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Stan Smith defeated Ilie Năstase in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his first Wimbledon singles title, and his second and last major singles title. Due to rain washing out the final Saturday when the final was due to take place, the final ...
The 1972 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1972 but rain on the final Saturday meant that the men's singles ...
New singles champions are traditionally elected honorary members of the AELTC by the club's committee. [c] [13] In 2017, the Gentlemen's Singles winner received prize money of £2,220,000. [14] In the Amateur Era, William Renshaw (1881–1886, 1889) holds the record for the most titles in the Gentlemen's Singles, winning Wimbledon seven times ...
Stan Smith of the United States returns the ball to Ilie Nastase of Romania during a Wimbledon match in 1972. Smith won that men's singles title 50 years ago. (Associated Press)
1972: Stan Smith: Billie Jean King ... Singles Doubles Men Women Quad Men Women Quad 2005: No competition: ... List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions;
Fifty years after Stan Smith won a singles title at Wimbledon, his signature shoe line with Adidas is as popular as ever and has become more hip, versatile.
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