| 1885 | Australia Annie Lamb | Australia Miss Gordon | 6–5, 6–4 |
| 1886 | Australia C. Greene | Australia Annie Lamb | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1887 | Australia Ellen Montgomerie Mayne | Australia C. Greene | 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1888 | Australia Lillian Scott | Australia Ellen Montgomerie Mayne | 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1889 | Australia Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (2) | Australia Ellen Blaxland | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 1890 | Australia Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (3) | Australia Mabel Shaw | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1891 | Australia Mary Dransfield | Australia Ellen Montgomerie Mayne | W/O |
| 1892 | Australia Mabel Shaw | Australia Mary Dransfield | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1893 | Australia Ellen Montgomerie Mayne (4) | Australia Mabel Shaw | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1894 | Australia Mary Dransfield (2) | Australia Mabel Shaw | W/O |
| 1895 | Australia Mabel Shaw (2) | Australia S. Dransfield | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1896 | New Zealand Kate Nunneley | Australia Mabel Shaw | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1897 | Australia Phoebe Howlitt | New Zealand Kate Nunneley | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1898 | Australia Phoebe Howlitt (2) | Australia Mary Dransfield | 6–4, 4–1, Ret. |
| 1899 | Australia Phoebe Howlitt (3) | Australia Rose Payton | 3–6, 10–8, 7–5 |
| 1900 | Australia Rose Payton | Australia Phoebe Howlitt | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1901 | Australia Rose Payton (2) | Australia Mary Dransfield | 6–2, Ret. |
| 1902 | Australia Rose Payton (3) | Australia Mary Dransfield | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1903 | Australia Rose Payton (4) | Australia Mrs. Beatty | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1904 | Australia Rose Payton (5) | Australia Lee | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1905 | Not Held |
| 1906 | Australia Annie Baker | Australia Gardiner | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1907 | Australia Rose Payton (6) | Australia D. Gordon | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1908 | Australia Annie Baker (2) | Australia Collings | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1909 | New Zealand Lucy Powdrell | Australia Annie Baker | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1910 | Australia Lily Addison | Australia Pearl Stewart | 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1911 | Australia Pearl Stewart | Australia Collings | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1912 | Australia Annie Baker Ford (3) | Australia Collings | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1913 | Australia Pearl Stewart (2) | Australia Annie Baker Ford | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1914 | Australia Pearl Stewart (3) | Australia Annie Baker Ford | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1915 | Australia Pearl Stewart (4) | Australia Annie Baker Ford | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1918– 1916 | Not Held |
| 1919 | Australia Margaret Molesworth | Australia Annie Baker Ford | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1920 | Australia Annie Halley | Australia Annie Baker Ford | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1921 | Australia Margaret Molesworth (2) | Australia Sylvia Lance Harper | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1922 | New Zealand Nancy Curtis | Australia Margaret Molesworth | 10–8, 5–7, 7–5 |
| 1923 | Australia Esna Boyd Robertson | Australia Margaret Molesworth | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1924 | Australia Sylvia Lance Harper | Australia Margaret Molesworth | 6–2, 8–6 |
| 1925 | Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford | Australia Annie Gray Martin | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1926 | Australia Esna Boyd Robertson (2) | Australia Daphne Akhurst | 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1927 | Australia Esna Boyd Robertson (3) | Australia Daphne Akhurst | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1928 | Australia Sylvia Lance Harper (2) | Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1929 | Australia Daphne Akhurst | Australia Kathleen Le Messurier | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1930 | Australia Louie Bickerton | Australia Emily Hood | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1931 | Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford (2) | Australia Ula Valkenburg | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1932Mar | Australia Joan Hartigan | Australia Margaret Molesworth | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1932Dec | Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford (3) | Australia Joan Hartigan | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1933 | Australia Joan Hartigan (2) | Australia Louise Bickerton | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1934 | United Kingdom Dorothy Round | Australia Emily Hood Westacott | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1935 | Australia Thelma Coyne Long | Australia Joan Hartigan | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1936 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton | Australia Nell Hall Hopman | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1937 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (2) | Australia Thelma Coyne Long | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1938 | Australia Thelma Coyne Long (2) | Australia Joan Hartigan | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1939 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (3) | Australia Thelma Coyne Long | 8–6, 6–3 |
| 1940 | Australia Thelma Coyne Long (3) | Australia Vivienne Berg | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1944– 1941 | Not Held |
| 1945 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (4) | Australia Nell Hall Hopman | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1946 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (5) | Australia Thelma Coyne Long | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1947 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (6) | Australia Marie Toomey | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1948 | United States Doris Hart | Australia Joyce Fitch Rymer | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1949 | Australia Joyce Fitch Rymer | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1950 | Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton (7) | Australia Esme Ashford | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1951 | Australia Thelma Coyne Long (4) | Australia Mary Bevis Hawton | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1952 | United States Maureen Connolly | United States Julie Sampson Haywood | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1953 | Australia Thelma Coyne Long (5) | Australia Mary Bevis Hawton | 6–1, 8–6 |
| 1954 | Australia Beryl Penrose Collier | Australia Jenny Staley | 6–0, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1955 | Australia Mary Bevis Hawton | Australia Mary Carter Reitano | 9–7, 9–7 |
| 1956 | United States Althea Gibson | United States Shirley Fry | 10–8, 6–2 |
