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1972 Women's Grand Prix (tennis)

释义

Schedule
Key January February March April May June July August September November December
Standings
Statistical Information
References
Further reading
See also

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The 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix 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 the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. This article covers all tournaments that were part of that year's Women's Grand Prix.

Schedule

Key

AA events
A events
B events
C events
Team events

January

February

March

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
27 March	South African Open ^* Johannesburg, South Africa Group A Hard – S64/D16	AUS}} Evonne Goolagong 4–6, 6–3, 6–0	GBR}} Virginia Wade	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Pat Walkden {{flagicon\|FRA}} Gail Sherriff Chanfreau	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Allison McMillan {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lesley Hunt {{flagicon\|AUS}} Helen Gourlay {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Winnie Shaw
27 March		{{flagicon>AUS}} Evonne Goolagong {{flagicon\|AUS}} Helen Gourlay 6–1, 6–4	RSA\|1928}} Winnie Shaw {{flagicon\|GBR}} Joyce Williams

April

May

June

July

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 August	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, Indiana, USA^* Group A Clay – $60,000 – S32/D16	USA}} Chris Evert 7–6, 6–1	AUS}} Evonne Goolagong	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Court {{flagicon\|USA}} Linda Tuero	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Lesley Hunt {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Pat Walkden {{flagicon\|USA}} Pam Teeguarden {{flagicon\|USA}} Julie Heldman
7 August		{{flagicon>AUS}} Evonne Goolagong {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lesley Hunt 6–2, 6–1	AUS}} Margaret Court {{flagicon\|USA}} Pam Teeguarden
28 August	US Open Forest Hills, New York, USA ^* Group AA	USA}} Billie Jean King 6–3, 7–5	AUS}} Kerry Reid	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Margaret Court {{flagicon\|USA}} Chris Evert	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Virginia Wade {{flagicon\|USA}} Pam Teeguarden {{flagicon\|USA}} Rosie Casals {{flagicon\|USSR}} Olga Morozova
		{{flagicon>FRA}} Françoise Dürr {{flagicon\|NED}} Betty Stöve 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	AUS}} Margaret Court {{flagicon\|GBR}} Virginia Wade
		{{flagicon>AUS}} Margaret Court {{flagicon\|USA}} Marty Riessen 6–3, 7–5	USA}} Rosemary Casals {{flagicon\|ROM\|1965}} Ilie Năstase

September

November

December

Standings

Player	Tournaments Played	Points	Prize Money
USA}} Billie Jean King	19	719	£9,000
AUS}} Evonne Goolagong	13	400	£6,700
USA}} Rosemary Casals	18	316	£4,500
USA}} Nancy Gunter	13	316	£3,600
AUS}} Kerry Melville	19	250	£3,000
AUS}} Margaret Court	8	234	£2,600
FRA}} Françoise Dürr	18	224	£2,200
GBR}} Virginia Wade	11	183	£1,800
AUS}} Lesley Hunt	19	145	£1,600
USA}} Wendy Overton	13	172	£1,400

Statistical Information

The list of winners and number of titles won, last name alphabetically:

The following players won their first title in 1972: