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 score	6–3, 6–3
Seeds	8

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 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

	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	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

	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.

External links

• 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