# US Open 1972

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/313/us-open?season=1972
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: grass
- Location: New York, United States
- Start date: 1972-08-30
- End date: 1972-09-13

## Champion
- Winner: Ilie Nastase
- Runner-up: Arthur Ashe
- Final score: 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Ilie Nastase d. Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3

### SF
- Ilie Nastase d. Tom Gorman 4-6 7-6 6-2 6-1
- Arthur Ashe d. Cliff Richey 6-1 6-4 7-6

### QF
- Cliff Richey d. Frew Mcmillan 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
- Tom Gorman d. Roscoe Tanner 7-6 5-7 7-6 5-7 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. Fred Stolle 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Arthur Ashe d. Stan Smith 7-6 6-4 7-5

### R16
- Roscoe Tanner d. John Cooper 6-2 7-6 7-6
- Frew Mcmillan d. Sandy Mayer 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-7 6-4
- Fred Stolle d. Cliff Drysdale 4-6 7-6 6-4 7-6
- Stan Smith d. Andres Gimeno 2-6 7-6 6-4 1-6 6-3
- Tom Gorman d. Dick Stockton 6-4 6-3 6-3
- Ilie Nastase d. Bob Hewitt 6-4 6-4 6-2
- Cliff Richey d. Rod Laver 3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3
- Arthur Ashe d. Bob Lutz 5-7 7-5 6-4 6-3

### R32
- Arthur Ashe d. Ross Case 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1
- Fred Stolle d. John Newcombe 7-6 6-4 5-7 7-6
- Bob Lutz d. Gene Scott 7-6 6-2 6-2
- John Cooper d. Manuel Orantes 7-6 6-4 6-4
- Frew Mcmillan d. Marty Riessen 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4
- Roscoe Tanner d. Tom Okker 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
- Andres Gimeno d. Ray Ruffels 5-2 RET
- Cliff Richey d. Paul Gerken 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-4
- Dick Stockton d. Mark Cox 6-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2
- Tom Gorman d. Nikola Pilic 6-4 6-4 6-4
- Rod Laver d. Jaime Fillol 6-2 4-6 6-7 6-1 7-6
- Sandy Mayer d. Raul Ramirez 6-3 6-3 6-1
- Bob Hewitt d. Patricio Cornejo 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1
- Ilie Nastase d. Patrice Dominguez 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3
- Stan Smith d. Allan Stone 6-3 7-6 7-5
- Cliff Drysdale d. Charlie Pasarell 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-3

### R64
- Patricio Cornejo d. Jan Kukal 6-3 6-4 6-2
- Tom Gorman d. Jim Mcmanus 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3
- Ray Ruffels d. William Brown 6-3 7-5 6-4
- Patrice Dominguez d. Grover Raz Reid 5-7 6-4 7-5 6-4
- Tom Okker d. Harold Solomon 6-1 6-2 6-2
- John Newcombe d. Eddie Dibbs 6-3 6-4 6-3
- Cliff Richey d. Alejandro Olmedo 6-2 6-3 7-5
- Frew Mcmillan d. Tom Leonard 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Ross Case d. John Alexander 7-6 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Arthur Ashe d. Robert Maud 6-4 6-4 7-6
- Bob Lutz d. Guillermo Vilas 6-3 6-3 7-5
- Sandy Mayer d. Jan Kodes 6-7 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-1
- Bob Hewitt d. Jurgen Fassbender 7-5 6-3 6-4
- Raul Ramirez d. Patrick Proisy 6-2 2-6 1-6 7-6 6-4
- Jaime Fillol d. Brian Fairlie 6-4 7-5 6-3
- Gene Scott d. Anand Amritraj 3-6 6-4 7-6 7-5
- Stan Smith d. Clark Graebner 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-0
- Nikola Pilic d. Ion Tiriac 6-7 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-6
- Ilie Nastase d. Roger Taylor 7-5 6-2 6-7 2-6 7-6
- Andres Gimeno d. Owen Davidson 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Fred Stolle d. Mike Machette 6-3 6-4 6-3
- Roscoe Tanner d. Bob Carmichael 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-6
- Dick Stockton d. Humphrey Hose 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6
- Cliff Drysdale d. Wanaro N'Godrella 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4
- Paul Gerken d. Georges Goven 6-4 6-1 6-7 5-7 7-5
- Mark Cox d. Ken Rosewall 6-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2
- Charlie Pasarell d. Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 6-3 6-2
- Allan Stone d. Antonio Munoz 6-1 6-0 6-7 6-0
- Rod Laver d. Butch Seewagen 6-3 6-2 7-5
- Manuel Orantes d. Onny Parun 6-1 2-6 3-6 7-5 6-4
- Marty Riessen d. Mal Anderson 6-3 7-5 6-7 7-5

