July is here and with it comes Wimbledon Tennis. I remember how in 2021 we were enthralled with the womens bracket when youngsters Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez dazzled us with their unlikely rise to the Wimbledon Finals. We will be tuning in again this year to see the action!
2021 Wimbledon Finals
ESPN Womens Bracket 2024
Wimbledon's Historical Womens Finals
2023: Coco Gauff (winner) def. Aryna Sabalenka (runner-up) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2022: Iga Świątek (winner) def. Ons Jabeur (runner-up) 6-2, 7-6(7-5)
2021: Emma Raducanu (winner) def. Leylah Fernandez (runner-up) 6-4, 6-3
2020: Naomi Osaka (winner) def. Victoria Azarenka (runner-up) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
2019: Bianca Andreescu (winner) def. Serena Williams (runner-up) 6-3, 7-5
2018: Naomi Osaka (winner) def. Serena Williams (runner-up) 6-2, 6-4
2017: Sloane Stephens (winner) def. Madison Keys (runner-up) 6-3, 6-0
2016: Angelique Kerber (winner) def. Karolína Plíšková (runner-up) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2015: Flavia Pennetta (winner) def. Roberta Vinci (runner-up) 7-6, 6-2
2014: Serena Williams (winner) def. Caroline Wozniacki (runner-up) 6-3, 6-3
2013: Serena Williams (winner) def. Victoria Azarenka (runner-up) 7-5, 6-7, 6-1
2012: Serena Williams (winner) def. Victoria Azarenka (runner-up) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
2011: Samantha Stosur (winner) def. Serena Williams (runner-up) 6-2, 6-3
2010: Kim Clijsters (winner) def. Vera Zvonareva (runner-up) 6-2, 6-1
2009: Kim Clijsters (winner) def. Caroline Wozniacki (runner-up) 7-5, 6-3
2008: Serena Williams (winner) def. Jelena Janković (runner-up) 6-4, 7-5
2007: Justine Henin (winner) def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (runner-up) 6-1, 6-3
2006: Maria Sharapova (winner) def. Justine Henin-Hardenne (runner-up) 6-4, 6-4
2005: Kim Clijsters (winner) def. Mary Pierce (runner-up) 6-3, 6-1
2004: Svetlana Kuznetsova (winner) def. Elena Dementieva (runner-up) 6-3, 7-5
2003: Justine Henin-Hardenne (winner) def. Kim Clijsters (runner-up) 7-5, 6-1
2002: Serena Williams (winner) def. Venus Williams (runner-up) 6-4, 6-3
2001: Venus Williams (winner) def. Serena Williams (runner-up) 6-2, 6-4
2000: Venus Williams (winner) def. Lindsay Davenport (runner-up) 6-4, 7-5
1999: Serena Williams (winner) def. Martina Hingis (runner-up) 6-3, 7-6(7-4)
1998: Lindsay Davenport (winner) def. Martina Hingis (runner-up) 6-3, 7-5
1997: Martina Hingis (winner) def. Venus Williams (runner-up) 6-0, 6-4
1996: Steffi Graf (winner) def. Monica Seles (runner-up) 7-5, 6-4
1995: Steffi Graf (winner) def. Monica Seles (runner-up) 7-6(8-6), 0-6, 6-3
1994: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (winner) def. Steffi Graf (runner-up) 1-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-4
1993: Steffi Graf (winner) def. Helena Suková (runner-up) 6-3, 6-3
1992: Monica Seles (winner) def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (runner-up) 6-3, 6-3
1991: Monica Seles (winner) def. Martina Navratilova (runner-up) 7-6(7-1), 6-1
1990: Gabriela Sabatini (winner) def. Steffi Graf (runner-up) 6-2, 7-6(7-4)
1989: Steffi Graf (winner) def. Martina Navratilova (runner-up) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
1988: Steffi Graf (winner) def. Gabriela Sabatini (runner-up) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
1987: Martina Navratilova (winner) def. Steffi Graf (runner-up) 7-6(7-4), 6-1
1986: Martina Navratilova (winner) def. Helena Suková (runner-up) 6-3, 6-2
1985: Hana Mandlíková (winner) def. Martina Navratilova (runner-up) 7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)
