2012 - Maria Sharapova
2011 - Li Na
2010 - Francesca Schiavone
2009 - Svetlana Kuznetsova
2008 - Ana Ivanovic
2007 - Justine Henin
2006 - Justine Henin-Hardenne
2005 - Justine Henin-Hardenne
2004 - Anastasia Myskina
2003 - Justine Henin-Hardenne
2002 - Serena Williams
2001 - Jennifer Capriati
2000 - Mary Pierce
1999 - Steffi Graf
1998 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
1997 - Iva Majoli
1996 - Steffi Graf
1995 - Steffi Graf
1994 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
1993 - Steffi Graf
1992 - Monica Seles
1991 - Monica Seles
1990 - Monica Seles
1989 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
1988 - Steffi Graf
1987 - Steffi Graf
1986 - Chris Evert Lloyd
1985 - Chris Evert Lloyd
1984 - Martina Navratilova
1983 - Chris Evert Lloyd
1982 - Martina Navratilova
1981 - Hana Mandlikova
1980 - Chris Evert Lloyd
1979 - Chris Evert Lloyd
1978 - Virginia Ruzici
1977 - Mima Jausovec
1976 - Sue Barker
1975 - Chris Evert
1974 - Chris Evert
1973 - Margaret Smith Court
1972 - Billie Jean King
1971 - Evonne Goolagong
1970 - Margaret Smith Court
1969 - Margaret Smith Court
1968 - Nancy Richey
1967 - Francoise Durr
1966 - Ann Haydon Jones
1965 - Lesley Turner
1964 - Margaret Smith
1963 - Lesley Turner
1962 - Margaret Smith
1961 - Ann Haydon
1960 - Darlene Hard
1959 - Christine Truman
1958 - Suzi Kormoczi
1957 - Shirley Bloomer
1956 - Althea Gibson
1955 - Angela Mortimer
1954 - Maureen Connolly
1953 - Maureen Connolly
1952 - Doris Hart
1951 - Shirley Fry
1950 - Doris Hart
1949 - Margaret Osborne duPont
1948 - Nelly Adamson Landry
1947 - Pat Canning Todd
1946 - Margaret Osborne
1940-45 - No tournament, World War II
1939 - Simone Passemard Mathieu
1938 - Simone Passemard Mathieu
1937 - Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling
1936 - Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling
1935 - Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling
1934 - Margaret Scriven
1933 - Margaret Scriven
1932 - Helen Wills Moody
1931 - Cilly Aussem
1930 - Helen Wills Moody
1929 - Helen Wills
1928 - Helen Wills
1927 - Kea Bouman
1926 - Suzanne Lenglen
1925 - Suzanne Lenglen
NOTE: Prior to 1925, the French Open was restricted to French players.