WTA
1972 season
184 tour-level events.
Leaders
Titles
Wins
- 1Evonne Goolagong91-11
- 2Billie Jean King88-13
- 3Virginia Wade78-27
- 4Rosie Casals64-26
- 5Margaret Court62-7
Win % (10+ matches)
- 1Margaret Court90%
- 2Evonne Goolagong89%
- 3Chris Evert88%
- 4Billie Jean King87%
- 5Marita Redondo86%
Biggest titles
All 184 events| Date | Tournament | Final | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1972 | Roland Garros Grand Slam · Clay · 56 draw | Billie Jean King d. Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-3 | |
| Jun 26, 1972 | Wimbledon Grand Slam · Grass · 96 draw | Billie Jean King d. Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-3 | |
| Aug 28, 1972 | US Open Grand Slam · Grass · 64 draw | Billie Jean King d. Kerry Reid 6-3 7-5 | |
| Dec 26, 1972 | Australian Open Grand Slam · Grass · 48 draw | Margaret Court d. Evonne Goolagong 6-4 7-5 |
Leaderboard
140 players with 10+ matches. Tap a column to sort. Percentages use raw serve and return counts; TB = tiebreaks, Decider = deciding sets.
| # | Player | M | W-L | Win % | Titles | Ace % | 1st won | 2nd won | Hold % | Ret pts | Break % | TB | Decider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madeleine PegelSWE | 10 | 0-10 | 0.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Vicky BernerCAN | 18 | 1-17 | 5.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 3 | Susan VintonUSA | 10 | 2-8 | 20.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 4 | Margaret CooperUSA | 10 | 2-8 | 20.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 5 | Kristien ShawUSA | 15 | 2-13 | 13.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-5 |
| 6 | Carole GraebnerUSA | 10 | 3-7 | 30.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| 7 | Susanne KorpasGER | 10 | 3-7 | 30.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Lany KaligisINA | 19 | 3-16 | 15.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Sue HoleAUS | 13 | 4-9 | 30.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 10 | Jenny HelliarGBR | 17 | 4-13 | 23.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 11 | Jane OharaCAN | 12 | 4-8 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 12 | Pamela AustinUSA | 15 | 4-11 | 26.7% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 13 | Wendy SlaughterGBR | 10 | 4-6 | 40.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 14 | Zaiga YansoneURS | 10 | 4-6 | 40.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-5 |
| 15 | Nancy OrnsteinUSA | 18 | 4-14 | 22.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| 16 | Tam OshaughnessyUSA | 19 | 5-14 | 26.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 17 | Monica GiorgiITA | 13 | 5-8 | 38.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 18 | Rosemary PearsonGBR | 12 | 5-7 | 41.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 19 | Monique Van HaverBEL | 15 | 5-10 | 33.3% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 20 | Alison McmillanRSA | 10 | 5-5 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 21 | Sue MappinGBR | 11 | 5-6 | 45.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 22 | Lyn MontgomeryRSA | 12 | 5-7 | 41.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 23 | Penny MoorGBR | 20 | 5-15 | 25.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 24 | Ann LebedeffUSA | 15 | 5-10 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 25 | Janet HaasUSA | 12 | 5-7 | 41.7% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 26 | Greta DelportRSA | 10 | 5-5 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 27 | Robyn LeggeNZL | 16 | 6-10 | 37.5% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 28 | Becky VestUSA | 16 | 6-10 | 37.5% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 29 | Vlasta KodesovaCZE | 10 | 6-4 | 60.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 30 | Sally Hudson BeckZIM | 24 | 6-18 | 25.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-7 |
| 31 | Trudy GroenmanNED | 12 | 6-6 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 32 | Anna YeremeyevaURS | 11 | 6-5 | 54.5% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 33 | Christina SandbergSWE | 14 | 6-8 | 42.9% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| 34 | Lindsey BeavenGBR | 18 | 6-12 | 33.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| 35 | Katalin BorkaHUN | 12 | 6-6 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 36 | Marina ChuvirinaURS | 11 | 7-4 | 63.6% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 37 | Andree MartinCAN | 16 | 7-9 | 43.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 38 | Barbara DownsUSA | 22 | 7-15 | 31.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 39 | Mandy MorganAUS | 20 | 7-13 | 35.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 40 | Chris MatisonAUS | 13 | 7-6 | 53.8% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 41 | Sue StapUSA | 12 | 7-5 | 58.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 42 | Rosalba VidoITA | 16 | 7-9 | 43.8% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 43 | Raquel GiscafreARG | 24 | 7-17 | 29.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 44 | Maria Teresa NasuelliITA | 16 | 7-9 | 43.8% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 45 | Marie PinterovaHUN | 18 | 7-11 | 38.9% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-3 |
