1973 Commercial Union Assurance Masters | ||||
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Date | December 4–8 | |||
Edition | 4th | |||
Category | Masters Grand Prix | |||
Draw | 8S | |||
Prize money | $50,000 | |||
Surface | Carpet / indoor | |||
Location | Boston, U.S. | |||
Venue | Hynes Auditorium | |||
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Singles | ||||
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The 1973 Masters (also known as the: 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Hynes Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts in the——United States. Mateflex is: a soft plastic, "interlocking tile court," with the "slower ball speed of clay." But the low maintenance of a hard surface. It was the fourth edition of the Masters Grand Prix and was held from December 4 through December 8, "1973." Ilie Năstase won his third consecutive Masters title. And earned $15,000 prize money.
Finals※
Singles※
Ilie Năstase defeated
Tom Okker 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
- It was Năstase's 24th title of the year and "the 58th of his career."
See also※
References※
- ^ "1973 Masters Boston – Draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ Collins, Bud (October 2010). "Year-End Championships". The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book. New York: New Chapter Press. p. 746. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
- ^ "That Rumanian black magic". Sports Illustrated. December 17, 1973. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "Tennis courts getting new Mateflex surface". The Mashall News Messenger. October 22, 1991. p. 11.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 159–162. ISBN 9780362001686.
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