1972 Clean Air Classic (II)

January 2025 1972 Clean Air Classic December 7–10 2nd $75,000 New York, United States Seventh Regiment Armory USA Charlie Pasarell USA Clark Graebner / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan GBR Virginia Wade 1973 Lady Gotham Tournament The 1972 Clean Air Classic was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament with the final played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York in the United States. It was sanctioned by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association but was not part of the official Men's Grand Prix or Women's Tennis Circuit. The Clean Air Classic was a replacement tournament for the earlier indoor tournament the Madison Square Garden Challenge Trophy.Janoff Murray The Clean Air Classic https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/missouri/st-louis/st-louis-sporting-news/1971/02-20/page-28/ 6 October 2023 St Louis Sporting News Wikipedia Library - Newspaper Archive. Com 20 February 1971 St Louis 28 It was the third edition of the tournament and second edition of the event held in 1972 the other being held from 21 to 28 February that was won by Stan Smith.Stan Smith Wins Clean Air Tennis Crown https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/california/modesto/modesto-bee-and-news-herald/1972/02-28/page-17/ 6 October 2023 Modesto Bee And News Herald Wikipedia Library - Newspaper Archive. Com 28 February 1972 Modesto, California 17 This edition was held from December 7 through December 10, 1972. The tournament utilized a distinct scoring system with points instead of the common 0-15-30-40 and a game was won by the first player to reach four points.Tennis gets streamlined look in Clean Air Classic https://www.newspapers.com/image/316567113/ The Central New Jersey Home News December 10, 1972 B9 Points were counted 1-2-3-4, just as in first grade arithmetic, and the first player to win four points won the game. Newspapers.com limited The singles titles were won by Charlie Pasarell and Virginia Wade.Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide 2011 Remous 115, 134 John DolanDavid Bird 'Clean Air' Tennis Classic helps its promoters most https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/04/archives/-clean-air-tennis-classic-helps-its-promoters-most.html The New York Times December 4, 1972For the record Sports Illustrated December 18, 1972 37 25 102 https://www.si.com/vault/issue/43312/104/1World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook 1973 Queen Anne Press London 9780671216238 312 John Barrett Finals Men's singles USA Charlie Pasarell defeated USA Pancho Gonzales 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 Men's doubles USA Clark Graebner / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan defeated USA Brian Gottfried / USA Dick Stockton 6–3, 6–2 Women's singles GBR Virginia Wade defeated USA Rosie Casals 6–3, 6–3 References Clean Air Classic Clean Air Classic Clean Air Classic