1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1972 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Billie Jean King
Netherlands Betty Stöve
Runners-upAustralia Judy Dalton
France Françoise Dürr
Score6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw48 (3 Q )
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Casals partnered with Virginia Wade but lost in the semifinals to Judy Dalton and Françoise Dürr.

King and her partner Betty Stöve defeated Dalton and Dürr in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Seeds

01.   United States Billie Jean King / Netherlands Betty Stöve (champions)
02.   United States Rosie Casals / United Kingdom Virginia Wade (semifinals)
03.   Australia Judy Dalton / France Françoise Dürr (final)
04.   Australia Evonne Goolagong / United Kingdom Nell Truman (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 United States Billie Jean King
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6 6
Australia Wendy Gilchrist
South Africa Laura Rossouw
2 1
1 United States Billie Jean King
Netherlands Betty Stöve
7 3 6
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
5 6 3
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
6 6 6
South Africa Esmé Emmanuel
United States Ceci Martinez
8 3 0
1 United States Billie Jean King
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6 4 6
3 Australia Judy Dalton
France Françoise Dürr
2 6 3
Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli
Colombia Isabel Fernández de Soto
4 0
3 Australia Judy Dalton
France Françoise Dürr
6 6
3 Australia Judy Dalton
France Françoise Dürr
6 6
2 United States Rosie Casals
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
4 1
Australia Lesley Hunt
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
3 2
2 United States Rosie Casals
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
6 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 United States BJ King
Netherlands B Stöve
6 6
Indonesia L Kaligis
Indonesia L Liem
3 1
1 United States BJ King
Netherlands B Stöve
6 6
United States D Carter-Triolo
United States K Pigeon
1 1
United States D Carter-Triolo
United States K Pigeon
6 6
Canada V Berner
Australia P Faulkner
4 4
1 United States BJ King
Netherlands B Stöve
6 6
Australia W Gilchrist
South Africa L Rossouw
2 1
United States K Blake
United States J Newberry
8 4 6
Netherlands A Bakker
Netherlands M Schaar
6 6 4
United States K Blake
United States J Newberry
6 4 4
Australia W Gilchrist
South Africa L Rossouw
1 6 6
Australia W Gilchrist
South Africa L Rossouw
6 6
United Kingdom L Beaven
United Kingdom V Burton
2 4

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Australia E Goolagong
United Kingdom E Truman
6 6
West Germany K Ebbinghaus
Netherlands G Walhof
1 4 4 Australia E Goolagong
United Kingdom E Truman
5 1
United States W Overton
United States V Ziegenfuss
4 3 United Kingdom W Shaw
United Kingdom J Williams
7 6
United Kingdom W Shaw
United Kingdom J Williams
6 6 United Kingdom W Shaw
United Kingdom J Williams
6 6
Q United Kingdom J Helliar
Australia S Hole
6 7 Q United Kingdom J Helliar
Australia S Hole
3 2
Q United States S Stap
United States L Tenney
4 5 Q United Kingdom J Helliar
Australia S Hole
7 2 6
United Kingdom J Cooper
United Kingdom C Molesworth
3 0 United States P Teeguarden
United States L Tuero
5 6 3
United States P Teeguarden
United States L Tuero
6 6 United Kingdom W Shaw
United Kingdom J Williams
6 6 6
Australia K Harris
Australia K Melville
6 6 South Africa E Emmanuel
United States C Martinez
8 3 0
United Kingdom A Cowie
United Kingdom S Holdsworth
2 1 Australia K Harris
Australia K Melville
7 6
United States C Evert
United States C Graebner
2 6 3 United States L duPont
United States M Schallau
5 4
United States L duPont
United States M Schallau
6 3 6 Australia K Harris
Australia K Melville
6 4 3
United States J Heldman
United States S Walsh
6 6 South Africa E Emmanuel
United States C Martinez
3 6 6
Spain AM Estalella
Spain C Mandarino
4 2 United States J Heldman
United States S Walsh
4 9 4
South Africa E Emmanuel
United States C Martinez
6 7 6 South Africa E Emmanuel
United States C Martinez
6 7 6
Soviet Union E Birioukova
Soviet Union M Kroschina
2 9 4

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Czechoslovakia M Neumannová
Czechoslovakia V Vopičková
4 2
Uruguay F Bonicelli
Colombia I Fernández de Soto
6 6 Uruguay F Bonicelli
Colombia I Fernández de Soto
6 3 6
Chile M Rodríguez
France O de Roubin
3 3 Italy M Giorgi
Italy A-M Nasuelli
0 6 3
Italy M Giorgi
Italy A-M Nasuelli
6 6 Uruguay F Bonicelli
Colombia I Fernández de Soto
6 6
United Kingdom L Charles
United Kingdom J Fayter
6 6 United Kingdom L Charles
United Kingdom J Fayter
3 3
United Kingdom R Bentley
Australia F Moore
2 3 United Kingdom L Charles
United Kingdom J Fayter
6 6
Australia B Hawcroft
New Zealand M Pryde
2 8 Q Republic of Ireland G Barniville
United Kingdom L Blachford
4 4
Q Republic of Ireland G Barniville
United Kingdom L Blachford
6 9 Uruguay F Bonicelli
Colombia I Fernández de Soto
4 0
France G Chanfreau
France R Darmon
6 2 3 3 Australia J Dalton
France F Dürr
6 6
United States J Anthony
United States K Kemmer
3 6 6 United States J Anthony
United States K Kemmer
9 8 6
South Africa B Kirk
South Africa P Pretorius
2 6 6 South Africa B Kirk
South Africa P Pretorius
8 9 4
United Kingdom S Brasher
United Kingdom G Coles
6 2 4 United States J Anthony
United States K Kemmer
2 5
Australia H Gourlay
Australia K Krantzcke
6 6 3 Australia J Dalton
France F Dürr
6 7
Australia V Lancaster
Australia M Morgan
4 2 Australia H Gourlay
Australia K Krantzcke
5 2
Sweden I Bentzer
Sweden C Sandberg
2 1 3 Australia J Dalton
France F Dürr
7 6
3 Australia J Dalton
France F Dürr
6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Rhodesia S Hudson-Beck
Republic of Ireland S Minford
4 6 6
Australia P Coleman
Australia W Turnbull
6 1 3
Rhodesia S Hudson-Beck
Republic of Ireland S Minford
2 2
Australia L Hunt
Soviet Union O Morozova
6 6
Australia L Hunt
Soviet Union O Morozova
6 6
Austria S Pachta
West Germany C Schediwy
0 1
Australia L Hunt
Soviet Union O Morozova
3 2
2 United States R Casals
United Kingdom V Wade
6 6
France N Fuchs
Chile AM Pinto Bravo
6 6
United States W Appleby
United States T O'Shaughnessy
2 2
France N Fuchs
Chile AM Pinto Bravo
2 United States R Casals
United Kingdom V Wade
w/o
Ecuador ME Guzmán
Rhodesia D Pattison
0 0
2 United States R Casals
United Kingdom V Wade
6 6

References

  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.