1972 ILTF Women's Tennis Circuit

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1972 ILTF Women's Tennis Circuit

Evonne Goolagong won 12 singles titles during the season.
Details
Duration	26 December 1971–18 December 1972
Edition	58th
Tournaments	161
Categories	Grand Slam (4) Year-end championships (1) Virginia Slims Circuit (20) ILTF Women's Grand Prix (11) ILTF World Circuit (125)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Australia Evonne Goolagong (12)
Most finals	Australia Evonne Goolagong (20)
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 ILTF Women's Tennis Circuit was the 58th season since the founding of the International Lawn Tennis Association and was the final season to be solely administered by the ILTF.

It was composed of the 2nd annual Virginia Slims Circuit with 20 events, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes, but approved by the ILTF and the 2nd annual ILTF Commercial Union Women's Grand Prix circuit with 13 events which included Roland Garros and Wimbledon,^{[1] [2]} and sponsored by Commercial Union insurance company and the 58th annual ILTF World Circuit with 125 events.

The following season would see the formation of the Women's Tennis Association in which the ILTF would eventually have to share responsibility for administering the worldwide tour for women something at this time it was resisting to change.^[3] In 1973 the majority of the ILTF events remain under direct administration of that organisation and continues with and independent ILTF World Circuit that offered lower prize money and ranking points of the other two circuits.

The 1972 ILTF Women's Grand Prix Circuit.was a tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The circuit consisted of two of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments including Roland Garros, Wimbledon and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF.^[4] That circuit ran from 27 March to 4 September. Evonne Goolagong won most events on this circuit with 5 titles.^[5]

Prior to the establishment of this circuit there was an inequality between the prize money purses for male and female tennis players which gave rise to complaints from a number of the leading female tennis players of the time. Nine of them, including Billie Jean King, became later known as the "Original 9" after being banned from the then existing multi-gender invitational professional events run by the influential United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) due to their boycotting of the Pacific Southwest Championships. This resulted in the first Virginia Slims-sponsored event being held in September 1970 in Houston, an event which laid the groundwork for the establishment of the annual Virginia Slims Circuit the following year. The 1972 Virginia Slims Circuit consisted on 22 tournaments including the U.S. Open the circuit began on 12 January and ended on 11 October and offered 587,775ドル in prize money.^[5] Billie Jean King won most events on this circuit with 7 titles of her 11 titles in total she played on all three circuits and won events across all three.^[5]

The 1972 ILTF World Circuit consisted of 125 events including the Australian Open that were not part of the sponsored Virginia Slims and Commercial Union Grand Prix circuits. It began 27 December 1971 with the Eastern Province Championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and ended on 25 December 1972 with Border Championships, East London, South Africa This years singles title leader Evonne Goolagong won 5 tournaments on this circuit her total 12 tournament wins were across two circuits, this one and the Grand Prix.^[5]

This is an incomplete calendar of all events that formed the majority of the ILTF Circuit and the Commercial Union Assurance Company and Virginia Slims sponsored tennis circuits in the year 1972, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. The table also includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1972 Virginia Slims Championships and the 1972 Federation Cup.^[1]

Key

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
27 Dec	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–4	Australia Evonne Goolagong	Australia Helen Gourlay Australia Kerry Harris	Australia Barbara Hawcroft Soviet Union Olga Morozova France Gail Chanfreau Australia Patricia Coleman
		Australia Helen Gourlay Australia Kerry Harris 6–0, 6–4	Australia Patricia Coleman Australia Karen Krantzcke

