# US Open 1972

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:66/us-open?season=1972
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: grass
- Location: New York, United States
- Start date: 1972-08-30
- End date: 1972-09-12

## Champion
- Winner: Billie Jean King
- Runner-up: Kerry Reid
- Final score: 6-3 7-5

## Knockout results
### F
- Billie Jean King d. Kerry Reid 6-3 7-5

### SF
- Billie Jean King d. Margaret Court 6-4 6-4
- Kerry Reid d. Chris Evert 6-4 6-2

### QF
- Chris Evert d. Olga Morozova 3-6 6-3 7-6
- Margaret Court d. Rosie Casals 6-4 4-6 6-4
- Billie Jean King d. Virginia Wade 6-2 7-5
- Kerry Reid d. Pam Teeguarden 6-0 6-2

### R16
- Pam Teeguarden d. Evonne Goolagong 7-5 6-1
- Chris Evert d. Julie Heldman 6-1 6-2
- Rosie Casals d. Fiorella Bonicelli 6-0 6-4
- Margaret Court d. Lesley Hunt 6-2 6-1
- Kerry Reid d. Francoise Durr 1-6 6-0 6-2
- Olga Morozova d. Betty Stove 6-3 7-5
- Billie Jean King d. Sharon Walsh Pete 6-4 6-4
- Virginia Wade d. Barbara Downs 6-3 6-2

### R32
- Chris Evert d. Marita Redondo 6-1 6-2
- Barbara Downs d. Susan Minford 6-4 7-6
- Evonne Goolagong d. Karen Krantzcke 6-3 7-5
- Billie Jean King d. Esme Emmanuel 6-1 6-3
- Virginia Wade d. Julie Anthony 6-4 7-5
- Lesley Hunt d. Wendy Appleby 6-1 6-0
- Rosie Casals d. Valerie Ziegenfuss 6-3 6-4
- Pam Teeguarden d. Mona Guerrant 6-4 6-4
- Margaret Court d. Barbara Hawcroft 6-0 6-0
- Kerry Reid d. Cecilia Martinez 6-4 6-2
- Julie Heldman d. Laura Dupont 6-3 7-6
- Francoise Durr d. Kristy Pigeon 6-7 6-1 6-4
- Sharon Walsh Pete d. Sue Stap 7-5 3-6 6-4
- Betty Stove d. Wendy Overton 6-2 6-2
- Olga Morozova d. Kazuko Sawamatsu 6-4 6-4
- Fiorella Bonicelli d. Wendy Gilchrist 6-2 7-6

### R64
- Julie Anthony d. Janet Newberry 2-6 6-2 6-3
- Kristy Pigeon d. Susan Vinton 6-1 6-1
- Cecilia Martinez d. Rosalba Vido 6-0 6-4
- Margaret Court d. Janice Metcalf 6-2 6-1
- Francoise Durr d. Brenda Garcia 6-4 6-1
- Valerie Ziegenfuss d. Cynthia Doerner 6-1 3-6 6-0
- Karen Krantzcke d. Lindsey Beaven 6-2 6-2
- Pam Teeguarden d. Christina Sandberg 6-2 6-4
- Barbara Hawcroft d. Ana Maria Arias 6-3 6-4
- Sharon Walsh Pete d. Lita Liem 7-6 3-6 6-3
- Rosie Casals d. Nathalie Fuchs 6-1 6-2
- Betty Stove d. Laurie Fleming 3-6 6-0 6-1
- Wendy Gilchrist d. Maria Eugenia Guzman 6-0 6-3
- Kazuko Sawamatsu d. Nancy Richey 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Chris Evert d. Laurie Tenney 6-1 6-1
- Sue Stap d. Mary Ann Eisel 4-6 6-4 6-3
- Laura Dupont d. Judy Alvarez 6-1 6-2
- Marita Redondo d. Tam Oshaughnessy 6-1 6-3
- Mona Guerrant d. Helen Gourlay 6-4 6-3
- Wendy Appleby d. Penny Moor 6-3 6-3
- Fiorella Bonicelli d. Vicky Berner 6-3 6-4
- Julie Heldman d. Kathy Blake 4-6 6-4 6-3
- Evonne Goolagong d. Brenda Kirk 6-2 6-2
- Esme Emmanuel d. Linda Tuero 7-6 4-6 6-3
- Barbara Downs d. Corinne Molesworth 6-2 6-4
- Kerry Reid d. Marina Kroschina 6-2 6-4
- Billie Jean King d. Patti Hogan 6-3 6-2
- Susan Minford d. Pamela Austin 6-1 6-1
- Lesley Hunt d. Jeanne Evert 6-2 6-1
- Wendy Overton d. Maria Teresa Nasuelli 6-1 1-6 6-2
- Virginia Wade d. Isabel Fernandez De Soto 6-4 6-3
- Olga Morozova d. Kristien Shaw 6-3 5-7 6-0

### R128
- Nancy Richey d. Marilyn Aschner 6-0 6-1
- Barbara Hawcroft d. Lany Kaligis 3-6 7-6 6-2
- Betty Stove d. Marcie Louie 6-0 6-2
- Olga Morozova d. Kerry Harris 6-3 6-3
- Wendy Appleby d. Eliza Pande 6-3 1-6 6-2
- Kazuko Sawamatsu d. Jill Cooper 5-7 6-4 6-4
- Jeanne Evert d. Raquel Giscafre 6-3 6-1
- Margaret Court d. Patricia Walkden 6-0 6-1
- Janice Metcalf d. Veronica Burton 6-3 2-6 6-4
- Ana Maria Arias d. Ingrid Bentzer 7-5 6-1
- Wendy Overton d. Carole Graebner 7-6 3-6 7-6
- Laurie Fleming d. Laura Rossouw 6-2 6-0
- Lesley Hunt d. Becky Vest 6-1 6-3
- Maria Teresa Nasuelli d. Sally Hudson Beck 6-2 6-4
- Kristien Shaw d. Daphne Pattison 6-2 6-3
- Penny Moor d. Patricia Reese 6-4 2-6 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 79
- Players: 80

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