ATP US Open 1973 Draw, Results & Schedule

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. The match log contains 124 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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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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Results

Match type
US Open 1973 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
John Newcombe 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 Jan Kodes H2H Match data Sep 12, 1973* F
SF (2)
Jan Kodes 7-5 6-7 6-1 7-5 Stan Smith CH H2H Match data Sep 11, 1973* SF
John Newcombe 6-4 7-6 6-3 Ken Rosewall CH H2H Match data Sep 11, 1973* SF
QF (4)
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 CH 6-3 6-3 6-2 Onny Parun #57 H2H 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 #6CH 6-4 6-3 6-3 Vijay Amritraj #43 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1973* QF
R16 (8)
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 CH 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 Tom Gorman #15 H2H 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 #6CH 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 Sep 7, 1973* R16
R32 (16)
Tom Gorman #15 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-4 Mark Cox #18 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1973* R32
Stan Smith CH 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3 Roscoe Tanner #22 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1973* R32
Bjorn Borg #29 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 Arthur Ashe #4CH 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 #5CH H2H Match data Sep 4, 1973* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ross Case #62 6-1 6-4 7-6 Manuel Orantes #2 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1973* R32 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 #6CH 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 Sep 4, 1973* R32
R64 (32)
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 #1DEF — Match data Sep 2, 1973* R64 Upset: winner had a 5 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ross Case #62 6-2 6-1 6-1 Butch Seewagen #106 H2H Match data Sep 2, 1973* R64
Rod Laver #5CH 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 #6CH 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 #4CH 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 CH 6-3 6-2 6-1 Billy Martin #60 H2H 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 Sep 2, 1973* R64
R128 (61)
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 #4CH 7-6 6-7 7-5 6-2 Colin Dibley #44 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1973* R128
Ken Rosewall #6CH 6-3 6-2 6-2 Graham Stilwell #122 H2H Match data Aug 31, 1973* R128
Ilie Nastase #1DEF 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 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 #5CH 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 CH 6-4 5-0 (ret.) Patrick Proisy #23 H2H 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 Aug 31, 1973* R128

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