1972 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1972 French Open
Final
Champion	Billie Jean King
Runner-up	Evonne Goolagong
Score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	32 (8 Q )
Seeds	8
Events

Billie Jean King defeated the defending champion Evonne Goolagong in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles title at the 1972 French Open. She did not drop a set en route to her first French Open singles title, with which she completed the career Grand Slam in singles.^[1]

The French Lawn Tennis Federation halved the size of the draw from 64 to 32 players in an attempt to attract the top players on tour to the tournament; this change was reverted the following year as results were mixed.^[2]

Seeds edit

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 (first round)
Françoise Dürr (semifinals)
Virginia Wade (quarterfinals)
Helga Niessen Masthoff (semifinals)
Linda Tuero (first round)

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired

Finals edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

1	Evonne Goolagong	6	6

	Corinne Molesworth	2	2
					1	Evonne Goolagong	9	6

					5	Françoise Dürr	7	4
	Olga Morozova	6	3	2

5	Françoise Dürr	4	6	6
									1	Evonne 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 edit

Section 1 edit

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											Kerry Melville	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	9	4	16

Section 2 edit

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 edit

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

									4	Casals	6	6
	Miloslava Holubová	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 edit

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
	Cora Schediwy	1	3	Q	Széll	4	2
Q	Erzsébet Széll	6	6										5	Dürr	6	7
														Overton	3	5


									Wendy Overton	2	6	6
									Lesley Hunt	6	2	2

Section 5 edit

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 María 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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		Vopičková	4	6	4
	Vlasta Vopičková	6	6											Ebbinghaus	6	4	6
														Chanfreau	3	6	2


										Gail Chanfreau
									2	Nancy Gunter	w/o

References edit

^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "1972". Roland Garros. Fédération Française de Tennis. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

External links edit

1972 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 1972 Australian Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

[collins-1] Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[2] "1972". Roland Garros. Fédération Française de Tennis. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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