ATP US Open 1972 Draw, Results & Schedule

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. The match log contains 126 recorded singles results for this edition.

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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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Results

US Open 1972 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ilie Nastase 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-3 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data Sep 13, 1972* F
SF (2)
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 Sep 12, 1972* SF
QF (4)
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 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1972* QF
R16 (8)
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 H2H 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 H2H Match data Sep 8, 1972* R16
R32 (16)
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 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Bob Lutz 7-6 6-2 6-2 Gene Scott H2H Match data Sep 5, 1972* R32
John Cooper 7-6 6-4 6-4 Manuel Orantes — Match data Sep 5, 1972* R32 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Frew Mcmillan 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4 Marty Riessen H2H Match data Sep 5, 1972* R32 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1972* R32
Cliff Drysdale 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-3 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data Sep 5, 1972* R32
R64 (31)
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 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 H2H 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 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 H2H 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 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Sep 3, 1972* R64
R128 (64)
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 Billy 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 H2H 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 H2H 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 Sep 1, 1972* R128

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