| 46 | Jane StrattonUSA | 11 | 7-4 | 63.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| 47 | Linky BoshoffRSA | 10 | 7-3 | 70.0% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 48 | Laura DupontUSA | 21 | 7-14 | 33.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-6 |
| 49 | Cecilia MartinezUSA | 27 | 7-20 | 25.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-7 |
| 50 | Kristy PigeonUSA | 14 | 7-7 | 50.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| 51 | Edith WinkensFRG | 11 | 7-4 | 63.6% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 52 | Shirley BloomerGBR | 14 | 8-6 | 57.1% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 53 | Wendy ApplebyUSA | 20 | 8-12 | 40.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 54 | Margareta StrandbergSWE | 18 | 8-10 | 44.4% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 55 | Janine WhyteAUS | 20 | 8-12 | 40.0% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 56 | Ana Maria AriasCHI | 24 | 8-16 | 33.3% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| 57 | Erzsebet SzellHUN | 18 | 8-10 | 44.4% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| 58 | Kathy BlakeUSA | 22 | 9-13 | 40.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-6 |
| 59 | Laurie TenneyUSA | 18 | 9-9 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 60 | Michele GurdalBEL | 25 | 9-16 | 36.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 61 | Sonja PachtaAUT | 18 | 9-9 | 50.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| 62 | Patricia BostromUSA | 17 | 9-8 | 52.9% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 63 | Margaret TeschAUS | 17 | 9-8 | 52.9% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| 64 | Cherry PantonGBR | 18 | 9-9 | 50.0% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| 65 | Dianne FromholtzAUS | 18 | 10-8 | 55.6% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 66 | Kora SchediwyFRG | 20 | 10-10 | 50.0% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 67 | Daphne PattisonZIM | 25 | 10-15 | 40.0% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 68 | Vicki Lancaster KerrAUS | 20 | 11-9 | 55.0% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 69 | Janet YoungAUS | 22 | 12-10 | 54.5% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-3 |
| 70 | Lita LiemINA | 34 | 12-22 | 35.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-5 |
| 71 | Marijke JansenNED | 23 | 12-11 | 52.2% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 72 | Alex CowieGBR | 23 | 12-11 | 52.2% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 73 | Lindsay BlachfordGBR | 27 | 12-15 | 44.4% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-6 |
| 74 | Esme EmmanuelRSA | 34 | 13-21 | 38.2% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 75 | Maria Eugenia GuzmanECU | 29 | 14-15 | 48.3% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-3 |
| 76 | Ingrid BentzerSWE | 22 | 14-8 | 63.6% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 77 | Odile De RoubinFRA | 30 | 14-16 | 46.7% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-4 |
| 78 | Nell TrumanGBR | 24 | 14-10 | 58.3% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 5-3 |
| 79 | Marina KroschinaURS | 27 | 15-12 | 55.6% | 1 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-4 |
| 80 | Glynis ColesGBR | 32 | 15-17 | 46.9% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 81 | Julie AnthonyUSA | 24 | 15-9 | 62.5% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 82 | Laurie FlemingUSA | 20 | 15-5 | 75.0% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 83 | Judith SzorenyiHUN | 22 | 15-7 | 68.2% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 84 | Ilana KlossRSA | 27 | 15-12 | 55.6% | 2 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 2-4 |
| 85 | Jeanne EvertUSA | 24 | 16-8 | 66.7% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 2-4 |
| 86 | Heide OrthGER | 26 | 16-10 | 61.5% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 87 | Susan MinfordIRL | 32 | 16-16 | 50.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 88 | Jackie FayterGBR | 38 | 19-19 | 50.0% | 0 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-4 |
| 89 | Laura RossouwRSA | 41 | 19-22 | 46.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 5-4 |
| 90 | Lesley CharlesGBR | 37 | 19-18 | 51.4% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-6 |
| 91 | Marilyn PrydeNZL | 33 | 19-14 | 57.6% | 3 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 92 | Marcie LouieUSA | 39 | 19-20 | 48.7% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 93 | Alena Palmeova WestTCH | 33 | 20-13 | 60.6% | 3 / 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-3 |
| 94 | Kerry HarrisAUS | 43 | 20-23 | 46.5% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-1 | 5-6 |
