1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1972 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve
Runners-up	Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr
Score	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Draw	48 (3 Q )
Seeds	4

Main article: 1972 Wimbledon Championships

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.

Seeds

01.   Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve (champions)

02.   Rosie Casals / Virginia Wade (semifinals)

03.   Judy Dalton / Françoise Dürr (final)

04.   Evonne Goolagong / Nell Truman (second round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	6	6
		Wendy Gilchrist Laura Rossouw	2	1
								1	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	7	3	6
									Winnie Shaw Joyce Williams	5	6	3
		Winnie Shaw Joyce Williams	6	6	6
		Esmé Emmanuel Ceci Martinez	8	3	0
															1	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve	6	4	6
															3	Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr	2	6	3
		Fiorella Bonicelli Isabel Fernández de Soto	4	0
	3	Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr	6	6
								3	Judy Dalton Françoise Dürr	6	6
								2	Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	4	1
		Lesley Hunt Olga Morozova	3	2
	2	Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	6	6

Top half

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		M Neumannová V Vopičková	4	2
		F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto	6	6					F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto	6	3	6
		M Rodríguez O de Roubin	3	3					M Giorgi A-M Nasuelli	0	6	3
		M Giorgi A-M Nasuelli	6	6												F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto	6	6
		L Charles J Fayter	6	6												L Charles J Fayter	3	3
		R Bentley F Moore	2	3					L Charles J Fayter	6	6
		B Hawcroft M Pryde	2	8				Q	G Barniville L Blachford	4	4
	Q	G Barniville L Blachford	6	9																			F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto	4	0
		G Chanfreau R Darmon	6	2	3																	3	J Dalton F Dürr	6	6
		J Anthony K Kemmer	3	6	6				J Anthony K Kemmer	9	8	6
		B Kirk P Pretorius	2	6	6				B Kirk P Pretorius	8	9	4
		S Brasher G Coles	6	2	4											J Anthony K Kemmer	2	5
		H Gourlay K Krantzcke	6	6											3	J Dalton F Dürr	6	7
		V Lancaster M Morgan	4	2					H Gourlay K Krantzcke	5	2
		I Bentzer C Sandberg	2	1				3	J Dalton F Dürr	7	6
	3	J Dalton F Dürr	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
									S Hudson-Beck S Minford	4	6	6
									P Coleman W Turnbull	6	1	3
																S Hudson-Beck S Minford	2	2
																L Hunt O Morozova	6	6
									L Hunt O Morozova	6	6
									S Pachta C Schediwy	0	1
																							L Hunt O Morozova	3	2
																						2	R Casals V Wade	6	6
									N Fuchs AM Pinto Bravo	6	6
									W Appleby T O'Shaughnessy	2	2
																N Fuchs AM Pinto Bravo	w/o
															2	R Casals V Wade
									ME Guzmán D Pattison	0	0
								2	R Casals V Wade	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation