Champions' hall
Tournament
Gothenberg WCT
Carpet · Main tour · 2 editions
Period1972–1973ATP + WTA
Editions2with results
Matches62in the database
Champions2different players
Participants47different players
Record book
1972–1973 · ATP and WTATitles
Longevity and dominance
Most wins
- 1 Roy Emerson8 matches · 75% win rate6
- 2 John Newcombe5 matches · 100% win rate5
- 3 Stan Smith5 matches · 100% win rate5
- 4 John Alexander6 matches · 66.7% win rate4
- 5 Rod Laver4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 6 Mark Cox4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 7 Tom Okker4 matches · 75% win rate3
- 8 Cliff Richey5 matches · 60% win rate3
- 9 Gerald Battrick5 matches · 60% win rate3
- 10 Dick Stockton5 matches · 60% win rate3
Champion countries
Registered nationality of tournament championsHow the champions got there
Age, seeding and campaigns without dropping a setAge records
Champion generations
ATP · youngest Stan Smith26 years, 4 months1973
ATP · oldest John Newcombe28 years, 5 months1972
Seeds
Where the titles came from
Highest seed number to winseed 1Stan Smith · 1973 ATP
Age is calculated at the start of the edition. A campaign without dropping a set is included only when every match played by the champion has identified sets; walkovers do not count as matches played.
Historic comebacks
Largest deficit overcome: 0–1 in setsComeback specialists
Most comebacks of this kind
Match archive
Most recent comebacks
Stan Smith defeated John Alexander
5-7 6-4 6-2Ove Bengtson defeated Frew Mcmillan
3-6 6-2 6-4Jose Edison Mandarino defeated Onny Parun
5-7 6-3 6-4Phil Dent defeated Jim Mcmanus
3-6 6-2 6-2Gerald Battrick defeated Nikola Pilic
4-6 7-6(9) 6-3Frew Mcmillan defeated Charlie Pasarell
6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(0)Only completed matches are considered. A comeback from 0–2 requires a verified sequence of three won sets; retirements are not treated as complete comebacks.
Champions by edition
1972–1973 · ATP and WTA1973ATP
Champion
Stan SmithFinal: Stan Smith × John Alexander
5-7 6-4 6-2
April 23, 1973 · 31 matchesSee all results →1972ATP
Champion
John NewcombeFinal: John Newcombe × Roy Emerson
6-0 6-3 6-1
November 5, 1972 · 31 matchesSee all results →