title: 1973 Japan Open Tennis Championships
text: # 1973 Japan Open Tennis Championships
  
  The 1973 Fred Perry Japan Open Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts and took place in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament was held from 8 October through 14 October 1973. The men's events were part of the 1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix circuit and graded as B category whereas the women's competition was a non-tour event. Ken Rosewall won the men's singles title, earning him the $12,000 first prize, while Evonne Goolagong won the women's singles event and received $5,000.
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  Ken Rosewall defeated John Newcombe, 6–1, 6–4
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  Mal Anderson / Ken Rosewall defeated Colin Dibley / Allan Stone, 7–5, 7–5
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  Evonne Goolagong defeated Helga Niessen Masthoff, 6–3, 6–4
  
  