ATP US Open 1973 Draw, Results & Schedule

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John Newcombe won the 1973 US Open, defeating Jan Kodes 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in New York, United States, from August 29 to September 12, 1973.

Champion
John Newcombe
def. Jan Kodes , 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3
Dates
Aug 29 — Sep 12
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Sep 12, 1973* F John Newcombe #7 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 Jan Kodes #11 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Sep 11, 1973* SF Jan Kodes #11 7-5 6-7 6-1 7-5 Stan Smith #3 — Match data
Sep 11, 1973* SF John Newcombe #7 6-4 7-6 6-3 Ken Rosewall #6 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Sep 9, 1973* QF Jan Kodes #11 6-2 4-6 6-1 3-6 7-5 Nikola Pilic #16 H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1973* QF Stan Smith #3 6-3 6-3 6-2 Onny Parun #57 — Match data
Sep 9, 1973* QF John Newcombe #7 6-4 7-6 7-6 Jimmy Connors #10 H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1973* QF Ken Rosewall #6 6-4 6-3 6-3 Vijay Amritraj #43 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Nikola Pilic #16 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-4 Bjorn Borg #29 H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Vijay Amritraj #43 6-2 6-2 6-2 Allan Stone #70 H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Jan Kodes #11 7-6 7-5 6-4 John Alexander #32 H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Stan Smith #3 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 Tom Gorman #15 — Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Jimmy Connors #10 6-3 6-2 6-4 Tom Okker #9 H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Ken Rosewall #6 6-3 6-4 6-3 Cliff Richey #17 H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 John Newcombe #7 6-7 6-1 7-5 6-4 Andrew Pattison — Match data
Sep 7, 1973* R16 Onny Parun #57 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-4 Ross Case #62 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Tom Gorman #15 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 Mark Cox #18 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Stan Smith #3 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3 Roscoe Tanner #22 — Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Bjorn Borg #29 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 Arthur Ashe #4 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Tom Okker #9 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 Brian Gottfried #21 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Vijay Amritraj #43 7-6 2-6 6-4 2-6 6-4 Rod Laver #5 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Ross Case #62 6-1 6-4 7-6 Manuel Orantes #2 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Onny Parun #57 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-1 Jeff Simpson #130 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Allan Stone #70 7-5 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-4 Adriano Panatta #8 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Ken Rosewall #6 7-6 6-1 6-1 Jun Kamiwazumi #123 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Jan Kodes #11 6-3 7-5 7-6 Ismail El Shafei — Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Cliff Richey #17 6-2 6-4 6-7 7-6 Raul Ramirez #50 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 John Newcombe #7 7-6 6-3 6-4 Ion Tiriac #87 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Nikola Pilic #16 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1 Phil Dent #60 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Jimmy Connors #10 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-2 Charlie Pasarell #64 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 John Alexander #32 3-6 7-6 6-2 6-2 Cliff Drysdale #40 H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1973* R32 Andrew Pattison 6-3 6-4 6-2 Charlie Owens #87 — Match data
R64 (32)
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Brian Gottfried #21 6-1 6-3 6-4 Pierre Barthes #87 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Jan Kodes #11 7-5 6-3 6-7 6-1 Jim Mcmanus #101 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Jimmy Connors #10 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-6 Jaime Fillol #24 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Vijay Amritraj #43 3-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 7-5 Pat Cramer #111 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Onny Parun #57 6-3 7-6 7-6 Marty Riessen #14 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Cliff Drysdale #40 6-3 6-3 6-4 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Charlie Pasarell #64 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 Erik Van Dillen — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Allan Stone #70 7-5 6-1 4-6 7-6 Raymond Moore #48 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Andrew Pattison 6-7 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 Ilie Nastase #1 — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Ross Case #62 6-2 6-1 6-1 Butch Seewagen #106 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Rod Laver #5 6-1 6-3 6-2 Patrice Dominguez #36 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Roscoe Tanner #22 6-4 6-4 6-1 Geoff Masters #55 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 John Alexander #32 3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 Roger Taylor #13 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Ismail El Shafei 6-3 7-5 6-1 Dick Crealy #46 — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Tom Gorman #15 7-5 7-5 6-3 Ove Bengtson #51 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Phil Dent #60 6-4 5-7 6-1 6-2 George Hardie H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Charlie Owens #87 6-1 6-7 6-4 5-7 6-2 Owen Davidson #131 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Ion Tiriac #87 6-4 7-6 7-5 Jeff Borowiak #115 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Mark Cox #18 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-4 John Feaver — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Nikola Pilic #16 7-5 5-7 7-6 6-4 Anand Amritraj — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Bjorn Borg #29 7-5 2-6 6-1 6-4 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau #87 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Ken Rosewall #6 6-1 6-3 6-3 Bob Mckinley — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Manuel Orantes #2 6-2 3-6 7-5 6-3 Ian Fletcher #87 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Raul Ramirez #50 6-3 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 Jiri Hrebec #26 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Cliff Richey #17 3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 Brian Teacher #141 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 John Newcombe #7 7-6 6-3 6-3 Jim Delaney #84 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Arthur Ashe #4 6-4 6-2 6-2 Sherwood Stewart — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Jeff Simpson #130 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2 John Lloyd — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Stan Smith #3 6-3 6-2 6-1 Billy Martin #60 — Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Tom Okker #9 7-5 6-3 6-7 7-6 Paul Gerken #35 H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Adriano Panatta #8 6-1 6-3 6-1 Toma Ovici H2H Match data
Sep 2, 1973* R64 Jun Kamiwazumi #123 4-6 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4 Vladimir Zednik #96 H2H Match data
R128 (61)
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Mark Cox #18 6-4 7-6 6-3 Patricio Cornejo #97 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Patrice Dominguez #36 7-6 6-3 6-0 Karl Meiler #20 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ismail El Shafei 6-4 6-2 6-4 Frew Mcmillan #71 — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Roger Taylor #13 6-4 6-4 6-4 Antonio Zugarelli #41 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ove Bengtson #51 6-3 6-4 6-3 Arthur Carrington H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Brian Gottfried #21 6-4 6-1 6-2 Paul Kronk — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Geoff Masters #55 4-6 6-7 6-1 6-4 7-5 Clark Graebner #58 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Raymond Moore #48 6-3 7-6 6-4 James Chico Hagey H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jaime Fillol #24 6-1 7-6 7-5 Mike Estep #59 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jun Kamiwazumi #123 6-2 2-6 6-2 7-6 John Andrews — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ross Case #62 6-4 6-4 6-3 Rolf Norberg H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Paul Gerken #35 4-6 7-5 4-6 4-1 (ret.) Sandy Mayer #44 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Arthur Ashe #4 7-6 6-7 7-5 6-2 Colin Dibley #44 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ken Rosewall #6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Graham Stilwell #122 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ilie Nastase #1 6-4 6-4 6-3 Humphrey Hose #181 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Roscoe Tanner #22 6-2 7-6 6-4 Hans Jurgen Pohmann #30 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 George Hardie 3-6 7-6 6-2 6-4 Frank Froehling #69 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ion Tiriac #87 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-0 Armistead Neely H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Pierre Barthes #87 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-2 Steve Krulevitz H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Barry Phillips Moore 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1 Ian Crookenden — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Onny Parun #57 6-1 6-7 6-3 3-6 6-1 Jasjit Singh — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jiri Hrebec #26 6-2 7-5 6-2 Dick Stockton #25 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Bjorn Borg #29 3-6 6-7 6-4 6-1 6-2 Roy Barth #179 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jimmy Connors #10 6-3 6-3 6-2 Herb Fitzgibbon #128 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jeff Simpson #130 6-3 3-1 (ret.) Paolo Bertolucci #12 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jeff Borowiak #115 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Grover Raz Reid H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jean Baptiste Chanfreau #87 6-3 6-3 6-4 Guillermo Vilas #27 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Rod Laver #5 6-0 6-2 6-2 Harold Solomon #63 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jim Mcmanus #101 6-3 6-1 6-2 Lito Alvarez — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Charlie Owens #87 6-2 7-6 6-4 Corrado Barazzutti #73 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Billy Martin #60 6-0 6-1 6-1 Tito Vazquez — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jim Delaney #84 6-7 6-1 6-4 7-6 Ivan Molina #102 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Allan Stone #70 6-3 6-3 6-4 Steve Siegel H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Dick Crealy #46 6-3 6-3 6-2 Milan Holecek #87 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Owen Davidson #131 6-3 4-1 (ret.) Jurgen Fassbender #31 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Marty Riessen #14 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-2 Thomaz Koch H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Pat Cramer #111 7-5 6-1 6-2 Belus Prajoux #162 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Bob Mckinley 6-4 6-3 6-2 Bob Carmichael #67 — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Cliff Drysdale #40 6-7 6-1 6-0 6-3 Dick Dell — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Tom Okker #9 6-7 6-3 6-1 6-4 Richard Gonzalez — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Jan Kodes #11 6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4 Wanaro N'Godrella #81 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Cliff Richey #17 6-0 2-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 Gerald Battrick #65 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Andrew Pattison 7-6 6-2 6-3 John James — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Tom Gorman #15 6-3 6-1 6-2 Eddie Dibbs #39 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Charlie Pasarell #64 5-7 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-2 Fred Mcnair — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Vijay Amritraj #43 6-4 7-6 6-2 Gene Scott #126 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 John Alexander #32 7-6 7-6 6-4 Vitas Gerulaitis #125 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Stan Smith #3 6-4 5-0 (ret.) Patrick Proisy #23 — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Phil Dent #60 6-2 6-4 6-2 Terry Ryan — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Toma Ovici 6-7 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-6 Tom Edlefsen #105 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Anand Amritraj 6-2 6-1 6-2 Pat Dupre #176 — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Nikola Pilic #16 7-6 6-4 6-2 Jeff Austin — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Vladimir Zednik #96 6-4 6-4 6-2 Torben Ulrich #114 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Brian Teacher #141 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-0 William Brown H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Erik Van Dillen 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6 Georges Goven #56 — Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Butch Seewagen #106 7-5 6-4 7-5 Haroon Rahim #87 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Adriano Panatta #8 7-6 6-7 6-3 6-7 6-4 Victor Amaya #145 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Ian Fletcher #87 6-4 6-1 6-1 Rayno Seegers H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Manuel Orantes #2 6-3 6-1 6-3 Buster C Mottram #51 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 John Newcombe #7 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3 Marcello Lara #80 H2H Match data
Aug 31, 1973* R128 Raul Ramirez #50 7-6 6-2 7-6 Antonio Munoz #78 H2H Match data

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