1972 French Open – Women's Singles

Third-seeded Billie Jean King defeated defending champion Evonne Goolagong in the final 6–3, 6–3, to win the Women's Singles title at the 1972 French Open and complete a career Grand Slam in singles.[1]

Women's Singles
1972 French Open
Champion Billie Jean King
Runner-up Evonne Goolagong
Final score6–3, 6–3
Seeds8

Seeds

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

  1. Evonne Goolagong (Runner-up)
  2. Nancy Gunter (withdrew)
  3. Billie Jean King (Champion)
  4. Rosemary Casals (Third round)
  5. Françoise Dürr (Semifinalist)
  6. Virginia Wade (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Helga Niessen Masthoff (Semifinalist)
  8. Linda Tuero (Third round)

Qualifying
Main article: 1972 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

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

Finals
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 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 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
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 - Vopičková 4 6 4
- Vlasta Vopičková 6 6 - Ebbinghaus 6 4 6
- Chanfreau 3 6 2
 
 
- Gail Chanfreau
2 Nancy Gunter w/o
 
 

References
  1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0942257700.
Preceded by
1972 Australian Open – Women's Singles		 Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
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