Essen WCT 1972

ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Oct 29, 1972 Draw: 32 30 matches

Champion: Nikola Pilic

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

John Newcombe 6 6

Colin Dibley 3 4

Nikola Pilic 7 6

Allan Stone 6 3

Wilhelm Bungert 7 6

Cliff Richey 7 6

Cliff Drysdale 5 3

Terry Addison 2 1

Charlie Pasarell 3 4

Ismail El Shafei 6 6

Marty Riessen 2 2

Arthur Ashe 6 6

Roy Emerson 2 2

Quarterfinal

Nikola Pilic 6 6

John Newcombe 2 4

Cliff Richey 6 6

Wilhelm Bungert 1 2

Tom Okker 6 3 4

Ismail El Shafei 6 6

Arthur Ashe 3 4

Semifinal

Nikola Pilic 4 6 6

Cliff Richey 6 3 4

Ismail El Shafei 6 4

Final

Nikola Pilic 4 6 3 6 7

Bob Lutz 6 4 6 4 6

Early rounds

Round of 32 15 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
John Newcombe	Dick Stockton	7-6	6-4	·
Colin Dibley	Roy Barth	6-7	6-2	6-4
Nikola Pilic	Brian Fairlie	6-3	7-6	·
Wilhelm Bungert	Gerald Battrick	6-4	6-4	·
Mark Cox	U Unknown	7-6	1-6	6-0
Cliff Drysdale	Bob Carmichael	6-3	6-3	·
Cliff Richey	John Alexander	6-4	6-3	·
Tom Okker	Graham Stilwell	6-3	7-6	·
Terry Addison	Roger Taylor	4-6	6-4	6-4
Charlie Pasarell	Frank Froehling	6-3	6-2	·
Bob Lutz	Tom Leonard	6-3	6-2	·
Marty Riessen	Phil Dent	6-3	0-6	6-2
Ismail El Shafei	Haroon Rahim	6-4	6-1	·
Roy Emerson	Robert Maud	3-6	6-2	6-2
Arthur Ashe	Fred Stolle	6-2	7-6	·

Players (31)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Nikola Pilic	CRO	Winner
BL	Bob Lutz	USA	Final
	Cliff Richey	USA	Semifinal
	Ismail El Shafei	EGY	Semifinal
	Arthur Ashe	USA	Quarterfinal
	John Newcombe	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Tom Okker	NED	Quarterfinal
WB	Wilhelm Bungert	GER	Quarterfinal
AS	Allan Stone	AUS	Round of 16
	Charlie Pasarell	USA	Round of 16
	Cliff Drysdale	RSA	Round of 16
	Colin Dibley	AUS	Round of 16
MC	Mark Cox	GBR	Round of 16
	Marty Riessen	USA	Round of 16
	Roy Emerson	AUS	Round of 16
TA	Terry Addison	AUS	Round of 16
	Bob Carmichael	AUS	Round of 32
BF	Brian Fairlie	NZL	Round of 32
	Dick Stockton	USA	Round of 32
FF	Frank Froehling	USA	Round of 32
FS	Fred Stolle	AUS	Round of 32
	Gerald Battrick	GBR	Round of 32
GS	Graham Stilwell	GBR	Round of 32
HR	Haroon Rahim	PAK	Round of 32
	John Alexander	AUS	Round of 32
PD	Phil Dent	AUS	Round of 32
RM	Robert Maud	RSA	Round of 32
	Roger Taylor	GBR	Round of 32
RB	Roy Barth	USA	Round of 32
TL	Tom Leonard	USA	Round of 32
UU	U Unknown	UNK	Round of 32