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1973 Pacific Coast Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1973 Pacific Coast Open
Final
ChampionAustralia Roy Emerson
United States Stan Smith
Runner-upSweden Ove Nils Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
Score6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1973 Pacific Coast Open – Doubles was an event of the 1973 Pacific Coast Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States between September 23 and September 30, 1973. Frew McMillan and Bob Hewitt were the defending Pacific Coast Championships doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. Third-seeded Roy Emerson and Stan Smith won the title by defeating unseeded Ove Nils Bengtson and Jim McManus in the final, 6–2, 6–1.[1][2][3][4][5]

Seeds

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Draw

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Key

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First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Frew McMillan
3 6 6
Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Harold Turnbull
6 3 4 2 Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Frew McMillan
6 6
United States Tom Edlefsen
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
7 3 6 United States Tom Edlefsen
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
0 3
Sweden Björn Borg
Sweden Rolf Norberg
6 6 4 2 Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Frew McMillan
6 2 1
3 Australia Roy Emerson
United States Stan Smith
7 6 3 Australia Roy Emerson
United States Stan Smith
2 6 6
United States Mike Estep
United States Fred McNair
5 3 3 Australia Roy Emerson
United States Stan Smith
6 3 6
United States Charlie Pasarell
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6 6 United States Charlie Pasarell
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
3 6 3
Unknown
Unknown
4 4 3 Australia Roy Emerson
United States Stan Smith
6 6
Australia John Alexander
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
5 6 6 4 Sweden Ove Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
2 1
United States Dave Bohrnstedt
United States Mike Machette
7 3 7 United States Dave Bohrnstedt
United States Mike Machette
4 4
United States Rick Fisher
Unknown
4 2 4 Sweden Ove Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
6 6
4 Sweden Ove Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
6 6 4 Sweden Ove Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
6 6
United Kingdom John Lloyd
New Zealand Jeff Simpson
3 7 6 1 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
4 4
South Africa Raymond Moore
New Zealand Onny Parun
6 5 7 South Africa Raymond Moore
New Zealand Onny Parun
6 6 5
United States Henry Kamakana
United States Greg Shephard
4 2 1 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
7 3 7
1 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 6

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780362001686.
  2. ^ "Emerson rallies to defeat Borg". The Victoria Advocate. AP. October 1, 1973 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ "Emerson sets title defence". The Tuscaloosa News. AP. September 21, 1974 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "Prize fund at $100,000". Reading Eagle. AP. May 24, 1974 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ "Roy Emerson tops Borg in tennis finals". Redlands Daily Facts. October 1, 1973. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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