Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–0, 6–0, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1988 French Open. The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes, however just 32 minutes of playing time, split into two periods of nine and 23 minutes due to a rain break. It is the only "double bagel" Grand Slam final of the Open Era.
World No. 2 and second-seeded Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1987 French Open. Third-seeded Chris Evert was the defending champion, but she lost in the semifinals to world No. 1 Martina Navratilova.
Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Five-time defending champion Martina Navratilova successfully defended her title, defeating Steffi Graf in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships.
Sara Errani is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 WTA singles titles and 27 doubles titles she is the Italian tennis player winning the highest number of WTA titles ever. She entered in Top 10 on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks, and reaching her career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. Became the world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 10 September 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks.
Manuela Maleeva was the defending champion of the singles title at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Kansas tennis tournament but did not compete that year.
Maria Sharapova defeated Sara Errani in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 French Open. This was Sharapova's first French Open title and she completed the career Grand Slam. It was her first Grand Slam since winning the 2008 Australian Open and her first since major shoulder surgery which threatened to end her career four years prior. Sharapova only lost one set the entire tournament, to Klára Zakopalová in the fourth round.
Serena Williams defeated Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. It was her fifth Wimbledon singles title and her 14th major singles title overall. Radwańska became the first Pole to reach a major singles final in the Open Era.
Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 US Open. Azarenka served for the championship and led 5–3 in the third set. It was the first time since 1995 that the final went to three sets. With the victory, Williams became the third woman in history to win Wimbledon, the Olympics, and the US Open in the same season after Steffi Graf and her sister Venus Williams. Williams lost only one set during the tournament, to Azarenka in the final.
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Li Na in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 Australian Open.
Li Na defeated Dominika Cibulková in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Australian Open. Li became the first Asian Australian Open champion and sixth woman to win the title after being match point down.
Gigi Fernández and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but participated with different partners in this tournament. Novotná played alongside Larisa Neiland, and lost in the semifinals to Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.
Monica Seles won her first Grand Slam tennis tournament, defeating previous year's finalist Steffi Graf in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1990 French Open. Seles saved four set points in the first-set tiebreaker. Aged 16 and 6 months, she became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner in the Open Era, only to be surpassed by Martina Hingis seven years later. Seles remains the youngest French Open champion. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Mercedes Paz.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová defeated Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5), to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2015 Australian Open. Mattek-Sands and Šafářová were playing for the first time as a team in a tournament and each won their first Grand Slam women's doubles title. The victory made them the first new pairing to win the women's doubles tournament at the Australian Open since 2005, as well as the first to win a Grand Slam women's doubles title since the 2007 US Open. After defeating five seeded pairings en route to the win, they became the first unseeded women's doubles duo to clinch the title at the Australian Open since 2012.
There was no women's tournament held in the previous year. Rafaella Reggi was the champion in the 1985 edition. She lost in the second round to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
There was no women's tournament held in the previous year. Sandra Cecchini and Raffaella Reggi were the champions in the 1985 edition. Both players competed this year with different partners. Cecchini teamed up with Sabrina Goleš and lost in the second round to tournament runners-up Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková, while Reggi teamed up with Anne White and lost in the first round to Virginia Ruzici and Catherine Tanvier.
In the first edition of the tournament, Katia Piccolini won the title by defeating Silvia Farina 6–2, 6–3 in the final.
Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová were the defending champions Strýcová retired from professional tennis in May 2021., while Hsieh played alongside Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Sharon Fichman and Giuliana Olmos.
Defending champion Leylah Fernandez successfully defended her title, defeating Camila Osorio in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3) to win the Singles title at the 2022 Monterrey Open. Fernandez saved five championship points in the final set.
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