The Majors

Date	Tournament	Surface	Winner	Finalist	Score	Semifinalists
22-May-1972	Roland Garros	Clay	Billie Jean King [USA]	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-3 6-3	Masthoff, Durr
26-Jun-1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King [USA]	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-3 6-3	Evert, Casals
28-Aug-1972	US Open	Grass	Billie Jean King [USA]	Kerry Reid [AUS]	6-3 7-5	Court, Evert
26-Dec-1972	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Court [AUS]	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-4 7-5	Reid, Sawamatsu

Top Performances Top


Titles	Evonne Goolagong (12)
Finals	Evonne Goolagong (18)
Match Wins	Evonne Goolagong (91)
Match Win Percentage	Evonne Goolagong (89.2%)	(minimum 40 matches)
Three-Set Wins	Kerry Reid (15)
Three-Set Win Percentage	Patricia Coleman (90.9%)	(minimum 10 three-set matches)
Three-Set Matches Played	Rosie Casals (22)
Total Matches Played	Virginia Wade (107)
Events Played	Virginia Wade (36)

Event Calendar Top

Majors shown in bold, exhibitions and junior events in italics. For winners of multiple titles, events won shown in parentheses.
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Date	Tournament	Surface	Winner	Titles	Finalist	Score	Semifinalists	Top 10s	Geo%
3-Jan-1972	Minsk	Carpet	Anna Dmitrieva [URS]		Marina Chuvirina [URS]	6-4 6-2		0	100.0%
3-Jan-1972	Cape Town 1	Hard	Patricia Walkden [RSA]	1/4	Linda Tuero [USA]	6-3 6-4	Kloss, Kirk	0	59.0%
3-Jan-1972	Auckland	Grass	Marilyn Pryde [NZL]	1/3	Robyn Legge [NZL]	4-6 6-4 7-5	Struthers, Vercoe	0	80.0%
4-Jan-1972	Sydney	Grass	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	1/12	Virginia Wade [GBR]	6-1 7-6(4)	Coleman, Hawcroft	1	89.0%
10-Jan-1972	Hobart 1	Grass	Olga Morozova [URS]	1/7	Mona Guerrant [USA]	6-3 6-3	Young, Hawcroft	0	70.0%
10-Jan-1972	Durban	Hard	Brenda Kirk [RSA]		Patricia Walkden [RSA]	6-3 6-3	Delport, Tuero	0	65.0%
10-Jan-1972	Hamilton		Marilyn Pryde [NZL]	2/3	Shelley Monds [NZL]	6-0 6-0	Legge, Chang	0	66.0%
10-Jan-1972	Portland	Carpet	Janice Metcalf [USA]	1/3	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi [USA]	6-4 6-4		0	100.0%
12-Jan-1972	San Francisco	Carpet	Billie Jean King [USA]	1/10	Kerry Reid [AUS]	7-6(0) 7-6(2)	Wade, Tegart	6	56.0%
17-Jan-1972	Auckland NZ Open	Grass	Mona Guerrant [USA]		Marilyn Pryde [NZL]	6-2 6-0	Lebedeff, Struthers	0	70.0%
18-Jan-1972	London Invitational	Carpet	Joyce Williams [GBR]	1/2	Winnie Shaw [GBR]	5-7 6-2 7-5		0	50.0%
19-Jan-1972	Long Beach	Carpet	Rosie Casals [USA]	1/3	Francoise Durr [FRA]	6-2 6-7(4) 6-3	King, Reid	5	43.0%
19-Jan-1972	Adelaide 1	Grass	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	2/12	Olga Morozova [URS]	7-6(4) 6-3	Young, Tesch	0	92.0%
21-Jan-1972	Fort Lauderdale Amateur	Clay	Laurie Fleming [USA]	1/2	Janet Haas [USA]	6-0 6-3	Evert, Evert	1	100.0%
26-Jan-1972	Boston	Carpet	Virginia Wade [GBR]	1/4	Francoise Durr [FRA]	6-3 7-5	Casals, Overton	4	37.0%
27-Jan-1972	Umea	Carpet	Christina Sandberg [SWE]		Ingrid Bentzer [SWE]	6-4 6-4	Pegel, Strandberg	0	100.0%
27-Jan-1972	Perth Southwest Chps	Grass	Olga Morozova [URS]	2/7	Janet Young [AUS]	6-4 6-2		0	50.0%
29-Jan-1972	Copenhagen	Carpet	Winnie Shaw [GBR]	1/4	Ingrid Bentzer [SWE]	7-5 6-4	Williams, Strandberg	0	38.0%
31-Jan-1972	West Palm Beach	Clay	Pamela Austin [USA]		Mary Mclean [USA]	6-1 6-1		0	100.0%
1-Feb-1972	Fort Lauderdale Pro	Clay	Chris Evert [USA]	1/4	Billie Jean King [USA]	6-1 6-0	Overton, Tegart	7	46.0%
1-Feb-1972	Perth 1	Grass	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	3/12	Olga Morozova [URS]	6-2 7-5	Coleman, Hawcroft	0	93.0%
7-Feb-1972	Nairobi 1		Gail Sherriff [FRA]	1/5	Jackie Fayter [GBR]	6-4 6-0	Lonie, Helliar	0	50.0%
7-Feb-1972	Paris Coupe Cozon	Carpet	Rosie Reyes [FRA]	1/2	Odile De Roubin [FRA]	6-2 6-2		0	100.0%
7-Feb-1972	Kiev	Carpet	Marina Chuvirina [URS]		Marina Kroschina [URS]	6-1 6-4	Birioukova, Zinkevich	0	90.0%
8-Feb-1972	New South Wales	Clay	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	4/12	Jan Lehane [AUS]	6-1 6-2	Luff	0	100.0%
14-Feb-1972	Kisumu		Gail Sherriff [FRA]	2/5	Jackie Fayter [GBR]	W/O	Turner	0	33.0%
16-Feb-1972	Oklahoma City	Carpet	Rosie Casals [USA]	2/3	Valerie Ziegenfuss [USA]	6-4 6-1	Stove, Tegart	5	50.0%
20-Feb-1972	Moscow Indoors	Carpet	Eugenia Birioukova [AZE]	1/3	Anna Dmitrieva [URS]	6-4 6-3	Morozova, Kroschina	0	80.0%
