1972 Australian Open – Women's doubles
1972 tennis event results
Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong were the reigning 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 6–0, 6–4 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.
Draw
Key
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
w/o
7
7
6
5
9
0
1
6
4
4
4
2
6
6
4
6
6
3
4
4
4
6
6
4
0
4
6
6
3
6
6
1
3
2
1
3
6
6
3
6
6
6
6
2
2
2
2
0
3
2
2
6
6
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