### R128
- Marty Riessen d. Geoff Masters 6-1 6-7 6-3 6-2
- Andres Gimeno d. Vladimir Korotkov 6-4 7-5 6-4
- Mal Anderson d. Raymond Moore 6-4 7-5 6-7 6-1
- Charlie Pasarell d. Bob Mckinley 6-3 6-4 7-6
- Mike Machette d. Milan Holecek 1-6 7-6 6-4 6-4
- Gene Scott d. Mike Kreiss 6-3 6-4 6-4
- Fred Stolle d. Roy Emerson 6-7 6-4 6-2 6-2
- Owen Davidson d. Charlie Owens 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3
- Tom Okker d. Pat Cramer 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Cliff Drysdale d. Mike Belkin 5-5 RET
- Eddie Dibbs d. Jeff Borowiak 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Vijay Amritraj 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
- Anand Amritraj d. Derek Schroder 7-6 6-3 6-4
- Jan Kukal d. Richard Russell 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4
- Toshiro Sakai d. Jun Kuki 6-2 7-5 6-4
- Rod Laver d. John Paish 6-2 6-1 6-3
- Harold Solomon d. Torben Ulrich 6-7 7-5 6-1 7-6
- Patrice Dominguez d. Richard Gonzalez 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
- Bob Carmichael d. Peter Doerner 6-4 6-4 7-6
- Raul Ramirez d. Jasjit Singh 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1
- William Brown d. Jim Delaney 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4
- Frew Mcmillan d. Jean Loup Rouyer 7-5 7-5 7-6
- Ion Tiriac d. Ray Keldie 6-4 1-0 RET
- Antonio Munoz d. Ron Holmberg 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-4
- Roger Taylor d. Andrew Pattison 3-6 7-6 6-3 3-6 6-3
- Mark Cox d. Mike Estep 6-4 6-1 6-3
- Sandy Mayer d. Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 6-4 6-1 6-3
- Manuel Orantes d. Jeff Simpson 7-5 6-2 6-2
- Ray Ruffels d. Fred Mcnair 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Alejandro Olmedo d. Zan Guerry 6-3 7-6 6-7 7-6
- Tom Leonard d. William Higgins 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-4 7-6
- Guillermo Vilas d. Sashi Menon 7-6 6-4 6-4
- Tom Gorman d. Jimmy Connors 6-1 3-6 6-7 7-5 6-4
- Brian Fairlie d. Jeff Austin 7-6 6-3 6-2
- Nikola Pilic d. Eduardo Zuleta 6-1 6-3 7-5
- Ilie Nastase d. Jairo Velasco 6-0 6-2 6-0
- Roscoe Tanner d. Ismail El Shafei 7-6 6-4 6-4
- Butch Seewagen d. Stephen Warboys 7-6 4-6 7-5 6-2
- Patricio Cornejo d. Dick Dell 6-4 5-7 6-4 7-6
- Jim Mcmanus d. Dan Birchmore 2-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Georges Goven d. James Chico Hagey 0-0 RET
- Jurgen Fassbender d. Ivan Molina 6-4 7-6 6-4 6-3
- Humphrey Hose d. Steve Faulk 7-5 4-6 7-6 7-6
- Bob Hewitt d. Hans Jurgen Pohmann 6-4 6-2 6-2
- John Cooper d. Gerald Battrick 6-3 6-1 6-0
- Clark Graebner d. Adriano Panatta 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2
- Bob Lutz d. Colin Dibley 6-4 6-2 6-2
- Wanaro N'Godrella d. George Hardie 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-4
- John Newcombe d. Teimuraz Kakulia 6-1 6-2 6-4
- Patrick Proisy d. Pat Dupre 6-1 6-4 6-2
- Dick Stockton d. Roy Barth 6-4 6-2 6-4
- Grover Raz Reid d. Jim Osborne 6-4 6-2 6-4
- Allan Stone d. Jaime Pinto Bravo 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-4
- Robert Maud d. Jun Kamiwazumi 6-2 6-7 6-2 6-4
- Ken Rosewall d. Peter Curtis 6-1 7-6 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Danny Obryant 6-2 6-4 6-3
- Stan Smith d. Billy Martin 5-7 6-1 7-5 6-3
- Paul Gerken d. Pancho Walthall 7-6 6-1 6-2
- Jaime Fillol d. Frantisek Pala 6-4 6-1 6-2
- Arthur Ashe d. Haroon Rahim 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-6
- John Alexander d. Phil Dent 4-6 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-4
- Onny Parun d. Frank Froehling 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2
- Ross Case d. Fritz Schunck 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Cliff Richey d. Brian Gottfried 6-2 7-6 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 126
- Players: 128

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