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 Chris Evert in the final, 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(8–6), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1973 French Open. It was Evert's first French Open appearance. Billie Jean King was the reigning champion, but chose not to defend her title. This tournament marked the first singles major appearance of future world No. 1 and 18-time major singles champion Martina Navratilova; she reached the quarterfinals before being defeated by

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 sing ...

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.

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

''(champion)'' # Chris Evert ''(finalist)'' #

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 ...

''(third round)'' #

''(semifinals)'' # Nancy Gunter ''(third round)'' #

Françoise Dürr Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles. According to Lance Tingay, Bud Collins, and the Women ...

''(semifinals)'' # Helga Masthoff ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Katja Ebbinghaus Katja Ebbinghaus (née Burgemeister, born 6 January 1948) is a former professional tennis player from Germany, active from 1969 to 1982. She reached five Grand Slam quarterfinals in singles, and a Grand Slam final in doubles, and played for West G ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

1973 French Open – Women's draws and results
at the

International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ...

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