22-Feb-1972	Nairobi 2		Winnie Shaw [GBR]	2/4	Gail Sherriff [FRA]	2-6 6-2 6-4	Turner, Helliar	0	57.0%
24-Feb-1972	Washington	Carpet	Nancy Richey [USA]	1/5	Chris Evert [USA]	7-6(1) 6-2	Reid, Casals	6	56.0%
24-Feb-1972	Brussels	Carpet	Michele Gurdal [BEL]		Monique Van Haver [BEL]	6-4 6-0		0	100.0%
28-Feb-1972	Rochester	Carpet	Kerry Reid [AUS]	1/2	Rosie Casals [USA]	6-3 6-7(4) 6-4	Overton, Gourlay	4	37.0%
28-Feb-1972	Tokyo	Carpet	Kazuko Sawamatsu [JPN]	1/3	Naoko Sato [JPN]	6-2 6-1	Struthers, Cho	0	71.0%
3-Mar-1972	Cairo	Clay	Gail Sherriff [FRA]	3/5	Lea Pericoli [ITA]	6-1 6-2	Ebbinghaus, Giorgi	0	20.0%
3-Mar-1972	Cannes	Clay	Odile De Roubin [FRA]	1/2	Judith Szorenyi [HUN]	4-6 6-0 6-2	Borka, Szell	0	44.0%
6-Mar-1972	Perth City		Chris Matison [AUS]		L Cooper [AUS]	6-1 6-3		0	100.0%
6-Mar-1972	Sofia		Martina Navratilova [USA]		Mariana Simionescu [ROU]	6-1 6-4		0	50.0%
6-Mar-1972	Wynnum		Wendy Turnbull [AUS]	1/4	Barbara Hawcroft [AUS]	7-5 6-2		0	100.0%
7-Mar-1972	Dallas	Carpet	Nancy Richey [USA]	2/5	Billie Jean King [USA]	7-6(2) 6-1	Goolagong, Hunt	8	50.0%
13-Mar-1972	Alexandria	Clay	Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	1/3	Nathalie Fuchs [FRA]	6-3 1-6 6-1	De Roubin, Kuzelova	0	50.0%
14-Mar-1972	Menton	Clay	Judith Szorenyi [HUN]		Margareta Strandberg [SWE]	8-6 6-3	Venturino, Appel	0	25.0%
20-Mar-1972	Nice Intl	Clay	Nathalie Fuchs [FRA]		Heidi Reetmeyer [GER]	4-6 7-5 6-1	Venturino	0	35.0%
21-Mar-1972	Richmond	Clay	Billie Jean King [USA]	2/10	Nancy Richey [USA]	6-3 6-4	Casals, Reid	4	53.0%
27-Mar-1972	Johannesburg	Hard	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	5/12	Virginia Wade [GBR]	4-6 6-3 6-0	Walkden, Sherriff	1	38.0%
27-Mar-1972	Monte Carlo	Clay	Ingrid Bentzer [SWE]	1/2	Helga Masthoff [GER]	7-5 6-3	De Roubin, Bassi	0	22.0%
27-Mar-1972	Beersheba	Clay	Kora Schediwy [GER]		Janine Whyte [AUS]	6-2 6-2	Morgan, Lancaster Kerr	0	75.0%
29-Mar-1972	San Juan	Hard	Nancy Richey [USA]	3/5	Chris Evert [USA]	6-1 6-3	Casals, King	5	50.0%
31-Mar-1972	Birmingham	Clay	Lesley Charles [GBR]		Cherry Panton [GBR]	6-1 3-6 6-2		0	100.0%
31-Mar-1972	Southport England	Clay	Veronica Burton [GBR]		Shirley Bloomer [GBR]	6-1 6-3	Wellerman, Blachford	0	100.0%
2-Apr-1972	Rome	Clay	Linda Tuero [USA]	1/3	Olga Morozova [URS]	6-4 6-3	Masthoff, Sherriff	1	16.0%
2-Apr-1972	Tel Aviv Spring	Clay	Vicki Lancaster Kerr [AUS]	1/2	Mandy Morgan [AUS]	7-5 6-3	Schediwy, Whyte	0	44.0%
4-Apr-1972	Jacksonville	Clay	Marie Pinterova [HUN]		Billie Jean King [USA]	6-4 6-3	Liem, Harris	2	53.0%
6-Apr-1972	Haifa	Clay	Vicki Lancaster Kerr [AUS]	2/2	Kora Schediwy [GER]	6-3 3-6 9-7	Morgan, Whyte	0	66.0%
9-Apr-1972	Madrid	Clay	Linda Tuero [USA]	2/3	Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	6-3 6-1	Shaw, Schediwy	0	10.0%
10-Apr-1972	Beaulieu	Clay	Monique Salfati [ITA]		Erzsebet Szell [HUN]	8-6 7-5	Venturino, Sadlon	0	25.0%
10-Apr-1972	Tashkent		Olga Morozova [URS]	3/7	Eugenia Birioukova [AZE]	6-2 6-0		0	50.0%
11-Apr-1972	St. Petersburg	Clay	Nancy Richey [USA]	4/5	Chris Evert [USA]	6-3 6-4	King, Tegart	5	53.0%
17-Apr-1972	Tucson	Hard	Billie Jean King [USA]	3/10	Francoise Durr [FRA]	6-0 6-3	Tegart, Casals	3	68.0%
17-Apr-1972	Nice	Clay	Helga Masthoff [GER]	1/4	Linda Tuero [USA]	6-1 6-4	Kirk, Orth	0	23.0%
17-Apr-1972	Catania	Clay	Evelyne Terras [FRA]		Rosalba Vido [ITA]	6-2 6-1	Giscafre, Rossouw	0	16.0%
24-Apr-1972	Norwich	Clay	Wendy Turnbull [AUS]	2/4	Lesley Charles [GBR]	9-8 6-4	Martin, Burton	0	36.0%
25-Apr-1972	Tarrasa	Clay	Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	2/3	Marilyn Pryde [NZL]	6-3 6-4		0	50.0%
25-Apr-1972	Paris French Pro		Rosie Reyes [FRA]	2/2	Jacqueline Le Boubennec [FRA]	6-2 6-4		0	100.0%
25-Apr-1972	Ojai	Hard	Janice Metcalf [USA]	2/3	Laurie Tenney [USA]	2-6 7-5 6-3	Bostrom, Christenson	0	100.0%
1-May-1972	Sutton	Clay	Winnie Shaw [GBR]	3/4	Patricia Coleman [AUS]	7-5 6-3	Cooper, Williams	1	61.0%
3-May-1972	Indianapolis Indoors	Carpet	Billie Jean King [USA]	4/10	Nancy Richey [USA]	6-3 6-3	Overton, Casals	4	62.0%
6-May-1972	Los Angeles SoCal Chps	Hard	Marita Redondo [USA]	1/4	Janet Newberry [USA]	6-1 7-6	Jensen, Tenney	0	94.0%
8-May-1972	Bournemouth	Clay	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6/12	Helga Masthoff [GER]	6-0 6-4	Walsh Pete, Williams	1	37.0%
