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1973 Fidelity Tournament – Singles

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Singles
1973 Fidelity Tournament
Final
ChampionAustralia Rod Laver
Runner-upAustralia Roy Emerson
Score6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds10
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1973 Fidelity Tournament – Singles was an event of the 1973 Fidelity Tournament men's tennis tournament played at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia in the United States from January 30 through February 4, 1973. The draw comprised 32 players and 10 of them were seeded. Rod Laver was the defending champion. First-seeded Laver won the singles title, defeating seventh-seeded Roy Emerson 6–4, 6–3 in the final.[1][2][3][4]


Seeds

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  1. Australia Rod Laver (champion)
  2. United States Dick Stockton (semifinals)
  3. Australia John Alexander (semifinals)
  4. United States Bob Lutz (quarterfinals)
  5. United States Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
  6. United States Cliff Richey (quarterfinals)
  7. Australia Roy Emerson (final)
  8. United States Jim McManus (first round)
  9. Rhodesia Andrew Pattison (second round)
  10. United Kingdom Gerald Battrick (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 Australia Rod Laver 77 6
3 Australia John Alexander 63 3
1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
7 Australia Roy Emerson 4 3
7 Australia Roy Emerson 6 6
2 United States Dick Stockton 4 4

Top half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia Rod Laver 7 4 6
South Africa Frew McMillan 5 6 1 1 Australia Rod Laver 6 7
Australia Allan Stone 62 5 United States Frank Froehling 3 5
United States Frank Froehling 77 7 1 Australia Rod Laver 6 6
United States Brian Gottfried 6 6 6 United States Cliff Richey 4 3
New Zealand Onny Parun 3 1 United States Brian Gottfried 0 2
Brazil José Edison Mandarino 0 3 6 United States Cliff Richey 6 6
6 United States Cliff Richey 6 6 1 Australia Rod Laver 77 6
5 United States Stan Smith 6 6 3 Australia John Alexander 63 3
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 3 3 5 United States Stan Smith 7 5 6
South Africa Bob Hewitt 2r United States Charlie Pasarell 5 7 2
United States Charlie Pasarell 3 5 United States Stan Smith 6 3 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 77 6 3 Australia John Alexander 4 6 6
United States Harold Solomon 63 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić 64 67
United States Roy Barth 2 2 3 Australia John Alexander 77 79
3 Australia John Alexander 6 6

Bottom half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4 United States Bob Lutz 6 6
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 2 2 4 United States Bob Lutz 6 6
South Africa Cliff Drysdale 9 Rhodesia Andrew Pattison 3 3
9 Rhodesia Andrew Pattison w/o 4 United States Bob Lutz 4 6 2
10 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 4 6 5 7 Australia Roy Emerson 6 3 6
South Africa Bob Maud 6 3 7 South Africa Bob Maud 6 65 1
Australia Terry Addison 1 6 4 7 Australia Roy Emerson 3 77 6
7 Australia Roy Emerson 6 2 6 7 Australia Roy Emerson 6 6
8 United States Jim McManus 3 4 2 United States Dick Stockton 4 4
Chile Jaime Fillol 6 6 Chile Jaime Fillol 66 2
Australia Phil Dent 6 6 Australia Phil Dent 78 6
United States Tom Edlefsen 2 2 Australia Phil Dent 6 63 67
Sweden Ove Bengtson 3 2 2 United States Dick Stockton 2 77 79
Australia Colin Dibley 6 6 Australia Colin Dibley 64 63
Chile Patricio Cornejo 5 3 2 United States Dick Stockton 77 77
2 United States Dick Stockton 7 6

References

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  1. ^ Tom Foster (February 5, 1973). "Laver's reign seems quite secure, terrific tennis conquers Emerson". Daily Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Laver beats Emerson". Nevada State Journal. February 5, 1973. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com. Top-seeded Rod Laver defeated fellow Australian Roy Emerson 6-4, 6-3 Sunday to take his second straight Fidelity World Championship Tennis title. Laver, the leading money winner on the WCT Tour, won $10.000.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 169. ISBN 9780362001686.
  4. ^ "1973 Richmond – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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