1973 Swedish Open – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1973 Swedish Open
Final
Champion	Nikola Pilić ; Stan Smith
Runner-up	Bob Carmichael ; Frew McMillan
Score	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw	32
Events
Singles	Doubles

The 1973 Swedish Open – Doubles event was part of the 1973 Swedish Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden, between 8 July and 15 July 1973. Nikola Pilić and Stan Smith won the doubles title by defeating Bob Carmichael and Frew McMillan 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Semifinals				Final

	Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	7	6

	Manuel Orantes Francisco Pinto	6	2
					Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	2	6	6

					Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	4	4
	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	2	4

	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	6

First Round				Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	Nikola Pilić Stan Smith
	BYE				Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	6	3	6
	Patricio Cornejo Alejandro Ganzábal	6	6		Patricio Cornejo Alejandro Ganzábal	4	6	2
	Kjell Johansson Jan Zabrodsky	3	4							Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	6	6
	Gerald Battrick Ian Fletcher	6	7							Gerald Battrick Ian Fletcher	0	2
	Birger Andersson Tenny Svensson	2	5		Gerald Battrick Ian Fletcher	6	4	7
	Iván Molina Guillermo Vilas				Iván Molina Guillermo Vilas	1	6	5
	BYE														Nikola Pilić Stan Smith	7	6
	Manuel Orantes Francisco Pinto														Manuel Orantes Francisco Pinto	6	2
	BYE				Manuel Orantes Francisco Pinto	w/o
	Ross Case Geoff Masters				Ross Case Geoff Masters
	BYE									Manuel Orantes Francisco Pinto	6	6	6
	Pietro Marzano Tonino Zugarelli	6	6							Pietro Marzano Tonino Zugarelli	4	7	4
	Birger Folke Jan Kukal	3	3		Pietro Marzano Tonino Zugarelli	6	6
	Jeff Borowiak Haroon Rahim				Jeff Borowiak Haroon Rahim	4	4
	BYE

First Round				Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj
	BYE				Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6	6
	Björn Borg Rolf Norberg				Björn Borg Rolf Norberg	2	2
	BYE									Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7	2	6
	Ove Bengtson Jim McManus									Ove Bengtson Jim McManus	5	6	3
	BYE				Ove Bengtson Jim McManus	6	3	6
	Chico Hagey Raúl Ramírez	7	7		Chico Hagey Raúl Ramírez	2	6	3
	Chuck McKinley	6	5												Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	2	4
	Hans Kary Martin Mulligan														Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	6
	BYE				Hans Kary Martin Mulligan	7	6
	Corrado Barazzutti Buster Mottram	6	6		Corrado Barazzutti Buster Mottram	6	3
	Per Jemsby Matti Timonen	4	2							Hans Kary Martin Mulligan	4	6	2
	Georges Goven Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	6	7							Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	4	6
	Leif Johansson	4	6		Georges Goven Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	4	6	2
	BYE				Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	4	6
	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan

^ "Smith tops Orantes in 3 sets". The Atlanta Constitution. AP. 16 July 1973. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 31, 119. ISBN 9780362001686.