1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit

The 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit was a professional tennis circuit held in the United States that year. It consisted of 14 tournaments and was organized by Bill Riordan and sanctioned by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA).[1][2]

1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit
Details
Duration4 December 1971 – 2 February 1972
Edition2nd
Tournaments14
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesRomania Ilie Năstase (2)
Most tournament finalsUnited States Jimmy Connors (3)
1971
1973

Players who reached at least the quarter-finals of the six top tournaments received ranking points. Ilie Năstase won the first prize of $15,000 from a total bonus pool of $50,000 which was linked to the Boise Cascade Classic series of 13 U.S. indoor tournaments.[3]

Schedule

January

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Jan Baltimore International Indoor
Baltimore, Maryland, US [4][5]
Carpet (i) – 16S/8D
Romania Ilie Năstase
1–6, 6–4, 7–6
United States Jimmy Connors United States Clark Graebner
France Pierre Barthès
Chile Jaime Fillol
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Frank Froehling
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United States Jimmy Connors
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
France Pierre Barthès
United States Clark Graebner
12 Jan Jacksonville International Indoor
Jacksonville, Florida, US [6]
United States Jimmy Connors
7–5, 6–4
United States Clark Graebner Chile Jaime Fillol
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United States Dick Stockton
United States Bill Higgins
United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
United States Frank Froehling
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
22 Jan Rothmans International
London, UK
United States Cliff Richey
7–5, 6–7, 7–5, 6–0
United States Clark Graebner Romania Ilie Năstase
Australia Lew Hoad
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Pancho Gonzales
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
France Georges Goven
United States Tom Gorman
United States Clark Graebner
6–7, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
23 Jan Roanoke International Tournament
Roanoke, Virginia, US [7]
Carpet (i) – 9S/8D
United States Jimmy Connors
6–4, 7–6
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník United States Frank Froehling
Chile Jaime Fillol
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
New Zealand Ian Crookenden
United States Jimmy Connors
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
New Zealand Ian Crookenden
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
30 Jan Midlands International
Omaha, Nebraska, US [8]
Carpet (i) – 16S/8D
Romania Ilie Năstase
2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Romania Ion Țiriac France Georges Goven
United States Jimmy Connors
Chile Jaime Fillol
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes

February

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Feb St. Luke's Hospital International
Cleveland, Ohio, US [9][10]
Hard – 8S/4D
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
7–6, 6–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Pakistan Haroon Rahim France Pierre Barthès
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Chile Patricio Cornejo
United States Jim Osborne
New Zealand Onny Parun
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
New Zealand Onny Parun
6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Sweden Ove Bengtson
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
6 Feb Des Moines International
Des Moines, Iowa, US[11]
16S/8D
United States Pancho Gonzales
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
France Georges Goven Pakistan Haroon Rahim
Spain Juan Gisbert
United States Cliff Richey
Brazil Thomaz Koch
United States Jim Osborne
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne
6–2, 6–3
France Georges Goven
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Greater Kansas City International
Kansas City, Missouri, US [12]
16S/8D
United States Tom Edlefsen
6–3, 6–3
United States Erik van Dillen France Pierre Barthès
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Romania Ilie Năstase
Spain Manuel Orantes
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Clark Graebner
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes
14 Feb The May Co. International[lower-alpha 1]
Los Angeles, California, US
Group C
32S/16D
Spain Andrés Gimeno
6–3, 2–6, 6–2
France Pierre Barthès United States Jimmy Connors
Brazil Thomaz Koch
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
United States Cliff Richey
United States Pancho Gonzales
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Jim Osborne
United States Jim McManus
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
20 FebU.S. National Indoor Championships[lower-alpha 1]
Salisbury, Maryland, US
Group B
Hard – 64S/32D
United States Stan Smith
5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Romania Ilie Năstase Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Chile Jaime Fillol
United States Clark Graebner
Spain Manuel Orantes
United States Tom Gorman
Spain Manuel Orantes
Spain Andrés Gimeno
6–4, 6–3
Spain Juan Gisbert
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
28 Feb Clean Air Classic[lower-alpha 1]
New York, US
Group C
64S
United States Stan Smith
4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–1
Spain Juan Gisbert United States Cliff Richey
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Alejandro Olmedo
Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson
Spain Andrés Gimeno
United States Jimmy Connors

March

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Mar National Indoor Championships[lower-alpha 1]
Hampton, Virginia, US
Group C
Hard – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Stan Smith
6–3, 6–2, 6–7(3–5), 6–4
Romania Ilie Năstase Spain Andrés Gimeno
United States Cliff Richey
Spain Juan Gisbert
United States Jimmy Connors
France Georges Goven
New Zealand Ian Crookenden
Romania Ion Țiriac
Romania Ilie Năstase
7–5, 7–5
Spain Andrés Gimeno
Spain Manuel Orantes
6 Mar Equity Funding International[lower-alpha 1]
Washington D.C., US
Carpet – 32S/16D
United States Stan Smith
6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
United States Jimmy Connors United States Tom Gorman
Spain Manuel Orantes
United States Jim Osborne
France Pierre Barthès
United States Cliff Richey
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Cliff Richey
United States Tom Edlefsen
6–4, 6–3
United States Clark Graebner
Brazil Thomaz Koch

December

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Dec Clean Air Classic
Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City, US [13][14]
Carpet (i) – 16S/8D
United States Charlie Pasarell
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
United States Pancho Gonzales Sweden Ove Bengtson
South Africa Frew McMillan
United States Eddie Dibbs
United States Paul Gerken
United States Dennis Ralston
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
United States Clark Graebner
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–3, 6–2
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Dick Stockton

See also

Notes

  1. Also part of the 1972 Grand Prix circuit

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '73. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 312, 313. ISBN 9780671216238.
  2. "Winter net series opens in Baltimore". Schenectady Gazette. January 7, 1972.
  3. Barrett, pp.309–310
  4. "Nastase Victor In Tennis Final". The New York Times. January 10, 1972.
  5. "Nastase Grabs First Prize In Baltimore". The Daily Times. Salisbury, MD. Associated Press. January 10, 1972. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. "Graebner, Fillol Score In Tourney". The Cumberland News. Cumberland, MD. United Press Int. January 14, 1972. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  7. "Connors Wins 2nd Tourney". The Daily Times. Salisbury, MD. Associated Press. January 24, 1972.
  8. "Nastase Wins Omaha Tennis". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, IA. Reuters. January 31, 1972. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  9. "Pakistan's Rahim scores tennis upset". The Daily Reporter. Dover, OH. Associated Press. January 27, 1972. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  10. "Czech Takes Net Crown". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, WA. Associated Press. January 30, 1972. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  11. Ron Maly (February 7, 1972). "2-set deficit, then Pancho wins". The Des Moines Register. pp. 1-S, 3-S via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Californian Wins Meet". The Nevada Daily Mail. Nevada, MO. Associated Press. February 6, 1972. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  13. "Sports Whirl". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Associated Press. December 9, 1972. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  14. "Pasarell Tops Gonzales For Clean Air Victory". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Associated Press. December 10, 1972. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
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