1972 World Championship Tennis Winter Finals

The 1972 World Championship Tennis Winter Finals was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 1st edition of the WCT Winter Finals

WCT Finals

The WCT Finals was a tennis tournament that served as the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis circuit. The event was held annually in Dallas, Texas, and played on indoor carpet courts. The 1971 quarterfinals and semifinals were played in Houston, and final played at Moody...

and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit

1972 World Championship Tennis circuit

The 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1972. It was organized by World Championship Tennis...

. It was played at Rome

Rome

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in Italy

Italy

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and began on November 26, 1972.

Men's Singles

Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...

defeated

Robert Lutz 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6

It was Ashe's 5th title of the year and the 15th of his professional career.

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