1972 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

1972 Australian Open
Champions		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris
Runners-up		Patricia Coleman Karen Krantzcke
Final score		6–0, 6–4
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		mixed
WC Singles		men		women		quad
WC Doubles		men		women		quad
Australian Open  < 1971 1973 >

Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong were the defending champions but only Goolagong competed that year with Virginia Wade.

Goolagong and Wade lost in the semifinals to Patricia Coleman and Karen Krantzcke.

Helen Gourlay and Kerry Harris won in the final 6–0, 6–4 against Coleman and Krantzcke.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All four seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.

Draw

Key

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	E Goolagong   V Wade	w/o
	R Knobel   M Tesch	7	7	6				R Knobel   M Tesch
	S Hole   J Young	5	9	0										1	E Goolagong   V Wade	6	4	4
														4	P Coleman   K Krantzcke	2	6	6
							4	P Coleman   K Krantzcke	6	6
	D James   K Williams	3	4					A Coleman   C Matison	4	4
	A Coleman   C Matison	6	6																		4	[Patricia Coleman   Karen Krantzcke	0	4
	B Hawcroft   W Turnbull	6	6																		3	Helen Gourlay   Kerry Harris	6	6
	P Billing   J Whyte	1	3					B Hawcroft   W Turnbull	2	1
							3	H Gourlay   K Harris	6	6
														3	H Gourlay   K Harris	6	6
	A Lebedeff   M Schallau	6	6											2	G Chanfreau   O Morozova	2	2
	L Mansfield   C Norquay	2	0					A Lebedeff   M Schallau	3	2
							2	G Chanfreau   O Morozova	6	6

External links

• 1972 Australian Open Women's Doubles Draw