US Open 1972 / men's singles

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US Open 1972
Singles: Men's Ladies
Double: Men's Ladies Mixed
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Men's singles at the 1972 US Open

The defending champion was Stan Smith .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Stan Smith Quarter finals
02. AustraliaAustralia Ken Rosewall 3rd round
03. AustraliaAustralia Rod Laver Round of 16
04th Romania 1965Romania Ilie Năstase victory

05. AustraliaAustralia John Newcombe 4th round

06th United StatesUnited States Arthur Ashe final

07th NetherlandsNetherlands Tom Okker 4th round

08th. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 3rd round
No. player Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Marty Riessen 4th round

10. Spain 1945Spain Manuel Orantes 4th round

11. South Africa 1961South Africa Cliff Drysdale Round of 16

12. United StatesUnited States Cliff Richey Semifinals

13. United StatesUnited States Bob Lutz Round of 16

14th Spain 1945Spain Andrés Gimeno Round of 16

15th United StatesUnited States Jimmy Connors 2nd round

16. South Africa 1961South Africa Bob Hewitt Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  United StatesUnited States S. Smith 2 7th 6th 1 6th                  
14th  Spain 1945Spain A. Gimeno 6th 6th 4th 6th 3   1  United StatesUnited States S. Smith 6th 4th 5    
6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 5 7th 6th 6th     6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 7th 6th 7th      
13  United StatesUnited States B. Lutz 7th 5 4th 3       6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 6th 6th 7th    
3  AustraliaAustralia R. Laver 6th 6th 6th 3       12  United StatesUnited States C. Richey 1 4th 6th      
12  United StatesUnited States C. Richey 3 7th 7th 6th     12  United StatesUnited States C. Richey 3 6th 6th 6th    
   United StatesUnited States S. Mayer 3 4th 6th 7th 4th      South Africa 1961South Africa F. McMillan 6th 1 4th 2    
   South Africa 1961South Africa F. McMillan 6th 6th 3 6th 6th     6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 6th 3 7th 4th 3
11  South Africa 1961South Africa C. Drysdale 6th 6th 4th 6th       4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 3 6th 6th 6th 6th
   AustraliaAustralia F. Stolle 4th 7th 6th 7th        AustraliaAustralia F. Stolle 4th 6th 3 2    
16  South Africa 1961South Africa B. Hewitt 4th 4th 2       4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 6th 3 6th 6th    
4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 6th 6th 6th         4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 4th 7th 6th 6th  
   AustraliaAustralia J. Cooper 4th 6th 6th 6th          United StatesUnited States T. Gorman 6th 6th 2 1    
   United StatesUnited States R. Tanner 6th 3 7th 7th        United StatesUnited States R. Tanner 6th 7th 6th 7th 4th  
   United StatesUnited States T. Gorman 6th 6th 6th          United StatesUnited States T. Gorman 7th 5 7th 5 6th  
   United StatesUnited States D. Stockton 4th 3 3        

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  1  United StatesUnited States S. Smith 5 6th 7th 6th  
     United StatesUnited States B. Martin 7th 1 5 3    
    1  United StatesUnited States S. Smith 6th 6th 6th 6th  
       United StatesUnited States C. Graebner 1 4th 7th 0    
     ItalyItaly A. Panatta 6th 3 5 2    
     United StatesUnited States C. Graebner 4th 6th 7th 6th    
    1  United StatesUnited States S. Smith 6th 7th 7th    
       AustraliaAustralia A. Stone 3 6th 5    
     Spain 1945Spain A. Muñoz 6th 6th 6th 6th  
     United StatesUnited States R. Holmberg 4th 7th 3 4th    
       Spain 1945Spain A. Muñoz 1 0 7th 0  
       AustraliaAustralia A. Stone 6th 6th 6th 6th    
     ChileChile J. Rene Pinto Bravo 4th 4th 7th 4th  
     AustraliaAustralia A. Stone 6th 6th 6th 6th    
 

Upper half 2

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  14th  Spain 1945Spain A. Gimeno 6th 7th 6th    
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union W. Korotkov 4th 5 4th      
    14th  Spain 1945Spain A. Gimeno 6th 4th 6th 6th  
       AustraliaAustralia O. Davidson 4th 6th 4th 1    
     United StatesUnited States C. Owens 4th 6th 6th 6th 3  
     AustraliaAustralia O. Davidson 6th 7th 3 4th 6th  
    14th  Spain 1945Spain A. Gimeno 5        
       AustraliaAustralia R. Ruffels 2 r      
     AustraliaAustralia R. Ruffels 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States F. McNair 2 3 4th      
       AustraliaAustralia R. Ruffels 6th 7th 6th    
       United StatesUnited States W. Brown 3 5 4th      
     United StatesUnited States J. Delaney 7th 4th 4th 4th  
     United StatesUnited States W. Brown 6th 6th 6th 6th    
 

Upper half 3

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 6th 6th 4th 7th  
     PakistanPakistan H. Rahim 3 3 6th 6th    
    6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 6th 6th 7th    
       South Africa 1961South Africa B. Maud 4th 4th 6th      
     South Africa 1961South Africa B. Maud 6th 6th 6th 6th    
     JapanJapan J. Kamiwazumi 2 7th 2 4th    
    6th  United StatesUnited States A. Ashe 6th 6th 3 6th  
       AustraliaAustralia R. Case 4th 4th 6th 1  
     AustraliaAustralia J. Alexander 4th 7th 6th 4th 6th
     AustraliaAustralia P. Dent 6th 6th 4th 6th 4th  
       AustraliaAustralia J. Alexander 6th 6th 6th 6th 4th
       AustraliaAustralia R. Case 7th 7th 4th 3 6th  
     AustraliaAustralia R. Case 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States F. Schunck 3 2 4th      
 

Upper half 4

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  13  United StatesUnited States B. Lutz 6th 6th 6th    
     AustraliaAustralia C. Dibley 4th 2 2      
    13  United StatesUnited States B. Lutz 6th 6th 7th    
       ArgentinaArgentina G. Vilas 3 3 5      
     IndiaIndia S. Menon 6th 4th 4th      
     ArgentinaArgentina G. Vilas 7th 6th 6th      
    13  United StatesUnited States B. Lutz 7th 6th 6th    
       United StatesUnited States E. Scott 6th 2 2    
     United StatesUnited States M. Kreiss 3 4th 4th    
     United StatesUnited States E. Scott 6th 6th 6th      
       United StatesUnited States E. Scott 3 6th 7th 7th  
       IndiaIndia A. Amritraj 6th 4th 6th 5    
     IndiaIndia A. Amritraj 7th 6th 6th    
     AustraliaAustralia D. Schroder 6th 3 4th      
 

Upper half 5

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  3  AustraliaAustralia R. Laver 6th 6th 6th    
     United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. Paish 2 1 3      
    3  AustraliaAustralia R. Laver 6th 6th 7th    
       United StatesUnited States B. Sea wagons 3 2 5      
     United KingdomUnited Kingdom S. Warboys 6th 6th 5 2    
     United StatesUnited States B. Sea wagons 7th 4th 7th 6th    
    3  AustraliaAustralia R. Laver 6th 4th 6th 6th 7th
       ChileChile J. Fillol 2 6th 7th 1 6th
     New ZealandNew Zealand B. Fairlie 7th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States J. Austin 6th 3 2      
       New ZealandNew Zealand B. Fairlie 4th 5 3    
       ChileChile J. Fillol 6th 7th 6th      
     CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia F. Pála 4th 1 2    
     ChileChile J. Fillol 6th 6th 6th      
 

Upper half 6

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  12  United StatesUnited States C. Richey 6th 7th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States B. Gottfried 2 6th 2      
    12  United StatesUnited States C. Richey 6th 6th 7th    
       United StatesUnited States A. Olmedo 2 3 6th      
     United StatesUnited States A. Olmedo 6th 7th 6th 7th    
     United StatesUnited States Z. Guerry 3 6th 7th 6th    
    12  United StatesUnited States C. Richey 6th 6th 7th 6th 6th
       United StatesUnited States P. Gerken 7th 3 6th 7th 4th
     United StatesUnited States C. Hagey 0 r      
     FranceFrance G. Goven 0          
       FranceFrance G. Goven 4th 1 7th 7th 5
       United StatesUnited States P. Gerken 6th 6th 6th 5 7th  
     United StatesUnited States P. Gerken 7th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States P. Walthall 6th 1 2      
 

Upper half 7

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
  8th  CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia J. Kodeš 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States D. O'Bryant 2 4th 3      
    8th  CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia J. Kodeš 7th 6th 6th 3 1
       United StatesUnited States S. Mayer 6th 3 7th 6th 6th  
     United StatesUnited States S. Mayer 6th 6th 6th      
     FranceFrance J.-B. Chanfreau 4th 1 3      
       United StatesUnited States S. Mayer 6th 6th 6th    
       MexicoMexico R. Ramírez 3 3 1    
     FranceFrance P. Proisy 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States P. Du Pré 1 4th 2      
       FranceFrance P. Proisy 2 6th 6th 6th 4th
   MexicoMexico R. Ramírez 4th 6th 6th 6th          MexicoMexico R. Ramírez 6th 2 1 7th 6th  
   United StatesUnited States S. Giammalva 6th 2 3 3          MexicoMexico R. Ramírez 6th 3 6th 6th  
   IndiaIndia J. Singh 6th 7th 6th            IndiaIndia J. Singh 4th 6th 2 1    
   United StatesUnited States S. Turner 3 6th 3      

Upper half 8

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
9  United StatesUnited States M. Riessen 6th 7th 3 6th                    
   United StatesUnited States B. Teacher 3 5 6th 3     9  United StatesUnited States M. Riessen 6th 6th 6th 6th  
   AustraliaAustralia G. Masters 6th 7th 3 6th        AustraliaAustralia G. Masters 1 7th 3 2    
   AustraliaAustralia I. Fletcher 3 5 6th 3       9  United StatesUnited States M. Riessen 6th 7th 6th 7th  
   South Africa 1961South Africa R. Moore 6th 7th 6th            AustraliaAustralia M. Anderson 3 5 7th 5    
   United KingdomUnited Kingdom G. Stilwell 3 6th 2          South Africa 1961South Africa R. Moore 4th 5 7th 6th 1  
   AustraliaAustralia M. Anderson 6th 6th 7th          AustraliaAustralia M. Anderson 6th 7th 6th 2 6th  
   United StatesUnited States N. Holmes 1 2 6th         9  United StatesUnited States M. Riessen 2 6th 6th 4th  
   South Africa 1961South Africa F. McMillan 7th 7th 3 7th          South Africa 1961South Africa F. McMillan 6th 7th 4th 6th  
   United StatesUnited States E. van Dillen 5 6th 6th 6th        South Africa 1961South Africa F. McMillan 7th 7th 7th      
   FranceFrance J.-L. Rouyer 6th 6th 7th 6th        FranceFrance J.-L. Rouyer 5 5 6th      
   United KingdomUnited Kingdom S. Matthews 7th 3 6th 1          South Africa 1961South Africa F. McMillan 6th 6th 6th    
   United StatesUnited States T. Leonard 4th 7th 7th 6th          United StatesUnited States T. Leonard 2 3 4th      
   United StatesUnited States K. Mcmillan 6th 6th 6th 3        United StatesUnited States T. Leonard 6th 3 6th 6th 7th  
   United StatesUnited States W. Higgins 4th 7th 7th 7th        United StatesUnited States W. Higgins 3 6th 7th 4th 6th  
   Brazil 1968Brazil T. Koch 6th 6th 5 6th      

