1973 Rothmans Canadian Open – Men's doubles

The 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open – Men's doubles was an event of the 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open tennis tournament that was played at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in Toronto in Canada rom August 20 through August 26, 1973. The draw comprised 32 teams of which four were seeded. Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac were the defending champion but did not participate in this edition. Third-seeded Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall won the doubles title, defeating unseeded Owen Davidson and John Newcombe in the final, 7–5, 7–6.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Seeds[edit]

Semifinals					Final

	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	3	7⁷	3

3	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	6	6⁴	6
					3	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	7	7

						Owen Davidson John Newcombe	5	6
	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6	7⁷

	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	4	6¹

First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6	4	2
	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	4	6	6		Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6	6
	Björn Borg Rolf Norberg	6⁹	6	2		Mike Belkin Eddie Dibbs	4	4
	Mike Belkin Eddie Dibbs	7¹¹	3	6							Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	6³	3
	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	6	6								Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7⁷	6
	David Brown Chris Burr	4	3			Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	4	7⁷	6
	Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	6	7			Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison	6	6⁴	3
	Mike Estep Milan Holeček	3	6												Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	3	7⁷	3
3	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	6	6											3	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	6	6⁴	6
	Don McCormick Harold Solomon	0	2		3	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	5	6	6
	John Fort Jiří Hřebec	3	5			Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Georges Goven	7	0	2
	Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Georges Goven	6	7							3	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	7⁸	7
	John Alexander Phil Dent	6	2	6							Haroon Rahim Guillermo Vilas	6⁶	6
	Arthur Ashe Frank Froehling	4	6	4		John Alexander Phil Dent	6	4
	Haroon Rahim Guillermo Vilas	6	6			Haroon Rahim Guillermo Vilas	7	6
	Patrice Dominguez Patrick Proisy	4	4

First Round					Second Round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	Ove Bengtson Jim McManus	4	7	2
	Ian Fletcher Charlie Pasarell	6	5	6		Ian Fletcher Charlie Pasarell	1	0
	Tony Bardsley Keith Carpenter	6	3			Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6	6
	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	7	6							Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6	3	7
	Mark Cox Ismail El Shafei	6	4	5					4	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	4	6	5
	Ross Case Geoff Masters	1	6	7		Ross Case Geoff Masters	2	6³
	Wanaro N'Godrella Terry Ryan	4	6	4	4	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	7⁷
4	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6	2	6											Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6	7⁷
	Pat Cramer Ray Moore	5	2												Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	4	6¹
	Corrado Barazzutti Tonino Zugarelli	7	6			Corrado Barazzutti Tonino Zugarelli	1	1
	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	6⁴	6	6		Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	6	6
	Cliff Drysdale Nikola Pilić	7⁷	0	4						Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	6	6
	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	0	2							Jeff Borowiak Raúl Ramírez	3	4
	Jeff Borowiak Raúl Ramírez	6	6			Jeff Borowiak Raúl Ramírez	6	6
	Humphrey Hose Iván Molina	w/o				Humphrey Hose Iván Molina	1	4
2	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen

^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 88–91. ISBN 9780362001686.
^ "1973 Toronto – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
^ Ron Sudlow (August 27, 1973). "Okker, Goolagong claim Canadian Open net crowns". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.