| 1957 | Australia Lorraine Coghlan Robinson | United Kingdom Angela Mortimer | 6–4, 10–8 |
| 1958 | South Africa Renée Schuurman | Australia Jan Lehane | 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1959 | Australia Jan Lehane | Australia Mary Carter Reitano | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1960 | Australia Jan Lehane (2) | Australia Margaret Court | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1961 | Australia Margaret Court | United States Darlene Hard | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1962 | Australia Margaret Court (2) | Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey | 8–6, 6–2 |
| 1963 | Australia Margaret Court (3) | Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1964 | Australia Margaret Court (4) | United States Billie-Jean King | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Australia Margaret Court (5) | United States Nancy Richey | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1966 | Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey | Australia Kerry Reid | 6–8, 9–7, 6–3 |
| 1967 | Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton | Australia Margaret Court | walkover |
| 1968 | Not Held |
| Open Era |
| 1969 | Australia Margaret Court (6) | United States Rosemary Casals | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1970 | United States Billie-Jean King | Australia Margaret Court | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1971 | Australia Margaret Court (7) | Soviet Union Olga Morozova | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1972 | Australia Evonne Goolagong | United Kingdom Virginia Wade | 6–1, 7–6 |
| 1973 | Australia Karen Krantzcke | Australia Evonne Goolagong | 4–6, 6–3, 10–8 |
| 1974Jan | Australia Karen Krantzcke (2) | Australia Evonne Goolagong | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1974Dec | Australia Evonne Goolagong (2) | Australia Margaret Court | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1975 | Australia Evonne Goolagong (3) | United Kingdom Sue Barker | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1976 | Australia Kerry Reid | Australia Dianne Fromholtz | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1977 | Australia Evonne Goolagong (4) | United Kingdom Sue Barker | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1978 | Australia Dianne Fromholtz | Australia Wendy Turnbull | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1979 | Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková | Germany Bettina Bunge | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1980 | Australia Wendy Turnbull | United States Pam Shriver | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 1981 | United States Chris Evert | United States Martina Navratilova | 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 |
| 1982 | United States Martina Navratilova | Australia Evonne Goolagong | 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1983 | United Kingdom Jo Durie | United States Kathy Jordan | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1984 | United States Martina Navratilova (2) | United States Ann Henricksson | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1985 | United States Martina Navratilova (3) | Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1986 | Not Held |
| 1987 | United States Zina Garrison | United States Pam Shriver | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1988 | United States Pam Shriver | Czechoslovakia Helena Suková | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1989 | United States Martina Navratilova (4) | Sweden Catarina Lindqvist | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1990 | Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva | Austria Barbara Paulus | 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1991 | Czech Republic Jana Novotná | Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1992 | Argentina Gabriela Sabatini | Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1993 | United States Jennifer Capriati | Germany Anke Huber | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1994 | Japan Kimiko Date | United States Mary Joe Fernández | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1995 | Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (2) | United States Lindsay Davenport | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1996 | United States Monica Seles | United States Lindsay Davenport | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3 |
| 1997 | Switzerland Martina Hingis | United States Jennifer Capriati | 6–1, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 1998 | Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | United States Venus Williams | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1999 | United States Lindsay Davenport | Switzerland Martina Hingis | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2000 | France Amélie Mauresmo | United States Lindsay Davenport | 7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
| 2001 | Switzerland Martina Hingis (2) | United States Lindsay Davenport | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 2002 | Switzerland Martina Hingis (3) | United States Meghann Shaughnessy | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2003 | Belgium Kim Clijsters | United States Lindsay Davenport | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2004 | Belgium Justine Henin | France Amélie Mauresmo | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2005 | Australia Alicia Molik | Australia Samantha Stosur | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 |
| 2006 | Belgium Justine Henin (2) | Italy Francesca Schiavone | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 2007 | Belgium Kim Clijsters (2) | Serbia Jelena Janković | 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
| 2008 | Belgium Justine Henin (3) | Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2009 | Russia Elena Dementieva | Russia Dinara Safina | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 |
| 2010 | Russia Elena Dementieva (2) | United States Serena Williams | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2011 | China Li Na | Belgium Kim Clijsters | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
| 2012 | Belarus Victoria Azarenka | China Li Na | 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 2013 | Poland Agnieszka Radwańska | Slovakia Dominika Cibulková | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 2014 | Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova | Germany Angelique Kerber | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2015 | Czech Republic Petra Kvitová | Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6) |
| 2016 | Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova | Puerto Rico Monica Puig | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 2017 | United Kingdom Johanna Konta | Poland Agnieszka Radwańska | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2018 | Germany Angelique Kerber | Australia Ashleigh Barty | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2019 | Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (2) | Australia Ashleigh Barty | 1–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| 2020–2021 | Not held |
| 2022 | Spain Paula Badosa | Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–4) |
| 2023-2024 | Not held |