1972 World Championship Tennis circuit
Details
Duration 6 February 1972 – 26 November 1972
Edition 5th
Tournaments 24
Achievements (singles)
← 1971 1973 →
The 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1972. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). The circuit included twenty-three regular events, and two circuit finals, one taking place in May, counting for the second half of the 1971 season, and the first part of the 1972 season, and a smaller one taking place in November, counting for the second half of the 1972 season, from July through November.
Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 1972 WCT circuit, with player progression documented until the quarterfinals stage.
Key
February Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Feb Fidelity WCT Richmond , United States Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Rod Laver 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Arthur Ashe Australia John Newcombe United States Robert Lutz Australia Roy Emerson United States Charlie Pasarell United Kingdom Roger Taylor Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 7–6, 7–6Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 8 Feb U.S. Professional Indoor Philadelphia , United States Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Rod Laver 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2Australia Ken Rosewall United States Arthur Ashe Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Jeff Borowiak United States Robert Lutz United States Arthur Ashe United States Robert Lutz 6–3, 6–7, 6–3Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 20 Feb Canadian Open (WCT) Toronto , Ontario, Canada Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Rod Laver 6–1, 6–4Australia Ken Rosewall Netherlands Tom Okker United States Charlie Pasarell United Kingdom Roger Taylor Australia Roy Emerson Australia Fred Stolle United States Marty Riessen Australia Bob Carmichael Australia Ray Ruffels 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Australia Roy Emerson Australia Rod Laver
March Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 5 Mar Saga Bay Tennis Classic Hollywood , United States Regular series Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Ken Rosewall 3–6, 6–2, 6–4South Africa Cliff Drysdale Australia Fred Stolle United States Charlie Pasarell United Kingdom Roger Taylor Egypt Ismail El Shafei United Kingdom Mark Cox United States Arthur Ashe Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 7–5, 6–4Australia Roy Emerson Australia Rod Laver 16 Mar Kemper International Tennis Tournament Chicago , United States Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Netherlands Tom Okker 4–6, 6–2, 6–3United States Arthur Ashe United States Robert Lutz Australia Ken Rosewall United States Charlie Pasarell United States Marty Riessen Australia John Alexander United States Robert Lutz Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 6–2, 6–3Australia Roy Emerson Australia Rod Laver
April Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 9 Apr River Oaks Tennis Tournament Houston , United States Regular series Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Rod Laver 6–2, 6–4Australia Ken Rosewall Netherlands Tom Okker United Kingdom Roger Taylor Australia William Bowrey Australia John Alexander Australia John Newcombe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić Australia Roy Emerson Australia Rod Laver 6–3, 6–3Australia Ken Rosewall Australia Fred Stolle 16 Apr Rothmans International Quebec Quebec City , Canada Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – DoublesUnited States Marty Riessen 7–5, 6–2, 7–5Australia Rod Laver South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Arthur Ashe United States Charlie Pasarell United Kingdom Roger Taylor Australia Roy Emerson Australia Ken Rosewall Australia Bob Carmichael Australia Ray Ruffels 4–6, 6–3, 7–5Australia Terry Addison Australia John Alexander 23 Apr Charlotte Tennis Classic Charlotte , United States Regular series Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Ken Rosewall 2–6, 6–2, 6–2United States Cliff Richey South Africa Cliff Drysdale Australia John Alexander United Kingdom Mark Cox Australia William Bowrey Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 6–4, 4–6, 7–6Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 30 Apr United Bank Classic Denver , United States Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S Singles Australia Rod Laver 4–6, 6–3, 6–4United States Marty Riessen Australia Roy Emerson Netherlands Tom Okker United States Robert Lutz Australia John Newcombe United States Arthur Ashe Australia John Alexander Australia Roy Emerson Australia Rod Laver 1–6, 6–4, 6–3South Africa Cliff Drysdale United Kingdom Roger Taylor
May July Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Jul Holton Tennis Classic St. Louis , United States Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – DoublesAustralia John Newcombe 6–3, 6–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Charlie Pasarell Australia Tony Roche Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen United States Cliff Richey Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 7–6, 6–2Australia John Alexander Australia Phil Dent 12 Jul Washington Star International Washington , United States Regular series Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia Tony Roche 3–6, 7–6, 6–4United States Marty Riessen Australia Ray Ruffels Australia John Newcombe Australia John Alexander United States Cliff Richey United States Arthur Ashe Egypt Ismail El Shafei Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 29 Jul First National Tennis Classic Louisville , United States Regular series Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – DoublesUnited States Arthur Ashe 6–4, 6–4United Kingdom Mark Cox Australia John Newcombe South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Marty Riessen Australia Tony Roche Netherlands Tom Okker Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić Australia John Alexander United States Phil Dent 6–4, 6–3United States Arthur Ashe United States Robert Lutz
August Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Aug U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Boston , United States Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles United States Robert Lutz 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Netherlands Tom Okker South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Arthur Ashe Australia Rod Laver United States Marty Riessen Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić Australia Tony Roche Australia Tony Roche Australia John Newcombe 6–3, 1–6, 7–6United States Arthur Ashe United States Robert Lutz 13 Aug Cleveland Classic Cleveland , United States Regular series Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – DoublesUnited Kingdom Mark Cox 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Australia Ray Ruffels United Kingdom Roger Taylor South Africa Cliff Drysdale Australia Ken Rosewall Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić United States Marty Riessen Egypt Ismail El Shafei South Africa Cliff Drysdale United Kingdom Roger Taylor 7–6, 6–3United States Frank Froehling United States Charlie Pasarell 20 Aug Colonial Nat'l Invitation Tennis Tournament Fort Worth , United States Regular series Hard – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia John Newcombe 5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4Australia Ken Rosewall Netherlands Tom Okker United States Arthur Ashe Australia John Alexander Australia Tony Roche United Kingdom Graham Stilwell United States Marty Riessen Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 6–2, 6–2Australia Ken Rosewall Australia Fred Stolle
September October Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Oct Redwood Bank Pacific Coast Championships Alamo , United States Regular series Hard – 32S/16D Australia John Newcombe 6–1, 6–1, 7–5South Africa Cliff Drysdale Netherlands Tom Okker United States Arthur Ashe Australia Terry Addison United Kingdom Mark Cox Australia John Alexander Australia Roy Emerson Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 7–6, 6–4Egypt Ismail El Shafei New Zealand Brian Fairlie 22 Oct Rothmans International Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada Regular series Carpet – 32S/16DAustralia John Newcombe 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 7–5United States Marty Riessen United Kingdom Mark Cox United States Robert Lutz Australia Roy Emerson Netherlands Tom Okker New Zealand Brian Fairlie United States Arthur Ashe Australia John Newcombe Australia Fred Stolle 7–6, 6–0South Africa Cliff Drysdale Australia Allan Stone 29 Oct Canada Dry International Essen , West Germany Regular series Carpet (i) – 32S/16D Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6United States Robert Lutz United States Cliff Richey Egypt Ismail El Shafei Australia John Newcombe West Germany Wilhelm Bungert Netherlands Tom Okker United States Arthur Ashe
November Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 5 Nov Swedish Pro Tennis Championships Gothenburg , Sweden Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles Australia John Newcombe 6–0, 6–3, 6–1Australia Roy Emerson Netherlands Tom Okker United Kingdom Mark Cox Australia Allan Stone United Kingdom Roger Taylor Pakistan Haroon Rahim United States Jeff Borowiak Netherlands Tom Okker United States Marty Riessen 6–2, 7–6Egypt Ismail El Shafei New Zealand Brian Fairlie 18 Nov Rotterdam Indoors Rotterdam , Netherlands Regular series Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles United States Arthur Ashe 3–6, 6–2, 6–1Netherlands Tom Okker Australia John Newcombe United Kingdom Mark Cox United States Charlie Pasarell United States Robert Lutz United Kingdom Robin Drysdale United States Marty Riessen Australia Roy Emerson Australia John Newcombe 6–2, 6–3United States Arthur Ashe United States Robert Lutz 26 Nov WCT Winter Finals Rome, Italy WCT Finals Carpet (i) – $25,000 – 8S Singles United States Arthur Ashe 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6United States Robert Lutz Netherlands Tom Okker South Africa Cliff Drysdale Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić United States Marty Riessen United Kingdom Mark Cox Australia John Newcombe
Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S), and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1972 WCT circuit: the WCT Finals , and the regular series tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) importance of those titles (a WCT Finals win equalling two regular tournaments wins); 3) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Titles won by player Titles won by nation Total titles Nation Finals Regular series All titles S S D S D 22 Australia 1 13 8 14 8 19 United States 1 6 12 7 12 10 Netherlands 1 9 1 9 2 United Kingdom 1 1 1 1 1 Yugoslavia 1 1 0 South Africa South Africa 1 0 1
Standings These are the standings of the top twenty singles players on the WCT circuit, at the end of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit , and after each edition of the WCT Finals in the 1972 season.
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