1972 in Sports - Tennis

Tennis

  • Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
    1. Australian Open – Ken Rosewall
    2. French Open – Andrés Gimeno
    3. Wimbledon championships – Stan Smith
    4. US Open – Ilie Năstase
  • Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
    1. Australian Open – Virginia Wade
    2. French Open – Billie Jean King
    3. Wimbledon championships – Billie Jean King
    4. US Open – Billie Jean King (first player in Open Era to repeat as singles champion)
  • Davis Cup – United States wins 3–2 over Romania in world tennis.

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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:

    “[My one tennis book] was very, very old. It had a picture of Bill Tilden. I looked at the picture and that was how I learned to hold the racket.”
    —Maria Bueno (b. 1939)

    “Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it’s hard to think of doing something else where you know you’ll never be the best. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you’re the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it’s not all there is to life and I’m ready to explore the alternatives.”
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