1972 French Open – Men's doubles

1972 French Open s RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan CHI Patricio CornejoCHI Jaime Fillol 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1 57 8 1972 French Open Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen were the defending champions but none could compete this year, as both players were banned for the Grand Prix tournaments during the dispute between the ILTF and the WCT. Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan won the title by defeating Patricio Cornejo and Jaime Fillol 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1 in the final.Frew McMillan https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/frew-mcmillan 4 February 2024 International Tennis Hall of Fame Seeds The top seven seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan (champions) ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase / ROM 1965 Ion Țiriac (second round) URS Sergei Likhachev / URS Alex Metreveli (quarterfinals) USA Jimmy Connors / USA Tom Gorman (semifinals) AUS Lew Hoad / ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes (third round) CHI Patricio Cornejo / CHI Jaime Fillol (final) TCH Jan Kodeš / TCH Jan Kukal (semifinals) USA Jim McManus / USA Jim Osborne (third round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 ESP Andrés GimenoESP Antonio Muñoz TCH Jan KodešTCH Jan Kukal 7 4 6 6 3 6 8 URS Sergei LikhachevURS Alex Metreveli CHI Patricio CornejoCHI Jaime Fillol 3 6 6 3 2 6 5 7 ROM 1965 Petre MărmureanuAUS Barry Phillips-Moore USA Jimmy ConnorsUSA Tom Gorman 4 7 9 7 5 4 6 BRA 1968 Thomaz KochBRA 1968 José Edison Mandarino RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 1 5 7 3 6 TCH Jan KodešTCH Jan Kukal CHI Patricio CornejoCHI Jaime Fillol 7 6 6 4 3 6 4 6 USA Jimmy ConnorsUSA Tom Gorman RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 4 1 4 6 6 3 6 8 CHI Patricio CornejoCHI Jaime Fillol RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 1 3 6 6 8 6 3 1 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals BEL P HombergenBEL B Mignot 1 2 FRA É DerasseROM 1965 S Dron 6 6 ESP A GimenoESP A Muñoz 3 5 FRA B MontrenaudFRA B Paul 6 7 ARG R CanoARG G Vilas 5 5 FRA É HuetFRA P Seghers 7 7 Alt RSA 1928 R MooreDEN T Ulrich 2 11 ITA C BarazzuttiITA P Bertolucci 6 13 FRA P BeustFRA D Contet 5 1 USA M EstepRSA 1928 T Ryan 7 6 GRE N KalogeropoulosRHO A Pattison 9 6 6 JPN K HiraiJPN K Watanabe 11 1 1 2 ROM 1965 I NăstaseROM 1965 I Țiriac 1 6 9 BEL P HombergenBEL B Mignot 6 3 11 ESP A GimenoESP A Muñoz 21 6 ARG R CanoARG G Vilas 19 2 7 TCH J KodešTCH J Kukal 6 6 6 ITA C BarazzuttiITA P Bertolucci 2 8 1 USA M EstepRSA 1928 T Ryan 6 GRE N KalogeropoulosRHO A Pattison 1 r BEL P HombergenBEL B Mignot 2 8 4 ESP A GimenoESP A Muñoz 6 6 6 7 TCH J KodešTCH J Kukal 6 6 USA M EstepRSA 1928 T Ryan 1 1 ESP A GimenoESP A Muñoz 4 6 6 7 TCH J KodešTCH J Kukal 6 3 8 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals POL 1928 W GąsiorekPOL 1928 T Nowicki 6 2 3 FRA JB ChanfreauFRA P Joly 2 6 6 AUS D CrealyITA M Mulligan w / o