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1972 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

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Edition
  
1st

Location
  
Gothenburg, Sweden

Surface
  
Carpet / Indoor

Venue
  
Scandinavium

Date
  
October 30 – November 5

Category
  
World Championship Tennis

The 1972 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of Swedish Pro Tennis Championships, and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit. It took place at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, from October 30 through November 5, 1972.

Contents

The singles line up featured Toronto, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Alamo and Vancouver WCT winner John Newcombe, US Open runner-up, Louisville and Montreal WCT champion Arthur Ashe, and Chicago WCT finalist, Boston WCT and Stockholm finalist Tom Okker. Also competing were Cleveland WCT winner Mark Cox, Richmond, Miami, Las Vegas and Alamo WCT runner-up Cliff Drysdale, Marty Riessen, Robert Lutz and Nikola Pilić.

Singles

John Newcombe defeated Roy Emerson, 6–0, 6–3, 6–1

  • It was John Newcombe's 6th title of the year, and his 18th overall. It was his 6th WCT title of the year, and his 11th overall.

    • Doubles

    Tom Okker / Marty Riessen defeated Ismail El Shafei / Brian Fairlie, 6–2, 7–6

    References

    1972 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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