title: 1973 French Open – Women's doubles
text: # 1973 French Open – Women's doubles
  
  Billie Jean King and Betty Stöve were the defending champions but only Betty Stöve competed that year with Françoise Dürr.
  
  Françoise Dürr and Betty Stöve lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Margaret Court and Virginia Wade.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (champions)
  * Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (final)
  * Chris Evert / Olga Morozova (semifinals)
  * Katja Ebbinghaus / Helga Masthoff (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Chris Evert Olga Morozova | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | 3 | Chris Evert Olga Morozova | 3 | 4 | 2 | Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve | 2 | 3 |
  | | | | | 1 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 6 | 6 |
  | | Eugenia Birioukova Mona Schallau | 1 | 4 | 1 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 6 | 6 |
  | 1 | Margaret Court Virginia Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | F Dürr B Stöve | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-L Chang H Goto | | | | 2 | F Dürr B Stöve | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | W Paish P Pretorius | 7 | 7 | | | W Paish P Pretorius | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Bentzer M Wikstedt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | F Dürr B Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | P Coleman W Turnbull | | | | | | | | | | M Navratilova R Tomanová | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | | R Darmon M Simionescu | w/o | | | | R Darmon M Simionescu | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Giscafré E Weisenberger | 2 | 1 | | | M Navratilova R Tomanová | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Navratilova R Tomanová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | F Dürr B Stöve | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | C Evert O Morozova | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Evert O Morozova | 3 | 4 |
  | | E Polgár E Széll | | | | 3 | C Evert O Morozova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Rho N Sato | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Rho N Sato | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Fuchs M Pryde | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | C Evert O Morozova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | C Doerner L duPont | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K Fukuoka K Sawamatsu | 2 | 0 | | | | |
  | | D Pattison AM Pinto Bravo | 4 | 7 | 2 | | C Doerner L duPont | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Bostrom S Stap | 6 | 2 | 5 | | K Fukuoka K Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Fukuoka K Sawamatsu | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | E Birioukova M Schallau | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Downs P Teeguarden | 5 | 7 | 4 | | E Birioukova M Schallau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O de Roubin F Guédy | 2 | 1 | | | P Hogan S Walsh | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Hogan S Walsh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Birioukova M Schallau | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | K Ebbinghaus H Masthoff | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
  | | J Gohn V Ruzici | 3 | 0 | | | E Goolagong J Young | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Beillan F Thibault | 3 | 2 | | 4 | K Ebbinghaus H Masthoff | 3 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | K Ebbinghaus H Masthoff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Birioukova M Schallau | 1 | 4 |
  | | D Bouteleux I Roget | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 |
  | | A Menezes S Urroz | 3 | 1 | | | D Bouteleux I Roget | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Koželuhová V Vopičková | 6 | 5 | 0 | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | F Bonicelli I Fernández de Soto | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | K Kemmer L Rossouw | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | D-h Lee J-s Yang | 1 | 3 | | | K Kemmer L Rossouw | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Kaligis L Sugiarto | 4 | 3 | | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 1 | M Court V Wade | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  