| Score: | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Draw: | 48 (3) |
| Seeds: | 4 |
| Type: | grand slam |
See main article: 1972 Wimbledon Championships. Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Casals partnered with Virginia Wade but lost in the semifinals to Judy Dalton and Françoise Dürr.
King and her partner Betty Stöve defeated Dalton and Dürr in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.[1] [2]
See also: 1 and 1. 
Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve (champions)
See also: 2 and 4. Rosie Casals / 
Virginia Wade (semifinals)
See also: 3 and 3. 
Judy Dalton / 
Françoise Dürr (final)
See also: 4 and 2. Evonne Goolagong / Nell Truman (second round)