Tour · 1972-10-23 · draw of 32
Essen WCT 1972
CarpetFinal
| 🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic | d. | 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz | 4-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 7-6 | H2H |
Semifinals
| 🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic | d. | 🇺🇸 Cliff Richey | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz | d. | 🇪🇬 Ismail El Shafei | 7-6 6-4 | H2H |
Quarterfinals
| 🇺🇸 Cliff Richey | d. | 🇩🇪 Wilhelm Bungert | 6-1 6-2 | H2H |
| 🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic | d. | 🇦🇺 John Newcombe | 6-2 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz | d. | 🇳🇱 Tom Okker | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇪🇬 Ismail El Shafei | d. | 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
Round of 16
| 🇺🇸 Cliff Richey | d. | 🇿🇦 Cliff Drysdale | 7-5 6-3 | H2H |
| 🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic | d. | 🇦🇺 Allan Stone | 7-6 6-3 | H2H |
| 🇳🇱 Tom Okker | d. | 🇦🇺 Terry Addison | 6-2 6-1 | H2H |
| 🇦🇺 John Newcombe | d. | 🇦🇺 Colin Dibley | 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz | d. | 🇺🇸 Charlie Pasarell | 6-3 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇪🇬 Ismail El Shafei | d. | 🇺🇸 Marty Riessen | 6-2 6-2 | H2H |
| 🇩🇪 Wilhelm Bungert | d. | 🇬🇧 Mark Cox | 7-6 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | d. | 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson | 6-2 6-2 | H2H |
Round of 32
| 🇺🇸 Marty Riessen | d. | 🇦🇺 Phil Dent | 6-3 0-6 6-2 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Cliff Richey | d. | 🇦🇺 John Alexander | 6-4 6-3 | H2H |
| 🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic | d. | 🇳🇿 Brian Fairlie | 6-3 7-6 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Charlie Pasarell | d. | 🇺🇸 Frank Froehling | 6-3 6-2 | H2H |
| 🇳🇱 Tom Okker | d. | 🇬🇧 Graham Stilwell | 6-3 7-6 | H2H |
| 🇦🇺 John Newcombe | d. | 🇺🇸 Dick Stockton | 7-6 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Lutz | d. | 🇺🇸 Tom Leonard | 6-3 6-2 | H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Roy Emerson | d. | 🇿🇦 Robert Maud | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | H2H |
| 🇪🇬 Ismail El Shafei | d. | 🇵🇰 Haroon Rahim | 6-4 6-1 | H2H |
| 🇿🇦 Cliff Drysdale | d. | 🇦🇺 Bob Carmichael | 6-3 6-3 | H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Colin Dibley | d. | 🇺🇸 Roy Barth | 6-7 6-2 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇬🇧 Mark Cox | d. | 🇺🇸 Jeff Borowiak | 7-6 1-6 6-1 | H2H |
| 🇩🇪 Wilhelm Bungert | d. | 🇬🇧 Gerald Battrick | 6-4 6-4 | H2H |
| 🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe | d. | 🇦🇺 Fred Stolle | 6-2 7-6 | H2H |
| 🇦🇺 Terry Addison | d. | 🇬🇧 Roger Taylor | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | H2H |