1972 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Boys' singles
1972 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Björn Borg
Runner-up	Buster Mottram
Score	6–3, 4–6, 7–5

Björn Borg defeated Buster Mottram in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Borg was just 16 years, 33 days old when he won the Wimbledon Boys’ crown, and in 1976, at 20 years, 27 days old, he would become the first man in the Open Era to win the Boys’ and Gentlemen’s crown at Wimbledon.

Key

	Semifinals							Final
	Buster Mottram		6	9
	Vitas Gerulaitis		4	8
								Buster Mottram		3	6	5
								Björn Borg		6	4	7
	Carlo Borea		4	4
	Björn Borg		6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								O Faye		1	0
	Bernard Balleret		0	0				C Mottram		6	6
	Buster Mottram		6	6											C Mottram		8	6
	Salvador Cabeza		6	4	6										S Cabeza		6	2
	R Szczepanik		3	6	2			S Cabeza		6	6	6
	N Rathlev		2	6	2			N Bhanumurthy		1	8	2
	N Bhanumurthy		6	4	6																	C Mottram		6	9
	Vitas Gerulaitis		6	6																		V Gerulaitis		4	8
	Z Zaydan		0	0				V Gerulaitis		6	6
	D Heavey		5	3				T Peltonen		1	0
	T Peltonen		7	6											V Gerulaitis		6	6
	Ulrich Pinner		6	3	6										U Pinner		2	3
	Paul Kronk		2	6	4			U Pinner		6	6
	Kosti Killas		6	6				K Killas		2	4
	C Almeida		2	2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	J Grandjean		9	6	2
	Aleksandr Bogomolov		7	8	6			A Bogomolov		6	3	6
	Hervé Gauvain		2	6	6			W Fok		4	6	3
	Wouter Fok		6	4	8										A Bogomolov		2	6
	IA Majid		2	2											C Borea		6	8
	Carlo Borea		6	6				C Borea		7	6
	Yair Wertheimer		6	6				Y Wertheimer		5	1
	P Riegler		2	3																		C Borea		4	4
	B Tončić		0	2																		B Borg		6	6
	Björn Borg		6	6				B Borg		6	6
	AF Toubia		0	1				R Simpson		4	4
	Russell Simpson		6	6											B Borg		6	5	6
															C Prajoux		4	7	4
								Belus Prajoux		6	6
								R Kronig		1	0

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com