ATP Italian Open 1973 Draw, Results & Schedule

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.

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Champion
Ilie Nastase
def. Manuel Orantes , 6-1 6-1 6-1
Dates
Jun 2 — Jun 9
Location
Rome, Italy
Category
Masters 1000
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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Italian Open 1973 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ilie Nastase 6-1 6-1 6-1 Manuel Orantes H2H Match data Jun 9, 1973* F
SF (2)
Manuel Orantes 3-6 7-6 6-3 4-6 7-5 Tom Okker H2H Match data Jun 8, 1973* SF
Ilie Nastase 6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 Paolo Bertolucci H2H Match data Jun 8, 1973* SF
QF (4)
Manuel Orantes 6-4 6-2 Peter Szoke H2H Match data Jun 8, 1973* QF
Tom Okker 7-5 6-3 Stan Smith — Match data Jun 8, 1973* QF
Paolo Bertolucci 4-6 6-2 7-5 Jiri Hrebec H2H Match data Jun 8, 1973* QF
Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-2 Jan Kodes H2H Match data Jun 8, 1973* QF
R16 (8)
Paolo Bertolucci 7-5 6-3 Patrice Dominguez H2H Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Manuel Orantes 6-4 6-1 Boro Jovanovic — Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Stan Smith 6-0 6-4 Harold Solomon — Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Ilie Nastase 6-1 6-1 Antonio Zugarelli H2H Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Tom Okker 6-2 6-4 Vladimir Korotkov H2H Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Jan Kodes 7-6 6-2 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Peter Szoke 7-5 6-1 Martin Mulligan — Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
Jiri Hrebec 6-4 6-2 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data Jun 7, 1973* R16
R32 (15)
Peter Szoke 4-6 6-3 6-3 Colin Dibley H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Antonio Zugarelli 6-3 5-7 6-3 Gerald Battrick H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Jan Kodes 6-1 6-2 Ross Case H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Patrice Dominguez 6-4 7-6 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Paolo Bertolucci 4-6 6-3 7-5 Roger Taylor H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Stan Smith 6-2 7-6 Francois Jauffret — Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Harold Solomon 6-1 6-4 Mark Cox H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Tom Okker 4-6 6-2 6-0 Haroon Rahim H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Vladimir Korotkov 6-3 6-3 Cliff Richey H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boro Jovanovic 7-5 4-6 6-2 Cliff Drysdale — Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-3 Ezio Di Matteo — Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Jiri Hrebec 6-2 6-3 Shamil Tarpischev H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Patricio Cornejo 6-3 6-7 6-1 Onny Parun H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Charlie Pasarell 6-2 6-2 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
Manuel Orantes 6-3 7-5 Pierre Barthes H2H Match data Jun 5, 1973* R32
R64 (31)
Shamil Tarpischev 7-6 6-3 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Onny Parun 7-5 6-1 Ivan Molina H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Patricio Cornejo 6-3 6-3 Massimo Di Domenico — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Cliff Richey 6-1 6-0 Richard Russell H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Pierre Barthes 6-2 6-0 Giuseppe Merlo H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Ezio Di Matteo 6-2 6-3 Brian Gottfried — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Peter Szoke 7-6 7-6 John Newcombe H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Manuel Orantes 6-1 6-4 Erik Van Dillen — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Patrice Dominguez 3-6 6-3 6-4 Nikola Pilic H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Vladimir Korotkov 3-6 7-5 6-3 Raymond Moore H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Alex Metreveli 6-2 7-5 Robert Machan — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Antonio Zugarelli 7-5 6-7 6-1 Tom Gorman H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boro Jovanovic 7-5 6-3 Dick Stockton — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Haroon Rahim 7-5 7-5 Patricio Rodriguez Chi — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Roger Taylor 6-3 6-2 Piero Toci H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Adriano Panatta 6-3 6-4 Andrew Pattison — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Charlie Pasarell 6-4 6-4 Brian Fairlie H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Cliff Drysdale 6-3 6-3 Geoff Masters H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-2 Eugenio Castigliano H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Mark Cox 6-7 6-2 6-1 Antonio Munoz H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Jiri Hrebec 2-6 6-2 6-4 Jimmy Connors H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ross Case 6-3 6-4 Juan Gisbert — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Paolo Bertolucci 4-6 6-3 6-3 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Tom Okker 6-4 7-6 Frantisek Pala H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Harold Solomon 6-3 6-1 Vittorio Crotta — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Gerald Battrick 2-6 7-5 6-3 John Alexander H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Stan Smith 4-6 6-3 6-4 Phil Dent — Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Colin Dibley 6-2 7-6 Jean Loup Rouyer H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Francois Jauffret 6-2 6-1 Vincenzo Franchitti H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
Jan Kodes 6-2 6-2 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* R64
R128 (31)
Geoff Masters 1-6 7-6 6-2 Guillermo Vilas H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Robert Machan (w/o) Robert Maud H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Boro Jovanovic 6-0 5-7 7-6 Wanaro N'Godrella — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Vincenzo Franchitti 6-1 6-3 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Eugenio Castigliano 6-2 3-6 6-0 Kjell Johansson H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Antonio Munoz 7-5 4-6 6-2 Allan Stone H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Ross Case 6-0 6-0 Jairo Velasco — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Patricio Cornejo 6-1 6-4 Corrado Barazzutti H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Antonio Zugarelli 6-4 6-2 Terry Addison H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Richard Russell (w/o) Bjorn Borg H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Haroon Rahim 7-5 6-1 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6-4 6-1 Ian Fletcher H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Martin Mulligan 6-4 6-2 Szabolcz Baranyi — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Ivan Molina 6-2 6-0 Bryan Borea — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Gerald Battrick 6-2 6-2 Marcello Lara H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Charlie Pasarell 7-5 6-1 Frank Froehling H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Andrew Pattison 4-6 6-4 6-4 Jim Mcmanus — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Patrice Dominguez 6-1 7-5 Pietro Marzano H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau (w/o) Vladimir Zednik H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Paolo Bertolucci 0-6 6-3 6-2 Jun Kuki H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Jean Loup Rouyer 6-2 7-6 Graham Stilwell H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Vittorio Crotta 7-5 1-6 6-3 Georges Goven — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Piero Toci 4-6 6-4 6-2 Paul Gerken H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Vladimir Korotkov 6-2 6-2 Toshiro Sakai — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Jiri Hrebec 6-4 4-6 7-5 Jeff Borowiak H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Giuseppe Merlo 2-6 6-1 6-4 John Paish H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Peter Szoke 6-2 4-6 6-4 Nicola Pietrangeli H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Phil Dent 6-0 6-1 K Shimamura — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Shamil Tarpischev 7-6 6-4 Jun Kamiwazumi H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Erik Van Dillen 6-7 6-1 6-1 Istvan Gulyas — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128
Frantisek Pala 6-2 5-7 6-3 Giovanni Cierro — Match data Jun 3, 1973* R128

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