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1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Billie Jean King

Final score
  
6–3, 6–3

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Evonne Goolagong

Draw
  
96 (7Q)

Singles
  
men

Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Evonne Goolagong (Finalist)
  2. Billie Jean King (Champion)
  3. Nancy Richey (Quarterfinalist)
  4. Chris Evert (Semifinalist)
  5. Kerry Melville (Third round)
  6. Rosie Casals (Semifinalist)
  7. Virginia Wade (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Françoise Dürr (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

    • References

    1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia
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