1972 US Open - Men's Singles
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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 Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...

 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles title at the 1972 US Open.

See also:
1972 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
1972 U.S. Open - Women's Singles
Billie Jean King defeated Kerry Melville 6–3 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1972 US Open.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

1972 U.S. Open - Men's Doubles
1972 U.S. Open - Women's Doubles
1972 U.S. Open - Mixed Doubles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. 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...

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Stan Smith
    Stan Smith
    Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  2.   Ken Rosewall
    Ken Rosewall
    Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...

     (Second round)

  3.   Rod Laver
    Rod Laver
    Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...

     (Fourth round)

  4.   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...

     (Champion)

  5.   John Newcombe
    John Newcombe
    John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former World No. 1 tennis player.-Biography:He won seven Grand Slam singles titles, A natural athlete, Newcombe played several sports as a boy until devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of...

     (Third round)

  6.   Arthur Ashe
    Arthur Ashe
    Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...

     (Finalist)

  7.   Tom Okker
    Tom Okker
    Thomas S. Okker is a former Dutch tennis player. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world # 3 in 1969. He also was ranked World # 1 in doubles in 1969.-Tennis career:Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through...

     (Third round)

  8.   Jan Kodeš
    Jan Kodeš
    Jan Kodeš is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kodeš's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final...

     (Second round)



  1.   Marty Riessen
    Marty Riessen
    Marty Riessen played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings...

     (Third round)

  2.   Manuel Orantes
    Manuel Orantes
    Manuel Orantes Corral was a tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final.-Career:...

     (Third round)

  3.   Cliff Drysdale
    Cliff Drysdale
    Cliff Drysdale is a former top-ranked professional tennis player of the 1960s and early 1970s who became a well-known tennis announcer. He was one of the Handsome Eight, signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed World Championship Tennis group...

     (Fourth round)

  4.   Cliff Richey
    Cliff Richey
    Cliff Richey played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the brother of fellow player Nancy Richey....

     (Semifinalist)

  5.   Bob Lutz (Fourth round)

  6.   Andrés Gimeno
    Andrés Gimeno
    Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera is a retired Spanish tennis player. He major achievement came in 1972, when he won the French Open....

     (Fourth round)

  7.   Jimmy Connors
    Jimmy Connors
    James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....

     (First round)

  8.   Bob Hewitt
    Bob Hewitt
    Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...

     (Fourth round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Final Eight

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