1973 French Open – Women's doubles

1973 French Open s AUS Margaret CourtGBR Virginia Wade FRA Françoise DürrNED Betty Stöve 6–2, 6–3 French Open – Women's doubles French Open – Women's doubles 1973 French Open Margaret Court and Virginia Wade defeated defending champion Betty Stöve and her partner Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1973 French Open.https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2012/05/23/aussies-at-roland-garros-–-margaret-court-1973 Aussies at Roland Garros – Margaret Court 1973 tennis.com.au Billie Jean King and Stöve were the reigning champions, but King did not competed this year. This marked the first women's doubles major appearance of future record 31-time women's doubles major champion and world No. 1 Martina Navratilova. Partnering Renáta Tomanová, they lost in the quarterfinals to Rosie Darmon and Mariana Simionescu. Seeds 30em AUS Margaret Court / GBR Virginia Wade (champions) FRA Françoise Dürr / NED Betty Stöve (final) USA Chris Evert / URS Olga Morozova (semifinals) FRG Katja Ebbinghaus / FRG Helga Masthoff (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 2 FRA Françoise DürrNED Betty Stöve 6 6 3 USA Chris EvertURS Olga Morozova 3 4 URS Eugenia BirioukovaUSA Mona Schallau 1 4 1 AUS Margaret CourtGBR Virginia Wade 6 6 2 FRA Françoise DürrNED Betty Stöve 2 3 1 AUS Margaret CourtGBR Virginia Wade 6 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 2 FRA F DürrNED B Stöve w/o USA C-L ChangJPN H Goto AUS W PaishRSA 1928 P Pretorius 7 7 SWE I BentzerSWE M Wikstedt 6 6 AUS P ColemanAUS W Turnbull FRA R DarmonROU 1965 M Simionescu w/o ARG R GiscafréARG E Weisenberger 2 1 TCH M NavratilovaTCH R Tomanová 6 6 3 USA C EvertURS O Morozova w/o HUN E PolgárHUN E Széll CRC M RhoJPN N Sato 6 3 6 FRA N FuchsNZL M Pryde 1 6 4 AUS C DoernerUSA L duPont 6 6 6 RHO D PattisonCHI AM Pinto Bravo 4 7 2 USA P BostromUSA S Stap 6 2 5 JPN K FukuokaJPN K Sawamatsu 4 6 7 2 FRA F DürrNED B Stöve 2 6 6 AUS W PaishRSA 1928 P Pretorius 6 3 3 FRA R DarmonROU 1965 M Simionescu 5 5 TCH M NavratilovaTCH R Tomanová 7 7 3 USA C EvertURS O Morozova 6 6 CRC M RhoJPN N Sato 2 1 AUS C DoernerUSA L duPont 1 3 JPN K FukuokaJPN K Sawamatsu 6 6 2 FRA F DürrNED B Stöve 6 6 TCH M NavratilovaTCH R Tomanová 4 4 3 USA C EvertURS O Morozova 6 6 JPN K FukuokaJPN K Sawamatsu 2 0 2 FRA F DürrNED B Stöve 6 6 3 USA C EvertURS O Morozova 3 4 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals URS E BirioukovaUSA M Schallau 7 5 6 USA B DownsUSA P Teeguarden 5 7 4 FRA O de RoubinFRA F Guédy 2 1 USA P HoganUSA S Walsh 6 6 AUS E GoolagongAUS J Young 6 6 ROU 1965 J GohnROU 1965 V Ruzici 3 0 FRA D BeillanFRA F Thibault 3 2 4 FRG K EbbinghausFRG H Masthoff 6 6 FRA D BouteleuxARG I Roget 6 6 BRA 1968 A MenezesCHI S Urroz 3 1 TCH M Koželuhová TCH V Vopičková 6 5 0 URU F BonicelliCOL I Fernández de Soto 1 7 6 USA K KemmerRSA 1928 L Rossouw 6 6 KOR 1949 D-h LeeKOR 1949 J-s Yang 1 3 INA L KaligisINA L Sugiarto 4 3 1 AUS M CourtGBR V Wade 6 6 URS E BirioukovaUSA M Schallau 6 6 USA P HoganUSA S Walsh 3 2 AUS E GoolagongAUS J Young 6 3 6 4 FRG K EbbinghausFRG H Masthoff 3 6 8 FRA D BouteleuxARG I Roget 5 3 URU F BonicelliCOL I Fernández de Soto 7 6 USA K KemmerRSA 1928 L Rossouw 3 2 1 AUS M CourtGBR V Wade 6 6 URS E BirioukovaUSA M Schallau 6 6 6 4 FRG K EbbinghausFRG H Masthoff 7 1 3 URU F BonicelliCOL I Fernández de Soto 1 2 1 AUS M CourtGBR V Wade 6 6 URS E BirioukovaUSA M Schallau 1 4 1 AUS M CourtGBR V Wade 6 6 References External links 1973 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles Category:1973 in women's tennis Category:1973 in French women's sport