New York 1972

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ATP ATP 500/250 Start: Feb 28, 1972 Draw: 64 49 matches

Champion: Stan Smith

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Stan Smith 3 6 6

Jim Osborne 6 0 4

Cliff Richey 4 6 6

Manuel Orantes 6 3 4

Alejandro Olmedo 2 6 6

Dick Stockton 6 4 3

Ilie Nastase 6 6

Brian Gottfried 1 1

Juan Gisbert 7 4 6

Pierre Barthes 6 6 3

Andres Gimeno 4 6 6

Onny Parun 6 2 2

Jimmy Connors 6 6

Gerald Battrick 4 1

Ove Bengtson 6 6

Vladimir Zednik 4 4

Quarterfinal

Alejandro Olmedo 4 5

Cliff Richey 6 6

Ove Bengtson 1 3

Ilie Nastase 6 2 6

Jimmy Connors 3 6 1

Juan Gisbert 5 6 7

Andres Gimeno 7 1 5

Semifinal

Cliff Richey 5 5

Juan Gisbert 6 1 6

Ilie Nastase 4 6 4

Final

Stan Smith 4 7 6 6

Juan Gisbert 6 5 4 1

Early rounds

Round of 64 18 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Vladimir Zednik	David Lloyd	6-3	6-2	·
Erik Van Dillen	Patricio Cornejo	7-6	6-1	·
Dick Stockton	Eddie Dibbs	7-5	6-1	·
Nicola Pietrangeli	Bob Mckinley	6-3	6-2	·
Onny Parun	Jim Mcmanus	6-4	6-2	·
Manuel Orantes	Herb Fitzgibbon	6-4	6-2	·
Alejandro Olmedo	Mike Belkin	6-3	6-1	·
Thomaz Koch	Georges Goven	6-2	6-3	·
Brian Gottfried	Arthur Carrington	6-1	6-3	·
Juan Gisbert	Peter Szoke	6-0	6-7	6-4
Andres Gimeno	Szabolcz Baranyi	6-0	6-4	·
Paul Gerken	Steve Turner	6-3	6-3	·
Zeljko Franulovic	Hans Kary	6-1	6-3	·
Tom Edlefsen	Adriano Panatta	7-6	3-6	6-3
Colin Dibley	Butch Seewagen	6-4	4-6	6-4
Ross Case	Tenny Svensson	3-6	6-3	6-1
Ove Bengtson	Harold Solomon	6-3	0-6	6-4
Pierre Barthes	Peter Doerner	6-3	6-3	·

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Vladimir Zednik	Tom Edlefsen	6-1	3-6	6-3
Dick Stockton	Tom Gorman	7-6	5-7	7-6
Stan Smith	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	6-3	6-2	·
Cliff Richey	Nicola Pietrangeli	6-1	4-6	6-0
Onny Parun	Thomaz Koch	7-5	6-3	·
Jim Osborne	Ion Tiriac	6-3	6-3	·
Manuel Orantes	Erik Van Dillen	6-2	3-6	7-5
Alejandro Olmedo	Haroon Rahim	6-2	2-6	7-6
Ilie Nastase	Paul Gerken	7-5	6-4	·
Brian Gottfried	Jaime Fillol	4-6	7-5	6-4
Juan Gisbert	Clark Graebner	4-6	6-4	6-2
Andres Gimeno	Ross Case	6-4	7-6	·
Jimmy Connors	Nicola Spear	6-4	6-3	·
Ove Bengtson	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4	6-2	·
Gerald Battrick	Milan Holecek	6-1	6-7	6-3
Pierre Barthes	Colin Dibley	6-3	3-6	6-3

Players (50)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Stan Smith	USA	Winner
JG	Juan Gisbert	ESP	Final
	Cliff Richey	USA	Semifinal
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Semifinal
AO	Alejandro Olmedo	PER	Quarterfinal
	Andres Gimeno	ESP	Quarterfinal
	Jimmy Connors	USA	Quarterfinal
OB	Ove Bengtson	SWE	Quarterfinal
BG	Brian Gottfried	USA	Round of 16
	Dick Stockton	USA	Round of 16
	Gerald Battrick	GBR	Round of 16
JO	Jim Osborne	USA	Round of 16
	Manuel Orantes	ESP	Round of 16
	Onny Parun	NZL	Round of 16
	Pierre Barthes	FRA	Round of 16
VZ	Vladimir Zednik	CZE	Round of 16
CG	Clark Graebner	USA	Round of 32
	Colin Dibley	AUS	Round of 32
	Erik Van Dillen	USA	Round of 32
HR	Haroon Rahim	PAK	Round of 32
	Ion Tiriac	ROU	Round of 32
	Jaime Fillol	CHI	Round of 32
JM	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	MEX	Round of 32
MH	Milan Holecek	CZE	Round of 32
NP	Nicola Pietrangeli	ITA	Round of 32
NS	Nicola Spear	SRB	Round of 32
PG	Paul Gerken	USA	Round of 32
RC	Ross Case	AUS	Round of 32
	Thomaz Koch	BRA	Round of 32
TE	Tom Edlefsen	USA	Round of 32
TG	Tom Gorman	USA	Round of 32
	Zeljko Franulovic	CRO	Round of 32
	Adriano Panatta	ITA	Round of 64
AC	Arthur Carrington	USA	Round of 64
BM	Bob Mckinley	USA	Round of 64
BS	Butch Seewagen	USA	Round of 64
DL	David Lloyd	GBR	Round of 64
	Eddie Dibbs	USA	Round of 64
GG	Georges Goven	FRA	Round of 64
HK	Hans Kary	AUT	Round of 64
HS	Harold Solomon	USA	Round of 64
HF	Herb Fitzgibbon	USA	Round of 64
JM	Jim Mcmanus	USA	Round of 64
MB	Mike Belkin	CAN	Round of 64
PC	Patricio Cornejo	CHI	Round of 64
PD	Peter Doerner	AUS	Round of 64
PS	Peter Szoke	HUN	Round of 64
ST	Steve Turner	USA	Round of 64
SB	Szabolcz Baranyi	HUN	Round of 64
TS	Tenny Svensson	SWE	Round of 64