1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit

1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit
Details
Duration 4 December 1971 – 2 February 1972
Edition 2nd
Tournaments 8
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Romania Ilie Năstase (2)
Most tournament finals United States Jimmy Connors (3)
1971
1973

The 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit was a professional tennis circuit held in the United States that year. It consisted of eight tournaments and was organized by Bill Riordan and sanctioned by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA).[1] [2]

Players who reached at least the quarter-finals of the six top tournaments received ranking points. Ilie Năstase won the first prize of $15,000 from a total bonus pool of $50,000 which was linked to the Boise Cascade Classic series of 13 U.S. indoor tournaments.[3]

Schedule

January

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 January Baltimore International Indoor
Baltimore, Maryland, USA [4][5]
Hard – S16/D8
Romania Ilie Năstase
1–6, 6–4, 7–6
United States Jimmy Connors United States Clark Graebner
France Pierre Barthès
Chile Jaime Fillol
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Frank Froehling
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United States Jimmy Connors
Pakistan Haroon Rahim

6–3, 3–6, 6–3
France Pierre Barthès
United States Clark Graebner
12 January Jacksonville International Indoor
Jacksonville, Florida, USA [6]
United States Jimmy Connors
7–5, 6–4
United States Clark Graebner Chile Jaime Fillol
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United States Dick Stockton
United States Bill Higgins
United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne

4–6, 7–6, 6–4
United States Frank Froehling
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
21 January Roanoke, Virginia, USA [7]
Hard
United States Jimmy Connors
6–4, 7–6
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník United States Frank Froehling
Chile Jaime Fillol
United States Jimmy Connors
Pakistan Haroon Rahim

6–4, 3–6, 6–3
New Zealand Ian Crookenden
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník

February

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 February Midlands International
Omaha, Nebraska, USA [8]
Hard – S16/D8
Romania Ilie Năstase
2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Romania Ion Țiriac France Georges Goven
United States Jimmy Connors
Chile Jaime Fillol
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac

5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes
1 February St. Luke's Hospital International
Cleveland, Ohio, USA [9][10]
Hard – S8/D4
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
7–6, 6–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Pakistan Haroon Rahim France Pierre Barthès
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Chile Patricio Cornejo
United States Jim Osborne
New Zealand Onny Parun
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
New Zealand Onny Parun

6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
6 February Des Moines International
Des Moines, Iowa, USA [11]
S16/S8
United States Pancho Gonzales
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
France Georges Goven Pakistan Haroon Rahim
Spain Juan Gisbert
United States Cliff Richey
Brazil Thomaz Koch
United States Jim Osborne
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne

6–2, 6–3
France Georges Goven
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Greater Kansas City International
Kansas City, Missouri, USA [12]
S16/S8
United States Tom Edlefsen
6–3, 6–3
United States Erik Van Dillen France Pierre Barthès
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Romania Ilie Năstase
Spain Manuel Orantes
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Clark Graebner
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac

6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes

December

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 December Clean Air Classic
Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA [13][14]
Hard – S16/D8
United States Charlie Pasarell
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
United States Pancho Gonzales Sweden Ove Bengtson
South Africa Frew McMillan
United States Eddie Dibbs
United States Paul Gerken
United States Dennis Ralston
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United States Clark Graebner
South Africa Frew McMillan

6–3, 6–2
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Dick Stockton

See also

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '73. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 312, 313. ISBN 9780671216238.
  2. "Winter Net Series Opens In Baltimore". Schenectady Gazette. Jan 7, 1972.
  3. Barrett, p.310
  4. "Nastase Victor In Tennis Final". The New York Times. Jan 10, 1972.
  5. "Nastase Grabs First Prize In Baltimore". The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD.). Associated Press. Jan 10, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  6. "Graebner, Fillol Score In Tourney". The Cumberland News (Cumberland, MD.). United Press Int. Jan 14, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  7. "Connors Wins 2nd Tourney". The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD.). Associated Press. Jan 24, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  8. "Nastase Wins Omaha Tennis". The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA.). Reuters. Jan 31, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  9. "Pakistan's Rahim scores tennis upset". The Daily Reporter (Dover, OH.). Associated Press. Jan 27, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  10. "Czech Takes Net Crown". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA.). Associated Press. Jan 30, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  11. Ron Maly (Feb 7, 1972). "Veteran, 43, Storms Back To Top Goven (cont.)". The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA.). Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  12. "Californian Wins Meet". The Nevada Daily Mail (Nevada, MO.). Associated Press. Feb 6, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  13. "Sports Whirl". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Associated Press. Dec 9, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  14. "Pasarell Tops Gonzales For Clean Air Victory". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. Dec 10, 1972. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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