1973 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

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1973 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships
Date 23–29 April
Edition 2nd
Category World Championship Tennis
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Gothenburg, Sweden
Venue Scandinavium
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith
Doubles
Flag of Australia.svg Roy Emerson / Flag of Australia.svg Rod Laver
  1972  · Swedish Pro Tennis Championships

The 1973 Swedish Pro Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 2nd and final edition of Swedish Pro Tennis Championships, and was part of the 1973 World Championship Tennis circuit. It took place at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 23 April through 29 April 1973.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Carpet court type of tennis court

A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation defines carpet courts as a "textile surface of woven or non-woven nylon, or a polymeric or rubber material, typically supplied in rolls or sheets" and as a removable surface. It is one of the fastest court types second only to grass courts. The use of carpet courts in Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) competitions ended in 2009 to reduce injuries. As of 2019, only one Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Quebec City is played on carpet.

Swedish Pro Tennis Championships is a now defunct men's tennis championship only played in 1972 and 1973.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith defeated Flag of Australia.svg John Alexander, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of Australia.svg Roy Emerson / Flag of Australia.svg Rod Laver defeated Flag of Croatia.svg Nikola Pilić / Flag of Australia.svg Allan Stone, 6–7, 6–4, 6–1

Roy Emerson Australian tennis player

Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former World number one tennis player who won 12 Major singles titles and 16 Grand Slam tournament men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have completed a Career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles. His 28 major titles are an all-time record for a male amateur player. Emerson is the first male player to win each amateur major title at least twice in his career. He is one of only eight men to win all four majors in his career.

Rod Laver Australian tennis player

Rodney George Laver, better known as Rod Laver, is an Australian former tennis player. He was the No. 1 ranked professional from 1964 to 1970, spanning four years before and three years after the start of the Open Era in 1968. He also was the No. 1 ranked amateur in 1961–62.

Nikola Pilić Croatian tennis coach and former Yugoslavian tennis player

Nikola "Niki" Pilić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.


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