1972 Queen's Club Championships – Men's Doubles

1972 Queen's Club Championships
Champions   United States Jim McManus
United States Jim Osborne
Runners-up   West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
Final score   4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women
Queen's Club Championships
 < 1971 1973 > 

Tom Okker and Marty Riessen were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.

Jim McManus and Jim Osborne won the title, defeating Jürgen Fassbender and Karl Meiler 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final.

Seeds

  1. United States Stan Smith / United States Erik Van Dillen (Second Round, withdrew)
  2. United States Clark Graebner / United States Dick Stockton (First Round)
  3. Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev / Soviet Union Alex Metreveli (First Round)
  4. India Premjit Lall / India Jaidip Mukherjea (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
     West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
 West Germany Karl Meiler
8 8    
   United States Brian Gottfried
 South Africa Frew McMillan
6 6    
     West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
 West Germany Karl Meiler
6 3 5
     United States Jim McManus
 United States Jim Osborne
4 6 7
   United States Jim McManus
 United States Jim Osborne
6 6  
     Australia John Cooper
 Australia Neale Fraser
4 0    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1  United States S Smith
 United States E Van Dillen
6 6 7  
   United Kingdom B Mottram
 Argentina G Vilas
8 2 5     1  United States S Smith
 United States E Van Dillen
       
   United States A Olmedo
 United States R Tanner
9 6          United States A Olmedo
 United States R Tanner
w/o      
   South Africa P Cramer
 South Africa R Moore
8 4            United States A Olmedo
 United States R Tanner
8 6 3  
   Sweden ON Bengtson
 Czechoslovakia V Zedník
8 6            West Germany J Fassbender
 West Germany K Meiler
9 3 6  
   India A Amritraj
 India V Amritraj
6 3          Sweden ON Bengtson
 Czechoslovakia V Zedník
4 2  
   West Germany J Fassbender
 West Germany K Meiler
6 6          West Germany J Fassbender
 West Germany K Meiler
6 6    
   Australia K Fletcher
 Brazil JE Mandarino
4 2            West Germany J Fassbender
 West Germany K Meiler
8 8  
4  India P Lall
 India J Mukherjea
6 8 6          United States B Gottfried
 South Africa F McMillan
6 6  
   Colombia I Molina
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Špear
4 9 3     4  India P Lall
 India J Mukherjea
7 6    
   Italy A Panatta
 Italy N Pietrangeli
7 7          Italy A Panatta
 Italy N Pietrangeli
5 3    
   United States Tony Vincent
 United States G Mulloy
5 5         4  India P Lall
 India J Mukherjea
1 8  
   France J-C Barclay
 Australia B Phillips-Moore
w/o              United States B Gottfried
 South Africa F McMillan
6 9    
   United States J Connors
 United States T Gorman
             France J-C Barclay
 Australia B Phillips-Moore
3 4  
   United States B Gottfried
 South Africa F McMillan
6 6          United States B Gottfried
 South Africa F McMillan
6 6    
   Soviet Union T Kakoulia
 West Germany Hans-Joachim Ploetz
4 2    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
   United Kingdom S Matthews
 United Kingdom Stephen Warboys
4 5    
   Australia C Dibley
 Australia G Masters
6 7          Australia C Dibley
 Australia G Masters
8 8 3  
   United Kingdom J Feaver
 New Zealand O Parun
4 9 4        United States J McManus
 United States J Osborne
9 6 6  
   United States J McManus
 United States J Osborne
6 8 6          United States J McManus
 United States J Osborne
7 4 9  
   Japan J Kamiwazumi
 Japan T Sakai
6 2            Australia S Ball
 Australia J Bartlett
5 6 7  
   Australia S Ball
 Australia J Bartlett
8 6          Australia S Ball
 Australia J Bartlett
1 9 6
   Australia Peter Doerner
 Australia R Keldie
6 6          Australia P Doerner
 Australia R Keldie
6 7 3  
3  Soviet Union S Likhachev
 Soviet Union A Metreveli
3 4            United States J McManus
 United States J Osborne
6 6  
   Mexico J Loyo-Mayo
 Mexico V Zarazúa
5 6 7          Australia J Cooper
 Australia N Fraser
4 0  
   South Africa Terry Ryan
 South Africa Derek Schroder
7 4 5        Mexico J Loyo-Mayo
 Mexico V Zarazúa
7 6    
   Italy C Barazzutti
 Italy A Zugarelli
4 6          United States RP Gonzales
 
5 4    
   United States RP Gonzales
 
6 8            Mexico J Loyo-Mayo
 Mexico V Zarazúa
6 3 12
   Italy P Bertolucci
 Italy Ezio di Matteo
4 9 6          Australia J Cooper
 Australia N Fraser
4 6 14  
   United Kingdom D Lloyd
 United Kingdom J Paish
6 7 3        Italy P Bertolucci
 Italy E di Matteo
4 5  
   Australia J Cooper
 Australia N Fraser
6 3 6        Australia J Cooper
 Australia N Fraser
6 7    
2  United States C Graebner
 United States D Stockton
3 6 3  

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