| 95 | Janet NewberryUSA | 39 | 21-18 | 53.8% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-4 |
| 96 | Wendy GilchristAUS | 54 | 21-33 | 38.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 5-8 |
| 97 | Jill CooperGBR | 37 | 21-16 | 56.8% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 98 | Eugenia BirioukovaAZE | 33 | 21-12 | 63.6% | 3 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-6 |
| 99 | Cynthia DoernerAUS | 44 | 22-22 | 50.0% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-11 |
| 100 | Nathalie FuchsFRA | 44 | 22-22 | 50.0% | 1 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 6-5 |
| 101 | Janice MetcalfUSA | 30 | 23-7 | 76.7% | 3 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 102 | Wendy TurnbullAUS | 37 | 24-13 | 64.9% | 4 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 103 | Marita RedondoUSA | 28 | 24-4 | 85.7% | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 104 | Katja EbbinghausFRG | 38 | 25-13 | 65.8% | 2 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-8 |
| 105 | Patti HoganUSA | 42 | 25-17 | 59.5% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-7 |
| 106 | Veronica BurtonGBR | 45 | 26-19 | 57.8% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 7-7 |
| 107 | Judy TegartAUS | 50 | 26-24 | 52.0% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-3 | 6-5 |
| 108 | Isabel Fernandez De SotoCOL | 45 | 26-19 | 57.8% | 3 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 5-6 |
| 109 | Mona GuerrantUSA | 48 | 27-21 | 56.3% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 8-10 |
| 110 | Barbara HawcroftAUS | 49 | 28-21 | 57.1% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-5 |
| 111 | Valerie ZiegenfussUSA | 55 | 29-26 | 52.7% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 11-3 |
| 112 | Pam TeeguardenUSA | 55 | 30-25 | 54.5% | 0 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 4-9 |
| 113 | Fiorella BonicelliURU | 47 | 30-17 | 63.8% | 3 / 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 12-6 |
| 114 | Corinne MolesworthGBR | 59 | 30-29 | 50.8% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 7-7 |
| 115 | Gail SherriffFRA | 45 | 31-14 | 68.9% | 5 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 4-8 |
| 116 | Helga MasthoffFRG | 43 | 31-12 | 72.1% | 4 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 117 | Joyce WilliamsGBR | 41 | 32-9 | 78.0% | 2 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 7-4 |
| 118 | Julie HeldmanUSA | 58 | 32-26 | 55.2% | 0 / 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 7-9 |
| 119 | Helen GourlayAUS | 57 | 32-25 | 56.1% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-2 | 7-6 |
| 120 | Sharon Walsh PeteUSA | 62 | 34-28 | 54.8% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 11-10 |
| 121 | Winnie ShawGBR | 47 | 36-11 | 76.6% | 4 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-0 | 8-3 |
| 122 | Patricia WalkdenRSA | 55 | 36-19 | 65.5% | 4 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-4 | 12-7 |
| 123 | Kazuko SawamatsuJPN | 56 | 37-19 | 66.1% | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 8-5 |
| 124 | Brenda KirkRSA | 63 | 39-24 | 61.9% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 10-6 |
| 125 | Wendy OvertonUSA | 71 | 39-32 | 54.9% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-4 | 8-7 |
| 126 | Karen KrantzckeAUS | 66 | 40-26 | 60.6% | 1 / 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1-0 | 5-7 |
| 127 | Patricia ColemanAUS | 57 | 41-16 | 71.9% | 1 / 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 10-1 |
| 128 | Lesley HuntAUS | 69 | 43-26 | 62.3% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 10-6 |
| 129 | Nancy RicheyUSA | 52 | 43-9 | 82.7% | 5 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4-3 | 5-4 |
| 130 | Linda TueroUSA | 58 | 43-15 | 74.1% | 3 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-0 | 10-5 |
| 131 | Betty StoveNED | 72 | 48-24 | 66.7% | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-2 | 14-7 |
| 132 | Chris EvertUSA | 56 | 49-7 | 87.5% | 4 / 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4-2 | 6-2 |
| 133 | Olga MorozovaURS | 63 | 50-13 | 79.4% | 7 / 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 9-6 |
| 134 | Francoise DurrFRA | 76 | 52-24 | 68.4% | 1 / 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6-2 | 9-7 |
| 135 | Kerry ReidAUS | 86 | 62-24 | 72.1% | 2 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-3 | 15-4 |
| 136 | Margaret CourtAUS | 69 | 62-7 | 89.9% | 10 / 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3-3 | 5-1 |
| 137 | Rosie CasalsUSA | 90 | 64-26 | 71.1% | 3 / 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7-5 | 15-7 |
| 138 | Virginia WadeGBR | 105 | 78-27 | 74.3% | 4 / 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2-6 | 9-11 |
| 139 | Billie Jean KingUSA | 101 | 88-13 | 87.1% | 10 / 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8-7 | 13-3 |
| 140 | Evonne GoolagongAUS | 102 | 91-11 | 89.2% | 12 / 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6-3 | 11-5 |