1973 Pacific Coast Open

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1973 Pacific Coast Open
DateSeptember 23–30
Edition85th
Category Grand Prix (Grade B)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$50,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location San Francisco, U.S.
VenueRound Hill Country Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson [1]
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson / Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith [2]
  1972  · Pacific Coast Championships ·  1974  

The 1973 Pacific Coast Open, also known by its sponsored name Fireman's Fund International, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the Grade B category of the 1973 Grand Prix circuit. The event was played on outdoor hard courts at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States. It was the 85th edition of the tournament and was held from September 23 through September 30, 1973. Fourth-seeded Roy Emerson won the singles title and the accompanying $9,000 first-prize money and 40 Grand Prix points. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Borg 5–7, 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Emerson / Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Nils Bengtson / Flag of the United States.svg Jim McManus 6–2, 6–1

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The 1973 Pacific Coast Open – Doubles was an event of the 1973 Pacific Coast Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Round Hill Country Club in Alamo in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States between September 23 and September 30, 1973. Frew McMillan and Bob Hewitt were the defending Pacific Coast Championships doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. Third-seeded Roy Emerson and Stan Smith won the title by defeating unseeded Ove Nils Bengtson and Jim McManus in the final, 6–2, 6–1.

References

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  5. "Emerson sets title defence". The Tuscaloosa News . AP. September 21, 1974 via Google News Archive.
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  7. "Roy Emerson tops Borg in tennis finals" . Redlands Daily Facts. October 1, 1973. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.