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1972 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles
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1972 Wimbledon Championships SWE Björn Borg GBR Buster Mottram 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles grand slam
1972 Wimbledon Championships
Björn Borg defeated Buster Mottram in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/boyssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 13 August 2017
Borg was just 1956 6 6 1972 7 9 old when he won the Wimbledon Boys’ crown, and in 1976, at 1956 6 6 1976 7 3 old, he would become the first man in the Open Era to win the Boys’ and Gentlemen’s crown at Wimbledon.
Draw
Finals
Semifinals Final 180 GBR Buster Mottram 6 9 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 4 8 ITA Carlo Borea 4 4 SWE Björn Borg 6 6 GBR Buster Mottram 3 6 5 SWE Björn Borg 6 4 7
Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals MON Bernard Balleret 0 0 GBR Buster Mottram 6 6 ESP 1945 Salvador Cabeza 6 4 6 POL 1928 R Szczepanik 3 6 2 DEN N Rathlev 2 6 2 IND N Bhanumurthy 6 4 6 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 LIB Z Zaydan 0 0 IRL D Heavey 5 3 FIN T Peltonen 7 6 FRG Ulrich Pinner 6 3 6 AUS Paul Kronk 2 6 4 CAN Kosti Killas 6 6 POR C Almeida 2 2 NOR O Faye 1 0 GBR C Mottram 6 6 ESP 1945 S Cabeza 6 6 6 IND N Bhanumurthy 1 8 2 USA V Gerulaitis 6 6 FIN T Peltonen 1 0 FRG U Pinner 6 6 CAN K Killas 2 4 GBR C Mottram 8 6 ESP 1945 S Cabeza 6 2 USA V Gerulaitis 6 6 FRG U Pinner 2 3 GBR C Mottram 6 9 USA V Gerulaitis 4 8
Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals BEL J Grandjean 9 6 2 URS 1955 Aleksandr Bogomolov 7 8 6 FRA Hervé Gauvain 2 6 6 NED Wouter Fok 6 4 8 PAK IA Majid 2 2 ITA Carlo Borea 6 6 ISR Yair Wertheimer 6 6 AUT P Riegler 2 3 YUG B Tončić 0 2 SWE Björn Borg 6 6 SUD AF Toubia 0 1 NZL Russell Simpson 6 6 URS 1955 A Bogomolov 6 3 6 NED W Fok 4 6 3 ITA C Borea 7 6 ISR Y Wertheimer 5 1 SWE B Borg 6 6 NZL R Simpson 4 4 CHI Belus Prajoux 6 6 SUI R Kronig 1 0 URS 1955 A Bogomolov 2 6 ITA C Borea 6 8 SWE B Borg 6 5 6 CHI C Prajoux 4 7 4 ITA C Borea 4 4 SWE B Borg 6 6
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1972 BS
Boys' Singles
Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Boys' singles