8-May-1972	Stuttgart	Clay	Linda Tuero [USA]	3/3	Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	6-1 6-4	Winkens, Amos	0	58.0%
15-May-1972	Guildford	Clay	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	7/12	Joyce Williams [GBR]	7-5 6-2	Truman, Gourlay	0	60.0%
15-May-1972	Lee-On-Solent	Clay	Fiorella Bonicelli [URU]	1/3	Susan Minford [IRL]	6-1 6-4	Charles, Doerner	0	33.0%
22-May-1972	Chingford	Clay	Cynthia Doerner [AUS]		Wendy Appleby [USA]	7-5 7-5	Martin, Burton	0	33.0%
22-May-1972	Tulsa	Clay	Laurie Fleming [USA]	2/2	Kathy Kraft [USA]	6-4 6-2	Redondo, Kiyomura Hayashi	0	87.0%
22-May-1972	Roland Garros	Clay	Billie Jean King [USA]	5/10	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-3 6-3	Masthoff, Durr	6	21.0%
29-May-1972	Surbiton	Grass	Joyce Williams [GBR]	2/2	Patti Hogan [USA]	6-4 6-3	Walsh Pete, Turnbull	0	35.0%
5-Jun-1972	Hamburg	Clay	Helga Masthoff [GER]	2/4	Linda Tuero [USA]	6-3 3-6 8-6	Sawamatsu, Ziegenfuss	0	48.0%
5-Jun-1972	Nottingham Round Robin	Grass	Round robin event					3	50.0%
5-Jun-1972	Chichester	Grass	Tournament not completed				Krantzcke (F), Stove (F), Durr, Harris	2	25.0%
5-Jun-1972	Nottingham	Grass	Jill Cooper [GBR]		Pam Teeguarden [USA]	2-6 6-1 6-4	Williams, Truman	0	50.0%
5-Jun-1972	Manchester	Grass	Patti Hogan [USA]		Esme Emmanuel [RSA]	6-2 6-3	Louie, Martinez	0	29.0%
5-Jun-1972	Montgomery		Patricia Bostrom [USA]		Bev Barger [USA]	6-4 6-2		0	100.0%
11-Jun-1972	Beckenham GB vs World	Grass	Round robin event					1	50.0%
12-Jun-1972	Bristol	Grass	Billie Jean King [USA]	6/10	Kerry Reid [AUS]	6-3 6-2	Goolagong, Casals	4	37.0%
12-Jun-1972	Beckenham	Grass	Olga Morozova [URS]	4/7	Jill Cooper [GBR]	6-4 6-1	Turnbull, Coles	0	27.0%
17-Jun-1972	Wightman Cup	Grass	Round robin event					2	50.0%
19-Jun-1972	Queens Club	Grass	Chris Evert [USA]	2/4	Karen Krantzcke [AUS]	6-4 6-0	Coleman, Overton	3	27.0%
19-Jun-1972	Eastbourne	Grass	Francoise Durr [FRA]		Judy Tegart [AUS]	8-6 6-	Hunt, Guerrant	1	18.0%
19-Jun-1972	Cassel	Clay	Heidrun Scholze [GER]		Almut Sturm [GER]	7-5 RET	Hacks, Schothorst	0	50.0%
26-Jun-1972	Fulda	Clay	Heide Orth [GER]		Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	6-0 6-0		0	50.0%
26-Jun-1972	Raleigh	Clay	Jeanne Evert [USA]		Becky Vest [USA]	6-1 6-3	Redondo, Stratton	0	96.0%
26-Jun-1972	Prague	Clay	Miroslava Kozeluhova [CZE]		Miroslava Holubova [TCH]	6-2 2-6 6-2	Pikorova, Kodesova	0	75.0%
26-Jun-1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King [USA]	7/10	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-3 6-3	Evert, Casals	9	28.0%
3-Jul-1972	Wimbledon Plate	Grass	Karen Krantzcke [AUS]		Sharon Walsh Pete [USA]	6-4 6-1	Burton, Coleman	0	28.0%
3-Jul-1972	Birmingham Ala		Marita Redondo [USA]	2/4	Becky Vest [USA]	6-2 6-0	Dielen, Reese	0	90.0%
5-Jul-1972	Travemunde	Clay	Helga Masthoff [GER]	3/4	Judith Szorenyi [HUN]	6-2 6-2	Borka, Grindvold	1	37.0%
9-Jul-1972	Bastad	Clay	Ingrid Bentzer [SWE]	2/2	Christina Sandberg [SWE]	1-6 6-3 8-6	Blake, Strandberg	0	56.0%
10-Jul-1972	Dublin	Grass	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	8/12	Patricia Walkden [RSA]	2-6 6-1 6-2	Krantzcke, Hunt	0	43.0%
10-Jul-1972	Newport Wales	Grass	Kerry Reid [AUS]	2/2	Virginia Wade [GBR]	7-5 6-2	Williams, Shaw	2	53.0%
10-Jul-1972	Felixstowe	Grass	Patricia Coleman [AUS]		Wendy Turnbull [AUS]	7-5 8-6	Blachford, Kloss	0	62.0%
10-Jul-1972	Gstaad	Clay	Kazuko Sawamatsu [JPN]	2/3	Pam Teeguarden [USA]	6-3 4-6 6-2	Ebbinghaus, Palmeova West	0	25.0%
10-Jul-1972	Atlanta	Clay	Janice Metcalf [USA]	3/3	Jeanne Evert [USA]	6-4 3-6 6-1	Kraft, Latham	0	100.0%
17-Jul-1972	West Kirby	Grass	Tournament not completed				Goolagong (F), Stove (F), Walkden, Kirk	1	31.0%
17-Jul-1972	Kitzbuhel	Clay	Katja Ebbinghaus [GER]	1/2	Marijke Jansen [NED]	7-5 6-3	Orth, Szell	0	31.0%
17-Jul-1972	Frinton-On-Sea	Grass	Lindsey Beaven [GBR]		Cherry Panton [GBR]	6-2 6-0	Pearson, Riste	0	93.0%
17-Jul-1972	Craiglockhart	Grass	Tournament not completed				Williams (F), Molesworth (F), Liem, Shaw	0	62.0%
17-Jul-1972	Montana	Clay	Lesley Hunt [AUS]		Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	6-1 6-0	Hawcroft, Blake	0	28.0%
24-Jul-1972	Soviet Championships		Eugenia Birioukova [AZE]	2/3	Tiiu Kivi [EST]	6-3 6-2		0	50.0%
24-Jul-1972	Dusseldorf	Clay	Patricia Walkden [RSA]	2/4	Katja Ebbinghaus [GER]	6-2 1-6 6-3	Wade, Masthoff	2	50.0%
