1973 Union Trust Classic – Singles

Singles
Singles
1973 Union Trust Classic
Final
Champion	Tom Okker
Runner-up	Arthur Ashe
Score	6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	4
Events
Singles	Doubles

The 1973 Union Trust Classic – Singles was an event of the 1973 Union Trust Classic men's tennis tournament that was played in Merrifield, Virginia in the United States from March 19 through March 25, 1973. The draw comprised 32 players and four players were seeded. Stan Smith was the defending singles champion but did not take part in this edition. Unseeded Tom Okker won the title, defeating unseeded Arthur Ashe in the final, 6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–3).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Seeds[edit]

Marty Riessen (second round)
Brian Fairlie (first round)
Roger Taylor (semifinals)
Mark Cox (quarterfinals)

Draw[edit]

Key[edit]

Finals[edit]

Semifinals					Final

	Tom Okker	6	3	6

3	Roger Taylor	4	6	4
					Tom Okker	6	6⁴	7⁷

					Arthur Ashe	3	7⁷	6³
	Arthur Ashe	6	5	6

	Ken Rosewall	4	7	4

Top half[edit]

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

2	Brian Fairlie	3	6
	Erik van Dillen	6	7			Erik van Dillen	4	2
	Tom Okker	6	6			Tom Okker	6	6
	Ross Case	1	3								Tom Okker	6	6
	Raymond Moore	7	4	6							Ray Moore	4	4
	Pierre Barthès	5	6	2		Ray Moore	4	6	6
	Premjit Lall	3	4			Jan Kodeš	6	3	1
	Jan Kodeš	6	6													Tom Okker	6	3	6
	Dick Crealy	7	6												3	Roger Taylor	4	6	4
	Vladimír Zedník	6	1			Dick Crealy	7	6
	Butch Buchholz	1	5			Roscoe Tanner	5	4
	Roscoe Tanner	6	7								Dick Crealy	3	6	3
	František Pála	w/o								3	Roger Taylor	6	0	6
	Haroon Rahim					František Pála	3	7	2
	Dennis Ralston	3	6		3	Roger Taylor	6	6	6
3	Roger Taylor	6	7

Bottom half[edit]

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

4	Mark Cox	6	7
	Torben Ulrich	2	6		4	Mark Cox	6	7
	Graham Stilwell	1	1			Tom Leonard	2	6
	Tom Leonard	6	6							4	Mark Cox	2	1
	Boro Jovanović	6	1	4							Arthur Ashe	6	6
	Jeff Borowiak	2	6	6		Jeff Borowiak	6	2	3
	Ismail El Shafei	3	7	0		Arthur Ashe	4	6	6
	Arthur Ashe	6	6	6											Arthur Ashe	6	5	6
	Ken Rosewall	6	6												Ken Rosewall	4	7	4
	Željko Franulović	3	4			Ken Rosewall	6	6
	Tom Gorman	4	2			Fred Stolle	3	1
	Fred Stolle	6	6								Ken Rosewall	6	6
	Alex Metreveli	7	3	6							Alex Metreveli	4	2
	Bob Carmichael	5	6	1		Alex Metreveli	6	5	6
	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau	3	5		1	Marty Riessen	0	7	1
1	Marty Riessen	6	7

References[edit]

^ Mike Klingaman (March 20, 1973). "Lamar Hunt says tennis war is only hurting the game". The Evening Sun. p. C 12 – via Newspapers.com. Hunt's WCT pros, led by Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen, are in Merrifield, Va., all week, competing in the $50,000 Union Trust Classic.
^ "Okker defeats Ashe in Washington tennis". The Baltimore Sun. March 26, 1973. p. C 2 – via Newspapers.com. Tom Okker of the Netherlands rallied from the brink of defeat to beat Arthur Ashe, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, and capture the $50,000 Union Turst Tennis Classic championship yesterday. The victory was worth $10,000.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780362001686.

External links[edit]

ITF tournament edition details

[1] Mike Klingaman (March 20, 1973). "Lamar Hunt says tennis war is only hurting the game". The Evening Sun. p. C 12 – via Newspapers.com. Hunt's WCT pros, led by Arthur Ashe and Marty Riessen, are in Merrifield, Va., all week, competing in the $50,000 Union Trust Classic.

[2] "Okker defeats Ashe in Washington tennis". The Baltimore Sun. March 26, 1973. p. C 2 – via Newspapers.com. Tom Okker of the Netherlands rallied from the brink of defeat to beat Arthur Ashe, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, and capture the $50,000 Union Turst Tennis Classic championship yesterday. The victory was worth $10,000.

[wot1974-3] John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780362001686.

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