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1973 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

The 1973 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles was an event of the 1973 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States between July 16 and July 23, 1973. The draw comprised 32 players and two of them were seeded. Bob Lutz was the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships champion but withdrew from his first-round match against Brian Gottfried. Jimmy Connors won the title by defeating second-seeded Arthur Ashe 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.[1][2]

Singles
1973 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Jimmy Connors
Runner-upUnited States Arthur Ashe
Score6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw32
Seeds2
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1972 · U.S. Pro Tennis Championships · 1974 →

Seeds

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  1.   Stan Smith (first round)
  2.   Arthur Ashe (final)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
              
    Jimmy Connors 6 6
  Cliff Richey 0 2
  Jimmy Connors 6 4 6 3 6
2   Arthur Ashe 3 6 4 6 2
  Clark Graebner 3 5
2   Arthur Ashe 6 7

Top half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Stan Smith 3 3
  Jimmy Connors 6 6   Jimmy Connors 6 2 6
  Jaime Fillol 6 63 5   Ray Moore 1 6 3
  Ray Moore 2 77 7   Jimmy Connors 6 6
  Dick Stockton 77 6   Dick Stockton 4 4
  Dick Crealy 65 1   Dick Stockton 77 6
  Bob Carmichael 4 2   Nikola Pilić 65 3
  Nikola Pilić 6 6   Jimmy Connors 6 6
  Marty Riessen 6 7   Cliff Richey 0 2
  Ismail El Shafei 1 5   Marty Riessen 6 7
  Gerald Battrick 78 4 1   Paul Gerken 4 5
  Paul Gerken 66 6 6   Marty Riessen 4 6 6
  Cliff Richey 77 6   Cliff Richey 6 1 7
  Haroon Rahim 62 1   Cliff Richey 6 6
  Doug Crawford 3 63   Andrew Pattison 2 4
  Andrew Pattison 6 77

Bottom half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Clark Graebner 6 6
  Paul Sullivan 1 2   Clark Graebner 6 6
  Erik van Dillen 2 6 6   Erik van Dillen 4 1
  Tom Gorman 6 4 1   Clark Graebner 7 6
  Brian Gottfried w/o   John Alexander 5 4
  Bob Lutz   Brian Gottfried 63 6 4
  Jeff Borowiak 4 77 4   John Alexander 77 3 6
  John Alexander 6 65 6   Clark Graebner 3 5
  Graham Stilwell 6 68 6 2   Arthur Ashe 6 7
  Mike Estep 3 710 2   Graham Stilwell 4 4
  Eddie Dibbs 2 4   Roscoe Tanner 6 6
  Roscoe Tanner 6 6   Roscoe Tanner 6 4 5
  Charlie Pasarell 6 6 2   Arthur Ashe 4 6 7
  Phil Dent 4 4   Charlie Pasarell 3 1
  Harold Solomon 64 6 3 2   Arthur Ashe 6 6
2   Arthur Ashe 77 2 6

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 119. ISBN 9780362001686.
  2. ^ "Connors upsets Ashe for U.S. Pro Tennis win". The Bulletin. AP. July 24, 1973. p. 8.
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