1973 Wimbledon Championships

October 2020 1973 Wimbledon Championships 25 June – 8 July 87th Grand Slam 128S / 64D / 128X £52,400 Grass Church RoadSW19, Wimbledon,London, United Kingdom All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club TCH Jan Kodeš USA Billie Jean King USA Jimmy Connors / ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase USA Rosie Casals / USA Billie Jean King AUS Owen Davidson / USA Billie Jean King USA Billy Martin USA Ann Kiyomura The 1973 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 2nd 421, 432Barrett John Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships 2001 CollinsWillow London 0007117078 374, 375 The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1973 but rain on the final Friday meant that the women's singles final was postponed until Saturday and the mixed doubles final was rescheduled to Sunday 8 July. It was the 87th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1973. Jan Kodeš and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. King became the first player in the open era to claim the triple crown, the second time in her career she won all three titles open to women players. Her three victories necessitated playing six matches on the final weekend of the tournament: The singles final, the doubles semi-final and final and the mixed doubles quarter-final, semi-final and final, which was played on the extended Sunday schedule. ATP boycott In May 1973 Nikola Pilić, Yugoslavia's number one tennis player, was suspended by his national lawn tennis association, the Yugoslav Tennis Association, which claimed he had refused to play in a Davis Cup tie for his country against New Zealand earlier that month.Yugoslavia v New Zealand https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EUR-A-M-YUG-NZL-01 daviscup.com 9 November 2017 The initial suspension of nine months, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF), later was reduced by the ILTF to one month, which meant that Pilić would not be permitted to play at Wimbledon. The recently formed men's players union, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), stated that none should compete if Pilić were not allowed to compete. As a result, 81 of the top players, including reigning champion Stan Smith, boycotted Wimbledon in 1973 to protest the suspension of Nikola Pilić. Twelve of the 16 men's seeds had withdrawn.Wimbledon faces 2004 boycott http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3011882.stm BBC 23 July 2012 23 June 2004 This resulted in a large number of qualifiers and lucky losers.The History of the Championships http://aeltc2011.wimbledon.com/125th-championships/history/index.html AELTC 20 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110627155450/http://aeltc2011.wimbledon.com/125th-championships/history/index.html 27 June 2011 dead Three ATP players, Ilie Năstase, Roger Taylor and Ray Keldie, defied the boycott and were fined by the ATP's disciplinary committee. Năstase unsuccessfully appealed the fine as he insisted that as a serving captain, he was under orders from the Romanian army and government to compete. Some contemporary press speculation and later biographies have suggested Năstase contrived to lose his fourth round match as he supported the ATP boycott, but to have lost any earlier to a considerably less able player would have been too obvious.Evans, Richard. 'Ilie Nastase' May 1978 Aidan Ellis Publishing. 978-0856280580Robertson, Max. 'Wimbledon: Centre Court of the Game' May 1984 Parkwest Publications. 978-0881864502 Năstase never has commented on this speculation. Despite the boycott, the attendance of 300,172 was the second highest in the championships' history to that date.World of Tennis '74 1974 Queen Anne London 978-0362001686 15–17, 45–47 John Barrett Prize money The total prize money for 1973 championships was £52,400. The winner of the men's title earned £5,000 while the women's singles champion earned £3,000.Little Alan Wimbledon Compendium 2013 2013 All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London 978-1899039401 74, 129, 327–334 23About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/aboutwimbledon/prize_money_and_finance.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 8 October 2017 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Men's singles£5,000£3,000£1,000£550£300£200£125£100Women's singles£3,000£2,000£700£400£250£150£100£75Men's doubles *£1,000£600£400£200£0£0£0Women's doubles *£600£400£200£100£0£0£0Mixed doubles *£500£350£175£100£0£0£0£0 * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles TCH Jan Kodeš defeated URS 1955 Alex Metreveli, 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 Women's singles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles USA Billie Jean King defeated USA Chris Evert, 6–0, 7–5Ladies' Singles Finals 1884–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiessingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 It was King's 10th career Grand Slam title (her 6th in the Open Era), and her 5th Wimbledon title. Men's doubles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles USA Jimmy Connors / ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase defeated AUS John Cooper / AUS Neale Fraser, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3–7), 6–1Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemensdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 Women's doubles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles USA Rosemary Casals / USA Billie Jean King defeated FRA Françoise Dürr / NED Betty Stöve, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiesdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 Mixed doubles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles AUS Owen Davidson / USA Billie Jean King defeated MEX Raúl Ramírez / USA Janet Newberry, 6–3, 6–2Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/mixeddoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 King became the only player to win the 'triple crown' (Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles) twice in the post-war era, repeating her success of 1967. Juniors Boys' singles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles USA Billy Martin defeated RHO Colin Dowdeswell, 6–2, 6–4Boys' Singles Finals 1947–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/boyssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 13 August 2017 Girls' singles 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles USA Ann Kiyomura defeated TCH Martina Navrátilová, 6–4, 7–5Girls' Singles Finals 1947–2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/girlssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 13 August 2017 Singles seeds Men's singles ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase (fourth round, lost to Sandy Mayer) TCH Jan Kodeš (champion) GBR Roger Taylor (semifinals, lost to Jan Kodeš) URS 1955 Alex Metreveli (final, lost to Jan Kodeš) USA Jimmy Connors (quarterfinals, lost to Alex Metreveli) SWE Björn Borg (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Taylor) AUS Owen Davidson (fourth round, lost to Vijay Amritraj) FRG Jürgen Fassbender (quarterfinals, lost to Sandy Mayer) The original seeding list before the boycott was: 15em USA Stan Smith ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase AUS John Newcombe USA Arthur Ashe AUS Ken Rosewall NED Tom Okker USA Marty Riessen AUS Roy Emerson USA Tom Gorman USA Cliff Richey ITA Adriano Panatta ESP 1945 Manuel Orantes URS 1955 Alex Metreveli USA Bob Lutz TCH Jan Kodeš GBR Roger Taylor Women's singles AUS Margaret Court (semifinals, lost to Chris Evert) USA Billie Jean King (champion) AUS Evonne Goolagong (semifinals, lost to Billie Jean King) USA Chris Evert (final, lost to Billie Jean King) USA Rosie Casals (quarterfinals, lost to Chris Evert) GBR Virginia Wade (quarterfinals, lost to Evonne Goolagong) AUS Kerry Melville (quarterfinals, lost to Billie Jean King) URS 1955 Olga Morozova (quarterfinals, lost to Margaret Court) References External links Official Wimbledon Championships website 1973 French Open Grand Slams 1973 US Open Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships