WTA World Championship Past Winners

The WTA World Championship is an end of year tournament with the best players in the world, and started in 1971. Since then it has been in several different locations and has used three types of court - carpet, clay(for 1 year) and hard court. At first it was best of 3 sets but between 1983 and 1998 they changed it to best of 5 sets. The latest tournaments were in Doha and they will be in Istanbul for the next 3 years. Here is the table of past winners.

Past WTA World Championship winners

Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Score
1971	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville Reid	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1972	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville Reid	7-5, 6-4
1973	Chris Evert	Nancy Richey Gunter	6-3, 6-3
1974	Evonne Cawley	Chris Evert	6-3, 6-4
1975	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova	6-4, 6-2
1976	Evonne Cawley	Chris Evert	6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1977	Chris Evert	Sue Barker	2-6, 6-1, 6-1
1978	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Cawley	7-6(0), 6-4
1979	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1980	Tracy Austin	Martina Navratilova	6-2, 2-6, 6-2
1981	Martina Navratilova	Andrea Jaegar	6-3, 7-6(3)
1982	Sylvia Hanika	Martina Navratilova	1-6, 6-3, 6-4
1983	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6-2, 6-0
1984	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert	6-3, 7-5, 6-1
1985	Martina Navratilova	Helena Sukova	6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1986 (Mar)	Martina Navratilova	Hana Mandikova	6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
1986 (Nov)	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf	7-6(6), 6-3, 6-2
1987	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-4
1988	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver	7-5, 6-2, 6-2
1989	Steffi Graf	Martina Navratilova	6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1990	Monica Seles	Gabriela Sabatini	6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1991	Monica Seles	Martina Navratilova	6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
1992	Monica Seles	Martina Navratilova	7-5, 6-3, 6-1
1993	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Vicario	6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
1994	Gabriela Sabatini	Lindsay Davenport	6-3, 6-2, 6-4
1995	Steffi Graf	Anke Huber	6-1, 2-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1996	Steffi Graf	Martina Hingis	6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0
1997	Jana Novotna	Mary Pierce	7-6, 6-2, 6-3
1998	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport	7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1999	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6-4, 6-2
2000	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles	6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
2001	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport	ret
2002	Kim Clisters	Serena Williams	7-5, 6-3
2003	Kim Clisters	Amelie Mauresmo	6-2, 6-0
2004	Maria Sharapova	Serena Williams	4-6, 6-2, 6-4
2005	Amelie Mauresmo	Mary Pierce	5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4
2006	Justine Henin	Amelie Mauresmo	6-4, 6-3
2007	Justine Henin	Maria Sharapova	5-7, 7-5, 6-3
2008	Venus Williams	Vera Zvonareva	6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2
2009	Serena Williams	Venus Williams	6-2, 7-6(4)
2010	Kim Clisters	Caroline Wozniacki	6-3, 5-7, 6-3