ATP Roland Garros 1973 Draw & Results

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Ilie Nastase won the 1973 Roland Garros, defeating Nikola Pilic 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the final. The Grand Slam was played May 21–June 4 on clay courts in Paris, France.

Roland Garros is also widely known as the French Open and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on clay.

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Champion
Ilie Nastase
def. Nikola Pilic , 6-3 6-3 6-0
Dates
May 21 — Jun 4
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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Results

Match type

124 recorded singles results

Roland Garros 1973 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-3 6-0 Nikola Pilic H2H Match data Jun 4, 1973* F
SF (2)
Nikola Pilic 6-4 6-3 6-2 Adriano Panatta H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* SF
Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-4 6-1 Tom Gorman H2H Match data Jun 3, 1973* SF
QF (4)
Tom Gorman 6-4 7-6 4-6 6-1 Jan Kodes 2× CH H2H Match data Jun 1, 1973* QF
Adriano Panatta 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4 Tom Okker H2H Match data Jun 1, 1973* QF
Ilie Nastase 6-0 6-2 7-6 Roger Taylor H2H Match data Jun 1, 1973* QF
Nikola Pilic 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4 Paolo Bertolucci H2H Match data Jun 1, 1973* QF
R16 (8)
Adriano Panatta 7-6 2-6 7-5 7-6 Bjorn Borg H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16
Tom Gorman 6-3 6-3 6-4 Milan Holecek H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16
Nikola Pilic 6-2 6-2 6-3 Frank Froehling H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16
Jan Kodes 2× CH 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-0 7-5 Boro Jovanovic — Match data May 30, 1973* R16
Ilie Nastase 6-4 6-2 6-4 Francois Jauffret H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16
Tom Okker 6-3 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-4 Stan Smith H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Roger Taylor 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-7 6-4 Paul Gerken H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16
Paolo Bertolucci 7-6 6-3 6-4 Arthur Ashe H2H Match data May 30, 1973* R16 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R32 (15)
Francois Jauffret 6-1 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-0 Patrice Dominguez H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Jan Kodes 2× CH 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-1 Colin Dibley H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Arthur Ashe 7-6 6-2 6-7 6-4 Harold Solomon H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Nikola Pilic 3-6 7-5 7-6 6-3 Phil Dent H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Paolo Bertolucci 3-6 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-4 Andrew Pattison — Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Roger Taylor 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-5 Charlie Pasarell H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Paul Gerken 6-1 7-6 6-1 Guillermo Vilas H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Tom Gorman 6-4 6-3 6-3 Onny Parun H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-1 6-3 Jurgen Fassbender H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Bjorn Borg 6-7 7-5 6-2 7-6 Dick Stockton H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Adriano Panatta 6-4 6-4 6-1 Jaime Fillol H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Tom Okker 6-2 6-1 6-2 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Boro Jovanovic 6-2 6-1 7-5 Corrado Barazzutti — Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Milan Holecek 6-4 3-6 6-0 4-6 8-6 Hans Jurgen Pohmann H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
Frank Froehling 6-4 6-3 6-4 Wanaro N'Godrella H2H Match data May 27, 1973* R32
R64 (32)
Erik Van Dillen 6-1 3-6 6-4 Cliff Drysdale — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Barry Phillips Moore 7-5 6-2 Szabolcz Baranyi — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Jaime Fillol 6-3 7-6 Mike Estep H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Stan Smith 7-5 7-5 Jim Mcmanus H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Boro Jovanovic 6-1 4-6 9-7 Frantisek Pala — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Paul Gerken 6-2 6-3 Torben Ulrich H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Tom Gorman 6-3 6-3 Tito Vazquez — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Patrice Dominguez 7-6 6-4 Gerald Battrick H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Adriano Panatta 6-1 1-6 8-6 Bernard Mignot H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Frank Froehling 7-6 7-6 Ion Tiriac H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Dick Stockton 6-4 6-4 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Charlie Pasarell 6-0 6-3 Harald Elschenbroich H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Paolo Bertolucci 7-5 6-3 Mark Cox H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Guillermo Vilas 6-2 5-7 8-6 Andres Gimeno DEF H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Milan Holecek 7-6 6-4 John Paish H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Jan Kodes 2× CH 6-1 6-0 Pat Cramer H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Nikola Pilic 6-1 6-7 6-0 John Lloyd — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Hans Jurgen Pohmann 6-2 6-4 Jean Louis Haillet H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Jurgen Fassbender 6-3 7-6 Marcello Lara H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Colin Dibley 6-4 6-4 Tadeusz Nowicki H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Francois Jauffret 6-4 7-6 Zeljko Franulovic H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Onny Parun 6-4 7-5 Martin Mulligan — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Phil Dent 6-2 6-1 Raul Ramirez H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-4 Jiri Hrebec H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Bjorn Borg 3-6 6-1 8-6 Pierre Barthes H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Tom Okker 7-5 6-3 Robert Machan H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Roger Taylor 6-4 6-4 Alex Metreveli — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Arthur Ashe 7-5 6-2 Geoff Masters H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Andrew Pattison 7-5 6-4 Jean Loup Rouyer — Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Wanaro N'Godrella 6-0 7-6 Manuel Orantes H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Harold Solomon 6-4 6-2 Brian Gottfried H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
Corrado Barazzutti 6-2 6-1 Jun Kamiwazumi H2H Match data May 25, 1973* R64
R128 (62)
Jean Loup Rouyer 7-6 1-6 6-3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Raul Ramirez 6-4 7-6 Jimmy Connors H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Gerald Battrick 6-4 6-2 Karl Meiler H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Wanaro N'Godrella (w/o) Tom Edlefsen H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Francois Jauffret 7-6 6-3 Ismail El Shafei — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Pierre Barthes 6-3 6-4 John Alexander H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Zeljko Franulovic 5-7 6-3 6-3 Antonio Zugarelli H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Tadeusz Nowicki 3-6 6-4 6-2 Patricio Cornejo H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Stan Smith 2-6 6-1 6-3 Georges Goven H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Colin Dibley 6-0 6-1 Daniel Contet H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Mike Estep 6-3 6-3 Miecyslav Rybarczyk H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Erik Van Dillen 6-4 6-2 David Lloyd — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Mark Cox 6-4 6-1 Ian Fletcher H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Tito Vazquez 7-6 4-6 8-6 Allan Stone — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Robert Machan 3-6 6-2 6-1 Toma Ovici H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Geoff Masters 1-6 6-4 7-5 Nicola Spear H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Roger Taylor 6-1 3-6 6-3 Kim Warwick H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-4 Istvan Gulyas H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Andrew Pattison 6-2 6-3 Graham Stilwell — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Milan Holecek 7-5 6-1 John Newcombe H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Phil Dent 6-2 6-4 Steve Faulk H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Paul Gerken 6-4 6-2 Eric Deblicker H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jim Mcmanus 6-4 7-6 Jean Claude Barclay H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jun Kamiwazumi 6-3 6-4 Roberto Chavez H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Marcello Lara 7-6 6-1 Pierre Joly H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Torben Ulrich 6-2 7-6 David Seigel — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Adriano Panatta 6-2 6-4 Bob Carmichael H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Tom Okker 6-1 6-1 Neil Golden — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Szabolcz Baranyi 6-4 3-6 6-3 Raymond Moore H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Bjorn Borg 6-2 6-3 Cliff Richey H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tom Gorman 6-7 6-3 6-1 Patrick Proisy H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Andres Gimeno DEF 6-7 6-4 6-3 Ezio Di Matteo — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Manuel Orantes 6-3 6-4 Bill Lloyd — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
John Paish 7-5 1-6 6-1 Ivan Molina H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jurgen Fassbender 6-2 1-6 6-1 Denis Naegelen H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Harald Elschenbroich 7-6 6-2 Peter Szoke H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jan Kodes 2× CH 4-6 6-2 6-1 Brian Fairlie H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Frantisek Pala 6-4 6-3 Sergei Likhachev H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Corrado Barazzutti 6-7 6-4 6-0 Emilio Montano H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Charlie Pasarell 6-4 6-0 Sherwood Stewart — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Alex Metreveli 7-5 6-4 Kjell Johansson — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Hans Jurgen Pohmann 6-4 6-2 Anand Amritraj — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Pat Cramer 3-6 7-6 6-2 Dick Crealy H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jean Baptiste Chanfreau 6-4 5-7 7-5 Hans Kary H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Boro Jovanovic 5-7 7-5 6-3 Jun Kuki — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Harold Solomon 3-6 6-2 6-3 Frew Mcmillan H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Cliff Drysdale 6-3 4-6 6-1 Piero Toci H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Patrice Dominguez 7-5 7-5 Eddie Dibbs H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Bernard Mignot 6-1 6-3 Ross Case H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Brian Gottfried 2-6 6-4 6-2 Jan Kukal H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jiri Hrebec 6-2 6-3 Toshiro Sakai — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jaime Fillol 6-2 6-2 Nicolas Kelaidis H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Nikola Pilic 6-4 6-4 Geza Varga H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Ion Tiriac 7-5 6-1 Patrick Hombergen H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Martin Mulligan (w/o) Vladimir Zednik — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Jean Louis Haillet 7-6 7-6 Jeff Borowiak H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Paolo Bertolucci 6-4 6-1 Joaquin Loyo Mayo — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Frank Froehling 6-0 6-1 Nicola Pietrangeli H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Dick Stockton 6-0 6-2 Antonio Munoz H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Ilie Nastase 6-1 6-4 Jaime Pinto Bravo — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Onny Parun 6-4 6-3 Teimuraz Kakulia — Match data May 23, 1973* R128
Guillermo Vilas 6-4 6-0 Attila Korpas H2H Match data May 23, 1973* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Roland Garros.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Rafael Nadal 112 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.

  1. Novak Djokovic 22 appearances

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Roland Garros finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Alexander Zverev #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Flavio Cobolli #14 H2H Match data 2026 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #1 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Jannik Sinner #2 H2H Match data 2025 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #4 H2H Match data 2024 Clay
Novak Djokovic #3 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 Casper Ruud #4 H2H Match data 2023 Clay
Rafael Nadal #5 6-3 6-3 6-0 Casper Ruud #8 H2H Match data 2022 Clay

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Roland Garros held?
Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
Who is the latest recorded Roland Garros winner?
The 2026 Roland Garros was won by Alexander Zverev, who defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles?
Rafael Nadal has won 14 Roland Garros titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Roland Garros played?
The first edition of Roland Garros was held in 1891.
What surface is Roland Garros played on?
Roland Garros is played on clay courts.