WTA Johannesburg 1972 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Evonne Goolagong won the 1972 Johannesburg, defeating Virginia Wade 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the final. The WTA 250 event was played on hard courts in Johannesburg, South Africa, from March 27 to April 2, 1972.

Champion
Evonne Goolagong
def. Virginia Wade , 4-6 6-3 6-0
Dates
Mar 27 — Apr 2
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Category
WTA 250
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Apr 2, 1972* F Evonne Goolagong 4-6 6-3 6-0 Virginia Wade H2H Match data
BR (1)
Mar 27, 1972 BR Gail Sherriff 6-0 7-6(13) Patricia Walkden H2H Match data
SF (2)
Apr 1, 1972* SF Evonne Goolagong 6-1 7-6(3) Patricia Walkden H2H Match data
Apr 1, 1972* SF Virginia Wade 6-2 6-3 Gail Sherriff H2H Match data
QF (4)
Apr 1, 1972* QF Patricia Walkden 6-3 7-5 Helen Gourlay H2H Match data
Apr 1, 1972* QF Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-0 Alison Mcmillan H2H Match data
Apr 1, 1972* QF Gail Sherriff 6-0 6-1 Winnie Shaw H2H Match data
Apr 1, 1972* QF Virginia Wade 6-2 6-1 Lesley Hunt H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Lesley Hunt 7-5 4-6 6-3 Brenda Kirk H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Virginia Wade 6-4 6-1 Susan Minford H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Gail Sherriff 6-4 2-6 6-1 Trudy Groenman H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Helen Gourlay 6-4 6-1 Marijke Jansen H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Patricia Walkden 6-1 4-6 6-0 Betty Stove H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Evonne Goolagong 6-2 6-4 Heide Orth H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Alison Mcmillan (w/o) Linda Tuero H2H Match data
Mar 31, 1972* R16 Winnie Shaw 7-6(7) 1-6 6-2 Laura Rossouw H2H Match data
R32 (15)
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Betty Stove 6-3 6-3 Sonja Pachta H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Winnie Shaw 6-2 6-2 Margaret Hunt H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Susan Minford 6-4 2-6 7-6 Daphne Pattison H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Marijke Jansen 6-1 6-1 Lyn Montgomery H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Alison Mcmillan 6-7(7) 6-4 7-5 Joyce Williams H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Heide Orth 6-2 6-2 Glenda Tunmer H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Lesley Hunt 6-0 6-4 Elena Subirats H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Gail Sherriff 6-3 6-3 Mynie Van Zyl H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Virginia Wade 7-5 6-4 Rosalba Vido H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Helen Gourlay 6-3 6-2 Bernice Carr H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Linda Tuero 7-6 6-2 Elizabeth Vlotman H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Evonne Goolagong 6-1 6-3 Isabel Fernandez De Soto H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Brenda Kirk 6-4 6-3 Maria Eugenia Guzman H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Laura Rossouw 6-3 6-2 Marlene Gerson H2H Match data
Mar 30, 1972* R32 Trudy Groenman 6-2 3-6 6-3 Katja Ebbinghaus H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Margaret Hunt 6-4 6-4 Iris Riedel Kuhn H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Laura Rossouw 6-1 6-1 Maryna Godwin H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Susan Minford 6-1 6-0 Linky Boshoff H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Linda Tuero 2-6 6-1 6-3 Andrea Menezes H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Betty Stove 6-2 6-1 Rosario Briones H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Winnie Shaw 6-2 6-2 Annette Steenkamp H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Trudy Groenman 1-6 6-3 6-0 Ana Maria Estalella Manso H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Lesley Hunt 6-2 6-3 Kimiyo Hatanaka H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Gail Sherriff 6-0 6-1 Kirsten Robsahm H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Daphne Pattison 6-2 6-1 Jenny Waggot H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Maria Eugenia Guzman 6-2 6-1 Veronika Buche H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Elizabeth Vlotman 6-1 6-2 Geraldine Barniville H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Glenda Tunmer 6-2 6-2 J Sammons H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Sonja Pachta 7-6 2-6 6-3 C Shu Mang H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Rosalba Vido 6-2 6-1 A Slabbert H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Brenda Kirk 6-1 6-3 Bonnie Logan H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Helen Gourlay 6-0 6-1 Beatriz Araujo H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Joyce Williams 4-6 6-0 6-0 Greta Delport H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Marijke Jansen 6-1 6-1 Terisa Viljoen H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Marlene Gerson 6-0 6-4 Mara Cohen Mintz H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Mynie Van Zyl 7-5 6-1 Fiorella Bonicelli H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Lyn Montgomery 7-5 6-2 Eleanor Oneill H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Alison Mcmillan 7-5 6-4 Michele Gurdal H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Katja Ebbinghaus 6-2 6-3 Sally Hudson Beck H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Patricia Walkden 6-1 6-1 Kazuko Sawamatsu H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Nicky Kruger 6-2 6-4 A Niciforovic H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Evonne Goolagong 6-0 6-2 Raquel Giscafre H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Isabel Fernandez De Soto 6-2 6-2 Elviry Dry H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Heide Orth 6-2 6-2 Glenda Swan H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Elena Subirats 6-2 6-1 Jane Ohara H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Virginia Wade 6-0 6-0 Marianna Brummer H2H Match data
Mar 29, 1972* R64 Bernice Carr 6-4 6-4 Ana Maria Ycaza H2H Match data
R128 (56)
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Raquel Giscafre 6-2 2-6 7-6 Ilana Kloss H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Kazuko Sawamatsu 6-0 6-0 Tova Epstein H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Marlene Gerson 7-6 7-5 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Bonnie Logan 6-1 6-1 Marlene Calitz H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Alison Mcmillan 6-0 6-0 M Smit H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Rosalba Vido 6-2 7-5 Judy Chaloner H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Jane Ohara 6-3 6-1 Heather Mackeown H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Lyn Montgomery 6-4 6-2 Gillian Van Der Merwe H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 A Slabbert 7-6 7-6 Yo Lan Liu H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Andrea Menezes 6-2 6-0 C Ravinsky H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Helen Gourlay 6-4 6-4 Heather Bucke H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Betty Stove 6-0 6-0 W Van Eeden H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Heide Orth 6-0 6-0 Gillian Kay H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Eleanor Oneill 6-2 6-4 R Le Roux H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Elviry Dry 6-0 6-4 E Graas H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Maryna Godwin 6-1 6-1 O Oosterhuizen H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Beatriz Araujo 6-4 4-6 6-1 Monica Giorgi H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Nicky Kruger 6-0 6-0 T Young H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Kirsten Robsahm 6-2 6-1 M Roberton H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Rosario Briones 6-3 1-6 6-2 L Pirula H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 A Niciforovic 6-2 7-5 B Christman H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Ana Maria Estalella Manso 6-2 6-0 Marion Lloyd Wronsley H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Bernice Carr 6-1 6-0 Carmen Coronado H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 C Shu Mang 6-1 2-6 6-2 Parvin Afshar H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Virginia Wade 6-2 6-1 Rita Felix H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Marianna Brummer 6-1 6-4 Mary Puljak H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Marijke Jansen 6-1 6-1 Robyn Legge H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Joyce Williams 6-4 6-0 Yola Ramirez H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Elena Subirats 7-5 6-4 Marilyn Pryde H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Daphne Pattison 6-4 6-2 Ellen Grindvold H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Sonja Pachta 6-4 6-2 Barbara Hambridge H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Terisa Viljoen 6-0 6-3 Evagreth Emmenegger H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Sally Hudson Beck 6-4 6-4 Sabine Bernegger H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Maria Eugenia Guzman 6-3 6-1 Sue Green H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Annette Steenkamp 6-3 7-5 Nati Santacana H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Jenny Waggot 6-1 6-2 Lucia Sarno H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Patricia Walkden 6-2 6-3 Maria Teresa Nasuelli H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Brenda Kirk 6-1 6-1 M Hendel H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Iris Riedel Kuhn 7-6 6-4 Janine Bourgnon H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Mynie Van Zyl 6-3 6-3 Andree Martin H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Susan Minford 6-1 6-3 Naoko Sato H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Katja Ebbinghaus 6-0 6-4 Mari Ann Aklougart H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Veronika Buche 6-0 6-2 Aliki Koutsouri H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Gail Sherriff 6-4 6-3 Monique Van Haver H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Ana Maria Ycaza 6-3 6-3 Patricia Bianchi H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Glenda Swan 6-2 6-2 Lotte Solbeck H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Trudy Groenman (w/o) Ching Ling Chang H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Glenda Tunmer 6-1 6-3 F Wadner H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Laura Rossouw 6-3 7-6 Anne Mette Sorensen H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Linky Boshoff 6-3 6-4 Marianne Kindler H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Elizabeth Vlotman 6-0 6-0 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Lesley Hunt 6-3 6-1 Heather Allen H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Greta Delport 4-6 6-0 6-3 Leena Mutanen H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Mara Cohen Mintz 6-0 6-3 Alex Rotas H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Winnie Shaw 6-3 6-4 Marion De Witte H2H Match data
Mar 28, 1972* R128 Michele Gurdal 6-4 6-4 Helena Laitinen H2H Match data

Most Titles

PlayerTitles
Margaret Court 3
Brigette Cuypers 2
Chris Evert 2
Annette Van Zyl 1
Billie Jean King 1

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SeasonSurfaceWinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch
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1980 Hard Lesley Charles 7-5 6-4 Rene Uys H2H Match data
1979 Hard Brigette Cuypers 7-6 6-2 Tanya Harford H2H Match data
1977 Hard Linky Boshoff 6-4 6-1 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Johannesburg held?
Johannesburg is held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Who won the most recent Johannesburg?
The 1984 Johannesburg was won by Chris Evert 6-3 6-0.
Who has won the most Johannesburg titles?
Margaret Court has won 3 Johannesburg titles, the most by any player.
When was the first Johannesburg played?
The first edition of Johannesburg was held in 1968.
What surface is Johannesburg played on?
Johannesburg is played on hard courts.