24-Jul-1972	Istanbul	Clay	Laura Rossouw [RSA]		Julie Anthony [USA]	6-8 6-2 6-4	Toyne, Pachta	0	25.0%
25-Jul-1972	Hilversum	Clay	Betty Stove [NED]	1/2	Marijke Jansen [NED]	7-5 6-3	Coleman, Szorenyi	0	34.0%
27-Jul-1972	Tallinn	Clay	Olga Morozova [URS]	5/7	Zaiga Yansone [URS]	6-1 6-0	Yeremeyeva, Izopaitis	0	75.0%
28-Jul-1972	Bonne Bell Cup	Hard	Round robin event					2	50.0%
31-Jul-1972	Brumana	Clay	Sonja Pachta [AUT]		Julie Anthony [USA]	6-4 3-6 6-4	Manasseh, Aboudiab	0	25.0%
1-Aug-1972	Columbus	Clay	Rosie Casals [USA]	3/3	Francoise Durr [FRA]	6-7(2) 7-6(0) 6-0	King, Ziegenfuss	5	62.0%
1-Aug-1972	Cincinnati	Clay	Margaret Court [AUS]	1/10	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	3-6 6-2 7-5	Fuchs, Tuero	0	62.0%
7-Aug-1972	Indianapolis	Clay	Chris Evert [USA]	3/4	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	7-6(2) 6-1	Tuero, Court	1	40.0%
7-Aug-1972	Middletown Satellite	Carpet	Kathy Blake [USA]		Judy Alvarez [USA]	4-6 6-1 6-1	Reese, Giscafre	0	80.0%
7-Aug-1972	Ilkley		Wendy Slaughter [GBR]		Lesley Charles [GBR]	6-4 6-3	Blachford, Hole	0	87.0%
9-Aug-1972	Budapest	Clay	Marina Kroschina [URS]		Olga Morozova [URS]	1-6 6-2 6-2	Kozeluhova, Birioukova	0	15.0%
9-Aug-1972	Grado	Clay	Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	3/3	Michelle Rodriguez [CHI]	6-3 6-3		0	50.0%
14-Aug-1972	Denver	Hard	Nancy Richey [USA]	5/5	Billie Jean King [USA]	1-6 6-4 6-3	Hunt, Ziegenfuss	5	46.0%
14-Aug-1972	Moscow		Olga Morozova [URS]	6/7	Marina Kroschina [URS]	8-6 6-2	Yeremeyeva, Newberry	0	41.0%
14-Aug-1972	Dutch Nationals		Betty Stove [NED]	2/2	Elly Appel [NED]	0-6 6-1 6-2		0	100.0%
14-Aug-1972	Wilmington	Grass	Marita Redondo [USA]	3/4	Laurie Fleming [USA]	7-6 3-6 6-2	Thomas, Metcalf	0	90.0%
14-Aug-1972	Braunschweig	Clay	Helga Masthoff [GER]	4/4	Katja Ebbinghaus [GER]	6-1 5-7 6-4		1	100.0%
15-Aug-1972	Toronto	Clay	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	9/12	Virginia Wade [GBR]	6-3 6-1	Tuero, Court	2	23.0%
21-Aug-1972	Haverford	Grass	Virginia Wade [GBR]	2/4	Laurie Fleming [USA]	6-4 6-1	Sawamatsu, Fernandez De Soto	1	71.0%
21-Aug-1972	South Orange	Grass	Olga Morozova [URS]	7/7	Marina Kroschina [URS]	6-2 6-7 7-5	Tuero, Graebner	1	75.0%
21-Aug-1972	Poertschach	Clay	Katja Ebbinghaus [GER]	2/2	Kora Schediwy [GER]	6-3 6-2	Winkens, Wuestl	0	44.0%
22-Aug-1972	Newport	Grass	Margaret Court [AUS]	2/10	Billie Jean King [USA]	6-4 6-1	Heldman, Evert	5	50.0%
28-Aug-1972	St. Moritz	Clay	Winnie Shaw [GBR]	4/4	Jackie Fayter [GBR]	6-1 6-0	Wallenfels, Palmeova West	0	25.0%
28-Aug-1972	Budleigh Salterton	Grass	Cherry Panton [GBR]		Sue Barker [GBR]	8-6 6-3	Wellerman, Helliar	0	100.0%
28-Aug-1972	Santa Monica		Betty Ann Grubb [USA]		Mimi Henreid [USA]	6-4 6-2	Wheeler, Eisele	0	100.0%
28-Aug-1972	US Open	Grass	Billie Jean King [USA]	8/10	Kerry Reid [AUS]	6-3 7-5	Court, Evert	8	48.0%
4-Sep-1972	Salonika		Margaret Tesch [AUS]		Janine Whyte [AUS]	6-2 2-6 6-3	Kalogeropoulos, Asteri	0	50.0%
7-Sep-1972	Key Biscayne		Maria Eugenia Guzman [ECU]		Ana Maria Arias [CHI]	6-4 5-7 6-4	Fernandez De Soto, Vest	0	40.0%
11-Sep-1972	Sydney Metro 1		Jenny Walker [AUS]		Dianne Fromholtz [AUS]	6-3 6-0		0	100.0%
11-Sep-1972	Athens	Clay	Maria Teresa Nasuelli [ITA]		Margaret Tesch [AUS]	8-6 3-6 6-0	Billing, Whyte	0	50.0%
11-Sep-1972	Milan Bonfiglio		Fiorella Bonicelli [URU]	2/3	Marilyn Pryde [NZL]	2-5 6-4 6-3		0	50.0%
12-Sep-1972	Charlotte	Clay	Billie Jean King [USA]	9/10	Margaret Court [AUS]	6-2 6-2	Casals, Richey	6	50.0%
18-Sep-1972	Los Angeles Pac Southwest	Hard	Marita Redondo [USA]	4/4	Janice Metcalf [USA]	6-3 5-7 6-2	Morse, Bostrom	0	90.0%
19-Sep-1972	Albany	Hard	Margaret Court [AUS]	3/10	Billie Jean King [USA]	6-4 6-1	Reid, Casals	5	53.0%
25-Sep-1972	La Paz		Isabel Fernandez De Soto [COL]	1/3	Ana Maria Arias [CHI]	7-5 6-4	Guzman, Vest	0	40.0%
25-Sep-1972	Split	Clay	Mima Jausovec [SLO]		Margaret Tesch [AUS]	6-4 10-8	Dvornik, Pozeg	0	50.0%
25-Sep-1972	Tel Aviv Autumn		Janine Schmahman [RSA]		Mara Cohen Mintz [ISR]	6-3 6-1	Rosengarten, Kay	0	75.0%
25-Sep-1972	Donets	Carpet	Eugenia Birioukova [AZE]	3/3	Tiiu Kivi [EST]	6-3 6-3	Morozova, Ivanova	1	87.0%
25-Sep-1972	Rome Nationals		Lucia Bassi [ITA]		Maria Teresa Nasuelli [ITA]	W/O	Giorgi, Pericoli	0	100.0%
25-Sep-1972	Cluj		Judith Dibar [ROU]		Virginia Ruzici [ROU]	6-2 6-4		0	100.0%
