List of Wimbledon ladies' singles champions

From 1886 until 1921, the event started with a knockout phase, the all comers' singles, whose winner then faced the defending champion in a challenge round.

The all comers' winner was automatically awarded the title eleven times (1889, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913) in the absence of the previous year's champion.

Lottie Dod (1891–1893) and Suzanne Lenglen (1919–1921) hold the record for most consecutive wins in the ladies' singles with three victories each.

[5] In the Open Era, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Martina Navratilova (1978–1979, 1982–1987, 1990) holds the record for most victories with nine.

[5] This event has been won without the loss of a set during the Open Era, by the following players: Billie Jean King in 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975, Margaret Court in 1970, Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1971 and 1980, Chris Evert in 1974 and 1981, Martina Navratilova in 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1990, Steffi Graf in 1992 and 1996, Jana Novotná in 1998, Lindsay Davenport in 1999, Venus Williams in 2000, 2007 and 2008, Serena Williams in 2002, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2016, Petra Kvitová in 2011 and 2014 and Marion Bartoli in 2013.

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Lottie Dod was a five-time champion and is the youngest ever winner of the ladies' singles championships (15 years and 285 days).
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Charlotte Cooper Sterry was a five-time champion and is the oldest ladies' singles champion (37 year and 282 days).
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Dorothea Lambert Chambers was a seven-time champion over a twelve-year period from 1903 to 1914.
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Suzanne Lenglen was a six-time champion.
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Helen Wills Moody was an eight-time champion between 1927 and 1938.
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Maureen Connolly competed in 1952, 1953 and 1954 and won the title on all three occasions.
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Althea Gibson won the title in 1957, the first black tennis player to do so, and successfully defended her title in 1958.
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Billie Jean King is a six-time champion.
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Martina Navratilova is a nine-time singles champion, a Grand Slam record in the Open Era for women (Margaret Court won the Australian 11 times). She won six consecutive titles from 1982 to 1987.
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Steffi Graf is a seven-time champion over a nine-year period from 1988 to 1996.
Serena Williams is a seven-time champion.
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Venus Williams is a five-time champion over a nine-year period from 2000 to 2008.
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Petra Kvitová is a two-time champion, and created a first in 2011, when she became the first player, male or female, born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam tournament title.
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The Ladies' Singles plate (right) with the Gentlemen's Singles trophy (left).