1984: Martina Navratilova (winner) def. Chris Evert Lloyd (runner-up) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1983: Martina Navratilova (winner) def. Chris Evert Lloyd (runner-up) 6-1, 6-3
1982: Chris Evert Lloyd (winner) def. Hana Mandlíková (runner-up) 6-3, 6-1
1981: Tracy Austin (winner) def. Martina Navratilova (runner-up) 1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)
1980: Chris Evert Lloyd (winner) def. Hana Mandlíková (runner-up) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
1979: Tracy Austin (winner) def. Chris Evert Lloyd (runner-up) 6-4, 6-3
1978: Chris Evert (winner) def. Pam Shriver (runner-up) 7-5, 6-4
1977: Chris Evert (winner) def. Wendy Turnbull (runner-up) 7-6, 6-2
1976: Chris Evert (winner) def. Evonne Goolagong (runner-up) 6-3, 6-0
1975: Chris Evert (winner) def. Evonne Goolagong (runner-up) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
1974: Billie Jean King (winner) def. Evonne Goolagong (runner-up) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
1973: Margaret Court (winner) def. Evonne Goolagong (runner-up) 7-6, 5-7, 6-2
1972: Billie Jean King (winner) def. Kerry Melville (runner-up) 6-3, 7-5
1971: Billie Jean King (winner) def. Rosemary Casals (runner-up) 6-4, 7-6
1970: Margaret Court (winner) def. Rosemary Casals (runner-up) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
1969: Margaret Court (winner) def. Nancy Richey (runner-up) 6-2, 6-2
1968: Virginia Wade (winner) def. Billie Jean King (runner-up) 6-4, 6-2
1967: Billie Jean King (winner) def. Ann Haydon Jones (runner-up) 11–9, 6–4
1966: Maria Bueno (winner) def. Nancy Richey (runner-up) 6–3, 6–1
1965: Margaret Smith (winner) def. Billie Jean Moffitt (runner-up) 8–6, 7–5
1964: Maria Bueno (winner) def. Carole Caldwell Graebner (runner-up) 6–1, 6–0
1963: Maria Bueno (winner) def. Margaret Smith (runner-up) 7–5, 6–4
1962: Margaret Smith (winner) def. Darlene Hard (runner-up) 9–7, 6–4
1961: Darlene Hard (winner) def. Ann Haydon (runner-up) 6–3, 6–4
1960: Darlene Hard (winner) def. Maria Bueno (runner-up) 6–4, 10–12, 6–4
1959: Maria Bueno (winner) def. Christine Truman (runner-up) 6–1, 6–4
1958: Althea Gibson (winner) def. Darlene Hard (runner-up) 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1957: Althea Gibson (winner) def. Louise Brough (runner-up) 6–3, 6–2
1956: Shirley Fry (winner) def. Althea Gibson (runner-up) 6–3, 6–4
1955: Doris Hart (winner) def. Patricia Ward (runner-up) 6–4, 6–2
1954: Doris Hart (winner) def. Louise Brough (runner-up) 6–8, 6–1, 8–6
1953: Maureen Connolly (winner) def. Doris Hart (runner-up) 6–2, 6–4
1952: Maureen Connolly (winner) def. Doris Hart (runner-up) 6–3, 7–5
1951: Maureen Connolly (winner) def. Shirley Fry (runner-up) 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1950: Margaret Osborne duPont (winner) def. Doris Hart (runner-up) 6–4, 6–3
1949: Margaret Osborne duPont (winner) def. Doris Hart (runner-up) 6–3, 6–1
1948: Margaret Osborne duPont (winner) def. Louise Brough (runner-up) 4–6, 6–4, 15–13
Current Womens Rankings
1 - Iga Swiatek
2 - Coco Gauff
3 - Aryna Sabalenka
4 - Elena Rybakina
5 - Jessica Pegula
6 - Marketa Vondrousova
7 - Jasmine Paolini
8 - Zheng Qinwen
9 - Maria Sakkari
10 - Ons Jabeur
11 - Danielle Collins
12 - Daria Kasatkina
13 - Madison Keys
14 - Jelena Ostapenko
15 - Liudmila Samsonova
16 - Victoria Azarenka
17 - Emma Navarro
18 - Anna Kalinskaya
19 - Marta Kostyuk
20 - Beatriz Haddad Maia
21 - Elina Svitolina
22 - Ekaterina Alexandrova
23 - Mirra Andreeva
24 - Caroline Garcia
25 - Leylah Fernandez
26 - Linda Noskova
27 - Dayana Yastremska
28 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
29 - Katie Boulter
30 - Diana Shnaider
31 - Sorana Cirstea
32 - Barbora Krejcikova
33 - Elise Mertens
34 - Karolina Muchova
