Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.

[2][3] Serena Williams was the two-time reigning champion, but did not participate due to pregnancy.

1 singles ranking, after Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep lost in the fourth round and quarterfinals, respectively.

[8] This tournament marked the major main draw debuts of future US Open champion Bianca Andreescu and three-time major champion and world No.

This was also the first Wimbledon main draw appearance of future champion Markéta Vondroušová; she lost in the first round to Peng Shuai.