1973 Union Trust Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1973 Union Trust Classic
Champion Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
Runner-up Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner
Score4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Draw16
Seeds4

The 1973 Union Trust Classic – Doubles was an event of the 1973 Union Trust Classic men's tennis tournament that was played in Merrifield, Virginia in the United States from March 19 through March 25, 1973. The draw comprised 16 teams and four of them were seeded. Cliff Richey and Tom Edlefsen were the defending doubles champions but did not take part in this edition. First-seeded Tom Okker and Marty Riessen won the title, defeating unseeded Arthur Ashe and Roscoe Tanner in the final, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2.[1]

Seeds

  1. Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (champions)
  2. Mark Cox / Graham Stilwell (semifinals)
  3. Ken Rosewall / Fred Stolle (quarterfinals)
  4. Tom Gorman / Erik van Dillen (first round)

Draw

Key

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Mark Cox
Graham Stilwell
7 1 7
Željko Franulović
Jan Kodeš
6 6 6 2 Mark Cox
Graham Stilwell
6 6
Ross Case
Dick Crealy
7 7 Ross Case
Dick Crealy
3 4
Fred Drilling
Premjit Lall
6 5 2 Mark Cox
Graham Stilwell
4 6
Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner
6 6 Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner
6 7
Bob Carmichael
Dennis Ralston
4 4 Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner
6 3 6
Ray Moore
Torben Ulrich
6 6 3 3 Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle
4 6 3
3 Ken Rosewall
Fred Stolle
7 3 6 Arthur Ashe
Roscoe Tanner
6 6 2
4 Tom Gorman
Erik van Dillen
6 7 6 1 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
4 7 6
Pierre Barthès
Roger Taylor
7 5 7 Pierre Barthès
Roger Taylor
6 6
Jeff Borowiak
Haroon Rahim
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
Tom Leonard
4 3
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
Tom Leonard
w/o Pierre Barthès
Roger Taylor
4 2
Boro Jovanović
Alex Metreveli
6 6 6 1 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
6 6
František Pála
Vladimír Zedník
7 4 2 Boro Jovanović
Alex Metreveli
3 6 0
Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie
3 6 1 1 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
6 3 6
1 Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
6 0 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780362001686.