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
   South Africa 1961South Africa T. Ryan 6th 5 6th 3                    
   United StatesUnited States R. McKinley 3 7th 7th 6th        United StatesUnited States R. McKinley 3 4th 6th    
   AustraliaAustralia T. Addison 7th 3 4th 7th 4th      United StatesUnited States C. Pasarell 6th 6th 7th      
   United StatesUnited States C. Pasarell 5 6th 6th 5 6th        United StatesUnited States C. Pasarell 7th 6th 6th    
   ItalyItaly C. Barazzutti 4th 4th 2            United StatesUnited States V. Gerulaitis 6th 3 2      
   IndiaIndia V. Amritraj 6th 6th 6th          IndiaIndia V. Amritraj 6th 3 2 3    
   United StatesUnited States A. Neely 5 5 2          United StatesUnited States V. Gerulaitis 2 6th 6th 6th    
   United StatesUnited States V. Gerulaitis 7th 7th 6th            United StatesUnited States C. Pasarell 5 6th 4th 3  
   RhodesiaRhodesia H. Irvine 6th 3 1 6th 3     11  South Africa 1961South Africa C. Drysdale 7th 4th 6th 6th  
   United StatesUnited States G. Hardie 1 6th 6th 3 6th      United StatesUnited States G. Hardie 2 6th 3 4th    
   United StatesUnited States S. Krulevitz 7th 5 4th 3        FranceFrance W. N'Godrella 6th 4th 6th 6th    
   FranceFrance W. N'Godrella 6th 7th 6th 6th          FranceFrance W. N'Godrella 3 6th 1 4th  
   SwedenSweden O. Bengtson 5 3 6th 2       11  South Africa 1961South Africa C. Drysdale 6th 4th 6th 6th    
   CanadaCanada M. Belkin 7th 6th 1 6th        CanadaCanada M. Belkin 5 r        
   AustraliaAustralia B. Phillips-Moore 4th 1 1       11  South Africa 1961South Africa C. Drysdale 5          
11  South Africa 1961South Africa C. Drysdale 6th 6th 6th        

Lower half 2

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
   SwedenSweden B. Borg 5 7th 4th 4th            
   AustraliaAustralia R. Emerson 7th 6th 6th 6th          AustraliaAustralia R. Emerson 7th 4th 2 2  
   United StatesUnited States H. Fitzgibbon 6th 4th 2            AustraliaAustralia F. Stolle 6th 6th 6th 6th    
   AustraliaAustralia F. Stolle 7th 6th 6th            AustraliaAustralia F. Stolle 6th 6th 6th    
       United StatesUnited States M. Machette 3 4th 3      
     United StatesUnited States M. Machette 1 7th 6th 6th    
     CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia M. Holeček 6th 6th 4th 4th    
       AustraliaAustralia F. Stolle 7th 6th 6th    
    5  AustraliaAustralia J. Newcombe 6th 4th 3    
     United StatesUnited States E. Dibbs 6th 6th 6th 7th  
     United StatesUnited States J. Borowiak 2 7th 3 6th    
       United StatesUnited States E. Dibbs 3 4th 3    
    5  AustraliaAustralia J. Newcombe 6th 6th 6th      
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union T. Calculia 1 2 4th    
  5  AustraliaAustralia J. Newcombe 6th 6th 6th      
 

Lower half 3

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
     JamaicaJamaica R. Russell 4th 6th 6th 3 4th
     CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia J. Kukal 6th 4th 3 6th 6th  
       CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia J. Kukal 3 4th 2    
       ChileChile P. Cornejo Seckel 6th 6th 6th      
     United StatesUnited States D. Dell 4th 7th 4th 6th    
     ChileChile P. Cornejo Seckel 6th 5 6th 7th    
       ChileChile P. Cornejo Seckel 4th 4th 6th 1  
    16  South Africa 1961South Africa B. Hewitt 6th 6th 3 6th  
     Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany J. Fassbender 6th 7th 4th 6th  
     ColombiaColombia I. Molina 4th 6th 6th 3    
       Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany J. Fassbender 5 3 4th    
    16  South Africa 1961South Africa B. Hewitt 7th 6th 6th      
     Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany H.-J. Pohmann 4th 2 2    
  16  South Africa 1961South Africa B. Hewitt 6th 6th 6th      
 

Lower half 4

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
     FranceFrance P. Dominguez 4th 6th 6th 6th  
     United StatesUnited States P. Gonzales 6th 3 2 3    
       FranceFrance P. Dominguez 5 6th 7th 6th  
       United StatesUnited States G. Reid 7th 4th 5 4th    
     United StatesUnited States G. Reid 6th 6th 6th      
     United StatesUnited States J. Osborne 4th 2 4th      
       FranceFrance P. Dominguez 3 7th 2 3  
    4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 6th 5 6th 6th  
     United KingdomUnited Kingdom R. Taylor 3 7th 6th 3 6th
     RhodesiaRhodesia A. Pattison 6th 6th 3 6th 3  
       United KingdomUnited Kingdom R. Taylor 5 2 7th 6th 6th
    4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 7th 6th 6th 2 7th  
     ColombiaColombia J. Velasco 0 2 0    
  4th  Romania 1965Romania I. Nastasis 6th 6th 6th      
 

