Since being introduced in 1902 the State Singles has become the prestige event on the bowls calendar. Players are left with nowhere to hide in a test of skill one on one with their opponent. The greatest winner of this event is Geoff “Doc” Oakley with five victories between 1975 and 1993.
History
| Year | Winner | Club | Runner-up | Club |
| 2024 | C Packer | Manning | W Holt | Wagin |
| 2023 | C Packer | Osborne Park | B Butler | Manning |
| 2022 | D Downey | Manning | R Bates | Doubleview |
| 2021 | B Nairn | Cambridge | W Holt | Wagin |
| 2020 | J Slavich | Doubleview | B Butler | Manning |
| 2019 | B Butler | Manning | D Trewhella | Doubleview |
| 2018 | W Holt | Wagin | M Cranswick | Claremont |
| 2017 | B Nairn | Bassendean | A Williams | Manning |
| 2016 | J Slavich | Doubleview | G Caffell | Osborne Park |
| 2015 | T Mitchell | Vict. Park Carlisle | D Patterson | Bassendean |
| 2014 | S Bainbridge | Doubleview | J Slavich | Doubleview |
| 2013 | L Richardson | Cambridge | D Rankin | Doubleview |
| 2012 | A Provost | Vict. Park Carlisle | S Withers | Mosman Park |
| 2011 | C Adams | Wanneroo | P Harris | Cambridge |
| 2010 | A Provost | Vict. Park Carlisle | L Richardson | Dalkeith Nedlands |
| 2009 | B Axford | Wanneroo | S Edmonds | Yokine |
| 2008 | J Goddard | Osborne Park | T Smallacombe | Cambridge |
| 2007 | D Opie | Hilton Park | B Galloway | Osborne Park |
| 2006 | A Provost | Leeming | D Trewhella | Osborne Park |
| 2005 | R Hughes | Cockburn | G Caffell | Tammin |
| 2004 | J Hall | Melville | C Adams | Wanneroo |
| 2003 | A Provost | Sportsmens | J Sheridan | Morley |
| 2002 | J Goddard | Osborne Park | D Evans | Mosman Park |
| 2001 | R Kuziela | North Beach | D Robertson | Doubleview |
| 2000 | R Heaton | Melville | R Bates | Doubleview |
| 1999 | S Srhoy | Cockburn | D Evans | Mosman Park |
| 1998 | S Davies | Floreat Park | K McIlroy | Doubleview |
| 1997 | J Opie | Victoria Park | D Katunarich | Doubleview |
| 1996 | R Dempsey | North Beach | K Guelfi | Carnarvon |
| 1995 | D Katunarich | Doubleview | L Cronin | Doubleview |
| 1994 | P Simonetti | Victoria Park | R Kuziela | North Beach |
| 1993 | G Oakley | North Beach | K Doncon | Wickepin |
| 1992 | M Krajancic | Cockburn | L Thorn | Scarborough |
| 1991 | G Carberry | Manning | L Thorn | Scarborough |
| 1990 | G Oakley | Melville | C Fleay | Wickepin |
| 1989 | D Katunarich | Doubleview | G Ellis | Scarborough |
| 1988 | M Krajancic | Cockburn | D Corby | Gosnells |
| 1987 | B Upton | Bunbury | D Brown | Sportsmen |
| 1986 | L Muter | Melville | N Sydenham | Kalamunda |
| 1985 | N Pascoe | Bedford | R Sexton | Floreat Park |
| 1984 | G Oakley | Melville | S Smith | Thornlie |
| 1983 | B Sharp | Cannington | D Arrowsmith | Subiaco |
| 1982 | G Oakley | Melville | L Gray | Yokine |
| 1981 | B Sharp | Cannington | F Harrison | Scarborough |
| 1980 | L Holloway | Cockburn | B Parker | Northam |
| 1979 | V Andrijasevich | Victoria Park | J Busio | Floreat Park |
| 1978 | J Rodin | Osborne Park | P Sardelic | Cockburn |
| 1977 | R Sexton | Scarborough | J Rodin | Osborne Park |
| 1976 | R Nicholas | Melville | V Andrijasevich | Victoria Park |
| 1975 | G Oakley | Cottesloe | J Rodin | Osborne Park |
| 1974 | A McLeod | Cockburn | M Turkich | Kalamunda |
| 1973 | C Guelfi | Osborne Park | J Wheelock | Sportsmens |
| 1972 | B Williams | Scarborough | F Perry | Dalkeith |
| 1971 | B Sharp | Victoria Park | J Rodin | Osborne Park |
| 1970 | F Harrison | South Perth | A McLeod | Fremantle |
| 1969 | D Scott | North Perth | H Cook | Bruce Rock |
| 1968 | A Hodge | Victoria Park | R Hodge | Bayswater |
| 1967 | G Clement | Mosman Park | H Sharp | Victoria Park |
| 1966 | R Sexton | Kitchener Park | R Morey | South Perth |
| 1965 | R Williams | Mosman Park | R Nicholas | Victoria Park |
| 1964 | B Katunarich | Osborne Park | H Snook | North Perth |
| 1963 | T Ashworth | Kitchener Park | N Snashall | Hollywood |
| 1962 | T Nadebaum | Kitchener Park | F Harrison | Kitchener Park |
| 1961 | H Cook | Dalkeith | T Ashworth | Kitchener Park |
| 1960 | T Moore | North Perth | H Snook | North Perth |
| 1959 | E Gee | Subiaco | F Refeld | Victoria Park |
| 1958 | F Taaffe | Royal Perth | J Bennington | Victoria Park |
| 1957 | C Fraser | Kings Park | H Snook | North Perth |
| 1956 | C Urquhart | Fremantle | J Stanley | Subiaco |
| 1955 | H Littler | Bayswater | F Styants | Victoria Park |
| 1954 | C Fraser | Kings Park | T Sharp | South Perth |
| 1953 | W Clement | Mosman Park | A Urquhart | Leederville |
| 1952 | H Snook | North Perth | A Bradbury | North Perth |
| 1951 | S Phillips | Cottesloe | J Dobson | Mt Lawley |
| 1950 | E Ford | Bassendean | F Morley | East Fremantle |
| 1949 | T Harrison | North Beach | T Barrett | Subiaco |
| 1948 | C Fraser | Kings Park | M Carroll | Loton Park |
| 1947 | E Ford | Kings Park | R Outred | Swan |
| 1946 | H Snook | North Perth | C Warden | Leederville |
| 1945 | T Coatham | Subiaco | P Menzies | Perth |
| 1944 | J Gorst | Victoria Park | A Montefiore | Victoria Park |
| 1943 | No competition | |||
| 1942 | F Styles | Subiaco | W Sumpton | East Fremantle |
| 1941 | S Barrett | Kitchener Park | A S Pepper | Nedlands |
| 1940 | G Clement | Mosman Park | W Arnup | Cottesloe |
| 1939 | R Outred | Swan | A J Pepper | Claremont |
| 1938 | W Davidson | East Fremantle | R Outred | Swan |
| 1937 | J Green | Kings Park | G Clough | Perth |
| 1936 | W Hazell | Cottesloe | C Moore | Mt Lawley |
| 1935 | G Clement | Mosman Park | V Trenaman | Kings Park |
| 1934 | S Phillips | Cottesloe | J Platt | Perth |
| 1933 | J Gustafson | Fremantle | J McCubbing | Claremont |
| 1932 | M Darcy | Mt Lawley | T Reynolds | Mt Lawley |
| 1931 | H Littler | Boulder | W Chambers | East Fremantle |
| 1930 | W Roberts | Leederville | W Searle | Maylands |
| 1929 | E Ford | Kings Park | J Henderson | Maylands |
| 1928 | E Ford | Kings Park | M Darcey | Mt Lawley |
| 1927 | J Chesters | Subiaco | G Clough | Midland Junction |
| 1926 | P Dullard | Mt Lawley | W Collett | Loton Park |
| 1925 | J Gustafson | Fremantle | S Phillips | Cottesloe |
| 1924 | J Gustafson | Fremantle | H Bant | Subiaco |
| 1923 | A Hames | Leederville | A Leonhardt | Fremantle |
| 1922 | G Clough | Midland Junction | E Virtue | Kings Park |
| 1921 | E Ford | Perth | G Chambers | East Fremantle |
| 1920 | A Davis | Claremont | E Virtue | Kings Park |
| 1919 | H O’Neil | East Fremantle | J Scaddan | Loton Park |
| 1918 | E Ford | Perth | J Gustafson | Fremantle |
| 1917 | H Kruger | Kings Park | G Wilkins (Subiaco) & G O’Dwyer (Midland Junction) tied | |
| 1916 | No competition | |||
| 1915 | M Jackson | Boulder | E Sayers | Kitchener Park |
| 1914 | No competition | |||
| 1913 | No competition | |||
| 1912 | F Ferrow | Subiaco | J Hammill | North Perth |
| 1911 | No competition | |||
| 1910 | R Pettigrew | Perth | J Lane | Claremont |
| 1909 | F Ferrow | Subiaco | A Jackson, W Mather & H Kruger tied | |
| 1908 | R Pettigrew | Kings Park | S Roberts | Subiaco |
| 1907 | J Gustafson | Fremantle | F Ferrow | E Virtue |
| 1906 | C Corpaccioli | Freemasons | E Virtue | Subiaco |
| 1905 | W Williams | Fremantle | J Smith | Perth |
| 1904 | Rev. Willkinson | Freemasons | Rev C Taylor | Fremantle |
| 1903 | C Corpaccioli | Freemasons | F Ferrow | Subiaco |
| 1902 | C Corpaccioli | Perth | W Benbow | Fremantle |