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Jan	New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–1, 7–6(7–4)	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	Australia Patricia Coleman Australia Barbara Hawcroft	Australia Anne Coleman Australia Janet Young Soviet Union Olga Morozova Australia Marilyn Tesch
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Patricia Edwards 6–1, 6–2	Australia Lesley Bowrey United Kingdom Virginia Wade
10 Jan	British Motor Cars Invitational San Francisco, United States Virginia Slims 17,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Billie Jean King 7–6(5–0), 7–6(5–2)	Australia Kerry Melville	United Kingdom Virginia Wade Australia Judy Dalton	United States Nancy Gunter Australia Helen Gourlay France Françoise Dürr United States Rosie Casals
		United States Rosie Casals United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–3, 5–7, 6–2	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
17 Jan	Indep. Press-Telegram Championships Long Beach, California, United States Virginia Slims 17,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Rosie Casals 6–2, 6–7(4–5), 6–3	France Françoise Dürr	Australia Kerry Melville United States Billie Jean King	Australia Helen Gourlay United States Julie Heldman United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Wendy Overton
		United States Rosie Casals United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–3, 5–7, 6–2	Australia Helen Gourlay Australia Karen Krantzcke
	South Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 7–6(7–4), 6–3	Soviet Union Olga Morozova	Australia Janet Young Australia Marilyn Tesch	Australia Kathy Walker Australia Janine Whyte Australia Christine Matison Australia Barbara Hawcroft
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6–3, 6–0	Australia Marilyn Tesch Australia Kerry Hogarth
24 Jan	Virginia Slims National Indoors Boston, United States Virginia Slims 18,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–3, 7–5	France Françoise Dürr	United States Rosie Casals United States Wendy Overton	Australia Karen Krantzcke Australia Judy Dalton Australia Lesley Hunt Australia Kerry Melville
		United States Rosie Casals United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–7, 6–0, 7–5	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
31 Jan	Virginia Slims of Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, United States Virginia Slims 25,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–1, 6–0	United States Billie Jean King	United States Wendy Overton N/A	United States Nancy Gunter N/A N/A N/A
		Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr 6–3, 6–2	United States Nancy Gunter United Kingdom Virginia Wade
	Western Australian Championships Perth, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–2, 7–5	Soviet Union Olga Morozova	Australia Patricia Coleman Australia Barbara Hawcroft
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Barbara Hawcroft 6–3, 6–0	Soviet Union Olga Morozova Australia Janet Young

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 Feb	Virginia Slims of Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, United States Virginia Slims 20,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Rosie Casals 6–4, 6–1	United States Valerie Ziegenfuss	Netherlands Betty Stöve Australia Judy Dalton	United States Billie Jean King United States Wendy Overton United States Julie Heldman France Françoise Dürr
		United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King 6–7(4–5), 7–6(5–2), 6–2	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
21 Feb	Virginia Slims of Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., United States Virginia Slims 18,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Nancy Gunter 7–6(5–1), 6–1	United States Chris Evert	Australia Kerry Melville United States Rosie Casals	United States Julie Heldman France Françoise Dürr United States Barbara Downs United States Wendy Overton
		United States Wendy Overton United States Valerie Ziegenfuss 7–5, 6–2	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
28 Feb	K-Mart International Birmingham, Michigan, United States Virginia Slims 15,000ドル Singles – Doubles	Australia Kerry Melville 6–3, 6–7(3–5), 6–4	United States Rosie Casals	United States Wendy Overton Australia Helen Gourlay	United States Julie Heldman Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Valerie Ziegenfuss United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth
		Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr 6–1, 6–1	United States Rosie Casals Australia Kerry Melville

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Mar	Maureen Connolly Brinker International Dallas, United States Virginia Slims 32,775ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Nancy Gunter 7–6(5–2), 6–1	United States Billie Jean King	Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Lesley Hunt	United States Wendy Overton United States Chris Evert United Kingdom Nell Truman Australia Kerry Melville
		United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 4–6, 7–5	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
21 Mar	Federation Cup Johannesburg, South Africa Federation Cup Hard – 31 teams knockout	South Africa 2–1	Great Britain	Australia  United States	Italy  West Germany  France  Netherlands
	Virginia Slims of Richmond Richmond, Virginia, United States Virginia Slims 18,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–4	United States Nancy Gunter	Australia Kerry Melville (3rd) United States Rosie Casals (4th)	Australia Wendy Gilchrist Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannová United States Janet Newberry Indonesia Lany Kaligis
		United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King 7–5, 7–6	Australia Judy Dalton Australia Karen Krantzcke
27 Mar	South African Open Johannesburg, South Africa Grand Prix Hard – 64S/16D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 4–6, 6–3, 6–0	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	South Africa Pat Walkden France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau	South Africa Allison McMillan Australia Lesley Hunt Australia Helen Gourlay South Africa Winnie Shaw
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Helen Gourlay 6–1, 6–4	South Africa Winnie Shaw United Kingdom Joyce Williams
	Caribe Hilton Invitational San Juan, Puerto Rico Virginia Slims 18,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Nancy Gunter 6–1, 6–3	United States Chris Evert	United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King	United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth Australia Kerry Melville United States Wendy Overton United Kingdom Nell Truman
		United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–3	Australia Judy Dalton Australia Karen Krantzcke

