1972 Grand Prix (tennis)
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Duration | 14 February – 28 November |
Edition | 3rd |
Tournaments | 33 |
Categories | Grand Slam (3) Masters Super Series (6) Group B (5) Group C (19) |
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The 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year and organized by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). It consisted of 33 Grand Prix tournaments in different categories including three of the four Grand Slam tournaments and was followed by a season-ending Masters tournament. The circuit ran from February through November.[1]
The 1972 Grand Prix circuit ran in competition with the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit and, to a lesser extent, with the smaller 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit. In July 1971 at its annual meeting, the ILTF voted to ban all WCT contract professionals from their tournaments and facilities from the beginning of 1972 onwards. This meant that leading WCT players such as Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Arthur Ashe and John Newcombe did not initially have permission to compete in the Grand Prix circuit and Newcombe could not defend his two consecutive Wimbledon titles of 1970 and 1971. In April 1972, however, an agreement was reached between the ILTF and WCT that divided the 1973 tour in a WCT circuit that ran from January through April and a Grand Prix circuit that was scheduled for the rest of the year.[2] Under the agreement the players contracted by the WCT could play in the Grand Prix events as of September 1972. The deal was ratified at the annual ILTF meeting in July.[3]
Schedule[]
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Grand Prix Masters |
Grand Prix Super Series |
Group B tournaments |
Group C tournaments |
Team events |
February[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 Feb | The May Co. International Los Angeles, California, USA Group C 32S/16D |
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20 Feb | U.S. National Indoor Championships[a] Salisbury, Maryland, USA Group B Hard – 64S/32D |
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28 Feb | Clean Air Classic New York, USA Group C S64 |
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March[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Mar | National Indoor Championships Hampton, Virginia, USA Group C Hard – 32S/16D |
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12 Mar | Equity Funding International[a] Washington, D.C., USA Group C Carpet – 32S/16D |
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27 Mar | Monte Carlo Open Championships Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Super Series Clay – $20,000 – 32S/32D |
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April[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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8 Apr | South African Open * Johannesburg, South Africa Super Series Hard – 32S/16D |
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16 Apr | Melia Trophy International Madrid, Spain Group B Clay – 32S/32D |
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23 Apr | International Championships Nice, France Group D Clay – 32S/16D |
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24 Apr | Italian Open Rome, Italy * Super Series Clay – $56,000 – 64S/32D |
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May[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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13 May | British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, England * Group C Clay – 32S/16D |
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14 May | Belgian Open Championships Brussels, Belgium Group C Clay – 32S/16D |
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22 May | French Open * Paris, France Grand Slam Clay |
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June[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Jun | German Open Championships Hamburg, Germany * Group B Clay – 32S/32D |
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17 Jun | Bristol Open Bristol, England * Group C Grass – 32S/32D |
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26 Jun | Wimbledon * London, England Grand Slam Grass |
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July[]
August[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Aug | U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, Indiana, USA * Group A Clay – $60,000 – 64S/32D |
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14 Aug | Rothmans Canadian Open Championships Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Super Series Clay – $70,000 – 128S/64D |
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28 Aug | US Open Forest Hills, New York, USA * Grand Slam |
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September[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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17 Sep | Central California Championships Sacramento, California, USA Group C 32S/16D |
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Rainier International Tennis Classic Seattle, Washington, USA Group C Hard – 32S/8D |
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25 Sep | Golden Gate Pacific Coast Classic Albany, California, USA Group C Carpet – 64S/32D |
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Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles, California, USA Super Series Hard – $60,000 – 64S/64D |
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October[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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23 Oct | Trofeo Conde de Godó Barcelona, Spain Group A Clay – 32S/32D |
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30 Oct | Paris Indoor Paris, France Group B Hard – 32S/32D |
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November[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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12 Nov | Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Super Series Hard – 64S/32D |
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18 Nov | Dewar Cup Nottingham/London, England Carpet – 32S/16D |
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28 Nov | Masters Barcelona, Spain Hard (i) – $55,000 – S8 |
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* Tournaments combined with a women's Grand Prix tour event.
Points distribution[]
Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 |
Group AA tournaments | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 | 12 | 6 | – |
Group A tournaments | 75 | 52 | 37 | 18 | 9 | – | – |
Group B tournaments | 50 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 6 | – | – |
Group C tournaments | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | – | – |
Group D tournaments | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | – | – | – |
No points were awarded for first round losers
Standings[]
Player | Tournaments Played | Points | Prize Money |
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24 | 659 | £21,000 |
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19 | 587 | £14,700 |
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19 | 468 | £10,500 |
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14 | 332 | £8,400 |
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20 | 319 | £6,720 |
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15 | 263 | £5,460 |
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22 | 251 | £5,040 |
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19 | 227 | £4,620 |
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21 | 204 | £4,200 |
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13 | 172 | £3,780 |
Cliff Richey, Roscoe Tanner, Alex Metreveli, Tom Okker and Arthur Ashe played too few Grand Prix tournaments to qualify for prize money.
Grand Prix rankings[]
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List of tournament winners[]
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
Jimmy Connors (6) Roanoke, Queen's Club, Columbus, Cincinnati, Albany, Jacksonville
John Cooper (1) Hilversum
Colin Dibley (1) Kitzbühel
Tom Edlefsen (1) Kansas City
Andrés Gimeno (3) Los Angeles, French Open, Eastbourne, Gstaad
Pancho Gonzalez (1) Des Moines
Bob Hewitt (4) Bournemouth, Bristol, Tanglewood, Indianapolis
Jan Kodeš (1) Barcelons
Karl Meiler (1) Buenos Aires
Alex Metreveli (3) Sydney, Hobart, Adelaide
Ilie Năstase (11) Baltimore, Omaha, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Nice, Düsseldorf, Montreal, South Orange, Seattle, US Open, London, Masters
Manuel Orantes (5) Caracas, Rome, Brussels, Hamburg, Båstad
Cliff Richey (2) London Indoor, Johannesburg
Stan Smith (7) Salisbury, Hampton, Wimbledon, Washington, D.C., Sacramento, Los Angeles, Paris Bercy, Stockholm
Roger Taylor (1) Merion
The following players won their first Grand Prix title in 1972:
Colin Dibley Kitzbühel
Bob Hewitt Bournemouth
See also[]
- 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit
- 1972 Women's Grand Prix
- 1972 Virginia Slims Circuit
- 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit
Notes[]
- ^ a b Also part of the 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit
References[]
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "ITF – History". International Tennis Federation (ITF).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 13–15. ISBN 9780671216238.
External links[]
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1972 tournament archive
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – History men's professional tours
Further reading[]
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
- 1972 Grand Prix (tennis)
- Grand Prix tennis circuit seasons
- 1972 in tennis