South Orange 1972

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ATP ATP 500/250 Hard Start: Sep 1, 1972 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Ilie Nastase

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Ilie Nastase 6 7

Sandy Mayer 2 6

Roscoe Tanner 6 4 7

Paul Gerken 2 6 6

Ian Fletcher 2 6 6

Teimuraz Kakulia 6 3 4

Butch Seewagen 7 6

Frank Froehling 5 3

Bob Mckinley 7 6 6

Vladimir Korotkov 6 7 2

Dick Stockton 6 6 7

Herb Fitzgibbon 7 4 5

Thomaz Koch 7 6

Jim Osborne 6 3

Manuel Orantes 6 6

Quarterfinal

Ilie Nastase 7 6

Roscoe Tanner 6 4

Ian Fletcher 7 6 6

Butch Seewagen 6 7 1

Bob Mckinley 7 3 7

Dick Stockton 6 6 6

Manuel Orantes 6 6

Thomaz Koch 2 2

Semifinal

Ilie Nastase 6 6 7

Ian Fletcher 3 7 5

Manuel Orantes 6 6

Bob Mckinley 4 4

Final

Ilie Nastase 6 6

Manuel Orantes 4 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Ilie Nastase	Frantisek Pala	6-2	6-2	·
Sandy Mayer	Barry Phillips Moore	6-4	6-4	·
Roscoe Tanner	Graham Stilwell	6-4	4-6	6-3
Paul Gerken	Tom Kreiss	6-3	6-7	6-2
Teimuraz Kakulia	Eddie Dibbs	2-6	6-3	6-1
Ian Fletcher	Andrew Pattison	6-4	4-6	6-4
Frank Froehling	Geoff Paish	6-4	6-3	·
Butch Seewagen	Jan Kodes	6-4	4-6	7-5
Bob Mckinley	Clark Graebner	6-3	7-6	·
Vladimir Korotkov	Mike Kreiss	6-0	6-3	·
Dick Stockton	Frew Mcmillan	6-3	7-6	·
Herb Fitzgibbon	Nikola Pilic	7-6	6-3	·
Thomaz Koch	Gene Scott	6-1	7-6	·
Jim Osborne	Torben Ulrich	6-3	7-6	·
Ion Tiriac	Vitas Gerulaitis	6-4	3-6	6-3
Manuel Orantes	Jan Kukal	6-2	6-4	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Winner
	Manuel Orantes	ESP	Final
BM	Bob Mckinley	USA	Semifinal
IF	Ian Fletcher	AUS	Semifinal
BS	Butch Seewagen	USA	Quarterfinal
	Dick Stockton	USA	Quarterfinal
	Roscoe Tanner	USA	Quarterfinal
	Thomaz Koch	BRA	Quarterfinal
FF	Frank Froehling	USA	Round of 16
HF	Herb Fitzgibbon	USA	Round of 16
	Ion Tiriac	ROU	Round of 16
JO	Jim Osborne	USA	Round of 16
PG	Paul Gerken	USA	Round of 16
SM	Sandy Mayer	USA	Round of 16
TK	Teimuraz Kakulia	URS	Round of 16
VK	Vladimir Korotkov	RUS	Round of 16
AP	Andrew Pattison	USA	Round of 32
	Barry Phillips Moore	AUS	Round of 32
CG	Clark Graebner	USA	Round of 32
	Eddie Dibbs	USA	Round of 32
FP	Frantisek Pala	CZE	Round of 32
FM	Frew Mcmillan	RSA	Round of 32
GS	Gene Scott	USA	Round of 32
GP	Geoff Paish	GBR	Round of 32
GS	Graham Stilwell	GBR	Round of 32
	Jan Kodes	CZE	Round of 32
JK	Jan Kukal	CZE	Round of 32
MK	Mike Kreiss	USA	Round of 32
	Nikola Pilic	CRO	Round of 32
TK	Tom Kreiss	USA	Round of 32
TU	Torben Ulrich	DEN	Round of 32
	Vitas Gerulaitis	USA	Round of 32