# Wimbledon 1972

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/256/wimbledon?season=1972
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: grass
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Start date: 1972-06-26
- End date: 1972-07-10

## Champion
- Winner: Stan Smith
- Runner-up: Ilie Nastase
- Final score: 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5

## Knockout results
### F
- Stan Smith d. Ilie Nastase 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5

### SF
- Ilie Nastase d. Manuel Orantes 6-3 6-4 6-4
- Stan Smith d. Jan Kodes 3-6 6-4 6-1 7-5

### QF
- Ilie Nastase d. Jimmy Connors 6-4 6-4 6-1
- Manuel Orantes d. Colin Dibley 6-2 6-0 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Onny Parun 6-2 6-3 6-4

### R16
- Colin Dibley d. Pierre Barthes 8-9 6-3 6-2 6-1
- Ilie Nastase d. Tom Gorman 6-3 3-6 8-6 6-1
- Jan Kodes d. Jim Mcmanus 6-2 6-4 6-4
- Alex Metreveli d. Pat Cramer 6-3 6-1 6-3
- Jimmy Connors d. Francois Jauffret 6-2 6-3 6-3
- Stan Smith d. Ian Fletcher 8-6 4-6 6-2 6-4
- Onny Parun d. Jiri Hrebec 8-9 6-4 6-4 RET
- Manuel Orantes d. Ion Tiriac 6-4 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-3

### R32
- Ian Fletcher d. Frantisek Pala 6-1 6-0 6-1
- Manuel Orantes d. Nicola Pietrangeli 6-2 6-2 6-1
- Jimmy Connors d. Adriano Panatta 6-3 0-6 6-4 8-6
- Francois Jauffret d. Erik Van Dillen 8-6 6-1 6-4
- Pat Cramer d. Mike Estep 9-8 6-4 9-7
- Ilie Nastase d. Jurgen Fassbender 9-8 6-3 6-4
- Ion Tiriac d. Barry Phillips Moore 8-6 6-1 6-2
- Jiri Hrebec d. Teimuraz Kakulia 4-6 6-3 8-6 6-1
- Alex Metreveli d. John Paish 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4
- Jan Kodes d. Dan Bleckinger 6-0 6-3 6-2
- Stan Smith d. Sandy Mayer 6-3 7-5 3-6 9-7
- Colin Dibley d. Roscoe Tanner 9-8 6-4 9-8
- Pierre Barthes d. Dick Stockton 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-4
- Onny Parun d. Wilhelm Bungert 6-4 4-6 9-7 9-7
- Tom Gorman d. Jaime Fillol 6-4 7-5 2-6 4-6 8-6
- Jim Mcmanus d. Patrick Hombergen 6-0 6-4 6-1

### R64
- Roscoe Tanner d. Allan McDonald 6-2 6-2 6-4
- Pierre Barthes d. Juan Gisbert 6-4 6-2 6-4
- Alex Metreveli d. Patrice Dominguez 7-9 6-1 6-4 6-4
- Jurgen Fassbender d. Premjit Lall 6-4 6-8 9-7 7-5
- Dan Bleckinger d. Milan Holecek 6-4 6-4 1-6 9-7
- Ian Fletcher d. Alejandro Olmedo 6-0 6-4 1-6 6-3
- John Paish d. Torben Ulrich 6-3 7-5 6-2
- Onny Parun d. Andres Gimeno 6-4 8-6 6-8 8-9 6-4
- Adriano Panatta d. Jan Kukal 9-8 8-9 8-6 9-8
- Jim Mcmanus d. Vijay Amritraj 6-1 6-2 8-6
- Manuel Orantes d. Dick Crealy 6-2 6-3 6-2
- Jaime Fillol d. Geoff Masters 4-6 8-6 7-5 6-4
- Jan Kodes d. Butch Seewagen 6-0 6-1 6-2
- Sandy Mayer d. Toshiro Sakai 8-9 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Teimuraz Kakulia d. David Lloyd 9-8 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Colin Dibley d. Richard Gonzalez 6-3 6-3 8-6
- Francois Jauffret d. John Feaver 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Jimmy Connors d. Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-3 7-5 8-6
- Nicola Pietrangeli d. Ivan Molina 2-6 8-6 6-3 7-5
- Dick Stockton d. Buster C Mottram 9-8 6-1 6-4
- Wilhelm Bungert d. John Cooper 5-7 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-3
- Erik Van Dillen d. Karl Meiler 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4
- Tom Gorman d. Raymond Moore 6-4 6-4 7-5
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Syd Ball 9-8 6-1 3-6 6-2
- Pat Cramer d. Patrick Proisy 6-3 7-5 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. Clark Graebner 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Ion Tiriac d. Brian Gottfried 6-4 9-7 9-8
- Mike Estep d. Jun Kamiwazumi 6-4 6-2 6-2
- Jiri Hrebec d. Szabolcz Baranyi 6-2 6-2 6-4
- Frantisek Pala d. Hans Kary 4-6 7-5 2-6 7-5 6-2
- Patrick Hombergen d. Wanaro N'Godrella 5-7 8-6 6-3 6-4

