1973 Rothmans Canadian Open – Men's doubles
Appearance
Men's doubles | |
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1973 Rothmans Canadian Open | |
Champion | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall |
Runner-up | Owen Davidson John Newcombe |
Draw | 32 |
Seeds | 4 |
The 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open – Men's doubles was an event of the 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open tennis tournament that was played at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in Toronto in Canada rom August 20 through August 26, 1973. The draw comprised 32 teams of which four were seeded. Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac were the defending champion but did not participate in this edition. Third-seeded Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall won the doubles title, defeating unseeded Owen Davidson and John Newcombe in the final, 7–5, 7–6.[1][2][3]
Seeds
[edit]- Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (first round)
- Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen (first round, withdrew)
- Rod Laver / Ken Rosewall (champions)
- Bob Carmichael / Frew McMillan (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 3 | 77 | 3 | ||||||||||
3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 6 | 64 | 6 | |||||||||
3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||
Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||
Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell | 4 | 61 |
Top half
[edit]Bottom half
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 88–91. ISBN 9780362001686.
- ^ "1973 Toronto – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ Ron Sudlow (August 27, 1973). "Okker, Goolagong claim Canadian Open net crowns". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.