1972 Europe Top 12

2nd edition
Zagreb, Yugoslavia


Antun Stipančic
Stellan Bengtsson
Dragutin Šurbek


1971 TOURNAMENT 1973

The second edition of Europe Top 12 brought together almost all the strongest players of the continent at the time. Due to illness, one of the favorites, Kjell Johansson, was forced to miss this tournament, and only eleven players took part in the competition. The local favorite 23-year-old Antun Stipančic won the tournament, leaving behind the Swedish star Stellan Bengtsson.

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Player
Antun Stipančic
Stellan Bengtsson
Dragutin Šurbek
Istvan Jonyer
Stanislav Gomozkov
Tibor Klampar
Istvan Korpa
Milan Orlowski
Milivoj Karakaševic
Jacques Secretin
Eberhard Schöler

Age
23
20
26
22
24
19
27
20
24
23
32

W
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
4
3
2
2

L
2
2
3
4
5
5
5
6
7
8
8

SW
18
16
16
15
13
11
11
10
7
6
5

SL
6
9
8
10
11
11
14
12
14
17
16

#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

W – Won L – Lost SW – Sets Won SL – Sets Lost # – Place