1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit

1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit

Details
Duration	4 December 1971 – 2 February 1972
Edition	2nd
Tournaments	8
Achievements
Most tournament titles	Ilie Năstase (2)
Most tournament finals	Jimmy Connors (3)
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The 1972 USLTA Indoor Circuit was a professional tennis circuit held in the United States that year. It consisted of eight tournaments and was organized by Bill Riordan and sanctioned by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA).^{[1] [2]}

Players who reached at least the quarter-finals of the six top tournaments received ranking points. Ilie Năstase won the first prize of $15,000 from a total bonus pool of $50,000 which was linked to the Boise Cascade Classic series of 13 U.S. indoor tournaments.^[3]

Schedule

January

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 January	Baltimore, Maryland, USA [4] Hard – S16/D8	Ilie Năstase 1–6, 6–4, 7–6	Jimmy Connors	Clark Graebner Pierre Barthes	Jaime Fillol Ion Țiriac Frank Froehling Haroon Rahim
12 January	Jacksonville International Invitation Jacksonville, USA	Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–4	Clark Graebner	Jaime Fillol Gerald Battrick
		Jim Osborne Jim McManus 4–6, 7–6, 6–4	Vladimír Zedník Frank Froehling
21 January	Roanoke, Virginia, USA Hard – S4	Jimmy Connors 6–4, 7–6	Vladimír Zedník	Frank Froehling Jaime Fillol

February

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 February	Omaha, Nebraska, USA Hard – S16/S16	Ilie Năstase 2–6, 6–1, 6–1	Ion Țiriac	Georges Goven Jimmy Connors	Jaime Fillol Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes Thomaz Koch
1 February	Cleveland, Ohio, USA Hard – S16/S16	Vladimír Zedník 7–6, 6–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3	Haroon Rahim	Pierre Barthes Ove Nils Bengtson
6 February	Des Moines, Iowa, USA S16/S16	Pancho Gonzales 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Georges Goven	Haroon Rahim Juan Gisbert	Cliff Richey Thomaz Koch Jim Osborne Gerald Battrick
	Kansas City, Missouri, USA S16/S16	Tom Edlefsen 6–3, 6–3	Erik Van Dillen	Pierre Barthes Željko Franulović	Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac Clark Graebner
		Ion Țiriac Ilie Năstase 6–7, 6–4, 7–6	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes

December

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 January	Clean Air Classic Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, USA Hard –S16/D8	Charlie Pasarell 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Pancho Gonzales	Ove Nils Bengtson Frew McMillan	Jaime Fillol Ion Țiriac Frank Froehling Haroon Rahim

See also

• 1972 Grand Prix circuit
• 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit

References