# Barcelona 1973

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/243/barcelona?season=1973
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: clay
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
- Start date: 1973-10-08
- End date: 1973-10-14

## Champion
- Winner: Ilie Nastase
- Runner-up: Manuel Orantes
- Final score: 2-6 6-1 8-6 6-4

## Knockout results
### F
- Ilie Nastase d. Manuel Orantes 2-6 6-1 8-6 6-4

### SF
- Manuel Orantes d. Bjorn Borg 6-3 6-2 6-3
- Ilie Nastase d. Jan Kodes 6-1 4-6 6-0 6-3

### QF
- Ilie Nastase d. Jose Higueras 6-3 6-3
- Bjorn Borg d. Andrew Pattison 11-9 6-1
- Jan Kodes d. Barry Phillips Moore 7-5 2-6 6-4
- Manuel Orantes d. Buster C Mottram 6-2 6-2

### R16
- Jan Kodes d. Eddie Dibbs 6-3 6-3
- Buster C Mottram d. Paolo Bertolucci 6-4 6-2
- Bjorn Borg d. Jaime Fillol 6-2 6-4
- Manuel Orantes d. Julian Ganzabal 2-6 6-4 6-4
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Rod Laver 6-3 7-5
- Jose Higueras d. Corrado Barazzutti 6-4 6-0
- Andrew Pattison d. Kjell Johansson 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Ilie Nastase d. Jaime Pinto Bravo 3-6 6-2 6-2

### R32
- Julian Ganzabal d. Harald Elschenbroich 6-4 6-2
- Eddie Dibbs d. Pierre Barthes 6-4 0-6 6-4
- Andrew Pattison d. Onny Parun 6-4 1-6 9-7
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Adriano Panatta 4-6 8-6 6-3
- Kjell Johansson d. Tom Okker 6-0 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. J. Mandarino 9-7 6-4
- Jose Higueras d. Ray Keldie 6-4 6-4
- Manuel Orantes d. Alberto Martorell 6-3 6-1
- Rod Laver d. Guillermo Vilas 5-7 6-3 7-5
- Buster C Mottram d. Nikola Pilic 6-3 6-3
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Antonio Munoz 1-6 6-3 8-6
- Jaime Fillol d. Robert Rheinberger 6-2 6-3
- Bjorn Borg d. Patricio Rodriguez Chi 6-2 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Colin Dowdeswell 6-3 6-3
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Attila Korpas 6-4 7-5

### R64
- Antonio Munoz d. Frew Mcmillan 8-6 6-0
- Rod Laver d. Juan Herrera 6-1 6-1
- Adriano Panatta d. Felix Morey 6-1 6-2
- Patricio Rodriguez Chi d. Antonio Zugarelli 6-1 0-4 RET
- Guillermo Vilas d. Ivan Molina 7-5 6-1
- Buster C Mottram d. Raymond Moore 6-2 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Gerald Battrick 6-2 6-4
- Nikola Pilic d. Wanaro N'Godrella 2-6 6-3 6-3
- Ray Keldie d. Mark Cox 4-0 RET
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Ion Tiriac 6-2 6-1
- Julian Ganzabal d. Patrick Proisy 1-6 6-2 6-3
- Kjell Johansson d. Mark Farrell 6-4 6-0
- Robert Rheinberger d. Haroon Rahim 6-2 12-10
- Onny Parun d. Juan Ignacio Muntanola 6-2 6-4
- Bjorn Borg d. Bob Carmichael 6-0 6-2
- Barry Phillips Moore d. Luis Bruguera 6-1 6-1
- Jose Higueras d. Georges Goven 6-4 5-7 6-2
- Jaime Pinto Bravo d. Nicolas Kelaidis 6-3 6-2
- Colin Dowdeswell d. Tony Parun 6-2 6-4
- Jaime Fillol d. Nicola Spear 6-4 6-1
- Attila Korpas d. Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 5-7 6-0 6-2
- Andrew Pattison d. Vladimir Zednik 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Pierre Barthes d. Jose Guerrero 3-6 6-3 6-1
- Eddie Dibbs d. Jose Moreno 6-1 7-5
- Tom Okker d. Jiri Hrebec 8-6 6-1
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Ismail El Shafei 7-5 2-0 RET

## Stats
- Total matches: 56
- Players: 57

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