Margaret Court Margaret Court (''née'' Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is an Australian retired former world No. 1 tennis player and a Christian minister. Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 24 maj ...

defeated

Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley (née Goolagong; born 31 July 1951) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Goolagong was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s. At the age of 19, she won the French Open singl ...

in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1973 Australian Open.

Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three Major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all f ...

was the defending champion, but was defeated by

Kazuko Sawamatsu Kazuko Sawamatsu ( ja, 沢松和子, born 5 January 1951) is a retired tennis player from Japan. She competed in a number of major LTA tournaments in the 1970s on the world circuit. At the 1975 Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals as w ...

in the quarterfinals.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

(champion) #

''(finalist)'' #

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Kerry Melville Kerry Melville Reid (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. During her 17-year career, Reid won one Grand Slam singles title and 26 other singles titles and was the runner-up in 40 singles tou ...

''(semifinals)'' #

Patricia Coleman Patricia Coleman (born 13 May 1953) is an Australian former tennis player. She played in the Australian Open singles from 1971 to 1974. In 1972 she reached the final of the doubles event at the Australian Open with Karen Krantzcke Karen K ...

''(second round)'' #

''(semifinals)'' #

Kerry Harris Kerry Harris (born 19 September 1949) is an Australian former professional tennis player, active from 1967 to 1975, who reached the semi-final of the 1972 Australian Open, and reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, of which she won one, in t ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Karen Krantzcke Karen Krantzcke (1 February 1946 – 11 April 1977) was an Australian tennis player. She achieved a world top ten singles ranking in 1970. In her short career, she made the quarterfinals or better at each of the four Grand Slam championships in ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Eugenia Birioukova ''(third round)'' # Barbara Hawcroft ''(third round)'' # Marilyn Tesch ''(third round)'' # Janet Young (tennis), Janet Young ''(second round)''

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier (tennis), Qualifier * WC = Wild card (sports)#Professional tennis, Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired (tennis), Retired

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

1973 Australian Open – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1973 Australian Open - Women's Singles 1973 Australian Open, Women's singles Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles 1972 in Australian women's sport 1973 in Australian women's sport 1973 WTA Tour