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1973 Union Trust Classic – Doubles

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Doubles
1973 Union Trust Classic
Final
ChampionNetherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
Runner-upUnited States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
Score4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1972 · Hampton Grand Prix · 1974 →

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

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

Draw

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Key

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First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 United Kingdom Mark Cox
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
7 1 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
6 6 6 2 United Kingdom Mark Cox
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
6 6
Australia Ross Case
Australia Dick Crealy
7 7 Australia Ross Case
Australia Dick Crealy
3 4
United States Fred Drilling
India Premjit Lall
6 5 2 United Kingdom Mark Cox
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell
4 6
United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 6 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 7
Australia Bob Carmichael
United States Dennis Ralston
4 4 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 3 6
South Africa Ray Moore
Denmark Torben Ulrich
6 6 3 3 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
4 6 3
3 Australia Ken Rosewall
Australia Fred Stolle
7 3 6 United States Arthur Ashe
United States Roscoe Tanner
6 6 2
4 United States Tom Gorman
United States Erik van Dillen
6 7 6 1 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
4 7 6
France Pierre Barthès
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
7 5 7 France Pierre Barthès
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
6 6
United States Jeff Borowiak
Pakistan Haroon Rahim
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
United States Tom Leonard
4 3
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau
United States Tom Leonard
w/o France Pierre Barthès
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
4 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
6 6 6 1 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6 6
Czechoslovakia František Pála
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník
7 4 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
3 6 0
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie
3 6 1 1 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6 3 6
1 Netherlands Tom Okker
United States Marty Riessen
6 0 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. 173. ISBN 9780362001686.
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