1973 French Open – Women's doubles

Margaret Court and Virginia Wade defeated defending champion Betty Stöve and her partner Françoise Dürr in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1973 French Open. ^[1]

Women's doubles
1973 French Open
Champion	Margaret Court Virginia Wade
Runner-up	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
Score	6–2, 6–3

Main article: 1973 French Open

Billie Jean King and Stöve were the reigning champions, but King did not competed this year.

This marked the first women's doubles major appearance of future record 31-time women's doubles major champion and world No. 1 Martina Navratilova. Partnering Renáta Tomanová, they lost in the quarterfinals to Rosie Darmon and Mariana Simionescu.

Seeds

1. Margaret Court / Virginia Wade (champions)
2. Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve (final)
3. Chris Evert / Olga Morozova (semifinals)
4. Katja Ebbinghaus / Helga Masthoff (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	2	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	6	6
	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

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							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							Second round							Quarterfinals							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