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Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Venus Williams in the final, 7-5, 6-0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was her second major singles title.[2][3] She dropped just one set during the tournament, to Angelique Kerber in the fourth round.
Serena Williams was the two-time reigning champion, but did not participate due to pregnancy.[4]
Venus Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova in 1994, and played her 100th Wimbledon singles match in the quarterfinals; it was her first Wimbledon final since 2009 and (by virtue of her run to the Australian Open final) marked the first time she reached multiple major finals in a calendar year since 2003.[5]Johanna Konta became the first Briton to reach the semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978,[6] and Magdaléna Rybáriková became the first Slovak woman to reach the semifinals.[7]
The tournament was the 17th consecutive women's singles major to feature a first-time semifinalist (Rybáriková), dating back to 2013 Wimbledon.[8][9]