1972 World Championship Tennis Finals

August 2023 1972 World Championship Tennis Finals May 8–14 2nd World Championship Tennis $100,000 8S Carpet / indoor Dallas, TX, United States Moody Coliseum AUS Ken Rosewall1972 Dallas – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/dallas/610/1972/results Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) WCT Finals The 1972 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 2nd edition of the WCT Finals and was the season-ending tournament of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit.Steve Tignor 1972: The Rod Laver vs. Ken Rosewall WCT Final in Dallas https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/03/1972-rod-laver-vs-ken-rosewall-wct-final-dallas/54333/ www.tennis.com Tennis.com March 12, 2015 The top eight points winners of the circuit qualified for the tournament which was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and ran from May 8 through May 14, 1972. Ken Rosewall won the singles title and the $50,000 first prize.Rosewall Defeats Laver For Title https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o38sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DM0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=rosewall%20laver%20dallas%20moody&pg=2078%2C3179798 Herald-Journal May 15, 1972World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook 1973 Queen Anne Press London 9780671216238 45–51 John Barrett John Barrett (tennis) The final was broadcast live in the United States by NBC and watched by an estimated 21.3 million viewers. In his book, The Education of a Tennis Player, finalist Rod Laver commented, "I think if one match can be said to have made tennis in the United States, this was it."Laver Rod The Education of a Tennis Player 2009 New Chapter Press New York, N.Y. 978-0942257625 232 [Updated ed.] Bud Collins Final Singles 1972 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles AUS Ken Rosewall defeated AUS Rod Laver 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5) It was Rosewall's 5th title of the year and the 21st of his professional career. See also 1972 World Championship Tennis Winter Finals 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters References External links The match that made tennis in the United States – World Tennis https://web.archive.org/web/20111211013838/http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/2181 December 11, 2011 World Championship Tennis Finals World Championship Tennis Finals World Championship Tennis Finals Category:WCT Finals