In this paper, a compact coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed quintuple-band-notched antenna for ultra-wideband(UWB) applications is presented. The voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) results show that the proposed antenna exhibits good wideband performance over an UWB frequency range from 1.4 to 10.7 GHz with VSWR less than 2, except for five stop-bands at 2.1 to 2.6 GHz, 3.3 to 3.75 GHz, 5.15 to 5.85 GHz, 7.2 to 7.6 GHz and 8.15 to 8.52 GHz for filtering the worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) systems, wireless local area networks (WLANs), downlink of X-band satellite communication system and ITU band signals, respectively. Good radiation patterns and gain characteristics are obtained in the whole UWB frequency range except the notched frequency bands. The simulation results were compared with the measured results and good agreement is obtained. The proposed antenna provides the simple structure and good characteristics and is suitable for UWB applications.