1972 US Open – Women's singles

(Redirected from 1972 U.S. Open – Women's singles) Tennis tournament held in 1972

Women's singles

1972 US Open

Final

Champion

Billie Jean King

Runner-up

Kerry Melville

Score

6–3, 7–5

Details

Draw

Seeds

Events

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Doubles	men	women	mixed	boys	girls
WC Singles	men	women	quad
WC Doubles	men	women	quad
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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. It was her third US Open singles title.

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

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
r = Retired

Final eight

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

1	Billie Jean King	6	7

8	Virginia Wade	2	5
					1	Billie Jean King	6	6

					5	Margaret Court	4	4
4	Rosie Casals	4	6	4

5	Margaret Court	6	4	6
									1	Billie Jean King	6	7

									9	Kerry Melville	3	5
	Olga Morozova	6	3	6

3	Chris Evert	3	6	7
					3	Chris Evert	4	2

					9	Kerry Melville	6	6
9	Kerry Melville	6	6

	Pam Teeguarden	0	2

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	King	6	6
	Hogan	3	2		1	King	6	6
	Emmanuel	7	4	6		Emmanuel	1	3
	Tuero	6	6	3						1	King	6	6
	Walsh	7	3	6							Walsh	4	4
	Liem	6	6	3		Walsh	7	3	6
	Stap	4	6	6		Stap	5	6	4
	Beattie	6	4	3										1	King	6	7
8	Wade	6	6											8	Wade	2	5
	Fernández-De Soto	4	3		8	Wade	6	7
	Anthony	2	6	6		Anthony	4	5
	Newberry	6	2	3						8	Wade	6	6
	Downs	6	6								Downs	3	2
	Molesworth	2	4			Downs	6	7
	Minford	6	6			Minford	4	6
	Austin	1	1

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

4	Casals	6	6
	Fuchs	1	2		4	Casals	6	6
	Ziegenfuss	6	3	6		Ziegenfuss	3	4
	Doerner	1	6	0					4	Casals	6	6
	Bonicelli	6	6							Bonicelli	0	4
	Berner	3	4			Bonicelli	6	7
	Gilchrist	6	6			Gilchrist	2	6
	Guzmán	0	3										4	Casals	4	6	4
5	Court	6	6										5	Court	6	4	6
	Metcalf	2	1		5	Court	6	6
	Hawcroft	6	6			Hawcroft	0	0
	Pinto Bravo	3	4						5	Court	6	6
	Appleby	6	6							Hunt	2	1
	Moor	3	3			Appleby	1	0
	Hunt	6	6			Hunt	6	6
	Evert	2	1

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

	Overton	6	1	6
	Nasuelli	1	6	2		Overton	2	2
	Stöve	3	6	6		Stöve	6	6
	Fleming	6	0	1						Stöve	3	5
	Morozova	6	5	6						Morozova	6	7
	Kemmer	3	7	0		Morozova	6	6
	Sawamatsu	6	4	6		Sawamatsu	4	4
6	Richey Gunter	4	6	3										Morozova	6	3	6
	Heldman	4	6	6									3	Evert	3	6	7
	Blake	6	4	3		Heldman	6	7
	duPont	6	6			duPont	3	6
	Alvarez	1	2							Heldman	1	2
	Redondo	6	6						3	Evert	6	6
	O'Shaughnessy	1	3			Redondo	1	2
3	Evert	6	6		3	Evert	6	6
	Tenney	1	1

Section 4

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

	Martinez	6	6
	Vido	0	4		Martinez	4	2
9	Melville	6	6	9	Melville	6	6
	Kroschina	2	4						9	Melville	1	6	6
	Pigeon	6	6						7	Dürr	6	0	2
	Vinton	1	1		Pigeon	7	1	4
7	Dürr	6	6	7	Dürr	6	6	6
	Garcia	4	1											9	Melville	6	6
	Teeguarden	6	6												Teeguarden	0	2
	Sandberg	2	4		Teeguarden	6	6
	Schallau	6	6		Schallau	4	4
	Gourlay	4	3							Teeguarden	7	6
	Krantzcke	6	6						2	Goolagong	5	1
	Beaven	2	2		Krantzcke	3	5
2	Goolagong	6	6	2	Goolagong	6	7
	Kirk	2	2

