It was the inaugural edition of the event known that year as the Rotterdam Indoors, and was part of the 1972 World Championship Tennis circuit.

Second-seeded Arthur Ashe won the singles title.

The singles field included Toronto, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Alamo, Vancouver and Gothenburg WCT champion John Newcombe, US Open runner-up, Louisville and Montreal WCT titlist Arthur Ashe, and Chicago WCT winner, Boston WCT and Stockholm finalist Tom Okker.

Also lined up were Briton Robin Drysdale, Cleveland WCT champion Mark Cox, Robert Lutz, Marty Riessen and Nikola Pilić.

Arthur Ashe defeated Tom Okker, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 Roy Emerson / John Newcombe defeated Arthur Ashe / Robert Lutz, 6–2, 6–3