Wimbledon 1972

ATP · Grass · 127 singles matches · All champions

Stan Smith won the title, beating Ilie Nastase 4–6 6–3 6–3 4–6 7–5 in the final.

Latest results

  • Semifinal: Stan Smith def. Jan Kodes 3–6 6–4 6–1 7–5
  • Semifinal: Ilie Nastase def. Manuel Orantes 6–3 6–4 6–4
  • Quarterfinal: Stan Smith def. Alex Metreveli 6–2 8–6 6–2
  • Quarterfinal: Jan Kodes def. Onny Parun 6–2 6–3 6–4

Wimbledon 1972 1972

Defending champion
Gerald Battrick

Ranking points by round

Champion2,000
Runner-up1,300
Semifinal800
Quarterfinal400
Round of 16200
Round of 32100
Round of 6450
Round of 12810
Qualifier bonus30

Recent finals

YearChampionRunner-up
1971Gerald BattrickBob Hewitt
1970John AlexanderTom Gorman
1969Fred StolleJohn Newcombe
1968Bob HewittBob Lutz

Matches by round

127 finished

Final

1 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith146647
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase263365

Semifinals

2 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith13667
🇨🇿Jan Kodes56415
Fin
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase2666
🇪🇸Manuel Orantes3344

Quarterfinals

4 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith1686
🇷🇺Alex Metreveli8262
Fin
🇨🇿Jan Kodes5666
🇳🇿Onny Parun234
Fin
🇪🇸Manuel Orantes3666
🇦🇺Colin Dibley202
Fin
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase2666
🇺🇸Jimmy Connors441

Round of 16

8 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith18466
🇦🇺Ian Fletcher6624
Fin
🇷🇺Alex Metreveli8666
🇿🇦Pat Cramer313
Fin
🇳🇿Onny Parun866
🇨🇿Jiri Hrebec944
Fin
🇨🇿Jan Kodes5666
🇺🇸Jim Mcmanus244
Fin
🇦🇺Colin Dibley8666
🇫🇷Pierre Barthes69321
Fin
🇪🇸Manuel Orantes364646
🇷🇴Ion Tiriac46363
Fin
🇺🇸Jimmy Connors666
🇫🇷Francois Jauffret233
Fin
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase26386
🇺🇸Tom Gorman3661

Round of 32

16 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith16739
🇺🇸Sandy MayerQ3567
Fin
🇦🇺Ian Fletcher666
🇨🇿Frantisek Pala101
Fin
🇷🇺Alex Metreveli87636
🇬🇧John Paish5364
Fin
🇿🇦Pat Cramer969
🇺🇸Mike EstepQ847
Fin
🇳🇿Onny Parun6499
🇩🇪Wilhelm Bungert4677
Fin
🇨🇿Jiri Hrebec4686
URSTeimuraz Kakulia6361
Fin
🇨🇿Jan Kodes5666
🇺🇸Dan BleckingerQ032
Fin
🇺🇸Jim Mcmanus666
🇧🇪Patrick Hombergen041
Fin
🇦🇺Colin Dibley969
🇺🇸Roscoe Tanner848
Fin
🇫🇷Pierre Barthes66656
🇺🇸Dick Stockton3374
Fin
🇷🇴Ion Tiriac866
🇦🇺Barry Phillips Moore612
Fin
🇪🇸Manuel Orantes3666
🇮🇹Nicola Pietrangeli221
Fin
🇫🇷Francois Jauffret866
🇺🇸Erik Van Dillen614
Fin
🇺🇸Jimmy Connors6068
🇮🇹Adriano Panatta3646
Fin
🇺🇸Tom Gorman67248
🇨🇱Jaime Fillol45666
Fin
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase2966
🇩🇪Jurgen Fassbender834

