1972 US Open – Women's singles
Tennis tournament held in 1972
1972 tennis event results
Defending champion Billie Jean King defeated Kerry Melville in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1972 US Open.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Billie Jean King (champion)
Evonne Goolagong (third round)
Chris Evert (semifinalist)
Rosie Casals (quarterfinalist)
Margaret Court (semifinalist)
Nancy Richey Gunter (first round)
Françoise Dürr (third round)
Virginia Wade (quarterfinalist)
Kerry Melville (finalist)
Draw
Key
Final eight
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
External links
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Grand Slam events | |
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Virginia Slims Circuit |
- San Francisco (S, D)
- Long Beach (S, D)
- Boston (S, D)
- Fort Lauderdale (S, D)
- Oklahoma City (S, D)
- Washington (S, D)
- Birmingham (S, D)
- Dallas (S, D)
- Richmond (S, D)
- San Juan (S, D)
- Jacksonville (S, D)
- St. Petersburg (S, D)
- Tucson (S, D)
- Indianapolis 1 (S, D)
- Columbus (S, D)
- Denver (S, D)
- Newport (S, D)
- Oakland (S, D)
- Phoenix (S, D)
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Grand Prix Circuit |
- Johannesburg (S, D)
- Rome (S, D)
- Bournemouth (S, D)
- Hamburg (S, D)
- Cincinnati (S, D)
- Indianapolis 2 (S, D)
- Toronto (S, D)
- New York (S, D)
- Atlanta (S, D)
- Tokyo 1 (S, D)
- Palm Harbor (S, D)
- Atlanta (S, D)
- Phoenix (S, D)
- Melbourne (S, D)
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Non-tour events |
- Sydney (S, D)
- Adelaide (S, D)
- Kitzbühel (S, D)
- London (S, D)
- Beckenham (S, D)
- Tokyo 2 (S, D)
- Tokyo 3 (S, D)
- Billingham (S, D)
- Edinburgh (S, D)
- Aberavon (S, D)
- Torquay (S, D)
- Nottingham (S, D)
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Team events | |
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