Lower half 5

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
     JapanJapan T. Sakai 6th 7th 6th    
     JapanJapan J. Kuki 2 5 4th      
       JapanJapan T. Sakai 3 2 2    
       AustraliaAustralia J. Cooper 6th 6th 6th      
     United KingdomUnited Kingdom G. Battrick 3 1 0      
     AustraliaAustralia J. Cooper 6th 6th 6th      
       AustraliaAustralia J. Cooper 7th 6th 6th    
    10  Spain 1945Spain M. Orantes 6th 4th 4th    
     New ZealandNew Zealand O. Parun 4th 6th 6th 6th  
     United StatesUnited States F. Froehling 6th 4th 3 2    
       New ZealandNew Zealand O. Parun 1 6th 6th 5 4th
    10  Spain 1945Spain M. Orantes 6th 2 3 7th 6th  
     New ZealandNew Zealand J. Simpson 5 2 2    
  10  Spain 1945Spain M. Orantes 7th 6th 6th      
 

Lower half 6

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
     AustraliaAustralia B. Carmichael 6th 6th 7th    
     AustraliaAustralia P. Doerner 4th 4th 6th      
       AustraliaAustralia B. Carmichael 6th 5 3 6th 6th
       United StatesUnited States R. Tanner 4th 7th 6th 3 7th  
     United StatesUnited States R. Tanner 7th 6th 6th      
     Egypt 1972Egypt I. El Shafei 6th 4th 4th      
       United StatesUnited States R. Tanner 6th 3 7th 6th  
    7th  NetherlandsNetherlands T. Okker 4th 6th 5 3  
     DenmarkDenmark T. Ulrich 7th 5 1 6th  
     United StatesUnited States H. Solomon 6th 7th 6th 7th    
       United StatesUnited States H. Solomon 1 2 2    
    7th  NetherlandsNetherlands T. Okker 6th 6th 6th      
     South Africa 1961South Africa P. Cramer 2 3 4th    
  7th  NetherlandsNetherlands T. Okker 6th 6th 6th      
 

Lower half 7

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
     AustraliaAustralia R. Keldie 4th 0 r    
     Romania 1965Romania I. Țiriac 6th 1        
       Romania 1965Romania I. Țiriac 7th 4th 6th 5 6th
       Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 6th 6th 3 7th 7th  
  OLD  EcuadorEcuador E. Zuleta 1 3 5      
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 6th 6th 7th      
       Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia N. Pilic 4th 4th 4th    
       United StatesUnited States T. Gorman 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States J. McManus 2 4th 6th 6th 6th
     United StatesUnited States D. Birchmore 6th 6th 1 4th 3  
       United StatesUnited States J. McManus 6th 4th 1 3  
       United StatesUnited States T. Gorman 4th 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States T. Gorman 6th 3 6th 7th 6th
  15th  United StatesUnited States J. Connors 1 6th 7th 5 4th  
 

Lower half 8

First round   Second round   Third round   Fourth round
         
     Venezuela 1954Venezuela H. Pants 7th 4th 7th 7th  
     United StatesUnited States S. Faulk 5 6th 6th 6th    
       Venezuela 1954Venezuela H. Pants 2 3 6th 6th  
       United StatesUnited States D. Stockton 6th 6th 3 7th    
     United StatesUnited States D. Stockton 6th 6th 6th      
     United StatesUnited States R. Barth 4th 2 4th      
       United StatesUnited States D. Stockton 6th 6th 4th 6th 6th
       United KingdomUnited Kingdom M. Cox 7th 2 6th 2 2
     United KingdomUnited Kingdom M. Cox 6th 6th 6th    
     United StatesUnited States M. Estep 4th 1 3      
       United KingdomUnited Kingdom M. Cox 1 6th 7th 7th  
    2  AustraliaAustralia K. Rosewall 6th 3 6th 6th    
     United KingdomUnited Kingdom P. Curtis 1 6th 2    
  2  AustraliaAustralia K. Rosewall 6th 7th 6th      
 

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