1972 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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.

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
Singlesmenwomenboysgirls
Doublesmenwomenmixedboysgirls
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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.   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

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
               
1 Billie Jean King
Betty Stöve
66
Wendy Gilchrist
Laura Rossouw
21
1 Billie Jean King
Betty Stöve
736
Winnie Shaw
Joyce Williams
563
Winnie Shaw
Joyce Williams
666
Esmé Emmanuel
Ceci Martinez
830
1 Billie Jean King
Betty Stöve
646
3 Judy Dalton
Françoise Dürr
263
Fiorella Bonicelli
Isabel Fernández de Soto
40
3 Judy Dalton
Françoise Dürr
66
3 Judy Dalton
Françoise Dürr
66
2 Rosie Casals
Virginia Wade
41
Lesley Hunt
Olga Morozova
32
2 Rosie Casals
Virginia Wade
66

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1 BJ King
B Stöve
66
L Kaligis
L Liem
31
1 BJ King
B Stöve
66
D Carter-Triolo
K Pigeon
11
D Carter-Triolo
K Pigeon
66
V Berner
P Faulkner
44
1 BJ King
B Stöve
66
W Gilchrist
L Rossouw
21
K Blake
J Newberry
846
A Bakker
M Schaar
664
K Blake
J Newberry
644
W Gilchrist
L Rossouw
166
W Gilchrist
L Rossouw
66
L Beaven
V Burton
24

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
4 E Goolagong
E Truman
66
K Ebbinghaus
G Walhof
144 E Goolagong
E Truman
51
W Overton
V Ziegenfuss
43 W Shaw
J Williams
76
W Shaw
J Williams
66 W Shaw
J Williams
66
Q J Helliar
S Hole
67Q J Helliar
S Hole
32
Q S Stap
L Tenney
45Q J Helliar
S Hole
726
J Cooper
C Molesworth
30 P Teeguarden
L Tuero
563
P Teeguarden
L Tuero
66 W Shaw
J Williams
666
K Harris
K Melville
66 E Emmanuel
C Martinez
830
A Cowie
S Holdsworth
21 K Harris
K Melville
76
C Evert
C Graebner
263 L duPont
M Schallau
54
L duPont
M Schallau
636 K Harris
K Melville
643
J Heldman
S Walsh
66 E Emmanuel
C Martinez
366
AM Estalella
C Mandarino
42 J Heldman
S Walsh
494
E Emmanuel
C Martinez
676 E Emmanuel
C Martinez
676
E Birioukova
M Kroschina
294

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
M Neumannová
V Vopičková
42
F Bonicelli
I Fernández de Soto
66 F Bonicelli
I Fernández de Soto
636
M Rodríguez
O de Roubin
33 M Giorgi
A-M Nasuelli
063
M Giorgi
A-M Nasuelli
66 F Bonicelli
I Fernández de Soto
66
L Charles
J Fayter
66 L Charles
J Fayter
33
R Bentley
F Moore
23 L Charles
J Fayter
66
B Hawcroft
M Pryde
28Q G Barniville
L Blachford
44
Q G Barniville
L Blachford
69 F Bonicelli
I Fernández de Soto
40
G Chanfreau
R Darmon
6233 J Dalton
F Dürr
66
J Anthony
K Kemmer
366 J Anthony
K Kemmer
986
B Kirk
P Pretorius
266 B Kirk
P Pretorius
894
S Brasher
G Coles
624 J Anthony
K Kemmer
25
H Gourlay
K Krantzcke
663 J Dalton
F Dürr
67
V Lancaster
M Morgan
42 H Gourlay
K Krantzcke
52
I Bentzer
C Sandberg
213 J Dalton
F Dürr
76
3 J Dalton
F Dürr
66

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
S Hudson-Beck
S Minford
466
P Coleman
W Turnbull
613
S Hudson-Beck
S Minford
22
L Hunt
O Morozova
66
L Hunt
O Morozova
66
S Pachta
C Schediwy
01
L Hunt
O Morozova
32
2 R Casals
V Wade
66
N Fuchs
AM Pinto Bravo
66
W Appleby
T O'Shaughnessy
22
N Fuchs
AM Pinto Bravo
w/o
2 R Casals
V Wade
ME Guzmán
D Pattison
00
2 R Casals
V Wade
66

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