The conclusion of the 2024 Women`s Singles tournament at Wimbledon has cemented a remarkable passage in the annals of professional tennis, establishing a new Open Era record for Grand Slams. With the crowning of this year`s champion, Wimbledon has now seen nine different players lift the coveted Venus Rosewater Dish in nine consecutive tournaments where the women`s singles event was held (excluding the cancelled 2020 edition).
This extraordinary streak underscores the highly competitive nature of the current era in women`s tennis, presenting a stark contrast to periods dominated by singular, long-reigning champions. The sequence of diverse victors began in 2016 and includes a distinguished list of athletes who have each claimed their moment of glory on the grass courts of the All England Club:
- Serena Williams (2016)
- Garbine Muguruza (2017)
- Angelique Kerber (2018)
- Simona Halep (2019)
- Ashleigh Barty (2021)
- Elena Rybakina (2022)
- Marketa Vondrousova (2023)
- Barbora Krejcikova (2024)
This specific run of nine unique winners in nine contested tournaments sets a record previously unseen across all four major championships (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open) since the beginning of the Open Era in 1968. While potentially less satisfying for those seeking the narrative arcs of extended rivalries or dynastic reigns at a single major, this statistic is a powerful indicator of the depth and unpredictability present at the pinnacle of the women`s game over the past decade. It serves as a clear technical marker of an era defined by shared success rather than singular dominance at this particular prestigious event.
The achievement stands as a compelling testament to the quality and variety of talent competing at the sport`s highest level, ensuring that the path to a Wimbledon title remains one of the most challenging and open contests in professional sports, year after year.
Gilbert Pendleton 
Marcus Blakely