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{{TennisEventInfo|1972|U.S. Professional Indoor|
| date=February 8–13
| edition=5th| category=[[World Championship Tennis]]
| prize_money=$50,000
| draw=32S
| surface= [[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor
| location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]], United States
| venue=[[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]]
| attendance=57,282<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |author1=David Gray |title=No obvious threat yet to United States old guard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259697061/ |work=The Guardian |date=February 13, 1973 |page=27 |quote=The official attendance figure was 60,055, compared with 57,282 last year and 23,074 in 1968. |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| champs={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1972 Philadelphia WCT – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1972/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Lutz (tennis)|Robert Lutz]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1972 Philadelphia WCT – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1972/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
| before_name=Philadelphia International Indoor Open Championships
}}

The '''1972 U.S. Professional Indoor''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s. It was played at the [[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States that was part of the [[1972 World Championship Tennis circuit]]. It was the fifth edition of the [[U.S. Pro Indoor|tournament]] and was held from February 8 through February 13, 1972. Total attendance for the tournament was 57,282.<ref name="guardian"/> First-seeded [[Rod Laver]] won the singles title, his third at the event after 1969 and 1970.<ref name=wot/>

==Finals==

===Singles===
{{main article|1972 U.S. Professional Indoor – Singles}}
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 <ref name=wot>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '73|year=1973|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=978-0362001396|pages=142, 143|editor=John Barrett}}</ref>
* It was Laver's 2nd singles title of the year and the 52nd of his [[Rod Laver career statistics|career]] in the open era.

===Doubles===
{{main article|1972 U.S. Professional Indoor – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Robert Lutz (tennis)|Robert Lutz]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roche]] 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
* It was Ashe's 1st title of the year and the 11th of his professional career. It was Lutz's 1st title of the year and the 7th of his professional career.

==See also==
* [[Laver–Rosewall rivalry]]
* [[1972 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships]]
* [[1972 National Indoor Championships]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wct-philadelphia/usa/1972/m-gp-usa-07a-1972/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]

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{{1972 World Championship Tennis circuit}}

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