1972 Australian Open

The 1972 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Australia and was held from 26 December 1971 to 3 January 1972. It was the 60th edition of the Australian Open and the first Grand Slam of the year.

Finals

Ken Rosewall defeated Malcolm Anderson 7–6^(7–2), 6–3, 7–5

It was Rosewall's 16th career Grand Slam title (his 8th in singles) and his 6th Australian title.

It was Davidson's 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Australian title. It was Rosewall's 17th career Grand Slam title and his 7th and last Australian title.

It was Gourlay's 1st career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian title. It was Harris' only career Grand Slam title and her only Australian title.

Competition not held between 1970 and 1986.

Preceded by

Grand Slams

Succeeded by

v t e Australian Open
Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
Pre Open Era	1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 ~~1916~~ ~~1917~~ ~~1918~~ 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 ~~1941~~ ~~1942~~ ~~1943~~ ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Open Era	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Jan Dec 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 ~~1986~~ 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Open Era finalists

v t e 1972 Grand Prix Tour « 1971 1973 »
AA	French Open Wimbledon US Open
A	Johannesburg Rome Indianapolis Toronto Los Angeles Barcelona Stockholm
B	Salisbury Madrid Hamburg Merion Paris Indoor
C	Los Angeles Hampton Washington Indoor Bournemouth Brussels Outdoor Bristol Cincinnati Albany Gstaad Båstad Sacramento Seattle Albany
D	Monte Carlo Nice Kitzbuhel Columbus Tanglewood
Team events	Davis Cup

v t e 1972 Women's Tennis Circuit « 1971 1973 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Virginia Slims Circuit	San Francisco (S, D) Long Beach (S, D) Boston (S, D) Fort Lauderdale (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Washington (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Dallas (S, D) Richmond (S, D) San Juan (S, D) Jacksonville (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Tucson (S, D) Indianapolis 1 (S, D) Columbus (S, D) Denver (S, D) Newport (S, D) Oakland (S, D) Phoenix (S, D)
Grand Prix Circuit	Johannesburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Indianapolis 2 (S, D) Toronto (S, D) New York (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Tokyo 1 (S, D) Palm Harbor (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Phoenix (S, D) Melbourne (S, D)
Non-tour events	Sydney (S, D) Adelaide (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) London (S, D) Beckenham (S, D) Tokyo 2 (S, D) Tokyo 3 (S, D) Billingham (S, D) Edinburgh (S, D) Aberavon (S, D) Torquay (S, D) Nottingham (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup Wightman Cup
Virginia Slims Championships (S, D)