Edition 1st Location Rotterdam, Netherlands | Surface Carpet / Indoor Venue Ahoy Rotterdam | |
Date November 12 – November 18 Category World Championship Tennis | ||
The 1972 Rotterdam Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of the event known that year as the Rotterdam Indoors, and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit. It took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from November 12 through November 18, 1972.
Contents
The singles field included Toronto, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Alamo, Vancouver and Gothenburg WCT champion John Newcombe, US Open runner-up, Louisville and Montreal WCT titlist Arthur Ashe, and Chicago WCT winner, Boston WCT and Stockholm finalist Tom Okker. Also lined up were Briton Robin Drysdale, Cleveland WCT champion Mark Cox, Robert Lutz, Marty Riessen and Nikola Pilić.
Singles
Arthur Ashe defeated Tom Okker, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Doubles
Roy Emerson / John Newcombe defeated Arthur Ashe / Robert Lutz, 6–2, 6–3