1973 Australian Indoor Championships
Appearance
1973 Australian Indoor Championships | |
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Date | 4–11 November |
Edition | 1st |
Category | Grand Prix (Group B) |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $50,000 |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Venue | Hordern Pavilion |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Rod Laver [1] | |
Doubles | |
Rod Laver / John Newcombe [2] |
The 1973 Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. It was part of the 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix as a Group B category tournament. The tournament was held from 4 November through 11 November 1973.[3][4][5] Rod Laver won the singles title and the accompanying $10,000 first-prize money.[6]
Finals
Singles
Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
- It was Laver's 14th title of the year and the 50th of his career.
Doubles
Rod Laver / John Newcombe defeated Mal Anderson / Ken Rosewall 7–6, 6–2
- It was Laver's 13th title of the year and the 49th of his career. It was Newcombe's 10th title of the year and the 48th of his career.
References
- ^ "1973 Sydney Indoor Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "1973 Sydney Indoor Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780362001686.
- ^ "Layer outlasts Newcombe in 3-hour battle". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 590. 12 November 1973. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Indoor tennis begins". The Canberra Times. Vol. 48, no. 13, 584. 6 November 1973. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Laver takes net thriller". News-Herald. UPI. 12 November 1973. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.