Round of 64

32 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith1696
ZIMHank Irvine483
Fin
🇺🇸Sandy MayerQ8666
🇯🇵Toshiro Sakai9324
Fin
🇦🇺Ian Fletcher6616
🇵🇪Alejandro Olmedo0463
Fin
🇨🇿Frantisek Pala47276
🇦🇹Hans Kary65652
Fin
🇷🇺Alex Metreveli87666
🇫🇷Patrice Dominguez9144
Fin
🇬🇧John Paish676
🇩🇰Torben Ulrich352
Fin
🇿🇦Pat Cramer676
🇫🇷Patrick Proisy354
Fin
🇺🇸Mike EstepQ666
🇯🇵Jun Kamiwazumi422
Fin
🇳🇿Onny Parun68686
🇪🇸Andres Gimeno446894
Fin
🇩🇪Wilhelm Bungert56066
🇦🇺John Cooper74623
Fin
URSTeimuraz Kakulia9466
🇬🇧David Lloyd8634
Fin
🇨🇿Jiri Hrebec666
🇭🇺Szabolcz Baranyi224
Fin
🇨🇿Jan Kodes5666
🇺🇸Butch SeewagenQ012
Fin
🇺🇸Dan BleckingerQ6619
🇨🇿Milan Holecek4467
Fin
🇺🇸Jim Mcmanus668
🇮🇳Vijay Amritraj126
Fin
🇧🇪Patrick Hombergen5866
🇫🇷Wanaro N'Godrella7634
Fin
🇦🇺Colin Dibley668
🇺🇸Richard Gonzalez336
Fin
🇺🇸Roscoe Tanner666
🇦🇺Allan McDonald224
Fin
🇺🇸Dick Stockton966
🇬🇧Buster C Mottram814
Fin
🇫🇷Pierre Barthes6666
🇪🇸Juan Gisbert424
Fin
🇦🇺Barry Phillips Moore9636
🇦🇺Syd Ball8162
Fin
🇷🇴Ion Tiriac699
🇺🇸Brian Gottfried478
Fin
🇮🇹Nicola Pietrangeli2867
🇨🇴Ivan Molina6635
Fin
🇪🇸Manuel Orantes3666
🇦🇺Dick Crealy232
Fin
🇺🇸Erik Van Dillen34666
🇩🇪Karl Meiler66144
Fin
🇫🇷Francois Jauffret666
🇬🇧John Feaver234
Fin
🇮🇹Adriano Panatta9889
🇨🇿Jan Kukal8968
Fin
🇺🇸Jimmy Connors678
🇬🇷Nicholas Kalogeropoulos356
Fin
🇺🇸Tom Gorman667
🇿🇦Raymond Moore445
Fin
🇨🇱Jaime Fillol4876
🇦🇺Geoff Masters6654
Fin
🇩🇪Jurgen Fassbender6697
🇮🇳Premjit Lall4875
Fin
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase26466
🇺🇸Clark Graebner3612

Round of 128

64 finished
Fin
🇺🇸Stan Smith1666
🇩🇪Hans Joachim Ploetz113
Fin
ZIMHank Irvine67656
🇦🇺Alvin GardinerQ29274
Fin
🇯🇵Toshiro Sakai696
🇨🇱Patricio Cornejo483
Fin
🇺🇸Sandy MayerQ46656
🇬🇧Stanley Matthews63373
Fin
🇦🇺Ian Fletcher666
🇫🇷Jean Loup Rouyer433
Fin
🇵🇪Alejandro Olmedo4666
🇩🇰Jorgen Ulrich6334
Fin
🇨🇿Frantisek Pala696
🇦🇺Bill DurhamQ384
Fin
🇦🇹Hans Kary86836
🇭🇺Peter Szoke63960
Fin
🇷🇺Alex Metreveli8686
🇮🇹Pietro MarzanoQ264
Fin
🇫🇷Patrice Dominguez6467
🇳🇿Jeff Simpson3615
Fin
🇩🇰Torben Ulrich63
🇬🇧John Clifton20
Fin
🇬🇧John Paish7696
🇺🇸Gene ScottQ9483
Fin
🇫🇷Patrick Proisy6986
🇷🇺Sergei Likhachev4894
Fin
🇿🇦Pat Cramer676
🇭🇺Istvan Gulyas454
Fin
🇺🇸Mike EstepQ6766
🇫🇷Jean Claude Barclay3584
Fin
🇯🇵Jun Kamiwazumi687
🇬🇧Paul HutchinsQ365
Fin
🇪🇸Andres Gimeno4666
🇬🇧Ken Weatherley124
Fin
🇳🇿Onny Parun676
🇿🇦Andre Van Der Merwe ALL252
Fin
🇦🇺John Cooper2667
🇬🇧John De Mendoza6325
Fin
🇩🇪Wilhelm Bungert61466
🇮🇹Ezio Di Matteo36643
Fin
URSTeimuraz Kakulia9776
🇦🇺Ray Keldie7594
Fin
🇬🇧David Lloyd996
🇺🇸Dick KnightQ884
Fin
🇨🇿Jiri Hrebec777
🇦🇷Guillermo Vilas555
Fin
🇭🇺Szabolcz Baranyi666
🇷🇴Peter Marmureanu340
Fin
🇨🇿Jan Kodes56466
🇨🇱Patricio Rodriguez Chi1611
Fin
🇺🇸Butch SeewagenQ6796
🇦🇺Peter Doerner2984
Fin
🇨🇿Milan Holecek6399
🇫🇷Jean Paul Meyer3687
Fin
🇺🇸Dan BleckingerQ866
🇿🇦Derek Schroder623
Fin
🇮🇳Vijay Amritraj79326
🇺🇸Jeff AustinQ58664
Fin
🇺🇸Jim Mcmanus666
🇮🇹Paolo Bertolucci233
Fin
🇫🇷Wanaro N'Godrella486711
🇦🇺Bill Lloyd69459
Fin
🇧🇪Patrick Hombergen56566
🇺🇸Dick BohrnstedtQ71743
Fin
🇦🇺Colin Dibley666
🇿🇦Terry Ryan342
Fin
🇺🇸Richard Gonzalez676
🇪🇸Antonio Munoz251
Fin
🇺🇸Roscoe Tanner62677
🇪🇸Jairo Velasco36495
Fin
🇦🇺Allan McDonald6366
🇨🇱Jaime Pinto Bravo4630
Fin
🇬🇧Buster C Mottram66327
🇺🇸Jim Osborne42665
Fin
🇺🇸Dick Stockton84666
🇧🇷Thomaz Koch96324
Fin
🇪🇸Juan Gisbert6266
🇺🇸Harold Solomon3620
Fin
🇫🇷Pierre Barthes6796
🇫🇷Jean Baptiste Chanfreau583
Fin
🇦🇺Barry Phillips Moore666
🇲🇽Joaquin Loyo Mayo322
Fin
🇦🇺Syd Ball6476
🇿🇦Frew Mcmillan4653
Fin
🇷🇴Ion Tiriac6657
🇮🇹Antonio Zugarelli4275
Fin
🇺🇸Brian Gottfried669
🇨🇿Vladimir Zednik227
Fin
🇮🇹Nicola Pietrangeli666
🇺🇸Bob StockQ434
Fin
🇨🇴Ivan Molina3666
🇺🇸Andrew Pattison6243
Fin
🇦🇺Dick Crealy9617
🇷🇸Nicola Spear7265
Fin
🇪🇸Manuel Orantes3876
🇫🇷Georges Goven654
Fin
🇩🇪Karl Meiler666
🇧🇷Jose Edison Mandarino421
Fin
🇺🇸Erik Van Dillen786
🇺🇸Sherwood StewartQ561
Fin
🇫🇷Francois Jauffret17867
🇸🇪Ove Bengtson65915
Fin
🇬🇧John Feaver49636
🇮🇹Corrado Barazzutti68260
Fin
🇨🇿Jan Kukal48668
🇦🇷Tito VazquezQ69446
Fin
🇮🇹Adriano Panatta68466
🇦🇺Neale Fraser49641
Fin
🇬🇷Nicholas Kalogeropoulos6166
🇬🇧Stephen Warboys1634
Fin
🇺🇸Jimmy Connors697
🇿🇦Bob Hewitt7375
Fin
🇿🇦Raymond Moore666
🇳🇿Robert ClarkeLL210
Fin
🇺🇸Tom Gorman666
🇧🇪Bernard Mignot442
Fin
🇨🇱Jaime Fillol6946
🇦🇺Kim Warwick0763
Fin
🇦🇺Geoff Masters884612
🇮🇳Anand Amritraj966310
Fin
🇩🇪Jurgen Fassbender4776
🇦🇺Lew Hoad6554
Fin
🇮🇳Premjit Lall56636
🇺🇸Paul GerkenQ73263
Fin
🇺🇸Clark Graebner6366
🇮🇳Jaidip Mukerjea2643
Fin
🇷🇴Ilie Nastase2666
🇦🇺John Bartlett422