1972 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Boys' singles
1972 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Björn Borg
Runner-up Buster Mottram
Score6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Main article: 1972 Wimbledon Championships

Björn Borg defeated Buster Mottram in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Borg was just 16 years, 33 days old when he won the Wimbledon Boys’ crown, and in 1976, at 20 years, 27 days old, he would become the first man in the Open Era to win the Boys’ and Gentlemen’s crown at Wimbledon.

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
Buster Mottram 6 9
Vitas Gerulaitis 4 8
Buster Mottram 3 6 5
Björn Borg 6 4 7
Carlo Borea 4 4
Björn Borg 6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
O Faye 1 0
Bernard Balleret 0 0 C Mottram 6 6
Buster Mottram 6 6 C Mottram 8 6
Salvador Cabeza 6 4 6 S Cabeza 6 2
R Szczepanik 3 6 2 S Cabeza 6 6 6
N Rathlev 2 6 2 N Bhanumurthy 1 8 2
N Bhanumurthy 6 4 6 C Mottram 6 9
Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 V Gerulaitis 4 8
Z Zaydan 0 0 V Gerulaitis 6 6
D Heavey 5 3 T Peltonen 1 0
T Peltonen 7 6 V Gerulaitis 6 6
Ulrich Pinner 6 3 6 U Pinner 2 3
Paul Kronk 2 6 4 U Pinner 6 6
Kosti Killas 6 6 K Killas 2 4
C Almeida 2 2

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
J Grandjean 9 6 2
Aleksandr Bogomolov 7 8 6 A Bogomolov 6 3 6
Hervé Gauvain 2 6 6 W Fok 4 6 3
Wouter Fok 6 4 8 A Bogomolov 2 6
IA Majid 2 2 C Borea 6 8
Carlo Borea 6 6 C Borea 7 6
Yair Wertheimer 6 6 Y Wertheimer 5 1
P Riegler 2 3 C Borea 4 4
B Tončić 0 2 B Borg 6 6
Björn Borg 6 6 B Borg 6 6
AF Toubia 0 1 R Simpson 4 4
Russell Simpson 6 6 B Borg 6 5 6
C Prajoux 4 7 4
Belus Prajoux 6 6
R Kronig 1 0

References

  1. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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