1973 Australian Open – Men's Singles


Second-seeded John Newcombe defeated Onny Parun 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1973 Australian Open. Ken Rosewall was the two time defending champion, but was upset in the second round by unseeded Karl Meiler.
The format was the first round was best of 3 sets and the rest of the tournament was best of 5 sets.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. John Newcombe is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Ken Rosewall '
  2. John Newcombe
  3. Mal Anderson '
  4. Alex Metreveli '
  5. Geoff Masters '
  6. John Alexander '
  7. Colin Dibley '
  8. Allan Stone '
  9. Barry Phillips-Moore '
  10. Bob Carmichael '
  11. Patrick Proisy '
  12. Onny Parun

    Draw

Key

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4