1972 Rotterdam Indoors

TennisEventInfo|1972|Rotterdam Indoors
date=November 12 – November 18
edition=1st
champs=flagicon|USA Arthur Ashe
champd=flagicon|AUS Roy Emerson / flagicon|AUS John Newcombe

The 1972 Rotterdam Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of the event known that year as the Rotterdam Indoors, and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit. It took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from November 12 through November 18, 1972.

The singles field included Toronto, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Alamo, Vancouver and Gothenburg WCT champion John Newcombe, US Open runner-up, Louisville and Montreal WCT titlist Arthur Ashe, and Chicago WCT winner, Boston WCT and Stockholm finalist Tom Okker. Also lined up were Briton Robin Drysdale, Cleveland WCT champion Mark Cox, Robert Lutz, Marty Riessen and Nikola Pilic.

Champions

ingles

flagicon|USA Arthur Ashe def. flagicon|NED Tom Okker, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
*It was Arthur Ashe's 3rd title of the year, and his 11th overall. It was his 3rd WCT title of the year, and overall.

Doubles

flagicon|AUS Roy Emerson / flagicon|AUS John Newcombe def. flagicon|USA Arthur Ashe / flagicon|USA Robert Lutz, 6–2, 6–3

External links

* [http://www.abnamrowtt.nl/home.aspx?SN=31 Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/draws.asp?tournamentID=407&tournamentyear=1972 Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/drawsdoubles.asp?TournamentID=407&TournamentYear=1972 Doubles Draw (incomplete - scores in individual profiles)]