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Women's singles
Women's singles
1972 French Open
Final
Champion	Billie Jean King
Runner-up	Evonne Goolagong
Score	6–3, 6–3
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Billie Jean King defeated defending champion Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles title at the 1972 French Open.^[1]

Seeds

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

Evonne Goolagong (Runner-up)
Nancy Gunter (withdrew)
Billie Jean King (Champion)
Rosemary Casals (Third round)
Françoise Dürr (Semifinalist)
Virginia Wade (Quarterfinalist)
Helga Niessen Masthoff (Semifinalist)
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	6	6

-	Corinne Molesworth	2	2
					1	Evonne Goolagong	9	6

					5	Dürr	7	4
-	Olga Morozova	6	3	2

5	Françoise Dürr	4	6	6
									1	Goolagong	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	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-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	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	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

References

^ 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 on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

[collins-1] Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0942257700.

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