# 1972 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

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.

## 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

### Finals

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

### Top half

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

### Bottom half

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