ATP South African Open 1972 Draw, Results & Schedule

Cliff Richey won the 1972 South African Open, defeating Manuel Orantes 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-4 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Johannesburg, South Africa, from April 8 to April 14, 1972. The match log contains 78 recorded singles results for this edition.

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Champion
Cliff Richey
def. Manuel Orantes , 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-4
Dates
Apr 8 — Apr 14
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Category
ATP 250
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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South African Open 1972 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Cliff Richey 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-4 Manuel Orantes H2H Match data Apr 14, 1972* F
BR (1)
Andres Gimeno 6-1 6-3 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data Apr 14, 1972* BR
SF (2)
Manuel Orantes 6-3 6-1 6-4 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data Apr 13, 1972* SF
Cliff Richey 3-6 6-1 5-7 6-3 6-3 Andres Gimeno H2H Match data Apr 13, 1972* SF
QF (4)
Cliff Richey 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 Martin Mulligan — Match data Apr 13, 1972* QF
Andres Gimeno 6-3 6-4 6-3 Bob Hewitt H2H Match data Apr 13, 1972* QF
Jaime Fillol 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 Pat Cramer H2H Match data Apr 13, 1972* QF
Manuel Orantes 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 Andrew Pattison — Match data Apr 13, 1972* QF
R16 (7)
Bob Hewitt 1-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16
Andres Gimeno 6-3 6-0 6-1 Patrice Dominguez H2H Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16
Martin Mulligan 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2 Georges Goven — Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16
Manuel Orantes 3-6 7-6 7-6 0-6 6-3 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16
Cliff Richey 6-1 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-4 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16
Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-4 6-4 Raymond Moore H2H Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16
Pat Cramer 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 Manuel Santana H2H Match data Apr 12, 1972* R16 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R32 (14)
Manuel Orantes 6-4 6-4 6-2 Bill Freer H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Martin Mulligan 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-0 6-2 Gerald Battrick — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Raymond Moore 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-1 Ricky Buwalda — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Andres Gimeno 6-2 6-3 6-3 Hank Irvine — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Cliff Richey 6-1 6-3 6-2 Jim Ward H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Georges Goven 7-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Pat Cramer 6-3 7-5 6-3 Wanaro N'Godrella H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Jaime Fillol 7-5 7-5 6-0 Dennis Matthews — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Patrice Dominguez 7-6 6-3 6-3 Onny Parun H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Bob Hewitt 6-1 6-4 6-1 Ruan Kruger — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Adriano Panatta 6-4 7-5 6-0 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Patrick Proisy 6-3 6-1 6-0 Ralph Sender — Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
Manuel Santana 6-2 4-6 6-1 7-5 Allan McDonald H2H Match data Apr 11, 1972* R32
R64 (29)
Patricio Cornejo 6-2 6-4 6-4 John Yuill H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Jan Leschly 6-2 7-5 6-4 Kim Warwick — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Manuel Orantes 6-2 6-4 6-3 George Rudman H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Jaime Fillol 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 Peter Tudhope — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Patrice Dominguez 6-2 6-0 6-4 John De Zeeuw — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Raymond Moore 6-3 6-3 6-4 Terry Ryan — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Frew Mcmillan 6-3 6-7 6-2 6-4 Colin Dowdeswell H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Onny Parun 6-2 6-3 7-6 Jannie Louw — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Manuel Santana 6-3 6-3 6-3 Ross Mcghie — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Bill Freer 6-4 6-2 6-2 Robert Trogolo H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Cliff Richey 6-2 6-2 7-6 Derek Schroder H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Barry Phillips Moore 7-6 6-3 5-7 6-3 Rayno Seegers — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Ricky Buwalda 6-4 7-6 6-2 Jurgen Fassbender — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Hank Irvine 7-6 6-3 7-6 Armistead Neely — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 2-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 Byron Bertram H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Bob Hewitt 6-4 7-5 6-1 Anthony Fawcett — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Patrick Proisy 6-1 6-2 6-2 Frank Briscoe — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Adriano Panatta 6-3 7-6 6-1 Clive Brebnor — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Ralph Sender 7-6 5-2 (ret.) Nicola Pietrangeli — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Andres Gimeno 6-2 6-2 6-3 Julian Krinsky — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Andrew Pattison 6-2 6-1 6-0 Mark Shires — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Gerald Battrick 6-3 6-3 6-3 Graydon Garner H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Juan Gisbert 6-2 6-1 7-5 Mike Styles — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Georges Goven 6-4 2-6 7-5 6-2 Andre Van Der Merwe B — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Wanaro N'Godrella 6-1 6-4 6-4 Dick Crealy H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Pat Cramer 6-7 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 Rauty Krog — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Allan McDonald 6-2 6-1 6-2 Mike Phillips H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Jim Ward 6-4 4-6 6-0 6-3 Abe Segal H2H Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
Dennis Matthews 6-3 6-3 6-4 Greg Perkins — Match data Apr 10, 1972* R64
R128 (20)
Mike Styles 7-6 6-3 4-6 6-0 Tony Parun H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Greg Perkins 6-4 6-2 7-5 Richard Jooste — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Byron Bertram 6-3 6-0 6-0 Conrad Johnson H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Mark Shires 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-0 Craig Gold — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Rayno Seegers 6-2 6-2 6-2 Mike Myburg H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Graydon Garner 6-4 6-4 6-4 Russell Seymour — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Armistead Neely 7-5 6-2 6-3 Jeff Simpson H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Robert Trogolo 6-7 4-6 6-1 7-6 6-1 Lewis Sylvester — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Bill Freer 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-0 Andre Zietsmann — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Colin Dowdeswell 6-4 7-6 7-6 Tony Bowles — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Jannie Louw (w/o) Rod Frawley — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Allan McDonald 6-3 6-3 6-2 Errol Kilov — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Andre Van Der Merwe B 2-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 Willem Prinsloo — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Julian Krinsky 6-2 6-3 6-2 Alvin Gardiner — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Mike Phillips 6-2 2-6 6-3 6-1 Quentin Pretorius — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Abe Segal 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-1 Bernie Mitton H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
John Yuill 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-3 David Schneider H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
George Rudman 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4 Frank McDonald — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Kim Warwick 7-6 6-2 7-6 John Eagleton H2H Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128
Wanaro N'Godrella 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-2 Rohan Summers — Match data Apr 9, 1972* R128

Most Titles

Players with the most South African Open titles
PlayerTitles
Aaron Krickstein 2
Harold Solomon 2
Jimmy Connors 2
Rod Laver 2
Vitas Gerulaitis 2

Recent Finals

Recent South African Open finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Martin Sinner #67 6-1 6-4 Guillaume Raoux #113 H2H Match data 1995 Hard
Markus Zoecke #131 6-4 6-1 Hendrik Dreekmann #115 H2H Match data 1994 Hard
Aaron Krickstein #44 6-3 7-6(7) Grant Stafford #161 H2H Match data 1993 Hard
Aaron Krickstein #33 6-4 6-4 Alexander Volkov #20 H2H Match data 1992 Hard
Christo Van Rensburg 6-4 7-6 6-3 Paul Chamberlin #83 H2H Match data 1989 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is South African Open held?
South African Open is held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Who won the most recent South African Open?
The 1995 South African Open was won by Martin Sinner 6-1 6-4.
Who has won the most South African Open titles?
Aaron Krickstein has won 2 South African Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first South African Open played?
The first edition of South African Open was held in 1891.
What surface is South African Open played on?
South African Open is played on hard courts.