1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
1973 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
Runners-up John Cooper
Neale Fraser
Score3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3–7), 6–1
Draw64
Seeds4

Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan did not defend their title as they participated in the Wimbledon boycott of 1973.[1]

Jimmy Connors and Ilie Năstase defeated John Cooper and Neale Fraser in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–9(3–7), 6–1 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.[2]

Seeds

1.   Jimmy Connors / Ilie Năstase (champions)
2.   John Cooper / Neale Fraser (final)
3.   n/a
4.   Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
6 6 5 6
Premjit Lall
Jaidip Mukerjea
1 2 7 2
1 Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
9 3 6 6
Jürgen Fassbender
Karl Meiler
7 6 4 3
Jürgen Fassbender
Karl Meiler
6 9 6
Jan Kodeš
Jan Kukal
4 8 3
1 Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
3 6 6 83 6
2 John Cooper
Neale Fraser
6 3 4 97 1
David Lloyd
John Paish
4 2 6 6 9
Peter Curtis
Roger Taylor
6 6 1 3 7
David Lloyd
John Paish
6 3 2 4
2 John Cooper
Neale Fraser
3 6 6 6
Chris Kachel
Eugene Russo
7 5 6 1 9
2 John Cooper
Neale Fraser
5 7 3 6 11

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 J Connors
I Năstase
7 7 6
T Kakulia
F Pála
5 5 2 1 J Connors
I Năstase
6 8 6 8
M Lara
J Pinto Bravo
5 6 6 0 1 O Davidson
B Phillips-Moore
4 9 3 6
O Davidson
B Phillips-Moore
7 1 3 6 6 1 J Connors
I Năstase
6 5 3 8 8
N Holmes
J Yuill
6 3 4 6 M Machette
R Ramírez
4 7 6 6 6
M Machette
R Ramírez
3 6 6 8 M Machette
R Ramírez
4 6 5 6 6
J Kamiwazumi
T Sakai
8 6 6 9 J Kamiwazumi
T Sakai
6 4 7 4 4
G Misra
C Mukerjea
9 3 2 8 1 J Connors
I Năstase
6 6 5 6
H Engert
F Gebert
4 6 3 4 P Lall
J Mukerjea
1 2 7 2
J Feaver
S Warboys
6 3 6 6 J Feaver
S Warboys
7 8 9 6 6
H-J Plötz
H-J Pohmann
6 6 6 H-J Plötz
H-J Pohmann
9 9 7 2 4
N Kelaidis
J Kuki
1 2 3 J Feaver
S Warboys
5 3 8
A McDonald
J Simpson
P Lall
J Mukerjea
7 6 9
S Ball
R Giltinan
w/o A McDonald
J Simpson
8 3 4
P Lall
J Mukerjea
8 3 6 9 P Lall
J Mukerjea
9 6 6
T Nowicki
P Pokorny
6 6 3 8

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 S Likhachev
A Metreveli
4 6 4 6 6
G Perkins
K Pugaev
6 4 6 4 3 4 S Likhachev
A Metreveli
6 6 9
B Anstey
M Edmondson
6 6 8 B Anstey
M Edmondson
3 4 7
R Buwalda
C Dowdeswell
4 4 6 4 S Likhachev
A Metreveli
6 8 9 3 12
F Sedgman
V Seixas
3 5 2 J Fassbender
K Meiler
4 9 8 6 14
M Farrell
J Lloyd
6 7 6 M Farrell
J Lloyd
4 6 7 4
J Fassbender
K Meiler
9 6 7 J Fassbender
K Meiler
6 1 9 6
I Molina
J Velasco
8 2 5 J Fassbender
K Meiler
6 9 6
K Hirai
K Tanabe
2 4 9 4 J Kodeš
J Kukal
4 8 3
H Fitzgibbon
R McKinley
6 6 8 6 H Fitzgibbon
R McKinley
6 5 6 8
E di Matteo
A Zugarelli
4 1 6 J Kodeš
J Kukal
8 7 2 9
J Kodeš
J Kukal
6 6 8 J Kodeš
J Kukal
6 6 6
P McNamee
R Simpson
6 2 3 4 J Clifton
S Matthews
2 2 4
J Clifton
S Matthews
3 6 6 6 J Clifton
S Matthews
6 6 6
A Compton-Dando
P Siviter
2 3 2 W Durham
C Letcher
4 2 3
W Durham
C Letcher
6 6 6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
D Lloyd
J Paish
7 9 4 6
D Crawford
J Fort
5 7 6 4 D Lloyd
J Paish
4 6 6 8
A Amritraj
V Amritraj
5 8 4 D Joubert
B Mitton
6 3 2 6
D Joubert
B Mitton
7 9 6 D Lloyd
J Paish
8 4 8 6 6
R Bohrnstedt
W Brown
6 6 6 R Bohrnstedt
W Brown
6 6 9 4 4
G Fritz
H Fritz
3 2 4 R Bohrnstedt
W Brown
6 8 6
L Baraldi
E Zuleta
6 2 L Baraldi
E Zuleta
2 6 1
G Braun
D Carter
4 3r D Lloyd
J Paish
4 2 6 6 9
C Barazzutti
P Toci
P Curtis
R Taylor
6 6 1 3 7
S Messmer
E Montaño
w/o C Barazzutti
P Toci
0 7 4 2
D Bleckinger
W Martin
9 8 6 8 D Bleckinger
W Martin
6 5 6 6
S Baranyi
R Machán
8 9 4 6 D Bleckinger
W Martin
3 5 4
A Mills
R Wilson
6 9 9 P Curtis
R Taylor
6 7 6
V Pecci
T Quintin
4 8 8 A Mills
R Wilson
3 4 8
R Chávez
E Gorostiaga
1 1 3 P Curtis
R Taylor
6 6 9
P Curtis
R Taylor
6 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
S Myers
J Smith
1 4 1
P Marzano
N Pietrangeli
6 6 6 P Marzano
N Pietrangeli
3 8 3 3
J Crump
C McHugo
3 3 4 E Álvarez
J Austin
6 6 6 6
E Álvarez
J Austin
6 6 6 E Álvarez
J Austin
5 6 5 6 3
C Kachel
E Russo
C Kachel
E Russo
7 4 7 2 6
B Pampoulov
M Pampoulov
w/o C Kachel
E Russo
6 6 9
A Neely
J Singh
A Neely
J Singh
3 2 8
A Guerry
R Keldie
w/o C Kachel
E Russo
7 5 6 1 9
A Mayer
E Scott
7 3 2 8 6 2 J Cooper
N Fraser
5 7 3 6 11
J Hřebec
V Zedník
5 6 6 6 3 A Mayer
E Scott
3 6 6 3 4
K Hancock
W Mason
6 9 6 K Hancock
W Mason
6 2 3 6 6
F Hemmes
J Hordijk
4 8 3 K Hancock
W Mason
3 6 6 3
R Drysdale
G Newton
2 0 1 2 J Cooper
N Fraser
6 4 8 6
B Borg
T Svensson
6 6 6 B Borg
T Svensson
1 4 2
M Collins
R Lewis
2 3 6 7 3 2 J Cooper
N Fraser
6 6 6
2 J Cooper
N Fraser
6 6 3 5 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne. pp. 15–17, 45–47. ISBN 978-0362001686.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.