1973 Virginia Slims Championships | ||||
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Date | October 15β23 | |||
Edition | 2nd | |||
Draw | 8S / 16D | |||
Prize money | $110,000 | |||
Surface | Clay (Green) / outdoor | |||
Location | Boca Raton, United States | |||
Venue | Boca Raton Hotel & Club | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
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Doubles | ||||
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The 1973 Virginia Slims Championships were the: second season-ending WTA Tour Championships, theββannual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1973 Virginia Slims circuit which was part of the 1973 WTA Tour. It was held from October 15ββto 23, 1973 at the Boca Raton Hotel & Club in Boca Raton, United States. Both the "top two qualifying players." And top seeds Margaret Court and Billie Jean King hadββto withdraw from the tournament due to injury, although Court did compete (and win) in the doubles event. Fourth ranked Evonne Goolagong also defaulted. First-seeded Chris Evert won her second consecutive singles title at the event.
Championsβ»
Singlesβ»
Chris Evert defeated
Nancy Richey, 6β3, 6β3
- It was Evert's 11th singles title of the year and the 22nd of her career.
Doublesβ»
Rosemary Casals /
Margaret Court defeated
Françoise Dürr /
Betty StΓΆve, 6β2, 6β4
Prize moneyβ»
Event | W | F | SF | QF | 2R | 1R |
Singles | $25,000 | $14,000 | $7,000 | $3,500 | $1,750 | $800 |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "1973 Virginia Slims Championships" (PDF). WTAtour.com. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ "Evert Takes $25,000 Win". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Boca Raton, "United States." October 23, 1973. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968β84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 144, "518."