# 1972 US Open – Women's doubles

Rosemary Casals and Judy Dalton were the reigning champions but Judy Dalton did not compete this year. Rosemary Casals teamed up with Billie Jean King and lost in semifinals to Françoise Dürr and Betty Stöve.
Françoise Dürr and Betty Stöve won the title by defeating Margaret Court and Virginia Wade 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King (semifinals)
* Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (final)
* Evonne Goolagong / Lesley Hunt (semifinals)
* Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (champions)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Evonne Goolagong Lesley Hunt | 6 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Evonne Goolagong Lesley Hunt | 6 | 5 | | 2 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 2 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Hawcroft C Sandberg | 1 | 1 | | 2 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Hudson-Beck S Minford | 2 | 5 | | | B Garcia J Heldman | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Garcia J Heldman | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jill Schwikert Joy Schwikert | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | W Overton V Ziegenfuss | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | W Overton V Ziegenfuss | 6 | 6 | | | W Overton V Ziegenfuss | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Redondo L Tenney | 1 | 3 | | | C Evert J Evert | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Evert J Evert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Court V Wade | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | E Goolagong L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Goolagong L Hunt | 6 | 5 |
| | J Metcalf M Pegel | 1 | 0 | | 3 | E Goolagong L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Appleby T O'Shaughnessy | 6 | 7 | 3 | | K Blake J Cooper | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Blake J Cooper | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | 3 | E Goolagong L Hunt | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Aschner P Austin | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | K Harris K Melville | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | K Harris K Melville | 6 | 6 | | | K Harris K Melville | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Gilchrist S Walsh | 6 | 5 | 6 | | W Gilchrist S Walsh | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Bostrom A Lebedeff | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | L Fleming A Kiyomura | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Doerner D Pattison | 7 | 6 | 3 | | L Fleming A Kiyomura | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Kirk P Pretorius | 6 | 6 | | | B Kirk P Pretorius | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Beaven V Burton | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | B Kirk P Pretorius | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | M Cooper B Downs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | F Dürr B Stöve | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | M Kroschina L Tuero | 4 | 3 | | | M Cooper B Downs | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gourlay K Krantzcke | | | | 4 | F Dürr B Stöve | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | F Dürr B Stöve | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | F Dürr B Stöve | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| | N Fuchs AM Pinto Bravo | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Casals BJ King | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| | E Emmanuel C Martinez | 6 | 6 | | | E Emmanuel C Martinez | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hogan O Morozova | 5 | 6 | 7 | | P Hogan O Morozova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Anthony P Teeguarden | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | P Hogan O Morozova | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | R Casals BJ King | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L duPont M Schallau | 4 | 3 | | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Louie L Rossouw | 1 | 0 | | 1 | R Casals BJ King | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | R Casals BJ King | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |