# 1972 Jean Becker Open – Singles

First-seeded Stan Smith won the singles title at the 1972 Paris Open by defeating third-seeded Andrés Gimeno in the final 6–2, 6–2, 7–5.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Stan Smith (champion)
* Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
* Andrés Gimeno (final)
* n/a

## 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
* NB: The Semifinals and Final were the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | 7 | | |
| 3 | Andrés Gimeno | 2 | 2 | 5 | | |

### Section 1

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Smith | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Szőke | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | S Smith | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F McMillan | 2 | 0 | | | G Goven | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Goven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | S Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Pattison | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | P Dominguez | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | P Dominguez | 6 | 7 | | | P Dominguez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Fillol | 6 | 6 | | | J Fillol | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gisbert Sr. | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| LL | É Deblicker | 7 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan Kodeš | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Q | J Hřebec | 6 | 6 | 6 | Q | J Hřebec | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Moore | 2 | 6 | 14 | | R Moore | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Țiriac | 6 | 4 | 12 | | | | | | | R Moore | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | J Kodeš | 6 | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | J Kodeš | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | W N'Godrella | 4 | 7 | 8 | | J Kodeš | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Di Matteo | 1 | 4 | | | F Jauffret | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Jauffret | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 | Semifinals |
| Q | J-P Meyer | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Proisy | 6 | 7 | | | P Proisy | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Zugarelli | 0 | 0 | | | J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Connors | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | V Zedník | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | A Gimeno | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Dibley | 6 | 6 | | | C Dibley | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Baranyi | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | A Gimeno | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Gimeno | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Andrés Gimeno | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | O Parun | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tom Gorman | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| | P Barthès | 7 | 6 | | | P Barthès | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Leclercq | 4 | 7 | 4 | | T Gorman | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Gorman | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | T Gorman | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | J-C Barclay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | I Năstase | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | F Pála | 1 | 1 | | Q | J-C Barclay | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Taróczy | 1 | 6 | | 2 | I Năstase | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Năstase | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |