1972 U.S. Open - Men's Singles

Seeds

1.   Billie Jean King
   Billie Jean King
   Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
   
    (Champion)
2.   Evonne Goolagong
   Evonne Goolagong
   Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...
   
    (Third round)
3.   Chris Evert
   Chris Evert
   Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
   
    (Semifinalist)
4.   Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)
5.   Margaret Court (Semifinalist)
6.   Nancy Gunter (First round)
7.   Françoise Durr
   Françoise Durr
   Françoise Durr is a retired tennis player from France. She won 26 major singles titles and over 60 doubles titles....
   
    (Third round)
8.   Virginia Wade
   Virginia Wade
   Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
   
    (Quarterfinalist)

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• r. = retired

Final Eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

• 1972 US Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw