1972 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
1972 French Open
Final
Champion	Billie Jean King
Runner-up	Evonne Goolagong
Score	6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw	32 (8Q)
Seeds	8
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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.^[1] King did not lose a set during the tournament.

Champion

Billie Jean King

Runner-up

Evonne Goolagong

Score6–3, 6–3

Draw32 (8)

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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]

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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	Evonne 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

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											Kerry Melville	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	9	4	16

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

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

									4	Casals	6	6
	Miloslava 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

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
	Cora 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

1972 French Open – Women's singles

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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

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

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

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