ATP US Open 1972 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Ilie Nastase won the 1972 US Open, defeating Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in New York, United States, from August 30 to September 13, 1972.

Champion
Ilie Nastase
def. Arthur Ashe , 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3
Dates
Aug 30 — Sep 13
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Sep 13, 1972* F Ilie Nastase 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data
SF (2)
Sep 12, 1972* SF Ilie Nastase 4-6 7-6 6-2 6-1 Tom Gorman H2H Match data
Sep 12, 1972* SF Arthur Ashe 6-1 6-4 7-6 Cliff Richey H2H Match data
QF (4)
Sep 10, 1972* QF Cliff Richey 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data
Sep 10, 1972* QF Tom Gorman 7-6 5-7 7-6 5-7 6-4 Roscoe Tanner H2H Match data
Sep 10, 1972* QF Ilie Nastase 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 Fred Stolle H2H Match data
Sep 10, 1972* QF Arthur Ashe 7-6 6-4 7-5 Stan Smith — Match data
R16 (8)
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Roscoe Tanner 6-2 7-6 7-6 John Cooper — Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-7 6-4 Sandy Mayer H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Fred Stolle 4-6 7-6 6-4 7-6 Cliff Drysdale H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Stan Smith 2-6 7-6 6-4 1-6 6-3 Andres Gimeno — Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Tom Gorman 6-4 6-3 6-3 Dick Stockton H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-4 6-2 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Cliff Richey 3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 Rod Laver H2H Match data
Sep 8, 1972* R16 Arthur Ashe 5-7 7-5 6-4 6-3 Bob Lutz — Match data
R32 (16)
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1 Ross Case H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Fred Stolle 7-6 6-4 5-7 7-6 John Newcombe H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Bob Lutz 7-6 6-2 6-2 Gene Scott — Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 John Cooper 7-6 6-4 6-4 Manuel Orantes — Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Frew Mcmillan 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4 Marty Riessen H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Roscoe Tanner 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3 Tom Okker H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Andres Gimeno 5-2 (ret.) Ray Ruffels H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Cliff Richey 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-4 Paul Gerken H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Dick Stockton 6-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2 Mark Cox H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Tom Gorman 6-4 6-4 6-4 Nikola Pilic H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Rod Laver 6-2 4-6 6-7 6-1 7-6 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Sandy Mayer 6-3 6-3 6-1 Raul Ramirez H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Bob Hewitt 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Ilie Nastase 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-3 Patrice Dominguez H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Stan Smith 6-3 7-6 7-5 Allan Stone — Match data
Sep 5, 1972* R32 Cliff Drysdale 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-3 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data
R64 (31)
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Patricio Cornejo 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jan Kukal H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Tom Gorman 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 Jim Mcmanus H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Ray Ruffels 6-3 7-5 6-4 William Brown H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Patrice Dominguez 5-7 6-4 7-5 6-4 Grover Raz Reid H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Tom Okker 6-1 6-2 6-2 Harold Solomon H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 John Newcombe 6-3 6-4 6-3 Eddie Dibbs H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Cliff Richey 6-2 6-3 7-5 Alejandro Olmedo — Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Frew Mcmillan 6-2 6-3 6-4 Tom Leonard H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Ross Case 7-6 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 John Alexander H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 7-6 Robert Maud H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Bob Lutz 6-3 6-3 7-5 Guillermo Vilas — Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Sandy Mayer 6-7 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-1 Jan Kodes H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Bob Hewitt 7-5 6-3 6-4 Jurgen Fassbender H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Raul Ramirez 6-2 2-6 1-6 7-6 6-4 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Jaime Fillol 6-4 7-5 6-3 Brian Fairlie H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Gene Scott 3-6 6-4 7-6 7-5 Anand Amritraj — Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Stan Smith 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-0 Clark Graebner — Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Nikola Pilic 6-7 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-6 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Ilie Nastase 7-5 6-2 6-7 2-6 7-6 Roger Taylor H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Andres Gimeno 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-1 Owen Davidson H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Fred Stolle 6-3 6-4 6-3 Mike Machette H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Roscoe Tanner 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-6 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Dick Stockton 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6 Humphrey Hose H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Cliff Drysdale 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4 Wanaro N'Godrella H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Paul Gerken 6-4 6-1 6-7 5-7 7-5 Georges Goven H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Mark Cox 6-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2 Ken Rosewall H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Charlie Pasarell 7-6 6-3 6-2 Vitas Gerulaitis H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Allan Stone 6-1 6-0 6-7 6-0 Antonio Munoz H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Rod Laver 6-3 6-2 7-5 Butch Seewagen H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Manuel Orantes 6-1 2-6 3-6 7-5 6-4 Onny Parun H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1972* R64 Marty Riessen 6-3 7-5 6-7 7-5 Mal Anderson H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Marty Riessen 6-1 6-7 6-3 6-2 Geoff Masters H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Andres Gimeno 6-4 7-5 6-4 Vladimir Korotkov H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Mal Anderson 6-4 7-5 6-7 6-1 Raymond Moore H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Charlie Pasarell 6-3 6-4 7-6 Bob Mckinley — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Mike Machette 1-6 7-6 6-4 6-4 Milan Holecek H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Gene Scott 6-3 6-4 6-4 Mike Kreiss H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Fred Stolle 6-7 6-4 6-2 6-2 Roy Emerson H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Owen Davidson 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 Charlie Owens H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Tom Okker 6-2 6-3 6-4 Pat Cramer H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Cliff Drysdale 5-5 (ret.) Mike Belkin H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Eddie Dibbs 6-2 6-7 6-3 7-6 Jeff Borowiak H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Vitas Gerulaitis 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-3 Vijay Amritraj H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Anand Amritraj 7-6 6-3 6-4 Derek Schroder — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Jan Kukal 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 Richard Russell H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Toshiro Sakai 6-2 7-5 6-4 Jun Kuki — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Rod Laver 6-2 6-1 6-3 John Paish H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Harold Solomon 6-7 7-5 6-1 7-6 Torben Ulrich H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Patrice Dominguez 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3 Richard Gonzalez — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Bob Carmichael 6-4 6-4 7-6 Peter Doerner H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Raul Ramirez 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1 Jasjit Singh — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 William Brown 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 Jim Delaney H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Frew Mcmillan 7-5 7-5 7-6 Jean Loup Rouyer H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Ion Tiriac 6-4 1-0 (ret.) Ray Keldie H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Antonio Munoz 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-4 Ron Holmberg — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Roger Taylor 3-6 7-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 Andrew Pattison — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Mark Cox 6-4 6-1 6-3 Mike Estep H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Sandy Mayer 6-4 6-1 6-3 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Manuel Orantes 7-5 6-2 6-2 Jeff Simpson H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Ray Ruffels 6-2 6-3 6-4 Fred Mcnair — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Alejandro Olmedo 6-3 7-6 6-7 7-6 Zan Guerry — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Tom Leonard 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 William Higgins — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Guillermo Vilas 7-6 6-4 6-4 Sashi Menon H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Tom Gorman 6-1 3-6 6-7 7-5 6-4 Jimmy Connors H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Brian Fairlie 7-6 6-3 6-2 Jeff Austin — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Nikola Pilic 6-1 6-3 7-5 Eduardo Zuleta — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-2 6-0 Jairo Velasco — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Roscoe Tanner 7-6 6-4 6-4 Ismail El Shafei — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Butch Seewagen 7-6 4-6 7-5 6-2 Stephen Warboys H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Patricio Cornejo 6-4 5-7 6-4 7-6 Dick Dell — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Jim Mcmanus 2-6 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 Dan Birchmore — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Georges Goven 0-0 (ret.) James Chico Hagey H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Jurgen Fassbender 6-4 7-6 6-4 6-3 Ivan Molina H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Humphrey Hose 7-5 4-6 7-6 7-6 Steve Faulk H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Bob Hewitt 6-4 6-2 6-2 Hans Jurgen Pohmann H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 John Cooper 6-3 6-1 6-0 Gerald Battrick — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Clark Graebner 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Bob Lutz 6-4 6-2 6-2 Colin Dibley — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Wanaro N'Godrella 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-4 George Hardie H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 John Newcombe 6-1 6-2 6-4 Teimuraz Kakulia — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Patrick Proisy 6-1 6-4 6-2 Pat Dupre H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Dick Stockton 6-4 6-2 6-4 Roy Barth H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Grover Raz Reid 6-4 6-2 6-4 Jim Osborne H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Allan Stone 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-4 Jaime Pinto Bravo — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Robert Maud 6-2 6-7 6-2 6-4 Jun Kamiwazumi H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Ken Rosewall 6-1 7-6 6-2 Peter Curtis H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Jan Kodes 6-2 6-4 6-3 Danny Obryant — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Stan Smith 5-7 6-1 7-5 6-3 Billy Martin — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Paul Gerken 7-6 6-1 6-2 Pancho Walthall H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-1 6-2 Frantisek Pala H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Arthur Ashe 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-6 Haroon Rahim H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 John Alexander 4-6 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 Phil Dent H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Onny Parun 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 Frank Froehling H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Ross Case 6-3 6-2 6-4 Fritz Schunck — Match data
Sep 1, 1972* R128 Cliff Richey 6-2 7-6 6-2 Brian Gottfried H2H Match data

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