Last American woman to win Wimbledon: How Amanda Anisimova can snap USA’s 8-year drought in 2025

Wimbledon is one of the four tennis majors of the year. It is the third on the calendar following the Australian Open in January, the French Open in May and precedes the U.S. Open in September. 

The 2025 iteration of Wimbledon is coming to a close. It was a wild tournament with many of the top seeds, especially the Americans, being eliminated early. The finals will feature the No. 8 draw Iga Swiatek taking on No. 13 Amanda Anisimova. Swiatek is from Poland, while Anisimova is from the United States, with both competitors looking to win their first Wimbledon title of their careers. 

A win for Anisimova would be even more special, since it would be the first major win of her career. It would come at a good time, as an American hasn’t won the Wimbledon women’s singles title in almost a decade. This is the longest stretch that an American woman hasn’t won at Wimbledon since they went winless from 1991 to 1998. 

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Here is more on the last American woman to win Wimbledon, and how Anisimova can end a near-decade-long streak. 

Who is the last American to win Wimbledon women’s singles title?

Serena Williams is the last American woman to win a Wimbledon singles title. She won Wimbledon an impressive seven times, including 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016. 

Williams 2016 win was over Germany’s Angelique Kerber. It was a hard fought match, but Williams won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3. Williams was the No. 1 seeded competitor that year, and showed it from her dominance. She only went to three sets in one of her seven matches that year. 

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Who is the last American to reach Wimbledon women’s singles final?

The last three times an American woman has reached the Wimbledon singles final, they have had the last name Williams. Serena did it most recently in 2019. She also made the finals in 2018, while her sister Venus made the finals in 2017, all in losing efforts. Serena made the Wimbledon finals 11 times in her career. Venus made the Wimbledon finals nine times, winning five of them, with the most recent being in 2008. 

Serena’s most recent loss in 2019 was to Simona Halep. She lost in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, just as she had to Kerber in 2018.

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American women to win Wimbledon women’s singles titles

Historically, American women have done very well at Wimbledon. All told, an American tennis player has won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon 57 times. Martina Navratilova not only has the most Wimbledon singles titles for an American, but she also has the most in history with nine all-time. Helen Wills Moody is second all-time with eight, and Serena Williams is tied for third all-time with seven championships.