27-Sep-1972	Phoenix	Hard	Billie Jean King [USA]	10/10	Margaret Court [AUS]	7-6(1) 6-3	Casals, Overton	6	46.0%
2-Oct-1972	Vina del Mar		Isabel Fernandez De Soto [COL]	2/3	Maria Eugenia Guzman [ECU]	6-4 6-4	Vest, Arias	0	33.0%
2-Oct-1972	Aix-En-Provence		Gail Sherriff [FRA]	4/5	Nathalie Fuchs [FRA]	6-2 6-1	De Roubin, Bouteleux	0	100.0%
7-Oct-1972	Boca Raton	Clay	Chris Evert [USA]	4/4	Kerry Reid [AUS]	7-5 6-4	King, Durr	7	56.0%
9-Oct-1972	Bogota		Isabel Fernandez De Soto [COL]	3/3	Maria Eugenia Guzman [ECU]	6-4 6-3	Arias, Vest	0	40.0%
16-Oct-1972	Barcelona	Clay	Gail Sherriff [FRA]	5/5	Nathalie Fuchs [FRA]	6-1 6-4	Pachta, Hunt	0	43.0%
16-Oct-1972	Delray Beach		Betsy Nagelsen [USA]		Jeanne Evert [USA]	W/O	Fox, Gfroerer	0	100.0%
17-Oct-1972	Billingham	Carpet	Margaret Court [AUS]	4/10	Julie Heldman [USA]	7-5 6-0	Kirk, Wade	2	68.0%
19-Oct-1972	Southport		Wendy Turnbull [AUS]	3/4	Sally Arnott [AUS]	6-2 6-2		0	100.0%
20-Oct-1972	Bulawayo		Ilana Kloss [RSA]	1/2	Maryna Godwin [RSA]	6-0 6-4	Morris, Martin	0	50.0%
20-Oct-1972	Johannesburg Transvaal Chps	Hard	Ilana Kloss [RSA]	2/2	Margaret Hunt [RSA]	6-4 6-1		0	100.0%
24-Oct-1972	Edingburgh	Carpet	Margaret Court [AUS]	5/10	Virginia Wade [GBR]	6-3 3-6 7-5	Kirk, Stove	3	56.0%
24-Oct-1972	Hong Kong	Grass	Kazuko Sawamatsu [JPN]	3/3	Alena Palmeova West [TCH]	6-2 6-3	Bailey, Goto	0	50.0%
26-Oct-1972	Ecuador		Fiorella Bonicelli [URU]	3/3	Isabel Fernandez De Soto [COL]	6-8 6-3 6-0	Villaverde, Giscafre	0	50.0%
31-Oct-1972	Port Talbot	Carpet	Margaret Court [AUS]	6/10	Virginia Wade [GBR]	6-3 6-4	Stove, Heldman	3	69.0%
6-Nov-1972	Torquay	Carpet	Margaret Court [AUS]	7/10	Virginia Wade [GBR]	2-6 6-3 6-1	Heldman, Kirk	3	78.0%
13-Nov-1972	London	Carpet	Margaret Court [AUS]	8/10	Virginia Wade [GBR]	6-1 6-1	Stove, Heldman	2	25.0%
13-Nov-1972	Nottingham Exho	Carpet	Round robin event					2	25.0%
21-Nov-1972	Melbourne	Clay	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	10/12	Patricia Coleman [AUS]	6-7 6-2 6-2	Gurdal, Doerner	0	63.0%
27-Nov-1972	Redcliffe	Clay	Wendy Turnbull [AUS]	4/4	Barbara Hawcroft [AUS]	7-5 6-4		0	100.0%
27-Nov-1972	Buenos Aires	Clay	Virginia Wade [GBR]	3/4	Fiorella Bonicelli [URU]	6-4 6-1	Teeguarden, Masthoff	1	55.0%
27-Nov-1972	Brisbane	Grass	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	11/12	Glynis Coles [GBR]	6-0 7-5	Hawcroft, Charles	0	57.0%
30-Nov-1972	Paris Coupe Canet		Daniele Bouteleux [FRA]		Odile De Roubin [FRA]	6-4 2-6 6-2		0	100.0%
4-Dec-1972	Sydney Metro 2	Clay	Chris Oneil [AUS]		Dianne Fromholtz [AUS]	4-6 6-2 6-2	Walsham, Healey	0	100.0%
4-Dec-1972	Pretoria	Hard	Patricia Walkden [RSA]	3/4	Ilana Kloss [RSA]	5-7 7-5 6-3		0	100.0%
5-Dec-1972	Perth 2	Grass	Margaret Court [AUS]	9/10	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-3 6-2	Hunt, Sawamatsu	1	64.0%
7-Dec-1972	New York	Carpet	Virginia Wade [GBR]	4/4	Rosie Casals [USA]	6-3 6-	Durr, Ziegenfuss	3	62.0%
11-Dec-1972	Adelaide 2	Grass	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	12/12	Kerry Harris [AUS]	6-1 6-2	Coleman, Doerner	1	52.0%
11-Dec-1972	Bloemfontein	Hard	Patricia Walkden [RSA]	4/4	Linky Boshoff [RSA]	2-6 6-1 6-1		0	100.0%
12-Dec-1972	Kingston	Hard	Julie Anthony [USA]		Rosie Casals [USA]	6-3 6-4	Crosby, Phillips	1	50.0%
18-Dec-1972	Cape Town 2	Hard	Sharon Walsh Pete [USA]		Patricia Walkden [RSA]	6-0 5-7 6-4	Rossouw, Kloss	0	77.0%
18-Dec-1972	Hobart 2	Grass	Tournament not completed				Coleman (F), Young	0	59.0%
25-Dec-1972	Port Elizabeth 2	Hard	Linky Boshoff [RSA]	1/2	Ilana Kloss [RSA]	6-1 6-1	Walsh Pete	0	66.0%
25-Dec-1972	Valencia 2	Clay	Tine Zwaan [NED]	1/2	Carmen Perea Alcala [ESP]	3-6 6-3 6-0		0	50.0%
26-Dec-1972	Auckland Chps 1	Grass	Marilyn Pryde [NZL]	3/3	Patricia Bostrom [USA]	7-6 6-2	Chaloner, Vercoe	0	87.0%
26-Dec-1972	Port Elizabeth 1	Hard	Linky Boshoff [RSA]	2/2	Ilana Kloss [RSA]	6-1 6-1	Walsh Pete, Rossouw	0	75.0%
26-Dec-1972	Paris Coupe Bivort		Rosalba Vido [ITA]		Elly Appel [NED]	6-4 6-2		0	50.0%
26-Dec-1972	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Court [AUS]	10/10	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	6-4 7-5	Reid, Sawamatsu	3	66.0%
30-Dec-1972	Valencia	Clay	Tine Zwaan [NED]	2/2	Carmen Perea Alcala [ESP]	3-6 6-3 6-4		0	50.0%
30-Dec-1972	Mamers		Odile De Roubin [FRA]	2/2	Gail Sherriff [FRA]	2-6 7-6 8-6		0	100.0%

