1972 World Championship Tennis circuit | |
Duration: | 6 February 1972 – 26 November 1972 |
Edition: | 5th |
Tournaments: | 24 |
Most Tournament Titles: | ![]() |
Most Tournament Finals: | ![]() ![]() |
Previous: | 1971 |
Next: | 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.[1]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1972 WCT circuit, with player progression documented until the quarterfinals stage.[2]
WCT Finals | |
Regular series |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Feb | ![]() 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 7–6, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
8 Feb | ![]() 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 | ![]() Cliff Drysdale ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
20 Feb | ![]() 6–1, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Mar | ![]() 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 7–5, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
16 Mar | Tom Okker 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 6–2, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 Apr | ![]() 6–2, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Nikola Pilić | |||
![]() ![]() 6–3, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
16 Apr | ![]() 7–5, 6–2, 7–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
23 Apr | ![]() 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() Tom Okker ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
30 Apr | ![]() 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() 1–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Cliff Drysdale ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | |
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1 May | ![]() 6–3, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() Tom Okker ![]() | ||||
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10 May | bgcolor=#ffffcc rowspan=2 | ![]() 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 | ![]() Cliff Drysdale Tom Okker ![]() | |||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Jul | ![]() 6–3, 6–3 | ![]() Tom Okker ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() 7–6, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
12 Jul | ![]() 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
29 Jul | ![]() 6–4, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() Tom Okker Nikola Pilić | |||
![]() ![]() 6–4, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Aug | U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Boston, United States Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Tom Okker | Cliff Drysdale ![]() | ![]() ![]() Nikola Pilić ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
13 Aug | ![]() 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ![]() Nikola Pilić ![]() ![]() | |||
Cliff Drysdale![]() 7–6, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
20 Aug | ![]() 5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 6–2, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 Sep | ![]() 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() Cliff Drysdale ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 6–1, 4–6, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Oct | ![]() 6–1, 6–1, 7–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Tom Okker![]() 7–6, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
22 Oct | ![]() 6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 7–5 | ![]() Tom Okker ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() 7–6, 6–0 | Cliff Drysdale![]() | ||||
29 Oct | Nikola Pilić 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6 | ![]() Wilhelm Bungert Tom Okker ![]() | |||
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | |
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5 Nov | ![]() 6–0, 6–3, 6–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Tom Okker![]() 6–2, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
18 Nov | ![]() 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() 6–2, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
26 Nov | bgcolor=#ffffcc rowspan=2 | ![]() 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 | Nikola Pilić![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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.[2] 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).
width=70 rowspan=2 | Total titles | width=180 rowspan=2 | Player | width=50 colspan="1" | Finals | width=100 colspan="2" | Regular series | width=100 colspan="2" | All titles |
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S | S | D | S | D | |||||
10 | < | --FIN-S--> | 6 | 4 | < | --ALL-S-->6 | < | --ALL-D-->4 | |
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | 9 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->9 | ||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | 9 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->9 | ||
7 | < | --FIN-S--> | 5 | 2 | < | --ALL-S-->5 | < | --ALL-D-->2 | |
5 | < | --FIN-S-->1 | 3 | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->4 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |
3 | < | --FIN-S-->1 | 2 | < | --ALL-S-->3 | < | --ALL-D-->0 | ||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | 2 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->2 | ||
< | --FIN-S--> | 3 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->3 | |||
2 | < | --FIN-S--> | 1 | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |
< | --FIN-S--> | 2 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->2 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 2 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->2 | |||
1 | < | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->0 | ||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->0 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->0 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 |
width=70 rowspan=2 | Total titles | width=180 rowspan=2 | Nation | width=50 colspan="1" | Finals | width=100 colspan="2" | Regular series | width=100 colspan="2" | All titles |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S | S | D | S | D | |||||
22 | < | --FIN-S-->1 | 13 | 8 | < | --ALL-S-->14 | < | --ALL-D-->8 | |
19 | < | --FIN-S-->1 | 6 | 12 | < | --ALL-S-->7 | < | --ALL-D-->12 | |
10 | < | --FIN-S--> | 1 | 9 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->9 | |
2 | < | --FIN-S--> | 1 | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->1 | |
1 | < | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->1 | < | --ALL-D-->0 | ||
< | --FIN-S--> | 1 | < | --ALL-S-->0 | < | --ALL-D-->1 |
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.