1972 French Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1972 French Open
Champion	Billie Jean King
Runner-up	Evonne Goolagong
Final score	6–3, 6–3

Billie Jean King defeated defending champion Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles title at the 1972 French Open.^[1]

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Evonne Goolagong (Runner-up)
Nancy Gunter (withdrew)
Billie Jean King (Champion)
Rosemary Casals (Third round)
Françoise Dürr (Semifinalist)
Virginia Wade (Quarterfinalist)
Helga Niessen Masthoff (Semifinalist)
Linda Tuero (Third round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Last three rounds

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals


	1	Evonne Goolagong	6	6

	-	Corinne Molesworth	2	2
								1	Goolagong	9	6

								5	Françoise Dürr	7	4
	-	Olga Morozova	6	3	2

	5	Françoise Dürr	4	6	6
															1	Goolagong	3	3

															3	Billie Jean King	6	6
	6	Virginia Wade	1	3

	3	Billie Jean King	6	6
								3	Billie Jean King	6	6

								7	Helga Niessen Masthoff	4	4
	7	Helga Niessen Masthoff	6	8

	-	Katja Ebbinghaus	3	6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															1	Evonne Goolagong	6	7
															-	Patricia Pretorius	2	5


																						1	Evonne Goolagong	6	6
	-	Kerry Harris	2	0																		-	Melville Reid	2	3
	-	Pam Teeguarden	6	6				-	Teeguarden	7	8
	Q	Laura duPont	3	2				-	Sawamatsu	5	6
	-	Kazuko Sawamatsu	6	6											-	Teeguarden	7	6	14
															-	Kerry Melville Reid	9	4	16

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															8	Linda Tuero	3	1
	-	Nathalie Fuchs	5	4											-	Molesworth	6	6
	-	Corinne Molesworth	7	6				-	Molesworth	7	6	6
	-	Sharon Walsh	2	6	3			Q	Pachta	9	0	4
	Q	Sonja Pachta	6	2	6																	-	Molesworth	6	6
																						-	Tegart Dalton	2	2


															-	Nell Truman	3	1
															-	Judy Tegart Dalton	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															4	Casals	6	6
	-	Miroslava Holubova	3	3											-	Rossouw	8	8
	-	Wendy Gilchrist	6	6				-	Gilchrist	6	3	3
	Q	Barbara Downs	2	0				-	Rossouw	2	6	6
	-	Laura Rossouw	6	6																		-	Rossouw	2	6
																						-	Morozova	6	8


															-	Olga Morozova	6	7
															-	Karen Krantzcke	2	5

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															5	Françoise Dürr	6	6
	LL	Marina Chuvirina	5	2											-	Walhof	3	2
	-	Gertruida Walhof	7	6				-	Walhof	6	6
	-	Kora Schediwy	1	3				Q	Szell	4	2
	Q	Erzsebet Szell	6	6																		5	Dürr	6	7
																						-	Overton	3	5


															-	Wendy Overton	2	6	6
															-	Lesley Hunt	6	2	2

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															-	Neumannová	4	4
	-	Christina Sandberg	3	6	3										Q	Schallau	6	6
	-	Patricia Coleman	6	2	6			-	Coleman	4	3
	LL	Ana-Maria Pinto-Bravo	6	2	7			Q	Schallau	6	6
	Q	Mona Schallau	4	6	9																	Q	Schallau	4	7
																						6	Wade	6	9


															-	Betty Stöve	0	1
															6	Virginia Wade	6	6

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															-	Valerie Ziegenfuss	9	3	6
	-	Lita Liem	3	1											-	Orth	7	6	3
	-	Heide Orth	6	6					Orth	6	6
	-	Alena Palmeová-West	3	7	2			Q	Ornstein	2	4
	Q	Nancy Ornstein	6	5	6																	-	Ziegenfuss	3	1
																						3	King	6	6


															-	Winnie Shaw	3	0
															3	Billie Jean King	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															-	Helen Gourlay Cawley	6	6
	-	Odile De Roubin	2	6	2										-	Bonicelli	4	4
	-	Fiorella Bonicelli	6	0	6			-	Bonicelli	6	6
	-	Ingrid Bentzer	2	3				Q	Fernández de Soto	4	4
	Q	Isabel Fernández de Soto	6	6																		-	Gourlay Cawley	6	3
																						7	Niessen Masthoff	8	6


															-	Brenda Kirk	2	1
															7	Helga Niessen Masthoff	6	6

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round




															-	Marijke Schaar	5	5
	-	Jill Cooper	4	4											-	Ebbinghaus	7	7
	-	Katja Ebbinghaus	6	6				-	Ebbinghaus	6	3	6
	Q	Michèle Gurdal	0	0				-	Vopickova	4	6	4
	-	Vlasta Vopickova	6	6																		-	Ebbinghaus	6	4	6
																						-	Chanfreau	3	6	2


															-	Gail Chanfreau
															2	Nancy Gunter	w/o

References

↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

1972 French Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

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