French Open 1973

◄ French Open 1973 ►
Date:	May 21–3. June 1973
Edition:	72nd  French Open
Place:	Roland Garros, Paris
Covering:	sand
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Andrés Gimeno
Ladies singles :	Billie Jean King
Men's double :	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
Ladies doubles :	Billie Jean King Betty Stöve
Mixed :	Evonne Goolagong Kim Warwick
winner
Men's singles :	Ilie Năstase
Ladies singles :	Margaret Court
Men's double :	John Newcombe Tom Okker
Ladies doubles :	Margaret Court Virginia Wade
Mixed :	Françoise Durr Jean-Claude Barclay
Grand Slams 1973
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon Championships US Open

The 72nd French Open 1973 was a tennis clay court tournament of the Grand Slam class , which was organized by the ILTF . It took place from May 21 to June 3, 1973 in Roland Garros , Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Andrés Gimeno for men and Billie Jean King for women. The defending champions were Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan in the men's doubles, Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve in the women's doubles and Evonne Goolagong and Kim Warwick in the mixed .

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Stan Smith Round of 16 02.  Ilie Năstase victory 03. 04th  Arthur Ashe Round of 16 05.  Manuel Orantes 2nd round 06th  John Newcombe 1 round 07th  Andrés Gimeno 2nd round 08th.  Adriano Panatta Semifinals

No. player Round reached 09.  Cliff Richey 1 round 10.  Roger Taylor Quarter finals 11.  Patrick Proisy 1 round 12.  Jimmy Connors 1 round 13.  Mark Cox 2nd round 14th  Jan Kodeš Quarter finals 15th  François Jauffret Round of 16 16.  Tom Okker Quarter finals

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Margaret Court victory 02.  Chris Evert final 03.  Virginia Wade Round of 16 04th  Evonne Goolagong Semifinals 05.  Nancy Richey Round of 16 06th  Françoise Dürr Semifinals 07th  Helga Masthoff Quarter finals

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  John Newcombe Tom Okker   victory 02.  Nikola Pilić Allan Stone   1 round 03.  Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton   Quarter finals 04th  Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan   Semifinals 06th  Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase   final 07th  Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac   1 round 08th.  Tom Gorman Erik van Dillen   Round of 16

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Margaret Court Virginia Wade   victory 02.  Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve   final 03.  Chris Evert Olga Morosowa   Semifinals 04th  Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff   Quarter finals

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Jean-Claude Barclay Françoise Dürr   victory 02.  Frew McMillan Virginia Wade   Round of 16 03.  Alexander Metreweli Olga Morozova   Round of 16 04th  Cliff Richey Nancy Richey   1 round

Web links

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