# 2009 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg

The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Messecenter Herning exhibition center in Herning, Denmark on September 25.
This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals.

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 0 | 0 | |
| Qin Xiaoqing (CHN) | 1 | 1 | |

### Top half

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 2 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Elena Perepelkina (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Ochirbatyn Burmaa (MGL) | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | Marina Gastl (AUT) | 0 | 0 |
| Marina Gastl (AUT) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Vasilisa Marzaliuk (BLR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Marina Gastl (AUT) | 1 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Simge Yılmaz (TUR) | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Osleidy Arteaga (VEN) | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Simge Yılmaz (TUR) | 3$^F$ | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | Darya Karpenko (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Annabelle Ali (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Yana Panova (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 7 | 5 | | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Gursharan Preet Kaur (IND) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Asuka Sano (JPN) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Qin Xiaoqing (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 1 | 1 | | Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Qin Xiaoqing (CHN) | 6 | 7 | | Qin Xiaoqing (CHN) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Bae Mi-kyung (KOR) | 0 | 0 | | | | | Qin Xiaoqing (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 3 | | | | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Ali Bernard (USA) | 0 | 0 | | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ohenewa Akuffo (CAN) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Maria Vryoni (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| | | | Jenny Fransson (SWE) | 1 | 0 | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Maider Unda (ESP) | 1 | 2 | | Marina Gastl (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bae Mi-kyung (KOR) | 0 | 0 | Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 5 | 2 | 0 | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 1 | 1 | |
| Dina Ivanova (AZE) | 3 | 7$^F$ | Stanka Zlateva (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | Svetlana Saenko (UKR) | 0 | 0 | |