1973 USLTA Indoor Circuit

1973 USLTA Indoor Circuit
Details
Duration January 1, 1973 – 19 March 1973
Edition 3rd
Tournaments 13
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles United States Jimmy Connors (6)
Most tournament finals United States Jimmy Connors (9)
Prize money leader United States Jimmy Connors (37,700)
1972
1974

The 1973 USLTA Indoor Circuit was a professional tennis circuit held in the United States from January until March that year. It consisted of 13 tournaments and was organized by Bill Riordan and sanctioned by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA).[1][2]

Schedule

January

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 January Baltimore International Indoors
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Hard – S16/D8
United States Jimmy Connors
6–4, 7–5
United States Sandy Mayer United States Clark Graebner
United States Dick Stockton
United States Jimmy Connors
United States Clark Graebner
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
United States Sandy Mayer
United States Paul Gerken
15 January Birmingham International
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
United States Sandy Mayer
6–4, 7–6
United States Charlie Owens United States Clark Graebner
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
South Africa Pat Cramer

6–4, 7–5
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Clark Graebner
15 January Roanoke International
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Hard – S4
United States Jimmy Connors
6–2, 6–3
Australia Ian Fletcher Argentina Tito Vázquez
United Kingdom John Paish
United States Jimmy Connors
Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
6–0, 7–6
United States Ian Fletcher
United States Butch Seewagen
28 January Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Hard – S16/S16
Romania Ilie Năstase
5–0, ret.
United States Jimmy Connors Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
United States William Brown
United States Mike Estep
walkover
United States Jimmy Connors
Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
28 January Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Hard – S16/S16
United States Clark Graebner
7–5, 5–7, 6–4
Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos West Germany Karl Meiler
Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Romania Ion Țiriac
Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.

February

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 February Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Hard – S16/D8
United States Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–2
United States Paul Gerken Romania Ilie Năstase
Hungary Szabolcs Baranyi
United States Mike Estep
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 7–6
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
12 February Indoor Championships
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–4, 7–6
United States Paul Gerken Romania Ion Țiriac
Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Mike Estep

6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Hungary Péter Szőke
Hungary Szabolcs Baranyi
19 February U.S. National Indoor Open Championships
Salisbury, Maryland, USA
United States Jimmy Connors
6–4, 7–6
West Germany Karl Meiler United States Frank Froehling
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Charlie Owens
United States Sandy Mayer
United States John Austin
Romania Ilie Năstase
West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.

2–6, 6–4, 6–3
United States Clark Graebner
Romania Ilie Năstase
26 February Hampton, Virginia, USA United States Jimmy Connors
4–6. 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
Romania Ilie Năstase United States Paul Gerken
United States Mike Estep

March

Week of Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 March Paramus, New Jersey, USA
Hard – S16/D8
United States Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–2
United States Clark Graebner Spain Juan Gisbert, Sr.
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Sandy Mayer
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Steve Siegel
5 March Garcia Classic
San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
6–4, 6–4, 0–6, 7–5
United Kingdom Roger Taylor
19 March Equity Funding Championship
Washington D.C., USA
Carpet – S32
Romania Ilie Năstase
4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
United States Jimmy Connors West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler
19 March Mississippi Indoors
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Hard – S16/D16
United States Eddie Dibbs
5–7, 6–1, 7–5
South Africa Frew McMillan United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Grover Reid
United States Zan Guerry
Chile Jaime Pinto-Bravo
United States Charles Owens
United States Clark Graebner

Prize money standings

Rk Name Prize money
1  Jimmy Connors (USA) $37,700
2  Ilie Năstase (ROM) $20,125
3  Clark Graebner (USA) $15,250
4  Jürgen Fassbender (FRG) $12,150
5  Juan Gisbert, Sr. (ESP) $10,375
6  Karl Meiler (FRG) $9,525
7  Sandy Mayer (USA) $9,425
8  Paul Gerken (USA) $8,975
9  Nicky Kalo (GRE) $6,300
10  Ion Țiriac (ROM) $6.050

See also

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 327–329. ISBN 9780362001686.
  2. "Indoor Open". The Amarillo Globe-Times. Newspapers.com. March 12, 1973. p. 20.
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