 It was the 76th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1972.Andrés Gimeno and Billie Jean King won the singles titles.Andrés Gimeno defeated Patrick Proisy, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1

 Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong, 6–3, 6–3 

 Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan defeated Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol, 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1

 Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve defeated Winnie Shaw / Nell Truman, 6–1, 6–2

 Evonne Goolagong / Kim Warwick defeated Françoise Dürr / Jean-Claude Barclay, 6–2, 6–4