1972 Women's Tennis Circuit
The 1972 Women's Tennis Circuit was composed of the second annual Virginia Slims Circuit, a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes and the Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix.
Schedule
This is a calendar of all events sponsored by Virginia Slims in the year 1972, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. The table also includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1972 Virginia Slims Championships and the 1972 Federation Cup.;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Virginia Slims championships |
| Virginia Slims Circuit |
| Commercial Union Grand Prix |
| Non-tour events |
| Team events |
December (1971)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles won by each player and each nation during the 1972 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:1) total number of titles ;
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments ;
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order.
;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year-end championships |
| Virginia Slims event |
Titles won by player
| Total | Player | |||||||||
| 16 | ● ● ● | ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● | 9 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 13 | ● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● | 3 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | ● | ● | ● ● ● | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | ● ● ● ● ● | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | ● | ● ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | ● | ● ● | ● | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | ● ● ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | ● ● ● ● | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | ● ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | ● | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation
| Total | Nation | |||||||||
| 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 1 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |