WTA Tour 1972

◄ WTA Tour 1972 ►
Period:	December 1971 - December 1972
Edition:	2
Number of tournaments:	56
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Championships Virginia Slims Circuit (20) Commercial Union Grand Prix (11) Non-Tour Events (20)
successes

The 1972 Grand Slam winners

Australian Open :
Virginia Wade

French Open , Wimbledon and US Open :
Billie Jean King

The 1972 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims Circuit and Commercial Union Grand Prix ) was the 2nd year of the women's tennis tournament series.

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Federation Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is still listed because the top players usually play there too.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Virginia Slims Championships Virginia Slims Circuit Commercial Union Grand Prix Non-tour events

Others Federation Cup

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
27.12.	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam lawn	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong	6: 4, 6: 4
		Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	Patricia Coleman Karen Krantzcke	6-0, 6-4

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.01.	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia non-tour event	Evonne Goolagong	Virginia Wade	6: 1, 7: 6
		Evonne Goolagong Patricia Edwards	Lesley Bowrey Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 2
10.01.	British Motor Cars Invitation San Francisco , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 17,000 Hard Court (Indoor)	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville	7: 6, 7: 6
		Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 2
January 17	South Australian Championships Adelaide , Australia Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Olga Morosova	7: 6, 6: 3
		Evonne Goolagong Olga Morosowa	Marilyn Tesch Kerry Hogarth	6: 3, 6: 0
	Independent Press Long Beach , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 17,000	Rosie Casals	Françoise Durr	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 5
24.01.	Virginia Slims US Indoors Boston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Virginia Wade	Françoise Durr	6: 3, 7: 5
		Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
31/01	Virginia Slims of Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 25,000	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6: 1, 6: 0
		Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	Nancy Richey Virginia Wade	6: 3, 6: 2
	Western Australian Championships Perth , Australia Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Olga Morosova	6: 2, 7: 5
		Evonne Goolagong Barbara Hawcroft	Olga Morosova Janet Young	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02/14	Virginia Slims of Oklahoma Oklahoma City , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Rosie Casals	Valerie Ziegenfuss	6: 4, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 2
02/21	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Nancy Richey	Chris Evert	7: 6, 6: 2
		Wendy Overton Valerie Ziegenfuss	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	7: 5, 6: 2
28.02.	K-Mart International Birmingham , UK Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 15,000	Kerry Melville	Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 4
		Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	Rosie Casals Kerry Melville	6: 1, 6: 1

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.03.	Maureen Connally Brinker - Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 32,775	Nancy Richey	Billie Jean King	7: 6, 6: 1
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5
21.03.	Virginia Slims of Richmond Richmond , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Billie Jean King	Nancy Gunter	6: 3, 6: 4
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Dalton Karen Krantzcke	7: 5, 7: 6
March 20	Caribe Hilton Invitational San Juan , Puerto Rico Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Nancy Gunter	Chris Evert	6: 1, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Judy Dalton Karen Krantzcke	6: 2, 6: 3
	Federation Cup Final Johannesburg , South Africa	Won South Africa	Lost United States	2: 1
27.03.	South African Open Johannesburg , South Africa Commercial Union Grand Prix	Evonne Goolagong	Virginia Wade	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
		Evonne Goolagon Helen Gourlay	Winnie Shaw Joyce Barclay	6: 1, 6: 4

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04/03	Virginia Slims of Jacksonville Jacksonville , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Marie Neumannová	Billie Jean King	6: 4, 6: 3
		Judy Dalton Karen Krantzcke	Vicky Berner Billie Jean King	7: 5, 6: 1
04/10	Virginia Slims Masters Saint Petersburg , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Nancy Gunter	Chris Evert	6: 3, 6: 4
		Karen Krantzcke Wendy Overton	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	7: 5, 6: 4
04/17	Virginia Slims Conquistadores Tucson , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr	6: 0, 6: 3
		Kerry Harris Karen Krantzcke	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
04/24	Italian Open Rome , Italy Commercial Union Grand Prix	Linda Tuero	Olga Morosova	6: 4, 6: 3
		Lesley Hunt Olga Morozova	Gail Sherriff Rosalba Vido	6: 3, 6: 4

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.05.	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Billie Jean King	Nancy Gunter	6: 3, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Karen Krantzcke	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 3, 6: 2
08.05.	Rothmans Hardcourt Championships of GBR Bournemouth , Great Britain Commercial Union Grand Prix	Evonne Goolagong	Helga Masthoff	7: 5, 6: 2
		Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	Brenda Kirk Betty Stöve	7: 5, 6: 1
May 15	Rothman's Surrey Hardcourt Championships Guildford , Great Britain Non-Tour Event Hard Court	Evonne Goolagong	Joace Barclay	7: 5, 6: 2
		Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	Winnie Shaw Joyce Barclay	6: 2, 6: 1
May 22nd	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam Clay Court (Red)	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 3
		Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Winnie Shaw Nell Truman	6: 1, 6: 2
		Rosie Casals Ilie Năstase	Evonne Goolagong Kim Warwick	6: 4, 6: 4

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.06.	International Tennis Championships of Germany Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany Commercial Union Grand Prix Clay Court	Helga Masthoff	Linda Tuero	6: 3, 3: 6, 8: 6
		Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	Wendy Overton Valerie Ziegenfuss	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0
	John Player Tournament Nottingham , UK non-tour event	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	no game due to rain
12.06.	WD & HO Wills Open Bristol , UK Commercial Union Grand Prix	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville	6: 3, 6: 2
		Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6: 4, 6: 2
19.06.	Rothman's Queens Club London , UK Non-Tour Event Lawn	Chris Evert	Karen Krantzcke	6: 4, 6: 0
		Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	5: 7, 6: 0, 6: 2
26.06.	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , Great Britain Grand Slam Lawn	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 3
		Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	Judy Dalton Françoise Durr	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Ilie Năstase	Evonne Goolagong Kim Warwick	6: 4, 6: 4

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07/10	Carroll's Irish Open Dublin , Ireland Commercial Union Grand Prix	Evonne Goolagong	Pat Walkden	2: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
		Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	Evonne Goolagong Karen Krantzcke	6: 3, 8:10, 6: 2
	Green Shield Welsh Championships Newport (Gwent) , Great Britain Commercial Union Grand Prix	Kerry Melville	Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 2
		Judy Dalton Betty Stöve	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville	7: 5, 6: 4
07/17	Rothmans North of England Championships Hoylake , Great Britain Commercial Union Grand Prix	Evonne Goolagong versus Betty Stöve
		Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay versus Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden
07/31	Virginia Slims of Colombus Colombus , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 25,500	Rosie Casals	Françoise Durr	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 0
		Françoise Durr Helen Gourlay	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville	6: 4, 6: 3
	Western Open Championships Cincinnati , United States Commercial Union Grand Prix	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 5
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	6: 4, 6: 1

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.08.	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis , United States Commercial Union Grand Prix Clay Court	Chris Evert	Evonne Goolagong	7: 6, 6: 1
		Evonne Goolagong Lesley Hunt	Margaret Court Pam Teeguarden	6: 2, 6: 1
08/14	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto , Canada Commercial Union Grand Prix	Evonne Goolagong	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 6: 1
		Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
	Virginia Slims of Denver Denver , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 25,000	Nancy Gunter	Billie Jean King	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
		Françoise Durr Lesley Hunt	Helen Gourlay Karen Krantzcke	6: 0, 6: 3
08/21	Eastern Grass Court Championships Orange , United States Non-Tour Event Lawn	Olga Morosova	Marina Kroschina	6: 2, 6: 7, 7: 5
		Marina Korschina Olga Morosowa	Carole Caldwell Patti Hogan	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
	Pennsylvanian Championships Merion , United States Non-Tour Event	Virginia Wade	Carrie Fleming	6: 4, 6: 1
		Virginia Wade Sharon Walsh	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	7: 6, 6: 2
	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 18,000	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6: 4, 6: 1
		Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6: 2, 6: 2
08/28	US Open Forest Hills , United States Grand Slam - $ 80,000 turf	Billie Jean King	Kerry Melville	6: 3, 7: 5
		Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
		Margaret Court Marty Riessen	Rosie Casals Ilie Năstase	6: 3, 7: 5

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
11.09.	Four Roses Classic Charlotte , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 40,000	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court	6: 2, 6: 2
		Françoise Durr Betty Stöve versus Margaret Court Lesley Hunt
18.09.	Virginia Slims Golden Gate Classic Oakland , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 20,000	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6: 4, 6: 1
		Ann Jones Billie Jean King	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	7: 5, 2: 6, 7: 6
25.09.	Virginia Slims of Phoenix Phoenix , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 25,000	Billie Jean King	Margaret Court	7: 6, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Wendy Overton	Françoise Durr Betty Stöve	6: 4, 6: 3

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
09.10.	Virginia Slims Championships Boca Raton , United States Masters - $ 100,000	Chris Evert	Kerry Melville	7: 5, 6: 4
16.10.	Spanish International Open Championships Barcelona , Spain Non-Tour Event	Gail Chanfreau	Nathalie Fuchs	6: 1, 6: 4
		Gail Chanfreau Nathalie Fuchs	Michele Gurdal Monique Van Haver	6: 4, 6: 2
17.10.	Dewar Cup Billingham Billingham , UK Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Julie Heldman	7: 5, 6: 3
		Margaret Court Virginia Wade	Patti Hogan Sharon Walsh	6: 3, 6: 2
October 24	Dewar Cup Edinburgh Edinburgh , UK Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 5
		Margaret Court Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman Betty Stöve	6: 2, 6: 3
October 31	Dewar Cup Aberavon Aberavon , UK non-tour event	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	6: 3, 6: 4
		Margaret Court Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman Betty Stöve	6: 0, 6: 3

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.11.	Dewar Cup Torquay Torquay , UK Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
		Margaret Court Virginia Wade	Brenda Kirk Sharon Walsh	6: 4, 6: 4
11/13	Dewar Cup Finals London , UK Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 1
November 20	Australian Hardcourt Championships Melbourne , Australia Non-Tour Event Hard Court	Evonne Goolagong	Patricia Coleman	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Evonne Goolagong Janet Young	Patricia Coleman Sally Irvine	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
11/27	Argentine Open Buenos Aires , Argentina non-tour event	Virginia Wade	Fiorella Bonicelli	6: 4, 6: 1
		Helga Masthoff Pam Teeguarden	Ana María Arias Virginia Wade	7: 5, 6: 2
	Queensland Championships Brisbane , Australia Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Glynis Coles	6-0, 7-5

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.12.	Western Australian Championships Perth , Australia Non-Tour Event	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 2
11.12.	South Australian Championships Adelaide , Australia Non-Tour Event	Evonne Goolagong	Kerry Harris	6: 1, 6: 2
		Eugenia Birioukova Janet Young	Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	6: 3, 6: 2
December 18	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia Non-Tour Event Hard Court	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong	6: 3, 6: 2
		Evonne Goolagong Melissa Edwards	Lesley Bowrey Virginia Wade	6: 1, 6: 2

¹ The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).