1973 French Open – Men's singles qualifying
# 1973 French Open – Men's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.

## Qualifiers

* William Lloyd
* Sergei Likhachev
* Roberto Chávez
* Tito Vázquez
* Piero Toci
* Jun Kuki
* Pierre Joly
* Kim Warwick
* Éric Deblicker
* Géza Varga
* Denis Naegelen
* John Lloyd
* Emilio Montaño
* Toma Ovici
* Steve Siegel
* Paul Kronk

## Lucky losers

* Attila Korpás
* Sherwood Stewart
* Jean-Louis Haillet

## Qualifying 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

### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| William Lloyd | William Lloyd | | | | | | | |
| Éric Derasse | Éric Derasse | w/o | | | | | | |
| Éric Derasse | Éric Derasse | w/o | | William Lloyd | William Lloyd | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Tim Noonan | Tim Noonan | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim Noonan | Tim Noonan | 7 | 6 | Tim Noonan | Tim Noonan | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Hilbert | Larry Hilbert | 6 | 2 | | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sergei Likhachev | Sergei Likhachev | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Dragan Stojović | Dragan Stojović | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| Dragan Stojović | Dragan Stojović | 3 | 0 | | Sergei Likhachev | Sergei Likhachev | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Jacques Thamin | Jacques Thamin | 2 | 2 |
| Jacques Thamin | Jacques Thamin | 3 | 6 | 6 | Jacques Thamin | Jacques Thamin | 2 | 2 |
| Jan Zabrodsky | Jan Zabrodsky | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roberto Chávez | Roberto Chávez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| J. Lacey | J. Lacey | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| J. Lacey | J. Lacey | 1 | 2 | | Roberto Chávez | Roberto Chávez | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | Ionel Santeiu | Ionel Santeiu | 5 | 4 |
| Ionel Santeiu | Ionel Santeiu | 6 | 3 | 6 | Ionel Santeiu | Ionel Santeiu | 5 | 4 |
| Patricio Rodríguez | Patricio Rodríguez | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tito Vázquez | Tito Vázquez | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Keith Hancock | Keith Hancock | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Keith Hancock | Keith Hancock | 6 | 1 | Tito Vázquez | Tito Vázquez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Guy Tytherleigh | Guy Tytherleigh | 2 | 0 |
| Guy Tytherleigh | Guy Tytherleigh | | | Guy Tytherleigh | Guy Tytherleigh | 2 | 0 |
| Armel Collinot | Armel Collinot | w/o | | | | | |

### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Piero Toci | Piero Toci | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Harold Turnbull | Harold Turnbull | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| Harold Turnbull | Harold Turnbull | 2 | 4 | | Piero Toci | Piero Toci | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | Sherwood Stewart | Sherwood Stewart | 1 | 5 |
| Jean Lovera | Jean Lovera | 6 | 2 | 5 | Sherwood Stewart | Sherwood Stewart | 1 | 5 |
| Sherwood Stewart | Sherwood Stewart | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Attila Korpás | Attila Korpás | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Vincenzo Franchitti | Vincenzo Franchitti | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Vincenzo Franchitti | Vincenzo Franchitti | 3 | 3 | | Attila Korpás | Attila Korpás | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | Jun Kuki | Jun Kuki | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Patrice Beust | Patrice Beust | 6 | 1 | 6 | Jun Kuki | Jun Kuki | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Jun Kuki | Jun Kuki | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | | | |

### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pietro Marzano | Pietro Marzano | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| Ulrich Pinner | Ulrich Pinner | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| Ulrich Pinner | Ulrich Pinner | 7 | 4 | 6 | Ulrich Pinner | Ulrich Pinner | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| | | | | | Pierre Joly | Pierre Joly | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Sergio Palmieri | Sergio Palmieri | 6 | 3 | 4 | Pierre Joly | Pierre Joly | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Pierre Joly | Pierre Joly | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kim Warwick | Kim Warwick | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Kim Sung-bae | Kim Sung-bae | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| Kim Sung-bae | Kim Sung-bae | 1 | 6 | Kim Warwick | Kim Warwick | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Herbert Loerke | Herbert Loerke | 1 | 2 |
| Bernard Montrenaud | Bernard Montrenaud | 5 | 2 | Herbert Loerke | Herbert Loerke | 1 | 2 |
| Herbert Loerke | Herbert Loerke | 7 | 6 | | | | |

