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1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Billie Jean King

Final score
  
6–0, 7–5

Seeds
  
8

Runner-up
  
Chris Evert

Draw
  
96 (8Q)

Singles
  
men

Billie Jean King defeated Chris Evert 6–0, 7–5 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. Martina Navratilova appeared in the main singles draw of Wimbledon for the first time, the first of 22 consecutive appearances at the championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Margaret Court (Semifinalist)
  2. Billie Jean King (Champion)
  3. Evonne Goolagong (Semifinalist)
  4. Chris Evert (Finalist)
  5. Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)
  6. Virginia Wade (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Kerry Melville (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Olga Morozova (Quarterfinalist)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired
  • References

    1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia