title: 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
text: # 1973 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
  
  Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve were the defending champions, but decided not to play together.
  
  King and Rosie Casals defeated Stöve and Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.
  
  ## Seeds
  
      01. Rosie Casals / Billie Jean King (champions)
      02. Margaret Court / Lesley Hunt (quarterfinals)
      03. Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (final)
      04. Olga Morozova / Virginia Wade (third round)
  
  Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | 1 | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Julie Anthony Mona Schallau | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Julie Anthony Mona Schallau | 4 | 3 | 1 | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | Evonne Goolagong Janet Young | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | Evonne Goolagong Janet Young | 6 | 6 | | Evonne Goolagong Janet Young | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | Joyce Williams Winnie Wooldridge | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Joyce Williams Winnie Wooldridge | 3 | 1 | | | | | 1 | Rosie Casals Billie Jean King | 6 | 4 | 7 |
  | | | | | | | | | 3 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 1 | 6 | 5 |
  | | Cynthia Doerner Laura duPont | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 1 | 6 | 5 |
  | 3 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 6 | 6 | 3 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 7 | 8 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | Fiorella Bonicelli Isabel Fernández de Soto | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Fiorella Bonicelli Isabel Fernández de Soto | 6 | 6 | | Fiorella Bonicelli Isabel Fernández de Soto | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 2 | Margaret Court Lesley Hunt | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | | | | | 1 | R Casals BJ King | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | D Boshoff I Kloss | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Casals BJ King | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | A Kiyomura M Redondo | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | B Cuypers K Latham | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | A Kiyomura M Redondo | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Casals BJ King | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Anthony M Schallau | 4 | 3 |
  | | | | | | B Kirk P Pretorius | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | L Kaligis L Sugiarto | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | B Kirk P Pretorius | 4 | 9 | 4 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | J Anthony M Schallau | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | K Kemmer L Rossouw | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | J Anthony M Schallau | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Anthony M Schallau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | C Evert V Ziegenfuss | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | 4 | O Morozova V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Coleman W Turnbull | 3 | 1 | | 4 | O Morozova V Wade | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | J Newberry P Teeguarden | 8 | 4 | 6 | | J Newberry P Teeguarden | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | | N Eastburn D Fromholtz | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | O Morozova V Wade | 7 | 4 | | | |
  | | P Hogan S Walsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Goolagong J Young | 9 | 6 | | | |
  | | AM Estalella C Mandarino | 1 | 1 | | | P Hogan S Walsh | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Krantzcke W Overton | 4 | 6 | 2 | | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 6 |
  | | L Charles G Coles | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | J Williams W Wooldridge | 3 | 1 |
  | | M Gurdal M Van Haver | 3 | 6 | 4 | | L Charles G Coles | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Ebbinghaus G Walhof | 6 | 6 | | | K Ebbinghaus G Walhof | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Guédy O de Roubin | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | K Ebbinghaus G Walhof | 6 | 3 | | | |
  | | S Minford L Tenney | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | J Williams W Wooldridge | 8 | 6 | | | |
  | | A Bakker M Schaar | 6 | 6 | | | A Bakker M Schaar | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Fuchs M Pryde | 6 | 2 | 1 | | J Williams W Wooldridge | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Williams W Wooldridge | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | | H Gourlay C Janes | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Bentzer M Wikstedt | 7 | 3 | 3 | | H Gourlay C Janes | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Doerner L duPont | 6 | 6 | | | C Doerner L duPont | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Beaven S Brasher | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | C Doerner L duPont | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | L Blachford V Burton | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | C Martinez W Paish | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | | C Martinez W Paish | 6 | 6 | | | C Martinez W Paish | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Sandberg L Tuero | | | | | C Molesworth P Moor | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Molesworth P Moor | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Doerner L duPont | 3 | 1 |
  | | K Harris K Melville | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | F Dürr B Stöve | 6 | 6 |
  | | V Ruzici M Simionescu | 2 | 0 | | | K Harris K Melville | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Christenson J Dixon | 4 | 2 | | | J Fayter M Michel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Fayter M Michel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Fayter M Michel | 5 | 0 | | | | |
  | | M Navrátilová R Tomanová | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | F Dürr B Stöve | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | T Fretz J Heldman | 4 | 6 | 6 | | T Fretz J Heldman | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Bostrom S Stap | 1 | 3 | | 3 | F Dürr B Stöve | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | F Dürr B Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | K Fukuoka K Sawamatsu | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 6 | 4 | 6 | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | M Neumannová V Vopičková | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | Q | V Berner P Faulkner | 1 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | L Bassi L Pericoli | 4 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Q | V Berner P Faulkner | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Court L Hunt | 2 | 4 |
  | | | | | | M Giorgi D Marzano | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | S Mappin W Slaughter | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | M Giorgi D Marzano | 2 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Court L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | Q | C Matison M Tesch | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 2 | M Court L Hunt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  