1973 Volvo International

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1973 Volvo International
Date:   July 23 –
Edition:   1st
Champions
Singles
India Vijay Amritraj
Doubles
Australia Rod Laver / Australia Fred Stolle
Volvo International
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The 1973 Volvo International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in the United States and was part of the 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix. The tournament began on July 23, 1973.

Men's Singles

India Vijay Amritraj defeated United States Jimmy Connors 75, 26, 75

  • It was Amritraj's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. United States Jimmy Connors (Final)
  2. Australia Rod Laver (Quarterfinals)
  3. Australia Ian Fletcher (Semifinals)
  4. Australia John Alexander (Semifinals)

  1. United Kingdom Gerald Battrick (Quarterfinals)
  2. United States Tom Edlefsen (Quarterfinals)
  3. Australia Bob Carmichael (Quarterfinals)
  4. India Vijay Amritraj (Champion)

Draw

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser

  • Alt = Alternate
  • SE = Special Exempt
  • PR = Protected Ranking

  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Final

Final
1  United States Jimmy Connors 5 6 5
   India Vijay Amritraj 7 2 7

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  United States J Connors 4      
   United States S Faulk 1 2          Australia K Warwick 1r    
   Australia K Warwick 6 6         1  United States J Connors 6 4 6  
   United States B McKinley 6 4 0       7  Australia B Carmichael 2 6 0  
   United States F Robbins 1 6 6        United States F Robbins 6 6 3
   South Africa P Cramer 0 1       7  Australia B Carmichael 4 7 6  
7  Australia B Carmichael 6 6         1  United States J Connors 6 6  
      3  Australia I Fletcher 4 4  
    3  Australia I Fletcher 6 6    
   United States B Seewagen 6 6 7        United States B Seewagen 1 1    
   South Africa T Ryan 7 4 6       3  Australia I Fletcher 3 7 6
   Australia J Bartlett 3 2         5  United Kingdom G Battrick 6 5 3  
   Japan T Sakai 6 6          Japan T Sakai 6 3  
   Japan J Kamiwazumi 5 6 3     5  United Kingdom G Battrick 7 6    
5  United Kingdom G Battrick 7 4 6  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6  United States T Edlefsen 6 5 6  
    O R Cruz 4 7 3     6  United States T Edlefsen 6 6    
   India A Amritraj 3 4          United States T Moor 3 1    
   United States T Moor 6 6         6  United States T Edlefsen 2 0    
   South Africa F McMillan 6 3 6       4  Australia J Alexander 6 6    
   United States W Higgins 3 6 3        South Africa F McMillan 6 2  
    4  Australia J Alexander 7 6    
      4  Australia J Alexander 4 3  
8  India V Amritraj 4 6 7       8  India V Amritraj 6 6  
   Venezuela H Hose 6 4 5     8  India V Amritraj 7 5 6  
   United States J Austin 6 6          United States J Austin 6 7 2  
   United States T Leonard 3 0         8  India V Amritraj 6 7 6
   United States I Harris 1 0         2  Australia R Laver 7 6 3  
   United States R Fernando 6 6          United States R Fernando d    
    2  Australia R Laver        
 

Men's Doubles

Australia Rod Laver / Australia Fred Stolle defeated Australia Bob Carmichael / South Africa Frew McMillan 26, 63, 64

  • It was Laver's 10th title of the year and the 47th of his professional career. It was Stolle's 3rd title of the year and the 12th of his professional career.

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