1973 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifying
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Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event.[1] Several players withdrew from the main draw after qualifying had commenced, leading to the highest ranked players who lost in the final qualifying round to be entered into the main draw as lucky losers.[2]

The 1973 Wimbledon Championships featured an abnormally large number of qualifiers and lucky losers because 81 of the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) players, including defending champion Stan Smith, boycotted the tournament in protest against the suspension of Nikola Pilić by the Yugoslav Tennis Association, supported by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF).[3]

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
West Germany Frank Gebert 5 6 6
India Chiradip Mukerjea 7 3 4
West Germany Frank Gebert 6 6
United States Sherwood Stewart 3 1
United States Sherwood Stewart 2 6 6
United States Steve Siegel 6 2 2

Second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia Allan McDonald 6 4 6
Japan Jun Kuki 3 6 1
Australia Allan McDonald 8 6
Spain José Moreno 6 4
Spain José Moreno 6 6
United States Norman Holmes 4 3

Third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Mexico Marcello Lara 6 6
Jamaica Richard Russell 2 2
Mexico Marcello Lara 6 6
France Jean-François Caujolle 4 1
France Jean-François Caujolle 8 6 6
United States Larry Parker 9 2 1

Fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia Syd Ball 6 7
Australia Ernie Ewert 3 5
Australia Syd Ball 6 6
United Kingdom Peter Curtis 2 1
United Kingdom Peter Curtis 6 6
Bulgaria Matei Pampoulov 4 2

Fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Austria Peter Pokorny 6 6 6
South Africa Deon Joubert 3 8 2
Austria Peter Pokorny 6 6 6
United Kingdom Phil Siviter 8 3 4
United Kingdom Phil Siviter 9 6
Japan Kiyoshi Tanabe 8 2

Sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Romania Ionel Santeiu 6 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojović 3 5
Romania Ionel Santeiu 6 6
United States Robert Stock 3 3
United States Robert Stock 1 6 6
Australia Chris Kachel 6 3 2

Seventh qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
United States Eugene Scott 6 6
Pakistan Saeed Meer 2 4
United States Eugene Scott 6 6
Australia John Bartlett 3 1
Australia John Bartlett 4 8 6
United States Dick R. Bohrnstedt 6 6 4

Eighth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
India Premjit Lall 6 6
United Kingdom Martin Robinson 2 2
India Premjit Lall 6 3 6
France Jean-Paul Meyer 2 6 3
France Jean-Paul Meyer 2 6 6
Ecuador Eduardo Zuleta 6 4 3

Ninth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
New Zealand Anthony Parun 6 8
Hungary Róbert Machán 3 6
New Zealand Anthony Parun 6 6
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 4 4
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 6 4 16
Mexico Roberto Chávez 2 6 14

Tenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell 6 6 6
Australia Greg Perkins 8 4 3
Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell 9 8
Chile Patricio Cornejo Seckel 7 6
Chile Patricio Cornejo Seckel 3 6 6
Soviet Union Konstantin Pugaev 6 3 2

Eleventh qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
United States Steve Messmer 6 3 6
Australia John James 1 6 4
United States Steve Messmer 6 7
Australia Greg Braun 2 5
Australia Greg Braun 7 9
Romania Sever Muresan 5 8

Twelfth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Netherlands Jan Hordijk 6 6
Bolivia Eduardo Gorostiaga 2 3
Netherlands Jan Hordijk 6 1 8
United States Dan Bleckinger 4 6 6
United States Dan Bleckinger 6 6
Australia Max Cocks 2 2

Thirteenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 8 6
United States Kenneth McMillan 6 4
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 1 8 7
United Kingdom Richard Lewis 6 6 5
United Kingdom Richard Lewis 6 3 6
New Zealand Jeff Simpson 4 6 4

Fourteenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
United Kingdom John Clifton 6 6
United Kingdom Ashley Compton-Dando 2 4
United Kingdom John Clifton 9 6
United States Pancho Walthall 8 3
United States Pancho Walthall 3 6 6
Australia John Eastburn 6 3 4

Fifteenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Japan Toshiro Sakai 6 7
United States Roy Barth 4 5
Japan Toshiro Sakai 6 6
Australia Paul Kronk 4 3
Australia Paul Kronk 6 6
Italy Piero Toci 3 2

Sixteenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
France Jean-Louis Haillet 6 6
Greece Nicolas Kelaidis 3 3
France Jean-Louis Haillet 6 6 6
Australia Paul McNamee 8 4 3
Australia Paul McNamee 3 9
United States Tom Leonard 6 8r

Seventeenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia Bob Giltinan 6 0 6
India Jasjit Singh 4 6 1
Australia Bob Giltinan 6 6
Italy Pietro Marzano 4 4
Italy Pietro Marzano 9 4 6
Japan Kenichi Hirai 8 6 3

Eighteenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
United States Billy Martin 6 6
Bulgaria Ljuben Genov 2 1
United States Billy Martin 6 6
United Kingdom Colin McHugo 3 1
United Kingdom Colin McHugo 7 1 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Košak 5 6 3

Nineteenth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
South Africa John Yuill 6 8 6
France Thierry Bernasconi 4 9 3
South Africa John Yuill 6 6
New Zealand Russell Simpson 4 4
New Zealand Russell Simpson 6 3 6
United States John Fort 4 6 0

Twentieth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Sweden Tenny Svensson 7 6
South Africa Terry Ryan 5 4
Sweden Tenny Svensson 6 6
United Kingdom Clay Iles 3 4
United Kingdom Clay Iles 7 6
United States Armistead Neely 5 4

Twenty-first qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
United Kingdom Robin Drysdale 6 6
United States Tim Noonan 3 4
United Kingdom Robin Drysdale 6 6
Australia Cliff Letcher 4 0
Australia Cliff Letcher 9 6
Bulgaria Bozhidar Pampoulov 7 4

Twenty-second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia Keith Hancock 6 6
Canada Donald McCormick 3 0
Australia Keith Hancock 9 6
United Kingdom Mark Farrell 8 3
United Kingdom Mark Farrell 6 6
Sweden Rolf Norberg 0 4

Twenty-third qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia Graeme Thomson 6 7
Netherlands Fred Hemmes 0 5
Australia Graeme Thomson 8 7
United States Thomas Karp 6 5
United States Thomas Karp 6 4 6
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal 4 6 4

Twenty-fourth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia William Lloyd 6 6
Spain Juan Ignacio Muntañola 4 3
Australia William Lloyd 6 6
India Jaidip Mukerjea 4 2
India Jaidip Mukerjea 6 6
Japan K. Shimamura 3 0

Twenty-fifth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz 5 9 6
Poland Jacek Niedźwiedzki 7 7 4
West Germany Hans-Joachim Plötz 3 6 6
Australia Harold Turnbull 6 4 0
Australia Harold Turnbull 6 6
South Korea Kim Sung-bae 4 4

Twenty-sixth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Pakistan Munawar Iqbal 6 6
United Kingdom Mike Collins 4 3
Pakistan Munawar Iqbal 8 6
United States Dick Dell 6 1
United States Dick Dell 6 6
France Jacques Thamin 3 1

Twenty-seventh qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia William Durham 6 8
Argentina Lito Álvarez 3 6
Australia William Durham 7 6
United States Chico Hagey 5 3
United States Chico Hagey 6 7
United Kingdom Jonathan Smith 4 5

Twenty-eighth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
South Africa Byron Bertram 7 6
Netherlands Rolf Thung 5 2
South Africa Byron Bertram 6 8
Switzerland Petr Kanderal 3 6
Switzerland Petr Kanderal 6 6
Italy Ezio Di Matteo 3 1

Twenty-ninth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
South Africa Richard Buwalda 6 3 7
France Pierre Joly 4 6 5
South Africa Richard Buwalda 7 8 6
Argentina Tito Vázquez 5 9 4
Argentina Tito Vázquez 6 9
United Kingdom Stanley Matthews 1 8

Thirtieth qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
West Germany Hans Ent 8 6
United States William Brown 6 3
West Germany Hans Ent 8 3 6
Argentina Julián Ganzábal 6 6 3
Argentina Julián Ganzábal 6 8 6
Italy Vincenzo Franchitti 8 6 4

Thirty-first qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
India Gaurav Misra 9 6
South Africa Bernard Mitton 8 4
India Gaurav Misra 5 6 9
United States Greg Peebles 7 4 7
United States Greg Peebles 6 9
Mexico Emilio Montaño 3 8

Thirty-second qualifier

First round Qualifying competition
          
Australia Eugene Russo 6 6
Canada Guy Tytherleigh 1 1
Australia Eugene Russo 9 3 6
United States Doug Crawford 8 6 4
United States Doug Crawford 6 6
Mexico Luis Baraldi 2 4

References

  1. ^ "Qualifying". The Championships, Wimbledon. Wimbledon. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ Rothenberg, Ben. "In Wimbledon Lottery, Lucky Losers Win a Second Chance". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne. pp. 15–17, 45–47. ISBN 978-0362001686.