021 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | Jennifer Brady (USA) | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2020 | Sofia Kenin (USA) | Garbine Muguruza (ESP) | 4-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 2019 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | Petra Kvitova (CZE) | 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 |
| 2018 | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | Simona Halep (ROU) | 7-6(2) 3-6 6-4 |
| 2017 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber (GER) | Serena Williams (USA) | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 2015 | Serena Williams (USA) | Maria Sharapova | 6-3 7-6(5) |
| 2014 | Li Na (CHN) | Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) | 7-6(3) 6-0 |
| 2013 | Victoria Azarenka | Li Na (CHN) | 4-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 2012 | Victoria Azarenka | Maria Sharapova | 6-3 6-0 |
| 2011 | Kim Clijsters (BEL) | Li Na (CHN) | 3-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 2010 | Serena Williams (USA) | Justine Henin (BEL) | 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 2009 | Serena Williams (USA) | Dinara Safina | 6-0 6-3 |
| 2008 | Maria Sharapova | Ana Ivanovic (SRB) | 7-5 6-3 |
| 2007 | Serena Williams (USA) | Maria Sharapova | 6-1 6-2 |
| 2006 | Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) | Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) | 6-1 2-0 ret. |
| 2005 | Serena Williams (USA) | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | 2-6 6-3 6-0 |
| 2004 | Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) | Kim Clijsters (BEL) | 6-3 4-6 6-3 |
| 2003 | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) | 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 |
| 2002 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2 |
| 2001 | Jennifer Capriati (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2000 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | Martina Hingis (SUI) | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1999 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1998 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Conchita Martinez (ESP) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis (SUI) | Mary Pierce (FRA) | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1996 | Monica Seles (USA) | Anke Huber (GER) | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1995 | Mary Pierce (FRA) | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1993 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Steffi Graf (GER) | 4-6 6-3 6-2 |
| 1992 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1991 | Monica Seles (YUG) | Jana Novotna (TCH) | 5-7 6-3 6-1 |
| 1990 | Steffi Graf (GER) | Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Helena Sukova (TCH) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | Chris Evert (USA) | 6-1 7-6(3) |
| 1987 | Hana Mandlikova (TCH) | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 7-5 7-6(1) |
| 1986 | No competition | | |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) | 6-2 4-6 6-2 |
| 1984 | Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) | Helena Sukova (TCH) | 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Kathy Jordan (USA) | 6-2 7-6(5) |
| 1982 | Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 6-3 2-6 6-3 |
| 1981 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) | 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 |
| 1980 | Hana Mandlikova (TCH) | Wendy Turnbull (AUS) | 6-0 7-5 |
| 1979 | Barbara Jordan (USA) | Sharon Walsh (USA) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1978 | Chris O’Neil (AUS) | Betsy Nagelsen (USA) | 6-3 7-6 |
| 1977 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Helen Gourlay (AUS) | 6-3 6-0 |
| 1977 | Kerry (Melville) Reid (AUS) | Dianne Fromholtz (AUS) | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1976 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) | Renata Tomanova (TCH) | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1975 | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) | Martina Navratilova (TCH) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1974 | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) | Chris Evert (USA) | 7-6 4-6 6-0 |
| 1973 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1972 | Virginia Wade (GBR) | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1971 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) | 2-6 7-6 7-5 |
| 1970 | Margaret Court (AUS) | Kerry Melville (AUS) | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1969 | Margaret (Smith) Court (AUS) | Billie Jean King (USA) | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1968 | Billie Jean King (USA) | Margaret (Smith) Court (AUS) | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1967 | Nancy Richey (USA) | Lesley Turner (AUS) | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1966 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Nancy Richey (USA) | w/o |
| 1965 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Maria Bueno (BRA) | 5-7 6-4 5-2 ret. |
| 1964 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Lesley Turner (AUS) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1963 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Jan Lehane (AUS) | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1962 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Jan Lehane (AUS) | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1961 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Jan Lehane (AUS) | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1960 | Margaret Smith (AUS) | Jan Lehane (AUS) | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1959 | Mary Carter Reitano (AUS) | Renee Schuurman (RSA) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1958 | Angela Mortimer (GBR) | Lorraine Coghlan (AUS) | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1957 | Shirley Fry (USA) | Althea Gibson (USA) | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1956 | Mary Carter (AUS) | Thelma Long (AUS) | 3-6 6-2 9-7 |
| 1955 | Beryl Penrose (AUS) | Thelma Long (AUS) | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1954 | Thelma Long (AUS) | Jennifer Staley (AUS) | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly (USA) | Julia Sampson (USA) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1952 | Thelma Long (AUS) | Helen Angwin (AUS) | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1951 | Nancye Bolton (AUS) | Thelma (Coyne) Long (AUS) | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1950 | Louise Brough (USA) | Doris Hart (USA) | 6-4 3-6 6-4 |
| 1949 | Doris Hart (USA) | Nancye Bolton (AUS) | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1948 | Nancye Bolton (AUS) | Marie Toomey (AUS) | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1947 | Nancye Bolton (AUS) | Nell Hopman (AUS) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1946 | Nancye (Wynne) Bolton (AUS) | Joyce Fitch (AUS) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1945 | No competition | | |
| 1944 | No competition | | |
| 1943 | No competition | | |
| 1942 | No competition | | |
| 1941 | No competition | | |
| 1940 | Nancye Wynne (AUS) | Thelma Coyne (AUS) | 5-7 6-4 6-0 |
| 1939 | Emily Westacott (AUS) | Nell Hopman (AUS) | 6-1 6-2 |
| 1938 | Dorothy Bundy (USA) | Dorothy Stevenson (AUS) | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1937 | Nancye Wynne (AUS) | Emily Westacott (AUS) | 6-3 5-7 6-4 |
| 1936 | Joan Hartigan (AUS) | Nancye Wynne (AUS) | 6-4 6-4 |
| 1935 | Dorothy Round (GBR) | Nancy Lyle (GBR) | 1-6 6-1 6-3 |
| 1934 | Joan Hartigan (AUS) | Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1933 | Joan Hartigan (AUS) | Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1932 | Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | Katherine Le Mesurier (AUS) | 9-7 6-4 |
| 1931 | Coral Buttsworth (AUS) | Marjorie Crawford (AUS) | 1-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1930 | Daphne Akhurst (AUS) | Sylvia Harper (AUS) | 10-8 2-6 7-5 |
| 1929 | Daphne Akhurst (AUS) | Louise Bickerton (AUS) | 6-1 5-7 6-2 |
| 1928 | Daphne Akhurst (AUS) | Esna Boyd (AUS) | 7-5 6-2 |
| 1927 | Esna Boyd (AUS) | Sylvia (Lance) Harper (AUS) | 5-7 6-1 6-2 |
| 1926 | Daphne Akhurst (AUS) | Esna Boyd (AUS) | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1925 | Daphne Akhurst (AUS) | Esna Boyd (AUS) | 1-6 8-6 6-4 |
| 1924 | Sylvia Lance (AUS) | Esna Boyd (AUS) | 6-3 3-6 8-6 |
| 1923 | Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | Esna Boyd (AUS) | 6-1 7-5 |
| 1922 | Margaret Molesworth (AUS) | Esna Boyd (AUS) | 6-3 10-8 |