1972 Year-End Elo Rankings Intro to Elo | Current Elo rankings | Top

Historical women's Elo ratings are provisional as more data is continually added. Surface ratings are particularly susceptible to limited data.

Rank	Player	Age	Titles	W-L	Elo	hElo Rank	hElo	cElo Rank	cElo	gElo Rank	gElo	iElo Rank	iElo
1	Billie Jean King [USA]	29	10	88-13	2309.0	1	2118.8	2	2189.6	1	2210.4	1	2123.0
2	Margaret Court [AUS]	30	10	63-8	2289.7	2	2065.6	3	2158.3	2	2179.9	2	2119.3
3	Chris Evert [USA]	18	4	49-7	2285.3	3	2033.4	1	2193.6	3	2108.6	5	1957.2
4	Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	21	12	91-11	2167.7	5	1959.0	4	2090.4	4	2072.4	4	1957.8
5	Nancy Richey [USA]	30	5	43-9	2141.0	4	2000.4	5	2042.9	7	1967.4	3	1964.4
6	Virginia Wade [GBR]	27	4	80-27	2076.8	6	1898.8	6	1965.3	6	1971.8	6	1937.5
7	Kerry Reid [AUS]	25	2	62-24	2033.1	8	1786.0	9	1918.0	5	1973.7	7	1887.6
8	Rosie Casals [USA]	24	3	64-26	1973.3	7	1808.0	8	1923.8	8	1938.5	8	1827.3
9	Olga Morozova [URS]	23	7	50-13	1934.5			14	1850.7	9	1866.2	9	1781.5
10	Betty Stove [NED]	27	2	48-25	1914.8	23	1691.8	13	1850.7	11	1844.7	12	1735.8
11	Francoise Durr [FRA]	30	1	52-24	1909.7	9	1781.6	7	1926.8	10	1864.9	16	1713.8
12	Helga Masthoff [FRG]	31	4	31-12	1906.4	18	1714.2	10	1882.1	32	1654.6	19	1656.4
13	Karen Krantzcke [AUS]	25	1	40-26	1900.4	17	1722.8	18	1797.6	12	1816.2	17	1670.3
14	Joyce Williams [AUS]		2	32-9	1897.0	22	1694.4	12	1852.2	13	1809.7	10	1739.9
15	Winnie Shaw [GBR]	25	4	36-11	1880.7	13	1765.6	15	1832.8	16	1776.5	11	1736.3
16	Julie Heldman [USA]	27	0	32-27	1871.2	15	1731.0	19	1796.8	21	1746.1	13	1735.7
17	Lesley Hunt [AUS]	22	1	43-26	1863.6	10	1771.8	26	1745.7	15	1777.5	15	1722.6
18	Patricia Walkden [RSA]	26	4	36-19	1862.5	14	1745.5	17	1801.0	14	1790.4
19	Wendy Overton [USA]	25	0	39-32	1858.8	24	1690.9	27	1742.2	23	1744.0	14	1728.3
20	Linda Tuero [USA]	22	3	43-15	1846.0	12	1767.2	11	1857.8	30	1664.8	38	1536.9

1972 Elo Number Ones Intro to Elo | Current Elo rankings | Top

Players who held the #1 position this season. (Historical women's Elo ratings are provisional as more data is continually added.)

Player	Start	End	Consecutive Weeks	Preceded By	Followed By
Margaret Court [AUS]	6-Jan-1969	5-Jun-1972	179	Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King [USA]	12-Jun-1972	4-Dec-1972	26
Margaret Court [AUS]	11-Dec-1972	10-Dec-1973	53		Chris Evert

Top Player Stats Top

Detailed won-loss records for the 30 most active players. (Surface not known for all tournaments, and "carpet" includes a variety of other indoor surfaces, such as wood and tiles.)

Player	Events	Matches	W-L	W%	Finals	W-L	W%	3 Sets	W-L	W%	Hard	W-L	W%	Clay	W-L	W%	Grass	W-L	W%	Carpet	W-L	W%
Evonne Goolagong [AUS]	27	102	91-11	89.2%	18	12-6	66.0%	16	11-5	68.0%	11	10-1	90.0%	36	33-3	91.0%	53	47-6	88.0%	4	3-1	75.0%
Margaret Court [AUS]	18	71	63-8	88.7%	12	10-2	83.0%	7	5-2	71.0%	12	10-2	83.0%	18	14-4	77.0%	20	19-1	95.0%	22	21-1	95.0%
Chris Evert [USA]	14	56	49-7	87.5%	7	4-3	57.0%	8	6-2	75.0%	6	5-1	83.0%	21	19-2	90.0%	23	20-3	86.0%	7	5-2	71.0%
Billie Jean King [USA]	24	101	88-13	87.1%	16	10-6	62.0%	16	13-3	81.0%	23	20-3	86.0%	38	32-6	84.0%	23	22-1	95.0%	20	15-5	75.0%
