The 1972 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

The Swedish Pro Tennis Championships is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the World Championship Tennis circuit...

, and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit

1972 World Championship Tennis circuit

The 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1972. It was organized by World Championship Tennis...

. It took place at the Scandinavium

Scandinavium

Scandinavium is the primary indoor sports and event arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, the arena was built in time for the 350th year anniversary celebration of the City of Gothenburg and was inaugurated on May 18, 1971.Scandinavium...

 in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

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, from October 30 through November 5, 1972.

The singles line up featured Toronto, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Alamo and Vancouver WCT winner 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...

, US Open runner-up, Louisville and Montreal WCT champion 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...

, and Chicago WCT finalist, Boston WCT and Stockholm

1972 Stockholm Open

The 1972 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1972 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix and took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was held from November 4 through November 10, 1972.-Singles:...

 finalist 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...

. Also competing were Cleveland WCT winner Mark Cox, Richmond, Miami, Las Vegas and Alamo WCT runner-up 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...

, 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...

, Robert Lutz and Nikola Pilic

Nikola Pilic

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.

Singles

  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...

def.   Roy Emerson

Roy Emerson

Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have won singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. His 28 Grand Slam titles are an all-time record for a male...

, 6–0, 6–3, 6–1

• It was John Newcombe's 6th title of the year, and his 18th overall. It was his 6th WCT title of the year, and his 11th overall.

Doubles

  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...

/   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...

def.   Ismail El Shafei

Ismail El Shafei

Ismail El-Shafei was the Head of Egyptian Tennis Federation and Member of International Tennis Federation. El Shafei is the only Egyptian player to enter Top 40 in Grand Prix/ATP ranking history...

 /   Brian Fairlie

Brian Fairlie

Brian Fairlie, born 13 June 1948 in Christchurch, is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. During his career from 1968 to 1979 he won four titles in doubles, all with the Egyptian player Ismail El Shafei, and two singles titles...

, 6–2, 7–6

External links

• Singles Draw
• Doubles Draw