<Tr> <Td> ← 2016 </Td> <Td> Wimbledon Championships </Td> <Td> 2018 → </Td> </Tr> <P> Serena Williams was the two - time defending champion, but did not defend her title because of pregnancy . </P> <P> Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7--5, 6--0 . Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994 . Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slams singles finals . </P> <P> Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon when she defeated Jeļena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals . Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach the semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978, and Magdaléna Rybáriková became the first Slovak woman to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon . </P>

Who won the women's wimbledon championship this year