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1972 French Open – Women's singles

Main article: 1972 French Open

Billie Jean King defeated defending champion Evonne Goolagong in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1972 French Open. It was her first French Open singles title and seventh major singles title overall, completing the career Grand Slam in singles. King did not lose a set during the tournament.

The French Lawn Tennis Federation halved the size of the draw from 64 to 32 players in an attempt to attract the top players on tour to the tournament; this change was reverted the following year as results were mixed.

Seeds

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

AUS Evonne Goolagong (Runner-up)
USA Nancy Gunter (withdrew)
USA Billie Jean King (champion)
USA Rosemary Casals (first round)
FRA Françoise Dürr (semifinals)
GBR Virginia Wade (quarterfinals)
FRG Helga Niessen Masthoff (semifinals)
USA Linda Tuero (first round)

Qualifying

Main article: 1972 French Open – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired

Finals

| team-width=180 | RD3-team1=AUS Evonne Goolagong | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team2=USA Billie Jean King | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-score1-1=3 | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score1-2=3 | RD3-score2-2=6 | RD2-team1=AUS Evonne Goolagong | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team2=FRA Françoise Dürr | RD2-seed2=5 | RD2-score1-1=9 | RD2-score2-1=7 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score2-2=4 | RD2-team3=USA Billie Jean King | RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team4=FRG Helga Niessen Masthoff | RD2-seed4=7 | RD2-score3-1=6 | RD2-score4-1=4 | RD2-score3-2=6 | RD2-score4-2=4 | RD1-team1=AUS Evonne Goolagong | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team2=GBR Corinne Molesworth | RD1-seed2= | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-team3=URS Olga Morozova | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team4=FRA Françoise Dürr | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-score3-1=6 | RD1-score4-1=4 | RD1-score3-2=3 | RD1-score4-2=6 | RD1-score3-3=2 | RD1-score4-3=6 | RD1-team5=GBR Virginia Wade | RD1-seed5=6 | RD1-team6=USA Billie Jean King | RD1-seed6=3 | RD1-score5-1=1 | RD1-score6-1=6 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score6-2=6 | RD1-team7=FRG Helga Niessen Masthoff | RD1-seed7=7 | RD1-team8=FRG Katja Ebbinghaus | RD1-seed8= | RD1-score7-1=6 | RD1-score8-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=8 | RD1-score8-2=6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

| RD4-team01=AUS Evonne Goolagong | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team02=AUS Kerry Melville | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score02-1=2 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score02-2=3 | RD3-team01=AUS Evonne Goolagong | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team02=RSA Patricia Pretorius | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score02-1=2 | RD3-score01-2=7 | RD3-score02-2=5 | RD3-team03=USA Teeguarden | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=AUS Kerry Melville | RD3-seed04= | RD3-score03-1=7 | RD3-score04-1=9 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score04-2=4 | RD3-score03-3=14 | RD3-score04-3=16 | RD2-team05=USA Teeguarden | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team06=JPN Sawamatsu | RD2-seed06= | RD2-score05-1=7 | RD2-score06-1=5 | RD2-score05-2=8 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD1-team09=AUS Kerry Harris | RD1-seed09= | RD1-team10=USA Pam Teeguarden | RD1-seed10= | RD1-score09-1=2 | RD1-score10-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=0 | RD1-score10-2=6 | RD1-team11=USA Laura duPont | RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team12=JPN Kazuko Sawamatsu | RD1-seed12= | RD1-score11-1=3 | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=2 | RD1-score12-2=6

Section 2

| RD4-team01=GBR Molesworth | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=AUS Tegart-Dalton | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score02-1=2 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score02-2=2 | RD3-team01=USA Linda Tuero | RD3-seed01=8 | RD3-team02=GBR Molesworth | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=3 | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=1 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-team03=GBR Nell Truman | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=AUS Judy Tegart-Dalton | RD3-seed04= | RD3-score03-1=3 | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=1 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD2-team03=GBR Molesworth | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=AUT Pachta | RD2-seed04=Q | RD2-score03-1=7 | RD2-score04-1=9 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score04-2=0 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-score04-3=4 | RD1-team05=FRA Nathalie Fuchs | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=GBR Corinne Molesworth | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=5 | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score05-2=4 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-team07=USA Sharon Walsh | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=AUT Sonja Pachta | RD1-seed08=Q | RD1-score07-1=2 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score08-2=2 | RD1-score07-3=3 | RD1-score08-3=6

Section 3

| RD4-team01=RSA Rossouw | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=URS Morozova | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=2 | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score02-2=8 | RD3-team01=USA Casals | RD3-seed01=4 | RD3-team02=RSA Rossouw | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score02-1=8 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score02-2=8 | RD3-team03=URS Olga Morozova | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=AUS Karen Krantzcke | RD3-seed04= | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score04-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=7 | RD3-score04-2=5 | RD2-team03=AUS Gilchrist | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=RSA Rossouw | RD2-seed04= | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score04-1=2 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=3 | RD2-score04-3=6 | RD1-team05=TCH Miloslava Holubová | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=AUS Wendy Gilchrist | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=3 | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=3 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-team07=USA Barbara Downs | RD1-seed07=Q | RD1-team08=RSA Laura Rossouw | RD1-seed08= | RD1-score07-1=2 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=0 | RD1-score08-2=6

