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International Championships of Egypt - Cairo 1972

General Date0000-00-00 - 1972-03-13
Tournament typeOpen
SurfaceUnknown
Rounds5
CityCairo
CountryEgypt

Source World Tennis; Deutsche Tennis Zeitung

Info Since Franchitti is listed as a first round winner but does not appear in the second round, it is likely that there is an additional round in this tournament.

Media

Winner Player Alexander Irakleivich Metreveli

Players

Mario Brenner
John Graham Clifton
Aly Fathy El Dawoudi Hamad
Harald Elschenbroich
Ian G. Fletcher
Vincenzo Franchitti
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Frank Gebert

Jiří Hrebec (Hřebec)
Sergei Likhachev
Stanley John Matthews
Alexander Irakleivich Metreveli
John Geoffrey Paish
František Pala (Pála)
Adriano Panatta
Nicola Pietrangeli

Hans Jurgen Pohmann
Mieczyslaw Rybarczyk
Nikola Spear
Stephen Anthony Warboys
Antonio Zugarelli

Rounds
Round 1

Harald Elschenbroich*
Nikola Spear

7-5 6-4 6-3

Adriano Panatta*
Frank Gebert

6-2 9-7

Vincenzo Franchitti*
Mario Brenner

6-3 6-2

John Paish*
Hans Jurgen Pohmann

7-5 4-6 7-5

Round 2

Alex Metreveli*
Antonio Zugarelli

8-6 6-3 6-1

Wieslaw Gasiorek*
Stephen Warboys

6-4 8-6 7-5

Jiri Hrebec*
Mieczyslaw Rybarczyk

7-5 4-6 6-3 6-0

Harald Elschenbroich*
Stanley Matthews

7-5 6-4 6-3

Ian G. Fletcher*
Adriano Panatta

6-4 6-2 5-7 6-4

Aly El Dawoudi*
John Paish

7-5 7-5 6-2

Nicola Pietrangeli*
Sergei Likhachev

6-4 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-4

Frantisek Pala*
John Clifton

6-4 6-1 6-4

Quarterfinals

Alex Metreveli*
Wieslaw Gasiorek

6-0 3-2 ret.

Harald Elschenbroich*
Jiri Hrebec

6-4 6-1 9-11 6-3

Aly El Dawoudi*
Ian G. Fletcher

3-6 12-10 7-5 7-5

Frantisek Pala*
Nicola Pietrangeli

4-6 4-6 8-6 6-4 6-4

Semifinals

Alex Metreveli*
Harald Elschenbroich

6-3 6-1 6-4

Frantisek Pala*
Aly El Dawoudi

6-1 6-4 8-6

Final

Alex Metreveli*
Frantisek Pala

6-3 6-2 6-3

Tournament

Round 1