La edición 2025 es la 99ª en la historia del certamen femenino del Australian Open y la 57ª desde la Era Abierta (1969). El campeonato comenzó a disputarse en 1922, primero con el césped como superficie y desde 1988 jugándose en cancha dura.
La local Margaret Court es la jugadora con más títulos en la historia del torneo con 11, 7 de ellos en la era amateur y 4 durante el profesionalismo. La más ganadora de la era rentada es Serena Williams, con 7 coronas. Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf y Monica Seles también ganaron cuatro veces el Australian Open como profesionales.
The Sporting News presenta a todas las campeonas del Australian Open.
Todas las campeonas del Australian Open
| Edición | Campeona | Subcampeona |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Aryna Sabalenka | Qinwen Zheng |
| 2023 | Aryna Sabalenka | Elena Rybakina |
| 2022 | Ashleigh Barty | Danielle Collins |
| 2021 | Naomi Osaka | Jennifer Brady |
| 2020 | Sofia Kenin | Garbiñe Muguruza |
| 2019 | Naomi Osaka | Petra Kvitova |
| 2018 | Caroline Wozniacki | Simona Halep |
| 2017 | Serena Williams | Venus Williams |
| 2016 | Angelique Kerber | Serena Williams |
| 2015 | Serena Williams | Maria Sharapova |
| 2014 | Li Na | Dominika Cibulkova |
| 2013 | Victoria Azarenka | Li Na |
| 2012 | Victoria Azarenka | Maria Sharapova |
| 2011 | Kim Clijsters | Li Na |
| 2010 | Serena Williams | Justine Henin |
| 2009 | Serena Williams | Dinara Safina |
| 2008 | Maria Sharapova | Ana Ivanovic |
| 2007 | Serena Williams | Maria Sharapova |
| 2006 | Amelie Mauresmo | Justine Henin |
| 2005 | Serena Williams | Lindsay Davenport |
| 2004 | Justine Henin | Kim Clijsters |
| 2003 | Serena Williams | Venus Williams |
| 2002 | Jennifer Capriati | Martina Hingis |
| 2001 | Jennifer Capriati | Martina Hingis |
| 2000 | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis |
| 1999 | Martina Hingis | Amelie Mauresmo |
| 1998 | Martina Hingis | Conchita Martínez |
| 1997 | Martina Hingis | Mary Pierce |
| 1996 | Monica Seles | Anke Huber |
| 1995 | Mary Pierce | Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario |
| 1994 | Steffi Graf | Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario |
| 1993 | Monica Seles | Steffi Graf |
| 1992 | Monica Seles | Mary Joe Fernandez |
| 1991 | Monica Seles | Jana Novotna |
| 1990 | Steffi Graf | Mary Joe Fernandez |
| 1989 | Steffi Graf | Helena Sukova |
| 1988 | Steffi Graf | Chris Evert |
| 1987 | Hana Mandlikova | Martina Navratilova |
| 1985 | Martina Navratilova | Chris Evert |
| 1984 | Chris Evert | Helena Sukova |
| 1983 | Martina Navratilova | Kathy Jordan |
| 1982 | Chris Evert | Martina Navratilova |
| 1981 | Martina Navratilova | Chris Evert |
| 1980 | Hana Mandlikova | Wendy Turnbull |
| 1979 | Barbara Jordan | Sharon Walsh |
| 1978 | Chris O'Neil | Betsy Nagelsen |
| 1977 | Evonne Goolagong | Helen Gourlay |
| 1977 | Kerry Melville Reid | Dianne Fromholtz |
| 1976 | Evonne Goolagong | Renata Tomanova |
| 1975 | Evonne Goolagong | Martina Navratilova |
| 1974 | Evonne Goolagong | Chris Evert |
| 1973 | Margaret Court | Evonne Goolagong |
| 1972 | Virginia Wade | Evonne Goolagong |
| 1971 | Margaret Court | Evonne Goolagong |
| 1970 | Margaret Court | Kerry Melville |
| 1969 | Margaret Court | Billie Jean King |
| 1968 | Billie Jean King | Margaret Court |
| 1967 | Nancy Richey | Lesley Turner Bowrey |
| 1966 | Margaret Smith | Nancy Richey |
| 1965 | Margaret Smith | Maria Bueno |
| 1964 | Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner Bowrey |
| 1963 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane |
| 1962 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane |
| 1961 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane |
| 1960 | Margaret Smith | Jan Lehane |
| 1959 | Mary Carter Reitano | Renee Schurman |
| 1958 | Angela Mortimer | Lorraine Coghlan |
| 1957 | Shirley Fry Irvin | Althea Gibson |
| 1956 | Mary Carter Reitano | Thelma Coyne Lang |
| 1955 | Beryl Penrose | Thelma Coyne Lang |
| 1954 | Thelma Coyne Lang | Jenny Staley |
| 1953 | Maureen Connolly | Julia Sampson Hayward |
| 1952 | Thelma Coyne Lang | Helen Angwin |
| 1951 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Thelma Coyne Lang |
| 1950 | Louise Brough | Doris Hart |
| 1949 | Doris Hart | Nancye Wynne Bolton |
| 1948 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Marie Toomey |
| 1947 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Nell Hall Hopman |
| 1946 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Joyce Fitch |
| 1940 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Thelma Coyne Lang |
| 1939 | Emily Hood Westacott | Nell Hall Hopman |
| 1938 | Dorothy Cheney | Dorothy Stevenson |
| 1937 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Emily Hood Westacott |
| 1936 | Joan Hartigan | Nancye Wynne Bolton |
| 1935 | Dorothy Round | Nancy Lyle |
| 1934 | Joan Hartigan | Margaret Molesworth |
| 1933 | Joan Hartigan | Coral Buttsworth |
| 1932 | Coral Buttsworth | Kathleen Le Messurier |
| 1931 | Coral Buttsworth | Marjorie Cox Crawford |
| 1930 | Daphne Akhurst | Sylvia Lance Harper |
| 1929 | Daphne Akhurst | Louie Bickerton |
| 1928 | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd |
| 1927 | Esna Boyd | Sylvia Lance Harper |
| 1926 | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd |
| 1925 | Daphne Akhurst | Esna Boyd |
| 1924 | Sylvia Lance Harper | Esna Boyd |
| 1923 | Margaret Molesworth | Esna Boyd |
| 1922 | Margaret Molesworth | Esna Boyd |