1973 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
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Billie Jean King
defeated Chris Evert
6–0 7–5 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships
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is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
defeated Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
6–0 7–5 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships
1973 Wimbledon Championships
List of the 1973 Wimbledon champions:-Men's singles: Jan Kodeš def. Alex Metreveli, 6–1, 9–8, 6–3-Women's singles: Billie Jean King def. Chris Evert, 6–0, 7–5...
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- 1973 Wimbledon Championships - Gentlemen's Singles1973 Wimbledon Championships - Men's SinglesJan Kodeš defeated Alex Metreveli 6-1 9-8 6-3 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. The final match included a tie-breaker played at 8-8 in the second set; the first ever Wimbledon singles final to include a tie-break. Eighty-one of the top players...
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King
Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Margaret Court (Semifinalist)
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean KingBillie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
(Champion)- Evonne GoolagongEvonne GoolagongEvonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...
(Semifinalist) - Chris EvertChris EvertChristine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
(Finalist) - Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)
Virginia WadeVirginia WadeSarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
(Quarterfinalist)- Kerry Melville (Quarterfinalist)
Olga MorozovaOlga MorozovaOlga Vasilyevna Morozova is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:...
(Quarterfinalist)
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
External links
- 1973 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw