1972 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

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

Women's Doubles
1972 Australian Open
Champions Helen Gourlay
Kerry Harris
Runners-up Patricia Coleman
Karen Krantzcke
Final score6–0, 6–4

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.

  1. Evonne Goolagong / Virginia Wade (Semifinals)
  2. Gail Chanfreau / Olga Morozova (Semifinals)
  3. Helen Gourlay / Kerry Harris (Champions)
  4. Patricia Coleman / Karen Krantzcke (Final)

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  
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