title: 1972 Buckeye Tennis Championships – Doubles
text: # 1972 Buckeye Tennis Championships – Doubles
  
  The 1972 Buckeye Tennis Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1972 Buckeye Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played at the Buckeye Boys Ranch in Grove City, Columbus, Ohio in the United States between July 17 and July 23, 1972. Jim Osborne and Jim McManus were the defending champions but were defeated in the semifinal. Jimmy Connors and Pancho Gonzales won the doubles title, defeating Robert McKinley and Dick Stockton in the final, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * (withdrew)
  * Bob Hewitt / Andrew Pattison (semifinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jim McManus Jim Osborne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Jeff Austin Dan Birchmore | 4 | 3 | | Jim McManus Jim Osborne | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Jim Delaney Chico Hagey | 6 | 6 | | Jim Delaney Chico Hagey | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Peter Burwash Ian Fletcher | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | Jim McManus Jim Osborne | 2 | 2 | | | |
  | | Robert Kreiss Mike Kreiss | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | Robert McKinley Dick Stockton | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Wanaro N'Godrella | 6 | 6 | | Robert Kreiss Mike Kreiss | 7 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | | Robert McKinley Dick Stockton | 6 | 6 | | Robert McKinley Dick Stockton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | Dick Dell Butch Seewagen | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Robert McKinley Dick Stockton | 3 | 5 |
  | | Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 7 |
  | | Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj | 4 | 2 | | Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Zan Guerry Charles Owens | 6 | 6 | | Zan Guerry Charles Owens | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Iván Molina Nunil Velasco | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | Jimmy Connors Pancho Gonzales | 7 | 6 | | | |
  | | Mike Estep Jeff Simpson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | Bob Hewitt Andrew Pattison | 5 | 3 | | | |
  | | Paul Gerken Guillermo Vilas | 4 | 5 | | Mike Estep Jeff Simpson | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | Bob Hewitt Andrew Pattison | 6 | 6 | 2 | Bob Hewitt Andrew Pattison | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | Pat Cramer Steve Faulk | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  