WTA South African Open 1972 Draw, Results & Schedule

Evonne Goolagong won the 1972 South African Open, 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. The match log contains 119 recorded singles results for this edition.

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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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Historical categories use documented modern equivalents where available; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Results

South African Open 1972 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Evonne Goolagong 4-6 6-3 6-0 Virginia Wade H2H Match data Apr 2, 1972* F
BR (1)
Gail Sherriff 6-0 7-6(13) Patricia Walkden H2H Match data Apr 2, 1972* BR
SF (2)
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 Apr 1, 1972* SF
QF (4)
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 Apr 1, 1972* QF
R16 (8)
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 Mar 31, 1972* R16
R32 (15)
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 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Mar 30, 1972* R32
R64 (32)
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 Mar 29, 1972* R64
R128 (56)
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 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Mar 28, 1972* R128

Most Titles

Players with the most South African Open titles
PlayerTitles
Margaret Court 3
Brigette Cuypers 2
Chris Evert 2

Recent Finals

Recent South African Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Chris Evert #2 6-3 6-0 Andrea Jaeger #8 H2H Match data 1984 Hard
Kathy Horvath 7-6(4) 6-4 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data 1981 Hard
Lesley Charles 7-5 6-4 Rene Uys H2H Match data 1980 Hard
Brigette Cuypers 7-6 6-2 Tanya Harford H2H Match data 1979 Hard
Linky Boshoff 6-4 6-1 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data 1977 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is South African Open held?
South African Open is held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Who won the most recent South African Open?
The 1984 South African Open was won by Chris Evert, who defeated Andrea Jaeger 6-3 6-0.
Who has won the most South African Open titles?
Margaret Court has won 3 South African Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first South African Open played?
The first edition of South African Open was held in 1891.
What surface is South African Open played on?
South African Open is played on hard courts.