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Tennis tournament
1972 World Championship Tennis Finals
DateMay 8–14
Edition2nd
CategoryWorld Championship Tennis
Draw8S
Prize money$100,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationDallas, TX, United States
VenueMoody Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Australia Ken Rosewall
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The 1972 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 2nd edition of the WCT Finals and was the season-ending tournament of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit. The top eight points winners of the circuit qualified for the tournament which was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and ran from May 8 through May 14, 1972. Ken Rosewall won the singles title and the $50,000 first prize. The final was broadcast live in the United States by NBC and watched by an estimated 21.3 million viewers. In his book, The Education of a Tennis Player, finalist Rod Laver commented, "I think if one match can be said to have made tennis in the United States, this was it."

Final

Singles

Main article: 1972 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Australia Ken Rosewall defeated Australia Rod Laver 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6

  • It was Rosewall's 5th title of the year and the 21st of his professional career.

See also

References

  1. "1972 Dallas – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. Steve Tignor (March 12, 2015). "1972: The Rod Laver vs. Ken Rosewall WCT Final in Dallas". www.tennis.com. Tennis.com.
  3. "Rosewall Defeats Laver For Title". Herald-Journal. May 15, 1972.
  4. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 45–51. ISBN 9780671216238.
  5. Laver, Rod; Bud Collins (2009). The Education of a Tennis Player ( ed.). New York, N.Y.: New Chapter Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0942257625.

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