Nancy Richey [USA]	16	52	43-9	82.7%	7	5-2	71.0%	9	5-4	55.0%	12	11-1	91.0%	22	16-6	72.0%	7	5-2	71.0%	16	13-3	81.0%
Olga Morozova [URS]	20	63	50-13	79.4%	11	7-4	63.0%	15	9-6	60.0%	0	0-0	-	17	13-4	76.0%	35	28-7	80.0%	7	5-2	71.0%
Virginia Wade [GBR]	36	107	80-27	74.8%	12	4-8	33.0%	21	10-11	47.0%	12	10-2	83.0%	22	15-7	68.0%	38	28-10	73.0%	36	28-8	77.0%
Linda Tuero [USA]	22	58	43-15	74.1%	6	3-3	50.0%	15	10-5	66.0%	16	12-4	75.0%	36	29-7	80.0%	6	2-4	33.0%	1	0-1	0.0%
Kerry Reid [AUS]	27	86	62-24	72.1%	6	2-4	33.0%	19	15-4	78.0%	12	7-5	58.0%	25	17-8	68.0%	29	22-7	75.0%	23	17-6	73.0%
Patricia Coleman [AUS]	18	57	41-16	71.9%	3	1-2	33.0%	11	10-1	90.0%	0	0-0	-	19	14-5	73.0%	39	27-12	69.0%	0	0-0	-
Rosie Casals [USA]	26	90	64-26	71.1%	6	3-3	50.0%	22	15-7	68.0%	22	16-6	72.0%	17	11-6	64.0%	19	13-6	68.0%	32	24-8	75.0%
Francoise Durr [FRA]	28	76	52-24	68.4%	5	1-4	20.0%	16	9-7	56.0%	16	11-5	68.0%	21	15-6	71.0%	19	14-5	73.0%	22	13-9	59.0%
Kazuko Sawamatsu [JPN]	27	56	37-19	66.1%	3	3-0	100.0%	13	8-5	61.0%	8	6-2	75.0%	18	11-7	61.0%	28	18-10	64.0%	3	3-0	100.0%
Betty Stove [NED]	31	73	48-25	65.8%	2	2-0	100.0%	21	14-7	66.0%	10	7-3	70.0%	14	8-6	57.0%	26	20-6	76.0%	23	12-11	52.0%
Patricia Walkden [RSA]	24	55	36-19	65.5%	7	4-3	57.0%	19	12-7	63.0%	23	16-7	69.0%	15	10-5	66.0%	17	10-7	58.0%	0	0-0	-
Fiorella Bonicelli [URU]	24	47	30-17	63.8%	4	3-1	75.0%	18	12-6	66.0%	6	4-2	66.0%	24	15-9	62.0%	14	8-6	57.0%	0	0-0	-
Lesley Hunt [AUS]	28	69	43-26	62.3%	1	1-0	100.0%	16	10-6	62.0%	16	11-5	68.0%	20	11-9	55.0%	24	16-8	66.0%	10	5-5	50.0%
Brenda Kirk [RSA]	30	63	39-24	61.9%	1	1-0	100.0%	16	10-6	62.0%	17	15-2	88.0%	19	9-10	47.0%	14	7-7	50.0%	14	9-5	64.0%
Karen Krantzcke [AUS]	29	66	40-26	60.6%	2	1-1	50.0%	12	5-7	41.0%	9	5-4	55.0%	15	8-7	53.0%	32	24-8	75.0%	12	4-8	33.0%
Barbara Hawcroft [AUS]	21	49	28-21	57.1%	2	0-2	0.0%	9	4-5	44.0%	2	1-1	50.0%	12	5-7	41.0%	34	22-12	64.0%	0	0-0	-
Mona Guerrant [USA]	22	48	27-21	56.3%	2	1-1	50.0%	18	8-10	44.0%	7	4-3	57.0%	17	9-8	52.0%	21	13-8	61.0%	2	1-1	50.0%
Helen Gourlay [AUS]	25	57	32-25	56.1%	0	0-0	-	13	7-6	53.0%	8	5-3	62.0%	15	10-5	66.0%	20	11-9	55.0%	14	6-8	42.0%
Wendy Overton [USA]	28	71	39-32	54.9%	0	0-0	-	15	8-7	53.0%	12	6-6	50.0%	21	11-10	52.0%	17	10-7	58.0%	23	13-10	56.0%
Sharon Walsh Pete [USA]	29	62	34-28	54.8%	2	1-1	50.0%	21	11-10	52.0%	14	9-5	64.0%	13	6-7	46.0%	25	15-10	60.0%	11	5-6	45.0%
Pam Teeguarden [USA]	25	55	30-25	54.5%	2	0-2	0.0%	13	4-9	30.0%	6	3-3	50.0%	22	13-9	59.0%	21	15-6	71.0%	7	0-7	0.0%
Julie Heldman [USA]	26	59	32-27	54.2%	1	0-1	0.0%	16	7-9	43.0%	8	5-3	62.0%	12	6-6	50.0%	13	6-7	46.0%	27	15-12	55.0%
Valerie Ziegenfuss [USA]	29	55	29-26	52.7%	1	0-1	0.0%	14	11-3	78.0%	16	10-6	62.0%	16	9-7	56.0%	8	4-4	50.0%	16	7-9	43.0%
Judy Tegart [AUS]	21	50	26-24	52.0%	1	0-1	0.0%	11	6-5	54.0%	6	3-3	50.0%	16	10-6	62.0%	12	6-6	50.0%	18	8-10	44.0%
Corinne Molesworth [GBR]	31	59	30-29	50.8%	0	0-0	-	14	7-7	50.0%	6	2-4	33.0%	22	13-9	59.0%	16	9-7	56.0%	15	6-9	40.0%
Wendy Gilchrist [AUS]	33	54	21-33	38.9%	0	0-0	-	13	5-8	38.0%	5	1-4	20.0%	20	9-11	45.0%	17	7-10	41.0%	12	4-8	33.0%