External links

1972 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Grand Slam women's singles

Succeeded by1973 Australian Open – Women's singles

v t e US Open women's singles drawsheets
Pre Open Era	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Open Era	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

US Open women's singles drawsheets

Pre Open Era

Open Era

v t e US Open women's singles champions
Amateur Era	1887: Ellen Hansell 1888: Bertha Townsend 1889: Bertha Townsend 1890: Ellen Roosevelt 1891: Mabel Cahill 1892: Mabel Cahill 1893: Aline Terry 1894: Helen Hellwig 1895: Juliette Atkinson 1896: Elisabeth Moore 1897: Juliette Atkinson 1898: Juliette Atkinson 1899: Marion Jones 1900: Myrtle McAteer 1901: Elisabeth Moore 1902: Marion Jones 1903: Elisabeth Moore 1904: May Sutton Bundy 1905: Elisabeth Moore 1906: Helen Homans 1907: Evelyn Sears 1908: Maud Barger-Wallach 1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1912: Mary Browne 1913: Mary Browne 1914: Mary Browne 1915: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1916: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1917: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1918: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1919: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1920: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1921: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1922: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1923: Helen Wills Moody 1924: Helen Wills Moody 1925: Helen Wills Moody 1926: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 1927: Helen Wills Moody 1928: Helen Wills Moody 1929: Helen Wills Moody 1930: Betty Nuthall 1931: Helen Wills Moody 1932: Helen Jacobs 1933: Helen Jacobs 1934: Helen Jacobs 1935: Helen Jacobs 1936: Alice Marble 1937: Anita Lizana 1938: Alice Marble 1939: Alice Marble 1940: Alice Marble 1941: Sarah Palfrey Cooke 1942: Pauline Betz 1943: Pauline Betz 1944: Pauline Betz 1945: Sarah Palfrey Cooke 1946: Pauline Betz 1947: Louise Brough 1948: Margaret Osborne duPont 1949: Margaret Osborne duPont 1950: Margaret Osborne duPont 1951: Maureen Connolly 1952: Maureen Connolly 1953: Maureen Connolly 1954: Doris Hart 1955: Doris Hart 1956: Shirley Fry 1957: Althea Gibson 1958: Althea Gibson 1959: Maria Bueno 1960: Darlene Hard 1961: Darlene Hard 1962: Margaret Smith Court 1963: Maria Bueno 1964: Maria Bueno 1965: Margaret Smith Court 1966: Maria Bueno 1967: Billie Jean Moffitt King
Open Era	1968: Virginia Wade 1969: Margaret Court 1970: Margaret Court 1971: Billie Jean King 1972: Billie Jean King 1973: Margaret Court 1974: Billie Jean King 1975: Chris Evert 1976: Chris Evert 1977: Chris Evert 1978: Chris Evert 1979: Tracy Austin 1980: Chris Evert 1981: Tracy Austin 1982: Chris Evert 1983: Martina Navratilova 1984: Martina Navratilova 1985: Hana Mandlíková 1986: Martina Navratilova 1987: Martina Navratilova 1988: Steffi Graf 1989: Steffi Graf 1990: Gabriela Sabatini 1991: Monica Seles 1992: Monica Seles 1993: Steffi Graf 1994: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 1995: Steffi Graf 1996: Steffi Graf 1997: Martina Hingis 1998: Lindsay Davenport 1999: Serena Williams 2000: Venus Williams 2001: Venus Williams 2002: Serena Williams 2003: Justine Henin 2004: Svetlana Kuznetsova 2005: Kim Clijsters 2006: Maria Sharapova 2007: Justine Henin 2008: Serena Williams 2009: Kim Clijsters 2010: Kim Clijsters 2011: Samantha Stosur 2012: Serena Williams 2013: Serena Williams 2014: Serena Williams 2015: Flavia Pennetta 2016: Angelique Kerber 2017: Sloane Stephens 2018: Naomi Osaka 2019: Bianca Andreescu 2020: Naomi Osaka 2021: Emma Raducanu 2022: Iga Świątek 2023: Coco Gauff 2024: Aryna Sabalenka

US Open women's singles champions

Amateur Era

Open Era

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