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1972 Clean Air Classic
Date	December 7–10
Edition	2nd
Prize money	$75,000
Location	New York, United States
Venue	Seventh Regiment Armory
Champions
Men's singles
Charlie Pasarell
Women's singles
Virginia Wade
Men's doubles
Clark Graebner / Frew McMillan
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The 1972 Clean Air Classic was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament with the final played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York in the United States. It was sanctioned by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association but was not part of the official Men's Grand Prix or Women's Tennis Circuit. The Clean Air Classic was a replacement tournament for the earlier indoor tournament the Madison Square Garden Challenge Trophy.

It was the third edition of the tournament and second edition of the event held in 1972 the other being held from 21 to 28 February that was won by Stan Smith. This edition was held from December 7 through December 10, 1972. The tournament utilized a distinct scoring system with points instead of the common 0-15-30-40 and a game was won by the first player to reach four points. The singles titles were won by Charlie Pasarell and Virginia Wade.

Finals

Men's singles

Charlie Pasarell defeated Pancho Gonzales 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

Clark Graebner / Frew McMillan defeated Brian Gottfried / Dick Stockton 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

Virginia Wade defeated Rosie Casals 6–3, 6–3

References

1. Janoff, Murray (20 February 1971). "The Clean Air Classic". St Louis Sporting News. St Louis: Misplaced Pages Library - Newspaper Archive. Com. p. 28. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
2. "Stan Smith Wins Clean Air Tennis Crown". Modesto Bee And News Herald. Modesto, California: Misplaced Pages Library - Newspaper Archive. Com. 28 February 1972. p. 17. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
3. "Tennis gets streamlined look in Clean Air Classic". The Central New Jersey Home News. December 10, 1972. p. B9 – via Newspapers.com. Points were counted 1-2-3-4, just as in first grade arithmetic, and the first player to win four points won the game.
4. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 115, 134.
5. David Bird (December 4, 1972). "'Clean Air' Tennis Classic helps its promoters most". The New York Times.
6. "For the record". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 37, no. 25. December 18, 1972. p. 102.
7. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780671216238.

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