1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters – Singles

1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters
Champion :   Romania Ilie Năstase
Runner-up :   United States Stan Smith
Final score :   63, 62, 36, 26, 63

Ilie Năstase was the defending champion and won in the final 63, 62, 36, 26, 63 against Stan Smith.

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                                 
     Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6 6      
   United States Jimmy Connors 2 3 2      
     Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6 3 2 6
     United States Stan Smith 3 2 6 6 3
   United States Tom Gorman 7 5 7 5 r
     United States Stan Smith 6 7 5 4    

Group A

  Romania Năstase United States Gorman Spain Orantes South Africa Hewitt RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
  Romania Ilie Năstase 62, 63 63, 64 64, 64 30 60 3620 1
  United States Tom Gorman 26, 36 63, 64 64, 62 21 42 2925 2
  Spain Manuel Orantes 36, 46 36, 46 63, 63 12 24 2630 3
  South Africa Bob Hewitt 46, 46 36, 46 36, 36 03 06 2036 4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

Group B

  United States Smith United States Connors Czechoslovakia Kodeš Spain Gimeno RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
  United States Stan Smith 36, 62, 75 61, 60 62, 36, 63 30 62 4325 1
  United States Jimmy Connors 63, 26, 57 64, 63 63, 67, 62 21 53 4335 2
  Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 16, 06 46, 36 63, 62 12 24 2029 3
  Spain Andrés Gimeno 26, 63, 36 36, 76, 26 36, 26 03 26 2845 4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

See also

References

1972 Masters Singles Draw