# Italian Open 1972

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/italian-open?season=1972
Tour: ATP

Manuel Orantes won the 1972 Italian Open, defeating Jan Kodes 4-6 6-1 7-5 6-2 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on clay courts in Rome, Italy, from April 24 to May 1, 1972. The match log contains 59 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Italian Open, officially the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is the combined ATP and WTA event staged at Rome's Foro Italico.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Rome Masters, Rome Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italian International Championships
- Category: Masters 1000
- Surface: clay
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Start date: 1972-04-24
- End date: 1972-05-01

## Champion
- Winner: Manuel Orantes
- Runner-up: Jan Kodes
- Final score: 4-6 6-1 7-5 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Manuel Orantes d. Jan Kodes 4-6 6-1 7-5 6-2

### SF
- Manuel Orantes d. Barry Phillips Moore 7-5 6-4 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Ilie Nastase 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-3

### QF
- Jan Kodes d. Paolo Bertolucci 4-6 6-2 7-6
- Manuel Orantes d. Alex Metreveli 6-4 6-1
- Ilie Nastase d. Andrew Pattison 6-4 6-4
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Jean Loup Rouyer 6-3 5-7 6-4

### R16
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Pierre Barthes 4-6 7-6 6-3
- Jan Kodes d. Juan Gisbert 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Jean Loup Rouyer d. Ezio Di Matteo 6-1 6-0
- Manuel Orantes d. Vladimir Zednik 6-0 6-2
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Istvan Gulyas 7-5 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. Corrado Barazzutti 6-2 7-5
- Andrew Pattison d. Tom Gorman 5-7 6-1 6-4

### R32
- Pierre Barthes d. Jaime Pinto Bravo 6-3 6-3
- Andrew Pattison d. Giuseppe Merlo 6-0 6-2
- Istvan Gulyas d. Dick Crealy 6-4 3-6 6-4
- Ezio Di Matteo d. Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 4-6 6-2 7-6
- Jean Loup Rouyer d. Stan Smith 7-6 0-6 6-2
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Raymond Moore 6-3 6-4
- Jairo Velasco d. Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-4
- Jan Kodes d. Jan Kukal 6-3 7-6
- Alex Metreveli d. Onny Parun 7-6 6-4
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Antonio Munoz 6-4 6-3
- Manuel Orantes d. John Paish 6-1 6-0
- Ilie Nastase d. Eugenio Castigliano 6-2 3-6 6-3
- Tom Gorman d. Boro Jovanovic 6-4 0-6 6-3
- Vladimir Zednik d. Martin Mulligan 6-3 2-6 6-0

### R64
- Dick Crealy d. Andras Szocsik 7-5 6-4
- Eugenio Castigliano d. Luis Bruguera 6-2 7-5
- Martin Mulligan d. Frantisek Pala 7-5 6-4
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Ricardo Cano 6-4 6-1
- Jean Loup Rouyer d. Peter Pokorny 7-6 5-7 6-2
- Jean Baptiste Chanfreau d. Frew Mcmillan 6-4 2-6 6-1
- Vladimir Zednik d. Sherwood Stewart 6-2 7-5
- Jan Kodes d. Jiri Hrebec 6-0 6-3
- John Paish d. Manlio Bartoni 6-1 6-1
- Manuel Orantes d. Nicola Spear 6-2 6-1
- Tom Gorman d. Ian Fletcher 6-4 3-6 6-4
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Andres Gimeno 7-6 7-5
- Andrew Pattison d. Bernard Mignot 6-4 6-3
- Alex Metreveli d. Jim Mcmanus 6-4 6-2
- Stan Smith d. Ove Bengtson 6-3 6-4
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Lew Hoad 7-5 5-7 6-4
- Boro Jovanovic d. Pat Cramer 6-4 1-6 6-3
- Raymond Moore d. Antonio Zugarelli 6-3 7-6
- Ilie Nastase d. Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-2 6-4
- Jan Kukal d. Giordano Majoli 6-2 6-3
- Juan Gisbert d. Patrick Hombergen 7-6 6-1
- Jimmy Connors d. Antonio Mennella 6-4 6-0
- Massimo Di Domenico d. Mike Estep 6-4 6-4
- Giuseppe Merlo d. Gerald Battrick 6-2 6-3
- Antonio Munoz d. Ivan Molina 6-3 7-5
- Onny Parun d. Vittorio Crotta 6-0 6-4
- Jairo Velasco d. Vincenzo Franchitti 7-6 6-3
- Ezio Di Matteo d. Ion Tiriac 4-6 6-3 7-5
- Jaime Pinto Bravo d. Guillermo Vilas 6-2 6-0
- Pierre Barthes d. Nicola Pietrangeli 6-2 6-2
- Istvan Gulyas d. Adriano Panatta 6-7 6-4 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 59
- Players: 62

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