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Apr	Virginia Slims of Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida, United States Virginia Slims 18,000ドル	Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannová 6–4, 6–3	United States Billie Jean King	Indonesia Lita Liem Australia Kerry Harris	Australia Karen Krantzcke Australia Judy Dalton United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth Australia Kerry Melville
		Australia Judy Dalton Australia Karen Krantzcke 7–5, 6–4	Canada Vicki Berner United States Billie Jean King
10 Apr	Virginia Slims Masters St. Petersburg, Florida, United States Virginia Slims 18,000ドル	United States Nancy Gunter 6–3, 6–4	United States Chris Evert	United States Billie Jean King Australia Judy Dalton	France Françoise Dürr Australia Karen Krantzcke Australia Kerry Melville United States Jeanne Evert
		Australia Karen Krantzcke United States Wendy Overton 7–5, 6–4	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
17 Apr	Virginia Slims Conquistadores Tucson, United States Virginia Slims Hard – 18,000ドル	United States Billie Jean King 6–0, 6–3	France Françoise Dürr	United States Rosie Casals (3rd) Australia Judy Dalton (4th)	Australia Kerry Harris United States Valerie Ziegenfuss United States Janet Newberry Australia Karen Krantzcke
		Australia Kerry Harris Australia Karen Krantzcke 6–3, 6–7, 6–3	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
24 Apr	Italian Open Rome, Italy Grand Prix	United States Linda Tuero 6–4, 6–3	Soviet Union Olga Morozova	West Germany Helga Masthoff France Gail Chanfreau	Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková West Germany Heide Orth South Africa Laura Rossouw Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová
		Australia Lesley Hunt Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6–3, 6–4	France Gail Chanfreau Italy Rosalba Vido

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 May	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States Virginia Slims 20,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3	United States Nancy Gunter	United States Wendy Overton United States Rosie Casals	United States Mary-Ann Eisel France Françoise Dürr Australia Judy Dalton Australia Karen Krantzcke
		United States Rosie Casals Australia Karen Krantzcke 6–3, 6–2	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
8 May	Rothmans Hardcourt Championships Bournemouth, United Kingdom Grand Prix Hard Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–0, 6–4	West Germany Helga Masthoff	United States Sharon Walsh United Kingdom Joyce Williams	West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus Australia Helen Gourlay France Gail Chanfreau United Kingdom Virginia Wade
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Helen Gourlay 7–5, 6–1	South Africa Brenda Kirk Netherlands Betty Stöve
15 May	Surrey Hardcourt Championships Guildford, United Kingdom World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 7–5, 6–2	United Kingdom Joyce Williams	United Kingdom Nell Truman Australia Helen Gourlay
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Helen Gourlay 6–2, 6–1	United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United Kingdom Joyce Williams
May 22 29 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – 56S/47Q/32D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3	Australia Evonne Goolagong	West Germany Helga Masthoff France Françoise Dürr	West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus United Kingdom Virginia Wade Soviet Union Olga Morozova United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth
		United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–1, 6–2	United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United Kingdom Nell Truman
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Kim Warwick 6–2, 6–4	France Françoise Dürr France Jean-Claude Barclay

