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2014 — Petra Kvitova def. Eugenie Bouchard, 6-3, 6-0.
1992 — Steffi Graf def. Monica Seles, 6-2, 6-1.
1983 — Martina Navratilova def. Andrea Jaeger, 6-0, 6-3.
1975 — Billie Jean King def. Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6-0, 6-1.
1951 — Doris Hart def. Shirley Fry, 6-1, 6-0.
1939 — Alice Marble def. Kay Stammers, 6-2, 6-0.
1929 — Helen Wills def. Helen Jacobs, 6-1, 6-2.
1925 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0.
1922 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, 6-2, 6-0.
1921 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Elizabeth Ryan, 6-2, 6-0.
1920 — Suzanne Lenglen def. Dorothea Douglass Chambers, 6-3, 6-0.
1911 — Dorothea Douglass Chambers def. Dora Boothby, 6-0, 6-0.
1904 — Dorothea Douglass def. Charlotte Cooper Sterry, 6-0, 6-3.
1894 — Blanche Bingley Hillyard def. Edith Austin, 6-1, 6-1.
1892 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-1, 6-1.
1891 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-1.
1887 — Lottie Dod def. Blanche Bingley Hillyard, 6-2, 6-0.
From 1885 through 1921, a challenge round format was in effect. In the challenge round system, the defending champion played only one match against the winner of an all-comers tournament. When the champion didn't defend, the previous all-comers winner acted as defending "champion."
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