Year
|
Player
|
Nation represented
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Other announced finalists
|
1993
|
Monica Seles
|
FR Yugoslavia
|
|
1994
|
Steffi Graf
|
Germany
|
|
1995
|
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
|
Spain
|
|
1996
|
Steffi Graf
|
Germany
|
|
1997
|
Steffi Graf
|
Germany
|
|
1998
|
Martina Hingis
|
Switzerland
|
|
1999
|
Lindsay Davenport
|
United States
|
Martina Hingis ( Switzerland) Venus Williams ( United States) Serena Williams ( United States)
|
2000
|
Lindsay Davenport
|
United States
|
|
2001
|
Venus Williams
|
United States
|
Lindsay Davenport ( United States) Martina Hingis ( Switzerland) Serena Williams ( United States)
|
2002
|
Venus Williams
|
United States
|
Jennifer Capriati ( United States) Serena Williams ( United States)
|
2003
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Jennifer Capriati ( United States) Kim Clijsters ( Belgium) Venus Williams ( United States)
|
2004
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Kim Clijsters ( Belgium) Justine Henin-Hardenne ( Belgium)
|
2005
|
Maria Sharapova
|
Russia
|
Lindsay Davenport ( United States) Justine Henin-Hardenne ( Belgium) Svetlana Kuznetsova ( Russia) Serena Williams ( United States)
|
2006
|
Venus Williams
|
United States
|
Kim Clijsters ( Belgium) Justine Henin-Hardenne ( Belgium) Amélie Mauresmo ( France)
|
2007
|
Maria Sharapova
|
Russia
|
Justine Henin ( Belgium) Jelena Janković ( Serbia) Serena Williams ( United States)
|
2008
|
Maria Sharapova
|
Russia
|
Justine Henin ( Belgium) Ana Ivanovic ( Serbia)
|
2009
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Dinara Safina ( Russia) Svetlana Kuznetsova ( Russia)
|
2010
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Venus Williams ( United States) Kim Clijsters ( Belgium)
|
2011
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Kim Clijsters ( Belgium) Li Na ( China) Caroline Wozniacki ( Denmark)
|
2012
|
Maria Sharapova
|
Russia
|
Victoria Azarenka ( Belarus) Petra Kvitová ( Czech Republic) Samantha Stosur ( Australia)
|
2013
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Victoria Azarenka ( Belarus) Maria Sharapova ( Russia)
|
2014
|
Maria Sharapova
|
Russia
|
Li Na ( China) Agnieszka Radwańska ( Poland) Serena Williams ( United States)
|
2015
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Simona Halep ( Romania) Petra Kvitová ( Czech Republic) Maria Sharapova ( Russia)
|
2016
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Flavia Pennetta ( Italy) Garbiñe Muguruza ( Spain) Angelique Kerber ( Germany)
|
2017
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Angelique Kerber ( Germany) JeÄĽena Ostapenko ( Latvia) Monica Puig ( United States)
|
2018
|
Sloane Stephens
|
United States
|
Simona Halep ( Romania Garbiñe Muguruza ( Spain) Caroline Wozniacki ( Denmark)
|
2019
|
Serena Williams
|
United States
|
Naomi Osaka ( Japan) Simona Halep ( Romania) Petra Kvitová ( Czech Republic)
|
2020
|
Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|
2021
|
Naomi Osaka
|
Japan
|
Victoria Azarenka ( Belarus) Ashleigh Barty ( Australia) Sofia Kenin ( United States)
|
2022
|
Emma Raducanu
|
United Kingdom
|
Ashleigh Barty ( Australia) Iga ĹšwiÄ…tek ( Poland) Leylah Fernandez ( Canada)
|