1971 Australian Open – Women's singles
# 1971 Australian Open – Women's singles

Two-time defending champion Margaret Court defeated Evonne Goolagong in the final, 2–6, $7–6^{(7–0)},$ 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1971 Australian Open. It was her tenth Australian Open title, her sixth consecutive major singles title and her 21st major singles title overall.

## Seeds

The first and second seeds receive a bye into the second round.

* Margaret Court (champion)
* Evonne Goolagong (finalist)
* Lesley Turner Bowrey (withdrew before the tournament began)
* Gail Chanfreau (first round)
* Patti Hogan (second round)
* Kerry Harris (first round)
* Winnie Shaw (semifinals)
* Helen Gourlay (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Margaret Court | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Helen Gourlay | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Helen Gourlay | 0 | 4 | 1 | Margaret Court | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Lesley Hunt | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Lesley Hunt | 6 | 6 | | Lesley Hunt | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Jan O'Neill | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jan O'Neill | 4 | 4 | | | | | 1 | Margaret Court | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| | Norma Marsh | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Winnie Shaw | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Winnie Shaw | 6 | 7 | 7 | Winnie Shaw | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Evonne Goolagong | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Sharon Walsh | 3 | 4 | 2 | Evonne Goolagong | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Evonne Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Earlier rounds

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | M Court | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Taylor | 0 | 0 | | | P Coleman | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Coleman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Court | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Sieler | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | H Gourlay | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| | B Hawcroft | 6 | 6 | | | B Hawcroft | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Lancaster | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | H Gourlay | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H Gourlay | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Court | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | P Hogan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | L Hunt | 0 | 3 |
| | S Walsham | 4 | 2 | | 5 | P Hogan | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Avis | 3 | 4 | | | L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J O'Neill | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J O'Neill | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Fromholtz | 3 | 0 | | | J O'Neill | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Eastburn | | | | | N Eastburn | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | G Chanfreau | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | J Fallis | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Hole | 6 | 6 | 7 | | S Hole | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tesch | 1 | 2 | | | N Marsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Marsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Marsh | 0 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Zeeman | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | W Shaw | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | L Bowrey | 6 | 6 | | | L Bowrey | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Young | 1 | 0 | | 7 | W Shaw | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | W Shaw | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | W Shaw | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | K Harris | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Goolagong | 7 | 6 |
| | P Edwards | 6 | 7 | | | P Edwards | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coleman | 2 | 2 | | | S Walsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Walsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Walsh | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | H Kayser | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 2 | E Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Athorne | 0 | 0 | r | | H Kayser | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | E Goolagong | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