Section 4

| RD4-team01=FRA Dürr | RD4-seed01=5 | RD4-team02=USA Overton | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=7 | RD4-score02-2=5 | RD3-team01=FRA Françoise Dürr | RD3-seed01=5 | RD3-team02=NED Walhof | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score02-1=3 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-team03=USA Wendy Overton | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=AUS Lesley Hunt | RD3-seed04= | RD3-score03-1=2 | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score04-2=2 | RD3-score03-3=6 | RD3-score04-3=2 | RD2-team03=NED Walhof | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=HUN Széll | RD2-seed04=Q | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD1-team05=URS Marina Chuvirina | RD1-seed05=LL | RD1-team06=NED Gertruida Walhof | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=5 | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-team07=FRG Cora Schediwy | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=HUN Erzsébet Széll | RD1-seed08=Q | RD1-score07-1=1 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=3 | RD1-score08-2=6

Section 5

| RD4-team01=USA Schallau | RD4-seed01=Q | RD4-team02=GBR Wade | RD4-seed02=6 | RD4-score01-1=4 | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=7 | RD4-score02-2=9 | RD3-team01=TCH Neumannová | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team02=USA Schallau | RD3-seed02=Q | RD3-score01-1=4 | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=4 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-team03=NED Betty Stöve | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=GBR Virginia Wade | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-score03-1=0 | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=1 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD2-team03=AUS Coleman | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=USA Schallau | RD2-seed04=Q | RD2-score03-1=4 | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD1-team05=SWE Christina Sandberg | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=AUS Patricia Coleman | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=3 | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score06-2=2 | RD1-score05-3=3 | RD1-score06-3=6 | RD1-team07=CHI Ana María Pinto Bravo | RD1-seed07=LL | RD1-team08=USA Mona Schallau | RD1-seed08=Q | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score08-1=4 | RD1-score07-2=2 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score07-3=7 | RD1-score08-3=9

Section 6

| RD4-team01=USA Ziegenfuss | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=USA King | RD4-seed02=3 | RD4-score01-1=3 | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=1 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD3-team01=USA Valerie Ziegenfuss | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team02=FRG Orth | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=9 | RD3-score02-1=7 | RD3-score01-2=3 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score01-3=6 | RD3-score02-3=3 | RD3-team03=GBR Winnie Shaw | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=USA Billie Jean King | RD3-seed04=3 | RD3-score03-1=3 | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=0 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD2-team03=FRG Orth | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=USA Ornstein | RD2-seed04=Q | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score04-1=2 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score04-2=4 | RD1-team05=INA Lita Liem | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=FRG Heide Orth | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=3 | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=1 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-team07=TCH Alena Palmeová-West | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=USA Nancy Ornstein | RD1-seed08=Q | RD1-score07-1=3 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=7 | RD1-score08-2=5 | RD1-score07-3=2 | RD1-score08-3=6

Section 7

| RD4-team01=AUS Gourlay Cawley | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=FRG Niessen Masthoff | RD4-seed02=7 | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score02-1=8 | RD4-score01-2=3 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD3-team01=AUS Helen Gourlay Cawley | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team02=URU Bonicelli | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score02-1=4 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score02-2=4 | RD3-team03=RSA Brenda Kirk | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=FRG Helga Niessen Masthoff | RD3-seed04=7 | RD3-score03-1=2 | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=1 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD2-team03=URU Bonicelli | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=COL Fernández de Soto | RD2-seed04=Q | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score04-2=4 | RD1-team05=FRA Odile de Roubin | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=URU Fiorella Bonicelli | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=2 | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score06-2=0 | RD1-score05-3=2 | RD1-score06-3=6 | RD1-team07=SWE Ingrid Bentzer | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=COL Isabel Fernández de Soto | RD1-seed08=Q | RD1-score07-1=2 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=3 | RD1-score08-2=6

Section 8

| RD4-team01=FRG Ebbinghaus | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team02=FRA Chanfreau | RD4-seed02= | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score02-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=4 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score01-3=6 | RD4-score02-3=2 | RD3-team01=NED Marijke Schaar | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team02=FRG Ebbinghaus | RD3-seed02= | RD3-score01-1=5 | RD3-score02-1=7 | RD3-score01-2=5 | RD3-score02-2=7 | RD3-team03=FRA Gail Chanfreau | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team04=USA Nancy Gunter | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-score04-1=w/o | RD2-team03=FRG Ebbinghaus | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=TCH Vopičková | RD2-seed04= | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-score04-3=4 | RD1-team05=GBR Jill Cooper | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=FRG Katja Ebbinghaus | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=4 | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=4 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-team07=BEL Michèle Gurdal | RD1-seed07=Q | RD1-team08=TCH Vlasta Vopičková | RD1-seed08= | RD1-score07-1=0 | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=0 | RD1-score08-2=6

References

References

Collins, Bud. (2010). "The Bud Collins History of Tennis". New Chapter Press.
"1972". Fédération Française de Tennis.

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