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 June	German Open Hamburg, Germany Grand Prix Clay Singles – Doubles	West Germany Helga Masthoff 6–3, 3–6, 8–6	United States Linda Tuero	Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu United States Valerie Ziegenfuss	Netherlands Marijke Jansen Hungary Judit Szörényi Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková Germany Edith Winkens
		West Germany Helga Masthoff West Germany Heide Orth 6–3, 2–6, 6–0	United States Wendy Overton United States Valerie Ziegenfuss
	John Player Tournament Nottingham, United Kingdom World Circuit Grass, Round-robin Singles	United States Billie Jean King (1st)	Australia Evonne Goolagong (2nd)	United States Rosie Casals (3rd)	United Kingdom Virginia Wade (4th)
12 June	W. D. & H.O. Wills Open Bristol, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Singles – Doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–2	Australia Kerry Melville	United States Rosie Casals Australia Evonne Goolagong	South Africa Laura Rossouw Australia Helen Gourlay Netherlands Betty Stöve France Françoise Dürr
		Australia Helen Gourlay Australia Karen Krantzcke 6–4, 6–2	United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King
	Wightman Cup London, United Kingdom Grass Team event	United States 5–2	Great Britain
19 June	Rothman's Queens Club London, United Kingdom World Circuit Grass Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 6–4, 6–0	Australia Karen Krantzcke	United States Wendy Overton Australia Patricia Coleman	South Africa Esmé Emmanuel United States Pam Teeguarden United States Valerie Ziegenfuss United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
		United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King 5–7, 6–0, 6–2	South Africa Brenda Kirk South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius
26 June 3 July	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – 96S/48D/80X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–3	Australia Evonne Goolagong	United States Chris Evert United States Rosie Casals	France Françoise Dürr United States Patti Hogan United States Nancy Gunter United Kingdom Virginia Wade
		United States Billie Jean King Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Australia Judy Dalton France Françoise Dürr
		United States Rosie Casals Romania Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–4	Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Kim Warwick

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 July	Green Shield Welsh Championships Newport, Wales Grand Prix Grass Singles – Doubles	Australia Kerry Melville 6–3, 6–2	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United Kingdom Joyce Williams	Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Patti Hogan United States Carole Graebner Australia Helen Gourlay
		Australia Judy Dalton Netherlands Betty Stöve 7–5, 6–4	Australia Kerry Harris Australia Kerry Melville
	Carroll's Irish Open Dublin, Ireland Grand Prix Grass Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 2–6, 6–1, 6–2	South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius	Australia Karen Krantzcke Australia Lesley Hunt	Republic of Ireland Sue Minford Republic of Ireland Geraldine Barniville South Africa Brenda Kirk United States Cecilia Martinez
		South Africa Brenda Kirk South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius 6–3, 8–10, 6–2	Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Karen Krantzcke
17 July	Rothmans North of England Championships Hoylake, United Kingdom Grand Prix Grass Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong vs Netherlands Betty Stöve Title Shared
		Australia Evonne Goolagong / Australia Helen Gourlay vs South Africa Brenda Kirk / South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius Title Shared
31 July	Virginia Slims of Columbus Columbus, Georgia, United States Virginia Slims 25,500ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Rosie Casals 6–7(2–5), 7–6(5–0), 6–0	France Françoise Dürr	United States Billie Jean King United States Valerie Ziegenfuss	Australia Helen Gourlay Australia Lesley Hunt United States Wendy Overton United States Nancy Gunter
		France Françoise Dürr Australia Helen Gourlay 6–4, 6–3	Australia Kerry Harris Australia Kerry Melville
	Western Open Championships Cincinnati, United States Grand Prix Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 3–6, 6–2, 7–5	Australia Evonne Goolagong	United States Linda Tuero France Nathalie Fuchs	Colombia Isabel Fernández de Soto United States Sue Stap United States Janice Metcalf South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius
		Australia Margaret Court Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–1	South Africa Brenda Kirk South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Aug	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Grand Prix Clay – 60,000ドル – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	United States Chris Evert 7–6(5–2), 6–1	Australia Evonne Goolagong	Australia Margaret Court United States Linda Tuero	Australia Lesley Hunt South Africa Pat Walkden United States Pam Teeguarden United States Julie Heldman
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Lesley Hunt 6–2, 6–1	Australia Margaret Court United States Pam Teeguarden
14 Aug	Virginia Slims of Denver Denver, United States Virginia Slims 25,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Nancy Gunter 1–6, 6–4, 6–4	United States Billie Jean King	United States Valerie Ziegenfuss (3rd) Australia Lesley Hunt (4th)	United States Julie Heldman France Françoise Dürr United States Kristy Pigeon United States Jana Cooper
		France Françoise Dürr Australia Lesley Hunt 6–0, 6–3	Australia Helen Gourlay Australia Karen Krantzcke
	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Grand Prix Carpet(i) – 8S/2D Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–1	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United States Linda Tuero Australia Margaret Court	South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli France Nathalie Fuchs United States Andrea Martin
		Australia Margaret Court Australia Evonne Goolagong 3–6, 6–3, 7–5	South Africa Brenda Kirk South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius
21 Aug	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, Rhode Island, United States Virginia Slims 18,000ドル Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–4, 6–1	United States Billie Jean King	United States Chris Evert (3rd) United States Julie Heldman (4th)	United States Pam Teeguarden Australia Kerry Melville United States Rosie Casals United States Wendy Overton
		Australia Margaret Court Australia Lesley Hunt 6–2, 6–2	United States Rosie Casals United States Billie Jean King
	Eastern Grass Court Championships South Orange, New Jersey, United States World Circuit Grass Singles – Doubles	Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6–2, 6–7, 7–5	Soviet Union Marina Kroschina
		Soviet Union Marina Kroschina Soviet Union Olga Morozova 6–7, 6–2, 6–2	United States Carole Caldwell Graebner United States Patti Hogan
	Pennsylvanian Championships Merion, Pennsylvania, United States World Circuit Singles – Doubles	United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–1	United States Carrie Fleming
		United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Sharon Walsh 7–6, 6–2	South Africa Brenda Kirk South Africa Pat Walkden-Pretorius
28 Aug 4 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Grass – 64S/32D/51X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–3, 7–5	Australia Kerry Melville	Australia Margaret Court United States Chris Evert	United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Rosie Casals Soviet Union Olga Morozova United States Pam Teeguarden
		France Françoise Dürr Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade
		Australia Margaret Court United States Marty Riessen 6–3, 7–5	United States Rosie Casals Romania Ilie Năstase

