The 1973 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's doubles was an event of the 1973 Pacific Southwest Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, in the United States between September 17 and September 23, 1973. The draw comprised 32 teams of which four were seeded. Jimmy Connors and Pancho Gonzales were the defending Pacific Southwest Open doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. Unseeded Jan Kodeš and Vladimír Zedník won the title by defeating third-seeded Jimmy Connors and Ilie Năstase in the final, 6–2, 6–4.[1][2][3]
Doubles | |
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1973 Pacific Southwest Open | |
Champion | Jan Kodeš Vladimír Zedník |
Runner-up | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase |
Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
Draw | 32 |
Seeds | 4 |
Seeds
edit- Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (first round)
- Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen (quarterfinals)
- Jimmy Connors / Ilie Năstase (final)
- Bob Carmichael / Frew McMillan (second round)
Draw
editKey
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
editSemifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Roy Emerson Ken Rosewall | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
Jan Kodeš Vladimír Zedník | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
Alex Olmedo Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Jan Kodeš Vladimír Zedník | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Top half
editBottom half
editReferences
edit- ^ "1973 Los Angeles – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 31,93–95. ISBN 9780362001686.
- ^ "Age mellows Connors". Ellensburg Daily Record. UPI. September 24, 1973.