1972 Pacific Southwest Open – Singles

August 2023 1972 Pacific Southwest Open USA Stan Smith USA Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4 64 (8Q) 16 singles doubles Los Angeles Open (tennis)Los Angeles Open The 1972 Pacific Southwest Open – Singles 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. The draw comprised 64 players of which 16 were seeded. Eight players qualified via a 64-man qualifying and a 203-man pre-qualifying event. Pancho Gonzales was the defending Pacific Southwest Open champion but was defeated in the quarterfinals. Third-seeded Stan Smith won the title by defeating 13th-seeded Roscoe Tanner in the final, 6–4, 6–4.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 – Singles draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/1972/draws?matchType=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em 1 1ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase (third round) 2 4USA Arthur Ashe (third round) 3 3USA Stan Smith (champion) 4 2AUS Ken Rosewall (quarterfinals) 5 1ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes (quarterfinals) 6 4USA Marty Riessen (third round) 7 3USA Bob Lutz (first round) 8 2NED Tom Okker (semifinals) 9 3AUS Fred Stolle (first round) 10 1USA Charlie Pasarell (first round) 11 2GBR Mark Cox (second round) 12 4USA Tom Gorman (semifinals) 13 1USA Roscoe Tanner (final) 14 3RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt (third round) 15 2USA Jimmy Connors (third round) 16 4GBR Roger Taylor (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 7 6 5 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 6 4 4 AUS Ken Rosewall 7 2 3 8 NED Tom Okker 5 6 6 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 6 6 3 3 USA Stan Smith 7 4 6 12 USA Tom Gorman 6 4 6 AUS Bob Carmichael 4 6 3 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 6 7 8 NED Tom Okker 4 6 3 USA Stan Smith 6 3 6 12 USA Tom Gorman 4 6 3 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 4 4 3 USA Stan Smith 6 6 Top half Section 1 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals 1 ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase 6 7 AUS John Cooper 2 5 FRA Pierre Barthès 6 1 USA Tom Edlefsen 7 6 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 6 7 6 AUS Ian Fletcher 7 6 3 USA Pancho Gonzales 6 7 SWE Ove Bengtson 4 6 5 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 6 6 RSA 1928 Bob Maud 4 2 USA Frank Froehling 5 2 FRA Patrice Dominguez 7 6 10 USA Charlie Pasarell 6 3 6 USA Jim McManus 4 6 7 AUS John Alexander 6 6 USA Alex Olmedo 3 4 1 ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase 7 6 USA Tom Edlefsen 6 3 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 7 7 USA Pancho Gonzales 6 6 5 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 6 6 7 FRA Patrice Dominguez 7 4 5 USA Jim McManus 6 3 AUS John Alexander 7 6 1 ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase 7 4 2 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 5 6 6 5 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 6 6 7 AUS John Alexander 4 7 6 13 USA Roscoe Tanner 7 6 5 ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes 6 4 Section 2 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals 4 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 RSA 1928 Pat Cramer 2 2 PAK Haroon Rahim 6 6 6 USA Roy Barth 4 7 3 15 USA Jimmy Connors 6 6 USA Paul Gerken 4 2 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei 6 6 USA Jeff Austin 4 4 8 NED Tom Okker 6 6 IND Anand Amritraj 2 0 AUS Colin Dibley 4 2 USA Mike Estep 6 6 11 GBR Mark Cox 7 6 FRA Wanaro N'Godrella 6 2 USA Jeff Borowiak 6 5 6 AUS Ross Case 3 7 3 4 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 PAK Haroon Rahim 3 4 15 USA Jimmy Connors 6 6 EGY 1972 Ismail El Shafei 2 4 8 NED Tom Okker 6 6 USA Mike Estep 1 3 11 GBR Mark Cox 4 4 USA Jeff Borowiak 6 6 4 AUS Ken Rosewall 6 6 15 USA Jimmy Connors 3 2 8 NED Tom Okker 6 6 USA Jeff Borowiak 3 4 4 AUS Ken Rosewall 7 2 3 8 NED Tom Okker 5 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals USA William Brown 2r CHI Jaime Fillol 4 TCH Milan Holeček 6 6 9 AUS Fred Stolle 1 3 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 6 7 NZL Onny Parun 1 5 MEX Raúl Ramírez 7 6 7 USA Bob Lutz 6 3 AUS Allan Stone 4 3 YUG Nikola Pilić 6 6 USA Brian Gottfried 7 3 4 14 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 5 6 6 NZL Brian Fairlie 7 6 GBR Gerald Battrick 6 2 IND Vijay Amritraj 2 6 3 USA Stan Smith 6 7 CHI Jaime Fillol 7 6 TCH Milan Holeček 6 3 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 6 6 MEX Raúl Ramírez 3 4 YUG Nikola Pilić 6 0 14 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 7 6 NZL Brian Fairlie 7 3 3 3 USA Stan Smith 6 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol 3 7 6 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 6 6 7 14 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt 3 6 3 3 USA Stan Smith 6 4 6 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 6 6 3 3 USA Stan Smith 7 4 6 Section 4 First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals USA Dick Stockton 4 AUS Ray Ruffels 2r USA Rick Fisher 3 5 12 USA Tom Gorman 6 7 FRA Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 7 6 1 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 7 6 AUS Geoff Masters 4 2 6 USA Marty Riessen 6 6 USA Erik van Dillen 6 6 3 AUS Bob Carmichael 7 3 6 USA Charles Owens 6 3 1 16 GBR Roger Taylor 1 6 6 GBR Graham Stilwell 3 1 RHO Andrew Pattison 6 6 USA Eddie Dibbs 7 3 5 2 USA Arthur Ashe 6 6 7 USA Dick Stockton 3 4 12 USA Tom Gorman 6 6 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 2 4 6 USA Marty Riessen 6 6 AUS Bob Carmichael 7 6 16 GBR Roger Taylor 5 2 RHO Andrew Pattison 4 4 2 USA Arthur Ashe 6 6 12 USA Tom Gorman 7 6 6 6 USA Marty Riessen 5 7 2 AUS Bob Carmichael 6 4 6 2 USA Arthur Ashe 3 6 3 12 USA Tom Gorman 6 4 6 AUS Bob Carmichael 4 6 3 References Category:Los Angeles Open (tennis) Pacific Southwest Open Pacific Southwest Open Category:1972 Grand Prix (tennis)