French Open 1973 / women's doubles

French Open 1973
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
French Open ladies doubles
1972 ◄ 1973 ► 1974
Grand Slams 1973 women's doubles
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This article describes the women's doubles at the 1973 French Open . The defending champions were Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve .

The final contested Margaret Court and Virginia Wade against Françoise Dürr and Betty Stöve, won the Court and calf in two sets.

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

Main round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

2

Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve

6th

6th

3

Chris Evert Olga Morosowa

3

4th

2

Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve

2

3

1

Margaret Court Virginia Wade

6th

6th

Eugenia Birioukova Mona Schallau

1

4th

1

Margaret Court Virginia Wade

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

2

F. Dürr B. Stöve

w.

O.

C.-L. Chang H. Goto

2

F. Dürr B. Stöve

2

6th

6th

W. Paish P. Pretorius

6th

3

3

W. Paish P. Pretorius

7th

7th

I. Bentzer M. Wikstedt

6th

6th

2

F. Dürr B. Stöve

6th

6th

M. Navrátilová R. Tomanová

4th

4th

P. Coleman W. Turnbull

R. Darmon M. Simionescu

w.

O.

R. Darmon M. Simionescu

5

5

M. Navrátilová R. Tomanová

7th

7th

R. Giscafré E. Weisenberger

2

1

M. Navrátilová R. Tomanová

6th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3

C. Evert O. Morosowa

w.

O.

E. Polgar E. Szell

3

C. Evert O. Morosowa

6th

6th

M. Rho N. Sato

2

1

M. Rho N. Sato

6th

3

6th

N. Fuchs M. Pryde

1

6th

4th

3

C. Evert O. Morosowa

6th

6th

K. Fukuoka K. Sawamatsu

2

0

C. Doerner L. duPont

6th

6th

6th

D. Pattison A.-M. Pinto bravo

4th

7th

2

C. Doerner L. duPont

1

3

K. Fukuoka K. Sawamatsu

6th

6th

P. Bostrom S. Stap

6th

2

5

K. Fukuoka K. Sawamatsu

4th

6th

7th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

E. Birioukova M. Schallau

7th

5

6th

B. Downs P. Teeguarden

5

7th

4th

E. Birioukova M. Schallau

6th

6th

P. Hogan S. Walsh

3

2

O. De Roubin F. Guedy

2

1

P. Hogan S. Walsh

6th

6th

E. Birioukova M. Schallau

6th

6th

6th

4th

K. Ebbinghaus H. Masthoff

7th

1

3

E. Goolagong J. Young

6th

6th

J. Gohn V. Ruzici

3

0

E. Goolagong J. Young

6th

3

6th

4th

K. Ebbinghaus H. Masthoff

3

6th

8th

D. Beillan F. Thibault

3

2

4th

K. Ebbinghaus H. Masthoff

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

D. Bouteleux I. Roget

6th

6th

A. Menezes S. Urroz

3

1

D. Bouteleux I. Roget

5

3

F. Bonicelli M.-I. Fernández

7th

6th

M. Kozeluhova V. Vopičková

6th

5

0

F. Bonicelli M.-I. Fernández

1

7th

6th

F. Bonicelli M.-I. Fernández

1

2

1

M. Court V. Wade

6th

6th

K. Kemmer L. Rossouw

6th

6th

I.e. Lee J.-s. Yang

1

3

K. Kemmer L. Rossouw

3

2

1

M. Court V. Wade

6th

6th

L. Kaligis L. Sugiarto

4th

3

1

M. Court V. Wade

6th

6th

Web links

• French Open 1973 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• French Open 1973 (English) on the ITF website