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Sep	Four Roses Classic Charlotte, United States Virginia Slims 40,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Billie Jean King 6–2, 6–2	Australia Margaret Court	United States Rosie Casals United States Nancy Gunter	United States Mona Schallau Australia Kerry Melville France Françoise Dürr United States Wendy Overton
		France Françoise Dürr & Netherlands Betty Stöve vs Australia Margaret Court & Australia Lesley Hunt (Divided)
18 Sep	Virginia Slims Golden Gate Classic Oakland, United States Virginia Slims 20,000ドル Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–4, 6–1	United States Billie Jean King	United States Rosie Casals (3rd) Australia Kerry Melville (4th)	United States Julie Heldman United Kingdom Veronica Burton Australia Lesley Hunt United States Mona Schallau
		United Kingdom Ann Jones United States Billie Jean King 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(5–4)	Australia Margaret Court Australia Lesley Hunt
25 Sep	Virginia Slims of Phoenix Phoenix, United States Virginia Slims 25,000ドル Singles – Doubles	United States Billie Jean King 7–6(5–3), 6–3	Australia Margaret Court	United States Rosie Casals (3rd) United States Wendy Overton (4th)	United Kingdom Veronica Burton Australia Karen Krantzcke France Françoise Dürr United States Nancy Gunter
		United States Rosie Casals United States Wendy Overton 6–4, 6–3	France Françoise Dürr Netherlands Betty Stöve

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Oct	Virginia Slims Championships Boca Raton, United States Year-end championships 100,900ドル Draw	United States Chris Evert 7–5, 6–4	Australia Kerry Melville	France Françoise Dürr (3rd) United States Billie Jean King (4th)	United States Wendy Overton Australia Karen Krantzcke United States Jeanne Evert Netherlands Betty Stöve
16 Oct	Spanish International Open Championships Barcelona, Spain World Circuit Singles – Doubles	France Gail Chanfreau 6–1, 6–4	France Nathalie Fuchs
		France Gail Chanfreau France Nathalie Fuchs 6–1, 6–4	Belgium Michele Gurdal Belgium Monique Van Haver
	Dewar Cup Billingham Billingham, United Kingdom World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 7–5, 6–1	United States Julie Heldman	South Africa Brenda Kirk United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United Kingdom Jackie Fayter United States Sharon Walsh United Kingdom Sue Mappin United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth
		Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–2	United States Patti Hogan United States Sharon Walsh
23 Oct	Dewar Cup Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–3, 3–6, 7–5	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	South Africa Brenda Kirk Netherlands Betty Stöve	Australia Wendy Gilchrist United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth United States Julie Heldman United States Sharon Walsh
		Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–3	United States Julie Heldman Netherlands Betty Stöve
30 Oct	Dewar Cup Aberavon Aberavon, United Kingdom World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–3, 6–4	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Julie Heldman	United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth United States Sharon Walsh South Africa Brenda Kirk Australia Wendy Gilchrist
		Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–0, 6–3	United States Julie Heldman Netherlands Betty Stöve

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Nov	Dewar Cup Torquay Torquay, United Kingdom World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 2–6, 6–3, 6–1	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	United States Julie Heldman South Africa Brenda Kirk	United States Patti Hogan United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Sharon Walsh
		Australia Margaret Court United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–4	South Africa Brenda Kirk United States Sharon Walsh
13 Nov	Dewar Cup Final Nottingham, United Kingdom World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–1, 6–1	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	Netherlands Betty Stöve United States Julie Heldman	Australia Wendy Gilchrist United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth South Africa Brenda Kirk United States Sharon Walsh
20 Nov	Australian Hardcourt Championships Melbourne, Australia World Circuit Hard Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–7, 6–2, 6–2	Australia Patricia Coleman
		Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Janet Young 2–6, 6–4, 6–3	Australia Patricia Coleman Australia Sally Irvine
27 Nov	Queensland Championships Brisbane, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–0, 7–5	United Kingdom Glynis Coles	Australia Barbara Hawcroft United Kingdom Lesley Charles	Gai Healey Australia Marilyn Tesch Australia Wendy Turnbull Australia Patricia Coleman
		Australia Janet Fallis / Australia Evonne Goolagong vs Australia Barbara Hawcroft / Australia Marilyn Tesch No Contest
	Argentine Open Buenos Aires, Argentina World Circuit Clay Singles – Doubles	United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–1	Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli
		West Germany Helga Masthoff United States Pam Teeguarden 6–4, 6–1	Chile Ana María Arias United Kingdom Virginia Wade

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Dec	Western Australian Championships Perth, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–3, 6–2	Australia Evonne Goolagong	Australia Lesley Hunt Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu	France Nathalie Fuchs Australia Christine Matison United Kingdom Glynis Coles Belgium Monique van Haver
11 Dec	South Australian Championships Adelaide, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–1, 6–2	Australia Kerry Harris
		Soviet Union Eugenia Birioukova Australia Janet Young 6–3, 6–2	Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Helen Gourlay
18 Dec	New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia World Circuit Singles – Doubles	Australia Margaret Court 6–3, 6–2	Australia Evonne Goolagong
		Australia Evonne Goolagong United States Melissa Edwards 6–1, 6–2	Australia Lesley Turner United Kingdom Virginia Wade

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the 1972 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:

1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Total	Player	S	D	X	S	S	D	S	D	X
16	Billie Jean King  (USA)	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	9	7	0
13	Rosie Casals  (USA)	●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	3	9	1
5	Virginia Wade  (GBR)	●くろまる	●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	2	3	0
5	Nancy Gunter  (USA)	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	5	0	0
4	Françoise Durr  (FRA)	●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	0	4	0
4	Margaret Court  (AUS)	●くろまる	●くろまる ●くろまる	●くろまる	2	1	1
4	Wendy Overton  (USA)	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	0	4	0
4	Karen Krantzcke  (AUS)	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	0	4	0
3	Betty Stöve  (NED)	●くろまる ●くろまる ●くろまる	0	3	0
2	Helen Gourlay  (AUS)	●くろまる	●くろまる	0	2	0
2	Kerry Harris  (AUS)	●くろまる	●くろまる	0	2	0
2	Chris Evert  (USA)	●くろまる	●くろまる	2	0	0
2	Judy Dalton  (AUS)	●くろまる ●くろまる	0	2	0
2	Lesley Hunt  (AUS)	●くろまる ●くろまる	0	2	0
2	Valerie Ziegenfuss  (USA)	●くろまる ●くろまる	0	2	0
1	Evonne Goolagong  (AUS)	●くろまる	0	0	1
1	Kerry Melville  (AUS)	●くろまる	1	0	0
1	Marie Neumannová  (TCH)	●くろまる	1	0	0
1	Ann Jones  (GBR)	●くろまる	0	1	0

Total	Nation	S	D	X	S	S	D	S	D	X
35	United States  (USA)	3	2	1	1	15	13	19	15	1
14	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	2	0	3	8	3	9	2
6	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	0
4	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
3	Netherlands  (NED)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

• 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit
• 1972 Grand Prix tennis circuit

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website

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