1973 French Open – Women's singles

Margaret Court defeated Chris Evert in the final, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1973 French Open. It was Evert's first French Open appearance.

Billie Jean King was the reigning champion, but chose not to defend her title.

This tournament marked the first singles major appearance of future world No. 1 and 18-time major singles champion Martina Navratilova; she reached the quarterfinals before being defeated by Evonne Goolagong.

Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Margaret Court is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


 * 1) 🇦🇺 Margaret Court (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Chris Evert (finalist)
 * 3) 🇬🇧 Virginia Wade (third round)
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Evonne Goolagong (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Nancy Gunter (third round)
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Françoise Dürr (semifinals)
 * 7) Helga Masthoff (quarterfinals)
 * 8) Katja Ebbinghaus (quarterfinals)