1972 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

TennisEventInfo|1972|Swedish Pro Tennis Championships
date=October 30 – November 5
edition=1st
champs=flagicon|AUS John Newcombe
champd=flagicon|NED Tom Okker / flagicon|USA Marty Riessen

The 1972 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of Swedish Pro Tennis Championships, and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit. It took place at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, 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, US Open runner-up, Louisville and Montreal WCT champion Arthur Ashe, and Chicago WCT titlist, Boston WCT and Stockholm finalist Tom Okker. Also competing were Cleveland WCT winner Mark Cox, Richmond, Miami, Las Vegas and Alamo WCT runner-up Cliff Drysdale, Marty Riessen, Robert Lutz and Nikola Pilic.

Champions

ingles

flagicon|AUS John Newcombe def. flagicon|AUS Roy Emerson, 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

flagicon|NED Tom Okker / flagicon|USA Marty Riessen def. flagicon|EGY Ismail El Shafei / flagicon|NZL Brian Fairlie, 6–2, 7–6

External links

* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/draws.asp?TournamentID=508&TournamentYear=1972 Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/drawsDoubles.asp?TournamentID=508&TournamentYear=1972 Doubles Draw]