### Ninth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byron Bertram | Byron Bertram | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| Éric Deblicker | Éric Deblicker | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Éric Deblicker | Éric Deblicker | 6 | 6 | | Éric Deblicker | Éric Deblicker | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | Richard Russell | Richard Russell | 5 | 5 |
| Richard Russell | Richard Russell | 6 | 4 | 6 | Richard Russell | Richard Russell | 5 | 5 |
| Butch Seewagen | Butch Seewagen | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |

### Tenth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jean-Louis Haillet | Jean-Louis Haillet | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Claude Boutard | Claude Boutard | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| Claude Boutard | Claude Boutard | 3 | 6 | Jean-Louis Haillet | Jean-Louis Haillet | 4 | 0 |
| | | | | Géza Varga | Géza Varga | 6 | 6 |
| Jean Mazzella | Jean Mazzella | 4 | 3 | Géza Varga | Géza Varga | 6 | 6 |
| Géza Varga | Géza Varga | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Eleventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jean-François Caujolle | Jean-François Caujolle | 1 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Denis Naegelen | Denis Naegelen | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Denis Naegelen | Denis Naegelen | 6 | 7 | | Denis Naegelen | Denis Naegelen | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | Nicolas Kelaidis | Nicolas Kelaidis | 2 | 6 | $4^r$ |
| Nicolas Kelaidis | Nicolas Kelaidis | 6 | 1 | 6 | Nicolas Kelaidis | Nicolas Kelaidis | 2 | 6 | $4^r$ |
| Giordano Maioli | Giordano Maioli | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |

### Twelfth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lito Álvarez | Lito Álvarez | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Kenichi Hirai | Kenichi Hirai | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Kenichi Hirai | Kenichi Hirai | 6 | 4 | Lito Álvarez | Lito Álvarez | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | John Lloyd | John Lloyd | 6 | 7 |
| John Lloyd | John Lloyd | 6 | 6 | John Lloyd | John Lloyd | 6 | 7 |
| Nikša Suka | Nikša Suka | 1 | 0 | | | | |

### Thirteenth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Emilio Montaño | Emilio Montaño | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Paul McNamee | Paul McNamee | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Paul McNamee | Paul McNamee | 4 | 4 | Emilio Montaño | Emilio Montaño | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | Eduardo Gorostiaga | Eduardo Gorostiaga | 5 | 4 |
| Eduardo Gorostiaga | Eduardo Gorostiaga | 6 | 6 | Eduardo Gorostiaga | Eduardo Gorostiaga | 5 | 4 |
| Richard Legendre | Richard Legendre | 0 | 3 | | | | |

### Fourteenth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toma Ovici | Toma Ovici | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Viorel Marcu | Viorel Marcu | 0 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| Viorel Marcu | Viorel Marcu | 0 | 6 | 2 | Toma Ovici | Toma Ovici | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Kv Lynn | Kv Lynn | 4 | 2 |
| Kv Lynn | Kv Lynn | 6 | 6 | | Kv Lynn | Kv Lynn | 4 | 2 |
| Hans Egert | Hans Egert | 2 | 0 | | | | | |

### Fifteenth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Siegel | Steve Siegel | | | | | | | |
| Jean-Roger Cadot | Jean-Roger Cadot | w/o | | | | | | |
| Jean-Roger Cadot | Jean-Roger Cadot | w/o | | | Steve Siegel | Steve Siegel | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Jean Bergmann | Jean Bergmann | 3 | 4 |
| Jean Bergmann | Jean Bergmann | 6 | 1 | 6 | Jean Bergmann | Jean Bergmann | 3 | 4 |
| Dumitru Hărădău | Dumitru Hărădău | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |

### Sixteenth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Kronk | Paul Kronk | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Michel De Marneffe | Michel De Marneffe | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Michel De Marneffe | Michel De Marneffe | 6 | 4 | 1 | Paul Kronk | Paul Kronk | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | Sergio Cruz | Sergio Cruz | 3 | 6 |
| Sergio Cruz | Sergio Cruz | | | | Sergio Cruz | Sergio Cruz | 3 | 6 |
| Patrice Hagelauer | Patrice Hagelauer | w/o | | | | | | |
