Jump to content

1973 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by WikiCleanerBot (talk | contribs) at 16:30, 4 June 2020 (v2.02b - Special:LintError/missing-end-tag - WP:WCW project (Missing end bold/italic)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Singles
1973 Virginia Slims Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Chris Evert
Runner-upUnited States Nancy Richey
Score6–3, 6–3
Details
Draw8
← 1972 · Virginia Slims Championships · 1974 →

Seeds

  1. United States Chris Evert (Champion)
  2. United States Mona Guerrant (Quarterfinals)
  3. United States Janet Newberry (Quarterfinals)
  4. United States Nancy Richey (Final)
  5. Australia Kerry Reid (Semifinals)
  6. United Kingdom Virginia Wade (Quarterfinals)
  7. United States Julie Heldman (Quarterfinals)
  8. France Françoise Dürr (Semifinals)

Both the top two qualifying players and top seeds Margaret Court and Billie Jean King had to withdraw from the tournament due to injury, although Court did compete (and win) in the doubles event. Fourth ranked Evonne Goolagong also defaulted.[1]

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Chris Evert 6 6
7 United States Julie Heldman 0 1 1 United States Chris Evert 6 6
5 Australia Kerry Reid 6 7 5 Australia Kerry Reid 1 2
2 United States Mona Guerrant 3 5 1 United States Chris Evert 6 6
4 United States Nancy Richey 6 5 7 4 United States Nancy Richey 3 3
6 United Kingdom Virginia Wade 4 7 5 4 United States Nancy Richey 6 6
8 France Françoise Dürr 6 6 8 France Françoise Dürr 2 1
3 United States Janet Newberry 2 4

References