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1972 Belgian Open Championships

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1972 Belgian Open Championships
Date8–14 May
Edition6th
CategoryGrand Prix (Group C)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$25,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationBrussels, Belgium
VenueLeopold Club
Champions
Singles
Spain Manuel Orantes[1]
Doubles
Spain Manuel Orantes / Spain Juan Gisbert Sr.[2]
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The 1972 Belgian Open Championships was a men's tennis tournament staged at the Leopold Club in Brussels, Belgium that was part of the Grand Prix circuit and categorized as a Group C event. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from 8 May until 4 May 1972. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and Manuel Orantes won the singles title.[3]

Finals

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Singles

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Spain Manuel Orantes defeated Spain Andrés Gimeno 6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5

  • It was Orantes' 3rd singles title of the year and the 8th of his career in the Open Era.

Doubles

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Spain Manuel Orantes / Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. and Chile Patricio Cornejo / Chile Jaime Fillol 9–7, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "1972 Brussels – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "1972 Brussels – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780671216238.