1973 Grand Prix (tennis)
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Năstase won 14 titles in the year.
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Duration | 3 January 1973 – 26 December 1973 |
Edition | 4th |
Tournaments | 72 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Ilie Năstase (14) |
Most tournament finals | Ilie Năstase (17) |
Prize money leader | Ilie Năstase |
Points leader | Ilie Năstase |
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The 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix was a tennis circuit administered by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) which served as a forerunner to the current Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. [1] The circuit consisted of the four modern Grand Slam tournaments and open tournaments recognised by the ILTF. This article covers all tournaments that were part of that year's Men's Grand Prix . Bonus points were awarded to players who were nominated to play in certain 1973 Davis Cup ties and who miss tournaments through competing in those ties. [2] The Commercial Union Assurance Masters is included in this calendar but did not count towards the Grand Prix.
Schedule
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AA events |
Grand Prix Masters |
A events |
B events |
C events |
Team events |
December 1972
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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26 Dec |
Australian Open
Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam – Group A Grass – $27,450 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles |
John Newcombe
6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1 |
Onny Parun |
Karl Meiler
Patrick Proisy |
Wanaro N'Godrella
Alex Metreveli John Cooper Bob Carmichael |
Mal Anderson
John Newcombe 6–3, 6–4, 7–6 |
John Alexander
Phil Dent |
May
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 May |
Rothmans British Hard Court Championships
Bournemouth , Great Britain Group B Clay – 64S/32D/32XD |
Adriano Panatta
6–8, 7–5, 6–3, 8–6 |
Ilie Năstase |
Barry Phillips-Moore
Ross Case |
Geoff Masters
Buster Mottram François Jauffret Patrice Dominguez |
Juan Gisbert Sr.
Ilie Năstase 6–4, 8–6 |
Adriano Panatta
Ion Țiriac |
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Virginia Wade
Frew McMillan 6–2, 6–3 |
Ilana Kloss
Bernard Mitton |
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21 May |
French Open
Paris, France Grand Slam – Group AA Clay – 128S/64D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
Ilie Năstase
6–3, 6–3, 6–0 |
Nikola Pilić |
Adriano Panatta
Tom Gorman |
Tom Okker
Paolo Bertolucci Jan Kodeš Roger Taylor |
John Newcombe
Tom Okker 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase |
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Françoise Dürr
Jean-Claude Barclay 6–1, 6–4 |
Betty Stöve
Patrice Dominguez |
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Dec |
Commercial Union Assurance Masters
Boston , United States Hard (i) – $50,000 – 8S Singles |
Ilie Năstase
6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
Tom Okker |
Jimmy Connors
John Newcombe |
Round robin
Jan Kodeš
Tom Gorman Stan Smith Manuel Orantes |
Grand Prix points system
The tournaments listed above were divided into four groups. Group AA consisted of the Triple Crown – the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open – while the other tournaments were divided into Groups A, B and C by prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. No points were awarded to first round losers and ties were settled by the number of tournaments played. The points allocation is listed below:
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Grand Prix rankings
1) Ilie Năstase 610 points, 2) John Newcombe 512.5 points, 3) Tom Okker 498 points, 4) Jimmy Connors 383 points, 5) Manuel Orantes 358.5 points, 6) Jan Kodeš 315 points, 7) Stan Smith 274 points, 8) Tom Gorman 270 points, 9) Björn Borg 240 points, 10) Arthur Ashe 236 points, 11) Rod Laver 230 points, 12) Nikki Pilic 210 points, 13) Jaime Fillol 203 points, 14) Raúl Ramírez 186.5 points, 15) Onny Parun 177 points, 16) Vijay Amritraj 169.5 points, 17) Ken Rosewall 169 points, 18) Eddie Dibbs 155 points, 19) Karl Meiler 155 points, 20) Marty Riessen 141 points, 21) Alex Metreveli 141 points, 22) Jiří Hřebec 131 points, 23) Ross Case 126 points, 24) Roger Taylor 126 points, 25) Guillermo Vilas 121 points, 26) Adriano Panatta 119 points, 27) Brian Gottfried 118 points, 28) Mark Cox 118 points, 29) Jürgen Fassbender 115 points, 30) Charles Pasarell 112 points, 31) Cliff Drysdale 112 points, 32) Paolo Bertolucci 104 points, 33) Geoff Masters 100 points, 34) Ray Moore 98 points, 35) John Alexander 98 points [3]
ATP rankings
On 23 August 1973 the Association of Tennis Professionals published its first list of computer rankings, using points averages rather than points totals in their calculations. These are the ATP rankings of the top twenty singles players in the first list [4] and at the end of the 1973 season, [5] with numbers of ranking points, points averages, numbers of tournaments played, year-end rankings in 1973, highest and lowest positions during the season and number of spots gained or lost from the first rankings to the year-end rankings.
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See also
Notes
- ↑ The tournament started on 14 November.
References
- ↑ "How it All Began" . Association of Tennis Professional (ATP).
- ↑ John Barrett , ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 . London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 30–32. ISBN 9780362001686 .
- ↑ John Barrett , ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 . London: Queen Anne Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780362001686 .
- ↑ "ATP Rankings (singles) as of August 23, 1973" . atpworldtour.com . ATP Tour, Inc. 23 August 1973 . Retrieved 9 January 2012 .
- ↑ "ATP Rankings (singles) as of December 14, 1973" . atpworldtour.com . ATP Tour, Inc.
- ↑ "Rankings | Singles" .
- ↑ "Rankings | Singles" .
External links
- ATP Archive 1973: Commercial Union Grand Prix tournaments
- History Mens Professional Tours
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0 .
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