1972 French Open – Men's doubles
Appearance
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1972 French Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | South Africa Bob Hewitt South Africa Frew McMillan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Runners-up | Chile Patricio Cornejo Chile Jaime Fillol | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Score | 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1972 tennis event results
Main article: 1972 French Open
Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen were the defending champions but none could compete this year, as both players were banned for the Grand Prix tournaments during the dispute between the ILTF and the WCT.
Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan won the title by defeating Patricio Cornejo and Jaime Fillol 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–1 in the final.[1]
Seeds
[edit ]The top seven seeds received a bye to the second round.
- South Africa Bob Hewitt / South Africa Frew McMillan (champions)
- Romania Ilie Năstase / Romania Ion Țiriac (second round)
- Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev / Soviet Union Alex Metreveli (quarterfinals)
- United States Jimmy Connors / United States Tom Gorman (semifinals)
- Australia Lew Hoad / Spain Manuel Orantes (third round)
- Chile Patricio Cornejo / Chile Jaime Fillol (final)
- Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš / Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal (semifinals)
- United States Jim McManus / United States Jim Osborne (third round)
Draw
[edit ]Key
[edit ]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Top half
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
Bottom half
[edit ]Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
Romania P Mărmureanu
Australia B Phillips-Moore 2 6 6 Romania P Mărmureanu
Australia B Phillips-Moore 6 6
Australia B Phillips-Moore 2 6 6 Romania P Mărmureanu
Australia B Phillips-Moore 6 6
United States A Olmedo
United States H Solomon 8 8 0 Romania P Mărmureanu
Australia B Phillips-Moore 6 8
United States H Solomon 8 8 0 Romania P Mărmureanu
Australia B Phillips-Moore 6 8
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia B Jovanović
Czechoslovakia V Zedník 6 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia B Jovanović
Czechoslovakia V Zedník 3 1
Czechoslovakia V Zedník 6 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia B Jovanović
Czechoslovakia V Zedník 3 1
West Germany J Fassbender
West Germany HJ Pohmann 8 United States J McManus
United States J Osborne 7 3 3
West Germany HJ Pohmann 8 United States J McManus
United States J Osborne 7 3 3
References
[edit ]- ^ "Frew McMillan". International Tennis Hall of Fame . Retrieved 4 February 2024.