FRA JF CaujolleFRA J Thamin FRA P DominguezFRA P Proisy 6 6 BOL E GorostiagaECU E Zuleta 1 1 AUS R CaseAUS J Cooper FRA J-C FauvetFRA É Loliée w / o USA C GraebnerPAK H Rahim 4 6 6 GBR D LloydAUS K Warwick 6 4 2 ITA A PanattaITA N Pietrangeli 6 6 FRA B HugonFRA J-P Olivier 1 3 3 URS S LikhachevURS A Metreveli 6 6 FRA JB ChanfreauFRA P Joly 1 3 AUS D CrealyITA M Mulligan 0 4 FRA P DominguezFRA P Proisy 6 6 6 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol 6 6 FRA J-C FauvetFRA É Loliée 1 2 USA C GraebnerPAK H Rahim 4 3 ITA A PanattaITA N Pietrangeli 6 6 3 URS S LikhachevURS A Metreveli 7 6 FRA P DominguezFRA P Proisy 5 3 6 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol 3 6 6 ITA A PanattaITA N Pietrangeli 6 3 3 3 URS S LikhachevURS A Metreveli 6 2 5 6 CHI P CornejoCHI J Fillol 3 6 7 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CHI J Pinto BravoCHI P Rodríguez 6 2 4 ROM 1965 P MărmureanuAUS B Phillips-Moore 2 6 6 CHI P ApeyCHI B Prajoux 10 6 6 USA A OlmedoUSA H Solomon 8 8 0 URS T KakuliaURS V Korotkov w / o FRA F JauffretFRA J-P Meyer ROM 1965 S MureșanROM 1965 I Sânteiu 4 5 AUS C DibleyAUS G Masters 6 7 FRA A BouteleuxFRA M Leclercq 5 1 TCH J HřebecTCH F Pála 7 6 ITA F BartoniITA P Toci 1 3 FRA P BarthèsFRA W N'Godrella 6 6 ROM 1965 P MărmureanuAUS B Phillips-Moore 6 6 CHI P ApeyCHI B Prajoux 2 0 URS T KakuliaURS V Korotkov 6 1 3 5 AUS L HoadESP 1945 M Orantes 3 6 6 AUS C DibleyAUS G Masters 6 6 TCH J HřebecTCH F Pála 1 2 FRA P BarthèsFRA W N'Godrella 1 4 4 USA J ConnorsUSA T Gorman 6 6 ROM 1965 P MărmureanuAUS B Phillips-Moore 6 8 5 AUS L HoadESP 1945 M Orantes 3 6 AUS C DibleyAUS G Masters 6 3 5 4 USA J ConnorsUSA T Gorman 4 6 7 ROM 1965 P MărmureanuAUS B Phillips-Moore 7 7 4 4 USA J ConnorsUSA T Gorman 9 5 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals JPN J KamiwazumiJPN T Sakai 4 3 YUG B JovanovićTCH V Zedník 6 6 GBR J BarrettFRA G Deniau 1 4 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 6 FRG J FassbenderFRG HJ Pohmann URS T LeiusGBR J Paish w / o FRA F BattegayFRA T Bernasconi 3 3 8 USA J McManusUSA J Osborne 6 6 FRA B De TroyeFRA P Hagelauer HUN S BaranyiHUN P Szőke w / o AUS R RheinbergerUSA S Turner 3 2 FRA JC BarclayNZL O Parun 6 6 FRA M ClaitteFRA J Laurent 3 1 ITA E Di MatteoITA A Zugarelli 6 6 YUG B JovanovićTCH V Zedník 3 1 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 6 6 URS T LeiusGBR J Paish 4 6 8 USA J McManusUSA J Osborne 6 8 HUN S BaranyiHUN P Szőke 3 3 FRA JC BarclayNZL O Parun 6 6 ITA E Di MatteoITA A Zugarelli 2 0 1 RSA 1928 B HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 6 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 5 6 6 8 USA J McManusUSA J Osborne 7 3 3 FRA JC BarclayNZL O Parun 5 1 1 RSA 1928 B HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 7 6 BRA 1968 T KochBRA 1968 JE Mandarino 5 3 1 RSA 1928 B HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 7 6 References External links Official results archive (ATP) 1972 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Men's doubles Category:1972 Grand Prix (tennis)