1972 Australian Open – Women's doubles

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

Women's doubles
1972 Australian Open
Champions	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris
Runners-up	Patricia Coleman Karen Krantzcke
Final score	6–0, 6–4

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.

1. Evonne Goolagong / Virginia Wade (semifinals)
2. Gail Chanfreau / Olga Morozova (semifinals)
3. Helen Gourlay / Kerry Harris (champions)
4. Patricia Coleman / Karen Krantzcke (final)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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

External links

• 1972 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation