1973 Wimbledon Championships

1973 Wimbledon Championships
Date25 June – 8 July
Edition87th
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S / 64D / 128X
Prize money£52,400
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Women's singles
United States Billie Jean King
Men's doubles
United States Jimmy Connors / Romania Ilie Năstase
Women's doubles
United States Rosie Casals / United States Billie Jean King
Mixed doubles
Australia Owen Davidson / United States Billie Jean King
Boys' singles
United States Billy Martin
Girls' singles
United States Ann Kiyomura

The 1973 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.[1][2] The tournament was scheduled to be held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1973 but rain on the final Friday meant that the women's singles final was postponed until Saturday and the mixed doubles final was rescheduled to Sunday 8 July.[3] It was the 87th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1973. Jan Kodeš and Billie Jean King won the singles titles. King became the first player in the open era to claim the triple crown, the second time in her career she won all three titles open to women players. Her three victories necessitated playing six matches on the final weekend of the tournament: The singles final, the doubles semi-final and final and the mixed doubles quarter-final, semi-final and final, which was played on the extended Sunday schedule.

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 421, 432. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 374, 375. ISBN 0007117078.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference little2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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