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1972 Belgian Open Championships
Date	8–14 May
Edition	6th
Category	Grand Prix (Group C)
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$25,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	Leopold Club
Champions
Singles
Manuel Orantes
Doubles
Manuel Orantes / Juan Gisbert Sr.
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The 1972 Belgian Open Championships was a men's tennis tournament staged at the Leopold Club in Brussels, Belgium that was part of the Grand Prix circuit and categorized as a Group C event. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 8 May until 4 May 1972. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and Manuel Orantes won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Manuel Orantes defeated Andrés Gimeno 6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5

• It was Orantes' 3rd singles title of the year and the 8th of his career in the Open Era.

Doubles

Manuel Orantes / Juan Gisbert Sr. and Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol 9–7, 6–3

References

1. "1972 Brussels – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "1972 Brussels – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
3. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780671216238.

• 1972 Grand Prix (tennis)
• 1972 in Belgian tennis
• Tennis tournaments in Belgium