1973 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 1973 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Ken Rosewall was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Arthur Ashe.

Stan Smith won the singles title of the 1973 World Championship Tennis Finals after a 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final against Ashe.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Stan Smith (champion)
* Roger Taylor (quarterfinals)
* Marty Riessen (quarterfinals)
* Rod Laver (semifinals)
* Roy Emerson (quarterfinals)
* Arthur Ashe (final)
* Ken Rosewall (semifinals)
* John Alexander (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | John Alexander | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | John Alexander | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | Stan Smith | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 4 | Rod Laver | 6 | 4 | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rod Laver | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | 4 | Rod Laver | 6 | 4 | $6^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Roy Emerson | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Roy Emerson | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Arthur Ashe | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Arthur Ashe | $7^7$ | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Arthur Ashe | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Marty Riessen | $6^3$ | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Marty Riessen | $6^3$ | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Arthur Ashe | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 7 | Ken Rosewall | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ken Rosewall | 4 | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | 7 | Ken Rosewall | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Roger Taylor | 6 | 2 | $7^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
