1972 Pacific Southwest Open

1972 Pacific Southwest Open
Date September 18 – September 24
Edition 46th
Category Grand Prix (Grade A)
Draw 64S / 64D
Prize money $60,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Venue Los Angeles Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
United States Stan Smith [1]
Doubles
United States Jimmy Connors / United States Pancho Gonzales [2]

The 1972 Pacific Southwest Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The tournament was classified as Grade A and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the 46th edition of the tournament and ran from September 18 through September 24, 1972. Third-seeded Stan Smith won the singles title.[3][4]

Winners

Men's Singles

United States Stan Smith defeated United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4 [1]

Men's Doubles

United States Jimmy Connors / United States Pancho Gonzales defeated Egypt Ismail El Shafei / New Zealand Brian Fairlie 6–3, 7–6 [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "1972 Los Angeles Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. 1 2 "1972 Los Angeles Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "Smith Tops Tanner In Coast Net Final". New York Times. September 24, 1972.
  4. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780671216238.
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