1972 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1972 Australian Open
Champions Australia Helen Gourlay
Australia Kerry Harris
Runners-up Australia Patricia Coleman
Australia Karen Krantzcke
Final score 60, 64

Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong were the defending champions but only Goolagong competed that year with Virginia Wade.

Goolagong and Wade lost in the semifinals to Patricia Coleman and Karen Krantzcke.

Helen Gourlay and Kerry Harris won in the final 60, 64 against Coleman and Krantzcke.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All four seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.

  1. Australia Evonne Goolagong / United Kingdom Virginia Wade (Semifinals)
  2. France Gail Chanfreau / Soviet Union Olga Morozova (Semifinals)
  1. Australia Helen Gourlay / Australia Kerry Harris (Champions)
  2. Australia Patricia Coleman / Australia Karen Krantzcke (Final)

Draw

Key

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
 
    1  Australia E Goolagong
 United Kingdom V Wade
w/o      
   Australia R Knobel
 Australia M Tesch
7 7 6        Australia R Knobel
 Australia M Tesch
       
   Australia S Hole
 Australia J Young
5 9 0       1  Australia E Goolagong
 United Kingdom V Wade
6 4 4  
      4  Australia P Coleman
 Australia K Krantzcke
2 6 6  
    4  Australia P Coleman
 Australia K Krantzcke
6 6  
   Australia D James
 Australia K Williams
3 4          Australia A Coleman
 Australia C Matison
4 4    
   Australia A Coleman
 Australia C Matison
6 6         4  Australia Patricia Coleman
 Australia Karen Krantzcke
0 4  
   Australia B Hawcroft
 Australia W Turnbull
6 6         3  Australia Helen Gourlay
 Australia Kerry Harris
6 6  
   Australia P Billing
 Australia J Whyte
1 3          Australia B Hawcroft
 Australia W Turnbull
2 1    
    3  Australia H Gourlay
 Australia K Harris
6 6    
      3  Australia H Gourlay
 Australia K Harris
6 6  
   United States A Lebedeff
 United States M Schallau
6 6         2  France G Chanfreau
 Soviet Union O Morozova
2 2    
   Australia L Mansfield
 Australia C Norquay
2 0          United States A Lebedeff
 United States M Schallau
3 2  
    2  France G Chanfreau
 Soviet Union O Morozova
6 6    
 

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