1973 WTA Tour


The 1973 WTA Tour was also the first season of the WTA Tour was officially formed by Billie Jean King following a meeting held in the Gloucester Hotel in London during the week before Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]. It was composed of the third annual Virginia Slims Circuit a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes. and the ILTF Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix, a circuit of tournaments sponsored by Commercial Union Assurance Company.

Schedule

This is a calendar of all events sponsored by Virginia Slims in the year 1973, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. The table also includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1973 Virginia Slims Championships and the 1973 Federation Cup.
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Grand Slam tournaments
Virginia Slims championships
Virginia Slims Circuit
ILTF Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix
ILTF
Team events

July

Grand Prix points system

The Grand Prix tournaments were divided into four groups. Group AA consisted of the Triple Crown – the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open – while the other tournaments were divided into Groups A, B and C by prize money and draw size. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. No points were awarded to first round losers and ties were settled by the number of tournaments played. The points allocation is listed below:

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and doubles (tennis)|mixed doubles] titles won by each player and each nation during the 1973 Virginia Slims Circuit. They also include data for the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships. The table is sorted by:
  1. total number of titles ;
  2. highest amount of highest category tournaments ;
  3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. alphabetical order.

Titles won by player

TotalPlayer
23● ● ●● ● ●●1973 [British Motor Cars Invitational – Singles|●] ● 1973 [Virginia Slims of Washington – Singles|●] ● ● 1973 [Virginia Slims of Chicago – Singles|●] 1973 [Virginia Slims of Richmond – Singles|●] ● ● 1973 [Virginia Slims of Jacksonville – Singles|●] ● ● ●● ● ●1670
13●●● ●● 1973 [Virginia Slims of Denver – Singles|●] ● ●● ● ● ● ●562
10●●● ●● ● ● ● ● ● ●280
8●1973 [Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles|●]● ● ● ● ● 1973 [Virginia Slims of Columbus – Doubles|●]161
6● ● ● ● ● ●060
3● ● ●030
3●● ●120
3● ● ●030
2●●200
2● ●020
2● ●020
2● ●020
2● ●020
1●010
1●010

Titles won by nation

TotalNation
27Australia