Most Common Head-to-Heads Top

Meetings	Player	Opponent	Wins	Losses	Win Percentage	Finals
7	Rosie Casals	Wendy Overton	7	0	100.0%	0
7	Billie Jean King	Nancy Richey	4	3	57.1%	4
6	Evonne Goolagong	Patricia Walkden	6	0	100.0%	1
6	Rosie Casals	Betty Stove	6	0	100.0%	0
6	Rosie Casals	Kerry Reid	3	3	50.0%	1
6	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade	4	2	66.7%	4
5	Rosie Casals	Karen Krantzcke	4	1	80.0%	0
5	Rosie Casals	Billie Jean King	0	5	0.0%	0
5	Evonne Goolagong	Virginia Wade	4	1	80.0%	3
5	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	2	3	40.0%	4
5	Kerry Reid	Billie Jean King	0	5	0.0%	3
5	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade	5	0	100.0%	0
5	Kerry Reid	Francoise Durr	5	0	100.0%	0
5	Rosie Casals	Valerie Ziegenfuss	5	0	100.0%	1
5	Lesley Hunt	Francoise Durr	1	4	20.0%	0

Country Rankings Top

How players from the strongest nations fared in international competition.

Country	vs Others: Matches	Wins	Losses	Win Perc	Finals	Wins	Losses	Win Perc	vs Self: Matches	Finals	Diff Titlists	Diff Finalists	Diff Players
Soviet Union	88	56	32	63.6%	8	4	4	50.0%	42	6	4	5	21
Australia	759	453	306	59.7%	39	23	16	59.0%	195	15	13	23	94
Japan	68	40	28	58.8%	2	2	0	100.0%	3	1	1	2	9
France	218	126	92	57.8%	13	7	6	53.8%	14	6	7	8	21
Netherlands	127	71	56	55.9%	4	2	2	50.0%	6	2	2	4	14
Germany	187	103	84	55.1%	11	6	5	54.5%	15	3	5	7	26
United States	889	477	412	53.7%	39	20	19	51.3%	408	25	19	33	186
Uruguay	56	30	26	53.6%	4	3	1	75.0%	0	0	1	1	4
United Kingdom	560	268	292	47.9%	23	9	14	39.1%	127	7	9	13	105
Hungary	72	34	38	47.2%	5	2	3	40.0%	2	0	2	3	7
South Africa	281	132	149	47.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	44	7	6	9	63
Italy	61	26	35	42.6%	5	3	2	60.0%	5	1	4	5	8
Sweden	72	28	44	38.9%	3	1	2	33.3%	7	2	2	3	11
New Zealand	55	20	35	36.4%	4	1	3	25.0%	11	2	1	3	13
Canada	57	15	42	26.3%	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	7

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