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1973 Fidelity Tournament – Doubles

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Doubles
1973 Fidelity Tournament
Final
ChampionAustralia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
Runner-upAustralia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
Score3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw16
Seeds6
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1972 · Richmond WCT · 1974 →

The 1973 Fidelity Tournament – Doubles was an event of the 1973 Fidelity Tournament men's tennis tournament played at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia in the United States from January 30 through February 4, 1973. The draw comprised 16 teams and four of them were seeded. Tom Okker and Marty Riessen were the defending doubles champions but did not compete in this edition. First-seeded Roy Emerson and Rod Laver won the doubles title, defeating the second-seeded team of Terry Addison and Colin Dibley in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.[1][2][3]

Seeds

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  1. Australia Roy Emerson / Australia Rod Laver (Champions)
  2. Australia Terry Addison / Australia Colin Dibley (Final)
  3. South Africa Bob Maud / Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison (First round)
  4. Croatia Nikola Pilić / Australia Allan Stone (Quarterfinals)
  5. United States Bob Lutz / United States Stan Smith (Semifinals)
  6. Australia John Alexander / Australia Phil Dent (First round)

Draw

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Key

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First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
6 6
Chile Patricio Cornejo
Chile Jaime Fillol
2 1 1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
6 6
United States Frank Froehling
United States Charlie Pasarell
w/o United States Frank Froehling
United States Charlie Pasarell
4 1
South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan
1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
7 6
6 Australia John Alexander
Australia Phil Dent
6 6 4 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
6 2
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Dick Stockton
7 3 6 United States Brian Gottfried
United States Dick Stockton
6 4 4
United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
6 4 6 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
4 6 6
3 South Africa Bob Maud
Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison
4 6 3 1 Australia Roy Emerson
Australia Rod Laver
3 6 6
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
Australia Allan Stone
6 5 6 2 Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
6 3 4
United States Roy Barth
United States Tom Edlefsen
3 7 4 4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Pilić
Australia Allan Stone
7 3 6
South Africa Cliff Drysdale
United States Cliff Richey
5 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6 6 7
5 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
w/o 5 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
3 6 1
Brazil José Edison Mandarino
United States Harold Solomon
1 2 2 Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
6 3 6
Sweden Ove Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
6 6 Sweden Ove Bengtson
United States Jim McManus
5 3
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
New Zealand Onny Parun
5 4 2 Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
7 6
2 Australia Terry Addison
Australia Colin Dibley
7 6

References

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  1. ^ Tom Foster (February 5, 1973). "Laver's reign seems quite secure, terrific tennis conquers Emerson". Daily Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 169. ISBN 9780362001686.
  3. ^ "1973 Richmond – Doublesdraw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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