1972 French Open – Women's Singles

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

Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles title at the 1972 French Open.

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 Cawley (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)

Draw

Key

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

Last three rounds

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6	6
	-	Corinne Molesworth	2	2
								1	Goolagong Cawley	9	6
								5	Dürr	7	4
	-	Olga Morozova	6	3	2
	5	Françoise Dürr	4	6	6
															1	Goolagong Cawley	3	3
															3	King	6	6
	6	Virginia Wade	1	3
	3	Billie Jean King	6	6
								3	King	6	6
								7	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	Goolagong Cawley	6	7
															-	Patricia Pretorius	2	5
																						1	Goolagong Cawley	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

External links

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