35 - Yulia Putintseva
36 - Katerina Siniakova
37 - Donna Vekic
38 - Veronika Kudermetova
39 - Yuan Yue
40 - Marie Bouzkova
41 - Anastasia Potapova
42 - Wang Xinyu
43 - Elisabetta Cocciaretto
44 - Magda Linette
45 - Clara Burel
46 - Karolina Pliskova
47 - Anhelina Kalinina
48 - Viktoriya Tomova
49 - Sofia Kenin
50 - Sloane Stephens
51 - Caroline Dolehide
52 - Peyton Stearns
53 - Diane Parry
54 - Wang Xiyu
55 - Sara Sorribes Tormo
56 - Arantxa Rus
57 - Ana Bogdan
58 - Magdalena Frech
59 - Lesia Tsurenko
60 - Anna Blinkova
61 - Zhu Lin
62 - Jaqueline Cristian
63 - Tatjana Maria
64 - Cristina Bucsa
65 - Nadia Podoroska
66 - Clara Tauson
67 - Viktorija Golubic
68 - Moyuka Uchijima
69 - Katie Volynets
70 - Varvara Gracheva
71 - Wang Yafan
72 - Laura Siegemund
73 - Tamara Korpatsch
74 - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
75 - Ashlyn Krueger
76 - Taylor Townsend
77 - Elina Avanesyan
78 - Mayar Sherif
79 - Oceane Dodin
80 - Greet Minnen
81 - Lucia Bronzetti
82 - Daria Saville
83 - Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
84 - Camila Osorio
85 - Petra Martic
86 - Sara Errani
87 - Maria Lourdes Carle
88 - Brenda Fruhvirtova
89 - Martina Trevisan
90 - Jule Niemeier
91 - Caroline Wozniacki
92 - Belinda Bencic
93 - Paula Badosa
94 - Nao Hibino
95 - Bai Zhuoxuan
96 - Anna Bondar
97 - Bernarda Pera
98 - Renata Zarazua
99 - Hailey Baptiste
100 - Harriet Dart
101 - Erika Andreeva
102 - Maria Timofeeva
103 - Arina Rodionova
104 - Kamilla Rakhimova
105 - Rebecca Sramkova
106 - Julia Riera
107 - Emina Bektas
108 - Darja Semenistaja
109 - Rebeka Masarova
110 - Laura Pigossi
111 - Mai Hontama
112 - Tamara Zidansek
113 - Naomi Osaka
114 - Claire Liu
115 - Chloe Paquet
116 - Olga Danilovic
117 - Jana Fett
118 - Sara Bejlek
119 - McCartney Kessler
120 - Marina Bassols Ribera
121 - Alycia Parks
122 - Emiliana Arango
123 - Lulu Sun
124 - Aliaksandra Sasnovich
125 - Petra Kvitova
126 - Irina-Camelia Begu
127 - Dalma Galfi
128 - Kayla Day
129 - Eva Lys
130 - Daria Snigur
131 - Alize Cornet
132 - Kimberly Birrell
133 - Jessika Ponchet
134 - Panna Udvardy
135 - Emma Raducanu
136 - Ajla Tomljanovic
137 - Zeynep Sonmez
138 - Suzan Lamens
139 - Sachia Vickery
140 - Astra Sharma
141 - Rebecca Marino
142 - Anca Todoni
143 - Ann Li
144 - Storm Hunter
145 - Kaja Juvan
146 - Taylah Preston
147 - Linda Fruhvirtova
148 - Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
149 - Dominika Salkova
150 - Lucrezia Stefanini
Women's Major Title All-Time Winners
1. Margaret Court: 24 titles (13 pre-Open Era, 11 Open Era)
2. Serena Williams: 23 titles
3. Steffi Graf: 22 titles
4. Helen Wills Moody: 19 titles
5. Chris Evert: 18 titles
6. Martina Navratilova: 18 titles
7. Billie Jean King: 12 titles (4 pre-Open Era, 8 Open Era)
8. Maureen Connolly: 9 titles
9. Monica Seles: 9 titles
10. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory: 8 titles
11. Suzanne Lenglen: 8 titles
12. Dorothea Lambert Chambers: 7 titles
13. Maria Bueno: 7 titles
14. Evonne Goolagong: 7 titles
15. Venus Williams: 7 titles
16. Justine Henin: 7 titles
17. Nancye Wynne Bolton: 6 titles
18. Blanche Bingley: 6 titles
19. Margaret Osborne duPont: 6 titles
20. Louise Brough Clapp: 6 titles
21. Doris Hart: 6 titles
22. Shirley Fry Irvin: 4 titles
23. Kim Clijsters: 4 titles
24. Hana Mandlíková: 4 titles
25. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: 4 titles
26. Naomi Osaka: 4 titles
27. Iga Świątek: 4 titles
28. Lottie Dod: 3 titles
29. Alice Marble: 3 titles
30. Pauline Betz Addie: 3 titles
31. Tracy Austin: 3 titles
32. Virginia Wade: 3 titles
33. Lindsay Davenport: 3 titles
34. Jennifer Capriati: 3 titles
35. Maria Sharapova: 5 titles
36. Martina Hingis: 5 titles
37. Angelique Kerber: 3 titles
38. Ash Barty: 3 titles