1972 Pacific Southwest Open – Doubles

August 2023 1972 Pacific Southwest Open USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 6–3, 7–6 45 4 singles doubles Los Angeles Open (tennis)Los Angeles Open The 1972 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's doubles was an event of the 1972 Pacific Southwest Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, in the United States, between September 18 and September 24, 1970. John Alexander and Phil Dent were the defending Pacific Southwest Open doubles champions but were defeated in the quarterfinals. Unseeded Jimmy Connors and Pancho Gonzales won the title by defeating unseeded Ismail El Shafei and Brian Fairlie in the final, 6–3, 7–6.Smith tops Tanner in coast net final https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/25/archives/smith-tops-tanner-in-coast-net-final.html New York Times September 24, 1972 56 APWorld of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook 1973 Queen Anne Press London 9780671216238 124 John Barrett John Barrett (tennis)1972 Los Angeles – Doublesdraw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/1972/draws?matchType=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em 1 4RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan (third round) 2 1NED Tom Okker / USA Marty Riessen (semifinals) 3 2USA Arthur Ashe / USA Bob Lutz (third round) 4 3ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase / ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 2 NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen 6 6 6 USA Dick Dell USA Sherwood Stewart 0 7 4 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 AUS Terry Addison AUS Bob Carmichael 4 4 AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent 6 3 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 7 6 AUS Fred Stolle GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 YUG Nikola Pilić AUS Allan Stone 4 4 2 NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen 5 4 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 7 6 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 7 7 AUS Fred Stolle GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 6 7 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 3 6 Top half Section 1 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals 2 NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen 6 6 USA William Brown USA Franklin Robbins 1 1 USA Jeff Borowiak PAK Haroon Rahim 6 6 USA Steve Krulevitz GBR Stephen Warboys 2 3 USA Frank Froehling USA Charlie Pasarell 4 2 USA Mike Estep USA Charles Owens 6 6 GBR Mark Cox GBR Graham Stilwell 4 7 6 USA Dick Dell USA Sherwood Stewart 6 6 7 2 NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen 6 7 USA Jeff Borowiak PAK Haroon Rahim 2 6 USA Mike Estep USA Charles Owens 6 6 USA Dick Dell USA Sherwood Stewart 7 7 2 NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen 6 6 6 USA Dick Dell USA Sherwood Stewart 0 7 4 Section 2 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals FRA Pierre Barthès USA Billy Martin 5 6 6 USA Rick Fisher USA Paul Sidone 7 2 2 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 6 USA Tom Edlefsen MEX Marcello Lara 7 0 4 USA Roy Barth USA Tom Leonard 6 5 6 NZL Onny Parun NZL Jeff Simpson 4 7 2 AUS Terry Addison AUS Bob Carmichael 7 6 USA Scott Carnahan USA William Wright 6 2 SWE Björn Borg SWE Ove Bengtson 2 6 3 USA Eddie Dibbs USA Dennis Ralston 6 3 6 AUS Colin Dibley AUS Ian Fletcher 6 6 USA Joe Ragland USA Mark Shires 3 3 USA Brian Gottfried USA Paul Gerken 6 2 6 RSA 1928 Bob Maud RHO Andrew Pattison 4 6 4 3 USA Arthur Ashe USA Bob Lutz 7 6 FRA Pierre Barthès USA Billy Martin 6 4 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 6 3 6 USA Roy Barth USA Tom Leonard 3 6 1 AUS Terry Addison AUS Bob Carmichael 6 6 USA Eddie Dibbs USA Dennis Ralston 3 3 AUS Colin Dibley AUS Ian Fletcher 6 6 USA Brian Gottfried USA Paul Gerken 0 1 3 USA Arthur Ashe USA Bob Lutz 7 4 3 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 6 AUS Terry Addison AUS Bob Carmichael 3 6 7 AUS Colin Dibley AUS Ian Fletcher 6 2 5 USA Jimmy Connors USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 AUS Terry Addison AUS Bob Carmichael 4 4 Bottom half Section 3 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals FRA Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau FRA Wanaro N'Godrella 6 6 4 CHI Jaime Fillol USA Jim McManus 7 4 6 USA Gene Stuart Malin Unknown 2 2 USA Tom Gorman USA Erik van Dillen 6 6 RSA 1928 Pat Cramer RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 3 6 2 IND Anand Amritraj IND Vijay Amritraj 6 4 6 JAM Richard Russell RSA 1928 Rayno Seegers AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent w/o Unknown Unknown 4 0 USA Alex Olmedo USA Roscoe Tanner 6 6 TCH Milan Holeček USA Dick Stockton 4 0 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol USA Jim McManus 4 7 6 USA Tom Gorman USA Erik van Dillen 6 5 4 IND Anand Amritraj IND Vijay Amritraj 5 7 2 AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent 7 6 6 USA Alex Olmedo USA Roscoe Tanner 6 2 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 7 6 GBR Gerald Battrick FRA Patrice Dominguez 6 4 7 4 ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 3 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol USA Jim McManus 6 3 4 AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent 4 6 6 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 6 6 GBR Gerald Battrick FRA Patrice Dominguez 0 4 AUS John Alexander AUS Phil Dent 6 3 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei NZL Brian Fairlie 7 6 Section 4 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals ARG alt Lito Álvarez USA Jeff Austin 6 6 6 AUS Ross Case AUS Geoff Masters 7 3 4 USA Mike Machette MEX Raúl Ramírez 6 3 4 AUS Fred Stolle GBR Roger Taylor 4 6 6 USA Robert Kreiss USA Mike Kreiss YUG Nikola Pilić AUS Allan Stone w/o USA John Andrews IND Sashi Menon 4 6 2 1 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 3 6 ARG alt Lito Álvarez USA Jeff Austin 6 6 AUS Fred Stolle GBR Roger Taylor 7 7 YUG Nikola Pilić AUS Allan Stone 6 7 1 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 4 6 AUS Fred Stolle GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 YUG Nikola Pilić AUS Allan Stone 4 4 References Category:Los Angeles Open (tennis) Pacific Southwest Open Pacific Southwest Open Category:1972 Grand Prix (tennis)