1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

April 2022 1973 Wimbledon Championships TCH Jan Kodeš URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3 128 (32 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1973 Wimbledon Championships Jan Kodeš defeated Alex Metreveli in the final, 6–1, 9–8(7–5), 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was his first Wimbledon title and third and last major singles title overall. The final included a tie-break played at 8–8 in the second set; it was the first ever Wimbledon singles final to feature a tie-break. 81 of the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players, including reigning champion Stan Smith, boycotted Wimbledon in 1973 in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).World of Tennis '74 1974 Queen Anne London 978-0362001686 15–17, 45–47 John Barrett This resulted in numerous qualifiers and lucky losers playing the tournament; of the 16 players originally seeded at the tournament, only four (Ilie Năstase, Metreveli, Kodeš, and Roger Taylor) participated. The 1973 Wimbledon men's final was the first Grand Slam singles final reached by a Soviet player, and as of 2025, it remains the only Wimbledon men's final to feature a player from the USSR or any former Soviet country. Seeds 1 1 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase (fourth round) 2 8 TCH Jan Kodeš (champion) 3 6 GBR Roger Taylor (semifinals) 4 3 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli (final) 5 4 USA Jimmy Connors (quarterfinals) 6 5 SWE Björn Borg (quarterfinals) 7 7 AUS Owen Davidson (fourth round) 8 2 FRG Jürgen Fassbender (quarterfinals) The original seeding list before the boycott was: 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 Qualifying 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 USA Sandy Mayer 3 4 6 6 6 8 FRG Jürgen Fassbender 6 6 3 4 4 4 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 8 6 5 6 5 USA Jimmy Connors 6 2 7 4 6 SWE Björn Borg 1 8 6 3 5 3 GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 3 6 7 IND Vijay Amritraj 4 6 6 3 5 2 TCH Jan Kodeš 6 3 4 6 7 USA Sandy Mayer 3 6 3 4 4 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 3 6 6 3 GBR Roger Taylor 9 7 7 4 5 2 TCH Jan Kodeš 8 9 5 6 7 4 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 1 85 3 2 TCH Jan Kodeš 6 97 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 6 7 6 Q FRG Hans-Joachim Plötz 3 5 2 COL Iván Molina 6 9 8 6 LL USA Bill Brown 4 7 9 3 LL GBR Phil Siviter 4 9 1 2 AUT Hans Kary 6 7 6 6 Q JPN 1947 Toshiro Sakai 6 3 9 6 LL USA Ken McMillan 1 6 8 4 Q ROM 1965 Ionel Sânteiu 7 6 4 5 5 LL MEX Roberto Chávez 5 4 6 7 7 USA Sandy Mayer 7 6 6 LL GBR Richard Lewis 5 4 3 Q USA Steve Messmer 5 2 4 LL GBR Clay Iles 7 6 6 Q IND Gaurav Misra 4 4 1 LL TCH Vladimír Zedník 6 6 6 1 ROM 1965 I Năstase 6 7 7 6 COL I Molina 2 9 5 1 AUT H Kary 1 3 6 3 Q JPN 1947 T Sakai 6 6 3 6 LL MEX R Chávez 9 1 7 2 USA A Mayer 7 6 9 6 LL GBR C Iles 3 3 6 2 LL TCH V Zedník 6 6 4 6 1 ROM 1965 I Năstase 7 6 6 Q JPN 1947 T Sakai 5 2 4 USA A Mayer 8 7 6 LL TCH V Zedník 6 5 0 1 ROM 1965 I Năstase 4 6 8 4 USA A Mayer 6 8 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 FRG Jürgen Fassbender 8 6 6 6 HUN István Gulyás 6 8 3 3 LL ESP 1945 José Moreno 6 6 6 LL GBR Michael Collins 4 3 3 AUS Ray Keldie 7 6 4 6 LL USA Dick Bohrnstedt 5 3 6 3 Q FRG Frank Gebert 8 8 5 7 Q SWE Tenny Svensson 6 9 7 9 ITA Nicola Pietrangeli 6 6 5 2 LL NZL Jeff Simpson 8 2 7 6 AUS Neale Fraser 4 5 6 LL USA James "Chico" Hagey 6 7 8 GBR John Paish 7 4 5 2 Q MEX Marcelo Lara 5 6 7 6 LL GBR Colin McHugo 3 4 4 FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6 6 6 8 FRG J Fassbender 6 6 6 LL ESP 1945 J Moreno 3 4 4 AUS R Keldie 6 8 6 6 Q SWE T Svensson 4 9 0 4 LL NZL J Simpson 8 6 8 6 LL USA J Hagey 6 4 9 3 Q MEX M Lara 6 5 6 1 5 FRG H-J Pohmann 2 7 2 6 7 8 FRG J Fassbender 6 5 4 7 15 AUS R Keldie 2 7 6 5 13 LL NZL J Simpson 6 5 3 4 FRG H-J Pohmann 4 7 6 6 8 FRG J Fassbender 6 7 6 FRG H-J Pohmann 2 5 3 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 URS 1955 Alex Metreveli 6 6 9 LL GBR Stanley Matthews 3 4 8 Q AUS Bob Giltinan 6 6 6 LL HUN Róbert Machán 3 4 3 LL AUS Greg Braun 4 4 2 Q AUS Allan McDonald 6 6 6 AUS John Cooper 6 8 6 9 USA Herb Fitzgibbon 3 9 3 7 LL USA Pancho Walthall 6 3 6 6 6 POL 1928 Tadeusz Nowicki 4 6 8 3 2 LL IND Chiradip Mukerjea 6 7 8 6 Q FRG Hans Engert 4 5 9 4 Q USA Gene Scott 9 3 8 4 4 GBR John Feaver 8 6 6 6 6 LL AUS Cliff Letcher 5 6 6 6 LL USA Robert Stock 7 4 3 1 4 URS 1955 A Metreveli 6 6 7 Q AUS R Giltinan 4 2 5 Q AUS A McDonald 4 6 6 5 7 AUS J Cooper 6 4 4 7 9 LL USA F Walthall 3 6 6 9 LL IND C Mukerjea 6 1 1 8 GBR J Feaver 9 6 9 LL AUS C Letcher 8 4 8 4 URS 1955 A Metreveli 6 6 6 AUS J Cooper 2 3 1 LL USA F Walthall 5 1 8 GBR J Feaver 7 6 9 4 URS 1955 A Metreveli 8 6 6 GBR J Feaver 6 4 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA Jimmy Connors 6 6 6 LL GBR Mark Farrell 4 3 4 GBR David Lloyd 6 0 6 6 ITA Corrado Barazzutti 2 6 1 1 URS 1955 Sergei Likhachev 3 4 6 4 Q AUS Bill Durham 6 6 3 6 LL USA Thomas Karp 4 6 3 LL NZL Russell Simpson 6 8 6 Q GBR John Clifton 4 6 6 4 3 CHI Jaime Pinto Bravo 6 3 2 6 6 Q RHO Colin Dowdeswell 3 6 4 5 LL RSA 1928 Deon Joubert 6 4 6 7 LL FRA Thierry Bernasconi 6 1 3 LL RSA 1928 Bernard Mitton 8 6 6 Q NED Jan Hordijk 7 2 2 USA Zan Guerry 9 6 6 5 USA J Connors 6 6 5 6 GBR D Lloyd 4 3 7 2 Q AUS W Durham 8 9 5 6 2 LL NZL R Simpson 9 7 7 3 6 CHI J Pinto Bravo 6 2 2 6 3 LL RSA 1928 D Joubert 4 6 6 2 6 LL RSA 1928 B Mitton 7 2 4 7 7 USA A Guerry 5 6 6 5 5 5 USA J Connors 6 6 6 LL NZL R Simpson 2 1 2 LL RSA 1928 D Joubert 6 9 4 1 7 LL RSA 1928 B Mitton 4 8 6 6 9 5 USA J Connors 6 6 6 LL RSA 1928 B Mitton 3 3 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round YUG Boro Jovanović 5 6 3 Q AUS Syd Ball 7 8 6 FRA Jean-Loup Rouyer 0 2 2 HUN Szabolcs Baranyi 6 6 6 LL JPN 1947 Kiyoshi Tanabe 4 3 4 LL SUI Petr Kanderal 6 6 6 URS 1955 Teimuraz Kakulia 6 6 3 0 4 USA Jeff Austin 3 4 6 6 6 LL USA Greg Peebles 7 4 2 FRG Karl Meiler 9 6 6 LL IND Jasjit Singh 3 7 6 3 Q USA Billy Martin 6 9 2 6 BEL Patrick Hombergen 6 6 6 AUS Stephen Myers 3 3 1 Q IND Premjit Lall 3 4 818 6 SWE Björn Borg 6 6 920 Q AUS S Ball 0r HUN S Baranyi 1 LL