1972 Virginia Slims Circuit
The 1972 Virginia Slims Circuit was the second annual Virginia Slims Circuit, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes.[1]
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Schedule [edit]
This is a calendar of all events sponsored by Virginia Slims in the year 1972, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. The table also includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1972 Virginia Slims Championships and the 1972 Federation Cup.[1]
Key [edit]
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| Virginia Slims events |
| Federation Cup |
December (1971) [edit]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26 Jan 3 |
Australian Open Melbourne, AustraliaGrand Slam Grass – 64S/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
 Virginia Wade6–4, 6–4 |
Evonne Goolagong |
Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris |
Barbara Hawcroft Olga Morozova Gail Chanfreau Patricia Coleman |
| Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris 6–0, 6–4 |
Patricia Coleman Karen Krantzcke |
January [edit]
February [edit]
March [edit]
April [edit]
May [edit]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11 | Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United StatesVirginia Slims $20,000 Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3 |
Nancy Gunter |
Wendy Overton Rosie Casals |
Mary-Ann Eisel Françoise Dürr Judy Dalton Karen Krantzcke |
| Rosie Casals Karen Krantzcke 6–3, 6–2 |
Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr |
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| May 22 May 29 |
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (Red) – 56S/47Q/32D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw |
Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3 |
Evonne Goolagong |
 Helga Masthoff Françoise Dürr |
Katja Ebbinghaus Virginia Wade Olga Morozova Corinne Molesworth |
Billie Jean King Betty Stöve6–1, 6–2 |
Winnie Shaw Nell Truman |
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| Evonne Goolagong Kim Warwick 6–2, 6–4 |
Françoise Dürr Jean-Claude Barclay |
June [edit]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26 Jul 3 |
Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 96S/48D/80X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw |
Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3 |
Evonne Goolagong |
Chris Evert Rosie Casals |
Françoise Dürr Patti Hogan Nancy Gunter Virginia Wade |
| Billie Jean King Betty Stöve 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr |
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Rosie Casals Ilie Năstase6–4, 6–4 |
Evonne Goolagong Kim Warwick |
July [edit]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31 | Virginia Slims of Columbus Columbus, United States Virginia Slims $25,500 Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
Rosie Casals 6–7, 7–6, 6–0 |
Françoise Dürr |
Billie Jean King Valerie Ziegenfuss |
Helen Gourlay Lesley Hunt Wendy Overton Nancy Gunter |
| Françoise Dürr Helen Gourlay 6–4, 6–3 |
Kerry Harris Kerry Melville |
August [edit]
September [edit]
October [edit]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | Virginia Slims Championships Phoenix, United States Year-end championships $100,900 Draw |
Chris Evert 7–5, 6–4 |
Kerry Melville |
Third place | Fourth place | Wendy Overton Karen Krantzcke Jeanne Evert Betty Stöve |
| Françoise Dürr Walkover |
Billie Jean King |
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Statistical information [edit]
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the 1972 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key [edit]
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| Virginia Slims event |
Titles won by player [edit]
| Total | Player | S | D | X | S | S | D | S | D | X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Billie Jean King (USA) |
● ● ● | ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Rosie Casals (USA) |
● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Virginia Wade (GBR) |
● | ● | ● ● ● | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Nancy Gunter (USA) |
● ● ● ● ● | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Françoise Durr (FRA) |
● | ● ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Margaret Court (AUS) |
● | ● ● | ● | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Wendy Overton (USA) |
● ● ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Karen Krantzcke (AUS) |
● ● ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Betty Stöve (NED) |
● ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Helen Gourlay (AUS) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Kerry Harris (AUS) |
● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Chris Evert (USA) |
● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Judy Dalton (AUS) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Lesley Hunt (AUS) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Valerie Ziegenfuss (USA) |
● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | Evonne Goolagong (AUS) |
● | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Kerry Melville (AUS) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1 |  Marie Neumannova (TCH) |
● | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1 | Ann Jones (GBR) |
● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation [edit]
| Total | Nation | S | D | X | S | S | D | S | D | X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | United States (USA) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 1 |
| 14 | Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
References [edit]
- ^ a b "WTA Tour Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
External links [edit]
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website
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