# Rome 1972

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

## Tournament info
- 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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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/rome?season=1972
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