SUI P Kanderal 8 3 3 USA J Austin 9 6 6 FRG K Meiler 6 6 9 Q USA W Martin 1 4 8 BEL P Hombergen 4 2 4 6 SWE B Borg 6 6 6 HUN S Baranyi 2 5 6 6 6 USA J Austin 6 7 3 4 4 FRG K Meiler 4 4 6 6 3 6 SWE B Borg 6 6 3 2 6 HUN S Baranyi 3 2 8 7 1 6 SWE B Borg 6 6 6 5 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round TCH František Pála 6 1 6 7 LL USA Dan Bleckinger 3 6 3 5 LL USA Doug Crawford 4 2 4 LL USA Norman Holmes 6 6 6 USA Robert McKinley 6 6 6 LL AUS Paul McNamee 4 1 0 Q AUS Eugene Russo 6 2 9 4 7 LL JPN 1947 Jun Kuki 1 6 8 6 9 TCH Jiří Hřebec 6 6 7 AUS Frank Sedgman 0 4 5 ITA Antonio Zugarelli 6 6 6 LL YUG Dragan Stojović 3 2 4 LL AUS John James 7 2 6 6 2 FRG Harald Elschenbroich 5 6 3 8 6 Q FRA Jean-Louis Haillet 2 3 3 3 GBR Roger Taylor 6 6 6 TCH F Pála 6 6 0 6 5 LL USA N Holmes 8 2 6 1 7 USA R McKinley 6 3 6 6 LL JPN 1947 J Kuki 4 6 2 2 TCH J Hřebec 7 1 4 7 6 ITA A Zugarelli 5 6 6 5 2 FRG H Elschenbroich 3 2 2 3 GBR R Taylor 6 6 6 LL USA N Holmes 2 6 5 5 USA R McKinley 6 3 7 7 TCH J Hřebec 1 7 4 2 3 GBR R Taylor 6 5 6 6 USA R McKinley 1 5 8 5 3 GBR R Taylor 6 7 6 7 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR John Lloyd 8 4 6 6 6 LL FRA Jean-François Caujolle 9 6 3 4 3 LL AUS Paul Kronk 7 5 4 6 4 Q AUS Keith Hancock 5 7 6 3 6 BEL Bernard Mignot 6 6 6 Q AUT Peter Pokorny 1 1 3 IND Vijay Amritraj 6 6 6 LL AUS Harold Turnbull 4 2 4 LL URS 1955 Konstantin Pugaev 6 1 5 8 LL AUS Ernie Ewert 3 6 7 9 USA Mike Machette 3 6 6 6 Q NZL Tony Parun 6 4 3 1 AUS Barry Phillips-Moore 6 9 7 Q GBR Robin Drysdale 3 7 5 LL FRA Pierre Joly 4 4 4 7 AUS Owen Davidson 6 6 6 GBR J Lloyd 7 6 6 Q AUS K Hancock 5 4 4 BEL B Mignot 1 1 2 IND V Amritraj 6 6 6 LL AUS E Ewert 7 6 6 USA M Machette 5 2 3 AUS B Phillips-Moore 3 4 3 7 AUS O Davidson 6 6 6 GBR J Lloyd 5 4 6 6 5 IND V Amritraj 7 6 3 2 7 LL AUS E Ewert 1 4 6 3 7 AUS O Davidson 6 6 3 6 IND V Amritraj 7 8 6 6 7 AUS O Davidson 5 9 3 4 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round IND Anand Amritraj 6 6 9 LL PAK Saeed Meer 4 4 8 LL IND Jaidip Mukerjea 7 6 6 LL ECU Eduardo Zuleta 5 1 3 Q RSA 1928 Richard Buwalda 5 6 6 6 Q PAK Munawar Iqbal 7 3 2 4 LL AUS Greg Perkins 6 6 3 9 JPN 1947 Jun Kamiwazumi 4 4 6 7 GBR Stephen Warboys 2 6 7 6 4 Q RSA 1928 John Yuill 6 4 9 4 6 LL GBR Peter Curtis 6 6 6 Q AUS Graeme Thomson 4 4 2 LL ITA Pietro Marzano 6 6 2 6 MEX Raúl Ramírez 3 4 6 2 LL JPN 1947 Kenichi Hirai 6 4 1 3 2 TCH Jan Kodeš 4 6 6 6 IND A Amritraj 6 3 2 4 LL IND J Mukerjea 3 6 6 6 Q RSA 1928 R Buwalda 6 3 6 1 8 LL AUS G Perkins 4 6 3 6 10 Q RSA 1928 J Yuill 4 6 1 6 6 LL GBR P Curtis 6 3 6 2 3 LL ITA P Marzano 0 4 3 2 TCH J Kodeš 6 6 6 LL IND J Mukerjea 9 6 6 LL AUS G Perkins 8 4 3 Q RSA 1928 J Yuill 1 5 2 2 TCH J Kodeš 6 7 6 LL IND J Mukerjea 4 6 4 3 2 TCH J Kodeš 6 3 6 6 References External links 1973 MS Wimbledon 1973 – Singles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1973/draws?matchType=singles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 10 November 2017 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 1973 French Open Grand SlamsMen's singles 1973 U.S. Open Men's Singles Men's Singles 1973