Albany 1972

WTA WTA Tour Hard Start: Sep 19, 1972 Draw: 32 32 matches

Champion: Margaret Court

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Billie Jean King 6 6

Betty Stove 3 3

8 Julie Heldman 6 6

Barbara Hawcroft 1 3

4 Kerry Reid 6 3 6

Kathy Blake 4 6 1

Veronica Burton 6 6 6

Kristien Shaw 1 7 3

Lesley Hunt 6 6

7 Wendy Overton 1 4

3 Rosie Casals 6 6

Marcie Louie 2 0

Mona Guerrant 6 3 6

6 Pam Teeguarden 4 6 2

2 Margaret Court 6 6

Corinne Molesworth 4 0

Quarterfinal

1 Billie Jean King 6 6

8 Julie Heldman 1 1

4 Kerry Reid 7 6

Veronica Burton 6 1

3 Rosie Casals 6 6

Lesley Hunt 4 0

2 Margaret Court 6 6

Mona Guerrant 4 2

Semifinal

1 Billie Jean King 6 6

4 Kerry Reid 0 2

2 Margaret Court 6 6

3 Rosie Casals 3 3

Final

2 Margaret Court 6 6

1 Billie Jean King 4 1

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Billie Jean King	Jill Cooper	6-0	6-2	·
Betty Stove	Cecilia Martinez	6-7	6-3	6-2
Barbara Hawcroft	Kerry Harris	6-3	6-4	·
Julie Heldman	Kristy Pigeon	6-4	6-4	·
Kerry Reid	Vicky Berner	6-2	6-1	·
Kathy Blake	Barbara Downs	6-4	6-3	·
Veronica Burton	Bonnie Logan	6-0	6-0	·
Kristien Shaw	Francoise Durr	6-2	1-6	6-3
Wendy Overton	Janet Newberry	6-3	6-1	·
Lesley Hunt	Wendy Gilchrist	6-4	6-2	·
Marcie Louie	Betty Ann Grubb	6-1	6-0	·
Rosie Casals	Esme Emmanuel	6-4	6-3	·
Pam Teeguarden	Kate Latham	4-6	6-4	6-2
Mona Guerrant	Birgitta Lindstrom	6-0	4-6	6-3
Corinne Molesworth	Susan Minford	6-3	6-0	·
Margaret Court	Margaret Cooper	6-1	6-1	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Margaret Court	AUS	Winner
	Billie Jean King	USA	Final
	Rosie Casals	USA	Bronze
	Kerry Reid	AUS	Bronze
	Julie Heldman	USA	Quarterfinal
LH	Lesley Hunt	AUS	Quarterfinal
MG	Mona Guerrant	USA	Quarterfinal
VB	Veronica Burton	GBR	Quarterfinal
BH	Barbara Hawcroft	AUS	Round of 16
	Betty Stove	NED	Round of 16
CM	Corinne Molesworth	GBR	Round of 16
KB	Kathy Blake	USA	Round of 16
KS	Kristien Shaw	USA	Round of 16
ML	Marcie Louie	USA	Round of 16
	Pam Teeguarden	USA	Round of 16
WO	Wendy Overton	USA	Round of 16
BD	Barbara Downs	USA	Round of 32
BG	Betty Ann Grubb	USA	Round of 32
BL	Birgitta Lindstrom	FIN	Round of 32
BL	Bonnie Logan	USA	Round of 32
CM	Cecilia Martinez	USA	Round of 32
EE	Esme Emmanuel	RSA	Round of 32
	Francoise Durr	FRA	Round of 32
JN	Janet Newberry	USA	Round of 32
JC	Jill Cooper	GBR	Round of 32
KL	Kate Latham	USA	Round of 32
	Kerry Harris	AUS	Round of 32
KP	Kristy Pigeon	USA	Round of 32
MC	Margaret Cooper	USA	Round of 32
SM	Susan Minford	IRL	Round of 32
VB	Vicky Berner	CAN	Round of 32
WG	Wendy Gilchrist	AUS	Round of 32

Other matches

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
BR	Rosie Casals	Kerry Reid	6-2 6-4