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1972 French Open – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1972 French Open
Final
ChampionUnited States Billie Jean King
Runner-upAustralia Evonne Goolagong
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw32 (8 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends −45 45+ women
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Billie Jean King defeated the defending champion Evonne Goolagong in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles title at the 1972 French Open. She did not drop a set en route to her first French Open singles title, with which she completed the career Grand Slam in singles.[1]

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.[2]

Seeds

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

  1. Australia Evonne Goolagong (Runner-up)
  2. United States Nancy Gunter (withdrew)
  3. United States Billie Jean King (champion)
  4. United States Rosemary Casals (first round)
  5. France Françoise Dürr (semifinals)
  6. United Kingdom Virginia Wade (quarterfinals)
  7. West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (semifinals)
  8. United States Linda Tuero (first round)

Qualifying

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Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong 6 6
  United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth 2 2
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong 9 6
5 France Françoise Dürr 7 4
  Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6 3 2
5 France Françoise Dürr 4 6 6
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong 3 3
3 United States Billie Jean King 6 6
6 United Kingdom Virginia Wade 1 3
3 United States Billie Jean King 6 6
3 United States Billie Jean King 6 6
7 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff 4 4
7 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff 6 8
  West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus 3 6

Earlier rounds

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong 6 7
  South Africa Patricia Pretorius 2 5
1 Australia Evonne Goolagong 6 6
  Australia Kerry Harris 2 0   Australia Kerry Melville 2 3
  United States Pam Teeguarden 6 6   United States Teeguarden 7 8
Q United States Laura duPont 3 2   Japan Sawamatsu 5 6
  Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu 6 6   United States Teeguarden 7 6 14
  Australia Kerry Melville 9 4 16

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8 United States Linda Tuero 3 1
  France Nathalie Fuchs 5 4   United Kingdom Molesworth 6 6
  United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth 7 6   United Kingdom Molesworth 7 6 6
  United States Sharon Walsh 2 6 3 Q Austria Pachta 9 0 4
Q Austria Sonja Pachta 6 2 6   United Kingdom Molesworth 6 6
  Australia Tegart-Dalton 2 2
  United Kingdom Nell Truman 3 1
  Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton 6 6

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4 United States Casals 6 6
  Czechoslovakia Miloslava Holubová 3 3   South Africa Rossouw 8 8
  Australia Wendy Gilchrist 6 6   Australia Gilchrist 6 3 3
Q United States Barbara Downs 2 0   South Africa Rossouw 2 6 6
  South Africa Laura Rossouw 6 6   South Africa Rossouw 2 6
  Soviet Union Morozova 6 8
  Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6 7
  Australia Karen Krantzcke 2 5

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 France Françoise Dürr 6 6
LL Soviet Union Marina Chuvirina 5 2   Netherlands Walhof 3 2
  Netherlands Gertruida Walhof 7 6   Netherlands Walhof 6 6
  West Germany Cora Schediwy 1 3 Q Hungary Széll 4 2
Q Hungary Erzsébet Széll 6 6 5 France Dürr 6 7
  United States Overton 3 5
  United States Wendy Overton 2 6 6
  Australia Lesley Hunt 6 2 2

Section 5

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Czechoslovakia Neumannová 4 4
  Sweden Christina Sandberg 3 6 3 Q United States Schallau 6 6
  Australia Patricia Coleman 6 2 6   Australia Coleman 4 3
LL Chile Ana María Pinto Bravo 6 2 7 Q United States Schallau 6 6
Q United States Mona Schallau 4 6 9 Q United States Schallau 4 7
6 United Kingdom Wade 6 9
  Netherlands Betty Stöve 0 1
6 United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6 6

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  United States Valerie Ziegenfuss 9 3 6
  Indonesia Lita Liem 3 1   West Germany Orth 7 6 3
  West Germany Heide Orth 6 6 West Germany Orth 6 6
  Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová-West 3 7 2 Q United States Ornstein 2 4
Q United States Nancy Ornstein 6 5 6   United States Ziegenfuss 3 1
3 United States King 6 6
  United Kingdom Winnie Shaw 3 0
3 United States Billie Jean King 6 6

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Australia Helen Gourlay Cawley 6 6
  France Odile de Roubin 2 6 2   Uruguay Bonicelli 4 4
  Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli 6 0 6   Uruguay Bonicelli 6 6
  Sweden Ingrid Bentzer 2 3 Q Colombia Fernández de Soto 4 4
Q Colombia Isabel Fernández de Soto 6 6   Australia Gourlay Cawley 6 3
7 West Germany Niessen Masthoff 8 6
  South Africa Brenda Kirk 2 1
7 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff 6 6

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Netherlands Marijke Schaar 5 5
  United Kingdom Jill Cooper 4 4   West Germany Ebbinghaus 7 7
  West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus 6 6   West Germany Ebbinghaus 6 3 6
Q Belgium Michèle Gurdal 0 0   Czechoslovakia Vopičková 4 6 4
  Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková 6 6   West Germany Ebbinghaus 6 4 6
  France Chanfreau 3 6 2
  France Gail Chanfreau
2 United States Nancy Gunter w/o

References

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  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ "1972". Roland Garros. Fédération Française de Tennis. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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