1973 Japan Open Tennis Championships
1973 Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
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Date | 8 – 14 October |
Edition | 1st |
Category | Grand Prix (B) |
Prize money | $60,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Tokyo, Japan |
Champions | |
Ken Rosewall[1] | |
Evonne Goolagong | |
Mal Anderson / Ken Rosewall[2] |
The 1973 Fred Perry Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts and took place in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament was held from 8 October through 14 October 1973. The men's events were part of the 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit and graded as B category whereas the women's competition was a non-tour event. Ken Rosewall won the men's singles title, earning him the $12,000 first prize, while Evonne Goolagong won the women's singles event and received $5,000.[3][4]
Finals[]
Men's Singles[]
Ken Rosewall defeated John Newcombe, 6–1, 6–4
Men's Doubles[]
Mal Anderson / Ken Rosewall defeated Colin Dibley / Allan Stone, 7–5, 7–5
Women's Singles[]
Evonne Goolagong defeated Helga Niessen Masthoff, 6–3, 6–4
References[]
- ^ "1973 Tokyo – Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "1973 Tokyo – Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780362001686.
- ^ "Rosewall Wins In Tokyo Open". Herald-Journal. AP. 9 October 1973. p. B4.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1973 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1973 in Japanese tennis
- October 1973 sports events in Asia
- Japan Open (tennis)