ATP Canadian Open 1972 Draw, Results & Schedule

Ilie Nastase won the 1972 Canadian Open, defeating Andrew Pattison 6-4 6-3 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on clay courts in Montreal, Canada, from August 14 to August 21, 1972. The match log contains 67 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Canadian Open is run in Toronto and Montreal, with the ATP and WTA events using opposite host cities in a given season.

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Champion
def. Andrew Pattison , 6-4 6-3
Dates
Aug 14 — Aug 21
Location
Montreal, Canada
Category
Masters 1000
Surface
Clay
Prize money
Canadian Open 1972 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-3 Andrew Pattison Match data Aug 21, 1972* F
SF (2)
Ilie Nastase 6-4 7-6 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data Aug 20, 1972* SF
Andrew Pattison 2-6 6-2 7-5 Jaime Fillol Match data Aug 20, 1972* SF
QF (4)
Ilie Nastase 4-0 (ret.) Adriano Panatta H2H Match data Aug 20, 1972* QF
Jaime Fillol 6-1 7-5 Jairo Velasco Match data Aug 20, 1972* QF
Patrick Proisy 6-1 6-3 Guillermo Vilas H2H Match data Aug 20, 1972* QF
Andrew Pattison 6-2 2-6 6-2 Bob Hewitt Match data Aug 20, 1972* QF
R16 (8)
Andrew Pattison 6-4 6-3 Dick Stockton Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-1 Anand Amritraj Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-4 Jan Kodes H2H Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Bob Hewitt 6-7 6-4 7-5 Ivan Molina H2H Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
Jaime Fillol 7-6 7-5 Charlie Owens H2H Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
Adriano Panatta 6-4 6-2 Roscoe Tanner H2H Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
Jairo Velasco 6-3 6-2 Patricio Cornejo Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
Patrick Proisy 6-2 6-1 Jun Kamiwazumi H2H Match data Aug 19, 1972* R16
R32 (16)
Bob Hewitt 6-1 6-0 Ken Binns Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Ivan Molina 6-2 4-6 6-2 Paul Gerken H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Anand Amritraj 6-1 6-4 Birger Andersson Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Adriano Panatta 6-2 6-1 Brian Gottfried H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-1 Geoff Masters H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Jun Kamiwazumi 5-7 6-4 6-2 Terry Ryan Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Patricio Cornejo 6-4 3-6 6-1 Jan Kukal H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Andrew Pattison 6-2 6-3 Jean Loup Rouyer Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Charlie Owens 6-2 6-1 Pat Cramer H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Jaime Fillol 7-5 6-4 Barry Phillips Moore Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Jan Kodes 6-3 6-0 Jeff Simpson H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Patrick Proisy 6-2 7-6 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Roscoe Tanner 6-0 2-6 7-6 Jaime Pinto Bravo Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Guillermo Vilas 6-1 7-5 Onny Parun H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Dick Stockton 6-3 3-6 6-4 Antonio Munoz H2H Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
Jairo Velasco 6-3 5-7 7-5 Jim Osborne Match data Aug 17, 1972* R32
R64 (30)
Ion Tiriac 6-4 5-7 6-0 Frantisek Pala H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-1 Eddie Dibbs H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Brian Gottfried 3-6 6-1 6-3 Bob Mckinley Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Barry Phillips Moore 6-0 6-1 Ross Case Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Patricio Cornejo 3-6 6-4 6-4 Alejandro Olmedo Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Pat Cramer (w/o) Pierre Barthes H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jean Loup Rouyer 7-5 6-4 Wanaro N'Godrella H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jaime Fillol 7-6 6-2 Peter Burwash H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Birger Andersson 2-6 6-4 6-3 John Fort H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jun Kamiwazumi 6-4 4-6 6-3 Patrice Dominguez H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jeff Simpson 7-5 6-3 Steve Faulk H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Bob Hewitt 6-1 6-4 John Paish H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Charlie Owens 6-3 6-2 Toshiro Sakai Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Dick Stockton 6-3 4-6 6-1 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Geoff Masters 6-1 6-3 Humphrey Hose H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jan Kodes 6-2 6-3 F D Robbins H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Paul Gerken 6-3 7-5 Zan Guerry H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Adriano Panatta 6-4 6-0 John Cooper Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jaime Pinto Bravo 6-3 6-0 Ian Fletcher Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Onny Parun 6-7 6-3 6-1 Mike Belkin H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jan Kukal 6-3 6-0 Rejean Genois H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Terry Ryan 7-5 6-4 Tony Bardsley Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Antonio Munoz 6-2 6-3 Pierre Lamarche Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Ken Binns 5-7(5) 6-3 6-2 Georges Goven Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Ivan Molina 6-4 6-1 Colin Dibley H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Roscoe Tanner 2-6 6-1 7-6 Vijay Amritraj H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Andrew Pattison 6-3 4-6 7-5 Andres Gimeno Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ilie Nastase 6-4 2-6 7-6 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Patrick Proisy 6-3 6-2 Corrado Barazzutti H2H Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
Jim Osborne 6-1 6-1 David Brown Match data Aug 16, 1972* R64
R128 (6)
Zan Guerry 5-7 6-1 6-4 Jim Mcmanus H2H Match data Aug 15, 1972* R128
Jun Kamiwazumi 7-5 6-0 Dale Power H2H Match data Aug 15, 1972* R128
Ivan Molina 6-1 6-4 Harold Solomon H2H Match data Aug 15, 1972* R128
Colin Dibley 5-0 (ret.) Juan Gisbert Match data Aug 15, 1972* R128
Patrice Dominguez 6-2 6-2 Grover Raz Reid H2H Match data Aug 15, 1972* R128
Paul Gerken 7-5 6-2 Dick Dell Match data Aug 15, 1972* R128

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