1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters

The 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Masters was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on indoor hard courts in Barcelona

Barcelona

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in Spain

Spain

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. It was the 3rd edition of the Masters Grand Prix and was held from November 28 through December 2, 1972.

Singles

Ilie Năstase
Ilie Nastase
Ilie Nastase is a Romanian former professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 tennis player between 1973 and 1974 . He is one of the five players in history to win more than 100 ATP professional titles . He was inducted into the...

defeated

Stan Smith

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6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3

It was Năstase's 18th title of the year and the 34th of his career.

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