### R128
- Patrick Proisy d. Sergei Likhachev 6-4 9-8 8-9 6-4
- Jaime Fillol d. Kim Warwick 6-0 9-7 4-6 6-3
- Richard Gonzalez d. Antonio Munoz 6-2 7-5 6-1
- Adriano Panatta d. Neale Fraser 6-4 8-9 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Hank Irvine d. Alvin Gardiner 6-2 7-9 6-2 5-7 6-4
- Jim Mcmanus d. Paolo Bertolucci 6-2 6-3 6-3
- Toshiro Sakai d. Patricio Cornejo 6-4 9-8 6-3
- Jimmy Connors d. Bob Hewitt 6-3 9-7 7-5
- Patrick Hombergen d. Dick Bohrnstedt 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-3
- Alex Metreveli d. Pietro Marzano 6-2 8-6 6-4
- Dick Stockton d. Thomaz Koch 8-9 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Andres Gimeno d. Ken Weatherley 6-1 6-2 6-4
- Colin Dibley d. Terry Ryan 6-3 6-4 6-2
- Dan Bleckinger d. Derek Schroder 8-6 6-2 6-3
- Jan Kukal d. Tito Vazquez 4-6 8-9 6-4 6-4 8-6
- Milan Holecek d. Jean Paul Meyer 6-3 3-6 9-8 9-7
- Jiri Hrebec d. Guillermo Vilas 7-5 7-5 7-5
- Manuel Orantes d. Georges Goven 8-6 7-5 6-4
- Jurgen Fassbender d. Lew Hoad 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-4
- Jun Kamiwazumi d. Paul Hutchins 6-3 8-6 7-5
- Vijay Amritraj d. Jeff Austin 7-5 9-8 3-6 2-6 6-4
- Tom Gorman d. Bernard Mignot 6-4 6-4 6-2
- Frantisek Pala d. William Durham 6-3 9-8 6-4
- Patrice Dominguez d. Jeff Simpson 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-5
- Torben Ulrich d. John Clifton 6-2 3-0 RET
- Roscoe Tanner d. Jairo Velasco 6-3 2-6 6-4 7-9 7-5
- Hans Kary d. Peter Szoke 8-6 6-3 8-9 3-6 6-0
- Jan Kodes d. Patricio Rodriguez Chi 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-1
- Nicholas Kalogeropoulos d. Stephen Warboys 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4
- Premjit Lall d. Paul Gerken 5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3
- Ilie Nastase d. John Bartlett 6-4 6-2 6-2
- Mike Estep d. Jean Claude Barclay 6-3 7-5 6-8 6-4
- Karl Meiler d. J. Mandarino 6-4 6-2 6-1
- Pat Cramer d. Istvan Gulyas 6-4 7-5 6-4
- Dick Crealy d. Nicola Spear 9-7 6-2 1-6 7-5
- Ivan Molina d. Andrew Pattison 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
- Pierre Barthes d. Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 7-5 9-8 6-3
- Buster C Mottram d. Jim Osborne 6-4 6-2 3-6 2-6 7-5
- Szabolcz Baranyi d. Peter Marmureanu 6-3 6-4 6-0
- John Paish d. Gene Scott 7-9 6-4 9-8 6-3
- John Feaver d. Corrado Barazzutti 4-6 9-8 6-2 3-6 6-0
- Geoff Masters d. Anand Amritraj 8-9 8-6 4-6 6-3 12-10
- Teimuraz Kakulia d. Ray Keldie 9-7 7-5 7-9 6-4
- Clark Graebner d. Jaidip Mukerjea 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-3
- Raymond Moore d. Robert Clarke 6-2 6-1 6-0
- Butch Seewagen d. Peter Doerner 6-2 7-9 9-8 6-4
- Nicola Pietrangeli d. Bob Stock 6-4 6-3 6-4
- Brian Gottfried d. Vladimir Zednik 6-2 6-2 9-7
- Allan McDonald d. Jaime Pinto Bravo 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-0
- David Lloyd d. Dick Knight 9-8 9-8 6-4
- Syd Ball d. Frew Mcmillan 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Ion Tiriac d. Antonio Zugarelli 6-4 6-2 5-7 7-5
- Onny Parun d. Andre Van Der Merwe A 6-2 7-5 6-2
- Juan Gisbert d. Harold Solomon 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-0
- Ian Fletcher d. Jean Loup Rouyer 6-4 6-3 6-3
- Wanaro N'Godrella d. Bill Lloyd 4-6 8-9 6-4 7-5 11-9
- Francois Jauffret d. Ove Bengtson 1-6 7-5 8-9 6-1 7-5
- Wilhelm Bungert d. Ezio Di Matteo 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-4 6-3
- Stan Smith d. Hans Joachim Ploetz 6-1 6-1 6-3
- Sandy Mayer d. Stanley Matthews 4-6 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 121
- Players: 124

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