1973 Union Trust Classic – Singles

The 1973 Union Trust Classic – Singles 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 32 players and four players were seeded. Stan Smith was the defending singles champion but did not take part in this edition. Unseeded Tom Okker won the title, defeating unseeded Arthur Ashe in the final, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3).[1][2][3]

Singles
1973 Union Trust Classic
ChampionNetherlands Tom Okker
Runner-upUnited States Arthur Ashe
Score6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
Draw32
Seeds4

Seeds

  1. United States Marty Riessen (second round)
  2. New Zealand Brian Fairlie (first round)
  3. United Kingdom Roger Taylor (semifinals)
  4. United Kingdom Mark Cox (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Netherlands Tom Okker 6 3 6
3 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 4 6 4
Netherlands Tom Okker 6 64 77
United States Arthur Ashe 3 77 63
  United States Arthur Ashe 6 5 6
Australia Ken Rosewall 4 7 4

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
2 New Zealand Brian Fairlie 3 6
United States Erik van Dillen 6 7 United States Erik van Dillen 4 2
Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
Australia Ross Case 1 3 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
South Africa Raymond Moore 7 4 6 South Africa Ray Moore 4 4
France Pierre Barthès 5 6 2 South Africa Ray Moore 4 6 6
India Premjit Lall 3 4 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 3 1
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 6 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 3 6
Australia Dick Crealy 7 6 3 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 4 6 4
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 6 1 Australia Dick Crealy 7 6
United States Butch Buchholz 1 5 United States Roscoe Tanner 5 4
United States Roscoe Tanner 6 7 Australia Dick Crealy 3 6 3
Czechoslovakia František Pála w/o 3 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 0 6
Pakistan Haroon Rahim Czechoslovakia František Pála 3 7 2
United States Dennis Ralston 3 6 3 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 6 6
3 United Kingdom Roger Taylor 6 7

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
4 United Kingdom Mark Cox 6 7
Denmark Torben Ulrich 2 6 4 United Kingdom Mark Cox 6 7
United Kingdom Graham Stilwell 1 1 United States Tom Leonard 2 6
United States Tom Leonard 6 6 4 United Kingdom Mark Cox 2 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović 6 1 4 United States Arthur Ashe 6 6
United States Jeff Borowiak 2 6 6 United States Jeff Borowiak 6 2 3
Egypt Ismail El Shafei 3 7 0 United States Arthur Ashe 4 6 6
United States Arthur Ashe 6 6 6 United States Arthur Ashe 6 5 6
Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6 Australia Ken Rosewall 4 7 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 3 4 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
United States Tom Gorman 4 2 Australia Fred Stolle 3 1
Australia Fred Stolle 6 6 Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 7 3 6 Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 4 2
Australia Bob Carmichael 5 6 1 Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 6 5 6
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 3 5 1 United States Marty Riessen 0 7 1
1 United States Marty Riessen 6 7

References

  1. Mike Klingaman (March 20, 1973). "Lamar Hunt says tennis war is only hurting the game". The Evening Sun. p. C 12 via Newspapers.com. Hunt's WCT pros, led by Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen, are in Merrifield, Va., all week, competing in the $50,000 Union Trust Classic.
  2. "Okker defeats Ashe in Washington tennis". The Baltimore Sun. March 26, 1973. p. C 2 via Newspapers.com. Tom Okker of the Netherlands rallied from the brink of defeat to beat Arthur Ashe, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, and capture the $50,000 Union Turst Tennis Classic championship yesterday. The victory was worth $10,000.
  3. 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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