Standings
These are the standings of the top twenty singles players on the WCT circuit, at the end of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit, and after each edition of the WCT Finals in the 1972 season.
| 1971 Standings |
| # |
Player |
| 1 |
Rod Laver |
| 2 |
Tom Okker |
| 3 |
Ken Rosewall |
| 4 |
Cliff Drysdale |
| 5 |
Arthur Ashe |
| 6 |
John Newcombe |
| 7 |
Marty Riessen |
| 8 |
Robert Lutz |
| 9 |
Roy Emerson |
| 10 |
Andrés Gimeno |
| 11 |
Charlie Pasarell |
| 12 |
John Alexander |
| 13 |
Dennis Ralston |
| 14 |
Ray Ruffels |
| = |
Ismail El Shafei |
| = |
Nikola Pilić |
| 17 |
Robert Maud |
| 18 |
Mark Cox |
| 19 |
Roger Taylor |
| 20 |
Fred Stolle |
|
| 1972 Standings (May) |
| # |
Player |
| 1 |
Rod Laver |
| 2 |
Ken Rosewall |
| 3 |
Tom Okker |
| 4 |
Cliff Drysdale |
| 5 |
Marty Riessen |
| 6 |
Arthur Ashe |
| 7 |
Robert Lutz |
| 8 |
John Newcombe |
| 9 |
Roy Emerson |
| = |
Charlie Pasarell |
| 11 |
John Alexander |
| 12 |
Roger Taylor |
| 13 |
Andrés Gimeno |
| 14 |
Mark Cox |
| 15 |
Jeff Borowiak |
| 16 |
Fred Stolle |
| = |
Nikola Pilić |
| 18 |
Ismail El Shafei |
| 19 |
Bob Carmichael |
| 20 |
Ray Ruffels |
|
| 1972 Standings (November) |
| # |
Player |
| 1 |
John Newcombe |
| 2 |
Arthur Ashe |
| 3 |
Tom Okker |
| 4 |
Mark Cox |
| 5 |
Cliff Drysdale |
| = |
Marty Riessen |
| 7 |
Robert Lutz |
| = |
Nikola Pilić |
| 9 |
Roy Emerson |
| = |
Tony Roche |
| = |
Ismail El Shafei |
| 12 |
Cliff Richey |
| 13 |
Charlie Pasarell |
| 14 |
Ray Ruffels |
| 15 |
Ken Rosewall |
| = |
Roger Taylor |
| 17 |
John Alexander |
| 18 |
Bob Carmichael |
| = |
Allan Stone |
| = |
Haroon Rahim |
| = |
Jeff Borowiak |
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