.jpg) Evonne Goolagong was the titles leader for 1972. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 26 December 1971–18 December 1972 |
| Edition | 58th |
| Tournaments | 161 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) Year-end championships (1) Virginia Slims Circuit (20) Commercial Union Grand Prix (11) ILTF Circuit (125) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Evonne Goolagong (12) |
| Most tournament finals | Evonne Goolagong (20) |
← 1971 1973 → | |
The 1972 ILTF Women's Tennis Circuit was the 58th season since the founding of the International Lawn Tennis Association and was the final season to be solely administered by the ILTF.
It was composed of the 2nd annual Virginia Slims Circuit with 20 events, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes, but approved by the ILTF and the 2nd annual ILTF Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit with 13 events which included Roland Garros and Wimbledon,[1][2] and sponsored by Commercial Union insurance company and the 58th annual ILTF World Circuit with 125 events.
The following season would see the formation of the Women's Tennis Association in which the ILTF would eventually have to share responsibility for administering the worldwide tour for women something at this time it was resisting to change.[3] In 1973 the majority of the ILTF events under direct administration of that organisation will form the ILTF Independent Tour.
- ^ "WTA Tour Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 105–114.
- ^ "Kramer". Press-Telegram. The Wikipedia Library - Newspapers.Com. 14 Nov 1973. p. 46. Retrieved 26 September 2023.