1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles


defeated Alex Metreveli in the final, 6–1, 9–8, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. The final match included a tie-breaker played at 8–8 in the second set; the first ever Wimbledon singles final to include a tie-break.
81 of the top Association of Tennis Professionals players, including defending champion Stan Smith, boycotted the Wimbledon Championships in 1973 in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation. This resulted in numerous qualifiers and lucky losers.

Seeds

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Jan Kodeš
Roger Taylor '
Alex Metreveli '
Jimmy Connors '
Björn Borg '
Owen Davidson '
Jürgen Fassbender '
The original seeding list before the boycott was:
  1. Stan Smith
  2. Ilie Năstase
  3. John Newcombe
  4. Arthur Ashe
  5. Ken Rosewall
  6. Tom Okker
  7. Marty Riessen
  8. Roy Emerson
  9. Tom Gorman
  10. Cliff Richey
  11. Adriano Panatta
  12. Manuel Orantes
  13. Alex Metreveli
  14. Bob Lutz
  15. Jan Kodeš'''
  16. Roger Taylor

    Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8