1973 French Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
1973 French Open
Champion Margaret Court
Runner-up Chris Evert
Score6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Seeds8

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 her fifth French Open singles title and 23rd major singles title overall. It was the first French Open appearance for future seven-time champion Evert.

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.

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