# Italian Open 1973

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/italian-open?season=1973
Tour: ATP

Ilie Nastase won the 1973 Italian Open, defeating Manuel Orantes 6-1 6-1 6-1 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on clay courts in Rome, Italy, from June 2 to June 9, 1973. The match log contains 92 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Italian Open, officially the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is the combined ATP and WTA event staged at Rome's Foro Italico.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Rome Masters, Rome Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italian International Championships
- Category: Masters 1000
- Surface: clay
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Start date: 1973-06-02
- End date: 1973-06-09

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

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

### SF
- Manuel Orantes d. Tom Okker 3-6 7-6 6-3 4-6 7-5
- Ilie Nastase d. Paolo Bertolucci 6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3

### QF
- Manuel Orantes d. Peter Szoke 6-4 6-2
- Tom Okker d. Stan Smith 7-5 6-3
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Jiri Hrebec 4-6 6-2 7-5
- Ilie Nastase d. Jan Kodes 6-2 6-2

### R16
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Patrice Dominguez 7-5 6-3
- Manuel Orantes d. Boro Jovanovic 6-4 6-1
- Stan Smith d. Harold Solomon 6-0 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. Antonio Zugarelli 6-1 6-1
- Tom Okker d. Vladimir Korotkov 6-2 6-4
- Jan Kodes d. Patricio Cornejo 7-6 6-2
- Peter Szoke d. Martin Mulligan 7-5 6-1
- Jiri Hrebec d. Charlie Pasarell 6-4 6-2

### R32
- Peter Szoke d. Colin Dibley 4-6 6-3 6-3
- Antonio Zugarelli d. Gerald Battrick 6-3 5-7 6-3
- Jan Kodes d. Ross Case 6-1 6-2
- Patrice Dominguez d. Adriano Panatta 6-4 7-6
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Roger Taylor 4-6 6-3 7-5
- Stan Smith d. Francois Jauffret 6-2 7-6
- Harold Solomon d. Mark Cox 6-1 6-4
- Tom Okker d. Haroon Rahim 4-6 6-2 6-0
- Vladimir Korotkov d. Cliff Richey 6-3 6-3
- Boro Jovanovic d. Cliff Drysdale 7-5 4-6 6-2
- Ilie Nastase d. Ezio Di Matteo 6-0 6-3
- Jiri Hrebec d. Shamil Tarpischev 6-2 6-3
- Patricio Cornejo d. Onny Parun 6-3 6-7 6-1
- Charlie Pasarell d. Arthur Ashe 6-2 6-2
- Manuel Orantes d. Pierre Barthes 6-3 7-5

### R64
- Shamil Tarpischev d. Jaime Fillol 7-6 6-3
- Onny Parun d. Ivan Molina 7-5 6-1
- Patricio Cornejo d. Massimo Di Domenico 6-3 6-3
- Cliff Richey d. Richard Russell 6-1 6-0
- Pierre Barthes d. Giuseppe Merlo 6-2 6-0
- Ezio Di Matteo d. Brian Gottfried 6-2 6-3
- Peter Szoke d. John Newcombe 7-6 7-6
- Manuel Orantes d. Erik Van Dillen 6-1 6-4
- Patrice Dominguez d. Nikola Pilic 3-6 6-3 6-4
- Vladimir Korotkov d. Raymond Moore 3-6 7-5 6-3
- Alex Metreveli d. Robert Machan 6-2 7-5
- Arthur Ashe d. Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 6-4 6-4
- Antonio Zugarelli d. Tom Gorman 7-5 6-7 6-1
- Boro Jovanovic d. Dick Stockton 7-5 6-3
- Haroon Rahim d. Patricio Rodriguez Chi 7-5 7-5
- Roger Taylor d. Piero Toci 6-3 6-2
- Adriano Panatta d. Andrew Pattison 6-3 6-4
- Charlie Pasarell d. Brian Fairlie 6-4 6-4
- Cliff Drysdale d. Geoff Masters 6-3 6-3
- Ilie Nastase d. Eugenio Castigliano 6-0 6-2
- Mark Cox d. Antonio Munoz 6-7 6-2 6-1
- Jiri Hrebec d. Jimmy Connors 2-6 6-2 6-4
- Ross Case d. Juan Gisbert 6-3 6-4
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Ion Tiriac 4-6 6-3 6-3
- Tom Okker d. Frantisek Pala 6-4 7-6
- Harold Solomon d. Vittorio Crotta 6-3 6-1
- Gerald Battrick d. John Alexander 2-6 7-5 6-3
- Stan Smith d. Phil Dent 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Colin Dibley d. Jean Loup Rouyer 6-2 7-6
- Francois Jauffret d. Vincenzo Franchitti 6-2 6-1
- Jan Kodes d. Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-2 6-2

### R128
- Geoff Masters d. Guillermo Vilas 1-6 7-6 6-2
- Robert Machan d. Robert Maud W/O
- Boro Jovanovic d. Wanaro N'Godrella 6-0 5-7 7-6
- Vincenzo Franchitti d. Barry Phillips Moore 6-1 6-3
- Eugenio Castigliano d. Kjell Johansson 6-2 3-6 6-0
- Antonio Munoz d. Allan Stone 7-5 4-6 6-2
- Ross Case d. Jairo Velasco 6-0 6-0
- Patricio Cornejo d. Corrado Barazzutti 6-1 6-4
- Antonio Zugarelli d. Terry Addison 6-4 6-2
- Richard Russell d. Bjorn Borg W/O
- Haroon Rahim d. Bob Carmichael 7-5 6-1
- Nicholas Kalogeropoulos d. Ian Fletcher 6-4 6-1
- Martin Mulligan d. Szabolcz Baranyi 6-4 6-2
- Ivan Molina d. Bryan Borea 6-2 6-0
- Gerald Battrick d. Marcello Lara 6-2 6-2
- Charlie Pasarell d. Frank Froehling 7-5 6-1
- Andrew Pattison d. Jim Mcmanus 4-6 6-4 6-4
- Patrice Dominguez d. Pietro Marzano 6-1 7-5
- Jean Baptiste Chanfreau d. Vladimir Zednik W/O
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Jun Kuki 0-6 6-3 6-2
- Jean Loup Rouyer d. Graham Stilwell 6-2 7-6
- Vittorio Crotta d. Georges Goven 7-5 1-6 6-3
- Piero Toci d. Paul Gerken 4-6 6-4 6-2
- Vladimir Korotkov d. Toshiro Sakai 6-2 6-2
- Jiri Hrebec d. Jeff Borowiak 6-4 4-6 7-5
- Giuseppe Merlo d. John Paish 2-6 6-1 6-4
- Peter Szoke d. Nicola Pietrangeli 6-2 4-6 6-4
- Phil Dent d. K Shimamura 6-0 6-1
- Shamil Tarpischev d. Jun Kamiwazumi 7-6 6-4
- Erik Van Dillen d. Istvan Gulyas 6-7 6-1 6-1
- Frantisek Pala d. Giovanni Cierro 6-2 5-7 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 92
- Players: 94

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