List of U.S. Open Women's Singles champions

Year^[d]	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the final^[3]
1968	GBR	Wade, VirginiaVirginia Wade	USA	King, Billie JeanBillie Jean King	6–4, 6–2
1969	AUS	Court, MargaretMargaret Court	USA	Richey Gunter, NancyNancy Richey Gunter	6–2, 6–2
1970	AUS	Court, MargaretMargaret Court	USA	Casals, RosemaryRosemary Casals	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1971	USA	King, Billie JeanBillie Jean King	USA	Casals, RosemaryRosemary Casals	6–4, 7–6
1972	USA	King, Billie JeanBillie Jean King	AUS	Melville Reid, KerryKerry Melville Reid	6–3, 7–5
1973	AUS	Court, MargaretMargaret Court	AUS	Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
1974	USA	King, Billie JeanBillie Jean King	AUS	Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1975	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	AUS	Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1976	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	AUS	Goolagong Cawley, EvonneEvonne Goolagong Cawley	6–3, 6–0
1977	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	AUS	Turnbull, WendyWendy Turnbull	7–6, 6–2
1978	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	USA	Shriver, PamPam Shriver	7–5, 6–4
1979	USA	Austin, TracyTracy Austin	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	6–4, 6–3
1980	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	TCH^[g]	Mandlíková, HanaHana Mandlíková	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1981	USA	Austin, TracyTracy Austin	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–1)
1982	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	TCH	Mandlíková, HanaHana Mandlíková	6–3, 6–1
1983	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	6–1, 6–3
1984	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	USA	Evert, ChrisChris Evert	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1985	TCH^[g]	Mandlíková, HanaHana Mandlíková	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	7–6^(7–3), 1–6, 7–6^(7–2)
1986	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	TCH	Suková, HelenaHelena Suková	6–3, 6–2
1987	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	FRG^[h]	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
1988	FRG^[h]	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	ARG	Sabatini, GabrielaGabriela Sabatini	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1989	FRG	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
1990	ARG	Sabatini, GabrielaGabriela Sabatini	FRG	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
1991	YUG	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	USA	Navrátilová, MartinaMartina Navrátilová	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
1992	SCG	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
1993	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	CZE	Suková, HelenaHelena Suková	6–3, 6–3
1994	ESP	Sánchez Vicario, ArantxaArantxa Sánchez Vicario	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	1–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
1995	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	USA	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	7–6^(7–5), 0–6, 6–3
1996	GER	Graf, SteffiSteffi Graf	USA	Seles, MonicaMonica Seles	7–5, 6–4
1997	SUI	Hingis, MartinaMartina Hingis	USA	Williams, VenusVenus Williams	6–0, 6–4
1998	USA	Davenport, LindsayLindsay Davenport	SUI	Hingis, MartinaMartina Hingis	6–3, 7–5
1999	USA	Williams, SerenaSerena Williams	SUI	Hingis, MartinaMartina Hingis	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2000	USA	Williams, VenusVenus Williams	USA	Davenport, LindsayLindsay Davenport	6–4, 7–5
2001	USA	Williams, VenusVenus Williams	USA	Williams, SerenaSerena Williams	6–2, 6–4
2002	USA	Williams, SerenaSerena Williams	USA	Williams, VenusVenus Williams	6–4, 6–3
2003	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	BEL	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	7–5, 6–2
2004	RUS	Kuznetsova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	Dementieva, ElenaElena Dementieva	6–3, 7–5
2005	BEL	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	FRA	Pierce, MaryMary Pierce	6–3, 6–1
2006	RUS	Sharapova, MariaMaria Sharapova	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	6–4, 6–4
2007	BEL	Henin, JustineJustine Henin	RUS	Kuznetsova, SvetlanaSvetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
2008	USA	Williams, SerenaSerena Williams	SER	Janković, JelenaJelena Janković	6–4, 7–5
2009	BEL	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	DEN	Wozniacki, CarolineCaroline Wozniacki	7–5, 6–3
2010	BEL	Clijsters, KimKim Clijsters	RUS	Zvonareva, VeraVera Zvonareva	6–2, 6–1